Early in the morning, we got up, washed up, ran a lap, and then finished breakfast and went to the competition venues in various places refreshed. My No. 16 court is located in the billiards hall at 236 Sun Man Street in the North District.

It took me an hour to take a taxi to the destination, and before I got to the place, I saw a bunch of people standing there, and a banner was pulled on it, "The sixteenth competition venue of the preliminary round of the Longteng Cup, everyone cheer together, the champion must be born here!" ”

I trotted to the front, only to find that the outside were all family members, I squeezed through the crowd to show the reception number plate of the game, and pushed the door in, the field was also full of heads, most of them stood against the edge of the wall, seventeen billiard tables at a glance, so this billiard hall is very large.

There were 317 people in the preliminary field, and since it was an odd number, there was definitely a bye in the first round.

Fifteen minutes later, the admission time ended, and it was 317 people, after all, the registration fee cost 50 yuan per person, and it would be a waste if you didn't come.

In this way, the game is in full swing, three and a half hours have passed, the first round of the game has gradually come to an end, and it is not my turn yet, at this time the players who are out of the game have left the field, so the billiard hall is more empty than before, and with the end of a game, there are losers leaving one after another.

Seventeen billiard tables were empty again, the staff finished the ball yards, and now there was the last wave of players left, and the host began to call out: "No. 4831, Wang Dapeng, No. 4645, Liu Xiaoyun, No. 1 table." No. 4752......"

She finished assigning a bunch of names, and then said, "No. 4830, Xu Chen, Table No. 13." Wait a minute, everyone, I'll take a drink of water and continue reading the roster, there are still a few sets left. ”

It's been hard enough for her this morning.

I was right next to the seventeenth table, got the club with the number, and tried to set up the tee shot. At this time, I heard a lot of talk behind me, and my ears moved, and I probably meant to say, "This is his posture...... It's so professional, could it be a professional billiards player? ”

I was a little fluttering in my heart, but I started to get scared when I thought about what kind of opponent would appear next.

At this moment, the host turned the printed computer randomly assigned match list to the next page, she "huh", and immediately said excitedly: "Let's congratulate Xu Chen at No. 4830, he has a bye this time and enters the next round." ”

I wiped the sweat from my forehead, I was nervous to death, I never expected it!

I put down my cue and left table 13 with a good demeanor but a pretended regret, causing a lot of wink.

It didn't take long for the first round to end, and there were 159 players left.

The person in charge of the preliminary field randomly assigns the good cards won in the first round to the computer again.

An hour passed, and the second round was finished, and it took less than a third of the time because the average level of the second round was higher than that of the first round, and the number was less than half.

I was lucky, although I didn't have a bye in the second round like last time, but something unexpected happened, the opponent received a call from home after the start, and he gave up directly if he was in a hurry.

There were 80 players left.

The person in charge randomly assigned the numbers, printed them out and handed them to the host. In the third round, my fortune was as prosperous as Changhong, I felt that the opponent was familiar at the beginning, as if I had seen it somewhere, and before I started, the opponent ran to my ear and whispered: "Officer Xu, I am Su He of the Southern District Bureau, I didn't expect the two of us to collide, I directly admit defeat, you continue to fight." ”

No way...... Is that okay?

Before I could refuse, Su He ran to the host and said, "I abstain, this opponent's aura is too strong, and my wrist has begun to tremble." ”

Well, I won again.

The third round took 40 minutes to complete, leaving 40 players.

Then came the fourth round, which was still randomly assigned. The host got the list and started reading it, and the third one came to my name, and I was assigned to the second table, waiting for my opponent to come.

Unexpectedly, after the host read out my opponent's number and name, I waited for two minutes and no one stepped forward.

The staff next to him also pressed the timer with a confused face, because a game must not exceed fifteen minutes of the rule, so the default choice of a game to win or lose, and when the time is up, the other party has not appeared is equivalent to automatic abstention, if the period appears, the time of this game is calculated according to the remainder.

Time passed minute by minute, and when the timer showed the 14th minute and 49 seconds, a fat man hurriedly ran to the billiard table on my side, and he panted and said: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm having diarrhea in the toilet, I'm late......"

