Chapter 381 Surveillance

"Werewolf?!!"

When Hermione explained Lupin's situation, Ron and Harry both stood up screaming.

"You guessed it yourself, not Fish who told you."

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The kitten was more concerned about his own credibility.

"It's Lupin for sure!"

Compared with Harry and Hermione, Ron, who was born as a pure-blood wizard, obviously had a deeper prejudice against werewolves. After all, like the Dark Lord, the story of the evil werewolf has always accompanied him since he grew up, so he immediately shouted with absolute certainty.

"Is Dumbledore crazy?! He hired Lupin even though he knew he was a werewolf?" Ron was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the Room of Requirement. "No! I have to write a letter to tell Mom and Dad about this!"

Fish had never had any idea about the prejudice mentioned by Professor McGonagall until he saw the reactions of Harry and the others...

"But... Minerva said Lupin is a good werewolf meow..."

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Although the kitten couldn't explain why, he felt that it was a bit too much to determine that Lupin was a bad person just because he was a werewolf. So even though he didn't like Lupin very much, he still defended him, "He didn't want to become a werewolf himself, and no one has been bitten by him, right?"

"But he helped Sirius Black!" Ron was still shouting excitedly, "The You-Know-Who had a group of werewolf followers! Maybe Lupin was also involved in the murder of Harry's father!"

Harry's face changed slightly, and his mood was very complicated.

Emotionally, he didn't want Lupin to be a bad guy, but from the evidence he had, it was hard for Harry not to doubt his true identity.

"I think we should still inform the professor."

Of course, only Miss Know-it-all would say that.

"Didn't you hear what Fish said? The professors all believe him!" Ron rejected Hermione's idea, "We still have to tell our parents and let them protest to the school!"

"But what if Lupin is really a good person?" Fish still felt that their reaction was too extreme, "It's not easy for a werewolf to find a job. Look at Lupin's tattered appearance."

And Harry Potter didn't agree with Ron's plan. He was still thinking about luring Sirius Black out!

Of course, this was not the reason to stop Ron, so he reluctantly agreed with Maomao: "Fish is right. Although Lupin is highly suspected, we can't wrongly accuse a good person..."

"You don't want to do the same thing as in the first grade, do you?"

Hermione stared at Harry with wide eyes, and then refused righteously: "I won't go crazy with you again!"

"No, no, no," Harry waved his hands and explained: "We don't need to take risks. Have you forgotten? I just need to use the Marauder's Map that George and Fred gave me to monitor Lupin."

It's not easy to find Sirius among a bunch of small black dots, but it would be much easier if you just lock on Lupin whose approximate location is already known.

Hearing that Harry had already made a plan, Hermione and Ron said nothing more, and Fish didn't care at all. Whether Lupin was a bad guy or not, it didn't matter to Maomao. Anyway, he just had to go to fight.

In this way, a month passed in a flash.

During this period, Slytherin and Hufflepuff played another game. The Hufflepuff Quidditch team, which had finally finished running in, was led by Cedric and gave Slytherin a severe lesson. Even though the opponent had seven Nimbus 2001s, they could not stop Hufflepuff from winning.

This made the Gryffindor students very excited, because after Slytherin's defeat, Gryffindor, who had lost to them, had the hope of competing with Ravenclaw for the final championship. However, just like the first year, they needed to beat Ravenclaw by a large margin in the last game.

However, compared with the Quidditch game, Harry was more concerned about Lupin's whereabouts during this period. From that day on, he had been carrying the Marauder's Map with him. Whenever he had the chance, he would take it out to see the location of the small black dot representing Lupin.

However, in the past month, Lupin's movements were very ordinary, and there was no sign that he had contact with Black.

While Harry was relieved, he was also a little disappointed.

He was glad that Lupin did not betray his father, but he regretted that he had lost the clue of Black again.

And because of Black's second intrusion, the school restricted students, especially Harry's movements more strictly. Not only could he not go to Hogsmeade, but he was not even allowed to leave the castle at ordinary times. The plan discussed with Fish could not continue.

However, Harry did not relax because of this. Black's two intrusions were three or four months apart. It is very likely that Lupin just did not take any action, so he is still using the Marauder's Map to monitor Lupin's every move.

"How is it? Is there still no movement from Lupin?"

That evening, after dinner, Harry returned to the common room, found a corner to sit down, and took out the Marauder's Map again. Ron also came over and asked in a low voice.

Although Ron did not tell Lupin's identity under Harry's prevention, his prejudice against werewolves did not disappear. He always believed that Lupin was Black's internal aid, so during this period of time, his attitude towards Lupin took a sharp turn for the worse, and he would come to ask about Lupin's situation from time to time.

"Still staying in the office as usual," Harry answered in a low voice, "but these days, I always see Snape going to Lupin, and he just left Lupin's office."

He pointed to a small black dot on the map, and the black dot with Snape's name just separated from the black dot representing Lupin.

"He is monitoring Lupin, just like Quirrell did back then... Tsk! It's really uncomfortable to think about it, Snape is actually on the same side as us..."

Ron was shocked. He hated werewolves, but he also hated Snape.

"He should be delivering medicine to Lupin," Harry nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Remember? I mentioned before that Snape has been brewing potions for Lupin. According to Hermione's speculation, it should be wolfsbane potion... I have seen the moon phase table, and tonight is the full moon night."

"In other words, he will turn into a wolf tonight?" Ron showed obvious disgust on his face, "I really don't understand, Snape obviously doesn't get along with Lupin, why does he help him brew wolfsbane potion."

"Maybe Dumbledore asked him to do this."

"So why did Dumbledore hire a werewolf to be our professor? I would rather have another liar like Lockhart."

Ron immediately turned around and complained about Dumbledore again.

Harry didn't react much to Ron's chattering, because he was tired of it. At first, he would agree with Ron, but now he just thought Ron was annoying...

"Lupin has moved!"

Harry suddenly interrupted Ron's complaints, and the two of them stared at the small black dot on the map nervously.

According to their analysis (mainly Hermione), if Lupin wanted to contact Sirius Black, the best time would be when he transformed every month. If Lupin didn't contact Black during the few days he was acting alone, he would be free of suspicion.

On the map, the small black dot representing Lupin walked into the Forbidden Forest, stopped near the Whomping Willow for a while, and then went into the secret passage leading to the Shrieking Shack.

"He also knows about this secret passage!" Ron exclaimed in a low voice: "So, Black might know it too! Maybe he enters and exits Hogwarts through this secret passage!"

"Maybe Lupin just uses this secret passage to survive the transformation period... He must have a place to hide."

Harry pursed his lips and subconsciously defended Lupin. He didn't hate werewolves as much as Ron did, and Lupin was a friend of his parents, so Harry still hoped that Lupin was not a bad guy.

"But even Filch didn't know about this secret passage."

If Harry tried to think the best of Lupin, then Ron was determined to think that Lupin was a bad guy.

"But Dumbledore might know it, right? And Fish also knew about this secret passage."

In the end, Harry still convinced Ron, because they monitored for a long time later and didn't see anyone else entering the secret passage, so Ron temporarily put aside his suspicion of Lupin.

At this time, Lupin, who was in the Shrieking Shack, was staring at the note in his hand in a daze.

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In the original book, after getting the wolfsbane potion, according to Lupin himself, he should have completed the transformation in his office.

For the sake of plot development, I still put it in the Shrieking Shack. If it is done in the office, the risk of being exposed is too great, not to mention that there is a cat running around at night in this book, so it is reasonable to change it to the Shrieking Shack.