Chapter 406 The Game Begins

The disastrous defeat to Slytherin had depressed the Gryffindor students for a while. For a long time, they had not discussed any topic related to Quidditch.

But Harry's Firebolt undoubtedly made them regain their confidence and become enthusiastic again.

And this enthusiasm became more and more intense as time went by.

Especially on Friday, in just one morning, Gryffindor's scoring hourglass dropped a lot, directly from the second place to the last place.

They were so excited that they couldn't help discussing Quidditch during class, and then they were deducted points by the professors who couldn't bear it anymore.

Among them, Snape contributed the most, and half of the points deducted were his credit.

When the Gryffindors came to their senses, they found that their college had been deducted nearly 200 points... This result also made them restrained a lot.

The next morning, Kyle went to the auditorium with Cedric and Connor to have breakfast.

Today is the day of the game. From the moment they entered the hall, 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 thinks this is a good opportunity to observe how good the performance of the Firebolt is."

Qiu sat down next to Connor and whispered, "Besides, he couldn't think of any way to target the Firebolt, so he wanted to see what you would do.

Are you really okay? If Gryffindor wins too many points, we will have no chance of winning next time."

"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 too happy too early."

At ten thirty, Hufflepuff set off for the locker room.

The weather today is very good, sunny and cool, and the breeze is very comfortable on the body.

To be honest, this is not good news for Hufflepuff. They have all kinds of small props provided by Kyle, which is an advantage in relatively bad weather.

Unfortunately, this is not something they can decide.

From outside, the sound of students from the whole school rushing into the stadium came. The noisy voices showed that there must be a lot of people coming without seeing.

"Don't be nervous." When everyone was about to leave the locker room, Cedric said, "We have practiced many times, there will be no problem!"

They walked to the stadium outside, and the cheers were deafening.

But when the Gryffindor team in red robes came out, the cheers around them became obviously louder.

Both sides came to the center of the stadium.

"Diggory, Wood, shake hands!" Madam Hooch said crisply, and Cedric walked up and shook hands with Wood.

"Get on the broom, listen to my whistle, three... two... one..."

Kyle only felt a whistling sound coming.

The Firebolt was faster than other brooms and flew out in the blink of an eye. Cedric followed closely behind. The two of them circled over the court and began to squint their eyes to look for the Golden Snitch.

The voice of the commentator came from the stands.

"The game has begun. The biggest highlight of this game is the Firebolt ridden by Harry Potter. The Flying 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 interrupted.

"No problem, Professor. A little background information. By the way, the Firebolt has a built-in brake that allows it to accelerate faster..."

"Jordan!"

"Okay, okay, now Hufflepuff has the ball. This move is so familiar... Harris must have taught Kyle his ball-grabbing skills... He's ready to shoot... Can Wood..."

"Oh... Wood missed the ball, Hufflepuff scores!"

Harry waved his arms in frustration in the air and looked more carefully for the whereabouts of the Golden Snitch, but when he turned around, he found Cedric following closely behind him.

Every time he tried to change direction, the other party would overtake him and force him to change direction.

Harry had a feeling that Cedric was not concerned about the Golden Snitch, but just wanted to interfere with him.

"Show him your acceleration, Harry!" Fred shouted, aiming a Bludger at Kyle.

Kyle just used a flexible flip to snatch the Quaffle from Angelina, and now it was speeding towards the Gryffindor goal post.

Facing the Bludger that Fred hit, he had no intention of dodging.

The next second, Mikel flew over from the side and swung his arm to hit the Bludger elsewhere.

"Just keep going!" Will flew over from the other side and blocked the second Bludger.

"... Leave the rest to us!"

With their help, Kyle successfully came to 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 fake move!"

Jordan said loudly: "But it works... Wood's attention is on Kyle, Grace scored... She is a new chaser who joined the Hufflepuff team this year... What a charming girl!"

Wood stared at Kyle, breathing heavily, looking like an angry buffalo.

Kyle shrugged, clapped hands with Grace, and returned to the middle of the court again.

Less than five minutes after the start, it was 20-0, and Gryffindor was directly at a disadvantage.

In the stands, the cheers of Hufflepuff almost drowned out Lee 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 while trying hard to hit the Bludger at Kyle, "But the two beaters on their team seem to have settled next to Kyle... Damn, they are blocked again!"

At this time, Kyle was not the only one who had someone settle next to him on the court, Harry was the same.

Harry felt that Cedric was about to stick to him, and he couldn't get rid of him no matter how he shook him off, because he couldn't keep speeding up and flying, and he always had to stop to look for the Golden Snitch.

Every time at this time, Cedric would always catch up from behind and continue to interfere with him.

Once he saw it, the golden light flapping its wings, flying behind Angelina Johnson's ears... But when he was about to speed up and rush over, Cedric blocked his view.

Although he decisively went around from another direction, the Snitch disappeared in these critical seconds.

"Harry, this is not the time to be friendly."

Wood, who also saw the golden snitch, shouted loudly: "If necessary, knock him off the broom!"

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