Ping Pong Life

Chapter 172 Self-mutilation and Transformation

Zhang Benkuang continued to serve, still running towards Lin Zijun's backhand to serve a short backspin, and then continued to grab and twist ahead of time.

The twisting of this ball is actually very ordinary, in terms of actual effect and power, it is not even as good as a high-quality rubbing ball, but the strange thing is that Lin Zijun also seems to have lost his mind, and directly twisted back.

As a result, a situation of high-speed twisting in the stage was formed again, and after four rounds, Lin Zijun twisted the ball out of the stage and lost points again.

Zhang Ben yelled furiously, aggressively, and his movements were extremely exaggerated. After the second and third paragraphs, the referees on both sides bared their teeth. One of the referees even touched his pocket subconsciously, as if he wanted to take out A yellow card is issued.

But in any case, Zhang Benkuang leads 2:0.

Wang Chao also suddenly discovered Lin Zijun's flaw at this moment.

The whole world knows that Lin Zijun must have flaws, but so far the whole world has not found Lin Zijun's flaws, only at this moment, when confronting Zhang Benkuang, Lin Zijun showed his flaws.

His weakness is mentality.

But his mentality is very strange. He is not stage-frightened, nor is he afraid of fighting. This is why the whole world has not found his flaws after more than a month.

He is actually easily disturbed by irrelevant factors outside the game.

For example, Zhang Benkuang's roar really affected him.

He should have been the smartest player. In the last month's match against Luo Jiu, even with Luo Jiu's cleverness, he couldn't suppress him in terms of game strategy. In today's match, he only hit the second goal. Lin Zijun made a low-level mistake.

He shouldn't have twisted Zhang Benkuang's low-quality ball and wasted the opportunity out of thin air.

Although it is a small and fleeting opportunity, but he is Lin Zijun, he should not fail to see it, he should directly hit the ball in the court or hit a high-quality change line.

If he didn't do this, his judgment was affected.

It was Lin Zijun's turn to serve.

He directly stole a long ball, the ball was extremely fast, and it hit the edge of the table on Zhang Benkuang's forehand side.

Zhang Benkuang turned sideways like lightning, and without a word, he hit Lin Zijun to death.

Lin Zijun was a little dazed when he hit the ball, and he didn't even have time to react.

Wang Chao watched from the sidelines, feeling weird.

In this ball, Zhang Benkuang showed excellent reaction speed.

A 15-year-old boy may not have enough strength, but his nerve reaction speed is really shocking. Zhang Benkuang's sideways speed and arm swing speed have almost reached the limit, and the ball speed has also reached the limit.

Zhang Benkuang is very smart. He knows that his absolute strength is insufficient, so when he encounters this kind of opportunity, he does not pull the ball at all, but just hits hard.

As long as the ball does not spin, as long as the ball flies in a straight line instead of an arc, the ball can reach the fastest speed with limited force.

At this moment, Wang Chao had to admit that Zhang Benkuang was indeed a player full of aura.

But at the same time, he was even more certain: something was wrong with Lin Zijun's mentality.

Don't forget, Lin Zijun is also famous for being fast.

He was even recognized by the Huaping coaching staff as having "extreme speed" talent.

No matter how fast Zhang Benkuang's shot was, how could he not even have a chance to react?

It can only be said that he didn't react, but he didn't expect it.

Why didn't I think of it?

Because his serve is stealing long, he is really simply "stealing".

He wanted to sneak up and score directly.

So when the sneak attack was predicted, he was just stupid.

This is actually a low-level mistake that a top player should never make.

On the sidelines, Zhuang Hui, who was watching the match, shook his head deeply and sighed, feeling a little pity.

That's right, mentality is Lin Zijun's problem, but Zhuang Huishen has always felt that this problem may not be exposed, because Lin Zijun's on-the-spot state and initial mentality are fine, unless he encounters great difficulties, mentality problems may arise, but all How many people in the world can make Lin Zijun encounter difficulties?
In fact, in the discussion before departure from Wandao, Zhuang Huishen believed that if Lin Zijun met the waterfowl eagle, as long as he could win the first game, it would be very possible to win 4-0 directly and bring back a victory for Wandao. A championship trophy that has not been touched for more than ten years.

After all, the water bird eagle is not a player with a good mentality.

But he never expected that first, Shuiniaoying played himself to death inexplicably, and then Lin Zijun also lost the chain in Zhang Benkuang, an absolutely unexpected place.

"Prestige? Can this stuff really be considered a talent?" Zhuang Huishen muttered softly, with a slightly bitter smile. Of course he had heard the rumors from Hua Ping, but he didn't really believe it, but now he really believed it.

