76. Open the prelude
In the following days, Xu Fei returned to the three points and one line.
Either he learns footwork from Jiang Yun in the school gymnasium, or practices with Cao Yifei and Volcano in the sword hall and warehouse, or study sword scores at home. He devotes as much as possible to practice swordsmanship, footwork and body skills until the long-awaited provincial league kicks off.
At about 12 noon on Tuesday, all members of the Jiandao team of Nanjing University Affiliated High School gathered in front of the school gymnasium and boarded the bus in turn.
The bus carried the kendo team and cheerleaders slowly towards the school gate. It was lunch break, and kendo enthusiasts from various classes walked out of the teaching building and saw him off.
Several juniors who had just joined the kendo team were very excited and sat by the window and chattered.
Chen Xiaoxiao, Wu Zixuan and Cao Yiming sat side by side in a row, holding their phones to record this moment, and their slightly trembling fingers revealed their uncontrollable excitement. Once, they were like their juniors behind them, sitting in the back row watching the seniors overcome difficulties and win the championship. Today, it was finally their turn to represent the League of Nanjing University High School.
Captain Zhou Guobin held his hands in front of his chest without saying a word, and glanced at Xu Fei and Jiang Yun, who were sitting in the front row and closed their eyes to rest, with their thoughts inexplicably complicated.
"Stop watching." The coach walked to him and sat down, "I remember the year you first joined the team, we were sealed in the national competition, and you cried the most fiercely."
Zhou Guobin pursed his lips and remained silent.
The coach patted his shoulder and said confidently, "Not this year."
At this time, bursts of crying came from outside the window, covering the conversation in the carriage.
"Come on, Nanyang University Affiliated High School!"
"Nanzhou University Affiliated High School, rush——"
Zhou Guobin turned his head and looked out the window, looking at the familiar or unfamiliar faces, and looking at the fists raised high, he clenched his fists, focused his head heavily, and looked at Xu Fei and Jiang Yun again, there was a little less jealousy and more anticipation in his eyes.
Similar scenes have been staged all over the province. Hundreds of teams from various cities and counties in Jizhou have successively boarded various means of transportation, and rushed to the arena with love and pursuit of kendo.
At 2:30 pm, the provincial league officially started at the Nandu Olympic Sports Center.
On Wednesday afternoon, the first round of knockout round ended, and the Jiandao team of Nanjing University High School won the first quarterfinals with an unstoppable strength.
As the top team in the province that won three consecutive championships, it is natural to easily enter the quarterfinals, but the development of things is different from Xu Fei's expectations.
For two days, he and Jiang Yun had never played once.
The provincial league is a one-round elimination system, with players from both teams taking turns playing 1V1. Each player will automatically be eliminated if the score of the opponent reaches ten points, and the next player will be replaced until all five players in one team are eliminated.
However, in the first round of knockout round, no team could score 30 points in the confrontation with the Kendo Team of Nanyang University High School. Therefore, Zhou Guobin, Wu Zixuan and Chen Xiaoxiao took turns to play, while Xu Fei and Jiang Yun could only sit in the viewing table, which was boring.
On Thursday, Xu Fei still had no chance to play in the quarterfinals and semi-finals.
On the same day, another unexpected thing happened.
In the semi-finals after the quarterfinals, a dark horse team that almost no one has heard of before defeated the kendo team of Nandu Yunhe Experimental Middle School.
Yunhe Experimental Middle School was the runner-up last year, and its strength was only slightly lower than that of Nanjing University High School, and it is also the favorite to win the championship this year.
The dark horse team that defeated them came from Jingping Vocational High School, which was the most economically backward area in Jizhou. This is fully reflected in the shabby clothes of Jingping Vocational High School Jiandao team.
It is said that they have no coaches, no special training grounds, and even no funds for participating. Several team members borrowed money to buy train tickets and took a slow train for nearly ten hours to Nandu, squeezing the dirtiest, worst and cheapest hostel next to the train station...
It is such a miscellaneous team that doesn't even have a uniform. I don't know how much effort and how much blood and sweat it has been, and it broke through the siege among hundreds of participating teams, and led by a big score of 50:15, defeating a popular team to win the championship.
The next moment the referee announced the result, the Olympic Sports Center was applauding, and the audience cheered for these vocational high school students with stubborn eyes.
Xu Fei also gave them applause because they were the only surprise in this game. Their performance, their persistence and their stories made Xu Fei look forward to tomorrow's final.
"Tomorrow's finals at 2:30 p.m.."
When he returned to the school bus, the coach said in a volume that only Xu Fei and Jiang Yun could hear: "I want Xu Fei to play this time, don't you have any objection?"
With the coach's stingy eyes, it is naturally possible to see that the strength of Jingping's voyeurism team is slightly better than that of Zhou Guobin and the other two. However, in his opinion, it is enough to deal with this dark horse, and there is no need to throw out the king in the provincial league.
"No objection." Xu Fei answered without thinking, and Jiang Yun, who was sitting next to him, nodded in agreement.
"Okay." The coach held the list of contestants from Jingping Vocational High School in his hand, as if he was sure to win.
In the back row of the carriage, Cao Yiming hooked Zhou Guobin's shoulder and said excitedly: "To celebrate our upcoming championship, how about going out to gather at night? I will pay the bill and don't have to save me money, haha."
Thinking that he would have an extra 1.2 million yuan on his bank card tomorrow, he couldn't stop smiling.
However, Zhou Guobin was not infected by his joy, but frowned: "Go home early tonight, have a good rest, and be prepared."
"Oh, it will definitely be Jiang Yun and Xu Fei's turn to play tomorrow. We'll be done when we're waiting to hold the cup, right?"
"That's right, but..." Zhou Guobin shook his head, "I'd better wait until I win the championship tomorrow before celebrating."
"Okay, okay." Cao Yiming's eyes flashed and he threw hints at Wu Zixuan and Chen Xiaoxiao.
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A few hours later, night fell and lights began to rise.
Yunhe District, outside a deserted old alley.
Jiang Yun walked into the alley with a bag of cat food and poured it into several bowls that were missing.
“Meow~”
“Meow~”
A few dirty stray cats jumped out of the shadows, arching their waists and rubbing against her legs.
"It's time to eat." Jiang Jun smiled and pointed to the broken bowl filled with cat food.
At this moment, a shadow quietly reached into the alley.
"hiss--"
Several stray cats were full of fur.
Jiang Yun held the handle of the umbrella and looked back at the entrance of the alley. There was a man standing there, with a baseball cap, mask and sunglasses covering the man's face tightly.
"Little sister, good evening. It's very dangerous to walk alone at night so late."
The man took off his mask and grinned. His ugly red and white skin was covered with bumps, and fine blood vessels spread from the corners of his eyes to the entire face.
"There are police stations nearby and hospitals. Where do you want to go? I'll take you there."
Jiang Yun pressed the button at the end of the umbrella handle and slowly pulled out the dagger hidden in the umbrella pole.
Under the moonlight, the short sword is revealed.
The man laughed strangely and took out a pistol from behind his waist. The black muzzle pointed at Jiang Yun, causing a stir on her calm face.
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"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
I don’t know which naughty child from the downstairs is playing with cannons.
Xu Fei closed the window and pulled the curtains. The noise outside the house became much smaller, but he was still uneasy.
For some reason, I had an inexplicable premonition of something bad.
Suddenly, a dizziness came violently.
At this time, it had been more than a week since the last time travel. Xu Fei was mentally prepared and immediately took out Mrs. Gray and a bottle of silver blood and held it in both hands.
The next moment, the vision was shrouded in boundless darkness.
Chapter completed!