"Zong Lin" chronic death

Eyes open, close, open, and a new day replaces the old one.

Today is the fourth match day of the World Championships.

"It's the last 50m! Who will have the last laugh in this race? Bradley or Dennis? Ah, Dennis has already passed the world record line..."

"Is it really interesting to look at it this way?"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, with one hand propped on the bed, Yamazaki Sousuke frowned.

Yesterday afternoon, he returned to the hotel with Matsuoka Rin and had a conversation with Ishikawa Kyotaro. After that, Matsuoka Rin became absent-minded.Due to the inconvenience of showing his face in public, Matsuoka Rin simply watched the live broadcast of the game on the TV in the room during the day.

"It's not interesting."

The person lying on the bed, propping his face with his hands, and staring at the TV replied.

No matter how clearly they see it, the audience is always just an audience, and they will never experience the fun of going into battle in person.

"It would be interesting if I went to the arena myself."

Just looking at it from the side, one can feel the gluttonous eyes of this person. They flew across the TV screen to the pool, not to mention what kind of scene they will see when they meet each other.

"That's right, but you can't get in there without a pass. No matter which one you show, my competition pass or your work pass, it will only cause trouble."

"In other words, you don't need a certificate."

Sousuke Yamazaki suddenly leaned over and approached Rin Matsuoka's face.

"How about buying tickets and going in?"

"Buy tickets? That's not worth it, it's expensive and you can only watch one event."

"You don't have to worry about that."

Yamazaki Sosuke sat up again.

"I beg you."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the swimming pool.

After checking the two tickets, the ticket inspector at the gate let in two people wearing hats and sunglasses with their heads lowered intentionally or unintentionally.

"Really, say 'I invite you', how could I let you invite me."

The reality is that although Rin Matsuoka was persuaded by Sosuke Yamazaki, he still insisted on buying tickets with his own money.

"Rin always refuses to let me treat you, which will make me feel very unreal in love."

Yamazaki Sosuke couldn't help joking aside.

"Emotions piled up with money are the real nothingness——"

The eyeballs took in an open scene, and Rin Matsuoka forgot to even breathe for a moment.

He and Yamazaki Sousuke have officially entered the interior of the swimming pool. Surrounded by auditoriums all around, it is a standard swimming pool with a length of 50m, two empty lanes and eight swimming lanes.

This is also where he has been estranged for more than two days.

At some point, a hand took his hand, which was about to be clenched into a fist, into his palm.

"If you don't hurry up and sit down, the game will start."

The direction Yamazaki Sosuke was looking at changed.The eyes are not real light, what's more, Matsuoka Rin is still wearing sunglasses, in his opinion, everything is dyed a light brown, but he really feels that there is something similar to passing through the middle of the afternoon. The color of sunlight cast by the full teacup on the pages of the open book condensed in the depths of his eyes.

So, Rin Matsuoka held that hand back with the same firm strength.

"Well, let's hurry up then."

They bought tickets for the men's 200m butterfly final.

If everything was normal, he wouldn't just be sitting here now, looking at the blue water that was about to rise in waves.

Rin Matsuoka lowered his head slightly, and took off the sunglasses from the bridge of his nose without saying a word.The lights in the arena shone under his eyelids, and the bright stimulation made the blood vessels swell a little.

The game is about to begin.The eight people who are eager to exercise their muscles and bones on the shore are the eight athletes who will compete in the final competition of the men's 200m butterfly in the swimming pool later.There are subtle differences in their states, some are relaxed, while others have tense facial nerves.No one will be the first to admit defeat, and no one is sure of winning.

——Even these alphas can't guarantee victory [-]%, so what's the use of me getting a foot in between them?

Watching the eight contestants doing the final warm-up exercises for the final, Matsuoka Rin only felt that his chest was congested.It was as if his legs were entangled by water plants, and those water plants that grew wildly like a monster dragged him down, and the light gradually became dim... Then, who was carrying the oxygen tank, swam to the place where he fell with all his strength? direction.

"There was a spot there that belonged to me, and now it's taken by a guy who came out of nowhere, so I don't want to focus on watching this kind of substandard game."

The person who split the water plants deliberately said in a disdainful tone, and then returned to normal.

