Chapter 19: Honkai II: Me and Freedom (No. 19) 4
"Now that you're ready, there's no problem. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" The boss cleared his throat, "The rules of the final are very simple, two people take turns throwing darts, and then compare the number of rings in a single round, and the player with the most rings wins. ā
"Hmm."
"Understood."
Both nodded at the same time.
"Then draw lots and choose who starts first."
"No, he'll start first." Saber shook his head and pointed at Ye Zifeng.
"No problem, right?"
"No problem." Ye Zifeng replied very simply, and then picked up a dart.
"Come on, Zifeng!" Xia Lu's cheering voice came from behind him, and the stuffed bear waved his arm at Ye Zifeng. Ye Zifeng looked at the target intently, and then threw the dart in his hand. It was a slight deviation from the previous prediction, but fortunately it did not deviate from the iron ring surrounding the central red dot. Ye Zifeng looked at Saber on the side demonstratively, but Saber didn't see Ye Zifeng's eyes, he took out a dart and immediately shook his hand, and the dart accurately hit the ten-ring red dot on the target.
"Draw, second round." The boss shouted, "Changed hands one after another." ā
"Huh? And this one? Ye Zifeng had just picked up the dart and immediately heard the boss's shout.
"If you want to vote first, I won't rob you." Saber said as he threw a second dart, which landed slightly off the edge of the Ten Rings, which counts as the Nine Rings.
"Hmph, you're going to lose." Ye Zifeng confidently clicked the dart in his hand and threw it towards the target. However, the bell suddenly remembered, and with a deep bang, Ye Zifeng's wrist flicked, the dart deviated from the predetermined trajectory, and Ye Zifeng's second throw missed the target.
His eyes widened, and the audience looked at the square in the middle of the pedestrian street, where the bronze bell on the clock tower chimes the hour on the hour. One, two, three, four, all the way to ten. It's ten o'clock in the evening, and the summer celebration is in full swing.
"How's it going, this counts you as a mistake, never?" The boss walked over, already holding a pink gift box in his hand, which looked heavy.
"Forget it." Ye Zifeng smiled and shook his head, "There will be an agreement after that, you have to abide by it, and this will be regarded as a good win." Be sure to win you next time. ā
The second half of the sentence was what Ye Zifeng said to Saber, who smiled slightly and did not respond.
"In that case, the winner is decided." The boss said loudly, "The winner of the nineteenth 'God Dart Player' competition is Mr. Jiang Banxia!" ā
There was a round of applause around, and the boss solemnly handed the mysterious gift to Saber.
"Registration for the next race starts in five minutes." The boss turned over the sign on the cash register next to him that temporarily refused to pay, and the customer used it, and the business of the darts game here improved.
"Let's go." Ye Zifeng took Xia Lu's hand and ran towards the center of the pedestrian street.
"Go, where?" Xia Lu kept up with Ye Zifeng's pace.
"Of course it's going to the lottery, aren't you looking forward to it?" Ye Zifeng smiled gently, and Xia Lu, who came, ran up in the crowd. Saber and Paul followed closely, and Saber looked strange with a pink gift box.
The scene suddenly opened up, and the originally narrow pedestrian street suddenly became wider, and the central square marked that Ye Zifeng had completed half of the pedestrian street. This is where the raffle takes place, and behind the fountain, a huge makeshift stage is performing a show, and the actors are leaving the sides of the stage.
Ye Zifeng pulled Xia Lu to the front row and stood outside the fence line. This is the host walking briskly onto the stage, saying the lines that have been pre-booked as he walks.
"Welcome to this summer festival, it's the first summer celebration that won't go away, but since it's the first time, it's always a good start." The host stood in the center of the stage, and the assistants on the side carried huge prize racks and set them up on the stage according to the predetermined positions. In less than two minutes, more than two dozen prize racks were neatly arranged, with various prizes lined up, and one assistant placed a transparent glass box filled with ping pong balls next to the host. After everything was ready, the host patted the assistant on the shoulder, thanked him, and continued.
"After that, it's time for the main event, where we have to select a few teams from the couples present to come on stage to play against each other. Rest assured, the difficulty of the game will not be too high. The winning couple can draw a prize, and the prize is on the prize rack behind me. ā
The host stepped out of the way, showed off the prize behind him, and then continued.
"So without further ado, now that the event has started, the couple wants to sign up?" The supporter had already pointed the microphone in his hand to the audience, and suddenly there was a shout, Xia Lu waved his hand vigorously, while Ye Zifeng turned his head and whistled boringly. After a while, several couples were selected, but Xia Lu and Ye Zifeng were not selected.
