[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes":3,"chapter-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-424":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","HP: I AM SHERLOCK HOLMES",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1879914,2495,"Chapter 424: 0424 The Match (PART-1)","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-424",424,"\u003Cp>At the Quidditch pitch, commentator Lee Jordan was doing the pre-match introduction:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Slytherin team has also taken the field. You can see that Captain Marcus Flint has made some adjustments to the lineup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, he seems to prioritize size over skill—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the Slytherin crowd's earlier booing of Lee Jordan had annoyed the commentator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately seized the opportunity to publicly criticize Slytherin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this only made the Slytherin section boo even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time he's quite right. Except for Draco Malfoy, the other team members are all tall and burly,\" Luna said once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, both teams had walked to the center of the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Hooch followed protocol and said, \"Captains, shake hands!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was standard procedure. Wood and Flint had nothing much to say and stepped forward to shake hands as instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the stands, the other two team captains, Cedric Diggory and Roger Davies, watched with twitching mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from a great distance, they could see that both men were using every ounce of strength, as if trying to crush each other's fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they be grateful that their opponents had held back during their own matches?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Madam Hooch noticed this, it wasn't technically a foul, so she simply pretended not to see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she never imagined this was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed would be the most intense, outrageous, and dirty match she had witnessed in her entire refereeing career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mount your brooms—\" The whistle was drowned out by the audience's cheers as fourteen brooms rose into the sky together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry, as always, climbed faster and flew higher than everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hair on his forehead flew back, and even that slight nervous feeling disappeared in the excitement of flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Malfoy right behind him, he quickly accelerated to shake him off while carefully listening to the match commentary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Jordan began his rapid-fire commentary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gryffindor has seized possession first! Alicia Spinnet is heading toward the Slytherin goal posts with the Quaffle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a shame—the Quaffle was intercepted by Warrington!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's charging ahead with the ball, seemingly trying to break through the entire field single-handedly—he's dreaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well done!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George Weasley—or is it Fred Weasley? Sorry, these twins are really hard to tell apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, a Weasley made Warrington drop the Quaffle with a Bludger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha ha, I bet getting hit by that Quaffle really hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excellent! The Quaffle was caught by Gryffindor's Angelina Johnson. Gryffindor has possession again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go, Angelina!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She's such an outstanding Chaser, and she's gorgeous too—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jordan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall had thought Lee Jordan was being unusually professional today, but it didn't take long for him to show his true colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well done, Angelina!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She got past Graham Montague. I think Graham must have been dazzled by her beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's quite understandable—she's so attractive—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jordan, I'm warning you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Professor—Angelina, watch out for that Bludger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great, she dodged it and scored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten-zero, Gryffindor leads!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scoring first, Angelina immediately glided around one end of the pitch, triumphantly pumping her fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea of scarlet below erupted in cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just then, Marcus Flint slammed into her hard, nearly knocking Angelina off her broom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry!\" Flint shouted over the crowd's boos. \"Really sorry, I didn't see her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was that deliberate?\" Hermione asked uncertainly from the Gryffindor stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously,\" Sherlock said, handing her the binoculars. \"Angelina wasn't anywhere near Flint's original flight path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's terrible! Why didn't the referee penalize him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the rules, this is a flexible call.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this were football, he'd get at least a yellow card!\" Hermione waved her small fist indignantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, yeah!\" Dean and Seamus nodded repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Last time you said a red card sends someone off. What's a yellow card?\" Ron asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A yellow card is a warning; one level below being sent off with a red card. A player who receives a yellow card can continue playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they get a second yellow card, it equals a red card and they'll be directly expelled from the match—oh my God!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione suddenly covered her mouth mid-explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred had just hit Flint on the back of the head with his bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flint's nose smashed into his broomstick handle and started bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry!\" Fred shouted loudly amid the Slytherin boos. \"Really sorry, I didn't see him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What goes around comes around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough!\" Madam Hooch, acting as referee, couldn't stand it anymore and called out sternly as she flew between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unprovoked attack on a Chaser—penalty shot for Gryffindor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deliberate injury to a Chaser—penalty shot for Slytherin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included Flint's earlier collision with Angelina as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no, ma'am!