everyone loves quidditch

Chapter 25

Everyone has a time when he is in the mix, like Sloat Brown, who was hailed as Daniel's successor by the Artillery Team at a young age. When he became famous, even Colin Bray received less attention than him. However, in the second year of his career, he won the season MVP unprecedentedly.

What kind of concept is this, that is, Clin Bray didn't do it, Severn Hawker didn't do it, Ulysses Griffith didn't do it, and even Daniel, the God of Quidditch, didn't do it do it.

In the second year of his career, Kelin followed Elsa to practice defense. Seven had just experienced separation and failure. Yuli was finally put on the main list by coach Sanger. Daniel was still in the semifinals against Tornado. The team dies.

But later, Sloat Brown, who was so glorious, was seriously injured. He fell from a high altitude to the ground in an insignificant warm-up match, and suffered severe injuries to his right arm and spine without protection. Lott could no longer continue his peak competitive state.

It wasn't until after Ulysses retired that Seven gradually recalled some things that had been overlooked: Ulysses suffered almost the same injury as Sloter, the potion in Ulysses' locker, and Ulysses since I haven't had a drink since that traumatic injury.These memories became clearer and clearer over time, until any scene could be associated with Yuli. By the time Seven realized something was wrong, Yuli's name had disappeared from his life, like a stone sinking into a lake, time After a long time, even the ripples disappeared.

At the beginning of the new season, the Comet team has a new atmosphere. Graf, as the new assistant coach, led the players to start training, and arranged a training match with the Hornets to warm up.The names of the starting 7 players were written on the small question board outside the locker room. When Seven passed by, he saw the staff cleaning up the words on the lifting board.

"Yuli's name can't be wiped off." The staff turned helplessly to get the wand, "We still have to use magic."

When Seven encountered such a scene, he was taken aback abruptly.

ten years.

Ulysses’ name has been on this small question board for ten years, squeezed on top of Seven’s name, and it has been as stable as Mount Tai for ten years.

In the training match against the Hornets, Seven performed poorly. He almost seemed very dazed on the right. Even though Fernando tried his best to direct the offensive and defensive lines, Seven could not fly to the right position accurately. The Comet lost by a big score. training match.

After the game, Fernando was panicked and had a problem with the ace in the team. Even he thought it was his own problem, but Graf watched everything. She knew that the comet's chasing & attacking coordination lacked the decisiveness of the chasing players. The creativity of the hand is far from enough, Seven is too accustomed to Ulysses' rhythm.

Sanger overwhelmed Graf's concerns, "The last time this happened was when Vincent left. Yuli and Seven were almost naturally hostile."

Graf looked up at the gloomy sky and said expressionlessly, "So, every transformation of Seven begins with parting. This is Seven's 'wall'."

Every professional player will encounter all kinds of "walls". Graf has a clear understanding of this, but he can't say exactly what it is.For example, the "rookie wall" that all players are well aware of. A person who accidentally hit his head and broke his blood. After all, there are still a few major basic skills like Kent Stosur.Another example is Ulysses, who has encountered and climbed countless walls, and the troubles on and off the field can affect him, which is not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a great thing.As for Seven Hawker, every parting is a "wall" for him to climb, and every time it seems unbreakable and unattainable.

Sanger sighed, "This is Quidditch."

Graf looked at Sanger suspiciously.

Sanger blinked, "People come and go, new people replace old ones, it's most normal."

This sentence managed to choke Graf.

In the first wave of warm-up matches before the start of the new season, the defending champion Comets performed poorly. The Quidditch Daily sprayed Seven Hawker in different ways every day for fear of chaos. After leaving Ulysses, the aura finally receded", "With a legendary hitter like Ulysses, my grandma and him as teammates can win the championship."

"Cliche." Graf dismissed the assessment.

"That's the characteristic of "Qui Bao", but the fans only look at the results, and don't understand your expert skills." Sanger sighed, and said, "If you want to be a coach, you not only have to adapt to the players' low ebbs and slumps. You have to deal with praise and criticism from non-professionals, you understand."

Graf yelled, "I totally understand!"