"Hey, it's going to be good to be serious." Xia Lu shook Ye Zifeng's sleeves.
"It's okay, this game isn't going to be played more than once." Ye Zifeng smiled, "We still have a chance, if we can't do it, let Jiang Banxia give you his prize." ā
The two turned to look at Saber and Paul.
"Huh?" Saber raised his head and wondered, the red ribbon on the pink gift box in his hand had been untied, and the two were holding the gift box and grabbing the chocolate from it and throwing it into their mouths.
"......" Ye Zifeng was speechless for a while, "As for being in such a hurry, you look like you're from the mountains." ā
I don't know where I heard this, Ye Zifeng couldn't remember it a little, maybe he thought of it on a whim.
"It's really delicious, do you want to try it?" Saber grabbed a chocolate and handed it to Ye Zifeng.
"Oh, no need." Ye Zifeng raised his hand to refuse, while Xia Lu on the side reached out and took it.
"Thank you." Xia Lu smiled sweetly at Saber and threw the chocolate into her mouth.
"Eat less, it's strong vodka in it, it seems to be fifty-six degrees." Saber looked at the instructions on the wrapper, "And the wine inside is solid, so it should contain a lot." ā
"Indeed." Ye Zifeng looked at Xia Lu and nodded. Xia Lu's face was slightly red, and her feet were already a little unstable.
"Why don't you drink?" Ye Zifeng sighed helplessly, and put his arm around Xia Lu's shoulders to stabilize Xia Lu's body. This scene happened to be seen by the host, the game has just ended one round, and the second round of couples is being recruited.
"Over there, over there, do you want to participate in the game?"
The host pointed to Ye Zifeng.
"Huh? Is it me? Ye Zifeng pointed at himself.
"That's right, that's you." The host nodded, "Please come to the stage." ā
"Oh." Ye Zifeng nodded, took off the woolly bear on the top of Xia Lu's head and handed it to Saber, "Help me get it." ā
"Is it okay? What does a little girl look like this? Saber looked at Xia Lu with some concern.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Xia Lu shook her head, a little bubbling.
"Really, it's okay." Paul also stepped forward, "If not, I'll go in your place." ā
"Forget it." Ye Zifeng hurriedly waved his hand and declined Paul's kindness, "There's no problem with me." ā
"Since you say so, there's no way around it." Saber smiled and shook his head, "Good luck." ā
Ye Zifeng took Xia Lu from the side of the stage and walked onto the stage. There were already the remaining three couples waiting on the stage, and when Ye Zifeng helped Xia Lu's shoulders and walked onto the stage, the remaining three couples also subconsciously hugged each other. Ye Zifeng shook his head and stood in the position designated by the host.
"The number of people is full, now the second round of the game begins!"
There was a cheer.
"As with the previous rules, the game is divided into three rounds. Now start charging the content of the first round of the game. ā
The host reached into the pocket of his jacket and took out a note, unfolded it and looked at the inner dissolution.
"The game is blowing the ball. The team that blows the ping pong ball in four bowls filled with water at the end is eliminated. ā
The host read out the rules, and the assistants had already lifted the table with the water bowls.
"All in place! Begin! ā
Ye Zifeng blew towards Xia Lu first, the game sounded quite easy, but the actual operation was indeed a little difficult. The ping-pong ball is a circular shape, and blowing into the water bowl does not necessarily make the ping-pong ball fall into the next bowl, once the flies out of the bowl, start from the beginning. The other three teams blew desperately, but none of them managed to blow the ping pong ball in front of their teammates. Ye Zifeng is the same, but after the first time the table tennis ball flew out, Ye Zifeng found a knock on the door, don't blow the ball, blow the water, and push the table tennis ball to the next bowl with a water wave.
After blowing four bowls in a row, Ye Zifeng successfully led the other three teams. The ball arrived in front of Xia Lu.
"Pay attention to the skill, don't blow the ball, blow the water." Ye Zifeng reminded in a whisper.
"Uh-oh." Xia Lu nodded. There is nothing abnormal when I look at it, but there are a lot more smiles than before. Xia Lu tried to blow the ping-pong ball into the second bowl according to Ye Zifeng's instructions, and with a gentle blow, the ripples on the water surface pushed the ping-pong ball up, but the height seemed to be a little insufficient, and the ping-pong ball fell back into the first bowl.
"With a little force, you're going to succeed." Ye Zifeng puffed his airway.
Xia Lu puffed up her cheeks and blew hard, the water surface splashed with ripples, and the ping-pong ball was lifted high, flew over the second bowl, and fell directly into the third bowl.
"You're very talented." Ye Zifeng nodded in affirmation.
