Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 346 Werewolf
However, Oliver Wood had worse news for the rest of the team during the final intensive practice session before Saturday's game.

"We don't compete with the Slytherin team!"

He roared angrily, "Flint just came over to see me, and he specifically chose to tell us in the presence of Professor Snape... They have caused serious injuries to most of the team members because of the new broom, so we are going to compete with Hufflepuff."

"How could he? Coward! Shame!" Before anyone else could react, Wood jumped and cursed.

And Mrs. Huo Qi, who was watching them, didn't say much, but frowned. Obviously, she was also very disgusted by this obviously timid tactical arrangement.

"It's like no one has ever fallen off a new broom. My players...all of us...Harry has broken his arm three times, George and Fred have hit the Bludger more than twice a game because of their speed...Even Angelina, Alicia and Caddy have rushed directly into the stands several times because of their speed..."

Every time Wood said, McGuffin seemed to be hammered into the ground by a sledgehammer. After he finished talking about the series of accidents caused by the new broom, he almost shrunk his head to the ground, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

Wood's fury combined with the howling wind and rain outside on this day made it extremely terrifying.

Harry was also irritated by Slytherin's shamelessness, "These guys, they just did this because they didn't want to try out the performance of the new broom in such weather. I heard from Hermione that the professor of arithmetic and divination said that these two days...including the day of the competition were such bad weather."

"Slytherin and the others don't want to... just make a fool of themselves in front of the [Global Light Wheel Company] executives, the staff of the Department of Magical Sports, and the Quidditch team who came to watch the game."

"Wood, Flint is obviously thinking about his future employment! Even Gore and Crabbe can see it..." George said affirmatively.

"I understand, but we can't prove it." Wood said painfully, "This shameless tactic just hit our weakness... He must have found out that we have been practicing with their Slytherin's savage collision tactics."

"The Hufflepuffs are playing against us now. Although we have also conducted drills against them, it is obvious that the tactical arrangements of the two teams are completely different. Hufflepuff plays steadily. I heard that although their tactical arrangements are old-fashioned and simple. They even borrow ideas from the first set of tactics in the Chinese Quidditch game, but they are obviously more suitable for this new type of broom..."

"Mrs. Hooch should understand too. These guys are hard to deal with, and they have a new captain and new Seeker this year, Cedric Diggory..."

McGuffin looked up at the name of Cedric Diggory.

This guy is one of the main characters in the fourth book, and even tried to compete with Harry for the protagonist position (and girlfriend) in Hogwarts, and of course it was over in the end.

During this period of time, due to the out-of-control of the plot and the pressure exerted by the environment (Gryffindor Quidditch players subconsciously dislike the new broom), McGuffin has accumulated a lot of negative emotions in his heart, and he can't help but vomit strongly in his heart to relieve the pressure.

"McGuffin!"

"McGuffin! You say yes!"

Wood yelled and woke him up.

--what?

Wood was looking at him with horror on his face, his eyes were red and bulging, almost bursting out.

"That's right, you're right!" McGuffin shouted hurriedly, no matter what he said, even if he scolded himself, he had to answer like this first.

——MD!Wood was looking more and more like the ogre that Ron said.

"Well! Then tell me..."

--what?
McGuffin secretly felt that something was wrong, he wouldn't be fooled by this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Wood asked you to talk about how to overcome the excessive speed and lack of flexibility of the new broom..." the substitute Ron whispered to McGuffin from behind.

Gan!
Big head.

There are two problems teams face when playing today with the new broom.

One is that the straight-line speed is too fast, causing the individual and the entire team to be unable to cooperate and pull across the formation, or when the Golden Snitch appears, everyone either catches it immediately and collides with each other... or the Golden Snitch flies out in a voluptuous curve, causing everyone to clumsily follow behind and eat farts.

Judging from the simulation training during this period, there are two possibilities.

Hufflepuff's tactic is to divide the entire Quidditch team into two states. One is that when the Golden Snitch is nowhere to be seen, everyone, including the Seeker, is helping the Quaffle to score. Anyway, the Quidditch rules do not stipulate the flight range of each player like Muggle football.

And found the golden snitch, and then everyone went after the snitch together.

But this can only be done among Hufflepuff teams who fly steadily, or in other words, fly slowly and cooperatively.

And for the traditional Gryffindor Quidditch team where almost everyone is pursuing rapid flying speed and personal flying skills, this kind of thing is simply impossible.

Even if this tactic is adopted, it will take a certain amount of training time before the team can get used to it.

And they don't have that time anymore.

Looking at Wood's ferocious face in the form of a monster, McGuffin stammered, "Perhaps you can increase the distance to avoid collisions with each other..."

"—Huh?" Wood pulled his voice, staring at the MacGuffin like a butcher.

Shir!This Tem is scary!
McGuffin was speechless for a while.

"Oliver! Don't worry...McGuffin has a good point!" Fred said hastily, also a little frightened. "Maybe we can take the Quaffle to the top of the field, keep the distance between each other, layer up and down, and use echelon attack tactics."

"That's right, that's right!" Angelina also persuaded, "It seems that this tactic is suitable for this method..."

"Sounds good!" Mrs. Hooch was also drawn to their discussion.

During these days of training, Mrs. Hooch has been stationed on the Quidditch pitch.

On the one hand, it is to prevent the dementors from going crazy (it also means to protect Harry secretly).

Of course, the most important thing is to cooperate with Madam Pomfrey to rescue these vulnerable little wizards and protect them from serious injuries.

Finally, she will also collect data on the new broom to see if the new broom is really mature enough...to be adopted in a regular Quidditch match.

