Chapter 60 Succeeding Without Injury
Hufflepuff dressing room,
Rove put on the Quidditch uniform with black background and gold border, and greeted all the old players in the team, and everyone chatted enthusiastically with this first-year young wizard.
The Hufflepuff Quidditch team has a harmonious atmosphere. Even the captain, Truman, has no airs and no temper. He often imparts experience to young players with his heart.
It's different like Slytherin. The veteran likes to order the newcomer to carry the bag, and there will even be bullying incidents.
Captain Truman raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, he cleared his throat and said:
"Everyone knows that Cedric can't play, Rove made a temporary rescue, and he is still a rookie, please encourage him."
The players applauded, and Chaser Cadwallad even whistled, booing: "Say a few words."
Rove lifted the broom lightly, and said concisely: "If you don't get hurt, it's a success."
"Yes, everyone, be careful of the Slytherin team!" Captain Truman said seriously: "They don't talk about football ethics, don't be careless!!"
Truman stretched out his hand, and the team members folded their hands on top, with Rove on top, and everyone shouted in unison:
"Hufflepuff, Hufflepuff!!"
Truman opened the door of the locker room first, and strode towards the Quidditch pitch. Everyone followed behind. Rove, carrying his broom, landed at the end.
The locker room was extremely quiet, but when entering the stadium, it seemed that the mute button was canceled, and the roaring cheers erupted from the entire auditorium, as if to pierce the eardrums.
The auditorium turned into a sea of black and gold Hufflepuffs, and Slytherins were outraged, only a quarter of which was snake green, huddled in a corner.
When the Slytherin Quidditch team showed up, there was a huge booing and students threw water bottles at them.
Wearing a green ornament on his chest, Snape stood in front of the Slytherin audience with a look of disdain. Whether he can win the game depends on force... Ahh, strength!
It's not about who has more supporters.
Although he didn't play Quidditch and didn't have much actual combat experience, it didn't affect him holding the tactical board and explaining tactics to Captain Flint. If he could bring a headset, Snape would want to micromanage.
Mrs. Hooch was squatting in the middle of the field, opening a large chest, taking Quaffles and Bludgers.
The late autumn sun hung high in the sky, and the sun was shining warmly on Rove. The boy stretched out his right hand to cover his forehead.
"Rove..." Captain Truman said in a low voice: "I forgot to ask, what model is your broomstick modified? Nimbus 1700 or Sweeping Six Stars?"
Rove held the broomstick and said with a smile, "Comet 220."
"Are you kidding me?" Chaser Xiabi on the side said in astonishment, "This broom has been discontinued for many years, it seems to be older than me?"
Rove tilted his head and said, "It was my birthday present when I was two years old. I have feelings, so I don't want to throw it away."
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Truman scratched his scalp and said, "Can we still ask Mrs. Hooch to change the broom now? Bring Cedric's one."
"The game starts in two minutes, I'm afraid it won't work, captain!" said Chaser Cadwallad.
"Well, Rove, you don't have any special tactics today, just use your broom... characteristics!" Truman sighed, and only hoped that he wouldn't be slaughtered too much by Slytherin today.
Rove understood in seconds, what the captain meant was the xjb chaos tactics!
Mrs. Hooch waved her hand to signal the players of the two teams to approach. She said sternly:
"Listen, I hope everyone plays fair and honest and there is no more malicious incident."
Madam Hooch glared at Slytherin, her main target for the day.
The captain of Slytherin, Flint, looked at Rove and cut his throat. The dean just explained, let this kid feel what it means to be... tough.
"Everyone get on broomsticks," Mrs Hooch blew the whistle.
Fifteen broomsticks rose from the ground.
Rove flew into the sky unhurriedly. When he was more than ten meters away from the ground, he stopped for a while and looked down at the auditorium.
All the students got smaller, and when we walked around the Ravenclaw auditorium, we could still see Hermione and Shirley sitting on the same side, waving the newly made flag, which read:
Scamander, go go go go!
"We just got the news." The commentator Lee Jordan's voice sounded on the field, "Hufflepuff Seeker Diggory got food poisoning and was temporarily replaced."
"As a team with a lot of bad records, I have reason to suspect that this poisoning incident is inseparable from Slytherin. They shouldn't be playing here, but should be thrown into Azkaban, these cowards... "
"Jordan!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "Explain the game."
