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In the Forbidden Forest, Levin deliberately made some noise, then controlled his tracking direction all the way, forcing Scabbers to the vicinity of the Beating Willow and blocking it there.
Then, facing the mouse, he deliberately pretended to be serious and said, "Hey, isn't this Ron's pet mouse, Scabbers? What did it do here?"
Upon hearing this, Banban immediately froze in place, seemingly hesitating whether to run away.
Its condition didn't look good at all. It used to be plump and strong, but now it was skin and bones, its fur was pitted and bald all over, as if it had a skin disease, which made people feel very uncomfortable at first glance.
Taking advantage of the rat's inattention, Levin used a levitation charm to subdue it, then carried it into the hole in the Willow Tree.
Upon entering the tree hollow, his psychic senses detected Sirius's arrival, so he secretly took out a bottle of potion and scattered it throughout the cave's interior.
That was a diarrhea potion that he redesigned after the Weasley twins sent him "diarrhea candy".
Compared to the original diarrhea potion in the diarrhea candy, the new diarrhea potion has a much milder flavor, making it easy to package into candy.
He had given the new formula to the twins as early as after the holiday.
But he still had a large bottle of finished diarrhea potion in his bag that he couldn't use.
After all, normal people don't need this kind of medicine.
But that's when the medicine comes in handy.
Levin remembered that the potion he created was highly volatile under normal conditions.
The gas can also produce an effect after being inhaled.
By this time, the man-hitting willow had been calmed down by his druidic spells and wouldn't move for the time being.
So the three people following Levin crawled into the tree hole one after another, arriving at the place where Levin poured the potion.
Since the potion was spilled on the ground, the three of them didn't notice it at all.
What surprised them most was each other's presence.
At least Ron and Malfoy discovered each other.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Because Levin did not proceed further into the deeper passageway,
This resulted in Malfoy, who was following him, being blocked at the entrance to the tree hole and unable to go any further.
The reckless Ron, completely unaware of the situation inside the cave, barged in, fully assuming that Malfoy had already gone deeper.
And so, I ran right into my old nemesis.
The two young wizards looked at each other, about to say something, when...
A force silenced them.
It was Professor Snape; he caught up too.
He didn't want the voices of those two idiots to disturb the people deep inside the tunnel below.
Because there was an enemy he couldn't wait to kill.
Just as the three people above were trapped in a corner, staring at each other blankly, thanks to Levin's scheme,
Levin had already encountered Blake, who had rushed over after hearing the news, in the passageway.
However, the atmosphere between them was not very harmonious.
"Give him to me!"
Upon seeing Scabbers, Sirius Black immediately flew into a rage and pounced on him.
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But the next moment, he was thrown away by the same force and angle.
“Calm down, listen to me!” Levin shouted.
However, Sirius, blinded by the rage of revenge, did not give up.
Although he didn't have a wand, he still had Animagus, which immediately transformed him into a black dog, attempting to pounce on Levin again.
So the boy taught him a lesson once again.
The same vines sprouted from beneath his feet, binding the black dog firmly to the wall of the passageway, and wouldn't stop until he returned to his original form.
Despite his disheveled state, Sirius Black did not beg for mercy. Instead, he struggled and shouted, "Put me down! Put me down now!"
Levin frowned slightly. "You'll get the Peter Pettigrew you want, but not now!"
"Didn't we have an agreement?" The mention of that name seemed to enrage Blake. His face turned ashen, and the muscles in his face twitched. "You've already got it, so why aren't you handing it over to me?! Or was your so-called deal just a lie?!"
Hearing this, Levin couldn't help but sigh, looking at Sirius as if he were an idiot.
“Mr. Black, use your muscular head and think confidently: if I really didn’t want to fulfill the deal, why would I bring it to see you?”
At that moment, among the three hiding at the entrance, Ron's mouth dropped open in astonishment:
What did he see?
Levin is actually hanging out with the murderer Sirius Black!
Also, his freckles are in the other party's hands.
The other party kept mentioning Peter Pettigrew. What is the relationship between Scabbers and Peter Pettigrew?
