"Zong Lin" chronic death

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这一由美国队创下的男子4X100m自由泳接力世界纪录，傲视群雄十余年后，终于被3分07秒92的新计时挑下了马。

There is no doubt that the Japanese team became the champion, but this was not the thing that shocked the audience the most.What they paid the most attention to was him—the omega who hung shoulders and backs with his teammates after landing, talking and laughing, with tears of joy in his eyes.Some audience members were very surprised, some audience members couldn't believe it, and another audience member was staring intently with gentle and proud eyes.

I won, Rin.

Sousuke Yamazaki could see it clearly. In fact, the victory this time was not much different from the countless victories in the past.But its significance is indeed beyond the past: this hard-won victory was won by Rin Matsuoka, an omega who had escaped for more than two days, at the last moment.

After participating in the award ceremony, Rin Matsuoka appeared in front of the media again, at the evening press conference.

In fact, in the original plan, this press conference was not arranged, but now, since the protagonist of the event has returned, and he is still in the limelight in the afternoon game, it is time to clarify some things.

"coming!"

In the conference room, someone yelled in a low voice like this, and everyone fell silent in an instant.Whether it is the human eye or the lens, the focus is all on one person.

After all the accompanying people sat down, Rin Matsuoka lowered his head, bent down, and bowed deeply.

"I lied to everyone and disappeared for almost three days. I'm sorry. But—"

Soon Matsuoka Rin raised his head again and stood up straight, without any hesitation between his brows.

"I want to state for the record that while I admit that I made a mistake, at the same time, I don't think I did anything wrong."

There was a sound of "click", "click", and short white lights flashed one after another.

"If it weren't for the system currently implemented by FINA, which is a very problematic system, I would never be willing to lie. Bringing together high-level athletes from all over the world to compete and exchange professional skills has contributed to this The development and inheritance of a sport, isn’t that the spirit of professional sports? If so, why go against the spirit of professional sports and reject omega?”

In a short time, except for the "click" sound from the flashlight, the audience was silent.Those who came to the meeting thought that Rin Matsuoka, who was plagued by negative news, would ask for forgiveness with a low profile, but he never thought that he would show a strong and resolute attitude as soon as he came.

After a while, there was finally one person - Ferry Adams, one of the five vice-chairmen of the FINA executive board, raised the microphone in his hand.

"Hello, Matsuoka, first of all, I am very pleased that you are able to take the initiative to stand here and assume the responsibilities you should bear. I also admit that you are an excellent swimmer. However, your criticism of our FINA system .Sorry I can’t agree. The reason why we reject omega is not because of discrimination against omega, but because of some other reasons. I don’t know if you have checked beforehand?”

"It's because of Canals Hewitt, an early omega swimmer. I know about him. Coach Ishikawa told me about it after I came back."

Compared with the crowd in the audience who had to think for a few seconds before they could speak, Matsuoka Rin's answer was crisp and decisive.

"I sympathize with what happened to Canals. Such a great talent was finally buried with the lost life because of the damage to the body caused by the abuse of inhibitors and the hasty combination with alpha. But, if only Just because of one person's tragedy cut off the path of all subsequent omegas, it is too much thinking about the "lessons learned from the past", I will not be convinced."

Matsuoka Rin's gaze turned to Yamazaki Sousuke.

——I want to officially disclose the matter between the two of us, Sousuke.

——Well, anyway, if you don't expose it to the sun, it will get moldy.

This tacit eye contact was a great encouragement to Rin Matsuoka, who only looked at his expression calmly at this time, but in fact, the hand holding the microphone was already dripping with sweat.That person's confident gaze will not generate heat, but will only cool the hot corners of his heart.

