Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

After the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic had left, the professors from Hogwarts began investigating Honeydukes again.

This time they used detection magic to turn the store upside down inside and out, even the cellar, warehouse, and magic kitchen for making candies were not spared.

Although the detection process is cumbersome, it only takes a few minutes with the help of magic.

After making sure there was no problem, Professor McGonagall told the store manager: "You can open for business again."

The manager of Honeydukes is fat. Maybe it's because he is often in contact with candies, and he also smells sweet and candy-like.

The other shop assistants also had a slightly sour and sweet scent, but the smell was not strong.

The store manager heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the professor say this, and rubbed his hands quickly, saying:

"I am a law-abiding citizen and will never go along with the evil world. I have no recollection of that batch of pollutants entering the world, and I don't know how they got in."

Professor McGonagall said coldly, "But you must strictly control the customers entering the store, and do not let any suspicious people in.

This batch of contaminants was most likely brought in deliberately by someone else when they bought candy, and was placed in the store while you were busy and not paying attention."

The store manager nodded hurriedly, thinking about how to stop this phenomenon, and a look of pain appeared on his face.

Christmas is just one month away, and that is when there will be the most tourists and the busiest business. Everyone will open for business, so it is impossible for them to not let tourists in!
As for the suspicious people that McGonagall mentioned, to be honest, many wizards like to wear strange accessories or put on strange makeup to show their personality.

There are many such people on Christmas Day, and there are also many of them on ordinary days.

It is very difficult for a candy store to sort out the problematic ones.

Lin Xia listened to them talking, and her nose was filled with the scent of the store manager.

When he spoke and made certain movements with his body, Lin Xia felt that the sweet smell seemed to become stronger again.

She frowned slightly and suddenly asked, "Professor, can detection magic detect whether a person is also contaminated?"

After these words were spoken, the whole place was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The professors all looked at Lin Xia, while Lin Xia looked straight at the store manager.

The clerk sensed the tense atmosphere and subconsciously took a few steps back.

The store manager was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice anything. He listened with interest and responded:

"Yes, professor. Is there any magic array or magic that can detect whether a person is carrying contaminants?

I can put it at the entrance of the store so that everyone who comes in and out can be checked. If something is wrong, an alarm will be sounded, so we can be more careful. "

If the atmosphere wasn't wrong, the clerk would have been almost fooled by the manager's words.

They intuitively felt that this was not what Lin Xia was talking about.

The professors of Hogwarts all looked at the manager of Honeydukes, with a hint of deep meaning in their eyes.

Mag glanced at Lin Xia, then looked deeply at the store manager, as if he was weighing something.

There was silence for only a dozen seconds, and when the store manager felt a little embarrassed, Professor McGonagall finally spoke.

She was responding to Lin Xiati's question.

"The detection spell cannot detect whether there are contaminants in the human body, but a certain magic array can do it. It will take us some time to set it up."

When Professor McGonagall said this, the other professors understood what she meant and immediately waved their wands, blasting out brilliant, colorful magic.

The half-open door of Honeydukes was quickly closed, and the store instantly became an isolated space.

The clerk didn't know what was going on, but he had a hunch that something was wrong and his body was shaking.

Now even the careless store manager noticed something and his legs couldn't stop shaking.

"You, what are you going to do... There's nothing wrong with my store, I, I..."

In the midst of extreme tension, cold sweat streamed down the store manager's forehead and his eyes were wide open.

He finally understood what the little wizard meant. She suspected that they were also infected with pollutants, so she wanted to test him!

The store manager subconsciously wanted to resist, but just as he moved his fingers to find the wand in his trouser pocket, three wands flashed before his eyes.

The professors stared at him expressionlessly, and Snape's arrogant voice echoed coldly in his ears -

"I advise you not to act rashly, otherwise you may not be left with an intact body."

A yellow liquid suddenly flowed out from his trouser legs. The manager was so frightened that he became incontinent and was talking nonsense.

"I, I am innocent... I didn't do anything... It's not me, it has nothing to do with me... You framed me, you want to covet my store, my candy..."

He once had a friend who was led to corruption by the evil god's whispering, and he saw with his own eyes how the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic forcibly escorted him away.

Later, by chance, he went to a certain place and saw this friend.

My friend's body had been tortured to the point of being emaciated and unrecognizable, and he was dying.

Regardless of whether this was the result of being infected by the evil god's whispers, or was caused by the strict interrogation by the Aurors... neither of these two results was acceptable to him!
As for the shop assistants, they had already squatted in a corner shivering, and all of them hugged each other, as if they could draw warmth from each other in this way.

In fact, my body was so stiff that I couldn't move at all.
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Over here at the Shrieking Shack.

After some psychological preparation, Ron finally picked up the wand tremblingly and pointed it carefully at the position next to his left arm.

But because his hand holding the wand was shaking, his spells always failed.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Hermione said impatiently, "Ron, if you can't do it, we'll use magic!"

Ron quickly shouted, "I'll do it! I can do it myself, I don't need you!"

He can control the aim if he does it himself, but if they do it, and the aim is slightly off, he might even lose his arm.

"Get out of here, save me! Get out of here!"

There was a sudden sharp roar in Harry's mind. Because the sound was so abrupt and amplified, his head suddenly felt a sharp pain.

Harry immediately closed his eyes, put his hands to his forehead, and his body staggered.

Seeing this, Draco next to him quickly supported Harry.

For some reason, Harry felt a lot more relaxed now that Draco was supporting him.

Harry couldn't help but urge, "Ron, hurry up, I feel that thing is going to run away!

If it runs away, we may not be able to catch it, and it may also cause danger! "

Ron heard nothing but the word "danger".

