Night’s Nomenclature

Outside the locker room there were cheers, shouts, and the unique sound of horns in this boxing ring.

There are two rows of trumpeters standing next to the ring, each holding a huge horn in front of them. When the boxing match is about to begin, they will blow the horn slowly.

The melodious and vicissitudes of sound range from deep to loud, accompanied by the oxygen transported in the ventilation ducts, pulling the emotions of all viewers from the bottom of the valley to the sky.

The entire shiny venue smelled of tobacco, sweat, and hormones.

A host in a formal dress stood in the octagonal cage holding a microphone and looked around with a smile: "Gentlemen and ladies!"

"Four months and 10 days later, a new boxer will be welcomed into the octagonal cage in District 4 of City No. 18. Tonight, he will climb from the bantamweight level all the way up the ladder."

"Do you still remember that a year ago, boxing champion Affan fought bloody battle in the Octagon on such a night?"

"Of course, the same talented rookie boxer died in the Octagon four months ago."

"Every time new people appear, their performance is worth looking forward to..."

In the narrow dressing room, Qingchen looked at Li Shutong: "Master, you only said you would bring me here for a look. You didn't say you wanted me to go up and get beaten before you came. Isn't this a bit hasty?"

Ordinary boxers can only use simple locker rooms. Only when they reach the tiger weight class or above can they have their own exclusive locker room.

But in fact, the locker room doesn't mean much to Qingchen, because he really didn't even bring any clothes that he could change...

That's too hasty.

Li Shutong said slowly: "I was unprepared when I first entered the boxing ring, and both your uncle and I were beaten in this way. It's normal! Knights are to be fearless in the face of any difficulties!"

Qingchen looked at Li Shutong suspiciously: "Master, you can't do it yourself, so you want to see others beat me, right?"

Li Shutong thought for a while: "What's wrong with thinking like this? When your second master took me to the boxing ring, he thought the same way!"

"I understand, it turns out this is still the tradition of knights," Qingchen said.

Apparently, the person who sent Li Shutong to the ring was the one who had just been laid to rest in the Forbidden Place No. 002, and the rules had not yet been formed.

The other party must have been annoyed with Li Shutong and Chen Jiazhang, so they sent them to be beaten.

Qingchen knew very well how much he weighed, not to mention that he didn't have much actual combat experience. Just talking about the abilities of extraordinary beings, the knights were at a huge disadvantage in the boxing ring.

I can’t use an Akiba knife!

And Qingchen also knows the rules. On the first night of his qualifying match, he will have to fight all the way from bantamweight to tigerweight. He will fight to the tigerweight even though he is half exhausted, and he will have to face a real E-class master. .

How is this possible without getting beaten?

Li Shutong asked: "Besides the boxing ring, is there any place in the world where you can develop practical experience without any worries? Even the intensity of sparring in the Federal Army is not as intense as here."

Qingchen was also thinking that a real battle requires sufficient experience. The sense of distance and rhythm are all intuitions that can only be mastered through long-term sparring.

Seeing that his apprentice was a little moved, he continued: "Think about it, E-class extraordinary beings are no longer considered cabbage. Only captains in the federal army are eligible to apply for this level of genetic medicine. Not everyone is willing to inject it." Yes. If you want to find someone of the same level to practice with, if you are willing to fight with them, they may not be willing to fight with you."

"And if you think about it, you have to spend money to hire others to train outside, but you can still make money by practicing here! When you reach the middleweight level and above, you will get dividends from the betting pool regardless of winning or losing every fight! There is also an appearance fee!" Li Shutong! said.

"Okay, I'll fight," Qingchen said.

Li Shutong sighed: "I wish I had known how to withdraw the money earlier, so I wouldn't have to talk nonsense to you."

"By the way," Qingchen asked curiously: "Master, don't you go buy some bets and bet on me to win?"

"I won't buy it," Li Shutong said with a smile.

Qingchen felt bad: "Master, you are sure that I can't win tonight, so you don't want to lose money, right? You sent me up to get beaten, right?"

Li Shutong said patiently: "I don't think so, I just think gambling is not good."

With that said, Li Shutong took off his coat and put it on inside. The clothes were clearly two-piece, and the inside was no longer pure white, but pure gray.

"Master, why do you wear your clothes inside out?" Qingchen was puzzled.

