The man ran closer and closer, and Lin Ze finally saw what he looked like clearly.
He is not tall, with a head of messy brown curly hair. The Muggle coat he wears is big and torn, and he runs like an old sack that has been blown away by the wind.
He turned back as he ran, but he didn't even see anyone squatting by the alley wall.
"Hey, this way." Lin Ze lowered his voice and waved to him.
Curly Hair was so frightened by the sound that he slipped and fell forward as if he had been cramped, falling right into Lin Ze's feet.
Lin Ze grabbed him by the collar and carried him into the shadow of the wall. This guy's eyes were wide open and his mouth was open, but he couldn't make a sound. He only made a few "ho ho" sounds from his throat.
"Don't make a sound and follow me."
Curly nodded desperately, beads of sweat falling from his forehead.
Lin Ze led him back around against the wall, passed through two rows of abandoned containers, and found a narrow passage that could only allow one person to pass.
The two of them huddled in the narrow passage for more than ten minutes, and there was no movement from outside. Only then did Curly Hair finally regain his breath.
"Thank you... thank you..." His voice was as hoarse as a broken gong.
"Who is chasing you?" Lin Ze asked.
Curly's lips trembled twice, his eyes glanced out of the narrow passage, and then he whispered, "Those... those Dark Night Society lunatics!"
This is the first time I heard the name "Dark Night Society" Lin Ze.
"How did you provoke them?"
Curly sniffed and shrank his body against the wall, as if he was very afraid of Lin Ze.
"Don't worry, I'm from the London police station. If you have anything, you can tell me." Lin Ze said, silently using Transfiguration Spell to turn the fallen leaves he just picked up on the ground into a police ID.
Curly Mao breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the certificate, which slightly relieved his nervousness.
"Police... police officer... I... I am a porter on the dock... Ever since my wife was killed by those monsters with wooden sticks, I was tricked by them, saying they could help me get justice."
Lin Ze said nothing and motioned for him to continue.
"I... I thought at first... I thought they were bringing people like me together to keep each other warm, but then I realized something was wrong. They were using us as livestock..."
"They... treated us as... a blood bank... I... I had a friend who died on the bloodletting table last month. When they carried him out, he was like a stick." Curly said, his eyes turning red.
Fortunately, when he infiltrated the organization, he slightly changed the shape of his facial features, otherwise the curly hair in front of his eyes would have easily seen through his lies.
Seeing him trembling, he must have been frightened by those extreme believers.
Curly Hair became more and more excited as he talked, his face flushed red, and tears mixed with mud broke out into two ditches on his face.
"Dolaike... He... he brought me into the society... He said that as long as you donate enough blood, you can get the protection of darkness, and you will no longer have to be afraid of those monsters with sticks... You can also... you can avenge your dead relatives..."
He wiped his face and his eyes were red.
"Later... I discovered something was wrong... They put an iron ring like this on each of us..." As he said this, Curly Hair rolled up the sleeves on his wrists and shined the Blood Leech Ring that had penetrated his skin.
"This thing... it's sucking our blood..."
"Every time we have a meeting, we say thank you to the Holy Lord..."
"Actually, it's just to collect our blood..."
"As we donate more and more blood... some people in poor health... can't even get out...Dolaike is like that... he begged me not to leave him there... I wanted to take him away... but they blocked the door... I... I..."
He was already incoherent when he finished speaking. He grabbed his hair with both hands and knocked his forehead against his knees.
Lin Ze pressed his shoulder. "You are safe for now. Find a place to hide. Our police station has noticed this matter, so you don't have to worry too much. We will definitely bring those people to justice."
"Oh, by the way, what's your name?" Lin Ze asked.
"Ryan...Ryan·Watt..."
"Okay, Mr. Watt, listen to me, find a safe place to hide first, and don't let those people find you again. As for the blood-sucking iron ring on your hand..." Lin Ze glanced in confusion.
If you want to remove this thing, you probably need to use Charms, but this guy said before that his relatives were killed by monsters with wooden sticks...
It's a bit difficult...
"Let's keep going like this. I'll give you an address. If you go there, there will be specialized personnel to help you deal with this matter." Lin Ze thought about it, and still wanted to solve it through Ministry of Magic's department that specializes in handling this matter.
After comforting Ryan, Lin Ze watched him leave his sight.
Then he contacted Ben and asked him to notify Ministry of Magic, Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee, who specializes in handling the Muggle incident, and maybe bring Obliviator Headquarters with him.
After Curly left, Lin Ze waited for a while to make sure no one came out before leaving.
This place was investigated once before by people from the police station. It is estimated that this stronghold has been temporarily abandoned by those people.
Old Port It was foggy, and the iron-gray fog slowly crawled against the ground, wrapping the rusty cranes and containers on the dock into a blur of shadows.
He walked along the river embankment for a while, and then turned into a narrow street that he had never walked before.
This street is called Water Snipe Alley. According to Ryan, he just ran out of this street. The top brass of Dark Night Society summoned several people inside to join the organization.
Lin Ze took out the corner of black paper that the woman gave him before. It was empty and there was no information about the rally.
Today is not a rally day, so... why do these people suddenly gather here?
According to Ryan, he ran out of it, but no one came out to chase him?
No one is chasing...
Broken!
Lin Ze suddenly felt excited.
I'm careless, maybe there is something on Ryan that can be used to locate...
So, let him leave alone...
There was a crisp "crack" sound, and Lin Ze disappeared directly from the place with "Apparition".
When he appeared again, there was a corpse lying at his feet. It was Ryan who had just been separated from him. At this time, Ryan had become a mummy that could not speak or move...
"Damn it!" Lin Ze stomped the ground in anger.
One of my own negligence killed this guy who was trying to escape.
He took out his communication badge and told Ben that there was no need to notify other departments at Ministry of Magic, as the client had no vital signs.