Chapter 351 Dementor
Saturday, the first Quidditch match of the school year:
Gryffindor vs Slytherin.
As the feud of the millennium, the Lions and Snakes played the opening match, and Mrs. Huo Qi, who arranged the battle table, knew the effect of the show.
However, Slytherin, who was still crushed by equipment last year, has become a backward party this year. It's really 30 years in Henan and 30 years in Hebei. Don't bully the sunset.
And Harry owns a Firebolt, which widens the equipment gap infinitely.
Even if the equipment is inferior, the training is far from as hard as others.
There was heavy rain in November, and the members of the Slytherin Quidditch team were not willing to leave the warm castle to go to the stadium for training.
Gryffindor is just the opposite. Under Wood's "iron blood" training, he can see Hogwarts at four o'clock in the morning every day.
The Gryffindor players were tortured by Wood until they were sweating profusely and exhausted every day, and their legs were so weak that they couldn't walk.
This gap in equipment and training has made the public infinitely optimistic about Gryffindor, as can be seen from the betting on the game... the odds are as high as 7.1.
But the day before the game, the Slytherin Quidditch team suddenly applied to terminate the game. The reason was simple:
Seeker Malfoy, whose arm was injured by a hippogriff, is still recovering.
This reason is of course nonsensical. Malfoy was injured in September. Two months have passed and his arm is still not healed. How much do you look down on Madam Pomfrey's medical skills?
But Snape granted the request anyway, replacing Slytherin with Hufflepuff.
The two academies he hates the most will fall in love and kill each other in a storm... This is a plot that only exists in his dreams.
The little badgers were stunned, why should they be allowed to go in such a bad weather, isn't this bullying honest people? !
And Slytherin can't get in, what about Ravenclaw? Even if you choose one of the two, everyone should at least draw lots to decide!
But Roger Davis, the captain of Ravenclaw Quidditch, immediately said that he also wanted to play the game, but Naihe participated in Ravenclaw's eagle party last night and strained his groin.
Rove persuaded the captain Cedric to follow suit, saying that he went to the hospital to have his skin cut during the summer vacation, and he can't play now.
But Cedric really couldn't bear this face, so he had to bite the bullet and participate.
Soon Saturday came, and the weather was still very bad. Hogwarts was shrouded in black clouds, strong winds and heavy rain. People who walked outside the castle seemed to be blown away even if they were a little thinner.
The Slytherin students looked smug at the sight of such inclement weather, especially Malfoy himself...
He purposely wrapped his hands in bandages, kept standing at the Gryffindor table, and sighed:
"If only my arm was better! I want to race in the rain too!"
Harry stood up, wanted to smash the jam in his hand on Malfoy's face, and then trampled his face with his feet, but was stopped by Ron.
Because Snape was sitting at the staff table, he stared at the Gryffindor table with a disgusting smile, and he would deduct points from anyone who dared to do anything.
Malfoy soon stopped laughing, though.
I saw Hegara coming to the castle with his Fangya, and Fangya saw Malfoy's arm wrapped in bandages, and imitated him, curled up with one paw, bouncing on the ground.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw the dog imitating Malfoy, and Malfoy's face flushed.
After breakfast, all the teachers and students of the school went out to the Quidditch pitch to watch today's game.
Lee stood on stage, wearing a raincoat and a hood to keep out the torrential rain, his voice echoing through the microphones throughout the arena.
"Dear audience friends, audience friends... Welcome to the Hogwarts Quidditch match in the 1993-94 season. I am your old friend Li..."
Before Li finished speaking, an umbrella flew over from the auditorium and hit him on the head.
Then came a bottle, and soon a stinky shoe flew over... Li happened to be standing in the downwind, and everything flew towards him.
"The Hufflepuff and Gryffindor players are out, and Mrs. Hooch is checking the broomsticks of both sides." Lee roared.
Mrs. Hooch didn't just check the broomstick. She touched Rove's Firebolt and didn't let go for a few minutes, so she almost rode it to try the buttocks herself.
Li also focused on the Firebolt, and he said loudly:
"To be honest, the broom of the Firebolt is really okay. It has better balance than the Nimbus series, and is lighter than the Sweeping series."
"Of course, the price sounds a bit high, but it's just that... I calculated it carefully. According to the average salary in the wizarding world, I have been working since the day Gryffindor was born, and I have earned it for more than a thousand years... "
"Jordan, you don't need to advertise the Firebolt!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "Hurry up and introduce the game."
"Oh, well... Speaking of the game, I took a look at the starting roster and found an interesting thing." Li Jie said:
"That's Scamander, the Hufflepuff Chaser, and the game has gone to the Seeker, and Captain Cedric has gone to be the Chaser."
"I think everyone is deeply impressed by Rove's scoring ability and elbow skills." Li Fei explained:
"But in this game, the sudden change of positions of the two veteran players is quite puzzling.
Whether this is a trump card or a strategic abandonment of the game, we will wait and see... Well, Mrs. Hooch has blown the whistle, and the game begins! "
With the sound of the whistle, fifteen broomsticks rose from the ground and rose high.
"The Firebolt is the Firebolt, and it took the lead immediately, pulling the others away by a large distance. We have fully witnessed the speed of the Firebolt."
Li introduced in a professional tone:
"It can accelerate to 150 miles per hour in less than ten seconds, and its brakes are so charming that it is the first choice for any Quidditch ball..."
He was slapped in the face before he could finish his sentence, because Xia Ai was faster than Rove and Harry!
"It's unbelievable!" Li roared, "The Comet 200 decades ago is actually faster than the Firebolt!"
It was indeed very fast. Like a balloon, Xiabi was blown away by the strong wind. He shouted: "Help! Help me!"
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Comet 200 is too outdated. Their broomsticks have stabilization spells, which can prevent the influence of strong winds as much as possible. Not to mention the stabilization spells, even one end of his broom is bald.
Rove squinted his eyes and searched the sky. He has Hippogriff pupils, which can greatly improve his eyesight.
This is why he temporarily changed places with Cedric.
Rove wants to fight a blitz, catch the golden snitch in the shortest time, and directly kill the game.
If there is a protracted game, even if Hufflepuff catches the Snitch when the broomsticks are behind Gryffindor, they may end up losing the game because the score gap is too large.
Rove squinted his eyes and searched. It took him only 20 seconds to find the position of the Golden Snitch. He waved his broom and flew towards the distance.
"Rove moved, he flew towards the sky, did he see the Snitch?" Li said loudly.
Harry looked dazed. Under such heavy rain, it was difficult for him to see his teammates clearly, let alone the Golden Snitch...
But why is Rove so fast!
Harry didn't care about thinking, and in panic, he could only lie on the broomstick, spinning and flying towards Rove.
But with the same broom, Rove had already pulled away, and he reached out and grabbed the golden snitch.
"Rove caught the Snitch!" Li shouted:
"Thirty-two seconds? A brand new record. It's too shocking and unbelievable. In such extreme weather, Rove broke the record for the shortest match in Hogwarts history!"
The audience in the arena were all excited.
"Wait, what's that?" Li pointed to the sky, but a muffled thunder rolled across the field, drowning out his words.
When the thunder subsided, another bolt of lightning split the sky. For a moment, the gray sky was as bright as day.
Everyone could see the sky clearly, and saw a group of dementors emerging from the rainstorm, like tall ghosts.
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