After Sherlock left Gringotts, he turned and walked into a remote alley.

Inside, he took off the mask on his face, then took out a bottle of disguise potion that was tricked from Snape, poured it on his face, and pinched the face of an ordinary-looking middle-aged wizard.

Then he took out a large black robe, put it on, and put on a hood, just like Silk usually did, covering most of his face with the hood.

After getting everything ready, Sherlock walked out of the alley. After wandering in Diagon Alley for a while, he made sure that no one was following him before he came to a wall at the end of Diagon Alley.

He walked straight ahead, as if the wall didn't exist.

At the moment when Sherlock and the wall came into contact, the entire wall was like a rippled water surface, with a wave of ripples, but Sherlock had disappeared in place.

The next moment, in a dirty gray street, his figure reappeared.

This is a magical street similar to Diagon Alley, but the environment is particularly bad.

There are garbage everywhere on both sides of the road, and the surrounding buildings are also gray. Just looking at it will make people feel depressed.

There is a wooden sign by the road marking the name of this magical street - Knockturn Alley.

This is a street that is far less famous in the wizarding world than Diagon Alley, but basically every adult wizard knows about it.

All the shops here are dealing with black magic, and the wizards who wander here all year round are basically dangerous people in the gray area.

Anyone who can become a Death Eater can be said to be all Dark Wizards, but not everyone is a Death Eater.

Diagon Alley is where most of these non-Death Eater dark wizards gather.

Sherlock ignored the shop windows that displayed all kinds of broken limbs, broken hands, or withered heads, and walked towards the depths of Knockturn Alley with a clear goal.

There are few pedestrians on this street, but almost everyone is dressed like Sherlock, and there are also a very few who show up, and they all have bad looks on their faces. witch.

Approaching the end of Knockturn Alley, Sherlock stopped in front of a dilapidated house.

This is not a shop, but a house. This is a dilapidated house that Sherlock bought a month ago.

Don't look at Knockturn Alley's remote location and not much passenger traffic, but it's worth every inch of land. Even in such a hidden place, a house that covers an area of ​​less than 20 square meters still costs him nearly Thousand Galleons.

Taking the trait key from his pocket, Sherlock opened the door of the house.

There is hardly any furniture inside, and the walls and wooden floors are tattered. It can be seen that this house has a very long history. If it is placed in the Muggle world, it is estimated that it can be regarded as a cultural relic.

There was a pile of junk piled up in the northwest corner of the room. Sherlock waved his hand and threw aside the messy old sofas, rotten chairs, and broken tables and other rubbish, leaving only one old but still in place. A complete wooden cabinet.

He opened the third drawer from the top of the wooden cabinet. He took out his wand and tapped the inside of the drawer lightly. The entire wooden cabinet automatically split apart, revealing a small secret room at the back.

After the secret room was opened, a lot of messy things were squeezed out of it.

The most conspicuous of them is a skull with a crown on its head, and a dry arm. Even if the other items are not as scary as they look from the outside, they still don't seem to be simple things.

These are all treasures related to dark magic that Sherlock identified from the Lestrange family's vault.

He specially separated these things from normal treasures, bought this house and stored them exclusively, while the others, those equally valuable gold and silver jewelry, were put in Gringotts in France.

Sherlock used his real identity to buy a vault in Gringotts, France, to store the wealth transferred from the Lestrange family vault.

However, these are related to black magic, and their characteristics are very clear. For the sake of safety, he did not store them in the vault or shoot them at will.

Instead, put it here alone, and plan at what time to pick out the things that may be useful, and destroy everything else.

After screening out the dark magic-related items in the treasure brought out this time, and storing them in the secret room, Sherlock left the house.

He has arranged the protection measures for this house very well, and he is not afraid that someone will find something from here.

Just as he arranged everything, left Knockturn Alley with other treasures, and returned to Diagon Alley, just when he took off his black robe and removed the disguise on his face, he met an acquaintance head-on.

"Sherlock, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Looking at Kingsley who stopped to greet him, a smile appeared on Sherlock's face.

"It's not long since I left school~lightnovelpub.net~ I'm here to buy some things that may be used next semester."

Kingsley and Sherlock are old acquaintances. After investigating the straw man attack case together last year, the relationship between the two has been very good.

Including the tickets for the upcoming Quidditch World Cup in the UK, which he also passed on to Sherlock.

Kingsley didn't wear the uniform of the Auror Command today, so he obviously didn't come to Diagon Alley for any official business.

"Sometimes I really envy you." Kingsley said with a wry smile, "There are many vacations every year, which is much easier than when I was an Auror."

Sherlock raised his eyebrows and walked side by side with him.

"Come on, you are not on vacation now?"

"This month is the only day to rest. Not only me, but the entire Auror Command will be very busy."

"Because of the next Quidditch World Cup?"

Kingsley shook his head.

"Not only that, but the Daily Prophet hasn't reported it yet, but it's not a secret either. Within the Ministry of Magic, a Magical Sports employee named Bertha Jorkins has disappeared. At first we just thought that A woman who is usually a bit silly and likes to meddle in her own business has lost her way somewhere, but until now, it's obviously wrong that she hasn't shown up."

"During the Quidditch World Cup, in addition to maintaining security and order in the British wizarding world, we also need to investigate the matter of her disappearance. The Ministry entrusted this task to me, but now, in addition to knowing that she was missing before she disappeared. Albania on vacation, nothing else."