I will practice more in the United States

Chapter 205 Tour de France (1)

The appearance of the streets in Paris is quite good when you look up, with a unique sense of historical and cultural heritage, but when you look down, it suddenly drops several levels.

There is garbage everywhere, homeless people lying everywhere, and because public toilets are expensive, there are even many people urinating and defecating everywhere.

To be honest, apart from the different buildings, there is not much difference between the streets in some American cities, and they are not even as clean as their towns.

A few of them curiously visited several souvenir shops. The products inside were very good, but Li Ang could tell at a glance that these were small commodities from Yiwu.

Well, as tourists from the United States, they were buying imported goods, so there was no problem.

Seeing Katina and Louis taking pictures with their cameras, a black man who had been standing on the roadside for a long time suddenly came over. He extended his hand to the two of them and said kindly:
"Do you want me to take a photo of you two together?"

"Really? Thank you very much."

Feeling the enthusiasm from the French, Louis and Katina handed the camera to Xiao Hei without thinking too much and taught him how to use it.

Li Ang was about to speak up and tell others not to put valuables in other people's hands easily, but in the blink of an eye, he saw that the item had been handed out, so he didn't say anything.

Seeing that the black guy was really listening carefully to how to use the camera, Li Ang subconsciously reflected on whether he was too vigilant or whether the guy just wanted to help.

However, the next second, when the three of them had just posed, Xiao Hei, who was holding the camera, had already started running away.

Li Ang shook his head helplessly. He really thought he had met a caring resident, but it turned out that the resident was just learning how to use his things.

I have to say that black people are really talented in running. In order not to attract too much attention, Li Ang ran the 100 meters in 10 seconds, which is close to the speed of ordinary Olympic sprinters. Even so, it took him 10 to 20 meters to catch up with him.

Li Ang put his hand on the collar of the little black cat and applied a little force. His body was pulled to a stop immediately as if an emergency brake had been stepped on.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Xiao Hei pulled out a dagger from his arms, got close to Li Ang and gestured a few times.

But he did not find any expression of fear on Leon's face, but instead saw a scornful smile.

If this little black guy took out a Desert Eagle from his arms, Leon might be a little more cautious, but a dagger? Seriously, he could let it stab him for a while.

Not long after the two stopped, not only Katina and Louis followed them, but two little black dogs also came over.

This is not so surprising. Those who have the courage to do such things are basically gang members. They first cheat and then steal. If that doesn't work, they will just rob.

Although it was not the first time that their cameras had been stolen, to be honest, encountering such a thing on the streets of a country's capital still refreshed their cognition.

Even though he was in a foreign country, surrounded by three people, Li Ang was not at all panicked.

He grabbed the hand of Xiao Hei's collar and casually pressed it down. Xiao Hei, who had just taken out the dagger, knelt down uncontrollably in front of him.

"My patience is limited, so I urge you to hand the camera over to me calmly."

Li Ang spoke in a low voice, and from beginning to end, he did not pay any attention to the two little black guys who were approaching from both sides.

But it was obvious that his method did not scare the little black boy. In front of the two rich men, he knelt down in front of the Chinese man, making him lose face.

Between the camera and the dagger, he chose to put the dagger in front of Leon's hand, signaling Leon to take his hand away.

But in the next second, under the surprised gaze of the three people, Li Ang reached out and grasped the blade of the dagger.

The little black dog kneeling in front of Li Ang looked at him like a fool and raised his head, curious about why Li Ang was so upset. In fact, he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, otherwise he would not just wave a knife in front of Li Ang.

For a moment, he even felt a little guilty. Although he was morally corrupt, he would not rob a mentally ill person.

"Xia Burou, I'll give the camera back to you, please don't hurt yourself anymore, okay?"

Xiao Hei didn't even dare to look at Li Ang's hand holding the dagger, and directly handed the camera to Li Ang.

Li Ang didn't expect the other party to give in so quickly. He didn't want to beat him up for the moment, so he took back the camera with a little embarrassment, warned the other two with his eyes, and turned away.

The main reason is that this is not his territory, and he doesn't want to go to the police station without knowing the morals of the police here. If it were in the United States, these three people would have been lying on the ground long ago.

After Li Ang left, the two black men who had just been standing shrugged their shoulders and looked at Xiao Hei who was still kneeling on the ground and said:
"Well, I don't agree with you stealing the belongings of people with disabilities. Do you understand what I mean?"

The little black guy kneeling on the ground looked like an idiot, his eyes fixed straight ahead, motionless.

The two men followed his gaze and realized that he had been looking at the dagger in his hand. The blade of the dagger, which the Asian man had just grasped, had become twisted.

Xiao Hei pinched the blade of the dagger with his hand in desperation until his hand started bleeding. He finally came to his senses and wanted to look for the Chinese man, but found that he had disappeared into the crowd.

"Captain China, this must be Captain China!"

At this moment, Li Ang was receiving the admiring looks from the two girls.

"So the boss's intimidation is so strong? I saw you just caught up with him, and the black guy actually knelt down in front of you, and then he obediently returned the camera to you."

Louis' eyes were almost turning into stars as he looked at Leon.

Katina also said thoughtfully:

"Is it possible that he recognized you as a UFC professional fighter and was afraid that you would hit him, so he just knelt down and admitted defeat?"

