Chapter 6 Tabby Cat: Transformed Into a Human

"The greedy monster gargoyle, what a ferocious little guy."

The wizard Orr, who had regained his human appearance, covered his bleeding neck and sighed with a grin on his face.

"Could it be that this cat is the culprit behind the mass disappearance of owls in London? Dumbledore?"

"I can't give you an accurate answer to that, Al."

An old human wearing dark blue robes with white beard and hair walked out of the darkness. His blue eyes looked carefully at Fei Xu not far away through the half-moon lenses, and at the same time he shrugged helplessly. .

"Although I know many different languages, this does not include cat language... You know, these little guys' ideas are always so changeable, and it is not easy to learn their language."

Dumbledore came to Al's side, stretched out his wand and tapped his wound twice, temporarily stopping the bleeding.

"Go back to Hogwarts later and let Madam Pomfrey treat you well."

Al was invited by Dumbledore to solve the owl incident, so he naturally had to take responsibility to the end.

As the greatest wizard of our time, there was no way Dumbledore would come to deal with this matter. He certainly would not think that the truth of the matter was a Death Eater conspiracy as reported by Rita Skeeter.

but……

When Hogwarts delivered letters to students before, owls had already disappeared, and as Christmas approaches recently, it is time to use owls in large quantities.

In addition, people from the Ministry of Magic kept begging him for help, so Dumbledore could only ask his old friend Al, the Animagus who could turn into an owl, for help.

With Dumbledore's wisdom, he quickly discovered the pattern of the disappearance of owls. Basically, they all passed near the destination where the last missing owl sent a message, and then disappeared.

The killers of the owls appear to have been motivated by the sight of them.

That's why Dumbledore invited Orr to turn into an owl and hover in the area where the previous victim had sent the letter.

Originally, Dumbledore didn't have high hopes. He just gave it a try without any more clues. He didn't expect that he would lead to the suspect so smoothly.

However, judging from the rules he had speculated before, if the murderer was a cat, then things seemed to become more reasonable.

That's what Dumbledore thought, and that's what he told Al.

"Then this little guy is definitely not an ordinary cat." Al touched his neck, which had stopped bleeding but was still aching. "Ordinary cats don't have such strength. He probably has some kind of magical creature." ”

"Should it be a catnive? I remember it was mentioned in Scamander's book."

Dumbledore responded casually.

"We'd better take him back and let Minerva confirm it."

With that said, Dumbledore raised the wand in his hand and pointed it at Fish, who was slowly retreating.

"ha--!"

Hearing that the humans in front of him were trying to catch him, Fish arched his body, the hair on his body exploded, and made a threatening voice at them.

However, neither wizard took Fish's threats to heart.

"Don't worry little one, we won't hurt you."

Dumbledore said with a smile, and then tapped the wand in his hand to turn a stone on the narrator's side into a cage, covering Fish underneath.

However, in the next second, the silver-gray tabby cat shrank to the size of a palm, slipped out of the gap in the cage, and then quickly fled to the end of the alley.

"Oh, I'm afraid it's not Mao Nizi's blood. I don't remember Mao Nizi having this kind of ability."

At this time, Dumbledore basically confirmed that the culprit of the owl's disappearance was the running kitten in front of him.

He waved the wand in his hand again, transforming it into a more detailed cage, covering Feish again.

But Fish, who had been well prepared, had already avoided the cage before it was buckled this time, causing Dumbledore's spell to be in vain again.

Seeing that the tabby cat was about to run around the corner and out of his sight, Dumbledore still waved his wand unhurriedly, and a dead branch lying at the end of the alley turned into a A large python as thick as the mouth of a bowl stood upright and stood in front of the tabby cat.

It's not like Fei Xu had never eaten snakes before. He flicked his fur and expanded to half a meter long. He raised his paw towards the python's head, then turned around and bit it. Behind the snake's head, it shook its head violently several times.

Normally, an ordinary snake would basically lose its ability to resist after being knocked down by Fish's combo, and could only be picked back by him and turned into a meal. However, this snake was actually created by Dumbledore using the Transfiguration Technique. , so soon it turned into a piece of hemp rope and wrapped around Fish who was biting it.

However, the tied up Fish once again surprised the two wizards. The tabby cat used its claws to forcefully open the rope and break free from the restraints.

[The brute force of cattle]

Increase your own strength.

Fish, who was freed from the restraints of the rope, had realized that these two humans were not easy to deal with. He ran to the corner as quickly as possible, got out of their sight, and hid in the nearby bushes.

【Eliminate odor】

Other creatures cannot use their sense of smell to track the subject.

【hidden】

Use surrounding plants to reduce the chance of being discovered.

"Huh?"

Dumbledore turned the corner and was shocked to find that he had lost the trace of the tabby cat.

"Hahahaha! If other people knew that the famous Dumbledore had failed to catch a cat again and again, it would shock the entire wizarding world."

Orr, who came with Dumbledore, laughed loudly. He felt a little uncomfortable because he had been defeated by the cat before, but now that he saw that even Dumbledore had been defeated like him, Orr felt balanced immediately.

"If I give you my collection of cockroaches, can you help keep this secret?"

Dumbledore was not angry at being ridiculed by his old friend, and he talked and laughed happily with Orr.

Orr rolled his eyes speechlessly. Dumbledore's taste was as bad as ever.

"You should keep it for yourself."

"If Scamander knew about the existence of this little guy, he would definitely be very interested in him. I think this is a good Christmas gift."

Dumbledore raised his wand and tapped his glasses. A layer of light fluorescence attached to them, and then Dumbledore found Fish hiding in the bushes.

Fish also noticed Dumbledore's gaze, and he turned around and ran without hesitation.

Perhaps to see what else Fish was capable of, Dumbledore did not rush to catch him, but smiled and watched Fish leave, and then slowly found his hiding place.

This kind of hide-and-seek lasted several times, and Fish used all his tricks but couldn't get rid of the two strange humans.

To be precise, he couldn't get rid of the human in the blue robe.

Fish, who escaped from the two humans again, chose to hide in the trash can this time. In his impression, few humans would like to get close to this place.

However, unfortunately, the familiar footsteps came as expected, and he seemed to be found by the two humans again.

"That's about it, Dumbledore. That little guy is probably going to be scared by you."

O'er saw that Fish actually hid in the trash can this time, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"Sorry, I was just in a whim."

After Or's reminder, Dumbledore realized that he seemed to have wasted too much time on this cat. He pursed his lips in confusion. Generally speaking, Dumbledore would only try to use various means to test and train the abilities of students he valued when facing them.

This is the unique expression of Dumbledore's love for his juniors.

Of course, this is the effect of Fish's animal affinity. Although wizards have a certain degree of spell resistance, they will still be affected by this spell.

O'er's performance is still normal, but Dumbledore's way of expressing intimacy is a little special.

Dumbledore, who didn't intend to continue to tormenting Fish, waved his wand, and the trash can where Fish was hiding slowly rose from the ground. After about one meter above the ground, the trash can turned 180 degrees and dumped out everything inside.

"Puff puff puff..."

The first thing that fell to the ground was several tied black garbage bags and some small pieces of garbage scattered from the holes in the garbage bags.

Then...

A little boy about ten years old fell out of the trash can.

The little boy had fluffy silver-gray hair and a pair of very distinctive green eyes.

Because his pupils were like those of a cat, the moment he saw Dumbledore and Orr, his needle-like vertical pupils turned into a round shape that almost occupied the entire eyeball.

The most important thing was...

He was naked.

After landing on the ground, the little boy immediately propped his hands on the ground, arched his back like a bow, made a fierce expression towards Dumbledore and Orr, and made a deterrent sound from his throat...

"Ha——!"

"..."

"Are you still going to give him to Scamander?"

Orr looked at Dumbledore beside him and asked.

The human form of the protagonist is basically based on Luo Xiaohei.

It is mentioned in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that catkins often cross with ordinary cats, and Crookshanks, who Hermione later raised, has catkin blood.

Self-created extra Orr, the naming rule is very simple, the English word for owl is owl, which is a direct transliteration.

...

I went out for dinner today, and when I came back, I saw a cow cat. Its tail was broken, leaving only a thumb-long section, and it seemed that the eye was also injured. I wanted to get closer to take a closer look, but it ran away when it noticed me approaching.