Chapter 406 The Game Begins
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Duan Wei Li Mao
Chapter 406 The Game Begins
The previous disastrous defeat against Slytherin left the Gryffindor students in a depression for a long time. For a long time, they did not discuss any Quidditch-related topics.
But Harry's Firebolt undoubtedly made them regain their confidence and become fanatical again.
And this kind of fanaticism has become more and more high as time goes by.
Especially on Friday, in just one morning, Gryffindor's scoring hourglass dropped a lot, directly from the second position to the last place.
They were so excited that they couldn't help but discuss Quidditch during class, and then their points were deducted by the professors who couldn't bear it.
Among them, Snape contributed the most, and half of the points that were deducted were due to him.
When the Gryffindors came to their senses, they realized that their college had been deducted nearly [-] points... This result also made them restrain themselves a lot.
The next morning, Kyle went to the auditorium for breakfast with Cedric and Connor.
Today is the game day. From the moment they walked into the auditorium, many people's eyes fell on him and Cedric.
As the first team to face the Firebolt, they received no less attention than Harry.
Especially Ravenclaw, most of the people at the table were looking at them.
"Davis thought this would be a good opportunity to see how well the Firebolt performed."
Qiu Mao bent down and sat next to Kang Na, and whispered: "Besides, he can't think of any way to deal with the Firebolt, so he just wants to see what you guys are going to do.
Are you really okay?If Gryffindor wins by too many points, we will have no chance of winning at all. "
"Don't worry, leave it to us." Cedric patted his chest and said, "We have been training for a long time. I must let Wood know that he is happy too early."
At a quarter past ten, Hufflepuff set off for the dressing room.
The weather today is very good, sunny, cool, and the breeze is very comfortable.
To be honest, this is not good news for Hufflepuff. They have various props provided by Kyle, which actually has an advantage in the relatively bad weather.
Unfortunately, this is not something they can decide.
The sound of all the students from the school flocking into the stadium came from outside, and the noisy voices, one could tell that there must be a lot of people coming without looking.
"Don't be nervous." Cedric said as everyone was about to leave the locker room: "We have trained many times, there must be no problem!"
They walked outside onto the field and the cheers were deafening.
But when the Gryffindor team wearing red uniforms came out, the cheers around them became obviously louder.
The two sides came to the center of the court.
"Digory, Wood, shake hands!" Ms. Hooch said crisply, and Cedric stepped forward and shook Wood's hand.
"Get on the broom and listen to my whistle, three...two...one..."
Kyle only felt a whistling sound.
The Firebolt was faster than other broomsticks, and it jumped out in the blink of an eye, followed by Cedric. The two of them hovered over the court and began to squint to look for the Golden Snitch.
Commentary voices also came from the stands.
"The game has begun. The biggest attraction of this game is the Firebolt that Harry Potter rides. The "Broomstick Encyclopedia" says that the Firebolt is the national team's first choice broom in this year's World Cup..."
"Jordan, can you tell us about the game?" Professor McGonagall's voice interrupted.
"No problem, Professor, let me give you some background information. By the way, the Firebolt has a built-in braking device that can accelerate faster..."
<divclass="contentadv">"Jordan!"
"Okay, okay, now it's Hufflepuff who controls the ball. This action is so familiar... Harris probably taught Kyle his ball-grabbing skills... He's ready to throw the ball... Can Wood... "
"Oh...Wood missed the ball and Hufflepuff scored!"
Harry waved his arms in the air in annoyance and searched for the whereabouts of the Golden Snitch more carefully, but when he turned around, he found Cedric following closely behind him.
Whenever he tried to change direction, the opponent would pass in front and force him to change direction.
Harry had a feeling, as if Cedric wasn't interested in the Snitch and just wanted to disturb him.
"Show him your acceleration, Harry!" Fred yelled, aiming a Bludger at Kyle and hitting it.
