The three of them quickly gave their answers. Manus smiled.
"Then, if you were members of the Quidditch Committee, how would you prevent something like this from happening?"
That question immediately stunned them. The more brilliant they had thought their solution was just now, the more detestable it seemed upon reconsideration.
One method after another surfaced in their minds, only to be swiftly dismantled. When they had devised those methods, they had already considered how to avoid detection by the Aurors conducting those inspections, so naturally they had anticipated ways to deal with most conventional measures.
As for unconventional methods, they could indeed expose the methods they had thought of, but none of them were practical for entry inspections.
"The game between those who uphold rules and those who break them is also the game between Dark Magic and defensive magic. How defensive magic resists Dark Magic, how Dark Magic breaks through defensive magic. Someone wants to harm you, and you want to protect yourself. You want to deal with an enemy and the enemy's defenses..."
Manus looked toward the field.
"Technically, both sides can continually improve through this spiral of iteration. But in actual combat, thinking one step ahead or one step behind can mean the difference between life and death. That is why the best solution is always to solve the problem before the spiral even begins."
"All right, look at the field. It's finally starting to get interesting."
The opening stage of a match was for warming up and testing each other out. Neither team would be overly aggressive, and there would not be much conflict on display. Now, it was finally becoming somewhat exciting.
As the Golden Snitch was caught, the first day of competition came to an end. It was already past three in the