The brat's yelling may not be useful to a veteran like him, but it has an extraordinary effect on Lin Zijun.

In the next game, Lin Zijun really had a big problem.

He failed in stealing, but he didn't learn his lesson. He stole again, but was still successfully predicted by Zhang Benkuang, and took the initiative to attack.

This time he blocked it, but Zhang Benkuang continued to attack and finally pulled him through, making the score 4:0.

The first game was played very quickly, and Zhang Benkuang served without any delay, because he was the dominant player, and it was time for him to go all out and be decisive.

There was no delay in Lin Zijun's serve. His personality was more introverted and shy than Wang Chao imagined. After getting the ball, once the eyes of the audience were on him, he would feel awkward, so he served in a hurry.

But he still showed the instinct of a player with a high IQ. Under the fluster, his serve is still full of changes. In just one round, he tried short backspin, stealing long, reverse spin, bottom line long ball, Side spin and other serving methods.

However, no matter how good the serve is, if the mentality is not good and the follow-up is weak, you will still not be able to score points. After all, if you want to kill Zhang Benkuang with the serve alone, then you are too underestimating others.

So 6 minutes later, Lin Zijun lost 5:11.

The cheers outside the stadium lasted for a long time.

The fans from Sakura Country were already desperate after Shuiniaoying retired from the game with a back injury. They didn't expect that the East would not shine and the West would shine, and a miracle would happen to Zhang Benkuang, who everyone was not very optimistic about.

You know, just last night, the largest sports forum in Sakura's country had a prediction about Zhang Benkuang's game today. As a result, only 47% of people predicted Zhang Benkuang's victory.

Don't think that 47% means that nearly half of the people really support Zhang Benkuang. You must know that fans in any country will unconditionally support their own players to win. Zhang Benkuang can only win in this kind of voting. 47%, which actually means that if everyone voted fairly without selfishness, Zhang Benkuang might not even have 20% of the votes.

The second round begins.

Lin Zijun still failed to regain his form. On the contrary, he became more and more flustered amid Zhang Benkuang's crazed roar and the more and more enthusiastic cheers outside the stadium, and even his delicate and shy face was slightly flushed. .

He actually seemed to be frightened by this scene...

This round lasted only 5 minutes, and Lin Zijun lost 4:11.

Wang Chao was in a strange mood at this moment.

In fact, according to the grouping, if there is no accident, the winner of this game will be his opponent in the semifinals.

Wang Chao spent a lot of energy studying Lin Zijun's video and thinking about countermeasures, but he basically didn't pay much attention to Zhang Benkuang.

But now it seems that Zhang Benkuang is the one he wants to fight in the end?

In this regard, Wang Chao is happy to hear and see.

Zhang Benkuang is undoubtedly much better at fighting than Lin Zijun.

Zhang Benkuang's "prestige" talent is effective for Lin Zijun, but it has no effect on Wang Chao, after all, Wang Chao is too sophisticated.

From a purely technical point of view, Zhang Benkuang is far from being able to compare with Lin Zijun.

There is only one reason: Zhang Benkuang can't beat Wang Chao.

After watching these two rounds, Wang Chao discovered that Zhang Benkuang and Lin Zijun actually had a similar weakness: lack of strength.

Wang Chao himself was considered weak in terms of strength, but Lin Zijun's strength was only on par with him.

As for Zhang Benkuang, his body has not grown, and his strength is probably only a little bit stronger than that of the kid Jiang Shan, so he seldom pulls the ball hard. It is a transfer from both sides.

What he played was not power, but speed.

The key to speed play is actually the ever-changing placement.

This style of play is completely ineffective against Wang Chao, because Wang Chao himself is a master of placement.

At this time, the third game had already started, and in just 2 minutes, Lin Zijun fell behind 1:4.

He looked like he was about to collapse.

At this time, he made a time-out gesture to the referee.

The timer finally stopped at 11 minutes and 23 seconds.

Zhuang Hui took a step forward subconsciously, he was waiting for Lin Zijun to come over, he had a lot of things to tell Lin Zijun.

A few days ago, Jiang Peirong, the head coach of the Bay Island Table Tennis Association who had just quarreled with him, made a special trip to ask him to bring Lin Zijun to the competition. His main intention was to hope that Zhuang Huishen could take on the role of off-court coach at critical moments.

After all, Lin Zijun is too young, and his personality is different from most players. He is too shy, too introverted, too gentle, and too qualified.

This kind of quality is a perfect personality in any other field, but in the field of sports competition, Jiang Peirong hopes that Lin Zijun will be more rude and wild, even if he becomes the next Zhuang Huishen, it will be better than the current situation. good.