Kyle had just used a flexible turn to snatch the Quaffle away from Angelina, and now it was speeding towards the Gryffindor goal post.
Facing the Bludger played by Fred, he had no intention of avoiding it.
The next second, Mikel flew over from the side, raised his arm and hit the Bludger elsewhere.
"You just charge forward!" Will flew over from the other side, blocking the second Bludger.
"...Leave the rest to us!"
With their help, Kyle successfully reached the goal post, then raised his hand and threw the ball...not into the goal, but to Grace on the right.
"Diagonal pass...Kyle's most common feint!"
Jordan said loudly: "But it's very useful... Wood's attention is on Kyle, and Grace scores... She is the new Chaser who joined the Hufflepuff team this year... What a charming girl!"
Wood stared at Kyle, breathing heavily, looking like an angry bison.
Kyle shrugged, high-fived Grace and returned to the middle of the court again.
Less than 5 minutes into the game, it was 20-0, and Gryffindor was directly at a disadvantage.
In the stands, the cheers of Hufflepuff almost drowned out Li Jordan's commentary.
"Fred, George, what are you doing!" Wood roared: "Hurry up and knock him off the broom!"
"We...have been doing this!" Fred shouted as he struggled to hit the Bludger towards Kyle: "But two of their team's batters seemed to have settled next to Kyle...Damn, again Blocked!"
On the court at this time, Kyle was not the only one being surrounded by people, the same was true for Harry.
Harry felt that Cedric was about to stick to him, and he couldn't get rid of him no matter how hard he tried, because he couldn't keep speeding up and had to stop and look for the Snitch.
Whenever this happened, Cedric would always catch up from behind and continue to interfere with him.
Once he saw it all, that golden light was fluttering its little wings and flying behind Angelina Johnson's ears... But when he was about to speed up and rush over, his sight was blocked by Cedric.
Although he decisively went around from another direction, but in this critical few seconds, the snitch disappeared.
"Harry, now is not the time to be friendly."
Wood, who also saw the Snitch, yelled, "Knock him off his broom if necessary!"
……
The previous disastrous defeat against Slytherin left the Gryffindor students in a depression for a long time. For a long time, they did not discuss any Quidditch-related topics.
But Harry's Firebolt undoubtedly made them regain their confidence and become fanatical again.
And this kind of fanaticism has become more and more high as time goes by.
Especially on Friday, in just one morning, Gryffindor's scoring hourglass dropped a lot, directly from the second position to the last place.
They were so excited that they couldn't help but discuss Quidditch during class, and then their points were deducted by the professors who couldn't bear it.
Among them, Snape contributed the most, and half of the points that were deducted were due to him.
When the Gryffindors came to their senses, they realized that their college had been deducted nearly [-] points... This result also made them restrain themselves a lot.
The next morning, Kyle went to the auditorium for breakfast with Cedric and Connor.
Today is the game day. From the moment they walked into the auditorium, many people's eyes fell on him and Cedric.
As the first team to face the Firebolt, they received no less attention than Harry.
Especially Ravenclaw, most of the people at the table were looking at them.
"Davis thought this would be a good opportunity to see how well the Firebolt performed."
Qiu Mao bent down and sat next to Kang Na, and whispered: "Besides, he can't think of any way to deal with the Firebolt, so he just wants to see what you guys are going to do.
Are you really okay?If Gryffindor wins by too many points, we will have no chance of winning at all. "
"Don't worry, leave it to us." Cedric patted his chest and said, "We have been training for a long time. I must let Wood know that he is happy too early."
At a quarter past ten, Hufflepuff set off for the dressing room.
The weather today is very good, sunny, cool, and the breeze is very comfortable.
To be honest, this is not good news for Hufflepuff. They have various props provided by Kyle, which actually has an advantage in the relatively bad weather.
Unfortunately, this is not something they can decide.
The sound of all the students from the school flocking into the stadium came from outside, and the noisy voices, one could tell that there must be a lot of people coming without looking.
