Chapter 49： Ravenclaw's Blitz

"Ha, it looks like she cares more about the team than I do!" Captain Richie joked to Tom while leaning on the locker.

"Captain, you are too embarrassed to say..." Tom was speechless.

Richie waited for a while, and after everyone came in, he took out a blackboard and began to repeat today's tactics to the players.

When Richie was deploying his tactics, Hermione had come to the stand above the locker room. Although there is still some time before the start of the game, the attendance in the stands is close to half.

As soon as Hermione came up, she saw two red-haired teenagers wandering in the Ravenclaw stands, surrounded by several Ravenclaw seniors. One of the red-haired boys was talking to them with a book in hand, the other was holding a box.

Hermione recognized it as the Weasley twins Fred and George, both students of Gryffindor. Hermione was a little puzzled: what were the two of them doing here?

"So why can you take 5% of the profit?" A third-year Ravenclaw student was somewhat dissatisfied. "No matter who wins or loses, you will always be the winner."

"Because this was organized by us, and the fireworks we gave you don't need money?" Fred defended.

The boy still shook his head, but he finally threw a few xikes into the box. The inside of the box is divided into two parts by a wooden board, with a Ravenclaw flag on one side and a Hufflepuff on the other side, and the number of coins in the two parts is similar.

George next to him wrote down the boy's name and bet amount in the book. Following the same steps, the surrounding little wizards also made bets, and after their names were written down, they left with a bunch of fireworks. Some students feel that one bundle is not enough, and they will buy several more bundles.

Hermione understood what the Weasleys were up to: a reserved sport for competitive sports, wrestling, which her dad used to play with his friends too. However, it was the first time she had seen the wrestling in the magic world.

Out of curiosity, she chatted with the Weasley brothers and learned about the market. She quickly understood the rules. This kind of betting is much simpler than in the Muggle world. It is a very simple bet on the winner and loser. Red and George would take 5% of the profits.

And everyone who bet, Fred and George will give them a bunch of fireworks they developed by themselves. What's enough for a bunch of fireworks? So many little wizards will buy some more from them.

Hermione thought for a while, then bet five Siko's Ravenclaw, and took a bunch of fireworks by the way. After the deal, Hermione found a nice viewing spot to sit and wait for the game to begin, while the Weasleys continued to look for clients.

The game started at eleven o'clock. Almost all the teachers and students came to the Quidditch pitch. Many people came well prepared. They held binoculars, banners, fireworks and the like in one hand and It's snacks, or the flag of the college. After all the players were seated, the stand automatically rose into the air so that everyone could see the game clearly.

Two teams have already entered.

The atmosphere in the arena was not particularly tense. After all, it was Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. If Gryffindor played against Slytherin, there must be countless fireworks in the sky at this time.

"The contestants get on the brooms!"

With Madam Hooch's whistle, the game began.

Tom stared at the Quaffle closely, and when he heard the whistle, he immediately lifted into the air and flew towards the thrown Quaffle. His reflexes were so quick that several of Hufflepuff's Chasers were slightly behind him by half a stature.

The opening seconds were a good time to score because the batsmen didn't have time to disrupt the chasers with Bludgers and the goalkeepers weren't in good enough shape.

Tom grabbed the Quaffle all at once, then immediately started to accelerate, and the broom rushed out, and the distance between the Hufflepuff Chaser and Tom, who had been behind his broom or at the same pace as him, was suddenly widened. . This second of acceleration gave him a positional advantage.

At this time, the remaining two chasers were flying towards the goal, and the two batsmen had already seized a favorable position and slammed the Bludgers towards the Hufflepuff chasers, trying to Interfering with them, only to be stopped by their batsmen.

In a split second, Tom rushed in front of Hufflepuff goalie Keitel Byrne, and shot with a jerk. Kettle Byrne jerked and twisted towards where he was throwing, but immediately froze because he It was found that the ball did not fly towards the goal, but flew towards Roger who was a little further away from the goal.

Roger caught the ball steadily, then threw it in the opposite direction of Keitel Byrne, and the ball went in easily.

It was less than ten seconds before Mrs. Hooch's whistle sounded.

The commentator of the Hogwarts Quidditch match was Gryffindor's Lee Jordan, Fred's classmate and friend. He's a standout commentator - which means that when there's a Gryffindor game he'll be unabashedly supportive of Gryffindor House. But without Gryffindor and Slytherin, he was quite objective, neutral and professional.

At this time, he had just stood in front of the microphone and had not finished his opening remarks.

"…Hufflepuff vs. Ravenclaw, this year Ravenclaw has—what? Tom Yodell, good chance—pitch—no, it's a pass! Goes in! Omg, Ravenclaw's offense was like lightning! Hufflepuffs were caught off guard! Omg, this is the fastest goal I've seen since college!"

Jordan originally wanted to introduce Tom, the record-breaking rookie this year, but Ravenclaw smashed Hufflepuff's goal with a quick break. The little wizards in the audience didn't respond! Oliver Wood sat in the stands, brows furrowed, he wondered if he could prevent this set of offenses when he was on the court. The final verdict: it's hard.

"So, you may really need to rely on Potter." Wood rubbed his brows.

At this time, Ravenclaw launched another fierce attack, and after a series of dazzling operations, once again broke Hufflepuff's goal.

"It feels like Tom's broom is a bit strange..." Jordan found the problem, as if Tom could suddenly accelerate every time and throw the defender away?

As this sentence was uttered, more and more people discovered this feature, and Hufflepuff called for a pause, but in the end Mrs. Hooch determined that this transformation was not a foul.

Tom was defended more and more tightly as the game went on, but it also meant more opportunities for the other Ravenclaw Chasers. So Ravenclaw scored one goal after another, and the score widened to 80-0 a quarter of an hour into the game.