After a lot of effort, Lockhart finally split five pure blood families from these would-be Death Eaters, and this is what Dumbledore has been trying to do but failed to do for the past ten years. to the thing.

Although Voldemort can still use his authority to oppress them, but if the hearts are scattered, the team will not be easy to lead, right?

PS4k big chapter will have to update 6000 words tomorrow_(:3JB)

Chapter 297 "We Do Have Money"

Connelly O Fudge has never had a day in his life as high as he is today.

Thanks to various reasons such as good publicity, effective hype, and interest-driven, the number of dignitaries from various countries who came to participate in the top five competition is far more than he expected. In addition to more than 30 countries such as Europe and the United States have sent representatives, even those Asian countries have sent diplomats, saying that they want to see the style of the strong schools in Europe and the United States.

As far as Fudge knows, in addition to a history professor at the Japanese Magic Institute, Mr. Liu Song, the chairman of the International Magic Society (whose campaign banner is featured in the trailer of the movie "Fantastic Creatures 3") is said to have sent a vice-chairman to attend the opening ceremony. style, God knows why they came here to participate in a school fraternity competition.

But Fudge didn't bother to think about it.

He owes his face to the fact that he has enough face, and the British wizarding world is prosperous under his leadership, so he will infiltrate his influence into East Asia, where the wizarding population is the largest. These are undoubtedly Fudge's "achievements"

He almost couldn't wait to come to Hogsmeade, and held a grand welcome party in the sea of ​​flowers.

I have to say that Lockhart's handwriting still shocked some small European countries, such as Liechtenstein, who were shocked by Hogsmeade's facilities.

Leaving aside taverns, cinemas are relatively rare in the wizarding world, not to mention a full set of resort facilities such as ski resorts and golf courses.

In the past, wizards used puppet shows or circuses of magical creatures for entertainment, or just look at those moving pictures in storybooks, and when these Muggle entertainment facilities appeared in a After entering the wizarding village, the first feeling of wizards is very fresh.

Not to mention, if you look closely, many residents here have one or two more Muggle bicycles or motorcycles in front of their homes, and there is actually Muggle-style running water in the house.

It would be fine if they were in London, but they are now in Hogsmeade, a "pure wizarding settlement"...what does that mean?

Compared with these things, the new landmark building in Hogsmeade Village, the Jack and Pea Hotel, has not received much attention. This thing that can make Muggle tourists scream is something that is common sense to wizards, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

"These houses are all newly built, right?" A wizard from Romania asked the question in his heart very simply: "How much did it cost? Can it be recovered?"

Hearing him ask these questions, Fudge felt a little guilty, because the changes here not only exceeded the expectations of these foreigners, but even he himself did not expect that the changes in Hogsmeade would be so great.

The last time he came was before Christmas last year. Although a movie theater had already been built here, the overall difference was not too big. But this time, when he came over, Hogsmeade had become a person he couldn't recognize, which made him a little unsure.

Fortunately, his dog-legged hurriedly stepped forward and said a few words, telling him that most of the funds for these things came from sponsors, and that these facilities had basically started to make profits, and Fudge was relieved.

\"We do have money." Fudge propped up his belly and said to the Romanian representative with satisfaction, \"How much money and how many things to do."

Fudge's demeanor made Lockhart, who was sitting in a pub watching him perform, utterly comical, because in his mind, the last person to say it was the mayor of London.

Before the London Olympics, the Mayor of London held his stomach in the same way, saying "we do have money" to the Olympic Committee and representatives from various countries.

However, due to the follow-up impact of the financial crisis, the bank refused to continue to lend. In addition to the 100 million pounds allocated for the 60th celebration of the Queen's ascension to the throne, the Olympic-related facilities had to be shrunk. joke.

For example, basketball courts without toilets, suddenly collapsed stands, shoddy medals, congested subways and buses, and the only 1.7-meter-long bed in the Olympic Village. oo Even the mayor of London himself was arrested because of the malfunction of the zip line. He was hung in the air for more than 5 minutes, waving the flag in his hand all the time, asking people to find a way to get him down.

