Chapter 271 I’ll Help You Catch Mice, and You’ll Help Me Kill People!

Although he was a prisoner, Sirius had no intention of begging for mercy or surrendering. His eyes swept across a Daily Prophet scattered on the ground. Looking at his photo on the cover and the bounty of up to 10,000 Galleons, he seemed to understand something. He said sarcastically and self-deprecatingly.

"Congratulations, kid, you caught the most evil and dangerous criminal in history. When are you going to take me to collect the bounty?"

"I have no interest in working for the Ministry of Magic." Ivan picked up the Daily Prophet from the ground, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the fire, looking directly at the thin, haggard man in front of him.

"I came here specifically to find you!"

Sirius was very puzzled and didn't quite understand what Ivan meant, but he soon understood, and a name slowly came out of Ivan's mouth.

"Peter Pettigrew!"

Upon hearing this, Sirius's pupils shrank, and he rushed forward and grabbed Ivan's collar, but Ivan's wand pressed against his neck first.

The top of the wand flashed with magical fluorescence, which calmed Sirius somewhat, but his eyes under his long and messy hair were full of madness.

"Where did you know this name?" Sirius said word by word.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Since the strange little wizard in front of him did not intend to hand himself over to the Ministry of Magic, there was only one possibility left.

The other party came to kill him on behalf of Peter! Or maybe this little wizard's family died in the big explosion thirteen years ago, and now he's looking for revenge!

After all, only he and Peter know what happened back then.

And his current identity is a Death Eater who murdered thirteen Muggles and betrayed his friends. Peter can easily deceive the other party.

Thinking of this, Sirius's eyes turned red, and he even ignored the threat of death and planned to forcefully subdue the little wizard in front of him and explain slowly.

However, Ivan was faster and activated the protective ring on his right hand in an instant, and the light of the Iron Armor Curse flashed around him.

Sirius was thrown away and hit the wall behind.

"You'd better calm down. I have no intention of being hostile to you." Ivan's tone was very stiff.

If it were normal times, he might still explain the reason to Sirius, but now he is not in such a mood!

"What do you want to do?" Sirius climbed up with difficulty. He was easily subdued by Ivan twice, which made him understand that Ivan was far more powerful than he expected, so he had to ask.

Ivan picked up another Daily Prophet on the table. The headline on the cover was a report that the Weasley family had received a 1,000 Galleons bonus and traveled to Egypt.

Ivan pointed at Ron holding Scabbers in the photo and said to Sirius. "I know what you are going to do, and I can help you catch that mouse, but in return you need to obey my orders temporarily."

Sirius's eyes moved away from Ivan, and he looked at the mouse on the newspaper, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"Why should I trust you?" Sirius said disdainfully.

He could catch Peter by himself without anyone's help, and he didn't trust the little wizard in front of him.

"You have no choice! If you don't want to go back to Azkaban" Ivan pointed his wand at him, the threat was obvious.

Sirius was silent. He understood what Ivan meant. If he disagreed with the other party, he would be handed over to the Aurors and imprisoned in Azkaban again.

The most important thing is that his Animagus has been exposed, and the Aurors will definitely prepare a special prison for him, or even execute him directly as a dangerous person!

"Okay! How do you want to help me?" Sirius' eyes flickered. He compromised. In order to kill Peter, he would tolerate anything, even temporarily obeying the orders of a little wizard.

But if the other party couldn't give him any good ideas, then he wouldn't play wizard games with him. He would just agree to it for the time being and wait until he regained his strength to find a chance to escape.

"Also, how do you know Peter is still alive?" Sirius continued to ask.

Ivan didn't reply and took out a blank piece of parchment from his pocket and showed it in front of Sirius.

"The Marauder's Map!" Sirius recognized it immediately, and the doubts in his heart were much less. With the Marauder's Map, it was normal for the little wizard in front of him to find Peter who had turned into a mouse.

Because as long as you are careful enough, you can spot a mouse and its name will be displayed on the map.

The only thing that puzzled Sirius was why Ivan would help him, an apparent fugitive from Azkaban?

Could it be that he had already contacted Peter and discovered something was wrong?

It’s impossible for the other party to use Legilimency to extract relevant memories from Peter’s mind, right?

Sirius couldn't figure it out and was about to ask, but was interrupted by Ivan's words.

"The little wizard holding the mouse in the photo is called Ron. Peter is his pet now. He shares the same dormitory with me. I can easily catch Peter and bring him to you!"

"And Harry, you must really want to see him, right? I can create a chance for you to meet, and you can explain everything to him, and you can even take care of him yourself after you are acquitted!

I think you should have seen before that Harry is not doing well now and was even kicked out of the house! "

Ivan's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Sirius's body. Each sentence pointed directly at what he wanted most in his heart, making him moved by it.

But soon, Ivan changed his words and continued.

"The premise is that you need to help me accomplish something, otherwise, I will let that mouse go and throw it somewhere you will never find it! And tell Harry that you betrayed his parents!"

Sirius's face suddenly froze. He took a deep look at Ivan and felt that the little wizard in front of him was simply a devil!

"You win!" Sirius sighed, completely giving up on his previous idea of ​​escaping halfway. "What exactly do you need me to do? Help you deal with a senior student who bullies you? Or is your parents treating you badly and you need me to help you beat them up?"

Sirius thought about what a young wizard of Ivan's age might need to do, and then looked at Dobby, the house elf. He felt that Ivan might be the heir of an ancient pure-blood, and he had conflicts and divorce with his family. The possibility of running away from home is very high.

"Kill!" Ivan said expressionlessly.

"Are you sure?" Sirius's pupils narrowed slightly, and a chill spread behind him.

Although he had just escaped from Azkaban and was almost forced into a desperate situation, he still had his own bottom line.

Not killing innocent people is one of the bottom lines!

What made him frown even more was why a little wizard of thirteen or fourteen years old would talk about murder in such an understatement.

(PS: To answer questions from some book friends: The original work does not clearly mention the limits of the time turner. The undamaged time turner is still very powerful. In "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", it can even Go back several decades. Anyway, it’s not like you can only go back a few hours.)