A sharp crack rang out as a bone snapped.
"Sorry for the trouble, young man, but could you put away the Devil's Snare? Don't worry, I won't kill him. Death would be too light a punishment for him!"
Resentment, hatred, and rage all but spilled from Chris's eyes. Luo Bin guessed that Chris knew Chitsby and bore a grudge against him. He raised an eyebrow and waved his Wand, withdrawing the Devil's Snare.
Thud! Crack!
Thud! Crack!
Thud! Crack!
Every time the baseball bat came down, Chitsby's bones cracked. By the end, even bloody tears were streaming from his eyes.
Luo Bin took a curious look and saw that Chitsby's eyeballs had split. He silently gave Sophia's father a huge thumbs-up.
"Sophia, compared with your dad, you were downright gentle when you smashed Laudra's legs!"
Hermione frowned. Ron had told her that Chitsby and Laudra were notorious murderers, and she hated people who took lives so freely.
But the scene before her was horribly bloody, and she still couldn't bring herself to look away.
"Of course! My dad used to be an excellent... Auror. If Mom hadn't suddenly fallen ill and passed away, if he hadn't had to take care of me, he'd still be..."
"Sophia, I've never regretted leaving the job!"
Once every bone in Chitsby's body apart from his skull and spine had been crushed, Chris walked over to his daughter and stroked her hair.
"Dad, I..."
"That's enough. Let's not talk about it. I'll send Ronio a message in a bit and have him take them away. Catching two fugitive murderers at once will earn him another commendation from the Ministry of Magic. They'll promote him!"
"Luo Bin, the chi... the rooster!"
Hermione bumped Luo Bin's shoulder. When he turned, she pointed to the yellow-and-red rooster on