Compared with these, it is not a problem such as the Olympic car killed someone, lost only one key in the venue and prevented athletes and spectators from entering the stadium, and a series of penalties. After all, these are only organizational issues, not Hardware facility problem.

Fortunately, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo later used their actual actions to set an example and firmly supported London, otherwise the biggest Olympic joke in the decade would have happened in London.

Seeing that Fudge also said the words "we do have money", Lockhart couldn't help but feel a bit of bad luck.

He doesn't ask how well the competition can be done now, he just hopes that everything goes smoothly, and that there will be no accidents.

After this extraordinary welcome meeting, Fudge led several officials from the Ministry of Magic, as well as international dignitaries, to the front of the Screaming Shack.

The five school warriors and their squires had already gathered there, together with the reporters who came to report the game, surrounded the screaming shack, waiting for the officials of the sports department to tell them the rules of the opening game, and buy it. Ticketed spectators and Hogwarts students were placed in the cinema.

In this theater where the traceless expansion spell has been cast, there is a full line of seats for the audience

There are thousands of them, and several huge panoramic telescopes are connected to the projectors that play the movie, and the pictures of the scene are projected on the silver screen of the theater.

It can be said that this is a real live panoramic broadcast.

Originally, according to the procedure, Heisjia o Jones should announce the rules of the game, but after seeing the densely packed long guns and short guns, Fudge suddenly changed his mind and robbed the job.

"On the occasion of Halloween, I, Cornelius Fudge, on behalf of the Ministry of Magic and all wizards in the UK, extend my sincere greetings to those who are watching the game and listening to the broadcast around the world!

First of all, I would like to thank the staff of the Ministry of Magic for their hard work o..." He thought everyone was listening to his speech, but almost everyone present was deserting, and the tourists in the cinema even scolded him directly. He made a sound, telling the dead fat man to finish his words quickly.

Fudge was unaware of this, and completed his opening speech on his own. Then, in the spotlight formed by everyone's eyes, he took the rules of the first game from Jones and officially announced the first game. content of the game.

In the eyes of others, Lockhart walked into the interior of the screaming shack, ready to send a "commission" to the warriors

Chapter 298 The first project

Because of Ludo Bagman's inaction at the beginning, the items and rules of these competitions were specified by Lockhart, and he knew the content of the competition without listening to Fudge's explanation.

In the description of the game to Dumbledore, Lockhart claimed that the game was designed to test whether the representatives of the various schools have enough courage and wisdom to deal with all kinds of strange events, and only those who have both Can be called a true warrior.

Of course, in addition to these high-sounding things on the bright side, Luoha Temple considered more entertainment factors. He turned the entire competition project into a story, in order to make the world pay attention The wizards of the game have a sense of participation.

In the first game of the Big Five Tournament, Lockhart called it 'ghostphobia' - on Halloween night, all kinds of ghosts who had been dormant in Hogsmeade suddenly came together to act as demons and made this happen. A quiet little village is restless.

The most powerful wizard in the village vowed to solve the problem, but half an hour later, his mutilated body was hung on the fountain sculpture of the village by the Specter, and the residents of the village had to ask the outside world for help.

And several warriors and their squires play the role of "professional ghost hunters"

These warriors must, together with their assistants, be commissioned by five villagers to enter five haunted houses to search for evidence about ghosts and destroy them.

Because the ghosts in these haunted houses are very well hidden, they must try their best to understand the types of these ghosts without disturbing them; and find a suitable elimination method.

If you are accidentally discovered by ghosts during the exploration, or their exploration

In order to provoke the ghost, then the ghost is likely to enter the "hunting" state, and once the warrior or his attendant is hunted, the other person must complete the task of solving the puzzle or destroying the ghost alone. Hunt, then they lose this game.

Each team has an initial capital of 10 Galleons, which they can use to buy Peruvian holy wood, salt, blood, amulets and other ghost-repelling props, or cameras from the village chief (Lockhart) at the Shrieking Shack. , spirit sensor, developing dust, thermometer, candle, soul lamp, psychic pen and other exploration props.