"Is that what you were thinking just now, Rin?"

"……what?"

Rin Matsuoka was upset, really upset.

"What do you mean? How could I think that?"

"But you were obviously distracted just now."

"Well……"

This sentence made Matsuoka Rin suddenly lose the strength to refute.

He was indeed distracted just now, and the god was so distracted that he almost drowned.Members of the National Swimming Team actually fantasize about being drowned in their minds. Telling it out may make people laugh out loud. No, maybe there is no need to say it out. He is already laughing at himself, because an excellent swimmer The word "drowning" will never be included in an athlete's dictionary. He should be swimming freely in the water, but he is always looking forward to the land at the end.

But now, being forced to stay on land, he just longed to be able to go down to the water again.

"Take your mark——"

Above the swimming pool, all the noisy sounds seemed to dissipate because of this command, which was like putting an arrow on an open bow.Obviously he wanted to watch the game on the spot, so he bought a ticket to enter the swimming pool, but when the game was really about to start, Rin Matsuoka closed his eyes instead.He wasn't imagining how hopeless darkness would engulf him, on the contrary, the unique clean smell of water was already wafting in front of the tip of his nose.

What kind of stones are those who are hanging on his way now and refuse to roll into the grass by the side of the road?He can believe that at least Ishikawa Kyotaro has no intention of sweeping him out. The real embarrassment is FINA.In fact, no one in FINA is hostile to Omega, they just don't want the tragedy of Canals to happen again.What he had to do was to stand openly in front of FINA's relevant personnel and prove to them that he would not become the second Canals, and future omega athletes would not become copied versions of Canals.And to prove these two propositions, especially the latter, the only way he can think of is—

There is no way.

There were cheers in my ears, and it seemed that the championship of the men's 200m butterfly had been settled.Rin Matsuoka took a deep breath and opened his eyes, but he didn't look at the gold medal that was very likely to belong to him for the sake of nostalgia.

"Sousuke, I want to go over there."

Sousuke Yamazaki looked in the direction of Rin Matsuoka's finger.

"I go with you."

Regardless of the surprised eyes of some audience members, Rin Matsuoka, accompanied by Sosuke Yamazaki, walked around half of the venue and walked to a certain area opposite.

This is exactly where the members of the Japanese team are.

"Wow! It's really Yamazaki and Matsuoka!"

After seeing the two eccentric people walking towards the Japanese team take off their hats and reveal their faces completely, the team members couldn't help but let out surprise sounds.They knew about the return of these two people yesterday, but the competition task was heavy, and Ishikawa Kyotaro had special arrangements, so they didn't meet up in time.

"You guys are finally here."

Ishikawa Kyotaro looked at Sousuke Yamazaki and Rin Matsuoka with relief. These two tall and straight figures no longer hesitated as before.

"Then I'm going to think you've already figured it out, Matsuoka."

"Well." Matsuoka Rin nodded seriously, "As you said yesterday, coach, if you want to fight for the right of Omega to become a professional athlete under the management of FINA, you will face many difficulties that are not unreasonable. Only by resolving these It is possible to succeed only by making things difficult. Making things difficult is ever-changing, it is difficult to make a draft of how to deal with them in advance, and even if you make a draft in advance, so what? Predict your answer, and use the prediction to find out the questions that make it harder for you to answer. So, the best way I can think of to deal with it is-do not prepare anything, go to those people, and then adapt to the situation."

Matsuoka Rin's words made Ishikawa Kyotaro completely stunned. It was after a long time that he came back to his senses and looked at this man who had become smarter and more responsible than before his real gender was revealed. young people.

"Matsuoka, you're really, really, an outstanding kid. Now that you've figured out how to deal with it, you should hurry up—get ready for the game."

"What did you say? Ready to compete? But I haven't..."

Rin Matsuoka didn't understand what Ishikawa Kyotaro meant, but he vaguely felt something. This vague guess made his heart beat wildly.

"What's going on? 'Banned'? I don't remember telling you about FINA's decision to deal with you. Without contact with you, they dare not hold a meeting to discuss how to deal with you."

"In other words..."