Seven's form continued into the regular season. In fact, he still maintained the same level of pure skill as before, but he still couldn't cooperate with the existing hitters.Sanger dispatched troops, Fernando and Judy could hardly cooperate with Seven, and a semi-retired veteran like Stevens admitted that he couldn't keep up with Seven after flying a few times.

Stevens, "He flew too decisively, but we are not Ulysses, and we cannot predict his position."

This kind of Seven is like Clin Bray at a certain stage. His personal ability is flourishing day by day, but he has almost cut off all contact with his teammates, and only relies on his personal ability to fight for his life in the frontcourt.Graf was so helpless that he didn't even want to say anything. A tough guy like Clint Bray would eventually have to ask Paul to help him share the frontcourt pressure. The Comet's system was not suitable for individual heroism like Seven.

The coach and teammates were anxious, and Seven's anxiety had affected his social life. He became reticent, and then he felt the importance of Yuli more and more.

"Without Yuli, I don't seem to know how to play"

Seven's calmness made Graf speechless. She knew Yuli's importance to the entire team when she was the team's goalkeeper, not only in terms of offense, but Yuli is also a very high player on the defensive end. player of.At the moment when he switched from defense to offense, his ability to read the game was instantly manifested. He almost instinctively chose the best tactic, broke through the opponent's defense line through the conduction of the Bludger, and opened up space, so that Seven can be more comfortable. Cut in more menacingly.Sanger said that the position of batsman matures very late, because it takes time to accumulate the reading of the game and the understanding of the offensive and defensive system. In recent years, the only one who has achieved success in this position is Slot Brown And Ulysses Griffith, while the former was unable to touch the top of the batter due to injuries, and Ulysses, because of Seven, allowed his advanced abilities to be fully displayed.

"I didn't realize until now that the world of Quidditch used to belong to Clingbury, then it belonged to Ulysses, but now it doesn't belong to me." Seven lowered his head and said slowly, "Uli It's so important."

Yuli is too important, but Seven didn't really realize the importance of the other party until the other party left.

He is the bulwark on the defensive end, and he is the spear on the offensive end.

In this regard, Stevens is incomparable, and neither is Judy or Fernando now.

The Comets gradually began to change the rhythm.When Seven was on the court, they played without the style of the Comets, just like a traditional strong team-similar to the Madmen in the singles period of Clint Bray, who scored with Seven's personal ability to attack; At that time, they played more like a Comet team. The cooperation in the frontcourt and the defense in the backcourt were very good, just like when the Griffiths were still on the team.

"Actually, the Comets keep changing."

On the eve of the All-Star Game, Graf took Seven to accept an interview with "Quidditch Hand" and talked to the camera.

"We have experienced different rules, competition systems, personnel changes, and changes in play. If you look carefully, even the Comets during the three consecutive championships were changing year by year, just because our results were too stable during that period. , let everyone mistakenly think that we are the same.”

"Yes, from the earliest positional warfare to the later running and bombing, the main lineup and the role of the main force are also different. So who do you think is the most important member for the Comets? Is it Hawker? "

Graf shook his head and smiled, "It's Ulysses."

When she said the name, Seven turned his head to look at her, his eyes still had lingering nostalgia, and the corner of his mouth smiled, like an 18-year-old whose smile would kill him.

The reporter laughed, "Yuli is Seven's best partner."

Graf nodded, "Yes, they are the best and most suitable partners. The tacit understanding on the field makes them fearless."

"Have they been like this from the beginning?"

"Well...not really. But Yuli has been observing Seven since then, recording his flying habits, flying rhythm, the best way to catch the ball, the position with the best hit rate, etc. Yuli enjoys the process of observing like this , stealthily and silently."

"Oh? Sneaky? Very well, this is very Ravenclaw, so does Seven know that Yuli is watching him?"

The two turned their heads to look at Seven, who stood there dumbly.

This question was too sharp, and it hit the most sensitive part of Seven's heart in an instant, and the guilt hidden deep in his heart overflowed. Seven muttered a few times, and finally gave up answering, shaking his head.