"At that time, Canals would muddle-headedly accept the mark of an unfamiliar alpha because he wanted to stabilize the estrus too much, wanted to get rid of the inhibitor too much, and wanted to escape the hospital too much. The alpha who has no emotional basis is playing around. But the alpha I met, that is, the team doctor Yamazaki Sosuke you know, he will definitely not be such a vile person. To be honest, I don’t I hope that I can hide everything forever, and sooner or later everyone will know that I am an omega. I have always understood. If there is no Zongsuke, I will bear all this alone today. If that is the case, I think I must have Already broken. This person has given me too much tolerance and support. I want to thank him for countless things, but there is only one thing that makes me extremely grateful after meeting him, and that is... falling in love with him. I have an alpha who loves me the most in this world, which is why I have the confidence to continue fighting in the international swimming world even though I am an omega.”

"cold……"

The phrase "falling in love with him" was the culprit that caused Yamazaki Sousuke to freeze in place immediately.

This seems to be the first time he heard that word from Matsuoka Rin.

Involuntarily, Yamazaki Sousuke smiled.Of course he understands and believes in Rin Matsuoka's mind, but hearing the emotions expressed in words is really a different feeling.

The next person to raise the microphone was a reporter.

"It seems that Matsuoka and Yamazaki have a very harmonious relationship. I really congratulate you two. But, Matsuoka, you have found a good alpha, but other omega may not be able to find a good home like you."

"Yes, and the person that omega likes is not [-]% alpha. It's perfectly normal to like beta or even omega of the same kind."

"Ah, yes..."

I picked loopholes in my own words, and Matsuoka Rin's move was something the reporter never expected.

This is the so-called "head start" strategy.

The reporter's reaction made Matsuoka Rin very satisfied, but at the same time, Matsuoka Rin also realized that what he needed to answer next was the most difficult question to answer.

Is it finally here?

Gritting his teeth, Matsuoka Rin forced himself to inject willpower.

"As you said, I can't influence other people's lives. I can't guess who the omega will meet other than me. The worst situation is to meet that kind of bad character, but even if I meet It’s a person with a good personality, so what? If you can’t be tempted by the other party, and only rely on your physical needs to be together, that’s too boring. It can be seen that if omega athletes want to stabilize their estrus, they must find a suitable alpha It’s not the best solution to the problem, it’s more practical to take inhibitors.”

Discussions began to appear in the audience, and some people frowned in confusion.After talking about the relationship issue for a long time, now they vetoed it again and went back to the inhibitor. They really couldn't understand Rin Matsuoka's thinking.

"What the hell is he trying to say?"

Ishikawa Kyotaro was also confused by the words of his favorite student. He was very aggressive at the beginning, so why should he take the trouble on himself now?

"Don't worry, Coach Ishikawa, Rin will definitely live up to your expectations."

Yamazaki Zongsuke whispered that he had full confidence in Matsuoka Rin.

"Then, I would like to ask Mr. Ferry a question. After the unfortunate incident that year, apart from revising the rules to prohibit omega from participating in professional swimming, has FINA made any other efforts?"

"What's the meaning?"

"As I said just now, when we can't interfere with a person's inner emotions, if we want to remove some obstacles for him, we can only use physical methods instead of psychological methods. For omega athletes, this kind of The physical method is to take inhibitors. At that time, FINA had just been established, and it was the first time that such a thing happened. I couldn’t find a better way to deal with it for a while, so I had to modify the regulations. I can understand these behaviors. But that After that? The next few decades are enough for FINA to buffer the impact of the Canals incident, and enough for people in the medical field to make some achievements on how to reduce the side effects of inhibitors. It is enough You announced to the world that Omega has not been abandoned. You are temporarily silent in order to reopen the door of professional swimming to Omega one day... Such a long time is enough for FINA and people from all walks of life to do it A lot of hard work, but unfortunately, these decades have been wasted. From the moment the rules were revised, you have already determined in your heart that omega is not allowed to become a professional swimmer, so you will not What's the difference between "wasting energy" and "exploring other possibilities" and giving up omega?"

All of a sudden, those low, dissatisfied voices died down.

