Foreword:
When dealing with people, keep this in mind -
——Humans are not perfect rational creatures. They are dominated by emotions and biased. Vanity and arrogance are their sources of motivation.
Dale Carnegie丨"Human Weakness"
[Part①·Crossing the restricted area]
Outside the arena, the players from the Fairy Tale Kingdom are also paying attention to this game. There are four qualifying places in the Daji Township Division, and the last lucky person will be selected from the Amethyst and Zebra Power teams.
On the bus heading to the capital of District 41, the team members were chattering about the schedule for the day after tomorrow, and the two old gamblers on the coaching staff were discussing the odds. The gunsmith happened to be taking a nap, covering his face with a sun hat and leaning against the car window with his head tilted.
Only Qi Ji's pupils tightened and he stared at the live broadcast of the stadium.
The score remained tied at one to one, and the final game between Amethyst and Zebra Power was about to begin.
From the entry of players from both sides, preparing their weapons in the activity area, to tactical arrangements, until the end of the game——
——Qi Ji paid extremely serious attention to the two people on the field.
One of them he knew was Foego Sebastian.
This kid can influence the outcome of this game. In the final round of the endurance battle, only Foego still maintained a highly concentrated state.
In Qi Ji's eyes, this gesture of unity of spirit and body and full concentration was too familiar. That was the look in the gunsmith's eyes when he and Daniel were in standby mode, with their whole bodies relaxed and their pupils constricted.
The other one he didn't recognize was Marley Perrault, who shocked everyone with his skills on his first appearance.
He still doesn't know where the Zebra Power team found this player. There is indeed this player on the roster - but he has never played before and is only a substitute for the attacker.
But this substitute's endurance is too scary. At one point, Brother Qi Ji, who was watching the game carefully, cursed loudly.
"I'm super! Hang up!"
Maripero's performance in the first two games was nothing short of cheating, and there were many things that Qi Ji couldn't understand. As an attacker, this young red-haired brother's behavior in all aspects is counter-intuitive and anti-human.
His sense of smell on the battlefield is very keen, as if he had a biosignal recognition radar and turned on X-ray.
His ability to continuously move is ridiculously strong, and he can withstand running and marching in different environments and terrains of different heights and slopes for 1,500 meters.
His positioning ability is also one of the best. In the Daji Township Division, there are only a few attackers who can match him.
Qi Ji can use the working table in his head to build an archive for each player, go through all the battle reports of Daji Township, and record the players' performance on the field.
In the roster of players at the second position, Daniel's killing efficiency can be ranked among the top five in the first echelon. As a breakthrough player, Foyego Sebastian is actually more suitable for the attacker's position, and his positioning ability and killing efficiency are also good. Can make it into the top ten.
In addition, there are several very powerful attackers, including Zhou Yuncang, the captain of Jinhao Club in the Daji Township Division, Bruce Carter, the attacker of Fenglan Club, and the eliminated Chainsaw Murderer, the God of War.
Putting Marley Perrault in this table, there is nothing special at first glance, but the reason why Qi Ji thought this guy was cheating was because of Marley Perrault's very counter-intuitive performance on the field.
"This guy starts and stops like a robot."
Qi Ji frowned and murmured softly, staring closely at Marley Perot, who was moving at high speed in the arena, and switched the player's drone view provided by the director to the red-haired guy.
"Why? Why doesn't he seem to need any rest time? Why? There must be something wrong!"
Looking at Marley Perrault from Qi Ji's perspective, he can find many surprising doubts——
——Qi Ji is a serious gamer. He breaks down the game into the simplest work, which is to use the keyboard, mouse, handle, or even voice and other sensors to input the corresponding commands and complete the corresponding operations.
This process is very intuitive, and the actions of the game characters are highly consistent with the reactions of the human brain.
When the player is tired, the game character will become stiff, and the player needs to adapt to the rhythm of the battle. The game character will be like dancing, with a unique rhythm, to arrange various skill feedback and strike effects.
Marley Perrault's performance on the field made Qi Ji feel horrified——
——Because this guy is like a robot, like a script that doesn’t know how to rest.
There are many very difficult games in the world that require players to respond to the high-speed environment in the game with high-frequency and high-intensity input.
They don't talk about timing, they just test players' hands and brains.
Even for this kind of game, there will be special elements such as [postponing frames] to allow players to take a break, because the human brain has its limits. For example, Tetris, which is played at 256 times speed, will also have a settlement screen. Let players relax.
