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Warning! Sirius spotted in Diagon Alley!
<Diagon Alley gripped by panic while Auror Headquarters snores>
For several days straight, the Daily Prophet reported on Sirius Black's escape, successfully piling anxiety onto wizards whose nerves were already stretched taut by the werewolf attacks.
A few days later, someone actually photographed a man in Diagon Alley wearing a tattered cloak, his head covered in filthy long hair. Judging by his height and bedraggled appearance, rumors spread that he was Sirius Black.
He had appeared in Diagon Alley!
A terrifying dark wizard who had once blown up a street, killing over a dozen Muggles and one wizard, was lurking in Diagon Alley!
And this was the summer holiday, Diagon Alley's busiest season!
Who could imagine how many casualties he would cause if he set off an explosion in Diagon Alley?
While the earlier werewolf attacks had seemingly targeted only the Supreme Potion Store, allowing most wizards to watch from the sidelines, Sirius Black was like a sword hanging over everyone's head. They could hardly help worrying, or being afraid.
And so letters complaining about Auror Headquarters' inaction flew into Minister Millicent's office like snowflakes, carried by owl after owl.
Auror Headquarters could no longer stay out of it and had no choice but to send large numbers of Aurors to patrol Diagon Alley.
Meanwhile, the Dementors seemed furious over Sirius's escape. Some had also left Azkaban to hunt him down. To prevent them from roaming freely and harming ordinary wizards and Muggles, the Ministry of Magic had no choice but to allow them into Diagon Alley under supervision.
But how could Dementors possibly behave