Jiang Peirong even taught Lin Zijun how to swear, but Lin Zijun didn't learn...

And after coming to the Cherry Blossom Country, Lin Zijun really followed Zhuang Huishen every step of the way, just like a child following an elder he trusts.

He even asked for Zhuang Huishen's company when he went shopping.

Yesterday in the cafeteria, Lin Zijun wanted to chat with Wang Chao, but was too embarrassed to go there, so he came back to find Zhuang Huishen for company. Unfortunately, after he successfully persuaded Zhuang Huishen, he found that Wang Chao had already finished his meal and slipped away...

Lin Zijun is very dependent on Zhuang Huishen, even though Zhuang Huishen's strength is far inferior to him.

But only this time, Lin Zijun did not turn to Zhuang Huishen for help.

He never left the table at all.

He stood at the edge of the table where everyone was watching, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, just like Zhu Shixian who was beaten by Wang Chao yesterday.

Although Zhu Shixian lost yesterday, he did regain his mentality through the 15-second timeout.

Lin Zijun was imitating him.

But Lin Zijun felt that imitation was not enough.

Because his psychological quality is far less calm than Zhu Shixian's, and he has not experienced so many world competitions.

So he decided to be tougher on himself.

He raised his hand and slapped himself hard.

There was a clear and loud "snap", and there was a sudden silence on the noisy playing field. Many spectators looked at the young man next to the table, with a trace of confusion in their eyes, wondering if they had read it wrong.

But soon, there was another "slap", and Lin Zijun slapped him hard again.

He wasn't blaming himself, let alone putting on a show, he was trying to force himself to calm down in this way.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

One sound after another, crisp and loud, made the hearts of many audience members tremble, and even the cheers stopped.

At this moment, the T2 arena was strangely quiet, everyone stared blankly at Lin Zijun slapping themselves, the atmosphere was weird.

Lin Zijun's harmless and delicate face was swollen visible to the naked eye, and he was very embarrassed.

And in the room far away in the imperial capital, several big bosses were also dumbfounded.

Qin Huachang held the teacup, Wang Lu opened his mouth slightly, Cai Guodong had a solemn expression, Zhu Zeshi forgot to make tea, everyone looked at the screen together, until the referee blew the whistle, Lin Zijun opened his eyes, and several big shots came out together Taking a long breath, the picture seems to be revived from the state of time stop.

"This child..." Qin Huachang shook his head, "It's so scary."

Wang Lu was convinced: "It's more scary than we thought."

Zhu Zeshi also nodded: "He is indeed too introverted, and it has indeed affected the mentality of the game, but this kid has a certain resilience in his bones. If he successfully passes today's test, he may change."

Cai Guodong picked up his teacup and drank it down, and said with a smile: "So, we Huaping will add another big enemy in the future, it's really gratifying and congratulatory."

Everyone laughed, but their expressions were complicated.

The head coach naturally didn't want to weaken his momentum by saying this, but if Huaping really adds another big enemy in the future, is it really something to celebrate?
Don't forget, that kid is.

In a year or two, the 31-year-old Sun Tianlong can still hold him down.

In four or five years, the 27-year-old Luo Jiu could still hold him down.

But what about later?

Who can I rely on?
At this moment, the bosses want to cue a certain coach surnamed He, because at present, only his disciple Wang Chao has the best chance. The problem is that Coach He is not there, and he is sitting on the flight from Sakura Country to the Imperial Capital .

So everyone looked at Qin Huachang again.

"Don't look at me." Qin Huachang is such a shrewd person, how could he take the initiative to take the burden, he waved his hands again and again: "My chubby is too young, only 15 years old, let's not leapfrog, please? I will try my best to let chubby look at me I'm just crazy, but as for Lin Zijun, I'd better leave it to Wang Chao, that kid is as cunning as a ghost, and bullying a good boy like Xiao Lin is just a matter of choking him."

Everyone looked at Zhu Zeshi again.

"Don't ask me about this matter." Zhu Zeshi sneered: "I don't want that brat Lu Feiyang anymore."

Everyone still wanted to see Wang Lu, but after thinking about it, they gave up.

After all, Wang Lu's future disciple, Ma Angxing, is obviously far behind, so let's not force others to make things difficult...

On the field, Lin Zijun opened his eyes again.

　Finally caught up, my full attendance is at stake, and finally continued, haha.

　　Tomorrow will also be updated at 5 pm, and it will return to normal the day after tomorrow. I would like to inform you that I am sorry.

　　A friend reported that there are too many supporting roles recently. I think this is true. The bad news is that "Zhu Ding vs. Lu Feiyang" has to be explained in a chapter anyway. The good news is that everything else is about the main characters. Part of the scene.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)