The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 206: Hurting with words and hurting with actions

The two Bludgers flew towards Ada one after another, and it seemed that the high-speed Bludgers would knock Ada off her broom in the next second. Hermione and Ron in the stands looked at Ada nervously, and they even thought that Ada would go to the school infirmary to accompany Harry.

Will Ida be like Wood, leaving the field injured just two minutes into the game? The answer is of course not, she has already been prepared for everything.

Before the game, Ada provoked the entire Slytherin team and Flint, hoping that the other team would focus on herself and reduce the pressure on other teammates.

Ada could even hold Snape’s hatred steady, let alone a few students?
Since she already knew that the opponent would kill her, Ada would naturally not let her guard down during the game. Although she could not keep her eyes and ears open in all directions, the opponent was not an expert either. Of course, she noticed the two Bludgers attacking her.

Ada ducked her head to dodge the Bludger that arrived first, and then used acceleration to easily shake off the Bludger that hit the end of her broom. That was not all, Ada also clapped at the Slytherin beater in a very mocking manner, as if to say: Come on, you almost hit me.

Various cheers echoed in the air, and the huge noise covered the entire stadium, but every Slytherin player saw her clapping, and her crisp applause reached everyone's ears.

This taunting was just a beginning, not an end. While searching for the shadow of the Golden Snitch, Ada cursed at the Slytherin team members.

"Flint, what are you doing? Angelina will cross you as easily as crossing the street in the early morning!"

"Montue, what are you doing? Filch can easily defend against you. Why don't you go and help him?"

"Derrick, Bol, didn't you eat? A newborn baby can dodge your shots!"

Aida didn't want to help her team in this way, but there wasn't much she could do. She could only use this method to influence the opponent's mentality as much as possible.

Of course, Ada was not a mad dog. Slytherin's Chaser Adrian Puse and Seeker Terence Higgs were not criticized, and Ada never said a single trash word to either of them.

These two people were the most polite ones in the Slytherin team, and they would not attack the Gryffindor players with rough fouls, so Ada let them go.

In this way, Ada ran around with the bludger, spewing trash talk and frying the Slytherin's mentality.

Fred and George were not far from Ada. While protecting Ada, they threw the Bludgers at the Slytherins, harassing their offense and defense.

The two sides launched attacks back and forth, but under the influence of Ada's trash talk, the Slytherin offense became less and less efficient, after all, they were just a group of students, their minds were not mature enough and they were easily influenced by others.

When Gryffindor took a 50-point lead, Ada started a wave of ridicule. She said, "Are you here to compete for second place?" After saying that, Ada put her hands on her neck and made a throat-locking gesture.

Madam Hooch, who couldn't bear it any longer, blew the whistle. Out of humanitarian concern, she awarded Slytherin a free throw, and then gave Ada a warning, hoping that Ada would be more careful with her words.

If there were no rules for sending people off the field in Quidditch, Madam Hooch would have wanted to send Ada off the field for her constant chattering. Even Madam Hooch couldn't stand it, let alone the opponent.

During the free throws, the Slytherin players looked at Ada with an abnormal look in their eyes. Even Puse and Higgs looked at Ada angrily. They didn't want to play now. What they wanted to do more was to beat Ada up. She was really too rude.

Fred and George gave Ada a thumbs up. They didn't expect Ada to have such a skill. It seemed that she had been lenient when she criticized them before.

Flint, whose mind was full of PK with Aida, failed to break through Wood's defense. Wood, who saved the ball, raised his eyebrows at Flint.

This eyebrow-raising action was not very lethal, but it was extremely insulting. Flint wanted to throw down his broom and have a good fight with these red-dressed bastards. Seeing that the opponent missed the free throw, Ada was about to speak, but she saw Madam Hooch looking at her with a silver whistle in her mouth. Ada quickly shut up and swallowed back the trash talk she had prepared.

