Chapter 462: Thrilling Competition

Harry was speechless for a while, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

Gryffindor and Slytherin are like a pair of enemies, and no house can gain an overwhelming advantage in Quidditch.

If Harry continued to ask, George and Fred would tell him more detailed data-

For example, the 50% winning rate is based on the calculation of these three years, and their chances of winning against Slytherin are 50-50.

The reason why only these three years are counted is that Gryffindor's strength has improved a lot after Harry joined the team.

If the data of the past 10 years is counted instead of the three years since he joined, then Slytherin's winning rate against Gryffindor is as high as 70%!

It is a really desperate number, and George and Fred chose to avoid talking about it.

After arriving at the Great Hall, they found that Captain Wood was already having breakfast, and almost all the other team members were there.

There was a book next to the captain's table. He seemed to have found something interesting, so he stood up and immediately shared it with other team members.

"The book "Prediction of Snitch Trajectory in Heavy Rain" says that the Golden Snitch likes to rise in a strange spiral trajectory in heavy rain. This is their favorite confusing flight mode. I think this is very helpful to us."

George looked out the window and rolled his eyes in boredom.

"Captain, although the weather today is very bad and foggy, it doesn't look like it will rain."

Fred agreed: "You should find out how the Golden Snitch will appear in a confusing way under normal weather conditions."

Wood's face turned pale, but the book in his hand was a prediction of heavy rain, and it was very difficult to find.

In addition to training these days, he went to the library whenever he had time. He looked for thousands of books related to the Golden Snitch before finding such a prediction.

Wood said seriously: "Just in case, everyone should record the trajectory. What if the weather changes suddenly?"

The book was circulated among the team members and finally came to Harry's hands.

Harry ate breakfast in big mouthfuls. The others had already left. He could only record it hastily and imprint the trajectory pattern in his mind.

When they were about to leave the Great Hall, Harry remembered something, walked quickly to George and Fred, and asked in a low voice:

"Senior Weasley, didn't you use the crystal ball to predict the result this time?"

George shrugged: "I really wanted to take it, but Professor Trelawney didn't allow it."

Fred: "But the professor still predicted the result for us this time, do you want to know?"

Harry nodded immediately: "Can I tell it? Will it be ineffective if I tell it?"

George: "Of course I can tell it. The professor didn't say it must be kept secret, which proves that the result will not be changed anyway."

Fred coughed a few times, imitating Trelawney's calm and wise, but somewhat low and hoarse voice at that time-

"It's a close call, you will get everything you want in the end."

Harry opened his eyes slightly, does this mean that Gryffindor will win in the end?

George and Fred suddenly blinked at him.

George: "I know what you want to say."

Fred made a zipper gesture with his hand at his mouth and whispered: "But you'd better not tell the answer, so as not to affect the secret."

Harry said excitedly: "Why don't you tell Wood about the prophecy? He looks very nervous!"

George and Fred shook their heads at the same time, "No, only if everything develops normally can we eventually reach this result.

Although leaking it in advance will not have a serious impact on the result, what if there is a 1/10000 chance that the result will change?"

Harry: "...Then why did you tell me the result?"

George patted his shoulder: "We believe that whether you know the result or not, you will do your best to fight in the Quidditch field."

Fred: "This is a little surprise we want to make you less nervous, what do you think?"

Harry: ...

In fact, he would rather not know anything, so that the pressure will not be so great.

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"Quick, Ron, Lin Xia, Draco, over here!"

Hermione waved to Lin Xia and others in the crowd, excitedly said.

She grabbed a good seat in the front row of the stands. Other young wizards wanted to sit in the empty seats next to her, but they were pushed out by an inexplicable force.

It was as if these seats were cast with magic, preventing young wizards from sitting down.

Lin Xia and others walked over. The scene was noisy, and the voices of young wizards were everywhere. Hermione had to shout very hard to let them hear.

The stands on both sides of the Quidditch field had been decorated in red and gold and blue and copper, as if two different waves collided with each other.

Lin Xia's eyes swept across the flags hanging opposite - the eagle representing Ravenclaw spread its wings in the morning light.

