Chapter 6: The Dance of the Dragon and the Phoenix (2)
"Ajie, Sister Bai Sumei has already communicated with your grandfather, don't worry, as long as you want, you can stay in the club, they won't take you back to Daliangshan."
"Really?" Applejack furrowed her brows and looked at Bai Sumei and asked.
"Of course it's true, when did Sister Bai Sumei lie to you?" Bai Sumei patted his head and said, "It's okay anymore, can you play this game with peace of mind?" ”
"yes, okay." Applejack nodded,
After a while, Li Mo grabbed Applejack's shoulders, and the five children ran to the ring in the Galaxy Plaza to play.
More than an hour before the start of the game, Bai Sumei ordered a takeaway for everyone, and everyone simply filled their stomachs in the lounge.
Many people poured in from all directions, and the ring was surrounded by water. Standing at the window of the boxer's lounge and looking down, the chairs in the iron horse were full, the outside of the iron horse, the three layers inside, and the three layers outside, and the black pressure was full of moving heads.
The rules of the contest are:
There are three rounds of three rounds each, with a one-minute break after each round
Punches, legs, and knees can all be used
It is forbidden to use elbow maneuvers, hugging and falling, and tripping
Two knockouts per round or three knockouts in the entire bout will result in a TKO
Medical and referees have the right to terminate the match
Criteria for judging (priority of importance is as follows):
1. The number of times you knock down your opponent
2. Cumulative damage inflicted on opponents
3. The number of times the opponent was hit by difficult actions
4. The number of effective hits on the opponent
5. The enthusiasm of competition
Public Scoring:
Five linesmen scored at the same time
The winner of each round will receive 10 points, and the loser will receive a maximum of 9 points
Knockdown or foul charges additional points will be deducted
The score of each round is announced instantly
Wang Gang and Sun Dalei began to help them wrap bandages. Wrap the three children first, and after wrapping them, Wang Gang came to Tang Long to help him wrap the bandages. The white bandage was tightly wrapped around his fist like a mille-feuille, very firm and tight, although not as hard and lethal as the joints, but also with great hardness, and it did not taste good when hit through the fist gloves.
At the beginning, there were three children's exhibition matches, with Applejack being the first to appear, followed by Zhang Shuai and Li Mo. From the fourth match, it was an adult fighting match. Applejack, Li Mo, Zhang Shuai, and Tang Long went to the bathroom next to the lounge early to change into the club's fighting uniforms, and Wang Gang and Sun Dalei had already wrapped their hands with duct tape.
Wang Gang took out three pairs of targets from his bag and distributed them to Sun Dalei and Tang Long, and after the three children put on their gloves, they began to warm up for them, and Xiaoyue and the other two children stood aside to watch. These five children came in mid-April this year, and their progress is rapid, their movements are more relaxed and agile than Tang Long, and their core strength and explosiveness far exceed those of children of the same age.
The bout was about to begin, and the fighters, led by two event staff wearing black polo shirts emblazoned with the Kunlun duel logo, took the elevator downstairs to the plaza. As soon as they arrived at the square, it caused a commotion in the crowd. The staff parted the crowd and walked into a fenced aisle guarded by four security guards on iron horses, guiding the fighters to the ring. The fighters split into two teams and made their way through the dense crowd and layers of gaze as they steadily walked to the ring to make their debut. After the fighters stood up, the national anthem sounded, the audience stood up, and the tragic and passionate melody reverberated over the Galaxy Square. This is the first time Tang Long has stood in the ring as a fighter to listen to the national anthem, and like other fighters, he gently clenched his right hand into a fist and placed it on his left chest, feeling his heart beating. After the anthem of the national anthem, cheers erupted around the ring, and people couldn't wait to see the fighters fight.
The fighters exited the ring and returned to the lounge. The first bout began, and the foreign fight baby held a sign with a large 1 on it, indicating that the first round was about to begin after a week of circumnavigation in the ring. The referee announces the start of the fight, and Applejack wears red gloves and politely touches her opponent before the fight begins. Sun Dalei, Wang Gang, and Tang Long stood under the corner of the ring on the red side, closely watching the battle on the field. Sun Dalei's voice is relatively strong, and he has more experience in the game than Wang Gang, so Sun Dalei shouted tactics. Bai Sumei, Zhang Tiantian, and Wang Xiaolin squeezed to the side of the iron horse, constantly cheering for Ajie.
In the second game, Applejack cut into his opponent's inner circle, grabbed the position, tightened his opponent's neck with both fists, clamped it like a crab's clip, and then jerked to the right, at the same time, standing on his left heel, stepping on the ground on his toes, and stabbing his right foot tightly into his opponent's left ribs like a needle-shaped dagger, and his opponent immediately lost the will to fight and collapsed to the ground. Applejack won with a clean top knee knockout.
Subsequently, Zhang Shuai also won the victory. The third game is a duel between Li Mo and a player from the Huawu Duel Club, maybe the opponent is stronger, Li Mo did not play well, the whole game was passive, he played too conservatively, he didn't dare to make a move, he lost his former self-confidence, he played three games and lost the game in points.
The 65kg competition is over, there are still two games, it is Tang Long's turn to play, Tang Long is both nervous and excited, although this is only a third-level event under the Kunlun Duel, but this is also a boxing match after all, when he stands in the ring, he will officially become a boxer in the real sense.
Memories brought him back to that unbearable past, after Lili's family left Dawulei Village, in addition to being discriminated against by adults and children in the village, Tang Long also suffered all kinds of bullying at school. The children from other villages and towns in the school quickly learned what kind of person Tang Long was from the children from the same village as Tang Long. They have the same example, how the children of Dawu Lei Village treat Tang Long, they will come.
