The referee wearing the red armband appeared and announced the rules of the game: today's game, instead of iron swords, bamboo swords will be used. The game time is set at 15 minutes per game, and a total of five games are played, and the best-of-five system is played. The scoring rules are: no points are scored for hitting the waist or below, 1 point for an effective hit on the arm, 2 points for hitting the chest, 3 points for hitting the head, and finally the winner is determined by the number of points. No cheating in any form is allowed in the competition, and if there is a violation, you will be disqualified immediately.

Behind Rodin stood a middle-aged man, his face was blue, his eyes were fierce, and he was expressionless.

Richard put on a kendo uniform, a mask, wrist guards, shoulder pads, and a body guard, and began to attack with a bamboo sword in his hand.

Even if the opponent was the all-Greek champion, Richard was not afraid at this time and decided to take a bold shot.

Because reason told him that this was his best chance to complete his mission, and the last chance to get close to the princess, only by becoming the princess's personal bodyguard, could he be qualified to enter the court, and finally steal the crystal skull, isn't this exactly the purpose of his coming to Greece? He must not give up, even if he fights for his life.

Richard burst out of his heart with a kind of strength, and the sword went straight to the opponent's head. Both sides hit each other in the arm and chest to score 8 points each.

The two sides fought until ten minutes, each hit the opponent's head, and scored 21 points, but it was still a draw, and there was no winner or loser.

Suddenly, Rodin slashed at him, Richard slashed hard, and the two bamboo knives fell to the ground at the same time.

The man behind Rodin made a movement, a very inconspicuous movement, and no one saw it, but he had already withdrawn his hand, still standing behind Rodin.

Richard hurriedly leaned over, grabbed the sword on the ground, and prepared to meet him again.

Oops, fooled!

As soon as the sword was in his hands, he found that the sword in his hand had become three or four times heavier than the original one, and in a flash of thought, he immediately realized that this was a sword that had been used by others, and there was an iron bar hidden in the sword body, and the outside was wrapped in bamboo skin, and it could not be seen at all if he did not look carefully, only the person who used the sword knew it.

What to do? Even if he defeats the opponent with such a fake sword, as long as the opponent raises his hand to stop, a referee will come up to check the sword and find out the iron bar inside, then he is cheating on the spot, his results will be canceled, and his future will be ruined, let alone be a bodyguard.

The man next to him snickered in his heart at this moment, Richard, this kid is finally in the trap, he is about to show his stuff, and he has lost face and is notorious. His nephew would win the fencing championship and thus become the princess's bodyguard, and he would follow him.

But Richard played very strangely, and the number of roads became more and more incomprehensible, and he stabbed a few times, obliquely stabbed, and picked, and his knife skills were tricky and ruthless, attacking frequently like a wind sweeping leaves, and he only heard a crisp sound of 'pop', and the two swords collided in the air again, and fell to the ground at the same time.

This time Richard did not hesitate at all, rushed forward with a lunge, leaned over and picked up a sword, clenched it tightly with both hands, and stared into the other man's eyes.

Rodin didn't expect Richard to have this hand, so he had to pick up another sword on the ground and prepare to attack.

It's a real sword! Richard let out a cheer from his heart.

The sword that Richard picked up was the one he had never used before, and as soon as he got his hands on it, he knew it. How he could distinguish the true from the two identical swords, he didn't know, but by a feeling, a providence, a spy's old instinct, a momentary sense of surrendering himself completely to fate.

Heavenly Dao lived up to his trust and returned the true sword to him.

The attack began again, and the two sides fought bravely, not giving in to each other, and fighting and fighting, each side hit each other in the head three times, and each accumulated 35 points.

"Stop, stop, stop!" The referee stepped up and announced, "Both sides scored 35 points each, and it was a tie." It's not early, everyone is tired, today's game is over, tomorrow morning there is an extra game, and the final continues. ”

The audience immediately heckled and was reluctant to leave the scene, because they had never seen such a fierce duel. The cheers came and went, wave after wave.

At this time, Richard raised a finger, pointed to the bamboo sword in Rodin's hand, and said tremblingly: "He, he, he...... His sword ...... His sword ......"

The audience fell silent and people were expecting, maybe something unusual was about to happen?

The examiners turned their heads to look at him, ready to hear interesting revelations or revelations.

Rodin turned pale with fright and trembled, as long as Richard revealed in public that his sword was wrapped in an iron bar, then he was cheating on the spot, and he would not only lose the championship, but also become infamous and a joke after dinner.

Richard suddenly found himself speechless. From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to put victory above the pain of his opponent, and he was unwilling to expose Rodin, who had become a friend, even though his friend had just set a trap for him and almost wiped him out.