"You'll find out later."

"Master, do you think I can win tonight?" Qingchen asked.

Li Shutong thought for a while: "In fact, when you reach the tiger weight class, your opponent is already a true E-class genetic warrior, so it will not be easy to win after a few battles. If you want to win, you still lack an opportunity."

Qingchen's face darkened, he was missing another opportunity.

Last time the master said that he was short of an opportunity, he specifically created conditions for a C-level master to hunt him down.

"But Master, shouldn't I wear a mouthguard or something? And, where are my boxing gloves?" Qingchen asked.

"Now the rules of black boxing have been changed a long time ago. There is no braces or gloves, which makes it more exciting," Li Shutong said.

The cheers outside the locker room grew louder and louder, and someone knocked on the door outside the alloy gate: "Boxers, please come on stage."

However, at this time, Li Shutong's cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out, took a look and said, "After we left, the little girl from Yangyang returned to Luoshen Building. It seems that she plans to live opposite."

"Is this another case of gossiping with you?" Qingchen asked doubtfully.

"Yeah," Li Shutong nodded.

Qingchen was confused at the time, so real artificial intelligence would gossip like humans, right?

"Don't think too much, there is really nothing between us," he explained calmly: "This Yangyang was very unexpected when she came to Luo City in the outer world, so I have always wanted to know what she planned to do, but I have too little information, so I can only observe quietly."

"Do you know now?" Li Shutong asked.

Qingchen nodded and said with a smile: "Almost, I have caught her flaw."

He already knew what Yangyang wanted to do.

Li Shutong lamented: "Are young people today so complicated? In our time, there was no need for 17-year-old boys and girls to fight with each other like this."

The staff outside the door saw that Qingchen hadn't come out yet, so they thought Qingchen was scared.

He said with some urgency: "You have signed tonight's contract. If you are afraid of fighting and can't come out, you will have to compensate the boxing ring for liquidated damages!"

Qingchen smiled and said, "Master, let me finish this battle first before we can talk about anything else."

With that said, he opened the alloy door of the locker room and walked outside silently.

The door opened and the staff outside was waiting.

Li Shutong smiled behind Qingchen. He suddenly realized how his uncle felt when he sent him and his senior brother to the ring. He was worried but also expected.

Instead of waiting in the locker room, he quietly walked into the crowd.

I will only accompany you for one journey of a thousand miles. From now on, I will not care about the wind, snow or sunshine.

But I still watch secretly.

…

…

In the private room, Li Yinuo stood quietly in front of the glass window. She watched the young man wearing a snow-white sportswear walk out of the boxer's tunnel.

Compared with the opponent's bantamweight boxing champion, Qingchen has no coach, no team leader, and no beautiful women around him, so he is lonely.

Qingchen didn't even prepare clothes for the ring, and his thin body didn't look like a boxer.

If Li Yinuo were to say that this young man was more like a student passing by by chance, he might have wanted to try the black boxing here after seeing that it could make money, dreaming of getting rich overnight.

There have been many such people, but most of them died in the Octagon.

The audience in the boxing ring started to cheer when they saw Qingchen appear like this.

The people who bet on him also cried out that they were unlucky: "Damn it, I thought there was a talented boxer who had just debuted, but it turns out there are no traces of training on this kid!"

"You're too young, right? Which school are you from?"

"Hurry up and bet on the other side! Win back the money you lost on him!"

At this time, a gray figure walked among the crowd: "The coupons for betting on newcomers will be recycled at 10% discount, and the coupons for betting on newcomers will be recycled at 10% discount."

After the boxing ring spectators place their bets, the boxing ring will give them a white card like a chip with the amount of the bet printed on it.

In the end, the winner exchanges the card for money, and the loser throws the card into the ring.

No matter how the times change, black boxing has retained this custom. The scene of the winner excitedly holding up the ticket and the loser throwing it angrily can always make gamblers feel more immersed.

Li Shutong walked around the field carrying a bag and shouted: "The ones who bet on newcomers to pass the level will be given back at a 10% discount. As long as they bet on the level, you can use this thing to exchange money with me now. If he loses the game later, he will get a penny." It’s not worth it anymore, life is all about stopping losses in time!”

"I'll sell it! I paid 2,000 yuan to pass the customs!"

"I'll sell it too! I bet 800 yuan to pass the customs!"

