Chapter 55 The Battle of Gryffindor (Modified)
Professor Snape was indeed very annoyed. He frowned and said impatiently with the most gloomy expression in this semester: "Ride on the broomstick."
The Ravenclaw players moved in unison, turning over and riding on their broomsticks. Professor Snape blew his whistle vigorously, fifteen broomsticks rose from the ground one after another, high into the sky, and the competition began—— Then the silver whistle sounded again immediately, and Snape unreasonably gave Ravenclaw a free throw on the grounds that the Gryffindor team didn't listen to his whistle immediately.
This made the commentator Lee Jordan furious, but at least Professor McGonagall's stabbing made him shut up before scolding - at least there was such a far-fetched reason for Snape to brag like this on the surface.
The opening episode made the Ravenclaw team a little confused. It is not very flattering behavior to score or not. Allen did not take the initiative to take the penalty but gave the scoring opportunity to his teammates. He didn't intend to imitate the chivalrous approach of Hufflepuff Cedric Diggory-in this case, that Cedric would probably miss the ball deliberately.
10:0, Ravenclaw temporarily leads.
Afterwards the game really started normally, but Snape's opening attitude had already shattered the illusion of the Gryffindors, who realized with dismay that Head Slytherin's distaste for Gryffindors had outweighed their dislike for the House Cup desire.
And the importance of equipment is reflected incisively and vividly at this time.
Ravenclaw, who has a new type of broom, has amazing speed in every position. They fly and circle quickly in the sky. Gryffindor is at an absolute disadvantage in speed, and their comet series is too old.
Allen is worthy of his many titles in scoring, not only academically, but Allen, who wears the No. 3 jersey, is also the leading scorer on the court.
At this time, with the help of his teammates who have increased his speed, he is simply an eagle, going forward bravely, attacking with the ball is invincible, and the man-to-man defense has been broken by him. The ball goes out to assist the open teammate.
Although Gryffindor captain and keeper Oliver Wood tried his best to physically save several balls, Ravenclaw also used Gryffindor's form to make it 70 in the opening minutes. :0.
Afterwards, the Gryffindors were aroused with courage and ambition under this kind of oppression, and they also began to adapt to the opponent's speed, taking advantage of the physical fitness of the Ravenclaw players and their cowardly and afraid of collision characters, Somewhat stabilized the opponent's offensive momentum, but their actions became more intense because of their eagerness.
Batsman George Weasley slammed a Bludger hard at Allen, who happened to be next to him without the ball, as if to vent his frustration of trying to do nothing.
Allen's body suddenly leaned to the left before the ball hit him, and his body made a 360-degree dodge on the broom in a weird position. The cape flying behind him brushed George's stick, and George swam away. The ball missed Allen, but just hit Angelina Johnson, the Chaser of the Gryffindor team, who was chasing the Quaffle. This ferocious force actually knocked Angelina down from the sky!
"Oh!" The audience exclaimed, Dumbledore cast a spell to slow down Angelina's landing, and Professor Snape blew the silver whistle, but it was not because of Gryffindor's Chaser, the game was not going well. The game will be suspended because of a certain player-because Alan's cloak just touched George's stick, and according to the rules of the game, the batter's stick cannot touch the player, and Snape gave Ravenk another Law a free throw opportunity.
Taking advantage of the chance of free throws, Allen turned his attention to the Seekers again. In the few rounds of chasing and hitting just now, he didn't have time to pay attention to the movements of Harry and Qiu Zhang—and he was still looking for the golden ball everywhere. The Snitch's Cho Chang is different, Harry's expression is very annoyed at this time,
He had already noticed a golden light flashing past his ear just now, just as he was about to fly to catch it, something happened to Angelina, and the moment he turned his head, the golden snitch disappeared!
in the audience.
"Professional club team equipment plus Snape's eccentricity..." Ron complained to Hermione, "If Harry can't catch the Golden Snitch as soon as possible, he will catch it later... Whoops!"
Someone poked Ron in the back of the head - it was Draco Malfoy.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Weasley, didn't see you there... You sound like you're very jealous of other people's money? Have you forgotten that your Pot is the first of the four houses to get a big lead?" All the other broomsticks? Why didn't you complain then?" Malfoy winked insincerely and explained to Ron sarcastically, then grinned at Crabbe and Goyle, "I don't know Pot, this How long will he last on his first Hogwarts Nimbus 2000 broomstick? Anyone willing to bet? How about you, Weasley?"
Ron blushed and didn't answer; as Angelina Johnson, the Gryffindor lioness with her long black hair tied up in a long twisted ponytail, returned to the field after a brief treatment, the game continued .
"Our Angelina came back strong, oh, what did I see? She just came back and grabbed the gap to complete a attack! Beautiful Angelina untied her hair! Her return will bring Give Gryffindor strength!" After the commentator Lee Jordan finished speaking, he first focused on McGonagall's finger so that he could avoid it at any time, and then once again explained the game from the perspective of Gryffindor, " But although I don’t want to admit it, the current situation makes Gryffindor very passive, 70:10—Ravenclaw’s equipment is really too powerful, six Nimbus 2000, one Neptune! The only one in Gryffindor The hope is to catch the Snitch as soon as possible, Harry, come on!"
Out of fear of McGonagall's fingers, Lee Jordan suppressed the desire to directly attack the referee, emphasizing the disadvantage of Gryffin on equipment.
Hermione crossed her fingers on her knees, squinted her eyes and stared at Harry closely, only to see that Harry was also in a hurry, using his Nimbus 2000, which had no disadvantage in speed, to play his own game · Zhang's better flying talent, faster around the arena to find the Snitch.
