Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

Originally, he had been watching Koness's practice on the ice rink, and Qingyue could feel Koness's real gaze.However, he only had a quick glance.

Like all medal favorites, Koness left the ice rink in a hurry after showing his prowess to the media and other players in pre-match practice.When he left, he didn't even have time to smile for the cameras that were capturing his figure.

Although Koness seems to have done nothing, but...in the media reports, this has become a pre-match practice full of gunpowder.

Although Qingyue from Xishu is still very young and has no deep experience in the world ice circle, he is recognized as a jumping genius who opened the era of quadruple jumps.And...he is also a legend in the figure skating empire, the only descendant of Naxiu.Perhaps it cannot be said that he is the No.1 jumper in today's ice world, but it can be said that...he is a world-class figure skater with top jumping skills.The extremely light jumps, the breathtakingly beautiful air gestures and the thrilling ice landings are all his signature moves that he is proud of.

Although Qingyue won far less medals than Freire and Alek.But... After Qingyue won the championship in the last World Championships, many people felt... In the current ice world, the third person after Freire and Alek seems to be Qing Yue.

Among the three, Freire is known as the king of spin, Alec has daunting top footwork, and Qingyue has high-quality quadruple jumps with almost zero mistakes.Letting these three win medals seems to fit the three most important skills in figure skating.

However, at this moment, a second figure skater with such superb jumping skills suddenly appeared.Although the styles are different, they are also amazing, and I can't find any deductions.Compared to Freire, who always dropped the chain in the game and made the coach gnaw his teeth in anger, I don't know how much better it is.

Kones was originally a talented player who was favored by many parties and had a high reputation in his country, but it seems that he has not adjusted his state well in the past few years after entering the senior group.It can be regarded as a... Everyone knows that he is a good figure skater, but he lacks a world-class medal.

And this time, Koness, who came to the Olympic arena with his own training results-perfect quadruple jump, undoubtedly became the most amazing men's singles player in this Olympic Games.Before the game started, he had a silent confrontation in the same ice rink with Qing Yue, who is currently the No.1 jumper in the ice world.

This made the outside world pay attention to the two of them with great interest.

【You are not the only one who can do quadruple jumps】——This seems to be the message Koness conveyed to Qingyue on the ice rink that day.He didn't say a single word, but he already said all the words in his heart.

At the moment he left, Freire and Alek, who had not yet left in the ice rink, and Chu Xuan, who had been standing beside Qing Yue all the time, looked at Qing Yue worriedly.How do you know... Qing Yue just smiled...

Smiling calmly, he skated to the center of the ice rink as if thousands of spectators were watching him, and started the very important pre-competition practice for a figure skater.Without reservation, as if he was in the middle of the game.

Yes, he is not the only one who can jump quadruple.

He also never imagined that... he would be the only one in the huge figure skating empire who could dance quadruple jumps.

Quadruples don't belong to anyone any more than spin and footwork don't belong to Freire, Alec.

Qing Yue doesn't want to become a figure skater who has nothing but quadruple jumps.Therefore, he also won't panic just because his opponent can jump out of quadruple jump.

The reason why Naxiu has become such an unforgettable presence in the figure skating empire is not just because he is a genius who completed the quadruple jump at the age of 17 and showed perfect skills and artistic performance in the competition.What's more because...he and Sauron started the quadruple jumping dynasty of the figure skating empire, which influenced a whole generation.

So, what about Qingyue?20 years after Naxiu left the ice world, what should he rely on to make people remember him so much?

Qing Yue subconsciously turned his attention to Alek and Freire who finished pre-match practice, packed up their things and were waiting for him to leave together. It seemed that the answer was already clear.

Yes, whether it is Alek or Freire, they all plan to add more than one quadruple jump in this Olympic competition.Counting Koness and himself, then... there are at least four figure skaters who have a chance to be on the podium in this Olympic Games and will be in the competition for four weeks.

