The next morning, the tale of Ye Ting defeating the troll single-handedly spread throughout Hogwarts.
Most young wizards praised Ye Ting for his formidable magical prowess, and some older students conceded that even they would find it challenging to accomplish such a feat.
Yet, a few envious upperclassmen dismissed the troll as insignificant.
Draco Malfoy of Slytherin even claimed in front of his two cronies that the troll's presence was a conspiracy orchestrated by "that Mudblood."
That very night, he was attacked from behind—according to his own recollection, he was struck on the head by a metal ball with gears.
In addition, Professor Quirrell's reputation was thoroughly tarnished during this incident: as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he had been frightened into unconsciousness by the troll, whereas Ye Ting, a mere student, had defeated it.
At this point, everyone recalled Ye Ting's earlier assessment of Professor Quirrell, and all began to admire his foresight—Professor Quirrell was indeed a "hollow shell."
In the following days, the atmosphere at Hogwarts gradually grew restless as the Quidditch season approached.
As November arrived, the weather turned bitterly cold. The mountains surrounding the school were gray and covered with snow and ice, while the lake was as cold and hard as quenched steel. Frost covered the ground every morning.
From the upstairs window, Hagrid could be seen wrapped in a long moleskin coat, wearing rabbit fur gloves and enormous beaver fur boots, defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch pitch.
Ye Ting also began to join the Ravenclaw team's training sessions.
Among the team's three Chasers, Ye Ting, with his exceptional individual skills, took charge of the offense, while Roger and the other Chaser supported him, assisting him in breaking through defenses, covering for him, and coordinating with him.
Since Ye Ting joined the Ravenclaw team, he had not only elevated the team's overall level with his formidable individual abilities but also greatly benefited the team in terms of tactical strategy.
In fact, the four Hogwarts teams each had their unique characteristics: Gryffindor was strong in frontal attacks, Hufflepuff excelled in endurance battles, Slytherin relied on physical confrontations and fouls to win, while Ravenclaw was renowned for its ever-changing tactics.
However, the wizarding world was overly conservative and rigid, and the logical abilities of most wizards were questionable. In terms of tactical research for ball sports, wizards mostly relied on intuition, rarely engaging in scientific statistics, analysis, and summation, which resulted in their tactical proficiency lagging behind.
Muggles, who valued science and logic, conducted more practical and thorough tactical research on ball sports. Although there were differences between football, basketball, and Quidditch, Muggle's advanced tactics could provide insights for Quidditch.
Ye Ting, using his wisdom, combined Muggle football, basketball, and aerial warfare tactics to devise numerous Quidditch attack and defense strategies for Ravenclaw.
These tactics far surpassed the existing routines of Ravenclaw, and even at the Quidditch World Cup, few teams could present more sophisticated tactics. This made the Ravenclaw players deeply admire Ye Ting, and they all believed that even if Ye Ting did not join the Ministry of Magic as an Auror or stay at Hogwarts as a professor after graduation (which they considered the best options for Ye Ting), he could still shine in Quidditch and become a legendary player or coach.
Roger even immediately appointed Ye Ting as the next captain of the Ravenclaw team.
In reality, Ye Ting was already functioning as Ravenclaw's captain: he designed tactics, arranged training programs, and commanded during matches—all tasks typically handled by the captain.
Roger, whose authority had been usurped in this manner, was actually pleased about it because Ravenclaw hadn't won the Quidditch Cup for several years, and now Ye Ting could lead them to revenge, which he, as the captain, naturally welcomed.
Thus, besides basic practice, the Ravenclaw team devoted all their time to mastering these new tactical combinations. To make the new tactics more effective, they also formulated a confidentiality plan, asking other young wizards of Ravenclaw to patrol near the Quidditch pitch during their training sessions to disperse any idlers approaching it and prevent intelligence leaks.
To fully leverage the tactical advantage, Ye Ting designed a set of hand signals for communication. Besides training, the players would quiz each other on their mastery of the hand signals in the Ravenclaw common room.
In Ye Ting's plan, he intended to train Ravenclaw into a well-disciplined team—like the Spurs in the NBA.
Although his ultimate goal in this world was to master the rules of magic, and Quidditch was merely a hobby, he believed in doing his best in any endeavor when given the chance—such was his attitude.
Now, everyone on the Ravenclaw team was eagerly anticipating the upcoming Quidditch Cup, and they couldn't wait to shine.
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