"Don't be nervous." Cedric said as everyone was about to leave the locker room: "We have trained many times, there must be no problem!"
They walked outside onto the field and the cheers were deafening.
But when the Gryffindor team wearing red uniforms came out, the cheers around them became obviously louder.
The two sides came to the center of the court.
"Digory, Wood, shake hands!" Ms. Hooch said crisply, and Cedric stepped forward and shook Wood's hand.
"Get on the broom and listen to my whistle, three...two...one..."
Kyle only felt a whistling sound.
The Firebolt was faster than other broomsticks, and it jumped out in the blink of an eye, followed by Cedric. The two of them hovered over the court and began to squint to look for the Golden Snitch.
Commentary voices also came from the stands.
"The game has begun. The biggest attraction of this game is the Firebolt that Harry Potter rides. The "Broomstick Encyclopedia" says that the Firebolt is the national team's first choice broom in this year's World Cup..."
"Jordan, can you tell us about the game?" Professor McGonagall's voice interrupted.
"No problem, Professor, let me give you some background information. By the way, the Firebolt has a built-in braking device that can accelerate faster..."
<divclass="contentadv">"Jordan!"
"Okay, okay, now it's Hufflepuff who controls the ball. This action is so familiar... Harris probably taught Kyle his ball-grabbing skills... He's ready to throw the ball... Can Wood... "
"Oh...Wood missed the ball and Hufflepuff scored!"
Harry waved his arms in the air in annoyance and searched for the whereabouts of the Golden Snitch more carefully, but when he turned around, he found Cedric following closely behind him.
Whenever he tried to change direction, the opponent would pass in front and force him to change direction.
Harry had a feeling, as if Cedric wasn't interested in the Snitch and just wanted to disturb him.
"Show him your acceleration, Harry!" Fred yelled, aiming a Bludger at Kyle and hitting it.
Kyle had just used a flexible turn to snatch the Quaffle away from Angelina, and now it was speeding towards the Gryffindor goal post.
Facing the Bludger played by Fred, he had no intention of avoiding it.
The next second, Mikel flew over from the side, raised his arm and hit the Bludger elsewhere.
"You just charge forward!" Will flew over from the other side, blocking the second Bludger.
"...Leave the rest to us!"
With their help, Kyle successfully reached the goal post, then raised his hand and threw the ball...not into the goal, but to Grace on the right.
"Diagonal pass...Kyle's most common feint!"
Jordan said loudly: "But it's very useful... Wood's attention is on Kyle, and Grace scores... She is the new Chaser who joined the Hufflepuff team this year... What a charming girl!"
Wood stared at Kyle, breathing heavily, looking like an angry bison.
Kyle shrugged, high-fived Grace and returned to the middle of the court again.
Less than 5 minutes into the game, it was 20-0, and Gryffindor was directly at a disadvantage.
In the stands, the cheers of Hufflepuff almost drowned out Li Jordan's commentary.
"Fred, George, what are you doing!" Wood roared: "Hurry up and knock him off the broom!"
"We...have been doing this!" Fred shouted as he struggled to hit the Bludger towards Kyle: "But two of their team's batters seemed to have settled next to Kyle...Damn, again Blocked!"
On the court at this time, Kyle was not the only one being surrounded by people, the same was true for Harry.
Harry felt that Cedric was about to stick to him, and he couldn't get rid of him no matter how hard he tried, because he couldn't keep speeding up and had to stop and look for the Snitch.
Whenever this happened, Cedric would always catch up from behind and continue to interfere with him.
Once he saw it all, that golden light was fluttering its little wings and flying behind Angelina Johnson's ears... But when he was about to speed up and rush over, his sight was blocked by Cedric.
Although he decisively went around from another direction, but in this critical few seconds, the snitch disappeared.
"Harry, now is not the time to be friendly."
Wood, who also saw the Snitch, yelled, "Knock him off his broom if necessary!"
……
