"Quidditch is still quite safe, you're overthinking it..."

Draven watched the match in the sky with interest from the Hogwarts stands, speaking casually.

"Professional matches are all about performance advantages. There's no need to add any restrictors to the broom. Impact shields are nice to have, but they're just icing on the cake and don't address the core issues."

Lunch had ended, and after a short half-hour break, the second match of the day began.

Compared to the evenly matched contest in the morning, this game was significantly duller.

Hufflepuff was considered a strong contender for the championship this semester. Their captain, Cedric Diggory, was already recognized as one of Hogwarts' top Seekers. With Hannah Abbott joining the Chaser position, Hufflepuff had more ways to end the game. In Quidditch rules, if an entire team is knocked off their brooms, they automatically lose.

As a former "temporary teammate," Draven knew how terrifying the shy girl could be.

The Jurassic Quidditch pitch had at least a quarter of its craters thanks to Hannah.

Experienced, well-coordinated teams might be able to counter this brute-force approach, like the two teams from the morning could by using stretching tactics to gain an advantage. However, this kind of miracle would never happen with a team of pure rookies.

Draven looked at the youthful faces under the silver robes in the sky, speaking with pity.

"This isn't even a contest. If they all switched to the latest Nimbus 2001, they might be able to use the broom's speed to their advantage, but with only Cleansweeps... failure is just a matter of time..."

"..."

Ognechka frowned, said nothing, but wrote a few lines in her notebook and handed it to the person next to her.

"Oh, Mr. Og says that adding 'Bludger Invisibility' to the new brooms could reduce the risk of players being hit. These things should be the top priority—you can only attack if you survive."

Frank took the notebook, cleared his throat, and politely spoke softly.

According to the Foundation's Third Contact Protocol, Muggle researchers from the "Academy City" area were not allowed to speak directly to other wizards without special permission. All conversations had to be relayed by the accompanying Foundation field members.

However, to Draven and the others, this seemed like the eccentricities of an old wizard.

From the initial introductions to dinner and now watching the match together, the "old wizard" hadn't said a single word to them. All communication was relayed through the young wizard named Frank.

Of course, in the magical world, it wasn't uncommon for wizards to have strange habits.

Generally, the more skilled a magical artisan was, the more unusual their temperament and personality.

Especially in niche professions like potion masters, wandmakers, and broom makers, this was a common occurrence. In comparison, Mr. Og's quirks weren't that bad...

On the other hand, based on the questions at the dinner table, this "sugoi Chief Technical Officer" clearly had some knowledge.

"This... uh, Mr. Og? You see, most of the time, players can use skill to avoid injury."

Draven turned to look at the silent "old wizard," shrugged, pointed to Ginny in the sky who had narrowly dodged Hannah's "Bludger Sniper" again, and chose to continue the discussion that hadn't finished at dinner.

"Bludger Misdirection, Bludger Invisibility... these are all unnecessary."

"In fact, in the eyes of top Quidditch players, Bludgers are sometimes cover. Too many techniques for dealing with Bludgers have been developed in the long history of Quidditch. Any wizard with a little flying talent won't be hit by a Bludger."

After pausing for half a second, Draven's gaze landed on Hannah, who had just launched an attack.

"For example, look at Hufflepuff's Chaser, Miss Hannah Abbott. The opponent tried to hinder her movement with a Bludger, but she had clearly noticed the opponent's movement long ago. At this time, she only needs to move a small distance to the side to perfectly brush past the Bludger. This tactical movement is common in professional Quidditch matches, called..."

Bang!

A loud noise suddenly erupted in mid-air.

Looking at the Bludger flying towards her, Hannah calmly waved her hand.

Immediately afterwards, the black and shiny Bludger flew back in the direction it came from at a faster speed, forcing the two boys acting as Beaters on the rookie team to roll over one and a half times on their brooms, barely dodging the pursuit.

"...Uh, well, that's also a kind of Quidditch skill."

Draven's mouth twitched, and he scratched his cheek helplessly.

After more than a month of "Bloody Bronya" diet carefully adjusted, the members of the England National team could now barely use their fists to withstand Bludgers that hadn't reached maximum speed. It was easier with a bat.

However, this kind of casual, bare-handed counterattack was currently only a skill belonging to Miss Hannah and Coach Kaslana.