How could they not be happy to build their joy on a taciturn student who could barely fight back and scold back? He endured it silently, never telling Tang Qiang and Jin Yuhua about everything he suffered in school, he knew that it was useless to say it, it was useless except to increase the troubles of adults. He always walks around the campus with his head down, in and out of the classroom with his head down, he has no friends in Dawulei Village, he still has no friends in the school, no girl in Dawulei Village approaches him, and in school, there is still no girl who has a good impression of a bullied boy like him, although he works very hard and has a good academic performance, but this does not make up for his various shortcomings and subvert the inherent impression of his classmates. Yes, he was simply nailed to the pillar of shame of Crime and Punishment, and could never walk down from it. And nailing it to the pillar may alleviate the guilt and pain in his heart!
I remember one afternoon, the last class was a physical education class, they were led by the physical education teacher, in the playground relay race, in the process of running, he accidentally fell, causing the whole class to laugh, the knee was broken, blood flowed, the physical education teacher asked the class leader to help him to the school clinic for treatment, the school doctor disinfected and bandaged him, he limped back to the classroom, the classroom was empty, he lay on the table and fell asleep quickly. When the bell rang for the end of school, when he returned to the dormitory after eating in the school cafeteria, he found that the dormitory was full of people, in addition to his roommates, as well as other classmates, who usually don't come to the dormitory, but now they are staring at him with strange eyes.
He froze at the door, thinking they had gathered to discuss something, so he turned around and prepared to leave the dormitory. But someone stopped him, Tang Long, come here. It was the sports committee of their class who called him. His name is Lei Hongming, and he is the son of the mayor of Osmanthus Town.
So he walked to Lei Hongming's side nervously, and except for his roommate, the others immediately surrounded him. Judging by past experience, he already knew that something bad was going to happen. He caught a glimpse of his bed in a mess, folded cups crumpled, the door of the wardrobe open, and the neatly stacked books in the closet were piled up like a small grave.
"My iPhone is gone, my dad bought it for me on my birthday the other day, did you see it?"
"I didn't." Tang Long shook his head, extremely nervous.
"When I was in PE class, I put my phone in my desk and when I came back from class, it was gone. You were the only one in the classroom, right? ”
"I hurt my leg and fell asleep when I got back to class and didn't know anything."
"Don't play stupid." Lei Hongming poked his nose with his thick index finger and said, "If you don't tell the truth, see how I clean you up." ”
A good friend of Lei Hongming walked over and pinched his pocket with the palm of his hand, but found nothing.
"Say, where did you put my apple?"
"I didn't take your phone, I don't know anything." Tang Long said.
Buzz - he only heard a sound from his ear, he was punched in the left side of the head, he was knocked back, he froze, looking at Lei Hongming blankly and helplessly, but Lei Hongming did not pity him, and then kicked him in the chest, his body popped backwards, and hit the two friends brought by Lei Hongming. The two people pushed him, Lei Hongming waved his right hand, one met the hook fist, he was hit by the person on the left side of Lei Hongming's fist, and someone immediately reached out and pushed him to the ground.
"What are you waiting for? Call me. Lei Hongming shouted.
He felt countless feet constantly falling on him, as if these people were tap-dancing on him. He took his head in his hands and let them ravage. He didn't cry, he didn't seem to feel pain, anyway, he had already learned to be silent, he had learned to endure, he had learned to protect his vital parts, and he had long understood that tears could not change anything.
It's just a continuation of the humiliation he suffered before, he's used to it, he's never known to resist in this long process, he seems to have lost the instinct and confidence to resist, or maybe he feels that he can punish himself by taking this kind of hurt, alleviating the pain and guilt in his heart, who knows?
And today, in the face of his opponent's attack, he knew in his heart that he didn't have a bell jar and an iron cloth shirt, and he couldn't be a silent lamb anymore, otherwise he would be knocked out in minutes. The ring gives him the right to fight back and attack, he is not what he used to be, he is a boxer, a real fighter who goes on stage to fight professionally, for the honor of the club and the individual, in order to prove himself again, he must put aside all his baggage, go all out, and resolutely counterattack and attack. Every game is full of sweat and hardship, and only by defending carefully and constantly attacking can you achieve victory.
Tang Long and Wang Gang warmed up by shooting targets in the lounge, and the target was hit by him, and sweat flowed down after a while. Bai Sumei and five children sat on a chair next to him and watched him shoot the target. The other four children laughed and chatted while watching, only Li Mo, who was sitting next to Bai Sumei, was sullen and bowed his head silently, Bai Sumei knew that he was in a bad mood and kept comforting him softly.
"Tang Long, relax, don't be too hard." Sun Dalei said.
Tang Long nodded, relaxed his shoulders and arms, and after three rounds of fighting, they sat down and began to rest.
"They know you haven't played before, and they might attack you at the beginning and give you a kick, so you have to defend well, hold him up and find an opportunity to fight back. I've seen a couple of videos of him fighting, and he doesn't defend his ribs and head well enough, and you use your punches to test the way and look for kicks to attack his ribs and head. Wang Gang said to Tang Long.
"Okay."
"Are you nervous, Tang Long?" Bai Sumei turned her head and asked him.
Tang Long shook his head, then hesitated for a second, nodded his head and said, "The first time I played a game, I was a little nervous. ”
"It's okay, it's just a game, just calm down and play the game like you usually practice with us. But on the field, you must be rational and calm, turn your brain around a lot, don't get a fever, pick up your fists and mess around, and run out of strength in one minute. ”
"Okay, I remember." Tang Long said.
"Come on, Tang Long, one day, we will be proud of you." Bai Sumei looked into his eyes and said.
"Come on, Brother Tang Long, you will win." Applejack said.
Other children were shouting cheers.
"Thank you." He felt his voice tremble slightly.
Their voices struck the softest place inside him.