After saying this, the timer is 15 minutes.

"Unfortunately, it's time for the game." The staff reluctantly finished speaking, took the results of the game, and a pair of players waiting next to us took our clubs.

I wonder if the gods possessed me today, and I entered the fifth round without hitting a single shot! I was very excited, but in order to maintain the mystery of the master, I didn't show anything, and pretended to regret shaking my head and walked to the rest area to sit down and wait for the next round.

The fourth round is over, and there are 20 players left.

The host got the randomly assigned list, and after the announcement, I was at table nine, took the club, rubbed some lubricating powder on my hand, and waited for the opponent to be in place.

This time it's really a fluke, the opponent is a thirty-year-old strong man, according to the people watching the game behind, he has finished the ball within two strokes in every previous round, an absolute master!

Before I came, Du Xiaoworm specially told me that I must strive for a way to determine life and death, because then I still have a chance to win, if I win two out of three games, even if I win one game by luck, the other two sentences will be lost.

Therefore, I said to the sturdy man, "Let's decide life and death in one game." ”

The other party was happy to say: "Okay, let me see how strong your lucky master is, if you can score three of the same kind in the first shot, I will immediately give up and admit defeat." ”

I was about to start my first shot since the competition, and I was worried that because my opponent and I were the most important people in this initial field, so we attracted a lot of attention, and there were a bunch of people not far away, and the reason why there were more and more people watching the game was because the players were getting more and more hands, and the space was freed up, and the person in charge allowed the players after the third round to stay and watch the game with their families.

I put on a very good posture, after all, the next moment will be revealed, and if I don't cherish the feeling of being in the limelight, there will be no second time. I put my arm hard and controlled the cue stick to slam it against the cue ball!

The next moment, I closed my eyes and didn't dare to open them again, for fear of being laughed to death by the onlookers. The sound of billiards touching each other kept ringing in my ears, and at that moment, I suddenly heard everyone say:

"it!"

"Really?"

"No......"

……

My head felt like I was being beaten by a raging heat wave, and my face was hot and red, but when I listened to it, I felt that something was wrong, as if they were all praising me? I tried to open a slit in my eyes and see the ball on the pool table...... They were missing ball No. 1, ball No. 3, ball No. 5 and ball No. 6!

The sturdy man looked at the pool table until a minute had passed, and there was no reaction.

Really?

I opened my eyes wide, and yes!

I was stunned to score four goals in the opening game, and they were all the same trumpet!

I pretended to say, "Do you want to continue?" I don't like wasting time, but I also don't like the feeling of being ridiculed. ”

At this time, a good person watching the game said to the sturdy man: "Hey, are you still standing there trying to do the ball?" Quickly abandon the stick and admit defeat, before you said that the luck master can start the game with three strokes and you will give up the stick to admit defeat, and now people directly score four goals, not only by luck, but also by absolute strength! ”

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of this item being Su He, who had previously abstained.

As soon as the sturdy man was told by him, his face couldn't hold back, he threw the cue on the billiard table, turned around and left quickly.

I sat down in my chair and quietly closed my eyes and waited for round six, after all, there were only ten players left. The other nine other than me can fight to this point, which one is not a first-class master?

Suddenly, my mobile phone rang, Du Xiaoworm called, I pressed and answered and heard her say depressedly: "For the sake of the teacher's fate, I met an opponent who was stronger than the living dead, and I lost in the fifth round." Apprentice, where are you now? If you have time, come to take a taxi here to take over as a teacher, I forgot to bring money when I went out today. ”

I refused, saying, "I'm sorry, Master, I can't go." ”

"What's wrong? Did you find a clue? Du Xiaoworm was puzzled.

At this moment, Lang Lang, who held the microphone and was passionate, said: "After the random assignment, the 10 players in the sixth round are invited to enter, in the order of Xu Chen at No. 4830 and Pang Kuan at No. 4801, and the No. 1 table ......."

Du Xiaoworm was stunned and said, "What? You......? ”