The reporter seemed to find such a topic very interesting, covered his mouth with a smile, and continued, "Hocker is really a slow person, completely different from the decisiveness shown on the field... Well, let's take a look at some photos at the end , Hawker, let’s talk about the memories these photos bring to you.”

This last part of the interview had nothing to do with Graf, who watched silently as the reporter showed Hawker a photo.

The characters on the magic-enhanced pictures are vivid, and it seems that they are in the scene even though they are separated by time and space.

The first photo is the year when Seven first came to the Comets. During the playoffs, he caught a pass from Vincent, drove straight into the scoring area, and hit a beautiful goal.Ulysses appears on the edge of the photo, his Bludger flying just right to stop the opponent who defends.

Seven said dryly, "In my first season, Vincent took good care of me, Yuli...I didn't cooperate well with Yuli yet."

In the second photo, the Comets lined up and sped out from the player exit. Seven stayed beside Yuli. The two looked back at each other. Yuli smiled relaxedly, while Seven looked nervous.

"It was the first Super League final. Before the game, Yulihe said, 'Victory and honor, this is a fight, but compared to a long career, today's fight is nothing. We tried our best. for'."

The angle of the third photo is not good, it seems to be secretly taken by fans.

Seven was surrounded by a bunch of fans. Ulysses descended from the sky on a broomstick, showed amazing flight control in mid-air, bent over and dragged Seven onto the broom and flew away.

Memories from this photo came flooding back.

"It was my second All-Star. I was blocked by fans at the entrance of the rest area. Yuli found me from the crowd in an instant. There were me, Yuli, and coach Graf in that All-Star game. Yuli and I Li was divided into two teams..." Speaking of this, Seven smiled shyly, "During the game, Yu Li was releasing water all the time, and he said, 'Seven, you attack like this, I will make room for the shot , and then you can score'. Migan was very angry after the game, her goal was attacked into a sieve, and she said that Yuli was a black hole in the defense."

"...Oh yes, I won the MVP of the All-Star Game that year, the first in my career."

In the fourth photo, Yuli swayed around with Seven on his back, and couldn't make a tune out of his mouth. Seven could tell at a glance that it was their first championship. This commemorative moment was not I chose the moment when Seven hit the golden snitch, and I didn't choose the moment when the awards were presented after the game, but Yuli sang a song of praise behind his back.

Seven Hawker is our king,

He helped the Comets win every game,

The warriors of Itenor sang aloud,

We will always be that strong.

"My... first championship." Seven said, "At the beginning of the season, Yuli said that he hadn't won the championship for three years. At that time, I thought, no matter what, I must win the championship this year, even though I know In terms of a long career, winning the championship is really just a moment, which takes up a small part of the time, but he is too magical. How many excellent players give up their privileges, salary, and honor for a championship. You and I Li was so lucky to meet him.”

……

At the end of the interview, Seven was immersed in the emotions brought about by the interview.Ten photos witnessed his career, and the presence of Ulysses in each photo made him realize suddenly. Graf said that Ulysses had been observing him, and it turned out that he had been ignoring him all the time.

That look, that concentration.

Seven felt his heart pounding, and this unprecedented emotion swept him instantly.

Five days later, the All-Star Game.

The game was uneventful, without Clint Bray and Ulysses Griffith, Seven's All-Star journey became dispensable, and at a certain moment, Seven even understood Kelinfei's feelings when he was on the field-the players around him and on the opposite side have no grievances with him, his contemporary opponents have gradually left, and the world will no longer belong to him one day.

The guest in front of the commentary was Daniel’s contemporary Brandt. This handsome and coquettish player has been doing well since retiring. He talked eloquently, “Having a comparable opponent is a misfortune in career, but it is also Fortunately in your career, only your opponent is the one who knows you best."

The commentator smiled narrowly, "Are you talking about Daniel? I heard that he wanted to transfer over to be your teammate. You almost went crazy."

Brant laughed loudly, "Rather than being a teammate, he should be my opponent. Teammates are preordained, and we must obey Merlin's arrangement."

Destined?

Seven Hawker thought of Ulysses for a moment.