Katniss looked back with some annoyance, a tall and handsome boy came down the mountain road, his name was Gail, and he was a good friend of Katniss, "What if you hunt a hundred-pound deer, today is the harvest festival, and there are police everywhere, you won't have a chance to make a move!" ”

Katniss said angrily: "Then I'll sell it to the sheriff, I only met this deer in a year, I could have exchanged it for a lot of things, and now because of you, I have nothing!" ”

Gail smiled, "Okay, I'll make it ......up to you," he said, bending down to pick up a pebble and throwing it at the tree in the distance. The birds in the trees were frightened and flew up. Katniss bent his bow and arrow, and with a "whoosh" sound, a bird fell in response, and the two laughed happily.

"Have you heard of catnip, there were unknown people storming the city hall last night, and there are really bold people at this time!" Gai asked. Catnip is Katnip's nickname, because she was shy when she first met Gail, and she introduced herself in a very small voice, and Gail mistook Katnip for Catnip (catnip), and Katnip has been known as this nickname ever since.

"Why haven't you heard of it!" Katniss said angrily: "Last night, the security police searched from house to house, and it caused a lot of trouble, causing Prim to have nightmares. "Prim is Katniss's twelve-year-old sister, and unlike her sister, who has an awkward personality, Prim is innocent and kind, and is a very likable little girl.

Gail shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know who that gangster is, it is said that he was shot several times, and finally tore through the electrified barbed wire and escaped, what a monster!" Gael paused, then looked at the green trees in the distance: "If only the harvest festival would be canceled because of this, my name has been registered 42 times, what about yours, catnip?" ”

"20 times!" Katnisdo Road. At the annual harvest festival, every boy between the ages of 12 and 18 has to register his or her name, and then the vouchers are divided into two glass jars for men and women to be drawn, and the winners are given a chance to participate in the Hunger Games. And this registration is cumulative, so the older you are, the more times you register, and the greater the chance of being selected. In addition to this, there is a special provision whereby poor families can choose to have their children additionally registered, and each additional registration will receive one ration for each additional registration. Katniss and Gale had to register extra every year, with Katniss having to support herself, her mother and her sister, counting the one time she had to register, four times a year, and Gail's family of five having to register six times a year. Children from poor families like them have a considerable chance of being drawn.

When it comes to the Hunger Games that is about to start, both of them are vaguely worried and scared, but Gail, as a boy, is embarrassed to come out, and Katniss is a taciturn girl, so neither of them speaks. It wasn't until Gale brought out the praline bread that the squirrel had exchanged for the bakery owner that the aroma of the food piqued the interest of the two.

At this moment, there was a loud noise in the sky, and a huge flying machine slowly drove over the forest. Gail pulled Katniss to hide in the shade of a tree, not even daring to get out of the air, just quietly watching the aircraft pass overhead.

Both knew who was sitting on the plane, Effie Triinch, a correspondent from the capital city of Kepitt, who would be drawn by the Hunger Games at the 2 p.m. Harvest Festival. For the children of District 12, this woman with heavy makeup is the last thing they want to see.

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The time passed quickly, and in the afternoon, the entire eighth arrondissement came to the square, with teenagers between the ages of twelve and eighteen being enclosed in the middle, while the others were on the periphery.

Teenagers lined up to have their blood samples tested, their names registered, and some to receive food stamps. Ma Le and Gnosis are mixed in the crowd of teenagers, Gnosis is easy to say, after all, she is also a flower girl, but Ma Le is twenty miles away no matter how you look at it. Although he touched half a bottle of skin cream before going out, he still couldn't hide his weather-beaten face.

When it was Ma Le's turn to draw blood, the staff looked at his information and asked with some disbelief: "You are only eighteen years old?" Ma Le nodded and said, "I'm a little anxious...... the staff took out the blood collector suspiciously, and stabbed Ma Le's finger. However, Ma Le's armor is as high as 30 points, and his skin is stronger than a car tire, and with the strength of ordinary people, it is difficult to pierce his skin without drilling hard.

The staff member pricked lightly, but there was no bleeding, and looked at the blood needle in wonder. Ma Le couldn't see it well, let out a scream of "oops", pretended to be pricked, naturally put his hand into his mouth, and secretly bit his finger hard. The staff member hurriedly shouted: "Don't, you can't measure it if you mix saliva!" Ma Le took out his fingers, wiped them on his body, and pressed a handprint on his name tag and said, "Wipe it clean, it must be accurate!" The staff frowned a little speechlessly, took out the blood test machine and took a picture of the bloodstains, and there was a crisp sound of "dropping".