But the way Marley Perreault plays, there is almost no rhythm at all.
Since the beginning of the game, he has been challenging the physiological limits of Homo sapiens. The quality of his positioning and pulling the gun every time was terrifyingly high. In the three games, the time it took to rush into the same building and cross the corridor was surprisingly consistent, with only a few tenths of a second difference between the data before and after.
Using stable performance to describe Marley Perreault's performance seems inappropriate.
In Qi Ji's eyes, he was like a cheater who turned on motion assist aiming, and his physical strength was far superior to other players.
The final round was a massacre, as the rest of the team was exhausted, highlighting Marley Perrault's dominance over the endgame.
"There is something wrong with this guy, there is definitely something wrong." Qi Ji couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "In the endurance battle of continuous high-speed movement, the two teams fought for more than an hour, and he can still maintain the most perfect condition. It's not It’s consistent with common sense, no matter how powerful supplements are, they can’t achieve this effect.”
"If Zebra Power has this magical medicine, why not give it to other team members? Is Marley Pero a Morpho? Does he have soul power? Can it keep him in top condition? I don't understand."
"It's time to decide the winner."
"Foego Sebastian, come on"
Unknowingly, Qi Ji actually sided with Foyego.
The reason is also very simple. Foego, like him, has a heart that does not want to lose——
——From the perspective of the drone, Marley Perrault's demeanor made Qi Ji feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
That kind of look that is clearly dominant but extremely irritable and depressed, the combination of the two is so weird.
It was as if Marley Perrault didn't care about winning or losing the game at all. This dark horse never paid attention to Amethyst's opponents. It seemed that everyone he met in the game was an eyesore.
Amethyst's first and second arrays completely collapsed before they were two boxes close to the red tower. The Sentinel Wolf Spider's physical strength bottomed out, and the entire team's traveling speed was two positions behind the Zebra Power. The moment the exchange of fire was stopped at the outer edge of the tower. , the game is about to end.
Marley Perreault crossed the first array's defense and broke into the second array's penalty area.
"Oops." It was too late for Qi Ji to scream.
How far can a person's desire to win go? How far can you take him?
Foyego Sebastian handed in his answer sheet. The final answer score was four minutes and thirteen seconds, and his personal score stayed at eighteen points.
The two teams met in the supermarket, and the moment they exchanged fire, Amethyst's defeat was determined.
The Zebra Power Team relied on Marley Perot's speed and endurance to get the opportunity to select a point in advance to invite him to the urn. They steadily caught the invading enemy with bullets and took away the two core members of the second array in just one attack. team members.
When Eitai Tamiya's voice was offline, the tired captain didn't even leave a useful instruction, and both he and the supporter were eliminated.
For the next thirteen seconds, Qi Ji didn't dare to take a breath.
It was Foego Sebastian versus Marley Perrault, their individual performance.
The sound of the gunshot was the unwilling roar of the breakthrough player, which only resulted in blood stains all over his body and serious ammunition injuries.
When Foego scored eighteen points with his shooting skills and almost ran out of ammunition, Marley Perrault was like a cruel executioner, giving all the bullets left in his gun to this seemingly unruly man. Breaking hand.
Perhaps the picture was too cruel. When Foego was shot, the director immediately cut the picture back to a panoramic bird's-eye view and replayed the shot of the supermarket encounter.
Qi Ji opened his mouth slightly, his face became very ugly, like a deflated ball, he suddenly lowered his head and clenched his fists.
Although he couldn't hear what the players said, he was able to analyze some of the trash talk from the movements of Marley Perot's mouth and lip reading when he was shooting.
"Who allowed you to look at me like that?"
"What an eyesore! Difficult to deal with! Can you actually hurt me? Die! Trash!"
The bullet penetrated Foyego's right eye, and the live broadcast also cut away at this moment.
This made Qi Ji furious, even though he was not a member of Amethyst, even though he had been on the same level as Foego Sebastian, an opponent who saw red on the bayonet.
"Marley Perrault."
"This guy is definitely a cheater!"
"If it were a live-fire rule, Foego would be dead"
"He wanted to kill someone! He didn't take his opponent's life seriously at all."
"Is this guy a disaster beast hybrid?"
