ice emperor

An Yi sighed in his heart, and Johnny made three steps in parallel, following in the footsteps of Russian Ilya Ivanov to the front court.On the inside of the protective wall, Ribein Carter, the first Canadian to play, happened to complete his own game.

Applause and cheers sounded. Johnny stood at the entrance of the passage and looked at the center of the ice rink. He looked at the Chinese people who were waving in the stands on all sides for three seconds, and his eyes turned to Ilya Ivanov's back.

Watching him go to the entrance and exit of the upper and lower ice rinks, watching him nod to Ribenin who is leaving, and waiting for the ice boys who are responsible for picking up small gifts on the ice to leave, then bend down and take off the protective cover of the skates under their feet , stepped on the ice with his left foot to prepare for the final pre-match preparations.

then.

Johnny found his body, and he started it spontaneously without any preparations. He followed Ilya two steps and spoke loudly, calling out to that annoying person.

Because of his relationship, he has been in a good state but not in a good mood these two days.Thanks to his friend who knew him well, he wasn't angry, otherwise his emotions would have been worse.

"Hey! Elijah! Listen, I have something to say to you."

He opened his mouth, and the distance between the two was less than two meters. Johnny stopped Ilya Ivanov's movements, facing the probing gazes of James Joyce, Alexei Wilkin, and the ice rink staff, When the Russian turned his neck sideways to look at him, he raised his breath and aggravated his own voice.

"Thank you very much for what you said to me after returning to the hotel that day. Whether you mean it well or maliciously, I have to admit that you are right. I did lose myself during this time. But please remember! I will never be like Like you say, hate, regret, don't understand what you are giving now after many years. I am not like you, the person I like will never become the hateful guy in your mouth, we will show you Yes, I swear!"

"...Really? Maybe. Anyway, I'll remember Mr. Wasenberg what you said today. Sincerely, I hope I'm wrong."

The four eyes met, Ilya Ivanov's dark green eyes and Johnny's blue eyes collided and took a deep look at each other, leaving a sentence on the right heel and left foot that only the two of them could understand, and stood on the white ice. noodle.

After 1 minute and 2 minutes, Johnny retreated to Joyce again, leaning against the load-bearing wall of the east stand with his hands clenched and his expression serious.In the past, the simple and dignified face that can be fully summed up by "silly, white and sweet" looked at Joyce, who had been observing his competitive state beside him, feeling both happy and sad.

Although, he didn't know what happened between Johnny and Ilya Ivanov.But it is certain that his eldest disciple will be 'reborn' because of this incident.

In the past, because of his personality, no matter how serious Johnny was, he still had a lively and outgoing personality.This time is different, he is really serious and devoted, trying his best to show and prove something through his performance.

'Ribenin Carter from Canada, scored after the free skate. '

‘技术分：98．13。节目内容分：94．92。自由滑总分：193．０5。rank：1。’

Hush huh huh.

After a short wait, the score appeared, and the real-time big screen of the competition ended with Ribenin's reaction of seeing his score in the free skating with a wry smile and shaking his head.

It is similar to the idea of ​​the German athlete Leo Bodman, who saw himself 'breaking a hundred high scores' in the short program and did not have any happy emotions.His 193 points in the free skating program may not be bad in the eyes of outsiders, but in his own opinion, it doesn't make any sense.

He determined that no matter who is in the future competitions, as long as the total score of the short program and free skating does not exceed [-] points, they are doomed to miss the medal, and they are doomed to lose to Russia, who is known as the top three figure skating men's singles bosses by ice fans all over the world. Ilya Ivanov, the national star Johnny Wassenberg, and the figure skating god who seems to never fail, has been competing with himself, the Chinese Louis Watts!

'The next player to play is Ilya Ivanov.From, Russia—'

'Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! ! ! '

'Ilya!Elijah! ! '

'...'

With the total score of Libenin Carter Grand Prix, who was the first to appear in the competition, the total score of the Grand Prix was freshly released, the voice of the venue announcer was interrupted, and the free skating competition continued. After shaking hands, they turned around and skated to the center of the ice rink to stop.

next second.

He raised his arms and crossed his shoulders, his body was straight, his left foot was raised slightly on his right foot, and he stood in a T-step. His platinum-blond hair hung by his ears, his head drooped and his head was lowered, and he stared coldly at the north referee's bench. His aggressive eyes passed through The big screen in the arena fell into the eyes of those who watched his performance inside and outside the arena, which made the ordinary audience cheer and shout, and made the figure skaters and coaches feel heartbroken.

Countless people had a hunch that this time, Ilya Ivanov would be very different.At this moment, his competitive state is even worse than that of the short program competition.

Movement difficulty is not dominant?

maybe.

But who would know if there was no skating in the final show?