Ada shut up. The court finally quieted down. Without the 3D surround spray, the game did not become more exciting.

The rage and the exploded mentality could not be calmed down easily, and what followed was reckless behavior and distorted movements. The Slytherin Chasers took turns holding the Quaffle to attack Gryffindor's defense, but they were unable to launch an effective counterattack against Gryffindor. Instead, Gryffindor seized the opportunity to counterattack and further expanded the score.

Ada calmed down and began to concentrate on finding the Golden Snitch, while also paying attention to Terence Higgs's movements. After all, only by catching the Golden Snitch could the game end.

If Higgs caught the Snitch, the current lead would become a sharp blade, piercing the heart of every Gryffindor player.

After searching for a long time, Ada finally found the shadow of the Golden Snitch in the direction of Terence Higgs.

Higgs did not notice the Snitch not far from him, so Ada did not rush towards Higgs at high speed to avoid alerting the snake. Instead, she flew slowly halfway before suddenly accelerating and rushing towards the golden Snitch.

Ada's sudden acceleration still alerted Terence Higgs, and he also saw the Golden Snitch.

It's just that Higgs started late, and he was soon caught up by Ada. The two people running side by side chased the Golden Snitch while using their bodies to hit each other, hoping that the other party would lose balance and give them a chance to take the lead.

It is normal for ball games to have physical confrontations. Ada would not ask for any fouls due to body hair. What's the point of that? Is it glorious to win by relying on the referee? As long as it is a reasonable physical confrontation, not a rough foul or hurtful action, Ada does not think there is anything wrong.

Ada and Higgs were fighting for position. You bump into me, I bump back. Ada's physical condition was not as good as Higgs's, but her power-generating skills were better. For a while, neither of them could shake off the other's entanglement.

"Twisted Fate discovered the Golden Snitch and flew over. Higgs also discovered it. Who of the two can catch the Golden Snitch?" Lee Jordan's commentary echoed in the stadium. "The competition between Twisted Fate and Higgs is very fierce. They are both determined to catch the Golden Snitch. Come on, Ada..."

Just as Lee Jordan commented, the confrontation between Ada and Higgs was fierce. Neither of them could control their broomsticks accurately. The Golden Snitch swayed in front of their eyes, and suddenly turned and left them behind.

The Snitch turned so suddenly that neither Ada nor Higgs could react, let alone turn their brooms to chase it. When the two stopped fighting and turned around, the Snitch had already disappeared.

At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded on the field, followed by the roar of Gryffindor and the cheers of Slytherin in the stands.

Looking for the sound, I saw Oliver Wood with blood all over his face slowly landing on the sidelines. He needed to treat his injuries urgently. It turned out that Flint was furious after the Quaffle was confiscated by Wood again, and rushed directly to Wood and punched him in the face.

Looking at the blood on Wood's face, Ada estimated that this punch either broke Wood's brow bone or his nose bridge.

Ada, who had been silent for a long time, began to provoke Slytherin again in front of Madam Hooch. She made a throat-cutting gesture to Flint. She really had no good feelings towards this group of people. She didn't know what Salazar Slytherin felt about having such a group of useless disciples.

The game restarted, and although Gryffindor was awarded a penalty, Wood was temporarily unable to play, and Gryffindor, who was one man short, fell into a passive position. Taking advantage of the opportunity of no one defending the goal, Slytherin narrowed the gap, and when Wood returned, Gryffindor's lead was no longer obvious.

Slytherin's fouls were not only aimed at Oliver Wood, whoever had the ball on the court would be "warmly entertained" by Slytherin. Slytherin would surround the person holding the ball, one player would block Madam Hooch's view, and another would punch and kick the person holding the ball until the person let go of the Quaffle or fell off the broom. This was their usual tactic.

Today they used this tactic again, but unfortunately their ever-effective tactic may not be effective because they picked the wrong opponent and the wrong time.

(End of this chapter)