"I'm sorry, Professor..." Li hurriedly said, "Hufflepuff replaced Scamander as a substitute. I believe everyone is still impressed by him. In the last game, he was waving a towel on the sidelines..."
"Wait, I got Mrs. Hooch's list. The broom reported by Scamander is Comet 220." Li's huge voice sounded on the field, and he said in disbelief:
"Merlin's beard, this is an antique that is older than me, no wonder his speed is so slow, my grandma rides a broom faster than him!"
All the students noticed that Rove had the slowest speed, like an old tractor mixed with a bunch of good sports cars.
Speed is everything for a Seeker on the Quidditch pitch, and even if you catch the Snitch first, if you aren't fast enough, your opponent might catch you later.
"Be careful, Scamander, Flint is flying towards you, this despicable guy..." Li reminded loudly.
Everyone covered their mouths and screamed, Flint was flying towards Rove at an extremely fast speed, and at Rove's speed, there was no time to dodge.
"Rookie, get on your fire stick and go home." Flint shouted excitedly. He was about to knock Scamander off, and then said condescendingly:
Fuck your Quidditch dreams!
Rove turned his head and looked at Flint, who was flying fast. The young man's mind moved, and the broom no longer moved forward in a straight line, but tilted upwards, and moved away at an instant speed, avoiding the fierce impact.
At the same time, it sank back again, and the broom hit Flint's back. Flint was caught off guard, and the whole person was kicked off the broom, spinning twice in the air before falling to the ground, and fell heavily to the ground.
"Two and a half mid-air spins, beautiful!" Lee shouted. "A perfect landing, kicking up dust like a blooming flower. If this is diving, I'll give Flint ten points!"
This accident made all the students speechless in surprise. They thought it was Rove who fell to the ground, but they didn't expect to become Flint.
"You didn't die, did you?" Rove rode a broom and approached Flint, scratching his head in embarrassment, "Why are you so careless?"
Flint stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "Mrs. Hooch, he just hit me with a broom! This is a flagrant foul!!"
Mrs. Hooch shook her head, because in her sight, it was more like Scamander suddenly accelerated to avoid Flint. Flint was too fast, slowed down suddenly and was thrown out.
"Scamander, no foul, get up!" Mrs. Hooch said coldly. "Otherwise I give you a foul!"
Flint rode back on the broom again. He stared at Rove and said harshly, "Wait!"
Rove looked innocent, and hovered slowly in the sky, looking for the Snitch, as if he had just accelerated to avoid Flint just by coincidence.
"Hufflepuff Chaser Cadwallard took the ball, sprinted upfield and passed it to Truman who was sprinting down the middle.
Truman took the ball to the frontcourt to play a pick-and-roll, he moved the ball laterally, and the right 70 degrees attracted Slytherin's hitter Derek to switch defenses, and Truman passed the ball back to Cadwalade.
Derek chased and formed a double-team, Truman got open, he received the pass, and Slytherin's goalkeeper Miles Bletch was not close to the defense, watching Truman rush up...
Ten points for Hufflepuff! ! "
The audience cheered, Hufflepuff cooperated tacitly and scored the first goal.
"Bol, the Slytherin batsman, hits the Bludger, and the Bludger flies toward Scamander," Lee reminded again.
Rove took control of the broom and moved sideways to the right, dodging the Bludger. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Derek flying over, with a grin on his face, swinging the bat in his hand.
It seems to hit the Bludger, but it is actually swept to Rove's back.
Rove leaned back violently, and stuck to the broomstick with amazing flexibility. At the same time, his arm was slightly raised, and he swung his elbow to hit Derek's abdomen.
Derek felt like he was about to vomit gall, and fell off the broomstick.
"Derek's movements were powerful, he spun twice in the air, and his back fell to the ground..." Li joked loudly.
"As we all know, dropping your back to the ground can cause violent dust, but it is extremely dangerous. Derek's choice of this action must be due to his hard training on weekdays..."
Slytherin protested, but there was still a blind spot, and Madam Hooch saw only Rove leaning back to avoid the bat, and she fouled Slytherin and gave Hufflepuff a free throw.
Devalade was very close, he could see clearly, the boy flew to Truman, swallowed and said, "Captain, Rove was in the locker room just now, what were you talking about?"
"If you don't get hurt...it's a success!"
Devalade said dryly:
"What he doesn't say is that the Slytherins are successful if they don't get hurt?"
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