Chapter 265
Argus and Snape looked at Lupin.
The Room of Requirement would appear according to the ideas of the entrants. Even if Argus and Snape could enter, they might not be able to find Sirius.
The only possibility was Lupin.
Lupin thought about it and walked three circles opposite the tapestry of the troll beating Barnabas silly with a stick according to the ritual.
Pushed the door open and entered.
Argus and Snape followed him.
What came into view was a large area of human-shaped wooden stakes, and there was a small map on the ground.
It was the terrain around Hogwarts Castle.
Argus took a closer look at the stakes and found that they looked a bit like Snape…
Turned to look at Snape and found that his face was as black as charcoal.
Lupin noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and smiled to cover up his embarrassment.
This was the secret gathering place of the four of them back then.
Many methods to deal with Snape were discussed here.
The three of them walked a few steps before they saw Sirius chatting with Harry.
“Hey, Harry! Padfoot!”
Lupin was afraid that Sirius would say something else to annoy Snape, so he interrupted the conversation first.
“Thank God, you’re okay! Moony!”
Sirius was seriously injured. Not only was he beaten up by Snape, he also had a fight with Lupin, and was almost kissed by the Dementors.
Double trauma of the mind and the body.
If Harry hadn’t been by his side, forcing him to hold on, he would have fainted long ago.
“It was Argus who controlled me. Fortunately, he was there, otherwise I would have been in big trouble.”
Sirius read the fear in Lupin’s eyes and continued to ask: “What happened? Why did you suddenly transform today?”
“Argus also asked this question.”
Lupin smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“But I really don’t know anything…”
“I didn’t come here with you to listen to this nonsense!”
Snape interrupted the conversation impatiently, attracting Sirius’s angry eyes.
Even Harry, who was standing by, was a little resentful.
“Let’s talk about business first. It’s never too late to talk about the past.”
The voice of Argus made the whole audience silent.
He looked at Sirius: “Such a big thing happened today, no one can guarantee that Peter won’t notice it.”
“To be safe, we have to act as soon as possible.”
“I agree!” Sirius wanted to cut Peter into pieces immediately.
Naturally, he would not shirk.
“It’s just that, our previous plan can’t be used.”
Harry watched Argus and others discuss the plan, but he was excluded.
Especially when he found that Argus had become the core of the conversation, the gap in his heart became bigger and bigger.
“Is there anything I can help with?”
Harry plucked up the courage to speak, with expectation in his eyes.
Snape sneered: “Does our savior think we are playing house?”
“Or are we just foolishly chasing the ball on the Quidditch field?”
“You help? Ha!”
“What do you mean, Snotlout!”
Sirius couldn’t stand such words, and he was about to fight with Snape with his eyes wide open.
“Padfoot, calm down!”
Lupin pushed Sirius away and turned to look at Argus.
Signed him to express his opinion.
The only one who can make everyone quiet here is Argus.
Argus thought about it and turned to look at Harry.
“Harry, are you sure you want to participate?”
Harry nodded firmly: “Peter is the murderer who killed my parents, I must catch him myself!”
“In that case, there is a task for you!”
“I am willing!”
Before Argus said what the task was, Harry nodded frantically.
Fearing that Argus would go back on his word.
He now understood that even though there were deans, professors, and rich second-generations in this room.
But the one who really had the final say was his classmate!
“Argus, Harry is only in the third grade, he…”
Lupin wanted to stop him, but was afraid of hurting Harry’s heart.
He spoke hesitantly.
“Hey, Moony! It’s wrong not to let Harry participate, right? He is the son of James and Lily. What’s wrong with arresting his enemy?”
Sirius admired Harry’s courage and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.
“With Harry’s participation, I think our plan can be reduced a little.”
“The original search for Peter Pettigrew was handed over to Harry.”
Argus looked at Harry and said.
“Leave it to him?” Snape looked like you were kidding me.
Harry was also a little flustered.
He wanted to participate, but he also knew his own weight.
He just wanted to help out.
He was responsible for a project alone, and it was an important search link!
He was notDare!
“Argus, I… I…”
Argus saw that he was guilty, and even without Legilimency, he knew what he was thinking.
He smiled and comforted: “Don’t worry, we will all be watching from a distance.”
“Rather than asking you to search, it would be more appropriate to ask you to seduce it out.”
“Seduce?” Harry didn’t understand what Argus meant.
“It’s very simple. Peter Pettigrew’s hidden identity is Ron’s rat Scabbers.”
“Scabbers is missing, and it’s reasonable for Ron to look for it as the owner.”
“And what you have to do is take Ron to find it.”
“We will follow you from a distance. As long as it approaches you and enters our encirclement, we will take it down directly.”
Argus briefly explained the plan and didn’t tell Harry the complicated details.
Anyway, it’s all acting, whether he knows it or not has no effect on the ending.
Harry seemed very excited when he got the task.
This was the first time he really participated in a major operation.
Compared with being arranged by Dumbledore before, this unknown adventure is obviously more satisfying.
“Before that, Sirius, you stay here.”
“I’ll hand Peter over to you.”
…
The next afternoon.
Argus told Harry the approximate location of Peter, and he formed a capture team with Snape and Lupin.
Blocked the floor where Peter was.
Slowly shrinking the encirclement.
“Scabbers! Where are you, Scabbers!”
Ron shouted his pet’s name.
Turning to look at Harry, his eyes were full of sadness.
“It’s over, Scabbers has disappeared for so many days without any news, he must have been eaten by something!”
“I saw the fat cat raised by the Ravenclaw know-it-all staring at my Scabbers a long time ago!”
“It must be it!”
“My poor Scabbers, it has been with me since I was a child…”
Ron lowered his head, his tone was like crying.
Harry glanced at him and didn’t pay much attention.
His eyes were full of vigilance.
He believed that Scabbers must be nearby, but they just hadn’t found him yet.
“Let’s look for him carefully, let’s go ahead and have a look!”
“Still going forward? Scabbers can’t run that far! Let’s go back!”
Ron sat down on the ground and didn’t want to move.
This made Harry irritated.
At the same time, Argus, who had been staring at the Marauder’s Map, became alert.
On the map, Peter’s name was approaching Harry and Ron.
“The show is about to begin!”