Malfoy was also surprised by this.
But the most vehement reaction came from Professor Snape.
At this moment, he stared intently at Sirius and Levin, his face terribly grim, and he drew his wand.
"You two get out," he said.
But just as the two were about to turn around, Snape forcefully pressed them back to their original positions.
The Potions professor hissed, "Don't move, you idiot!"
It turns out that Willow, who had been calmed down by Levin, was slowly recovering.
Snape realized that letting them out at this point would only make them easy targets.
As you may recall, a few months ago, Harry dropped his broom during a Quidditch match, and his Nimbus 2000 flew all the way to the Whomping Willow, eventually turning into Nimbus 2000 fragments.
Snape didn't want to try to compare the toughness of his students' faces with that of a flying broomstick.
"It seems you two will have to stay here." Snape's cold voice rang out.
"However, this is even better, so you two won't run back and tell Dumbledore... Sirius, your death is near!"
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Driven by a thirst for revenge, Snape silently used magic to imprison the two in place.
Then it glided towards Levin and Black, like a bat moving through the night.
Meanwhile, Levin and Sirius's conversation continued.
"Fine, I'll assume you didn't intend to break the contract... but why don't you give it to me?" Bound by the vines, Sirius finally calmed down a bit, but he was still resentful.
"Give it to you?" Levin sneered. "What would you do if I taught it to you?"
"Of course, tear it to shreds on the spot!" Sirius shouted urgently. "Because of it, the Potter family died tragically, and I suffered decades of imprisonment unjustly. This is the retribution I deserve!"
"Are you innocent?"
Levin found this extremely ironic.
In his eyes, Sirius Black had indeed not betrayed the Potters.
But this does not mean he bears no joint liability.
As a Gryffindor, he certainly possessed a righteous and courageous side; otherwise, he wouldn't have stood against Voldemort.
However, he also perfectly embodies the negative qualities of Gryffindor—in this respect, he is almost exactly the same as Harry and Ron today.
It was his arrogant recklessness and misplaced trust that triggered a series of tragedies.
And now, he's showing this side of himself to Levin again.
"If you ask me, Professor Snape is right about some things. You lot are arrogant, haughty, and impulsive..."
Sirius Black immediately got angry when Levin mentioned Snape.
"You actually believed Snape? He was our mortal enemy, of course he would say that!"
But Levin pointed out sharply:
"Since you think this is wrong, let's take a good look at it: it all stems from your own cleverness! If you hadn't changed the Potter family's secret agent at the last minute, would Peter Pettigrew have had the opportunity to betray them? If you were the secret agent, James Potter and Lily Potter wouldn't have been found so easily."
Here, Levin didn't use the Potters' names, but instead directly mentioned each of them by name.
Snape, who was behind them, was about to approach and give the two of them a righteous slap on the head.
But when Levin mentioned his name, he was stunned.
He didn't recall ever discussing such a private topic with Levin.
But Levin's words did give him a sense of relief.
Until he heard Levin mention Lily's name.
Of course, it wasn't just Snape, who was just listening in, who was affected by Levin's words.
As the primary target of the attack, Sirius's anger had turned into deep remorse.
In fact, while he was imprisoned in Azkaban, he had asked himself this question countless times.
What if I had been the one keeping the secret?
If it weren't for his overconfidence and wild ideas...
If he could fully trust Lupin and pay more attention to Peter Pettigrew... Come to think of it, there were actually quite a few clues to Peter's betrayal, but he was overlooked simply because he was insignificant and was treated as a follower and a filler by James and Black.
If none of this had happened, would James and Lily have survived?
Harry wouldn't have to live under someone else's roof at such a young age.
However, Levin's blows didn't end there:
"You were too clever for your own good and caused the death of your friend. That's all that matters now, but why did you start acting so stupidly afterward? Since you had the ability to escape Azkaban all along, why didn't you escape sooner? Do you think being imprisoned here is your atonement? Have you mistaken who you should be atoning for?"
The boy's accusation hit the nail on the head: