Chapter 276
Scarlet
Chapter 276 Scarlet
How fast can a peregrine falcon fly?
The normal flying speed can reach 140 kilometers per hour, and the speed during a dive can even exceed 300 kilometers per hour.
It was the first time that Vader used his transformed speed to its full potential.
High in the sky, the wind was howling and the torn clouds were soon left behind. An eagle seemed to have set its sights on the peregrine falcon, but it only followed it for a while before giving up on its own.
On the parchment, the black spot was still moving.
Vader glanced over from time to time and adjusted his direction so as not to fly to the wrong place.
The black dot on this parchment represents the location of Peter Petillo.
When Peter was captured, before he was taken away, Vader stuck a piece of positioning parchment on him.
After all, that guy is an escape expert. In order to avoid the original plot from happening again, Wade made some preparations.
The parchment had been engraved with a shrinking spell, so it looked no bigger than a piece of dandruff, and Vader was not worried about it being discovered.
However, at that time he had no way to use the permanent sticking spell on a person without being discovered, so as long as Peter Pettigrew took a shower, the parchment would most likely be washed off.
But fortunately, neither the Wizengamot court that tried him nor Azkaban were kind enough to give the criminal a chance to take a shower.
That small piece of parchment has actually been preserved until now.
Vader was not surprised that Peter Petillo escaped from prison.
Although the Ministry of Magic claims that they have enough means to deal with such Animagus wizards and ensure that they do not escape, a mouse is too small and has strong gnawing and digging abilities, so it is very difficult to be absolutely safe.
However, Wade originally thought that Peter Petillo would be able to escape from prison soon, but he didn't expect that he would stay in there for nearly a year.
Did he just find an opportunity to escape recently?
Or did Peter Pettigrew do something during this year?
Wade felt a little uneasy, so he flapped his wings and flew faster.
Below the peregrine falcon is the endless sea.
The function of the positioning parchment is very simple. It can neither display changes in the environment like the Marauder's Map, nor can it display paths and distances like the Amap. Wade can only simply confirm in which direction the other party is in.
After flying for a while, he suddenly found that Peter Pettigrew had instantly changed from north to south of him, and he knew that he had flown too far.
He immediately drew an arc in the air, changed direction, slowed down, and began to search carefully.
Peregrine falcons have vision eight times better than humans and can spot prey a kilometer away. But to find a gray mouse, Vader needed to get even lower.
He looked around and found no bald man or little mouse swimming desperately on the sea, but there was a Muggle fishing boat.
As expected, Peter Petillo was on board.
This guy is much smarter than Sirius... In the original plot, when Sirius escaped from prison, he only relied on dog paddling to swim across the North Sea and return to land.
Vid increased his altitude and followed the fishing boat for a while.
The people on the boat were resting, all of them were lazy. Some were smoking and reading in the room, some were sleeping, and only one person was sorting the fishing nets on the deck.
After a while, someone came out with a large bowl. He called out to everyone, and they sat down on the deck and started eating.
Just at this moment, a mouse came out from nowhere, observed the surrounding environment stealthily, crawled into the kitchen along the corner of the wall, and as it leaped forward, it turned into a short man.
Peter Petillo has plenty of experience stealing food.
When he was at the Weasleys' house, he could only get a handful of grains or biscuit scraps every day. It was only by stealing that Peter did not starve to death. At this moment, he did not even look at the sandwiches on the table, nor did he touch the bowl of carrots that the chef had just cut.
Peter rushed to the corner, grabbed some raw fruits and vegetables and stuffed them into his arms, then rummaged through the drawers to find the sugar jar and stuffed a handful into his mouth, stole a handful of salt, and took two pieces of chocolate and a piece of bacon.
He stole all the food that was already on the boat, which was plenty. After taking it away, he sorted it out so that it looked as if nothing had been done.
But when you are at sea, water is the most important thing compared to food.
Peter simply stole a bucket of water, held it in his arms, and sneaked out while everyone on the boat was eating.
He had one foot out the door and one foot still in the kitchen, wondering how long the food would last, but his sixth sense suddenly started to sound the alarm.
The man's watery eyes immediately widened, and he stepped back without thinking, but his body below the neck did not move back with his head.
Afterwards, he couldn't even move his head, only his eyes could move.
——The immobilization spell? Who called here? Or were those two guys...
Before Peter Pettigrew could finish his thoughts, he found that his clothes were floating up, and then he was pulled up and pulled towards the side of the ship with great determination.
——No, no, no…
Peter screamed madly in his heart, and his desire to survive almost broke through the limits of magic and burst out from his eyes! He rolled his eyeballs back hard, as if he wanted to see something.
"Pfft!"
The immobilized human body felt as heavy as a stone and was swallowed up by the sea water in one gulp. A small whirlpool formed on the sea surface and was immediately shattered by the ripples stirred up by the fishing boat's engine.
Wade, who was standing on top of the cab, did not take it lightly. He cast a bubble head spell and jumped into the sea.
"Pfft!"
A fisherman who was eating on the deck suddenly looked up, listened for a while, and asked the others: "Did you hear the sound of falling into the water?"
"Maybe a dolphin or a swordfish?"
The others actually heard it, but they didn't pay attention to it. They smiled and said, "It's impossible that someone fell into the water... There's no one else on this boat."
“——That’s right.” The man felt relieved and continued eating.
Below the sea, Wade, who was under the Bubble Head Curse, finally saw Peter Pettigrew.
The immobilization spell had lost its effect, and the man was swimming up with all his strength. When he saw Wade entering the water, he suddenly showed a look of horror, with pleading and ferocity in his eyes.
Vader cast spells one after another without hesitation, and the light of the spells shot forward like raindrops -
[Quickly imprison them! Petrify them all! Fall to the ground! Fall to the ground! Fall to the ground! Break into pieces! Explode with thunder!]
Peter Pettigrew transformed into a mouse extremely quickly and avoided the first three spells, but the fourth spell hit him anyway, and then the fifth, the sixth...
The scarlet blood color gradually spread in the sea.
Not far away, a shark turned around and swam towards this side.
(End of this chapter)