Cedric took the lead into the haunted house, but Harry himself was hiding outside as a coward. What will the girls think of you two in the future?

And as scary as ghosts and stuff might seem, Harry wasn't very scared.

- On the one hand, this is because there are many ghosts in Hogwarts, and there is even a ghost. Harry himself has seen Voldemort's ghost twice, so he has long been "accustomed".

On the other hand, the Dursleys didn't allow Harry to watch TV, never took him to see a movie, let alone a horror movie, and Dudley would rather throw away the picture book he's seen than give it away. To Harry, so Harry has no idea of ​​these ghosts, and doesn't really know how scary they are.

"Wait a minute..." Harry interrupted Cedric, "Actually the two of us can go in together."

"Why?" Cedric looked disapproving. "If the two of us were attacked together..."

"The two of us could search separately so that whoever was hunted would have time to alert the other," Harry suggested.

"But it's still too risky," Cedric objected.

But Harry naturally has his own way of persuading others: "Don't forget, this game is timed, it's too slow to search alone, there are so many houses in Hogsmeade, and many houses are They are all two or even three floors, and each floor has four or five rooms…”

Cedric was a little shaken by Harry's analysis, because he was right.

Harry hurriedly strikes while the iron is hot: "Think about it, this game is between different schools." Even if we finish the game in the end, but the speed is slower than the other schools, Hogwarts will be ashamed for it. "

Cedric was persuaded by him: "Okay, but we will go to see the haunted house later, if it is a small house, I will go in alone, if there is a second floor, then we

The two go in together. "

Time was running out, and they had to think about the next tactics together, so there wasn't much time to spend arguing about who would go in, so it was settled.

"Then the second question, about the types of ghosts..." Cedric had a headache. "I know about six or seven types of ghosts, but it's obviously not enough."

"I know sixteen," Harry replied immediately.

Cedric's eyes widened in surprise: "So many? Have you studied it specifically?"

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"It was a preview beforehand." Harry admitted, "After hearing that the first game was held on Halloween, Hermione went to the library to check the information, and let me memorize 16 common types of ghosts. and their characteristics and weaknesses."

Cedric was a little surprised when he heard it, because he really didn't expect that the game could be so "cheating".

And Miss Granger...she's truly the best witch in your class. "Cedric laughed at himself, "not like me, just went and bought a lot of candy and pumpkins, I thought today's game would be related to them. "

P.S. The difficult February has passed, and there are more 1k words_(:3JB)

Chapter 300 Arrange for everyone

Among Harry and Cedric, Cedric is stronger in both magic and spellcasting skills, there is no doubt about that.

But when it comes to pre-match preparations, Cedric obviously hasn't realized the truth that "cheating also belongs to the tradition of competition".

On the contrary, it was Hermione, who looked up the history of the previous competitions in the library, and successfully gained the attention of Viktor Krum, she found a problem - that every Triwizard Tournament almost Some people cheated, and even in the few years when there was no cheating, it is very likely that the cheating of the players was not detected.

After learning that the first event of the Tournament was to be held in Hogsmeade, she suggested to Harry and Ron to inquire as much as possible from the village when they came to Hogsmeade on the weekends to find out what was going on recently. What's going on.

As they were drinking beer on Three Broomsticks, they learned that a few witchers had recently made a big deal with the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures, and made a lot of money—and they were drunk themselves. revealed at the time.

After further inquiries, they learned that the content of this order was actually a group of "ghosts", but they couldn't continue to ask about the types of ghosts, because people didn't shout about their work even when they were drunk.

Then they did what they did—Hermione went looking for everything she could find about the goblin, and forced Harry to memorize it.

Seeing Cedric ask, Harry selectively told him part of it: but he only said that it was his own guess, and refused to say that it was related to "cheating".

"Now that you've looked up the information, do you have anything to suggest now?" Cedric asked.

Because it was about the school's honor, Harry didn't hide it: "I just

Looking at it, I found that everything sold there is useful, but 10 Galleons can only buy about 3 items, I don't know which ones to buy first. "

"for example?"

"For example, the dust of development, if there are physical ghosts such as giants, phantoms, and demons, and they touch the door or window when they are invisible, we can use it to make ghosts leave fingerprints and other traces, but there is no physical soul, Not like ghosts.

Salt can be used to determine the path of almost all ghosts, but it cannot be used as "evidence", because we cannot determine the type of ghost through salt, only the location of the ghost in the haunted house.

There are also cameras, which can not only use strong light to suspend the movement of ghosts, but also capture a lot of things, but I just saw that the price is actually 10 Galleons, that is to say, we bought the camera and did not buy other props money.

In addition, the Ouija board that can talk to the dead, the thermometer to detect the air temperature, the lighting and the candle to light... We need all these, but we can't afford them all. "

Cedric frowned after listening: "So, we need to bet?