However, the items that 10 Galleons can buy are very limited. If they still have no way to know the types of ghosts after they are used up, and there is no way to eliminate them, then they can still only swallow the result of defeat in this game.

In the end, the rating standard for the warriors is the "remuneration" paid to them by the villagers, and this payment is also completely tempting. It will be composed of several factors.

1o Whether the warrior and his attendants are safe.

Villagers will pay 30 Galleons if the Warrior survives, and 15 Galleons if the Servant survives.

2o Whether the two were disturbed by ghosts during the search process.

You get 20 Galleons if you don't start a ghost, 10 Galleons if you are alerted but not hunted by a Goblin, and 50 Galleons if you get hunted but escape.

3o The time it takes to search and destroy ghosts is the time reward.

If the work is completed within half an hour, the Bei U warrior and his attendants will be rewarded with 50 Galleons, and after every 5 minutes, the reward will be reduced by 5 Galleons. If they enter the haunted house for more than 80 minutes or both of them are hunted, The remuneration for this item will be reset to zero.

4o Whether the duo have collected enough evidence about the types of ghosts.

These evidences must be tangible physical evidence, or evidence that is visible to the naked eye and audible to the ear. Each record of evidence can get 10 Galleons, up to a maximum of 50 Galleons.

5o Whether the two of them successfully eliminated the ghosts.

You will get 100 Galleons if you successfully kill the Goblin, and 0 if you fail.

The reason these warriors are graded with pay rather than ratings is because the money will be carried over to the second program.

Although at this point what exactly the second project was, no one on the scene knew. But Fudge also told the warriors that the more money they got in the first project, the bigger the advantage they had in the second project.

"...The rules have been said. Now, fellow warriors, you have 20 minutes to discuss. After the 20 minutes are over, the game will officially start."

After 10 minutes, Fudge finally finished reading the rules, and the tourists and students who remained at the cinema began to chatter.

"It's actually a ghost!" Seamus Finnigan's hand shaking as he held the potato chip box, "Isn't there a female ghost (pig girl)?"

Seamus' Bogut form is a female ghost, as everyone knows.

"Don't be afraid, Dumbledore won't let anyone die in it, and it's not - it must be a female ghost, maybe a normal ghost." Dean Thomas comforted him and said

"But... did you hear that? Fudge said \'Hunt\'! That is to say, the ghosts in these haunted houses are not like the ghosts in our school, they are attacking I"

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"This... But you see, not only Dumbledore, but the principals of several other schools are also indifferent, which shows that they know that no one will die."

"I can't tell. Wasn't the previous Triwizard Tournament forced to stop because there were too many dead people?"

"What you said makes sense..."

It was not only the students who were talking frantically, but the reporters present also began to

We interviewed foreign guests and asked them for their opinions on the opening game.

Considering that everyone is here to watch the fun instead of messing around, most of the guests answered very appropriately, nothing more than "unique", "interesting" and so on.

Among them, the viewpoint of Mr. Kinomoto, a professor of history at the Japanese Magic Institute, is quite useful.

""Removal of spirits\' This activity is also very common in Japan, and the wizards who are specially responsible for this work are called "Onmyoji" in Japan

Although we Japanese collectively refer to these ghosts as "weird", different types of monsters have great differences in their magic power, aggressiveness, weaknesses, and ways of attacking. This requires the courage of warriors to fight against monsters. , and they need to be knowledgeable enough...I think it's a very Warriors game."

The reporter who got a satisfactory answer first said thanks, and then asked another question.

"So what advice would you give these warriors if you were on the court?"

Mr. Kinomoto thought for a while, and then gave his answer.

"If it were me, I would definitely spend the initial funds of the 10 Galleons, because it's really not easy to determine the type of ghosts... and there are two types of items that I will definitely buy."

"What props?" the reporter asked.

\"One is salt and the other is candle." Mr. Kinomoto replied.

"Is there any reason?"

"Because almost all types of ghosts, such as phantoms, giants, demons, and ghosts, have the characteristic of leaving traces after stepping on salt, which allows people to quickly determine the approximate location of the ghost in the haunted house.

