The early morning training base seemed peaceful and quiet, the coolness and coldness of autumn came with the billowing thick fog, quietly dissipated into the air, and the surface of the skin could faintly feel the fine tingling sensation, like cow hair, drilled into the blood along the pores, faintly, the bones became cold and cold.

Raymond Jackson, the court's administrator, got up early in the morning, as usual, and began to clean the training base as usual, and then get ready for a new day of training.

As a die-hard fan of the San Francisco 49ers, Raymond has experienced unprecedented happiness and joy over the past two seasons, not because he witnessed the Chicken Soup Battle or because he experienced the Nations League finals on the spot - of course, these games are memories that will never be forgotten, but what really moved him was the team's renewed fighting spirit and vitality.

He loves the team now, winning or losing, all the players and the fans, the coaches, the staff, all coming together and moving forward side by side. Victory is the goal they are committed to pursuing; Failure is the starting point for them to start anew. The result of the game can never destroy their motivation to keep going, and that's the best thing.

After all the preparations were made, Raymond officially opened the doors of the training base, and it didn't take long for him to see the players appear.

"Hey, Jule, isn't it a day off? Why did you arrive at base a little earlier than usual? Raymond expertly greeted, and after twenty years of tidying up, he knew both familiar old faces and fresh new ones, and even most veteran fans could call out their names.

Jule Hampton was an undrafted rookie who joined the team this offseason and ended up on the 53-man squad before the regular season, so how could Raymond not know him?

Hampton's expression was a little nervous and a little excited, "Today, the second team will train alone, and then I will study the tactical manual separately and practice with the second team of the defensive group, I think I need to come over in advance to prepare, otherwise, if the performance is not good, it will be bad." ”

Although he was unfortunately lost in the draft, Hampton did not slack off or lazy at all, because he knew deeply that he had to work harder and harder to win a place in the professional arena; What's more, the current team's leading quarterback used to be a rookie, which is the most dazzling and real role model, and he has no reason to give up on himself because of the defeat.

"Come on! Train well! Maybe it's going to be officially debuted next week, and you'll be playing alongside Bambi? Raymond expressed his best wishes in an extremely cheerful voice, "Let the Cardinals see what we are capable of!" As he spoke, Raymond raised his right fist high and exclaimed, "We are nine!" We are warriors! ”

Hampton clenched his fists and jumped happily, "We're nine!" We are warriors! ”

Before you know it, this has become the unofficial slogan of the 49ers in San Francisco; But the strange thing is that in the empty training base in the early morning, the two people are like fools, stupidly shouting, enthusiasm and excitement are not discounted at all, and they are completely released.

However, the two of them didn't care, and just cheered to their heart's content.

In the thin but enthusiastic cheering, Hampton quickly entered the training base, his brisk back gradually drifting away in the billowing fog, Raymond's mood couldn't help but leap again, this will be another beautiful day.

In the midst of the busyness, the passage of time became unimportant, Raymond left the tool room and walked towards the equipment storage room, and in the distance, he could see that above the training field, the second offensive team had already come to a number of players, gathered together in a sparse manner, and was doing a simple warm-up exercise.

The morning sun, which has just jumped above the sea level, has not yet had time to completely penetrate the layers of dense fog, and the orange-red morning light looms in it, revealing a tenacious vitality, which is unrelentingly breaking through many obstacles and starting a new day.

"Hey, Raymond, good morning." Someone was approaching, with a faint smile in his voice, and he greeted him in a friendly and cordial manner.

Raymond turned his head and followed the voice, and the smile on his lips also rose, and he greeted, "Hey, Bambi, good morning." Are you coming over to train today? ”

'Yes, there's still some time until next week's game and you need to stay fit.' The visitor said briskly, still without any pause, and walked all the way in the direction of the training ground, "Now it seems that I am late, I must hurry up and join them, come back and talk, I wish you a good day." ”

Raymond nodded repeatedly, but then froze in place: Bambi? Lu Ke! Why is Lu Ke here? Why did Lu Ke join the second team training? Oh, God!