"possible."

Cedric looked up at the warriors of other schools, and found that they were also whispering and discussing countermeasures at this time, and the time until the start of the game was very short, and the time was a little unsure of what to do.

Harry's thoughts moved, and he suddenly thought of a solution: "Cedric."

"what?"

"We can do this..." Harry whispered to Cedric. "When we accept the commission, we will try to choose the one closest to the Shrieking Shack."

"why?

"Because it's convenient for us to buy things temporarily... You see, the rules don't say anything.

We came back to buy things after we got to the haunted house. We can start by just buying salt and candles so that it only costs 2 Galleons.

Then I go into the haunted house, you stay in the shack... Don't interrupt me, it's not about courage, I'll find some evidence about ghosts, so that I can narrow down the range of ghosts based on the evidence, and then use the sound transmission spell to tell What leftovers should you buy with the remaining 8 Galleons...I guess that's why every school needs two people to compete. "

Harry's approach made Cedric hesitate, but in the spirit of a Hufflepuff, he did not suspect that Harry was doing it for his own benefit, but chose to believe him.

"Okay, let's do that," Cedric said.

20 minutes is a short time, and soon it is time to start the game.

Several school warriors came to the screaming shack, ready to pick up the quest from Lockhart and buy props by the way.

The real-time footage of the screaming shack clock has begun to play on the big screen in the cinema. The central part of the screen is the main screen, which was hit on Cedric and Harry, and the four corners were placed on A small "screen" was created and distributed to the warriors of the other four schools.

During the game, the panoramic telescope will track these warriors in real time. If a school has a wonderful picture, the "lens" tracking the warrior will come to the center of the screen and become the "main stage"

In addition, as a "video", the footage captured by each panoramic telescope will eventually be recorded on film and passed on to the world as the first wizard's own "movie".

And responsible for deciding which is the "main stage", of course, is the ace Quidditch commentator of Hogwarts, Li O Jordan.

In the interest of making the best use of everything and saving costs as much as possible, the Ministry of Magic will

Such important work is assigned to the people of the Hogwarts Student Union, and their own staff are only responsible for security and operations. Although doing this is somewhat suspicious of being lazy, the students also enjoy it. After all, this is an "important internship" before graduation.

Although Li O Jordan still needs to be improved in professionalism, and the explanation is very subjective, but in commenting this kind of game, the passion and ability of the commentator are far more important than professionalism, so it is still the best choice.

And what he lacks in professionalism is made up by the "expatriate", that is, the columnist of the "Daily Prophet", Zamira Gucci.

Ms. Gucci is the author of "Practical Household Magic", and her professionalism is undeniable, and she also questioned Lockhart's book "Gildrow Lockhart Teach You to Remove Household Pests", saying that it was the magic introduced in it. Totally impractical.

Therefore, when Lockhart recommended her as a "technical commentator" this time, Ms. Gucci was quite surprised. Lockhart's "disregarding the past" performance undoubtedly enriched his image in Ms. Gucci's heart.

Of course, everyone knows the real reason. Now Lockhart doesn't care about the attacks she made on his former self. He only cares about whether the Big Five Tournament can be made the way he wants.

Chapter 301 This is not a game, it's a business

Seeing that the game officially started, in the studio of the movie theater, the two commentators had already started auditioning.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Good evening, everyone! I'm Lee Jordan from Gryffindor, and I'm honored to be the host commentator for this game, because everyone is destined to enjoy the world's top and most exciting big scenes! Please Look forward to it!"

In the face of today's big scene, Lee Jordan didn't have the slightest stage fright. Instead, he brought out the "human crazy" in Gryffindor's bones. If he wants to go to the radio station in the future, or even magic If he finds a job at the TV station that the ministry is planning to build, his performance today will be the biggest bonus.

And Ms. Gucci, who was also the commentator, seemed a little restrained, but it didn't matter. Anyway, her main task was not to mobilize emotions.

"Hi everyone, I'm Zamira Gucci, the family magic columnist for the Daily Prophet."

After Ms. Gucci introduced herself dryly, she lost her voice and gave the microphone to Lee Jordan. It seems that she is really not good at speaking in public.

Seeing that she had given up the initiative, Li O Jordan took over the initiative:

"Without much more to say, let's take a look at the selection of tasks by the warriors...

The first one who stepped forward to select the task was Beauxbatons' warrior Fleur de la Cour, the lady first, which is understandable... Look at the village chief - our professor Lockhart is playing the village chief, I don't know what he will take What will test our brave man? "

In the picture, Gilderoy Lockhart donned a fake beard and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses at some point in time, and he also changed into the common work of Hogsmeade wizards.

Coarse cloth robes, just like an old farmer.

