Hogwarts, the venue for the "Land Racing" competition.
"Hello, Fat Madam, let me check in... Fat Madam?"
When Sherlock arrived at the check-in point at Bader College, he saw the dormitory administrator, the Fat Madam, standing in a daze behind a long table covered with red cloth signs. She was completely unaware of his arrival and did not even respond to his calls.
It looks like... a wax statue?
"Fat——" "Oh, isn't this little Holmes? You've arrived so early? You run so fast. Do you want to drink some water?"
Just when Sherlock began to consider whether to wave his hand in front of the fat lady, the lady suddenly "awoke" and greeted him warmly as if she had just seen him.
"No, thank you, Fat Madam, I want to try to see if I can skip the first three check-in points and check in directly at your place." Sherlock declined the water she handed her.
"Child, it is not advisable to take advantage of others. Only if your 'actual movement distance' meets the standard can you check in at the corresponding college dormitory. Didn't you listen carefully to the rules?" The fat lady raised her hand and pressed the second button of her monocle.
Structure: "Let me confirm your distance——"
Following her movement, her whole body froze again, and she remained motionless while raising her hand to press her glasses.
Hmm... So, other than the contestants, the staff and professors in the "dungeon mirror" are not real people?
Of course, it may also be that the world is not realistic enough and cannot handle its own "Sherlock's Unpredictability" ability and is "stuck".
At the beginning of the previous competition, Sherlock appeared on the north shore of the Black Lake with nine other contestants. The good news was that he did not meet the other seeded contestants named by Luna. The bad news was that they saw Sherlock, the top student.
After that, a consensus was reached instantly, two of them started running away, and the remaining seven chose to open fire on him.
In this case, you can either choose to chase the two running away with flying spells and other attacks, or take your time to deal with the other disruptors.
And Sherlock's choice is...not to make a choice.
After "Sherlock's Unpredictability" is activated, one self will move forward along the normal route while struggling with the blockers, while the other self will ignore the check-in points along the way and take a shortcut and go straight to the end point. The straight-line distance from the starting point to the end point is only half of the total distance.
, even if they are constantly pestered, the time it takes to reach the second check-in point should be far less than the two front-runners reaching the fourth place, not to mention that after they confirm that they are holding them back, they may also interact with each other.
Make a stumbling block.
Then you can stand at the end and taunt them... No, wait, this seems to be something only Moriarty would do. He might have been infected accidentally.
"..." A few seconds later, the fat lady recovered from the "stuck" state again, as if she had just pressed her glasses to make statistics: "Oh, the 'actual moving distance' has reached the standard? No matter how you did it, but
You can indeed check in here.”
Following the Fat Lady's words, her monocle bloomed with a dull green light, and she glanced at Sherlock up and down: "You can move on, child, but I must tell you that the journey to the south shore of the Black Lake is
At the end, you must have records at four check-in points to be considered as completing the race."
"Of course, I understand, thank you, madam." Sherlock looked back at the magical light, shadow and dust that appeared in the distance behind him, and disappeared in a flash.
——???——
Black lakeside.
"The young man is very good. He finished first." A tall, strong man wearing a chef's uniform and his blond beard tied into braids patted Sherlock on the shoulder: "You're doing land racing."
The results have been recorded, do you want to start the 'Undersea Treasure Hunt' directly?"
"Ah... uh..." Sherlock looked behind him and hesitated.
On the lawn by the lake, which is very familiar to Hogwarts students, there is a building in the shape of a classical sailboat. Half of it is built on the shore, and the other half has a trestle extending into the lake. There is also a "Sea Restaurant" hanging on the main entrance.
Big signs and precautions.
"What? Are you surprised?" The strong man stared: "This is a 'mirror copy' that has been used once and then discarded. It would be a huge waste if we don't pick up the treasures and ingredients that have not been found!"
"I remember the principal said that there are dangerous sea beasts inside..." Sherlock scratched his head.
"Isn't that just right? The more dangerous it is, the more delicious it is!" The strong man patted Sherlock on the shoulder again: "You can use the fishing and diving equipment here as you like. The treasures and ingredients you pick up during the competition will be counted as the 'Sea Restaurant'
With points, you can go to Hell, ahem, Clinton District to spend money during the holidays.”
The vice-principal actually took the opportunity to take care of her side business... But at the same time, it also showed that every copy of the stuff thrown into the water was genuine... How many students are there in Hogwarts?
"Then... how do we start?" Sherlock looked back. From this position, he could directly see the Bader College dormitory. At this time, there should be two classmates arriving one after another, and they lost the first place, but besides Fatty
The place outside Madam's check-in area was empty, obviously it was no longer the same mirror copy.
Speaking of which, the "proper road" is actually quite interesting. There are various boxes with question marks along the way. As long as you break them, you will get some kind of strange props that can speed up, defend or slow down the opponent, causing interference.
The opponent's original methods are hard to guard against.
"You can use any method to conduct underwater reconnaissance before officially entering the water, and the countdown will start at the same time as you enter the water." The restaurant owner gestured towards the black lake: "I will use the treasures and ingredients you submitted before the end of the countdown.
Calculate the points for you, and when the timer ends, calculate an additional item in your hand. After that, everything in the lake will belong to me, 'Red-footed Zhepu'."
It always seemed like he was looking forward to the students returning empty-handed...
"Then, I will start to prepare." Sherlock stared at the face of "Red-footed Zepp", and then activated "Sherlock's Unpredictability". One of them chose to observe the bottom of the lake through various means, while the other himself
Choose not to investigate and get familiar with how to use the "Sea Restaurant" fishing equipment.
Not surprisingly, "Red-footed Zhepu" turned into a "wax figure" on the spot and froze in place motionless.
After a few seconds, he followed up with Sherlock, who was checking the equipment, as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Haha, good vision, what's the saying? Yes, 'a sharpened knife will not waste time in chopping firewood', let me give
Please introduce these old guys——"
As expected, I should be in the top seven in both "Sea" and "Land" events. Only the "Challenge the Dragon" that follows does not seem to be opportunistic. Well... let's take it one step at a time.
Speaking of which, this kind of behavior that makes "NPCs" lag won't cause any trouble, right?
...Forget it, Madam Vice-Principal will take care of it.
