Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

"Friends from the audience! This is the final scene of the men's free skating at the Winter World Youth Championships! After yesterday's fierce competition in the short program, the champion and runner-up of the figure skating men's singles event will be announced after today's free skating. Let's go first From the perspective of the situation, if there is no accident, the championship is likely to be won by Qing Yue, a 16-year-old player from Xishu who participated in the World Youth Championship for the first time.

but!After the short program, Kyle, who was temporarily ranked second in the total score, decided to do quadruple jumps in today's free skating!If he really succeeds, then according to the degree of difficulty of programming in his program, he may be able to catch up with Qing Yue and prevent him from winning the gold medal! "

While the commentator was speaking, the game had already begun.As time went by, the players whose appearance order was determined by the lottery showed everything they knew to the referees and the audience in this ice rink.However, it is a competition for the youth group. Their strength is far inferior to the players participating in the World Championships, and the excitement of the games they can present is not at all as good as what can be seen in the World Championships.

But... I don't know if it's a coincidence or something, Qingyue and Kyle, who ranked second after the short program, became the last and penultimate contestants after the draw respectively.This made the suspense of the whole game and the expectations of the spectators all focus on the final part.

"Frell? Just came? Aren't you afraid of wasting the tickets you finally got? I heard from the team leader that it's surprisingly difficult to get tickets for this match."

Charman, who is also a member of the Platinum representative team with Frere, but a contestant in the ice dance event, and his partner, Eva, came to this venue early in the morning, but saw Ferrell who called yesterday to say that he would come. Rael came late as if he hadn't woken up until now, and he couldn't help joking.

Freire waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "No waste, no waste, I just want to see if the guy from the last four weeks fell or not."

After saying hello to Charmaine, their partner Eva, who was also a member of the Plandon representative team, Freire looked at the players who were performing on the ice rink.With just one glance, the other party's lame dance moves and messy use of the blade almost blinded his eyes, so he swayed his body tremblingly while holding his forehead.

"Hey, hey! Don't make such an expression! This is men's singles! If you want to see good choreography, you should go to our ice dance to see it."

Charman's energetic voice sounded as usual, and Freire continued to ask as if he didn't hear it at all: "Which one is the first one to appear?"

"Tenth, there are three more players who are rumored to be doing the quadruple jump."

"Ah, in that case, I would have come a little earlier." Hearing Eva's answer, Freire yawned and said unconsciously, only to be treated by the madman grabbing his collar and shaking him violently.

Here, Freire arrived at the auditorium of the venue belatedly, just passed him by, decided to go out to warm up before going on stage, and took this opportunity to calm his mind, Qing Yue finally ran back to the waiting room.Qing Yue, who still had about half an hour to prepare, changed into his costume and came to the passage specially prepared for the players who did not play.

When he came to that place after doing all this, there were hardly any people here.Before him... Kyle, who said that he would use quadruple jumps in this game in exchange for a chance to win the championship, has already arrived at the entrance of the ice rink with his coach.

Even at such a distance, Qingyue seemed to be able to easily feel the other party's tension.Kyle's body was stiff, and it seemed that even the hand holding the kettle was shaking.When his name was called on the arena, he seemed to freeze, but after he paused, he struggled to give his coach a stiff smile, and then slid into the center of the arena.

Is he... regretting his reckless decision?Qing Yue didn't know.But at this moment, he felt Naxiu standing behind him pat him on the shoulder, as if encouraging.So he turned his head, nodded slowly to Na Xiu, and then continued to return his gaze to the center of the field, watching quietly.

The player named Kyle seemed to have a good psychological quality, at least... Qing Yue could hardly feel the nervousness he showed just now in his opening action.

Kyle used a neat 3F-2L as the opening jump, and won applause from the audience, followed by smooth footwork and good dance transitions, which made the commentators from all over the world admire him.And then... it seemed like the nerve-wracking part was about to come, seeing him pull off a great, back-to-the-flank track, and the length of his slide and the speed he was trying to achieve... It also shows that this is by no means a simple triple jump.

But under the breathless gaze of everyone, Kyle hesitated.

To jump, or not to jump?At this critical moment, he seemed to back down.He wanted a gold medal, a gold medal and not just a silver medal, but he was well aware that the quadruple failure would likely dislodge him from the podium.So he hesitated... At this moment, he seemed to see a lot, including all the things he would encounter after returning home with the silver medal, the questions asked by the media at the press conference, and... During the first quadruple jump in this program, the boy who was nearly [-] points ahead of him in the short program closed his eyes and remained silent.

