Faced with the smoke screen rising once more, Bellatrix Lestrange frowned.
"How does he still have that thing?" She whipped her wand out as if cracking a lash. "Shattering Roar! Skin Rot! Serpensortia!"
"Protego!" Barty Crouch Jr. raised his wand and swept it in a circle around his body. The Interrogation Room was instantly enveloped by a Magical Energy Field.
"That's better..." he said, still unhurried. "Though I don't think he'll run, it's still necessary to guard against the unexpected..."
"Bella, don't be so ruthless..." He looked toward Bellatrix Lestrange, who was casting spells one after another. "At least don't kill them right now."
"Since there's a second intruder, that means they've discovered these two Aurors are missing. There'll definitely be a third, a fourth... perhaps even more intruders."
"The Ministry of Magic thinks it has every advantage right now, so it will certainly press its victory. It'll be very hard for us to catch a few more people who know the truth, so we still need to ask where the Dark Lord is—"
He suddenly raised his wand and drew a "1" in front of him. "Protego!"
Bellatrix Lestrange asked, "Did you hear that rat cast a spell?"
"While you were attacking, he kept using the Shield Charm to resist." Barty Crouch Jr.'s tone also held some confusion. "Strange... why would he use the Confundus Charm?"
Bellatrix Lestrange said impatiently, "Then after we catch this rat, we'll question him properly!"
"He shouldn't be able to make another smoke screen." Barty Crouch Jr. said, "Judging from before, it should already be time for him to renew the smoke screen, but he hasn't—"
While he was speaking, the sound of footsteps suddenly rang out.
Barty Crouch Jr. stared fixedly in the direction of the smoke screen. The torchlight was flickering uneasily,