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Even Fred and George from Gryffindor behaved a lot more normally, with only ten points deducted after a few days.
This made Professor McGonagall very happy, and her attitude towards them was no longer as harsh as before.
This continued until mid-November, when the second Quidditch match began.
It was a weekend, and in the morning, a piece of gossip suddenly spread throughout Hogwarts.
"Did you hear? The Gryffindor team has a new broom."
In the hall, a Slytherin freshman was telling others the news he had just heard.
"New broom?" Slytherin team captain, seventh-year student Severn Rosier's face turned gloomy when he heard the news.
Slytherin was going to play against Gryffindor in the afternoon, and it was not a good thing for them to have a new broom at this time.
However, this was not the end. The man continued, "I also heard that it was not an ordinary broom, but the Nimbus 2000 that has not yet been released."
"Nimbus 2000?!"
Someone was surprised and said, "That's impossible. My uncle is in the Department of Sports and Physical Education of the Ministry of Magic. Even he can't get a Nimbus 2000. How can those Gryffindors get one?"
At this time, someone else joined in and said, "I heard that Bill Weasley got it from Egypt. It seems that he helped the Nimbus Company a lot."
"Damn you Weasley."
Someone pounded the table angrily. "What about the afternoon game? The performance of the Nimbus 2000 must be much better than the Nimbus 1700 we are using."
The Slytherin student who had spoken before stood up and said, "I'm going to write to my uncle and see if he can get me a Nimbus 2000."
"Can you make it?"
"it should be OK."
……
Next to them, after hearing these words, the members of the Slytherin team all had gloomy faces and couldn't eat their meals.
Rozier overturned the plate in front of him and said angrily, "Damn it, why did it have to be at this time?"
Slytherin and Gryffindor are old rivals, and he could not accept losing to that group of guys in the competition.
"Don't panic. The truth of the news is still uncertain." Someone calmly analyzed: "The Nimbus 2000 is not a toy. How can it be given away just like that? And this news came too suddenly. It is very likely that it was deliberately made up to confuse us..."
"Oh~~~"
At this moment, bursts of exclamations suddenly came from the auditorium.
"Look, what is that!"
As if deliberately going against him, he had just finished speaking when six long-eared owls flew in with a long and thin package and landed on the Gryffindor dining table.
Judging from its appearance, it can be basically confirmed that it is a flying broom.
Because it was wrapped tightly, they could clearly see that the tail of the broom was longer than that of the Nimbus 1700, and its shape was different from those models on the market.
The two Weasley twins were holding packages and talking excitedly to others.
Although I couldn't hear what they said due to the distance, I could be sure that the group of people seemed very excited.
Especially the Quidditch players, they would look over here from time to time, and their eyes were very strange.
Rozier felt like they were mocking him, which made him a little unbearable. Just when he was about to overturn the plate to vent his anger, he found that there was nothing on the table in front of him.
So he overturned a new plate next to him.
"Everyone go get the information," Rozier said through gritted teeth, "No matter what method we use, we must find out whether that thing is the Nimbus 2000."
"What if that's the case?" someone asked.
"Then write a letter home and try to get some!" Rozier roared, "What are you still standing there for? Go!"
The Slytherin players dispersed, and when the other little snakes saw this, they also left the hall.
Rozier was very angry at the time, and they didn't want to stay and offend him.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 66 Art is explosion
Compared to the upset Slytherins, the atmosphere in Gryffindor was much more cheerful, especially after seeing Rosier storm out of the hall, they laughed even louder.
"George, is this the Nimbus 2000?"
After all the Slytherins had left, a dark-skinned boy with dreadlocks impatiently approached the twins and urged, "What are you waiting for? Let us see."
His words were instantly agreed by others, "Yes, open it quickly and let us open our eyes."
"Merlin's beard, this is probably the best broom out there. Those professional teams probably don't have a Nimbus 2000."
However, despite everyone's urging, Fred and George had no intention of opening the package.
George looked at his side with disdain and said, "Hey, Lee Jordan, I'm Fred. Can't you recognize the two of us now?"