Lockhart cleared his throat and greeted Fleur Delacour who came to receive the mission.

"Hello, warriors, I've finally hoped for you! I'm Lockhart, the village chief here.

Since half a month ago, our small village has been infested by ghosts, but there is nothing we can do... I wonder which haunted house this beautiful lady is going to help the poor villagers deal with? "

After Furong heard the name "Lockhart", even though she knew that the game had already started, she couldn't help but look up a few more times.

"So you are Mr. Lockhart, and I have read your books..." she said in half-familiar English.

While talking, Furong secretly unfolded the innate magic that belongs to Veela in her blood, trying to get more information from the "village chief".

But when she tried to get closer, Lockhart cut off her words before she finished speaking, and she used French:

"Thank you! But I don't remember what book I wrote. I'm just an ordinary village chief. This beautiful lady must have misremembered... Then, are you willing to help us solve the problem?"

As he spoke, he handed over a photo album in his hand.

Fleur was taken aback, because she didn't expect her magic to be interrupted like this.

Sure enough, there is no virtuous person under the reputation, and the innate magic of his mother's family has no effect at all, and he is indeed an adventure master.

Seeing Lockhart acting so professionally, Fleur could only refocus her attention on the so-called warrior trial.

She picked up the photo album Lockhart handed her and slowly opened it, sending

There are only five pages in it, and each page is marked with only the location of a house and a photo of that house.

I have to say, the panoramic telescopes are really amazing, and they even bring out the details of the photos in the album.

The audience can see that although the five houses are said to be "haunted houses", they are completely different when they look closely.

One is a farm cottage in Hogsmeade, one is a log cabin on the ski slopes, one is on the third floor of the Three Broomsticks Bar, one is the Mansion of the Farleys, and one is the Hogsmeade Common Residential two-story building.

When Furong saw the third photo, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Of course she knew where the Three Brooms were, and she had had drinks there, and she knew that there were a lot of people there. If you were to remove spirits there, it would be much less difficult than the other haunted houses.

After quickly scanning the photos of a few haunted houses, Furong decisively pointed to the third photo: "I choose this one."

Lockhart looked a little weird when he saw the photo she pointed out.

"This? Are you sure? The third floor of Three Broomsticks?" he pressed on.

"Yes, that's it." Furong repeated calmly.

It's just on the third floor of the bar. You can run downstairs at any time depending on the situation. It should be very simple...

Lockhart smiled, and in the weak fire of the fireplace, his expression turned out to be a little gloomy.

"Wow, I didn't expect the two ladies to choose the most difficult one! I don't know if they didn't do a good job of intelligence investigation or what, but they definitely chose the worst."

In the studio, Lee Jordan shouted with exaggerated expressions, dancing

It's like he hit the jackpot

After hearing what Jordan said, Beauxbatons and the rest of the foreign school students looked confused, and the foreign tourists had similar expressions.

But the British who graduated from Hogwarts or the students in the third grade and above all look like they are watching a good show. They obviously understand how scary this haunted house is, and Zamila Gucci next to it is shaking his head again and again. .

Seeing this, Li O Jordan took the opportunity to hand over the microphone: "I see that some foreign guests don't seem to understand, so please ask Ms. Gucci to help explain.

Ms. Gucci did not refuse: "Okay, then explain a little... As we all know, the 'Three Broomsticks' pub only has two floors."

As soon as these words were said, foreign tourists exploded in an instant.

No wonder the narrator said that this haunted house is the most difficult, no matter what the ghost inside is, its magic is even strong enough to create a phantom haunted house, obviously not a guy to mess with.

And what's even more frightening is that, unlike other rooms where ghosts need to enter, they will be alarmed by ghosts, because the entire "third floor" is made by ghosts, so from the moment they stepped in, they were already alarmed. That ghost could be hunted down at any time.

After they figured it out, Beauxbatons' students let out a wailing cry, and some even stood up, as if they wanted to hurry up to inform Furong and let her change her decision.

But obviously, it is impossible for them to get their wish, because the rules of the Big Five Tournament clearly state that after an off-court interference occurs, the referee will deduct points according to the seriousness of the situation, and even cancel the rules of the game in serious cases.

They can only watch as Fleur die and step into the most difficult haunted house

the road.

Jordan's tone was a bit regretful, and I don't know if it was because of Beauxbatons

Two of the students are beautiful women's sake.

"It doesn't seem fair because Hogwarts students are obviously more familiar with the Three Broomsticks, and since Hogwarts has ghosts, they'll know more about that type of ghost."

But Ms. Gooch doesn't think so: "Not necessarily, considering the existence of professional" exorcists in the United States: African wizards are also very good at voodoo and head down, they already have an advantage in this project, in general Still fair. "

As she spoke, she hinted at Jordan with her eyes, motioning him not to talk nonsense