At this time, the Daji Township semi-finals had ended, and the other team members of the Fairy Tale Kingdom finally began to watch the replay video, trying to extract the essence from the waste, allowing the director to select the most precious few hits from more than an hour. Make a highlight reel of the killing scenes and show them to them.
Marley Perrault's personal performance is very eye-catching——
——From the perspective of the post-match video, since the other players’ physical energy has been exhausted for a long time, he is like an adult walking into the kindergarten. Every time a firefight occurs, it is like an adult beating a child. It is one-sided. of crushing.
Daniel and Brother Hao were stunned. They had never competed in endurance races and had never seen such a scene.
After a while, Brother Hao became excited and started to praise Marley Perot.
"What a tough shot!"
"No!" Qi Ji immediately shouted: "No! Ahao! No! There's something wrong with this guy!"
Daniel tilted his head and looked at the team leader in confusion: "Miracle, do you think there is something wrong with this person? But judging from the post-match video, it seems that he is just stronger in all aspects, and he is not particularly top-notch."
"No, no, no, that's wrong!" Qi Ji couldn't explain it clearly in a few words, so he had to scratch his nose and said anxiously: "No, I can't describe it. It's hard to explain it clearly in two or three sentences."
Little sister Kaixi is even more heavyweight, the kind whose three views follow the five senses——
——Marley Perrault has beautiful red hair, just like Haspen Madison, whom she has admired since childhood.
"This guy is a bit handsome! Captain! You have to explain your reasons! Otherwise, how can you slander others? Doesn't it mean there is something wrong if he looks stronger?"
"JK!" Qi Ji was already annoyed. His expression was distorted and he didn't know what to say. He choked out a few angry words: "There is definitely something wrong with this guy! Watch the entire game video and then think about it carefully!"
No one said anything——
——Qi Ji felt quite embarrassed and asked tentatively.
"Don't you ever watch the original game video?"
Ah Hao replied carelessly: "When we watch movies, we watch the whole movie with a three-minute narration! Now is the fast-paced era of self-media."
Daniel went on to explain: "There were too many battle reports in the past few days. We all watched the post-game slices to understand the opponent. If there is enough time this time, I will observe the opponent carefully."
"Coach! What about you?" Qi Ji turned to Shark Pepper for help.
Shark Shark also looked like he was facing a formidable enemy, and he replied solemnly——
"——I watched the whole game, team members, this guy is really strong, ridiculously strong. If the player ID is covered, I think he should be a Morpho unit."
Little Shark specially saved the live video and pulled the progress bar back to the final round, the moment when Foego Sebastian and Mari Perrault exchanged fire.
The team members were all silent now——
——Marley Perrault knocked out Foego's brains. The White Lady's products saved his life, but it would definitely leave serious sequelae.
When Ahao saw this scene, he shouted angrily: "What does this guy want to do?! Does he want to kill someone?"
Daniel was more rational and distinguished the gunshots from the noisy environment: "He shot Foego four times in the head. He will be punished by the organizing committee. This is against the rules."
In the post-match interview, there was a lot of controversy about Marley Perrault, especially the execution of Foego Sebastian. These four bullets were really too dangerous and deadly.
In order to protect this player, the coaching staff and business representatives of the Zebra Power Team collected a lot of video materials to prove that Foego Sebastian's shooting habit in previous games was also aimed at other people's vital brains. He barely gave an explanation - he even brought out Foego's grudges with the Fairy Tale Kingdom, trying to discredit Foego as a lecherous and disrespectful athlete who coveted the butts of female players.
All the off-field noise aside, Amethyst's journey is over.
They are destined to miss the Twelve-Stone Gold Cup this year. They will have the opportunity to touch the [Dagda's Cauldron] and chase this supreme Holy Grail next year. The prototype of the Sage's Cup at Lahad Magic Academy.
[Part②·Challenge]
The gunsmith who had been silent all this time suddenly poked his head in—
"——I think Qi Ji is right."
The friends all turned their heads and looked at this living legend.
Jiang Xueming held up his cell phone. As soon as the game ended, he immediately contacted Amethyst's coach to get some useful information from Toussaint.
He slept for more than two hours and only watched the beginning and end of the game. This small amount of content made Jiang Xueming feel familiar and friendly.
Until he took off his gloves, removed the shackles of fragrant dreams, and put the heart of steel on his ring finger again, even through the TV screen, he could clearly realize that the divine power in Mali Pero probably came from Crazy butterfly.