"Bambi!" Raymond exclaimed in a bit of panic, and it took a few beats to react, the player who just appeared was the star of the current team, who could tell him what was going on?

In the midst of the call, Lu Ke really stopped and turned around.

Then Raymond suddenly began to stutter, "How are you ...... They...... Why do you ...... ...... the hell is this," he incoherently didn't know exactly how to express his astonishment and shock, "So, what happened?" Are you hurt? Still is...... Or ......"

The sentence "still" went around for a long time, but I couldn't hold back any other reason. Because in Raymond's opinion, he couldn't think of any reason to explain why Lu Ke was sent to the cold palace.

Or is there a conflict between Lu Ke and Hubble?

The moment this thought popped up in his mind, Raymond became furious and subconsciously clenched his fists, if Hubble was really so stupid and arrogant, he didn't realize the importance of Lu Ke to the team; Then, they don't mind starting a sport to really make Hubble realize that in the minds of fans, Lu Ke is the soul of this team!

Although Raymond never said a complete sentence, Lu Ke still understood the reason for Raymond's surprise, which was actually the same reason as when he proposed to Hubble.

In fact, it's not uncommon for the main quarterback to practice with the offensive second team, and when Peyton Manning was in the Indianapolis Colts, each training session would schedule a corresponding second team break-in time to ensure that the rhythm of the entire team remained at the same frequency.

But only if the main quarterback has the capacity to go beyond the day-to-day training and is willing to give double or even triple the time. This is obviously not an easy thing to do, so leaders are never so simple, behind the superficial scenery, they must assume greater responsibilities and obligations.

This year is only Lu Ke's second season in the league, and the tactical manual and quarterback skills alone are enough to consume most of his training time.

No wonder everyone says that Lu Ke is a training maniac.

"Rest assured, I'll still be behind Jonathan Goodwin in the next fight. So, when you watch the game in front of the TV, remember to continue to support me. Lu Ke chuckled, raised his voice, and then waved his hand again, turned around and trotted into the training ground.

Raymond's anger rolled in his chest, but before he could fully ignite and explode, it was quietly extinguished because of Lu Ke's lightheartedness, does this mean that after Joe Montana and Steve Young, the San Francisco 49ers really gave birth to a spiritual leader again?

A smile resurfaced on his lips, and Raymond couldn't help but call out loudly again, "The fight continues!" Bambi, the battle never stops! Looking at Lu Ke's raised right fist, Raymond turned around contentedly, took a brisk step, hummed an unknown tune, and continued his work today.

……

"What's wrong?" On the training ground, Lu Ke looked at the dislocated chin in front of him with a smile on his face, with a shallow smile on his face, "Why do I feel like I'm not welcome here?" ”

Hampton was completely stunned, even if he imagined it, he would never have guessed that the quarterback who appeared on the training ground today was actually Lu Ke, and a second ago, he was still joking with Michael James; In the next second, he was completely stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.

Not only Hampton, but all the other players without exception froze in place, not knowing for a moment how to face the changes in front of them.

What the hell is going on now?

They were chatting and warming up, and suddenly saw the team's main quarterback Lu Ke appear on the training ground, because it was so unexpected that everyone looked at each other, and the honest RaMichael James couldn't even hold back, and was almost about to burp, even if he covered his mouth, which avoided embarrassment.

A small part of it was because of Lu Ke's unexpected appearance, and more because of the unexpected situation that happened suddenly, and everyone was a little overwhelmed. It was full of confusing question marks, but no one could answer them accurately.

"No, no, no, we reacted this way because we were too happy and excited." The second team's offensive defender, Joe Looney, said repeatedly, but after he spoke, he realized that his vocal cords were terrifyingly tight, almost squeezing out word by word.

Lu Ke couldn't help but chuckle, he didn't explain too much, but greeted casually, "Then let's not waste time, let's start warming up now, there are still many training tasks to be completed today." The team came to the training base on their day off, and we weren't here for small talk, otherwise it would be much more comfortable to nest on the couch at home, wouldn't we? ”

After speaking, Lu Ke turned around and started running without pausing to warm up.