Because someone in the Hogsmeade Tavern said he saw people from the Ministry of Magic walking around the Black Lake, Ryan made some preparations for possible underwater activities after returning, such as ordering some gill bags through Professor McGonagall's channels.
Grass is used to make underwater breathing potions.
Professor McGonagall was happy to provide help to the warriors in his academy. With the professor's help, Ryan only waited a few days to get the herbs he needed. If Ryan had ordered them himself, he might not have gotten them after the game.
However, even though everyone was inquiring, the three schools still did not get any information about the specific content of the second game for such a long time. As the game time approached, every contestant began to become anxious.
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Just when everyone was worried about facing an unknown competition event, something unexpected happened: in the Charms class five days before the competition, Ryan and Harry were directly called away from the class.
After rushing to an office in the castle in confusion, Ryan saw the three principals and Bagman waiting here.
"Children, I'm glad to see you again." Bagman said to all the contestants with joy after seeing the people gathered. "Originally, we planned to hide the content of the project until the start of the competition, but in view of the second time this year,
The content of this competition is a bit complicated. For safety reasons, I decided to inform you of the content of the competition in advance."
"What on earth is going on? You were so secretive before, why did you suddenly change your mind and give up the secret? And the whole week of preparation time is a bit too long. You know, except for the two Hogwarts contestants who are a little young, the rest of the
The players are all adults. For them, if they know the content of the game in advance, they will definitely prepare accordingly, so the disadvantage of Hogwarts will be too great."
However, seeing that Professor Dumbledore did not show any dissatisfaction, Ryan did not raise any objection. Instead, he sat quietly on the stool like the other contestants, intending to hear what the content of the competition was that would give the organizers confidence that the competition was
Fair. Well, at least it sounds fair to everyone.
Bagman started to announce the content of the game straightforwardly this time: "Well, in the first game we will test your courage, and in the second game we will test your maintenance of the school's honor."
Just when everyone was confused about this concept, Bagman explained the content of the game at a fast speaking speed.
"In the end, there will only be one person who wins the championship and holds the trophy, but the honor of the competition not only belongs to the winner, but also to the school where the winner is located. Therefore, the score for the second competition is the average of the scores of the two people in the school to reflect the school.
of honor.”
"What?" "No!" In addition to the players from Hogwarts, the players from the other two schools all expressed objections. After all, because there is one more player, the players from the other two schools can't stand each other.
You see, in this situation, it is simply too difficult for them to share points as a team.
After hearing the objections, Bagman suppressed his smile and said seriously: "This was unanimously approved by all the principals and heads of the Ministry of Magic. If you refuse, you will abstain from voting." At this time, everyone was quiet.
Seeing everyone shut their mouths, Bagman continued: "So the five days from now until the competition are your practice time. From now on, in order to ensure that you complete these projects independently, you will
You live in a tent on the edge of the Forbidden Forest and can only move within the designated area. If you need anything, you can inform the staff and they will deliver it to you. Finally, each player has a purchase quota of fifty galleons.
, these purchased items are allowed to be brought into the arena, so please make appropriate arrangements."
"By the way." Mr. Crouch stood up when Bagman finished speaking. "Director Bagman just missed something. Let me add that the competition venues for the next event will be in the Black Lake and the Forbidden Forest.
And it’s related to the creatures there. I hope you can make adequate preparations in advance. If you have any questions, you can ask them now.”
No wonder everyone has to be locked up this time. After all, it is too easy for each school to find a response plan if the venue of the competition is known in advance. Keeping everyone in one place is also to minimize external factors.
"There is an alchemist in Hogwarts. In this case, the same purchase quota is a bit unfair to us." Fleur was the first to raise her question. Seeing her angrily pointing her finger at Ryan, it was as if Ryan owed him a debt.
It's like giving her a lot of money.
"No, that's fair," Crouch explained. "First of all, everyone has their own strengths, just like the Delacour player who took advantage of his natural spell-like abilities in the first game.
We can't ban it. Secondly, most of the contestants present are adult wizards, and only the contestants from Hogwarts are far from adults. In this case, all the principals believe that this arrangement is somewhat biased towards the students of Hogwarts.
, but it is still fair to normal competition.”
Accompanied (escorted?) by the three principals and several Ministry of Magic staff, everyone went out from the main entrance of the castle, walked across the lawn and bypassed half of the Forbidden Forest before arriving at an open space. At this time, three seats had been set up in the open space.
The tent has a golden circle on the outer edge of the open space.
"Okay, you will live here for the next five days. Remember, you are absolutely not allowed to step out of this circle, and outsiders are not allowed to enter this circle." Crouch said seriously, but Ryan was confused.
I was reminded of the diamond circle that Sun Wukong drew for Tang Monk in Journey to the West, and then I was reminded of the difference in magic between the East and the West, and then
Forget it, I can't think about this anymore. Every second of preparation time is important now. Ryan used his mental skills to calm down his brain, and then walked directly into the tent with the Hogwarts school emblem.
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"Ryan, what's going on?" Harry asked eagerly as soon as he entered the tent. "I'm almost confused by the competition process. What on earth is the Ministry of Magic thinking? I feel that the arrangements for this competition are messy.
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"What else could be going on? It must be that the temporary competition events arranged by those people have changed the original events." Ryan sat on the sofa and took a deep breath before responding.
"Ah?" Harry showed a confused look, "Didn't you say that the Ministry of Magic has been preparing for a long time? Why did it just change immediately? It shouldn't be."
"Why can't it be changed? Didn't you hear what Bagman said just now that the content of the second game is to calculate the school's team score? You must know that when the Triwizard Tournament was first planned, no one thought that there would be six players in this game.
There will be no group to divide this event. So I infer that the competition event is temporarily changed, so it is foreseeable that various troublesome problems will occur in this case."
But to be honest, Ryan expressed that he was very calm about the next match that was likely to be a big brawl. At least he thought that the other four players were all here to give away their heads even if they were tied together.
Ryan seemed very calm, but Harry was a little anxious. Even though he successfully defeated the dragon in the first game, he still thought in his heart that he was just using a trick, unlike Ryan who just lost the dragon head-on.
The level is far apart. So now he is very worried that the second team game will hold back Ryan.
"Ryan, what do you think I should do this week?" Harry felt a little uneasy the more he thought about it, so he asked directly.