"Let's go, let's go!" The staff waved their hands impatiently, and Ma Le nodded and walked over. The gnosis who was in front of Ma Le could see it clearly, and whispered to him: "I didn't expect your skin to be so thick, but I was worried about you yesterday!" Ma Le patted his chest confidently and said: "Brother is a natural tank, if he is bleeding by such a small needle, it will be shameless!" ”

Soon, all the teenagers were registered, and a few local celebrities came out of the makeshift stage and sat in chairs behind the podium. In front of the podium were two large glass jars, one containing the names of all the boys and the other with the names of all the girls.

After the mayor's brief speech, a woman in purple took the stage, and she was Capitt's correspondent, Effie Trinch. Ma Le frowned when he saw this woman, he felt that although this woman was a little old, she should still be very beautiful. The reason why "should" is used is because Effie has the typical characteristics of the Capites, that is, exaggerated and awkward fancy dress. The woman, who was nearly forty years old, was dressed in purple and wore an exaggerated purple flower on her head, and a fluffy white curly wig underneath the flower. All the skin she exposed was snow-white, not because of her pretty, but because of the dregs of the foundation. The only thing that wasn't white was the lips, probably to match the outfit, and Effie opted for a rich purple lipstick. This outfit made her look less like a noble capital nobleman and more like a circus clown.

"Happy The Hunger Games! May good luck always bless you! This was Effie's mantra, she loved the Hunger Games and the job of selecting contestants, which is why she risked her clothes getting dirty by filthy pariahs to come to the dilapidated 12th district, all with a smile on her face.

Effie first played a short video about the origin of the Hunger Games, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then began to draw contestants. As in the plot, the first female player to be drawn is Prime, Katniss's sister. Later, Katniss broke free from the sheriff's shackles and volunteered to participate in the Hunger Games for his sister, becoming the first volunteer in the history of District 12. This act moved all the people of the 12th district, except for Ma Le and Gnosis, who had seen this scene more than many times last night.

As for the next male contestant, it is naturally the male number one in the original plot, Pita Merak. He is the son of a bakery owner, born with good nutrition, although his figure is not very tall, he is very strong and well-proportioned, and his appearance is also very handsome. But contrary to his hard-core look, the male contestant had a desperate look on his face compared to the self-volunteering Katniss, with tears in his eyes from the moment he took the stage.

You know, the current scene will be filmed and shown to the contestants in other districts in the near future, and if the table is weak now, it is likely that it will be regarded as a soft persimmon when the official game is played. Pita should have known this, but for some reason, he just kept crying, and Katniss was a little awkward.

Then there's the plot that isn't in the movie, the rules of The Hunger Games have been changed by the city battle system for the adventurers who intervene halfway, and there are two more places in each district.

Effie reached into the glass jar and pulled out the second female contestant. The girl's name was March, and when the name was pronounced, the mayor, who was sitting on the stage, visibly twitched. Yes, this March is him, the daughter of the mayor of the 12th arrondissement! He never imagined that his child would be selected for the Hunger Games!

March walked out of the crowd with a blank face, she was Katniss's classmate, and because of the same stuffy personality, he had a good relationship with Katniss. Seeing that Ma Qi was drawn, Katniss on the stage also had a complicated expression, she didn't expect that the two girls who were drawn were her favorite people.

Just then, a bespectacled girl ran out of the crowd, and she volunteered to be the contestant in place of March. No need to ask, this must be Gnosis for sure. Both the mayor and Katniss breathed a sigh of relief at her appearance, but March shrugged his shoulders indifferently and retreated back into the line.

Then came the selection of the second male contestant, an unlucky thirteen-year-old boy was chosen, this child moved out of the crowd with a pair of helpless eyes, and walked towards the stage with great reluctance under the leadership of the security police.

Ma Le looked at this poor little boy and said to himself, if you are lucky to meet your brother, let me save your life. Ma Le smiled and raised his right hand confidently.

"I'm willing to take his place!"

Ma Le looked back in surprise, although he raised his hand, this sentence was not what he said.

A tall and handsome young man walked out of the crowd, he stood in front of the crying young man, and said to the stage: "I am willing to replace him, I will volunteer to participate in the hunger games!" Although he looked at the stage, the young man's eyes were not on the host Effie, and his eyes were only on Katniss with a look of surprise.

That's right, this boy is Katniss's best friend, the boy who hinders her from hunting deer in the woods, and the second male protagonist in the original, Gail.