"Hey, hey." Xia Lu smiled embarrassedly, and then blew it again, and the ping pong ball fell into the fourth bowl, and it was blown again, and it was successful, and Ye Zifeng's group became a team that completed some of them.
"The first place has already been produced. Keep the rest of the teams up too! ā
The host paid attention to the game, and the audience under the stage looked at the big screen and cheered.
"The second place finishes the race, and now it's the showdown between the remaining two groups!" The host seemed to be able to raise the mood of the audience, and the tone of excitement brought the audience into the best situation.
"The third place was produced, the last group, unfortunately, you were eliminated." The host said regretfully. The last one followed the assistant out of the stage, and the host did not hesitate before pulling out a second note.
"The second game is to drink fast. Each team had another bottle of drink, and the two of them started drinking through a straw together, and the last group drank all the drinks. ā
The water bowl on the table was taken by the assistants and replaced by thirty bottles of Coke.
"Are you ready?"
The moderator asked, and the three groups nodded in unison.
"When you're ready to knock out, let's get started."
The host gave an order, and the three teams began to drink together, and the remaining two teams were eliminated separately by one bottle, while Ye Zifeng and Xia Lu worked together to drink one bottle at a time. The speed of the two is not ordinary, basically one bottle per ten seconds, one bottle per ten seconds, and by the time Ye Zifeng and Xia Lu have all drunk it, the rest of the two teams will no longer be able to drink.
"It's psychological." Saber nodded, and explained to Paul, who was eating chocolate next to him, "If the drink in the bottle drops quickly, I won't have the idea that I won't be able to finish it." So you won't feel bloated. ā
"I see, Mr. Ye Zifeng is really calculating." Paul swallowed the final chocolate and let out a sigh of admiration.
"How do you feel like you're hurting him?" Saber didn't turn his head to look at Paul, but took a piece of chocolate from the gift box and threw it into his mouth.
"It's a shame that the game is over, but I'll still be able to participate in the next round of the game after that." The host invited the last person off the stage and pulled out a third note.
"The last game is...... Airsoft shooting! ā
The audience cheered. The chocolate in Saber's hand fell to the ground.
"Are they hanging?" Saber turned his head to look at Paul, "How do you think things have been going on in their favor, shooting?" This should be stress-free for Ye Zifeng. ā
Paul did not say anything, silently bringing the last piece of chocolate to his mouth.
Ye Zifeng was happy in his heart, this last game could finally be a little easier. After getting the pistol, Ye Zifeng found that it was not the toy air gun before, it was made of all-aluminum metal, rifled inside, and the bullet had become a light metal bead with a diameter of six millimeters.
"Please be careful, this thing hurts a lot." The host reminded that "the rules are simple, two people take turns shooting at the tower made of cans, and whoever does not allow more than one can to fall, the team that shoots the tower down first wins the final victory." Once more than one can is knocked down with a single shot, it is necessary for both team members to work together to reset the can and start the game again. ā
"I see." Ye Zifeng nodded, "Don't you have a problem?" ā
"Look at me." Xia Lu said confidently.
"Game, let's go!" The host gave the order, and both teams started shooting at the same time. There should be only a few people who have not played with model guns in these years, Ye Zifeng and the boys in the opposite team loaded their pistols at the same time, raised their hands and shot at the can.
The two gunshots were almost the same and were about to sound, Ye Zifeng and the girl naturally chose the top can, but the position of the two shots was slightly different, Ye Zifeng chose the middle end of the can, the can flew upside down, and the boy chose the top of the can, the can fell backwards, and the bottom almost pushed the two cans below.
With a sigh of relief, the boy patted his chest, and then threw a provocative extension towards Ye Zifeng. Ye Zifeng smiled slightly, pulled the sleeve and handed the pistol to Xia Lu. The effect of the alcohol gradually faded, and Xia Lu would not feel dizzy in her brain. When she raised her hand to aim at the second row of cans, the girls in the other group quickly raised their arms and fired a shot into the sky.
"Oh, what a ploy, give all the shots to the boys." The host exclaimed, "But is there no problem, will this slow down, the other group should follow suit." ā
Before the words fell, Xia Lu pulled the trigger, and the rapid shot was fired almost at the same time as the girls in the other group. Of course, Xia Lu couldn't shoot an empty gun into the sky, and the bullet accurately knocked the can away, and the can tower didn't move at all.
"Good marksmanship, it seems that the girls in the second group are not idle people!" The host exclaimed again. Saber in the audience looked at Xia Lu who was waving to the audience on the big screen, and couldn't help but hold his forehead slightly, this is Paul squeezing back with a bunch of food.