Li Shutong said with a smile: "Come one by one!"

In just five minutes, the bag he was carrying was almost full.

For other gamblers, the odds of betting on Qingchen to pass the level are now only 10 times, and the odds are still falling.

But Li Shutong was different. He deliberately let everyone see that Qingchen was unprepared, making everyone think that Qingchen was just a rookie with no trace of training.

In this way, he starts with ten times leverage when betting.

When Qingchen asked Li Shutong why he didn't bet, Li Shutong said that gambling was not good, but he knew that it was not time yet!

Li Shutong is not short of money. He has not felt what it is like to be short of money for a long time, so he does not want to use Qingchen to make money.

It's just that this was what his uncle did when he sent him and his senior brother to the boxing ring!

Tradition cannot be broken!

In fact, my uncle's family is not poor, but he couldn't bear to spend money like water on women, so the other party came up with this trick, and he almost became wealthy and free.

Li Shutong remembered clearly that in order to increase their odds, his uncle actually required them to wear flip-flops and patched clothes when they first appeared!

Compared with his uncle, Li Shutong felt that he had saved face for his apprentice.

Thinking of this, Li Shutong smiled. The past time was so beautiful that people couldn't help but recall it.

At this moment, Li Tongyun in the private room suddenly walked to the glass window, and the little girl grabbed Li Yinuo's palm: "Sister, I see you keep staring at the boxer in white clothes. Why, do you know him?" ?"

"I know you. I'm my sister's new friend," Li Yinuo looked at Li Tongyun fondly and smiled.

"Sister Yinuo, who is he?" Xiao Tongyun asked obediently.

Li Yinuo shook his head: "Sister, I can't tell you his identity."

A trace of worry flashed across Xiao Tongyun's expression, but her tone remained innocent: "Since he is my sister's friend, sister, aren't you worried about something happening to him in the Octagon? This brother is so good-looking, he won't be hurt."

Li Yinuo smiled: "Don't worry, his elders are not worried, so I have nothing to worry about. Don't worry, he will be fine. The boxers in this octagonal cage are no match for him."

At this time, Li Tongyun and Nan Gengchen actually felt relieved at the same time.

The two people seemed to feel each other's mood in the private room, so they looked at each other and felt even weirder.

"Is the other party a friend of Brother Chen?" Nan Gengchen thought to himself.

"Is the other party a friend of brother Qingchen?" Li Tongyun thought to himself.

Li Yinuo said to them: "The qualifying match will only be in the bantamweight category at the beginning. If this kind of opponent is placed in front of this classmate, he can only be crushed. Don't worry, I guess he can end the fight in one minute." .”

The boxing match in the octagonal cage has begun, but things are not as Li Yinuo said, and Qingchen did not directly crush his opponent Wang Fu.

Qingchen was seen holding his head in defense, and Wang Fu's fists fell on him like raindrops, as if he had no room to fight back.

The boy's originally white and neat sportswear quickly became messy, with fist marks printed on it.

The minute Li Yinuo mentioned has passed, but the battle situation has not changed at all.

Li Tongyun saw this and said worriedly: "Sister Yinuo, why is this different from what you said?"

Li Yinuo said with a toothache: "This is his strategy."

Outside the private room, Li Shutong looked back at the octagonal cage and immediately said: "The coupons used by newcomers to pass the customs are returned at a 0.5% discount! From now on, it will be a 50% discount!"

Gamblers like Mang Kaohe cursed angrily: "Didn't you just pay back the 10% discount? Whose discount has a decimal point after it!? You are too shady!"

"Just now," Li Shutong explained seriously: "Didn't you see that he was beaten like this just after he reached the bantamweight level? What I received was a customs clearance ticket. Don't I need to bear the risk?"

Li Shutong was thinking in his heart at this moment that his apprentice was so sensible that he even knew how to help his master create an atmosphere.

In contrast, he and his senior brother did not have this awareness back then.

As soon as Chen Jiazhang came on stage, he beat the bantamweight champion to the ground, making his uncle more money.

At this time, the security in the boxing ring also discovered Li Shutong, but they did not interfere.

Under normal circumstances, if a boxer's relatives and friends make malicious bets, staff will warn them.

But if someone else's tickets are recycled, this will not bring direct losses to the casino, so they don't care.