Perhaps it was the poke in the most empty part of my heart, and all the proudly raised heads in the audience lowered by two or three centimeters at this moment.

For journalists, as Matsuoka Rin said, as a powerful force to guide public opinion, they could have interviewed those omegas who wanted to become professional swimmers in depth, and they could use their own pens to present and analyze , so that everyone, including the interviewees, realize that the mental journey of omega athletes is paid attention to.But they didn’t. Journalists back then were content with the status quo, and generations of journalists after that were just as content with the status quo.Reporters should have broad vision and flexible minds, but they have already been indoctrinated with rigid and rigid thinking without knowing it.

"...Matsuoka."

As for Ferry, after a long time of contemplation, he opened his mouth with a sigh-like tone.

And Matsuoka Rin is not a person who doesn't understand the principle of accepting as soon as he sees it. When he heard Farui's sigh, he stopped asking.

"Sorry, Mr. Ferry, I shouldn't ask you this question. After all, you were not inside FINA at the time, so naturally you couldn't get in touch with what happened at that time."

"No no." Ferry waved his hand, "I really don't understand the early things, but I can look up those things. I think what you said, maybe there is nothing wrong, we really haven't done it... extra effort."

There was another click of flashing lights, and the reporters turned their cameras to the vice chairman who came to Barcelona from the headquarters to handle Matsuoka Rin's affairs on behalf of FINA.His resignation, to some extent, means FINA's resignation.

"For many years, FINA has been practicing the ban on not allowing omega to participate in all events hosted by FINA in the name of protecting omega. We are probably used to playing this kind of righteous role, so our ears are blocked Block it firmly. At least I have never heard it. It turns out that within our "protection zone", there are still such voices. But the voice you are sending to us now is no longer within the scope of my right to deal with it. I think it is still necessary to contact the chairman now."

Therefore, under Ferry's operation, the scene of the press conference began to send a contact signal to Leohart Smith, the chairman of the executive board who is headquartered in Switzerland.

The waiting time was both long and short for Rin Matsuoka.He couldn't wait to know the attitude of FINA's top management, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Leohart's attitude would be the last one he wanted to see.

"Hello there."

"Ah... hello."

Leohart at the other end of the video looked smiling, not as serious as Rin Matsuoka imagined.

"You're Matsuoka, right? I've been watching the live broadcast just now, and I heard what you said."

"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to blame FINA, I just—"

At this time, Matsuoka Rin regretted his slightly aggressive attitude just now, and he didn't want to anger FINA's top management at all.

"It's okay, you don't need to apologize. On the contrary, from your words, I actually heard a lot. I am in the high position of the chairman of the FINA executive board, but I have never thought about it seriously."

The voice was a bit noisy because of the radio waves, and Matsuoka Rin's mood was shaking like this.

"I can't fully and thoroughly understand what the previous executive board and various committees did, but after hearing what you said, I seriously reflected on what I have done now. In addition to continuing to implement the rules formulated by the predecessors, we have not made any other efforts. However, we are at the core, and we want to promote people in the medical field to study how to improve inhibitors, or to find a Alternatives that are superior to inhibitors and attract enough attention from the press must first gain momentum from us.”

"You mean, from now on, FINA will..."

--coming!

This is so good that the premonition that it is about to explode in the chest cavity spreads outward in groups.

"Your wish is to let us revoke the ban on omega. Sorry, I can't revoke this 'ban' at the moment, I can only turn it into a 'restriction order', and then do my best to mobilize all sectors of society , to help Omega who intends to become professional swimmers. I hope you can give us some more time, this time, we will definitely not waste time like the previous decades.”

"No, of course it's fine!"

Such a promise has already made Matsuoka Rin unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.

Although the result was not perfect, Leohart's concession was enough to make him happy.It's not the best, but it's not the worst either. On a matter with little hope, this is a perfect ending.

"Then what is the child going to do?"