This kind of season... and the season when he rose to the world ice three years ago, there have been earth-shaking changes...

It's as if...Three years ago, Qing Yue was alone in a chaotic space. In the darkness, he could only see himself emitting a little soft light, and the faint dark light around him.But now...he can already see other people besides himself gradually emitting their own light in this dark chaos.

In the beginning, it was Freire who would rather go to four weeks after getting messed up in a big game.Then came Alek, who was walking towards him quietly, and now...Koness, who was approaching him forcefully.In the distance that the rays of light emitted by the four of them extended...more people were gathering towards them...

"What are you looking at?"

A group of people went out to have dinner lively, and the media from all over the world took a picture of Qingyue, Alek and Freire together as a group photo of the favorites to win the championship.

Freire, who had never been worry-free, received a series of calls from his coach in the middle of the dinner, and had no choice but to leave early reluctantly.After the dinner, Alec went to the meeting about the pre-match deployment at the request of the Jia National Ice Hockey Association.Chu Xuan went shopping with several athletes from other countries, hoping to relieve himself of stress.

So the group of people went out to eat a delicious dinner lively and then went back to the dormitory separately.

This was a pleasant day, but... the moment he opened the door of the dormitory, Qingyue still felt the pressure coming from all directions.Just like what you feel when diving in deep water.However, the excitement from himself clamored to break through, making him sleepless.So I simply went out and ran for a lap against the cold wind, intending to get tired and stop thinking before going back to sleep.

Unexpectedly, when he was jogging around the Olympic Village, he saw Alek looking up under a wall with a huge Olympic rings logo, so he ran over.

While staring at the five Olympic rings, Alex turned his head suddenly when he heard Qingyue's voice. After a moment of silence, he said, "If you can't sleep, come out and walk around."

Seeing Alek's appearance, Qing Yue reacted and said suddenly: "Are you nervous...? Are you nervous too?"

Alek couldn't help laughing at Qingyue's words, "We are all the same figure skaters, why am I not nervous?"

Seeing Qing Yue's astonishment, Alek deepened his smile and put his warm palm on his cool cheek, "You're only 19 years old, that's great."

After saying this, Alek raised his head again, turned his eyes back to the huge Olympic rings, and said slowly: "This is my first time participating in the Olympics. But I am already 22 years old. So, This may be my first and only Olympic Games."

Hearing what Alek said, Qing Yue looked at Alek in response.But I felt a sense of bitterness from him...

"Four years later, you are only 26 years old, and you still have a chance to participate in the next Olympic Games."

Hearing what Qing Yue said under hesitation, Alek smiled and shook his head irresistibly.The two of them stood like this for a long time in the cold wind, looking at the five Olympic rings that would make them inexplicably excited, inexplicably longing, and even secretly sad, as if... that way they could see themselves standing through it. The scene of being awarded a medal on the podium.That is what they devoted the best years of a person's life to fight for... no glory.

"What are we fighting for?"

Qingyue and Alek stood together under that wall and looked at the five rings of the Olympic Games, which were extraordinarily brilliantly reflected by the lights, for a long time. They couldn't help feeling emotional, and asked blankly.

Hearing Qingyue's voice, Alek gave the answer he never doubted without even turning his head: "Glory, we fight for glory."

Looking up at the huge Olympic rings, Qing Yue couldn't help but continue to ask in a daze: "Then... what is glory? A gold medal?"

After asking this question, Alek was silent for a long time.So Qing Yue kept silent, in the silence, only the whistling of the cold wind remained between the two of them.After a long time, so long that Qing Yue thought that he would not be able to wait for Alek's answer today, Alek finally said slowly: "Gold medals are glory, but glory is not just gold medals. But... the world We will only know that we have achieved glory because we have won the gold medal."

Alek's voice scattered in the wind was not loud, but it carried unquestionable affirmation, and...his determination that no one could shake.