\" Fred couldn't help protesting. \"I really didn't see him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Madam Hooch paid no attention and blew her whistle directly. Alicia immediately flew forward to take the penalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go, Alicia!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the audience watched the penalty shot in silence, Lee Jordan shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great! She fooled the Keeper! Gryffindor leads twenty-zero!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well done!\" Ron stood up and cheered loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the referee's fault. If she'd called that foul earlier, Fred definitely wouldn't have grabbed his bat to hit Flint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was a beautiful hit—worth it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, for something like what Fred just did, would that also be a yellow card in football?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seamus hesitated. \"Well, Ron—actually—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dean continued. \"For that kind of action, it would definitely be a straight red card.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Is it really that serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Ron's incredulous expression, Dean and Seamus exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought: Your brother just grabbed a weapon and hit someone on the back of the head—any harder and he could've cracked his skull open. How is that not serious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucky for him, Flint was thick-skinned and tough; getting hit with the bat only gave him a nosebleed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione also shook her head helplessly. \"In football, Fred would already be suspended.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Flint, whose nose was still bleeding, flew forward to take Slytherin's penalty shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furious after being hit with the bat, he refused the other two Chasers who volunteered and decided to score this goal himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood stood before the Gryffindor goal posts, teeth clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amazingly, Wood made a spectacular save, actually stopping the shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My God, Wood is a first-rate Keeper!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incredible! He actually saved it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Jordan's words expressed what all the spectators felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A penalty shot in Quidditch was equivalent to a penalty kick in football—the shooter faced a goal defended only by the Keeper, with scoring probability infinitely increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To still save a penalty shot under these circumstances required mental fortitude, physical ability, and technical skill—all three were indispensable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well done, Wood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great job, first-rate Keeper!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire audience erupted in cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry breathed a sigh of relief and once again began climbing rapidly, searching all around for the Snitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had memorized Wood's words. he had to wait until Gryffindor was ahead by more than fifty points before he could catch the Snitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Flint had just scored that penalty, that goal would have become more distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this very reason, he listened carefully to every word of Lee Jordan's commentary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current task had only one objective. prevent Malfoy from catching the Snitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The match continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slytherin Chaser Graham Montague flew in front of Katie, who was charging ahead with the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of going for the Quaffle, he grabbed her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Katie did a cartwheel in mid-air. Though she managed to stay on her broom, she lost the Quaffle in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Graham's action seemed to confirm Lee Jordan's earlier judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When facing Katie, he didn't lose focus as he had with Angelina, but instead appeared somewhat ruthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Hooch's whistle blew again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flew toward Graham and began loudly reprimanding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute later, Katie took the penalty and scored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The score is now thirty-zero!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learn your lesson, you dirty, despicable, shameless, vile—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jordan, if you can't continue commentating impartially—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm just stating facts, Professor—okay, okay, I'll stop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't much more to say after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the deliberate fouls at the start of the match, the game began to deteriorate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides' actions became increasingly rough, as if they had continued onto the pitch the conflict that had paused a few days earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry felt that perhaps he had participated in too few Quidditch matches, so he wasn't experienced enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from his perspective, this match was indeed gradually becoming the dirtiest game he had ever played in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they were dissatisfied that Gemma hadn't upheld justice for them earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they were frustrated at Gryffindor's early lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps no reason was needed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the Slytherin players' actions in the Quidditch final became increasingly rough, increasingly dirty, and they began to stop at nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slytherin Beater Lucian Bole hit Alicia with his bat and made excuses, saying he thought she was a Bludger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't your Beater also hit our captain just now? It's understandable that I made a mistake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little lions couldn't stand it before he said this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he said it, how could the little lions' hot tempers tolerate it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Despicable, shameless—\" Lee Jordan immediately began loudly denouncing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George was a man of action and immediately gave Lucian an elbow to the face in retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See, I was just swinging my bat trying to hit a Bludger. That's a perfectly normal motion. It's your face that hit my elbow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George looked completely innocent, loudly accusing Lucian of attacking his elbow with his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read more than 40 chapters on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FMikeyMuse\u003C\u002Fp>",1579,"2026-06-10T06:27:24.274Z",1,"novelbin.me","4940c4f59dee65a05e86d36a7f50d147ba7e3cbb9abc0395b01e6a556b090c12","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-425","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-423",637,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-cover.jpg"]