But the flag of Gryffindor was equally magnificent. Facing the morning light, the lion couldn't wait to make a deafening roar.

"Gryffindor will win!"

"Victory belongs to Ravenclaw!"

"Gryffindor will win in the end!"

"Ravenclaw will definitely win the championship!"

The Ravenclaw students, who usually look very gentle and wise, finally put down the books they kept with them all day, waving their hands and shouting slogans in the stands.

The group of nerds looked very excited, and Ron couldn't help asking a question.

But because the scene was too noisy, no one could hear him, so Ron had to wave his wand and create a space that could block the outside sound.

But the magic he cast was obviously not good enough. Although the spell was successful, it could not completely block the outside sound.

It just made the noise much lighter, like the background sound of cheering.

But as soon as he cast this magic, Hermione and others turned to look at him, and they could all feel it.

Ron asked: "Why are the students of Ravenclaw so excited? I remember the last time they participated in the Quidditch game, even the team members were very calm."

Hermione's mood had calmed down a lot, but she couldn't help rolling her eyes at this time.

"Don't you pay attention to the House Cup at all? Haven't you noticed that Ravenclaw's House Cup has risen to the first place?

If they win the Quidditch championship, then their first place will be unbreakable and no one can shake it."

Ron subconsciously said: "Impossible, we have won the House Cup for two consecutive years, although we are tied with Hufflepuff. Every time at the end of the semester, we can always get extra points."

Hermione: "But this year is different from the past. Don't you find that this year is not so dangerous? The professor did not ask the students to decipher, except that the school is always surrounded by a lot of Dementors.

Unless we encounter a Dementor riot, we use the Patronus Charm to subdue the Dementors, otherwise we can't encounter a big extra point event."

Ron murmured: "So if Gryffindor can't win this time, we may lose a lot of points and fail to win the championship?"

Hermione said bluntly: "Absolutely!"

Lin Xia suddenly coughed lightly and said: "That's your Gryffindor, not including Hufflepuff."

Everyone looked at Lin Xia.

Lin Xia smiled at them: "I have invented my binding wand. I applied to the dean for extra points for the college cup with my research. The dean said he would help us get 50 points."

Draco was very surprised and said excitedly: "If you had told me earlier that you could get extra points for the college cup, I wouldn't have to work so hard to make new potions and get extra points these days!"

Lin Xia shook her head: "I'm talking about the current college cup score. Only with my 50 points can we be the first, but if Ravenclaw wins this time, it may not be the case."

No mistake!

As for Gryffindor, they never thought that Gryffindor was a threat. Even if they got extra points for Quidditch, the little lions of Gryffindor could always get them back in many weird ways.

Ron and Hermione looked at them enviously. Although Gryffindor has won the college cup for two consecutive years, who would complain about having too few championships?

They didn't want to give up the first place at all.

Ron whispered to Hermione, "Hermione, didn't you say before that you wanted to research a candy that can make people tell the truth? It's called the nonsense candy. Can you research it as soon as possible to get extra points?"

Hermione shook her head and said, "That's the topic that Lin Xia and I want to research next semester. It's just an idea at the moment and hasn't started yet."

Lee Jordan's voice suddenly rang out in all the stands: "Welcome to the Quidditch half-match. Today we're playing against Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

Oh, I like both teams, but I like Gryffindor more. You know why, because I'm from Gryffindor..."

Professor McGonagall was sitting next to Lee Jordan and couldn't help but cough a few times to prevent Lee Jordan from being too biased towards Gryffindor.

There was a booing at the scene, which was the contempt from the Ravenclaw students.

Lee Jordan ignored it and gave a long speech to encourage the Gryffindor team, officially announcing the start of the game!

Because his voice was specially amplified with a microphone so that the whole audience could hear it, it became a normal volume under Ron's spell.

Lin Xia and others immediately stopped discussing and focused on the game.

Today's weather is very cold. The sun is shrouded in clouds and cannot come out. There is heavy white fog in the sky, and visibility is poor.

