Admiral of Hogwarts

259 Ship Girl’s New Broom

"I've heard about this. For example, a batch of test samples of the new Firebolt released this summer were put on the market last Christmas." Zhang Qiu, an old fan, whispered.

"The Tuthill Tornadoes' seekers used a trial version of the Firebolt and had an overwhelming advantage in finding balls from the Holyhead Harpies during a match. The golden snitch was caught before my eyes—"

Because a few veterans were muttering privately, everyone's attention was attracted. So with everyone's encouragement, Veneto carefully opened the lock of the box with the key on the sticky lid.

After opening the lid, a beautiful, sparkling broomstick appeared in front of everyone. Seeing this, Veneto took the broom out of the box, and then gently released his hand.

It hung in mid-air without any support, and the height above the ground was just perfect for her to ride on. Her eyes followed the golden anchor mark at the top of the broomstick to the completely smooth, streamlined tip of the broomstick.

"Here is an instruction manual." Hugo stepped forward and took out a piece of parchment from the box. Then he began to read under everyone's expectant eyes.

"The Fantasy 3 broomstick adopts the most advanced modern production technology. The broomstick is made of North American catalpa wood. It is streamlined and exquisite. It is also treated with a strong polish and has a hand-engraved emblem."

"Every broom twig at the end of the product has been screened to ensure its streamlined shape, so this product has achieved an unprecedented perfect combination of balance and precision."

"According to testing, it only takes 3 seconds for the Fantasy 160 broomstick to accelerate to 8.6 miles per hour, and it has built-in braking facilities matching the power and powerful black magic defense capabilities."

After reading this instruction manual, Hugo subconsciously raised his eyebrows. Obviously, the ship girls positioned this broomstick as a top-notch professional broom, so even the promotional slogans were imitating the Firebolt.

But think about it, this broom itself is not cheap in terms of cost, and it integrates a series of top alchemy technologies. In this case, it is naturally more suitable to take a professional path.

"It only takes 160 seconds to accelerate to 8.6 miles per hour?" Ravenclaw Quidditch captain Davis exclaimed, "If this is true, then it means that this broomstick is better than the Firebolt. .”

After hearing what Davis said, everyone was chattering even louder. So during Quidditch training that afternoon, almost 1/3 of the Ravenclaw students came to the training ground and wanted to take a look at this new broom.

Because the label hanging on the broom was a trial product, Veneto asked the Ravenclaw team members to try out the new broom one by one on the grounds that he needed to collect more data, while he sat in his seat and fished.

However, in everyone's eyes, this incident turned into a very generous act of Veneto's generosity and willingness to let everyone share his happiness, which created a wave of goodwill.

"It's great, this broom is great." Zhang Qiu, who was the first to try it, said excitedly after jumping off the broom.

"This is the most maneuverable broom I have ever seen. It turns with just the slightest touch, as if obeying my thoughts rather than my movements."

"And from a speed point of view, this broom is also impeccable. I have never crossed the court at such speed, and even just now everything on the ground became blurry."

Zhang Qiu's comments immediately attracted everyone present, so other team members also took turns to come on and experience the new broom. And when everyone got off the broom, without exception, they were full of praise for the broom.

In addition to the team members, several students who had tried other brooms before also experienced the new brooms. Although no one here has ever ridden a Firebolt, those who have experienced the Nimbus series believe that there is a generational gap between this broom and Nimbus 2001.

After everyone had tried the broom, Veneto announced that considering that she was just a substitute and only had one broom, she decided to temporarily lend the broom to Seeker Zhang Qiu.

This was actually a suggestion from Massachusetts, because she believed that since the Broomstick, known as Fantasy 3, was released later than Firebolt, a series of marketing measures must be taken to smooth out the time gap with its main competitor. gap.

So in addition to the broom sent to Veneto, they have been looking for collaborators in the wizarding world since the summer vacation, hoping to promote this broom.

And their efforts are not without results. At least several Quidditch teams, including the Holyhead Harpies, and several national Quidditch teams have incorporated Fantasy 3 broomsticks into their equipment.

Among them, the US national team and the Irish national team have clearly expressed their intention to purchase the mass-produced version of the Fantasy 3 broom after more than a month of testing.

Of course, the Ravenclaws present did not know these things behind the scenes. But Veneto's willingness to lend the broom apparently boosted the morale of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.

Gryffindor was not the only one who was deceived after Slytherin changed the order of the game. Ravenclaw, who was originally trained to deal with Hufflepuff, was also deceived.

. Fortunately, Ravenclaw itself advocates using your brain to play, so the loss is not too heavy if you have a plan. But even so, every team member was very angry.

"We must teach Slytherin a lesson this time." Zhang Qiu, who usually seems a little introverted, said to everyone while holding the Dream 3 in his hand. "Let them know that this little trick is of no use to us."

Soon enough, the first game of the year arrived. After waking up from bed this morning, Hugo heard the rumble of thunder in the sky, the sound of strong wind hitting the castle walls, and the sound of trees breaking in the distant Forbidden Forest.

And when he, Hermione and Veneto met up to go to the auditorium for dinner, he noticed that the storm was the largest he had seen in Hogwarts in more than two years.

Because the weather was too dark, the candles and torches that were originally only lit at night were burning quietly. From time to time, you can hear the gloating jeers from the Slytherin students.

"You came early today." Maybe because you came earlier, there weren't many people in the auditorium. Therefore, Hugo immediately saw Harry eating at the table, so he stepped forward to say hello.

"Morning -" Harry waved his hand weakly. Obviously, the weather today was so bad that he had to worry about the next game.

"By the way, you might need this." After several people chatted for a few minutes, Hermione suddenly pulled out her wand as if she remembered something, and then said to Harry, "Give me your glasses."

Harry immediately took off his glasses and handed them to Hermione. Hermione tapped Harry's glasses with her wand and said, "Waterproof and moisture-proof!". In an instant, a magical energy enveloped the glasses.

"Today is a rainy day. You may not be able to find the target with your glasses on. Now the water will not hinder your glasses." Hermione said and handed the glasses back.

"You are so attentive, thank you." Harry thanked him from the bottom of his heart. To be honest, even if he was wearing glasses, he never imagined what would happen in this kind of weather.

After chatting for a few more words, the members of the Gryffindor team also walked in from the door of the auditorium. So Hugo and the others said goodbye to Harry and returned to their seats.

"I have never seen such a despicable and shameless person in the world!" After sitting down in his seat, he looked at Mal, who was boasting at the Slytherin table that if his ribs were fine, he could beat other teams to pieces. Fu, Hermione muttered with an unhappy look on her face.

"There will always be imperfections in this world." Hugo said with a shrug. "And the biggest significance of the existence of this garbage in the world is to reflect the beauty of the world."