He panicked, and the wand in his hand stopped shaking. He quickly chanted the anti-invisibility spell and shot it next to his arm -

The green light shot forward more than ten centimeters, like a green ray.

I don’t know if it was because Ron was so nervous that he burst out with unprecedented potential, but the green light didn’t disappear immediately.

As Ron waved it around, several more rays shot out, sweeping almost the entire direction of Ron's left arm. Suddenly, not far from Ron, a space twisted and a conch-like object appeared.

This thing was extremely dirty and ugly, emitting a thick black aura. Once it appeared, everyone present was shocked and fell into a trance.

The music box in Draco's hand suddenly started, and a short, light and bright music sounded.

Everyone's minds regained clarity from their trance and rationality gradually returned.

Draco looked at the music box in his hand with a stern expression.

The thing that just appeared is definitely a pollutant, otherwise the music box would not react.

Unfortunately, the thing only appeared for a moment and hid again immediately after the music box was activated.

Ron was still waving his wand noisily, even though it no longer emitted any green light.

Hermione said, "That's enough Ron, open your eyes and look, you've forced that thing out, but it's disappeared again."

Ron opened his eyes and looked at it, then relaxed a little, but when he heard what Hermione said next, he became nervous again.

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"So what now, can I leave?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Harry again. None of them knew the condition of the item, but Harry was the only one who could tell something from the shouting.

Harry covered his head and leaned slightly against Draco, which made him feel better.

There seemed to be something about Draco that mitigated his negative influences.

Harry closed his eyes again and sensed carefully, but the sharp and piercing roar appeared and disappeared from time to time, as if it only sounded at specific moments.

So now, Harry wasn't sure where it was, but from the last sound he heard, it wasn't moving far from Ron.

Harry straightened up and said carefully, "Ron, keep casting the spell in the direction of your left arm. I don't think it has left."

Ron nodded nervously.

The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar. Even if he is not familiar with this matter, he has to get familiar with it. This is related to his safety!

Just as Ron was about to take action, Draco suddenly said, "My music box keeps ringing, and I think it's next to us.

If it shows up later, we can cast a spell on it together and use force to force it out again. We can't put all our hopes on Ron."

Draco looked at Ron again: "Ron, don't close your eyes next time. When that thing comes out, quickly hide and come to us."

Ron nodded quickly.

Hermione wanted to ask something, but now was not the time to discuss it.

Hermione didn't think that the spell they cast would do any harm to the pollutants.

But she felt that since Draco said so, he must have found a way.

Ron took a deep breath, and this time his hands did not tremble, and he pronounced the anti-invisibility spell clearly.

The next second, a green ray shot out from the tip of his wand again.

Ron suddenly became a little nervous, his hands moved unsteadily, and he waved his hands left and right subconsciously -

biu～biu～

Several more rays shot out from the tip of his wand, shooting aimlessly, randomly searching for directions.

But he was lucky, the pitch-black conch was hit by the rays again and revealed its true form.

"Now, Ron, run!" Draco shouted.

Ron lowered his head, squatted, turned over, and rolled sideways to Harry and the others.

At this time, the spell that had been accumulating at the tip of Draco's wand also shot out, aiming at the pitch-black conch.

Attacked by the spell, the conch trembled a few times. Its body had gradually become translucent and was about to hide again, but was attacked by Draco and became visible again.

At this time, Harry and Hermione's attacks also followed.

Biu! Biu! Biu!

Ron also wanted to wave his wand, but when he rolled over, he accidentally twisted his arm and felt a sharp pain when he raised it.

He could only put down his wand and cheer them on from the sidelines.

Ron observed for a while and said palely, "No, even though it is no longer hiding after our attack, it doesn't seem to have become much weaker. Our spell has no effect on it!"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Draco shouted quickly, "I have something else that can deal with it, Harry, Hermione, you keep firing spells at that thing!"

After saying that, he took out a small gadget that looked like a Muggle pistol from his traceless retractable ring.

Ron stared at the gun, stunned.

He had seen a gun.

His father's job at the Ministry of Magic was to manage contraband that flowed into the wizarding world from Muggles, and he would always secretly bring back some Muggle-made items.

His father would take items apart for analysis from time to time. Once he entered into his research state, he would be so engrossed that he would not come out to eat for several days, forcing his mother to slam the door and break it down, cursing, and go in to catch him.

Before he came to Hogwarts, he had seen guns from the Muggle world in his father's workshop.

Ron was very curious, so he quietly hid under the cabinet in his father's laboratory and heard his father's excited analysis:
"Why is this item able to exert an effect more powerful than a spell? Unfortunately, it is still not as good as a curse. It is also very troublesome to use. It makes people's arms hurt, and the effect is limited."

Ron wondered, did Draco think that Muggle items could deal with contaminants?

But soon, he overturned his idea.

Because the gun in Draco's hand was not a Muggle product, but a rare object!

He didn't seem to move, he just gently pushed a button on the gun, and then pressed another button hard -

The surface of the gun immediately flashed with silver light, and a dense array of magic runes flashed by.

As if being activated layer by layer, the magic rune array moved from the gun handle to the gun barrel, and finally to the gun tip. A beautiful flower composed of light suddenly bloomed from the gun tip.

Upon closer inspection, this flower is the symbol that comes with the magic array being fully activated.

The flowers flashed by, but gave people an extremely dangerous and powerful aura.

After the flower bloomed, accompanied by a loud bang, a silver-white bullet shot out from the gun!
The bullet quickly approached the pitch-black conch, but did not collide with it. Instead, it dispersed when it got close to a certain distance and turned into bright and dazzling fireworks.

The flames from the exploding fireworks dripped onto the dark conch.

The conch seemed to have suffered a severe blow, and it instantly wilted and fell to the ground with a "plop".

(End of this chapter)