manynovel Chapter 208 The Oath
Chapter 208 The Oath
Newt finally agreed with Jiang Li to stay, after all, her strength is no worse than his own.
"Sorry, children, we have to leave New York early tomorrow morning." Tina put away her worries and pushed away from Rolf and Draco's room.
The two boys were sprawled out on the bed, their heads together discussing Quidditch, and Draco was amazed that New York was Hufflepuff's Seeker and champion four years in a row, when Tina walked in.
"Why, teacher?" Draco raised his head and looked at Tina suspiciously. His address for Tina had changed from Mrs. Scamander to teacher.
"I have some things to go to London with Queenie. Newt is busy with work and can't take care of you, so you have to go to London with us." Tina quickly found an excuse to deal with them.
"Okay." Draco answered her a little frustrated, but his eyes lit up again soon, "Then, the teacher and Rolf can go to Malfoy Manor as guests!"
"Okay. You two go to bed early, and you have to leave early tomorrow." Tina patted Draco's head gently, and then walked out.
Seeing Tina walking out, Rolf, who had been silent all this time, rolled over from the bed and chased out the door.
"Grandma, did something happen to Grandpa and you had to take us away?" Rolf closed the door, stopped Tina at the door, and asked in a low voice.
"Rolf, don't think too much, Queenie and I just have some business to go to London." Tina smiled gently at him, "Go back, go to bed early, don't talk to Draco It's too late to chat."
The next morning.
"Let's go, let's go to the Portkey in the Saint-Goth Mountains, where you can go directly to London." Queenie was already waiting at the door with her suitcase.
Draco looked around for a week, but he didn't see Jiang Li, he put down his luggage: "It seems that Li hasn't woken up yet, I'll go and wake her up."
"No, she won't go back with us." Tina stopped Draco who was about to knock on the door, "Newt has something to find her brother, they left yesterday."
Draco glanced back at the closed door, opened his mouth in astonishment, he didn't know about it at all, once again she left herself to act alone.
Rolf was also a little disappointed, but he still didn't say anything, just stood obediently beside Queenie.
Jiang Li and Newt found Jiang Lan when Queenie and Tina took the two of them to the St. Gott's Valley.
"Regarding this vicious murder case, the Magic Congress also appealed to us for help. I am looking at the relevant files, and you are here."
On the desk in front of Jiang Lan were spread out many files, as well as some bloody and brutal photos of the crime scene, and the cigarette in his hand was flickering.
"When did you start smoking?" Jiang Li frowned and looked at the cigarette between his fingers. In her memory, Jiang Lan never smoked or drank.
"Just the last year." He supported his head with one hand, twisted the cigarette in the ashtray several times, and pressed it out, "I almost forgot that you don't like the smell of cigarettes."
"Let's smoke less, is the death of a few of your subordinates related to this incident?" Jiang Li picked up a horrifying photo and looked at it carefully.
Speaking of the brothers who were killed, Jiang Lan pinched his brows irritably: "I don't know, the way of death is different from these victims."
"Perhaps, we can use the information of these victims to infer their commonalities, so as to predict who the next victim will be and where they will be killed." Newt compared the photos one by one, with Jiang Lan made his own suggestion.
"We have already tried the plan you mentioned. We have learned everything from the date and time of the deceased's birth, identity, and family. There is no point that can be called a connection." Jiang Lan will A file containing detailed information about the deceased and his family was handed to Newt.
"There are also all the places where the crime happened. We also went to the scene to check and marked them on the map, but we didn't find any relevant places." Jiang Lancong rummaged through the file on the desktop and found the marked map of New York.
"So, it's really indiscriminate killing?" Jiang Li frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.
"No, actually, when I visited relatives and friends around the victims, I found something. The seven victimized wizards were either wizard-Muggle hybrids, or Muggle-born, or their spouses were Muggles. These victimized wizards have a particularly close relationship with Muggles." Newt looked at the file in his hand, and said a piece of information he had obtained through his own investigation.
He breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "It can be seen that the other party seems to be particularly hostile to Muggles, and wizards who are close to Muggles. The Magic Council believes that this may have something to do with Voldemort's Death Eaters. After all, they look down on Muggles the most. Now, I heard that they have moved again recently."
"Mr. Scamander, what do you think? Could it be Voldemort?" Jiang Lan asked Newt for his opinion.
Newt shook his head: "I don't think so. Voldemort's scope of development is almost limited to England, and his Death Eaters are the same. There is no need to cross an ocean to kill people in New York."
"Brother, have you ever thought about praying for the night?" Jiang Li tentatively asked Jiang Lan.
Hearing him mention that name, Jiang Lan's face instantly turned pale, and he grabbed Jiang Li's wrist: "How do you know him!"
"I am not omnipotent, but I still have the ability to investigate intelligence. It is meaningless for you to hide it from me. Only by sharing information can we prepare for the response as soon as possible and minimize losses and casualties." Jiang Li met his gaze, a little helpless at his overly cautious protection.
"Brother, I am not a child who needs your protection. If you have to face Qi Ye sooner or later, then prepare now. It is far better than when disaster strikes and you don't know anything about it. Besides, my strength is obvious to all. Strong, after all, the old man in Shushan said that I am a once-in-a-century genius." Seeing that he was a little shaken, Jiang Li continued to persuade him.
Jiang Lan looked at her firm gaze, shook her head, and compromised to her helplessly: "I understand, all actions are based on my own safety."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Newt again, stood up and bowed to him: "My upcoming schedule will be very busy, and my sister will trouble you, Mr. Scamander."
Newt held his shoulders and stopped him from bending over: "I will take care of her, don't worry, Mr. Jiang."
Newt looked at Jiang Lan gently, and made a solemn promise to him.
"I promise you that I will protect her, on my life."