Anyone who is familiar with him knows that his pride makes him unable to tolerate being behind for a long time.So this time, he will definitely make some amazing changes.

"Ilya Ivanov is ready, his game is about to begin."

"After the short program, he temporarily ranked second with 108 points. What kind of miracle will he create in free skating? The skating music comes from Chopin's "balladeno.1ingminorop.23". Let us appreciate his performance together." Performance."

Make a start skating posture, the grand prix finals will be broadcast live and broadcast all over the world, the music will sound in the comments of the TV host of the men's singles old and new legendary showdown, and the Russians who feel very different on the ice rink move.

Deng!

There was a strong sound, and the keys were struck.

In the piano prelude that climbed in steps, increased in intensity and gradually decreased in intensity and faded away, for five seconds, ten seconds, until it disappeared, Ilya Ivanov remained motionless, simply crossed his left and right hands that were clasping their shoulders, and clenched ten fingers tightly.

At No. 11 seconds, the lyrical Adagio is like a flowing mountain spring, making people feel relieved and forget the heaviness and urgency of the opening chapter.He let go of his hands, raised his head, and the look in his eyes was a little trance-like, sinking into the memories of the past.

what is it then?

It should be very beautiful, after all, he is smiling.

So he was driven, awakened, back to the high-spirited time, kicking the ice to accelerate and shine the audience.Stepping on the soothing and gentle melody under the feet, the left foot floats on the right foot and draws a "3" on the outer edge of the right foot, and the front outer edge of the left foot falls on the ice to support the body. Turn to the left rear outside and at the same time bend your knees, extend your arms and cross your legs. The rear outer edge of the right foot of the floating foot falls on the ice, and the rear outer edges of the two feet cooperate with each other to rise up.

The two arms were hugged in front of the chest and spun rapidly, the first circle, the second circle, the third circle, the fourth circle, and fell.The outer edge of the right foot slides out in a large arc, the right arm is raised upwards, and the left arm follows the stretched left leg from top to bottom.Obviously there is no actual change in difficulty, but the simple arm movements interact with each other, making the whole jump look elegant and agile, and it is extremely easy.

"Wow, back outer loop quadruple?! Awesome rear outer loop quadruple."

"God, did you see Eugenia, Elijah scored 15 points with this one action. I can't imagine how much the scoring referee loves him, maybe he has surpassed Louis Watts?"

In the frontcourt and backcourt, as the Russian made the first technical move and jumped around the outer knot ring, the whole world paid attention to his performance. People secretly said in their hearts that "it is true, the premonition just now has officially come true", not long ago in the preparation area The women's singles players who just finished the game were also discussing in low voices.

They were not surprised by Ilya Ivanov's change, but envied the quality of his technical movements.

A single jump can score 12+3. Looking at the figure skating circle, except for Louis Watts who is at the dominant level, everyone will be very envious, even if they are the women's singles whose jump is the most difficult for three and a half weeks.

"Tsk! Not bad."

In women's singles and men's singles, when the female players who had nothing to do were admiring the performance of the Russian, An Zexian, who was also watching the performance of An Yi's opponent through the real-time screen in the men's singles preparation area where the Chinese national team was located, clicked his tongue and followed Colleagues communicate.

"Old He, if I remember correctly, this Russian veteran has also mastered the two movements of the outer circle and the rear inner circle including the newly added rear outer ring quadruple jump this time? It's hard to fight like this at an age. I don't know what he's planning."

"Hahaha, Lao An, Lao An, you are a narrow-minded man, obviously you don't have a back pain when you stand and talk. You know that we, Xiao An, are not afraid of this because we have walked farther than that on the difficulty level. Seeing the Germans in the west and Does the American face look good? That’s a bad thing. The unwillingness in the eyes is an exaggeration, but it really has substance.”

Laughing cheerfully, covering the corners of his mouth with the back of his hands and lowering his voice, the members of the national team represented by An Yi's father, An Zexian, did not feel worried because of the Russian's brilliant performance.

The same was true for An Yi who was sitting on the chair against the wall. Although he was amazed by Ilya Ivanov's 4loop just now, he felt the same after the movement.He didn't take the fact that he scored [-] points in a single jump to heart like other athletes nearby.

The reason is simple.

He, he is no longer what he used to be, and he has been cultivated with absolute self-confidence by his absolute strength.

Not to mention that the Russian just completed a quadruple jump with a rear outer knot, even if the difficulty is increased by two levels, he is not afraid of switching to a quadruple jump with a hook.

Since he stepped into the professional circle of figure skating for so many years, he has been making steady progress step by step until now, and he has never been afraid of anyone in terms of difficulty of movements.

So if this old legend, the difficulty of today's free skate stops here.Sorry, he believed that this time, he would still easily defeat him.

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