And candles can not only provide light, but also in the warriors have to face the strange

When hunting, they can also use candles to quickly light many props and items in the house, a function that props such as lanterns cannot provide. "

"Wait a minute..." The reporter had to interrupt him, "Can't you use \"fluorescent flashing, or \"flaming flames\'?"

"Yes, but...how to say it?" Mr. Kinomoto smiled bitterly, "Many strange speeds are faster than the speed at which a wizard can recite a spell, and from my experience working in Japanese magic institutes, there are very few young wizards in the After seeing the ghosts, you can still recite the most correct spells as usual, and most of them rely on props to resist the first wave of surprise attacks.

If the wizard already had a lit candle in his hand at the time of the attack, it would obviously be better than temporarily reciting fluorescent flashes or blazing flames. Besides, the wizard's wand should be on standby in a dangerous situation to keep the light spell. It's so extravagant, why not use candles that are more convenient? "

"And they're not expensive." The reporter understood, \"Is there any more?"

Then there's the Warriors' own strategy... No matter who wins or loses, I hope to see a good game. "Professor Kinomoto ended the rice visit modestly.

P.S. "Ghost Fear" is really a very good game. Chapter 299 is finalized

Although the Japanese professor's opinion is pertinent, not everyone agrees with him.

For example, a few German wizards declared that "any ghost can be dealt with with the Cruciatus", and a wizard from Austria probably drank too much and said "just blow up the haunted house" .

It is true that, unlike Muggles, wizards have more ways to detect the presence of ghosts and take countermeasures, but considering that the Unforgivable Curse may not be suitable for use in the UK, and the use of thunderbolts or flaming explosions After falling into the haunted house, some ghosts not only will not disappear, but may also take the opportunity to escape, and all the evidence about ghosts will disappear because of this.

Of course, these people are just talking, no one will take their words seriously, only the warriors themselves need to be responsible for these warriors.

Harry noticed that after the first project came out, both of the girls in Beauxbatons were shaking a little - they obviously didn't like it very much.

Unlike other schools that have at least one male warrior or squire, only Beauxbatons are girls, which is obviously not conducive to their performance in the first round.

Harry even suspects that Beauxbatons' students are likely to give up the first game directly, and go directly to the second round with the guaranteed 10 Galleons and the reward for survival of the two.

Before Harry could think further, Cedric dragged him into the corner of the garden outside the Shrieking Shack.

"Heli, come here, let's discuss it."

Seeing that the warriors and squires of other schools had already started internal discussions, Cedric also hurriedly called Harry to discuss what the two of them should do.

Obviously, there is a so-called "guarantee" in the first round, that is,

As I said just now, if a school's warriors choose not to spend a single Galleon and simply give up the game, then they will get 10+30+15, which is 55 Galleons, and go to the second round. Guess the type of ghost and guess correctly, then they may get more.

But Cedric and Harry didn't think anyone would actually choose that, not even the two Beauxbatons girls.

Because this game can be said to be covered by the wizarding media all over the world, if someone does such a cowardly and clumsy performance, it will not only be shameful for themselves, but also their school.

That said, if a team runs out of money and the Warriors and their entourage are wiped out, they're likely to go to the second round with nothing.

So in this case, strategy is crucial.

"We don't have to go in with both of us," Cedric said to Harry. "Wait a minute, whatever ghosts we meet, I'll deal with them. If I'm killed by ghosts, I'm going to die before I die. All the evidence and traces will be told to you through the sound transmission spell, and you can take them to hand in the task."

Cedric's strategy is very correct - because in Lockhart's design, the hero and the squire do not need to enter the haunted house at the same time. In this way, if one person accidentally "dies", the other person can at least get some evidence and a reward for survival.

And among the two, Cedric is a sixth grader, and Harry is a fourth grader. Logically speaking, the warrior should enter the haunted house, so Cedric decided to take the risk himself.

But Harry felt that something was wrong.

Not that he thought there was anything wrong with this strategy, but that he himself thought it was humiliating, especially when Harry was sure Qiu Zhang was still watching.