Roger, the captain of Ravenclaw, also played 120,000 points. As a batter, he began to focus on blocking George and Fred from hitting for Allen and wandering like crazy. On the ball - for Roger, the balance of victory was almost completely tilted to Ravenclaw's side, and the gap between the scores between the two sides gradually widened, reaching a level of 150 to 20. Yes, No. 3 Chaser Allen seems to never tire. No one can deny that he is simply Merlin on the court, controlling the entire team's offense.
In a little while, whether or not Cho Chang managed to finally catch the Snitch, it would be time to celebrate.
Now Harry is facing the eyes and expectations of the entire Gryffindor. He braces himself and tells himself that he must catch the Snitch as soon as possible, but Ravenclaw's Seeker Cho? Also very hard, they are constantly chasing and circling in the air.
"Do you know how the Gryffindor team selects players?" Draco Malfoy said loudly again a few minutes later, seeing that no Gryffindors were paying attention to him, "They pick people they feel sorry for .For example, Pot, no father and no mother, and the Weasley brothers, who have no money at home... You should also join the team, Neville Longbottom, because you have no brains, you will only be like Weasley and Muggles Play... yo, where's your boyfriend Flegal? Because they don't understand the great sport and run out and play in the mud?"
Neville's face was flushed, and he turned from his chair to face Malfoy.
"I'm better than twelve of you put together, Malfoy," he stammered. "Fleger likes Quidditch! Just went to the bathroom!"
"You don't even refute that he is your boyfriend?!" Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle laughed strangely, "Harris, the stinky bastard who protected you last time, is in the sky!"
Ron didn't dare to take his eyes off the field, and said, "Show him some power, Neville."
"Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's pretty telling."
Ron has been worrying about Harry, and his nerves are about to snap: "I warn you, Malfoy...you dare to say one more thing..."
"Ron!" said Hermione suddenly, "Harry...!"
"What's the matter? Where is it?"
Above their heads, Harry made a beautiful dive, causing the audience to exclaim and applaud. Qiu Zhang followed closely, and everyone's hearts went up.
They just rushed in the direction not far from Alan. Seeing that Harry was ahead, Alan didn't care to continue hitting the Quaffle. He swooped down, controlled the broom to fly forward, and just punched Harry directly. Nose, the punch was menacing, mixed with the sound of the wind, Harry, who had a deep understanding of Alan's power, couldn't help but hesitate, and Qiu Zhang flew in front of him.
"This despicable and shameless villain..." Before Lee Jordan finished speaking, he was stopped by Professor McGonagall, a veteran fan who was familiar with the rules and who was also on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He just accompanied Jordan's commentary , Many people looked at Professor Snape, wondering how he would punish him.
Professor Snape didn't make any movement. He didn't seem to see everyone's doubts until he heard the movement off the court, and signaled to continue the game: "The game continues." There was a commotion on the court, especially the Gryffindor stands. Jump down to ask to understand, but someone has already done it before him.
"Z-Z-Z..." Annoyed, Lee Jordan called the microphone and made a piercing voice. After a short pause, the sound continued. He could no longer bear to look at Slater. Dean Lin asked: "Professor Snape, I think you need to give everyone an explanation."
Professor McGonagall, who didn't come to stop him in a hurry, moved himself closer to the host's microphone before Snape spoke, and let his serious voice run through the audience: "Mr. Nia feinted, his fist didn't touch anyone, so there was no violation."
"Oh, okay! Transylvania's fake move! Allen's fake move successfully stopped Harry! Harry, listen, you are flying so fast, he can't really dare to hit you!" Li ·Jordan seemed to be extinguished by his dean's voice in an instant, and then added a little more: "I'm sorry, Mr. Harris, I apologize for my inappropriate words just now, I shouldn't anger you."
Although Gryffindor was reckless, he also had the courage to admit his mistakes.
Allen waved his hand indifferently, anyway, his goal has been achieved, although it is a pity that Qiu Zhang did not catch the golden snitch - it was Professor Snape who was not fair in this game, but he did not understand the Quidditch rules Allen was quite surprised by the well-understood judgment. He thought he came here as a referee just to ensure Harry's safety, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable. According to Snape's personality, he would definitely try to understand Everything about his Seeker rival.
"Oh, if Arya's ball was hit higher, probably only our key keeper and gamekeeper Hagrid could catch it!"
Alicia Spinnett is Gryffindor's Chaser - Ravenclaw has already led Gryffindor by more than 160 points. She is very impatient. If she can't complete a few attacks to pull back a little game, Even if Harry catches the Snitch, Gryffindor will lose the game because the overall score is lower than Ravenclaw.
But according to Murphy's Law, if there is a chance that things will go bad, no matter how small the chances are, it will happen.
Harry glanced at the movement of the Golden Snitch that he had actually spotted just now, and silently counted the score in his mind, trying to wait for his teammates to see if they could win the game a bit.
But Qiu Zhang finally found the Snitch, she was happy, and rushed towards the Snitch at full speed.
At this point, Harry had to speed up and try to interfere with the other party. If he couldn't cut off Qiu's route, then he could only catch the golden snitch before her to make the ending less ugly.
The two entangled and chased after each other. In the end, because Cho Zhang was trying to avoid a Bludger hit by Fred, she was afraid of being hit. She delayed for a while, allowing Harry to take advantage of his flying, At a position about one meter ahead of Qiu, he suddenly made a risky move, grabbed the broom handle with one hand, and hooked one foot on it. The broom was parallel to the ground, and his body and the ground formed a vertical nine. Ten degrees, with a light copy, took the golden snitch close to the grass on the ground into his hand.
Harry's wonderful individual performance caused huge cheers from the stands. Ravenclaw was celebrating the victory. Although Gryffindor lost the game, they also felt that Harry's wonderful performance made them win back some face. pride.