But even the worst weather can't stop the enthusiastic little wizards. They keep waving the flags representing their respective colleges, and cheering for the team resounds through the sky.

The players who have already flown to the sky can feel the enthusiasm of the supporters, and can't help but pay more attention to this game.

As soon as the game started, Ravenclaw took out their favorite and most proficient diamond formation.

This formation can lure the enemy deep into the goal, forcing those who have found the ball to throw it into the basket.

This formation is often used by Ravenclaw when the game is halfway through and the score is very tense.

They use this formation to force the enemy to make a choice and only use it when they want to break the deadlock.

Ravenclaw has used this formation to reverse more than 10 games in one fell swoop, and many teams have no way to crack it.

It's not surprising if you think about it. If it's easy to crack, Ravenclaw wouldn't keep using it.

But Wood was determined to win this time. Although he didn't figure out how to crack Ravenclaw's diamond formation, he found that goalkeeper Patrick Egan had a little habit.

If Patrick dives to the left, there will be a 0.3 second delay, and just 0.3 seconds can decide the outcome.

Wood had repeatedly emphasized this point before the game. Fred, who was holding the ball, looked at George, who was receiving it.

Fred first passed the ball to George on the right, and then George quickly used a broom to hit the ball to the left and shot!

"The ball went in!" Lee Jordan shouted excitedly: "Gryffindor leads 10:0!"

Hermione and Ron cheered happily. It was only a small lead, but they had already begun to imagine the scene after the victory.

Lin Xia watched the game calmly and felt that the expressions of the Ravenclaw players were too calm.

They did not seem panicked at Gryffindor's goal, nor did they feel frustrated at all. Because of the super-sensory spell, Lin Xia could clearly observe the expressions of every Ravenclaw player in the sky.

Although there is a factor that the game has just started and the temporary victory or defeat cannot determine the final score, are the Ravenclaw players also too rational?

Lin Xia whispered, "Then there is something wrong with the Claw players. I suspect they are deliberately giving points to Gryffindor to test something."

The Hufflepuff team was not on the field. As a senior Quidditch fan, Draco enjoyed the game.

He thought quickly and said, "I also think something is wrong. They used this formation too early. They used it as soon as the game started. It seems that they don't care about being cracked."

Lin Xia speculated, "Since Gryffindor can find the loopholes that Ravenclaw goalkeepers usually use through careful observation.

Then in order to win, will Ravenclaw also analyze and study every little detail of Gryffindor players?"

While they were discussing, Lee Jordan's excited voice came again: "20:0! Gryffindor scored another goal and took the lead completely!"

"Glory to Gryffindor. They played their own momentum at the beginning of the game. It is very likely that they will establish a leading situation from now on!"

The little wizards of Gryffindor were screaming, but Wood, who was in the sky, noticed something was wrong and began to shout to every player who passed by him.

"Be sure to be alert to Ravenclaw, they will never give up, I know them!"

"Wood, don't be so nervous." George said: "We have played with momentum, and our state has soared across the board. The opponent's state is not as good as ours."

Fred flew to the other side and said: "Next we have to expand our victory and try to increase the score difference to more than 100!"

But Wood was still a little uneasy.

But then Gryffindor practiced scoring goals, and the score difference was directly widened to 60:0!

The consecutive goals paralyzed the Gryffindor players, and even Wood couldn't help but feel a little agitated, thinking that victory was in sight.

However, at this moment, Ravenclaw's captain Ron Lynch made two gestures to the players behind him, which was some kind of secret signal.

The next second, the diamond formation maintained by Ravenclaw was suddenly broken up, and the players were scattered in various corners, and there was some confusion for a while.

This confusion also affected Gryffindor. They felt that no matter where they flew, there were Ravenclaw people.

And there was more than one person, it seemed that there were many!

Hermione immediately discovered the problem and said seriously, "Every Ravenclaw player has become faster!

The Gryffindor players didn't react and couldn't accept the opponent's speed, so they thought there were many people surrounding them. If they wanted to break through, they had to pass the ball as quickly as possible." (End of this chapter)