The Evil God of Hogwarts

"Look, look, look, look who's here." Burke put down the cigarette from his mouth, "I'm ready to report you missing to the police, kid."

"It's only been three days." Xing Ze pulled up a chair and sat across from Burke.

"I have to remind you that this is a private commission, and time is also an important indicator of your work attitude."

Just when Xing Ze was about to speak, Burke spoke again: "In addition, I don't remember that anyone else was invited for this commission."

"You mean Sha...um, Miss Nix?"

"Don't think of me as a fool. Although I rarely go back to the wizarding world, I still recognize the daughter of the Shafiq family. But what I wonder is why a young lady from a famous family would follow you crazy?"

"The lady you are talking about is the financial backer of our organization. To be precise, I should follow her."

Burke took a drag on his cigarette, smiled and said, "I don't care if you run away with her or if she follows you crazy. But A made it clear to you that he only wants you to investigate alone."

"Does the same requirement apply to Frank?"

"certainly."

"Ah, you'd better check it out, Burke. Frank has formed a team to investigate."

"I know now. So I also got a false certificate for that lady. But I don't want more people to show up in a few days. I'm old and don't have that much energy."

"No, Burke, I promise you. Did you buy a ticket?"

Burke flicked off his cigarette ashes and took out a ticket from his pocket, "At nine o'clock the day after tomorrow, go to Ellesmere Port and get on the bus. There is no direct train from Liverpool to Telford."

Xing Ze nodded and put the ticket into the ring.

"Is there anything else?" Burke asked when he saw that Xing Ze hadn't left yet.

"I just wanted to ask about R's situation."

"R? You mean Richard Slytherin?"

"If that's his name."

"Why are you asking me?" Burke's eyes were wary, "I told you, I haven't returned to the wizarding world for a long time."

"I just want to ask about some past events."

"I'm not familiar with him."

"I heard that he was from the Gaunt family before."

Burke sniffed and put out his cigarette in the ashtray, "You never listen to people, right?"

"I just ignore some unimportant content appropriately."

"Have you ever thought that the content you filter out is exactly what the other party wants you to hear?"

"Are you referring to the truth that they want to deliberately conceal and are unwilling to talk about? I asked someone to conduct an investigation in the Key Hall. R, well, Richard has cooperated with you many times. Especially in combating those cults. Enter the Dark Wizard.

"You have been in charge of this before, right? Fighting organized magical crime, mainly targeting dark wizards and cult members."

Burke turned the windproof lighter with his left hand. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Xing Ze. After a while, he replied: "Sometimes knowing too much, young people, is not a good thing."

"A lot of people have told me this. But if I knew too little, I wouldn't be able to do this."

"Is his matter related to the investigation?"

"Maybe, maybe not. Forgive me for not being able to give you an accurate answer yet."

The old wizard exhaled heavily, like an angry bull, "Yes, he is indeed from the Gaunt family."

According to the investigation of Reko and Edwin, the Slytherin family's sacred artifact "Snake's Tooth" was originally in the hands of Salazar Slytherin, and was passed to the Gaunt family after Salazar's death.

And everyone knows that the Gaunt family has declined, and the only person who lives in the world - according to the novel - is Tom Riddle.

However, this magical world is obviously very different from the novel. In addition to Voldemort, the Gaunt family also has some branches alive.

Judging from A's attitude towards Richard Gunter and the previous conversation, given A's personality, the purpose of keeping Richard Gunter is probably not as simple as he said.

A capable henchman? The Key Hall is indeed short of manpower, but what Richard Gaunt does is equally disgusted. What's more, as a member of the Gaunt family, he supports pure blood theory, anti-Muggles, racism and Slytherin. The neutrality of the family was completely inconsistent.

Therefore, Xing Ze couldn't help but suspect that the reason why A was so defensive was probably because he wanted to get the whereabouts of the "Snake's Teeth" from Richard.

Now, Richard Gaunt has been sent to Nurmengard after trial, and Xing Ze plans to ask John to investigate to confirm his suspicions.

"Has Frank gone to see Richard?" He asked another question.

Burke's answer was very quick this time, "Even if he had been there, he wouldn't tell me about it. I think John told you that Frank is not the kind of person who will honestly give you investigation reports on a regular basis."

Xing Ze nodded and did not continue to ask further questions. He had asked enough questions, and continuing to pester him would only cause unnecessary trouble.

After walking out of the underground archives, he went to Ribbon's office, but Ribbon was not there. Instead, a detective from the Criminal Investigation Division found him.

Xing Ze remembered that his name was Carmichael, and he was Franklin's deputy. He had a distinctive appearance, but he always frowned and looked worried.

"You're looking for the superintendent, detective?"

"Yes, he goes..."

"Oh, he went to a warehouse owned by the Old Record Gang at the seaside pier. I happened to be going there too? Do you want me to give you a ride?"

Xing Ze shook his head and said, "No, just give me an address and I'll go there by myself."

"Okay." He quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down the address and handed it to Xing Ze.

"Southern District Pier? I remember that place should be mostly deserted, right?"

"These gangs like to choose these deserted docks where they conduct smuggling so that they are not easily detected by customs."

"Okay, Superintendent, how long have they been here?"

"Not long." Carmichael looked at his watch, "It will take about fifteen minutes to set off."

Xing Ze thanked him and then walked towards the parking captain of the police station. The South District Pier is located on the outskirts of Liverpool, close to the lower reaches of the Mersey River, and Xing Ze is not familiar with it.

It should be said that Xing Ze was not very familiar with the whole of Liverpool. He set off from the Burrow at noon on the 18th and arrived here at five o'clock in the afternoon.

After meeting with the designated person Rick, Xing Ze found a hotel close to the police station to stay. That night he learned a lot about the history and location of Liverpool in an inconspicuous bar.

The owner of the bar is from Northern Ireland and came here more than 20 years ago, so he is familiar with all aspects of Liverpool.

He mentioned many docks, streets and neighborhoods. The South Side Pier was one of them, but he did not go into details. He simply mentioned that it was once an important place for unloading goods downstream of the river.

There was still a little time before meeting Ellie at noon. Xing Ze opened the car door and planned to go take a look. Maybe he could meet Ellie there, if she happened to be tracking down the old record gang.