"Sorry Fred, I can see…."
"No, I'm Fred."
Beside him, the real Fred hooked his shoulder and said, "How could you fall for such a simple trick? To be honest, I'm beginning to doubt whether you are our best friend."
Poor Li Jordan was completely confused. He looked at the two identical faces beside him and could not find any difference.
It's basically copied.
"Okay Fred George, I'm sorry." Lee Jordan shook his head, took a deep breath and said, "Whoever you are, can you let me take a look at the Nimbus 2000, just one look.
Please. "
If it were any other time, Li Jordan would definitely point at the twins' noses, belittle their boring and bad taste, and curse them with a few slang words.
But now, not only did he not do so, he even apologized directly, showing a very humble attitude.
There is no way, one has to bow his head under the eaves. As a loyal Quidditch fan, a new broom that has not yet been released is too attractive to him. If he can't take a look at it, he will definitely suffer from insomnia at night.
"What Nimbus 2000?" Fred glanced at him and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about. The broom we use is obviously the old-fashioned Sweep Five Star."
"I know, you want to keep it secret..." Li Qiaodan looked around and said, "But now Slater is gone, and we are all around, so it doesn't matter if you just take a look..."
Fred and George were silent.
"Why don't we go back to the common room?" someone said. "It will be safe to watch from there."
"You can't do this..." The little wizards from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw objected, "We want to see it, too."
But now no one cares what they think.
The Gryffindors surrounded the twins and rushed out of the hall.
However, when they came to the portrait of the fat lady, they found that Fred and George had disappeared.
"It must have run away when I went upstairs just now."
Li Qiaodan felt very aggrieved: "It's so abominable, they even defend themselves!"
By noon, the atmosphere at the Slytherin table was still solemn.
They searched Hogwarts for the entire morning, but couldn't find any trace of Fred and George. It was as if these two people had disappeared out of thin air.
In addition, those who sent letters home did not gain anything. Some bad-tempered parents even scolded them in their reply, telling them to focus more on their studies and not think about unrealistic things all day long.
Rozier is one of them.
"Nimbus 2000? I have a Nimbus 2100, do you want one?"
He crumpled the reply in his hand into a ball and was about to throw it away when he suddenly remembered something and pulled his hand back, angrily asking, "No news yet?"
The people around me looked at each other, but no one said a word.
"waste!"
Just as Rozier was about to lift the plate, a Slytherin player hurried over.
"Captain, I found out."
Marcus Flint grinned, revealing a row of big teeth, and said, "When I passed by the Quidditch field, I found the Gryffindor team there. They must have wanted to secretly test the performance of the brooms while we were having dinner in the hall."
Rozier looked up.
As expected, no one from the Gryffindor team was in the Great Hall.
"Captain, do you want to go over and take a look?" Marcus asked tentatively.
"go!"
Rozier didn't hesitate and led a group of people towards the Quidditch field.
Just as Marcus said, all the members of the Gryffindor team were here, but they were not training or testing the performance of their brooms, but... fighting?
It was the Weasley twins who were actually fighting, and the others were trying to persuade them.
Seeing this scene, Marcus said in ecstasy: "Is there a conflict within Gryffindor?"
The game will be held in the afternoon. The internal discord among the opponents at this time is great news for Slytherin.
Rozier also discovered that the package delivered by the owl in the morning was placed near the passage where they were.
And there was no one watching around.
……
A minute later, the Slytherins left the Quidditch field one after another. They gathered together tightly, blocking the person in the middle.
They did not return to the auditorium to continue eating, nor did they return to the common room. Instead, they found an empty classroom and went in.
After closing the door, they dispersed, revealing the man surrounded in the middle... and the long and thin package he was holding.
"Captain, can we hide here?" Marcus said with some concern: "I think we should just take a public holiday..."
Before he could finish his words, he was kicked by Rozier.
He wasn't trying to steal the broom, he just wanted to hide it before the game so that the Gryffindors couldn't use it.
What's the point of putting it in the public lounge? What if someone lets it slip?
Slytherin stealing brooms?