"It's a shame." Saber indignantly took a box of takoyaki and ate it in a big gulp, "I can't stand it anymore." ā
"Let's go, then." Paul nodded, and the audience around him looked at Saber who turned their grief and anger into food, and Paul did feel a little embarrassed.
The game continued, the two sides kept shooting, so far there was not a single mistake except for the empty gun, and the girls in the other group tried to shoot at the can, and also hit a few times, but the speed was far behind. After Ye Zifeng knocked the last box of cans in the penultimate row away, the victory was decided, and without the arrangement of the upper layer, even if he made a mistake and played a side ball, there would be no accidents.
Xia Lu took the pistol and raised her hand to shoot at the cans in the last row, and it hit accurately. The other group looked a little anxious, and the boys' hands shook, and the bullets flew away. The girl took the pistol and sighed and put it on the table in front of her.
"We conceded."
"It's over!" When the host heard the announcement of admitting defeat, he immediately shouted loudly, "The winner has been born, please come to the middle of the stage." ā
Ye Zifeng took Xia Lu's hand and walked to the host's side.
"Then it's time to fight for character." The host took the glass box containing the number table tennis ball from the assistant's hand, "Draw one from the table tennis ball with one to fifty numbers written in it, the number corresponds to the prize, the highest prize is the twenty-fifth ball, there is only one, and the prize corresponds to that." ā
The host pointed to the prize behind him plus the highest gift box.
"Inside is a gilded mascot."
"Sounds pretty good." Ye Zifeng stretched out his hand to smoke a table tennis ball, but the host turned around and took the glass box away.
Ye Zifeng frowned, but he didn't ask the reason, he knew that the host would definitely explain.
"That's right, according to the rules of the competition, the lottery is carried out by a female companion."
"Oh, that's it." Ye Zifeng nodded, his brows stretched, "Let you come." ā
Xia Lu drew a table tennis ball behind him, and without looking at the number on it, Xia Lu directly handed the table tennis ball to the host. The host took the table tennis ball and looked at it.
"The number is eighty-seven." The host raised his hand and raised the table tennis ball in his hand to the camera to show the audience. Ye Zifeng smiled slightly, but didn't say anything. The assistant on the side walked up, took down a pair of mugs from the prize rack, and handed them to Ye Zifeng.
"Thank you for participating, and welcome to come back next time." The host invited Ye Zifeng and Xia Lu off the stage, and the audience remembered the endless applause.
"Do you think it's better for the mug or the gold-plated mascot?" Ye Zifeng looked at Xia Lu, who was holding a mug with a smile on his face, and asked out loud.
"I think it's okay as long as you like whichever you like." Xia Lu didn't have a trace of sorrow, followed Ye Zifeng's side, and slowly squeezed through the crowd.
"......" Ye Zifeng didn't say anything, he knew that Xia Lu had actually seen the host's means. Don't break it down.
The two squeezed to Saber's side, and Saber saw the two of them and handed over an octopus ball behind him.
"Try it, it's pretty delicious."
Ye Zifeng took it, this is, the mobile phone in Saber's pocket rang, Saber was stunned, took out his mobile phone and picked it up.
"Excuse me......"
"Watch behind you." A familiar voice came out, "Six o'clock square elevation angle sixty degrees." ā
Saber was startled, quickly took out a pendant from his pocket, twisted his upper body behind him, and vigorously crushed the pale yellow gemstone in the center of the pendant.
A gunshot rang out, almost inaudible. A white light shot towards Saber's eyebrows, but a faint energy film immediately spread, and the bullet hit the energy film and splashed in circles, the energy film showed an almost overloaded pink, but the white light was also successfully bounced away.
"What's going on?" Ye Zifeng became alert, raised his hand and touched his waist, but he didn't touch the holster.
"I don't know." Saber shook his head and stuffed the large bag in his hand into Xia Lu's hand. After looking around and no audience noticed the situation, he stopped Paul from leaving in a hurry. Ye Zifeng wanted to follow, but his arm was grabbed by Xia Lu, and when he turned his head to look at Xia Lu, Xia Lu shook his head gently at Ye Zifeng.
"There should be something urgent, otherwise I wouldn't have left in such a hurry. Still don't keep up. Xia Lu said softly, "Without a voice, we may think that we may have gone and it may just be a burden." ā
Ye Zifeng looked at Xia Lu with a deep gaze, nodded after half a sound, and sighed at the same time.
Turning his head to look in the direction Saber had left.
"I see." Ye Zifeng said softly, "Let's go, let's go home." ā
"Hmm." Xia Lu smiled sweetly, put the woolly bear on top of her head again, held Ye Zifeng's hand, and squeezed out of the crowd.
(To be continued)