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"Hey, did you hear that, 'that' started again!"
"How dare you do it, who is the opponent this time?"
"It seems to be eighteen 'Falcon' hosts!"
"I'm really going to hit them one by one!"
Several young men in black suits were talking, but the speed under their feet did not slow down at all. They walked briskly down the long corridors, leaping briskly down the stairs and following the shortest path to the lobby of the hotel.
Not only them, but in the other corridors, many people in the same clothes as them were hurrying to the lobby. At the same time, the ordinary people in the lobby are evacuating, and although there are many brave people who stay and watch, for most people, the head-to-head duel between the masters is still too fierce, and the slightest mistake may harm the innocent pond fish.
After all, the next battle to start is between the two real hosts.
"The eighteenth Kalevy, 'Falcon', this is an experienced veteran presenter. Although it is not the top batch, it can stand in the queue of 'more than a dozen' for many years, and it is definitely a master. This time there is a good show. An old man with a graying beard stood on a high place, looking happily at his feet.
He looked to be about sixty or seventy years old, and his back was already a little rickety, but when he stood there with his hands behind his back, an inexplicable aura distinguished him from the others around him. Although he had a smile on his face, the passers-by felt a chill just by looking at it from a distance, and they couldn't even get closer. Amazingly, in the flow of people who had evacuated the lobby, there seemed to be an invisible force field around him, quietly dividing the passing crowd into two halves.
The only person who could stand by his side was someone else who was also different.
"He has a calm personality and excellent observation, and it is the 'eagle eye' that does not let go of any clue that has earned him the title he has now. In terms of physiognomy, this duel is a competition under the same type, whoever is one step ahead will be able to suppress the opponent and win. The middle-aged man standing next to him said, "But I gave him this name not only because of his observation, but also because of his hands." ”
"The hands?"
"'Eagle Claw.'" The middle-aged man nodded, "The movements in the hands are extremely fast, and at the same time, the accuracy is unbelievably high, and the time between seeing through and reacting is also very short, and ordinary hosts can't react at all." You can imagine his style of play, which is like a falcon flying high in the sky, watching its prey on land with its sharp eyes, and then suddenly diving at full speed, grabbing it with its claws with precision, all in the blink of an eye. But ......"
The old man looked at him with a smile: "Brother Cangjie, you personally gave him a name, it seems that you are not very optimistic about him?" ”
The middle-aged man he called "Cangjie" frowned and thought for a while, and finally smiled bitterly.
"Well, I know very well the quality of Kahlavi, he is indeed a lot better than the previous challengers, and the rich experience accumulated over the years is enough to deal with the difficulties of various situations, which is his biggest advantage over the youngsters, and it is difficult for me to imagine him failing. But honestly, if I had to bet on this matchup......"
"What will happen to you?"
"I will abstain." Cangjie said with a smile, "This kind of competition, standing and appreciating it is the best." ”
"You're going to start playing tricks too." The old man laughed, "It seems that you have changed a lot this time." ”
"Don't make fun of me, didn't I just run away and take a plane over and sleep in a hotel for the night." Cangjie was helpless.
"However, I didn't expect him to be able to solve the problem by himself."
Cangjie lowered his head and looked at the young man who was slowly walking in from the main entrance of the hotel. When he received the information that the defector's identity was confirmed, he set off almost immediately, directly applied for a temporary route by private jet, and rushed to McCaw as soon as possible. He even expected the possibility that Hong Han would escape after he was startled, so he directly chose the landing destination on the Chengnan Airport, which was most likely to be used when escaping, although it was also possible to pass by the other party in the air, but if the other party was delayed for something, he still had the opportunity to intercept him near the airport, and then purge the traitor in the name of Xifeng.
For the young host who was sent to scout in the early stage, he was not too impressed. Although he can be a regular candidate at a young age and has good potential, before he crosses the threshold of thirty, he can be classified as a "quasi-master" at most, and he has not yet been remembered by those top hosts. After all, Hong Han is the "ninth" of the previous generation, and in the past few years, his strength may still rise, and if he really wants to fight, Cangjie himself has no certainty of victory. In his expectation, this young man would complete the mission if he could collect information, and being detected by Hong Han could only be regarded as expected, and he didn't even expect the other party to stumble Hong Han's escape. Even if Hong Han escaped in the end, but if it was confirmed that he was still alive, they would have an explanation for this trip.