Now, I have not been suspended or expelled, and I am still a legitimate member of the Japanese National Swimming Team, and I can still continue to participate in the World Championships?

"Cough cough." Ishikawa Kyotaro clenched his fist in front of his mouth and cleared his throat a few times, "But Matsuoka, the project you are about to participate in and your identity in it are very special."

As he spoke, he took out a blank sheet of paper.

It was the list of players for the men's 4X100m freestyle relay final. The name of the player who was in charge of swimming the last leg was marked with a small cross, while the other name—Rin Matsuoka was included in the competition as a substitute player. staff.

"Coach Ishikawa, this is from yesterday—"

Sousuke Yamazaki remembered this piece of white paper. Yesterday he saw it fall out of Ishikawa Kyotaro's pocket, and then Ishikawa Kyotaro snatched it back with lightning speed.At that time, Sousuke Yamazaki wondered why Ishikawa Kyotaro didn't want him to see that piece of paper. He didn't expect that this blank piece of paper was actually the team list for the freestyle relay.

"Haha, that's right."

Ishikawa Kyotaro began to explain with a smile.

"Originally Yamamoto was in charge of the last leg of the freestyle relay, but in yesterday's semi-finals, Yamamoto was injured and cannot participate in the competition today. You also know that the relay team will have a few substitutes under the list of official players , Of course, setting up substitutes is generally meaningless, because the players seldom have problems, and the substitutes are useless. Now that some players have problems, they have to consider substitutes. I immediately thought of you , To be honest, Matsuoka, it is very risky for me to use you. Although FINA has not done anything to you now, you are fully qualified to participate in the competition, but when the competition is about to start, how will other people react? After the competition is over , whether our ranking will be recognized or not, I can’t predict these things. If FINA insists on punishing us, or canceling the ranking, I have nothing to say. It’s just Matsuoka, if you play in the next game You have to impress them, and I think it will be of great benefit to you in dealing with their difficulties."

"Thank you coach, but, but I—" Rin Matsuoka clenched his fists with excitement, "I rarely swim freestyle relay, even if I am responsible for the freestyle part of the relay, I mostly swim medley relay. Now Would it be too hasty for me to swim the freestyle relay?"

"What's the matter? I'm not asking you to swim backstroke or breaststroke. Freestyle is one of your specialty strokes. Whether it's a personal event, medley relay, or even this freestyle relay, you shouldn't be Are you fully prepared at all times?"

"This……"

Never before has the heartbeat before the match been more violent than this time.The freestyle relay is almost a brand-new event for Matsuoka Rin, not to mention that he has not been swimming in the water for the past few days, but there is a voice deep in his heart that says unswervingly, swim, go swim, If you want to swim——

"Just go for a swim."

"Sousuke..."

Turning his head, the moment his eyes met, Matsuoka Rin felt that his last hesitation was also broken up by this person's words.There was a certain voice gushing out from the depths of his throat, which was undoubtedly his most primitive desire to devote himself to the game.

"Okay! Please allow me to participate in the freestyle relay, Coach Ishikawa!"

25:[-] p.m.

There are still 10 minutes - at 35:4, the players participating in the men's 100X[-]m freestyle relay in this World Championships will start a battle to determine the winner.

Suddenly, people began to discuss, "That person seems to be the omega whose real gender was exposed by the media a few days ago", "He has come back", "It's all at this time, will the head coach of the Japanese team still choose him?"

However, the protagonist who was being discussed by everyone didn't say anything, he just smiled lightly, with a humble and friendly attitude, even the referee who was hesitant to stop the game couldn't make up his mind.

The command was officially issued, and the swimmer who swam the first swim jumped into the water with extremely fast reaction speed, followed by the second and third swims.When it came time to hand over the third and last poles, the Japanese team ranked third, nearly half a body behind the first American team.

And the last player of the Japanese team used practical actions to perform a big reversal that was amazed by countless sportsmen afterwards.

——3 minutes 07 seconds 92!

At the last moment when they were about to hit the wall, the players of the Japanese team did not grit their teeth and put in their last effort.

His arms outstretched like a flashing fin, slapping the water lightly and gracefully, and then, as if broadcast in slow motion, pulled him across the world record line.