Ishikawa Kyotaro couldn't help but grabbed the microphone, he was very anxious to know Leohart's decision on Matsuoka Rin.

"Matsuoka, just let him stay. Anyone who breaks the world record should be a professional player, right? Everything this amazing omega has done is completely worthy of a higher form of coronation for him."

— Just let him stay.

—a higher form of coronation.

- a higher form of...

Because of Leohart's words, Matsuoka Rin suddenly fell silent, as if time stood still around him.

He knew that those words were the supreme compliments to the athletes, but he didn't care whether they were praised or not, the most important thing to him was——

was admitted.

He finally, justifiably, won the recognition of FINA, which he had dreamed of for many years.

"Very good……"

"Matsuoka, you have been recognized! You have been recognized by the world!"

Exclamations, cheers, and all kinds of waves representing joy rushed to Rin Matsuoka, who was still immersed in the huge shock and had not recovered.His thinking was slowly rejuvenating, but his tear glands were extremely flexible from beginning to end. Driven by the vibrating auditory nerve, the humidity in his eye sockets also began to increase sharply.It was when the humidity reached the upper limit, he watched Yamazaki Sousuke stood up, stretched out his hand, and took him into his arms.

"Great, Rin...the day has finally come, the day you are recognized..."

Who the hell got approved, you idiot.

Although there was a little dislike for the reaction of the person holding him who was more excited than himself, Matsuoka Rin still spread his arms and hugged him back vigorously.

"Well, it's like a dream..."

Looking back now, everything he has experienced so far is like one dream after another.For the first time, he clumsily imitated the coach's posture and jumped into the water. The water rushed from all directions, and gently embraced the short and immature him, as gentle as the part where his father existed in a dream.When he differentiated into an omega, the nightmare was like a deadly drug, blocking the blood vessels on his heart, making him almost suffocate in pain several times.

But today, he had another "dream": he used his ears to really hear a sentence from the person who holds the highest authority in international swimming, stay here.The thing he longed for countless times in his dream is finally no longer an extravagant wish.

It is no longer Alpha Matsuoka Rin, but Omega Matsuoka Rin, just like that, being recognized with her true appearance, opened a crack in the door that had been closed for decades, no need to hide it anymore, no need to hide it anymore After painstakingly camouflaging, from today onwards, he can swim freely and carefree.

The most critical problem is successfully solved, and everything behind becomes extremely easy.

As a person who supported Matsuoka to this point, Yamazaki must be very grateful to Matsuoka.I don’t know what kind of practical actions Matsuoka will use to repay Yamazaki who has always encouraged you?

A reporter asked this question.

Well this...

Matsuoka Rin pondered for two seconds, then suddenly showed a sly smile, pulled Yamazaki Sousuke's shoulders and moved closer.

The scene was immediately overwhelmed by the sound of taking pictures.

You're a little silly, Rin.

Yamazaki Sousuke frowned slightly, although it felt good to be kissed by his lover.

What the fuck, now that we're not having an underground affair, we're an aboveboard couple.

Tsk, since Rin said so...

The cameras and video machines of the reporters had just rested for a while, and then they were busy again without stopping.

Following Rin Matsuoka's initiative to offer a kiss, Sosuke Yamazaki returned the gift not to be outdone.It's just that compared to just now, the reporters were a little disappointed this time, because from the beginning to the end, Yamazaki Sousuke kept his back to the audience.Not only that, but he also blocked Rin Matsuoka's face by the way, which naturally prevented the reporters from taking the most critical and explosive pictures.

Later, according to those team members who were stimulated by the unscrupulous love between me and me in the national team, after that press conference, Matsuoka Rin seemed a little angry because of Yamazaki Sosuke's actions.

Yo, you didn't dare to be photographed by the camera, so you turned your back on it?You are really unexpectedly shy, Sousuke.

Yes, I'm just shy, but I still remember clearly, when someone's face was so red--

Shut up for me! ! !