(Mrs. Hooch was originally a member of the World Quidditch Council Association, otherwise she would not have been able to get such a leisurely position at Hogwarts)

She came over to join the discussion among the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

"On the court, use the space echelon tactics to attack the formation. The same space is divided into upper, middle and lower. Everyone can attack and defend to a certain extent. Of course, the functions of the batter, goalkeeper, and chaser cannot be changed. But just like Hufflepuff, you can cooperate with the corresponding passing, attacking, and covering...With the speed of the new broom, this is completely possible."

"That's right! This is a good tactic, and it can be coordinated in a short time."

Hearing Mrs. Hooch's affirmation, this made Oliver Wood's face look better.

"But the Snitch?" Ron asked.

"The whole team covers all areas of the stadium, and it should be easier for you to find the position of the Golden Snitch... Maybe you can use a whole set of flying postures as code words to transmit signals and express the position of the Golden Snitch."

Mrs. Hooch also relied on her rich experience to advise Gryffindor, but in the middle of speaking, she suddenly remembered that she was a referee... such behavior is not good.

So he coughed twice, then stopped immediately, and retreated to the other side.

"Sounds good, but is it still too late?" Ron came to demoralize again.

But he was immediately stared at by Wood's death.

Under the strong pressure, the guy immediately shut up.

"Okay!" Wood shouted loudly, walking up and down in front of everyone, inspecting everyone's faces, with a very excited expression, "We'll do it like this!"

"Hufflepuff is very good, organized a strong team, and the Seekers are not bad, but we are even better... With the help of Mrs. Hooch..."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Mrs. Huo Qi immediately coughed violently when she heard these words.

So Wood said again, "So...with the help of McGuffin Albert, we already know the tactical arrangement that seems to be the most useful now. This means that before the start of the Quidditch game, players, we must hurry up and train without sleep..."

"what!"

——After hearing Wood's words, the others immediately felt that something was wrong, and they all yelled.

"Wood, don't, they're just Hufflepuffs... I don't know why you should worry, Oliver, Hufflepuffs are easy opponents to beat, and we rarely lose games against them." George hurriedly persuaded.

It's a pity that these words were suppressed by Wood's backhand.

"We have to be vigilant and I'm concerned about your negligence."

"We can't take the enemy lightly! Slytherins want to see us lose the match! We must win!"

Wood was hoarse, his expression twisted and roaring.

Everyone... To be honest, McGuffin was horrified by Wood's appearance when he saw Mrs. Hooch.

……

Just as the professor of arithmetic and divination predicted, the closer the eve of the competition, the worse the weather.

The violent wind and rain almost seemed to be pouring down, and there was an impenetrable rain curtain floating between the whole world.

The corridors and classrooms were pitch black, although it was broad daylight, but the lights were brightly lit. All the torches and magic lamps had been lit and turned on.

The glass in the classroom was slapped and trembled by the wind and raindrops, making people worry about whether the windows would be broken by it in the next moment.

But even in such weather, whenever he has free time, Wood will drag the Gryffindor Quidditch players to the court for training.

Of course, the flight status cannot be seen clearly from three meters away, which makes training accidents happen constantly.

In a short period of time, almost all the players were painted, and Wood himself hit the hoop (Quidditch goal) because he didn't see it, causing his head to bleed.

In the end, it was Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall who combined to stop Wood's crazy state.

Wood's performance undoubtedly made the Slytherins even more complacent, thinking that the strategy had succeeded.

Wherever McGuffin saw the Slytherin snakes, he always saw them beaming.

De LS Malfoy even had the guts to come over and mock McGuffin for inventing a 'widow making machine'.

This put everyone in a bad mood, but no one blamed Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch captain.

—He just wanted to win so badly!

And the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team was the one who paid the most and was under the most pressure.

Harry heard from the twins that Wood had to take the death water (a powerful sleeping pill) provided to him by Madam Pomfrey every night to barely fall asleep.

In this way, he will wake up earlier than everyone else tomorrow morning, and conduct tactical deduction alone.

Whenever he has free time, Wood will also pull McGuffin and Harry to simulate possible unexpected situations.

(As soon as I have free time between classes, I will keep running to find them, and keep giving reminders. The first time, the second time...continuous cycle...)
Of course it's annoying, but it's not easy for them to say anything.

After all, Wood put in dozens of times more energy than they did, which can also be seen from his gradually changing appearance.

Wood was always drooping, listless, and powerfully uplifting.

The eye circle on the face was dark and thick, the eyes were bald and red, and the hairline moved back. In a short period of time, it actually looked almost the same size as Professor Snape's face.

Speaking of Snape...

This guy finally realized what he had wanted for a long time.

On the eve of the competition, that is, on Friday, he successfully taught a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

McGuffin knew that at this time, Lupine should not be able to suppress the instinct of transformation with the wolfsbane potion, and he had completely turned into a werewolf.

It seems that the most critical moment has come, even if there is no moonlight, the werewolf will not be able to suppress the instinct of lycanthropy and transform (even if he takes the wolf's poison potion).

Just in case, McGuffin has previewed and looked up information and materials about werewolves.

Werewolves,...the wizards of North America called these dark creatures werewolves.

The transformation of a werewolf is usually caused by being infected by another werewolf's saliva or blood during the full moon.

This infectious process is commonly referred to as lycanthropy.

The source of wolf disease has been unverifiable, but according to the research of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, this disease that specifically targets humans is likely to have originated from the crazy actions of wizards in the Middle Ages, or other dark creatures that were hostile to human wizards at that time, or created by the evil sorcery of goblins.

Usually, after a wizard is bitten by a werewolf, he would rather die than be transformed into a new werewolf.

(End of this chapter)