He and Crazy Butterfly have been chasing each other and fighting each other for so many years, and many evil sects have given birth to countless young talents. Their fighting styles are ever-changing, but their compositions are very similar. They are all high-speed engines that rely on the holy blood and Vita brand, as well as human flesh as fuel, to work together.
Jiang Xueming could see the problem at a glance - Marley Perot was probably not Homo sapiens, and had little to do with the beast hybrid. He should be a blood donor.
"Coach Toussaint will send the injured players to the big hospital in the capital for treatment. They are recuperating at Renxin Hospital. I want you to visit, bring some fruit, and have a good chat with them. Especially Foyego Seba Steve, he must have been impressed by Marley Perrault, remember this guy."
Ah Hao immediately asked: "Teacher! Is there something wrong with this guy? Do you want to report it to the organizing committee?"
"Keep playing, millions of people are watching you, leave the rest to me." Xueming opened the window and took out the summons bell from his pocket.
The crisp ringtone rang, and the friends cheered up, finally realizing that the situation was not as simple as they thought.
The nameless boss has been shaken——
——The last time the gunsmith's summons bell rang, it was still during the war years.
When everyone came to their senses, the gunsmith had disappeared. He jumped off the highway and wanted to return to the Daji Township competition area to find out the life experience of Marley Perot and catch the mastermind behind the scenes.
Six hours later, a young man who had barely recovered from serious injuries was wheeled out of the emergency room of Renxin Hospital.
Foego Sebastian is still blind in his right eye, which was damaged by bullets and turned into a human shape——
——He was sitting on the hospital bed, having regained consciousness, but his inner world had almost collapsed.
In the same ward with him were the captain Eitai Tamiya and coach Toussaint.
Like Toussaint's early experience, Foego lost more. In addition to his eyesight, he could not smell anything and could not speak. It may take a long time to recover.
The bullet cut open his brain, but healed part of the brain tissue in an instant. These suddenly disconnected synapses need time to recover, and a panacea cannot cure this kind of damage.
Hasband Madison was once cut into pieces by [Heaven's Gate]. It was only through the blessing of Canaan's life that he could retain his complete consciousness.
Toussaint sat silently by the bed, sticking nicotine tablets on his arm. He wanted to smoke, and the pressure almost destroyed the middle-aged man.
"It's my fault, kid."
"I misjudged the situation and underestimated the enemy's strength."
Toussaint almost subconsciously called his opponent an "enemy" because what Marley Perrault did was unforgivable.
"It's my problem, don't blame yourself, it's my problem."
On the side, Tamiya Eitai, as the captain, also stood up to speak for the coach at this moment——
"——It's my fault! It's because I'm not strong enough that Foego was so seriously injured! It's my fault!"
Foego Sebastian couldn't speak. He was holding a pen and paper with a heart rate and blood pressure sensor on his thumb. He was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to write.
How long does it take for physical injuries to heal? He doesn't know, he doesn't know.
He remembered the look in Marley Perrault's eyes when he shot him, the arrogance and contempt that he would never forget.
"I do not want--"
"--lose."
When the last word was written slowly and leisurely, Foego's tears already fell on the paper before he realized anything.
The last stroke of the English word LOSE was written, and the ink smudged with tears.
Toussaint sighed: "It's over, kid. I may not be able to stay at the club anymore - and the same goes for you. If the injury doesn't heal, you still won't be able to speak in the coming year."
At this point, the coach lowered his head and did not dare to look into Foego's eyes.
Tamiya Eiyasu: "It's all my fault! It's my fault! I didn't protect Foego! Coach Toussaint! Please don't say depressing words! I don't know anyone who loves knights' jousting more than you! I don't know Who else can replace you and continue to coach Amethyst me."
Foyego just stayed blank and continued to write line after line on the paper.
Repeat "I don't want to lose", repeat, repeat.
He remained unaware that his opponent, Marley Perrault, had resorted to some extra-game tactics.
He didn't care about the trash talk in the final round. He only thought it was a psychological tactic. He didn't care about the four bullets aimed at his head, because he also aimed at the vital part of his head during the game. Maybe as long as he was a little stronger and faster. Dot, that's Marley Perrault lying on the hospital bed.
He just doesn't want to lose.
Right now, right now.
The visitor request came to Coach Toussaint's cell phone, and the people at the nurse's station invited the Fairy Tale Kingdom players into the ward.
When Ahao and Foyego looked at each other——
——Ahao’s eyes can spit out fire.