However, when he got off the plane, he immediately sensed an anomaly nearby. The airport, which was almost semi-deserted, was in an unusual atmosphere of panic, and those staff members did not care about the pick-up matters, and they were about to flee for their lives one by one. Following their reactions, Cangjie quickly found the source of their panic, but before he could get close to the scene, a strong smell of blood drifted over in the wind.
There was blood all over the ground, blood all over the walls, even the ceiling was splashed with blood, and in addition to this, there were corpses all over the place, a young man in a white shirt was standing quietly in the middle of the pool of blood with his head down, his hands naturally drooping, and the blood on it slid down his fingertips, falling on the ground one by one on Hong Han's fat face.
The target that Cangjie wanted to purge had fallen in a pool of blood. Although there were slight twitches from time to time, anyone could see that this body was lifeless. He had countless marks of blunt blows on his body, and his hands and feet had been broken, twisted into a strange position. Cangjie took a closer look and found that not only his hands and feet, but also the bones of his whole body were misplaced, as if they had been broken piece by piece.
Hong Han, who was also a top host, was beaten to death with his fists.
"Enemies? Own? ”
Cangjie suddenly heard the young man's voice, which was so cold that it seemed to have no emotion. He raised his eyes to look, but saw that the other party slowly turned his face, and his blood-red eyes were quietly looking at him. He was watching the young man, and the young man was watching him, and the air flowing between the two seemed to freeze suddenly, and it was almost a spark about to explode.
For many years from then on, when he changed from a middle-aged man to an old man, until the second before he left this world, Cangjie still regarded this moment as the most dangerous moment he had ever experienced in his life.
"I thought to myself, I've never seen anyone like this." He said, "It is as deep as the sea, and it is bottomless, but it is murderous." ”
The old man next to him put away his previous smile and nodded solemnly. At this time, he looked intently at the young man who was walking into the center of the hall, and took in every small movement of the other party.
"You're right. Calm, deep, yet murderous. The old man said, "Brother Cangjie, I am different from you. If someone were to ask me to bet on this matchup, I would definitely put my whole money on this guy. If he wants to keep going up and keep playing this kind of qualifying battle, I'm going to bet on him no matter how many times. In the end, the only thing that could stop him was another soul who was also born from the sea of blood and from the whirlpool of pain. ”
"Iron, don't ......"
He looked at the young man meaningfully and nodded, "I think of you." Now, I remember you. ”
Cangjie shook his head: "No, in fact, ......"
The lobby below is boiling, and this qualifying battle is about to begin. This is the eleventh ranking challenge held this week, and even in the most competitive era of Xifeng hosts in the past, such a frequency is still extremely rare.
Not to mention that the people who initiated these eleven games are all the same person.
"Will the host who was challenged today be able to keep his current position? He is, our eighteenth, Kalevy! ”
The host in charge of the ranked battle shouted out the name of the challenged. Amid the shouts of the crowd, "Falcon" Kahlavi slowly stepped forward. He tilted his head slightly to look at the young opponent opposite, his expression calm, as if victory was in the bag.
"On the other side, there is the most crazy challenger of all time who has just risen to the 'nineteenth place'-" The host raised his right hand and dragged a long voice to mobilize the emotions of the scene. Amid the commotion of the crowd, the young man slowly stepped forward. He had a friendly smile on his face, as if he were a student who had come to ask for advice, but the more he looked at that smile, the more he felt that there was too much hidden underneath, and before he could see it, he felt a chill down his spine.
"In fact, when I saw him again for the first time, I had mentally withdrawn my previous name." Cangjie pointed to his chest, "The iron is melting." It was as if a hole had been broken in him, bottomless, pitch black, and I tried desperately to see it, only to sink deeper and deeper into the darkness. At the end, I finally saw a little outline. ”
"What's there?"
"There's an eye." Cangjie said, "When you stare at her, she stares at you. At that moment, a sentence from the philosopher came to my mind, and there was a new name I had given him. ”
They looked at the young man who had been refreshed, and all the eyes in the room were watching the same person. At this moment, the host in the lobby finally waved his arm and shouted out the second half of the sentence that had been brewing for a long time.
"Challenger, 'Abyss' Xu Wen!"
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