Chapter 56: Perverted Quirrell
The Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff almost focused the attention of the entire Hogwarts.
On the one hand, in the last game between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Harry's performance and the accidents that occurred at that time were too contagious. They were passed around among the various houses, making it difficult for them to do so. The performance of the Gryffindor team attracted the interest of many young wizards.
On the other hand, thanks to Dean Snape's "unremitting efforts", Slytherin has won the Hogwarts House Cup for seven consecutive years. Other houses have already been working hard to knock Slytherin from the position of house champion this year.
So now the Gryffindor team's game, which has the highest score among the four teams, is very important.
Because the Quidditch game is based on points, some people even encouraged the Hufflepuff team and Gryffindor to set points together, so that the points could reach a height that was beyond the reach of the Slytherin team. As a result, Slytherin House, which cannot win the Quidditch Cup, will have less chance of winning the House Cup.
Of course, this immoral idea was rejected by the upright Hufflepuff team captain.
On the day of the Quidditch match, almost everyone in Hogwarts poured out of the castle gate and marched toward the Quidditch pitch.
The interior of Hogwarts Castle became empty and deserted. No one passed by in the corridors that were originally crowded with people for a long time. Only the torches hanging on the walls were burning persistently.
No one noticed that a figure wearing a purple turban sneaked out of the office, passed through the deserted corridor, arrived on the third floor of Hogwarts Castle, and then sneaked into an abandoned girls' bathroom. among.
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The Quidditch pitch was buzzing with people, with countless yellow and red flags waving, cheering for their respective teams.
Outside the Gryffindor dressing room, Ron and Hermione were wishing Harry good luck.
Harry sighed to himself, knowing that his two friends were actually secretly worried about him, worried that they would never see him come back alive again.
In his wild thoughts, Harry put on a gold and red Quidditch jersey, picked up the Nimbus 2000 given to him by Professor McGonagall, stood in the team, and listened to Wood's pre-war mobilization.
But he was too distracted to hear anything.
Seeing Harry's distracted state, Wood pulled him aside.
"I don't want to put pressure on you, Potter, but today more than ever we need to catch the Snitch as soon as possible. We need to do it quickly and not give Snape time to favor Hufflepuff too much." Wood patted hard. Patting him on the shoulder, "Don't worry about safety issues, Fred and George invited Professor Dracula. He will definitely save you like last time!"
Harry grinned stiffly, feeling like he would definitely fall off the broom...
"All the students in the school have come out!" At this time, Fred peeked out of the door and exclaimed, "Even... Oh my god! Dumbledore is here to watch the game!"
Harry's heart lurched.
"Dumbledore?" he said, rushing to the door to confirm with his own eyes.
Fred was right, there was no other person besides Dumbledore with that long white beard.
Harry saw that Dumbledore was sitting in the sunshine on the west side of the Quidditch pitch, waving cheerfully to the students below the pitch; while Professor Dracula was sitting in the shadow of the backlight on the east side, seeming to have something to say in his mouth. Holding a lollipop in his mouth, he looked impatient.
Harry was relieved and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
He knew he was in no danger.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Snape as the referee had indeed given him a lot of psychological security. If Snape was not safe enough, the arrival of Dumbledore and Professor Dracula was more like a shot in the arm, completely putting him at ease.
'If such a luxurious lineup can make him fall off his broom, then Hogwarts will be regarded as the safest place in the world! ’
Harry thought this as he stepped onto the Quidditch pitch with confidence and waved happily to the spectators around him.
The game begins.
However, what Harry didn't expect was that as soon as the game started, the situation on the court was already unfavorable to Gryffindor——
Snape blew the whistle first, then stopped acting and began to award penalties to the Hufflepuff team on a large scale, frequently and without any reason.
Fred and George raised their hands to protest to Snape on the spot, and then he awarded Hufflepuff a penalty for contradicting the referee.
Thanks to Snape's diligent efforts, the score between the two teams quickly opened up.
"Harry, you have to hold on tighter!" Wood shouted to Harry nervously.
Hearing the captain's urging, Harry felt helpless, and the good impression he had just had towards Snape disappeared without a trace.
Just when he was anxious, his glasses suddenly reflected a little golden light.
Harry's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly made a beautiful dive, crashing straight into Snape.
The audience burst into exclamations and cheers, with Lee Jordan, the commentator, shouting for Harry to run into it and teach the old bat a lesson!
Snape showed a disdainful smile and turned around on his broomstick to look at Harry, ready to send him off the field directly for charging the referee.
'This will not only make Gryffindor lose the game, but also protect the safety of Lily's son, killing two birds with one stone! ’ Snape thought proudly.
Then he saw a golden thing whizzing past his ear, just inches away from him.
Then Harry stopped his dive and raised his arms in triumph. There was a golden snitch held tightly in his hand!
Snape looked at this scene in astonishment, forgetting even his duty as a referee to blow the whistle.
"Sh-sh-sh-"
Three final whistles were blown, and Ms. Hooch flew up on her broom and glared at Snape fiercely.
It was obvious that she deeply regretted giving up the referee's position to Snape.
With a look of disbelief on his face, Harry jumped off his broomstick a foot above the ground. He couldn't believe he made it - even the match lasted less than five minutes!
For the little wizards watching the game, most of them didn't realize what happened, and the game was over.
Except for Gryffindor who gradually started cheering, students from other houses left the Quidditch pitch with constipated expressions and walked towards Hogwarts Castle.
What about the accident that happened to Harry? What about Snape's cool moves as a referee? Why do you sit in the auditorium and wait longer than the game time? !
They now look angry and just want to raise their arms:
"rnm, refund the money!"
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On the other side, in the girls' bathroom on the third floor of Hogwarts, before Quirrell had time to explore the surrounding environment, footsteps could be heard one after another.
He was a little surprised and poked his head out of the bathroom.
Immediately afterwards, a scream sounded:
"Perverted-"
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