But Richard's conscience found that he said: "His sword ...... The skills are indeed clever, we are chess opponents, we will meet good talents, I look forward to tomorrow's peak showdown! ”

"Coax!" There was an uproar in the ground, and the people at the scene let out a laugh of understanding.

At 10 p.m. that night, Richard was reading a book in his hotel room when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He looked through the cat's eye, how could it be Rodin?

He felt strange, so he opened the door, and Rodin stood at the door with a bouquet of flowers in his hand, smiling.

"Come in, friend."

Richard let Rodin in and quipped, "You're not here to settle accounts with me, are you?" ”

"Huh, how come? I thank you that it's too late. ”

Rodin said and handed the flowers to Richard: "Oh, take it, be careful, and talk about your gratitude for not exposing my cheating in public today." ”

Rodin then leaned back onto the couch and handed Richard a high-end cigarette.

Richard put the flowers in the vase, took the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and tasted it: "Well, this cigarette tastes pretty good." ”

Rodin said, "Friend, I'm here to discuss something with you." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"That's right." Rodin said with a solemn expression: "Tomorrow is the day of our final final, but I want to tell you bad news, your identity has been revealed, you tell me honestly, are you an agent of the Atlantis Military Intelligence Agency?" ”

Richard was shocked, and said with a pretense of calm on the surface: "Ah, what? Agent? I don't know what you're talking about? ”

Richard pretended to be innocent, and Rodin thought it was very funny.

The two of you look at me, I look at you, they don't speak, but their eyes are competing in the air.

Rodin smiled mysteriously and said, "It's all this time, you don't have to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me." Richard, you don't know which bowl of dry rice I eat. I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm an agent of the Greek CIA, and I'm good friends with that Sauber. When you were in Poseidonia, you carried out a round of purging and hunting of Greek spies, and your hands were stained with the blood of the Greeks. Later, on the mail ship "Prince of the East", he pursued Sauber all the way, but he did not succeed, and as soon as you set foot in the port of Athens, you were locked by CIA agents. ”

"Editor, editor, continue to edit, you didn't become a screenwriter, you are indeed condescending."

Rodin pursed his lips and smiled even more treacherously, "Three days ago you went to survey the terrain near the palace; He also inquired about many things about the princess in the civic square; The morning before yesterday, you disguised yourself as a tourist and visited the Princess's gallery; The day before yesterday afternoon, you appeared outside the courtyard wall of the Princess's villa and took a lot of pictures; The night before yesterday, you participated in that grand masquerade ball, and in the past two days, you participated in the fencing tournament and successfully passed the finals. ”

"Oh, it's embarrassing! Rodin, Rodin, you are terrible," Richard smiled calmly: "I heard before that Greek spies are world-class, and I don't believe it yet, but now I believe it." ”

"Hmph, your goal is to win the game, eventually enter the palace, and further gain the trust of the princess, so as to steal the priceless crystal skull! Right? ”

"Oh, it's embarrassing! Friend, this is terrible, how do you know all this? You, you, you...... You're a devil...... Now that I've said that, there's no point in arguing and arguing anymore, because you've already gotten to the bottom of me. ”

Rodin smiled confidently and winked mysteriously and playfully: "Let me tell you a little more information, in your MIA, there are our undercover agents, lurking next to the director, and your immediate boss Spo and your every move can't escape the 'eyes', 'nose' and 'ears' we have set." ”

Richard was completely shocked, he never imagined that the purpose of his coming to Greece had been completely exposed. It's like two people playing cards, and the other party has a full glimpse of his hole cards.

This is really in response to the saying: how brilliant the dream is, how paradoxical the reality is.

He stared at Rodin and found that the man's scheming was unfathomable.

Richard thought for a moment and sneered: "Friend, are you going to say next, don't move, raise your hands, you're arrested?" ”

Rodin was amused by the remark.

"Where's your gun? It's time for you to show your gun. ”

"Guns? What gun? There are no guns at all, I don't believe you search. Rodin smiled and raised his hands.

"Why are you telling me this? Scare me? Threaten me? Or confuse me? ”

"No, no, no, no, I'm here to help you."

Richard looked puzzled, "Since you've discovered that I'm a spy with a special mission, why don't you arrest me now?" ”

"Arrest you? Why? That's a good question, why? Rodin walked around the room twice, then suddenly turned around and said, "That's why I've come to see you tonight." ”

"Don't sell it, friend, if you come to arrest me, please say it directly, and I won't resist, because it's useless. Call in all the agents who are lying in ambush outside the door. ”