Finally, he decided to gamble his everything to complete this quadruple jump.But the hesitation between the light and the flint made him miss the best node of the quadruple jump, so... After his weak take-off, the take-off was too low, and he finally landed before he had finished turning around, and fell down in embarrassment on the ice...

"Wouldn't the quadrilateral jump spell be broken? This one fell too, just as we expected. Tch, I expected this ending, why did we all come anyway?"

Charman, who is a player in the Platinum ice dance event, said this in a slightly melancholy tone.He originally thought that Freire would not answer him, but he saw Freire pondering: "Perhaps... we are all looking forward to this quadruple jump too much. So even if we know it is impossible, we still want to take a look."

However, just as the two of them were secretly sad, a very excited female voice broke the atmosphere.That was Aiwa. She shook her partner's shoulders and said excitedly: "Look, look! Xiao Qingyue has come out! It's Xiaoqingyue! Xiaoqingyue is more beautiful today than yesterday!"

Seeing Eva's crazy behavior, Freire couldn't help wiping away his sweat seriously. It turns out that Charman's bad habit of shaking people's shoulders is... that's how it came about.After swallowing his saliva, Freire asked the sane Charman next to him, "Qingyue? Who is he?"

"Xiaoqingyue! Xiaoqingyue is so amazing! He dances so beautifully! His face..."

"It's so noisy! Shut up for me!"

Sharman, who was ravaged by madness, finally rose up to resist and killed his partner's irrational speech in the cradle.The 21-year-old ice dancer, who has a youthful face, straightened his collar and said, "Qingyue... a newcomer who has been very popular recently. Rumor has it that he started at the age of 13. A genius who came into contact with figure skating and reached the national level within three years. He is only 16 years old this year, but you see, he has already won the third place in the Xishu National Championships this season. However, because of his lack of qualifications, he was rejected Sent to this year's World Youth Championship.

But he is so famous now not all because of this, but because of his coach Naxiu, who won the gold medal in the Olympic Games 19 years ago.The youngest men's singles Olympic champion ever.Speaking of which, his Naxiu is a bit stronger than yours.Although you also participated in the Olympic Games when you were 17 years old, but at least they won the gold medal, but you won the bronze medal.Moreover, the legend is that he retired after winning the gold medal, which is really unbelievable. "

"It is indeed unbelievable."

After listening to Charmaine's speech titled "A Newcomer's Legendary Life", Freire nodded very cooperatively, but what he said next made Charmaine almost slip from his seat.Master Freire said: "It's incredible, how can you, a disgusting guy with a teenager's face and a middle-aged man's heart, dislike my Olympic bronze medal so much. Don't talk about the Olympic bronze medal so shivering! Anyway, it's us Plandon's first medal in figure skating! Also, what's the meaning of that 'it's a shame you didn't retire that year' look on your face!"

Frere's abuse of friends didn't last long, however.Because... Sitting in a very front position, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Qing Yue who was preparing to appear on stage.

"It turned out to be him...?"

At this time, Qing Yue was leaning on the outer wall on the edge of the ice rink to prepare for playing, and listening to his coach Na Xiusuo's final instructions to him.Just as he was about to turn around and slide towards the center of the ice rink, Naxiu grabbed Qing Yue's hand that hadn't let go of the outer wall.

"Now, you can win the championship even if you don't do the quadruple jump."

Amidst the din of people, Naxiu's voice was so calm, so calm that it was terrifying... But Qing Yue turned his head to look at Naxiu after being startled, and smiled softly.

"I decided to do quadruple jumps not because No.2 in the short program said he was going to do quadruple jumps in the free skate. I decided to do quadruple jumps just because of myself. Remember? I said that this belongs to my war.

We agreed to create an era that belongs to us, an era that will be out of reach for those younger generations in ten or even 20 years.But whether it is Chu Xuan or Alek, they all passed away this year, and only I am still in the World Youth Championship this year.Then, the curse of quadruple jumping will be broken by me.Don't Naxiu think...the world ice world without quadruple jumps is too boring? "

Dazzling light burst out from the eyes of the boy who said this sentence, as if he was waiting for his future.As he skated to the center of the rink, all eyes were on...