"Quidditch is simple, generally speaking, it's faster and more accurate."

Draven selectively ignored the previous accident and continued speaking to the thoughtful "old wizard."

It wasn't that he was too competitive and had to win the debate.

Mainly, as the only official designated partner of the England Quidditch National Team, the parameters of [sugoi] Broom Company's new generation of brooms directly affected them. They were the test pilots, spokespersons, and performed the first showcase... In order to consider the upcoming games, he had to express his views as clearly as possible.

Obviously, [sugoi] Broom Company was probably considering this issue and arranged for them to meet the broom maker during this Hogwarts Quidditch match to exchange ideas and discuss the new generation of brooms.

As a professional Quidditch player, Draven was most familiar with explaining things in the context of the game.

"Let's take the current situation on the field as an example..."

"The Hufflepuff team is currently in a commanding position. Hannah Abbott's sniping range can radiate from midfield to the entire field. This means her ball speed is equivalent to broom speed. If Hufflepuff chooses the same fast attack as Gryffindor, they only need to move half the distance of the rookie team. This is a manifestation of personal strength, which is difficult to compensate for with broom performance..."

Draven glanced at Ognechka, who was scribbling furiously in his notebook, and sighed helplessly.

He could understand the old man's thoughts. Top broom makers always hoped to create brooms that could easily influence the game, but the fact was that brooms were just brooms, they couldn't replace the role of humans.

Impact protection, emergency braking, angle of attack limiters, Bludger invisibility...

There was no doubt that [sugoi] Company clearly wanted to create a multi-functional broom for a new era.

However, in Draven's opinion, they had put too many unnecessary ideas on that broom. At least he didn't think he would need those protective measures. After being shot down by Ailina a month ago, he had been completely transformed.

"In fact, the real breakthrough point is not in the head-on confrontation, but on the Seeker side..."

Draven looked up at Cedric Diggory circling in the high sky, shook his head, and commented softly.

"Hufflepuff's Seeker is obviously very experienced. He has maintained height and speed from beginning to end, giving him the best view of the entire field. High altitude and high speed are the most popular Quidditch tactics today. But in my opinion, he is clearly outdated. The Quidditch matches of the future will definitely belong to the era of energy maneuver theory... Uh, sorry, you may not understand what I'm talking about..."

"The US Air Force's air-to-air theory, I know, continue—"

For the first time, Ognechka suddenly opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

Immediately, the old man quickly reacted, quickly lowered his head and scribbled a few lines in his notebook, patted the "this is magic" Mr. next to him, hoping he would quickly help convey the content of the communication.

Energy maneuver theory, Ognechka was so familiar with this theory.

As a senior expert at the former Sukhoi Design Bureau, he had been dealing with the Americans' theory for almost his entire life. It was like a vocabulary engraved in DNA, so that when he heard it, he suddenly forgot the ban that he could not talk to other wizards.

American Air Force? Air-to-air theory?

At the same time, Draven and Frank frowned in unison.

For Draven, he had vaguely heard Ailina Kaslana mention these terms before, but that lovely and terrible tactical head coach did not explain too much in this regard. He was just a little surprised that this "old wizard" also knew about it.

Frank's thoughts were much simpler and more direct—

If there weren't too many people around now, he would have almost taken out his wand to perform "Time Reversal". According to the pre-job training manual of Destiny Group's field work, once such a small-scale leak occurred, all personnel on the scene would immediately undergo a memory wipe.

As for now...

Frank ignored the notebook handed to him and silently gripped the badge in his arms.

He now had to make a judgment on whether to terminate this conversation and call the "WiB" team to prepare for subsequent clean-up operations—Destiny Group's mothership was above, and he was 100% sure that he could handle this small accident properly, but...

"You talk too much, Draven..."

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang in Frank's ear.

The three of them turned their heads sharply and saw Ailina Kaslana sitting sideways on an old broom, dangling her two cute little white legs and floating leisurely in mid-air behind them, as if she had been there for a long time.

"Those are tactical secrets. Even if [sugoi] is our partner, these things are not suitable for public discussion."

Ailina glanced at Frank, whose movements had stiffened, and kept her gaze on Draven, continuing to say.

"By the way, pay attention to the match and don't be distracted. The rookie team isn't as weak as you think—in fact, if you observe carefully, you will find that the team in trouble is Hufflepuff..."

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