But Foego's expression was like that of seeing a girl he likes, becoming coy and wanting to hide under the quilt - this made him feel ashamed and embarrassed.
Daniel wanted to stop him, but failed.
Little Shark also wanted to stop him, but he couldn't stop him even more.
When Ahao crossed Coach Toussaint and pulled Foego out of the quilt, he carefully observed Foego's eyes and the bare right half of his head.
"What did Marley Perrault do to you?! Foego! Why do you look like a dead boy? Did he scatter your soul?"
Ahao was furious, fiddling with Foego's eyelids, carefully observing the out-of-focus eyeballs, seeing the spiral texture of the injury, and finally realized that Marley Pero seemed to have a unique psychic skill, the killing power of ammunition The force cannot be so terrifying.
"This bastard!"
Tamiya Hideyoshi on the side shouted loudly: "He is a patient! Calm down! Hao!"
Ahao put down Foego angrily and sat beside the hospital bed with his arms folded, not knowing what to say.
After Foego regained some energy, he wrote a few words on the note and said it to Ahao.
"Thank you for coming to visit me."
"I'm no match for that guy."
"If we meet in the city competition, I hope you can defeat him."
Little Shark and Coach Toussaint were still discussing the information about the Zebra Power Team. Ahao on the other side was yelling loudly when he saw the note.
"Do you want me to help you get revenge?! Foyego!"
Ah Hao tore the note into pieces and threw it into the air, turning into snowflakes all over the sky.
"I won't agree to such a girly request! Get up! Come to my team! Let's go find that red-haired boy to settle the score together!"
Foyego was stunned for a moment and suddenly looked at Coach Toussaint.
Toussaint thought for a while and whispered a few instructions to Sharksha.
"It's not impossible. Both Yingtai and I can continue to participate in the City Competition as members of the Fairy Tale Kingdom - Foego, but we don't know your body."
Before he finished speaking, Foego immediately got up from the bed and performed six sets of push-ups for everyone on the spot. He used the steel pipe of the fishing bottle as fitness equipment and kept doing pull-ups.
The little nurse who was changing the dressing was stunned for a while.
"Can you move? So you can move?"
In the training room of the Zebra Power Team——
——Marley Perrault wore an oxygen mask and hit the sandbag again and again, challenging his physiological limits.
He was very satisfied with this body, and the monster of unknown origin didn't seem so hideous anymore.
Eye of the Storm: "Human beings are not perfect rational creatures. They are governed by emotions, swayed by prejudices, and vanity and arrogance are the source of their motivation - Foego Sebastian, you defeated him and crushed him. You have completely defeated this arrogant boy, which means you are stronger than him."
Marley didn't reply. There was a strong sense of hunger urging him to continue training and continue to become stronger.
An hour ago, he led his team to a big win, and after the interview, he started to get hungry.
He is looking forward to stronger opponents and more delicious food.
The fist and the sandbag collided together, making bursts of crisp sounds from the compacted sand——
——That is the divine power of the eye of the storm, and the serious power of the soul.
It was the spiraling wind that was deliberately attached to the four bullets he used to destroy Foego Sebastian.
The outer skin of the sandbag left fingerprints one after another, but the sand inside had begun to swirl, pulled by the violent spiritual energy, and turned into a high-speed rotating vortex.
This powerful spiritual power destroyed Foyego's consciousness almost instantly. When the first bullet hit Foyego's eye socket, it almost shattered his brain.
The spiritual thread attached to the warhead is like a manic tornado, which can cause horrific lacerations.
"Keep going, Marley Perrault."
The eye of the storm said so.
"Continue to become stronger, fully master the power of the soul, and defeat the gunsmith's students."
"In the eyes of the audience, at the city competition site where tens of millions of people are watching, tell people with your strength that you want to challenge the gunsmith and defeat your idol as an admirer!"
With one punch, the sandbag exploded.
The scattered sand turned into horizontal tornadoes, leaving horrific spiral wounds on the walls.
Like the typhoon vortex on the Earth's weather map, the sand is completely embedded in the wall.
Marley Perrault took off his oxygen mask, breathed heavily, and his eyes became excited. The feeling of hunger is getting stronger and stronger, and it seems that a suitable prey has been found.
"Yes, you're right! I'm going to defeat the gunsmith's students! And then the gunsmith!"
"You're next!"
(End of chapter)