"That makes sense. It seems that our publicity work is quite effective. Even the black people in France have seen our publicity news."

Because of the impact of this incident, or perhaps because of the gap between reality and ideals, the few of them no longer had much interest in shopping. After accompanying Katrina to purchase some goods that her roommate needed, they returned to the hotel.

In the next few days, although Li Ang stayed in the hotel, he was not idle. Instead, he lived an extremely fulfilling life and trained himself hard.

I managed to improve my swimming skills to proficiency level in the hotel. This skill would be indispensable if I wanted to explore the second interference source near the Isle of Wight.

【swim】

156/400 (Proficient)
(Feature: Underwater movement speed increased by 20%)

He also discovered that the efficiency of improving his proficiency in the martial arts he mastered was much faster when practicing in the water than on land. As a result, he basically spent the past two days in the swimming pool.

"Le Ang, the manager asked me to call you to the venue to gather for the pre-match meeting."

By the swimming pool, Moira shouted as she looked at Leon swimming in the water like a fish.

In fact, Orsad was planning to notify them by phone, but Moira forced him to take on the task first.

Li Ang swam to the edge of the swimming pool, squatted slightly to let the water cover his head, then suddenly exerted force with his legs and jumped directly out of the swimming pool.

Although the height of the swimming pool edge is only up to Li Ang's chest, anyone who has tried this action knows that jumping out of the water is definitely an extremely difficult thing.

When you are standing still in the water, the water around your body provides you with buoyancy, but when you want to jump up, the water will produce huge resistance that hinders your movement.

Li Ang didn't mean to show off. It was just that he had deeply experienced the various benefits of exercising in water in the past two days and had made various exercise methods instinctive.

But in the eyes of Moira, who had been holding back for a long time, Leon's strong body coming out of the water, still dripping water on the ground, was like a strong aphrodisiac, making her unable to hold back and drip water for a moment.

"When are we leaving? Now?"

Li Ang wiped the water off his face and asked.

Moira bit her lips lightly, her earlobes slightly red, and replied in a low voice:

"It's not that urgent. Maybe we can go to your room and have a good chat first."

An hour later, at the entrance of the hotel, Moira leaned against Leon and said softly:

"Will this really not affect your competitive state later on?"

"No, of course not. I could even come all day."

No one knew who leaked the news, but the entrance of the venue was already crowded with fans of various players and teams. If it weren't for the security guards separating them, it would have been impossible to find the entrance.

The athlete in front who is being surrounded and chased by a large group of people is Peter Sagan, a Slovak professional rider who plays for the Total Energy Team.

"Wow, he is the idol of many people in our team."

Moira also said in surprise.

"Is he great?"

Li Ang really didn't pay much attention to the news in this area. As for the news about the Tour de France, he only studied the track and rules. As for these opponents, he really didn't know much about them, and he didn't think there was any need to know much about them.

"It's awesome."

Moira nodded.

"He is only in his early 2015s, but he has already won the green jersey of the Tour de France seven times. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the king of sprinting. In 2016, he won the world road race championship in one go and wore the rainbow jersey. In 6, he had almost no rivals in major classic races and won first places. He is a true cycling genius."

Li Ang raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that it was no wonder that so many fans surrounded him. He really admired such a powerful driver.

Compared to Peter Sagan who was extremely popular, no one could recognize them even if they were mixed in with the passers-by. If they hadn't taken out their athlete IDs, the security guards would have wanted to stop them from entering.

Arriving at the back row of the venue, the area for his own team, Li Ang had just sat down for a while when he saw the team manager Orsade suddenly stand up.

Looking in the direction he was going, I saw a middle-aged man with extraordinary demeanor walking towards me. He seemed to be the manager of another team.

"Long time no see, old friend. I finally see you here. I knew you could do it."

"Long time no see, Richard."

Compared to the calmness of the middle-aged man opposite him, Orsad was quite emotional.

During the conversation with his teammates, Li Ang learned that the middle-aged man was none other than the manager of the Jumbo Racing team, Richard Peach.

Thinking of the gap between the two teams, Li Ang suddenly felt that it was normal for the two to react like this.

Even among the World Tour teams, the Jumbo Team is definitely one of the top ones. The rider who won the 22nd Tour de France championship, Gwengo, came from the Jumbo Team.

The comparison of the strength of the two teams, to put it in an analogy, is like the distance between SKT and an unknown wildcard team from Southeast Asia in the League of Legends game.

Although both teams have qualified for the World Championship, one is aiming for the championship, and the other just got a quota to make up the numbers.

After the two finished reminiscing about the past, Orsad suddenly sat next to Leon.

"To be honest, I really want to thank you. If it weren't for you, I might not have been sitting here this day in my life. Richard and I have been friends for many years, but he stayed in the Netherlands and I returned to the United States. The gap between us became bigger and bigger. At that time, I was young and promised him that one day in the future, I would be at the same level as him, or even surpass him."

It was unknown where Orsad's gaze was focused, and his eyes were filled with memories of the past.

"I thought I would never have the chance to stand on the Tour de France platform with him in this lifetime, until you showed up. I don't have too many expectations for the outcome of this race, and I won't make any demands on you anymore. Fly high and free. Our team is proud to have you."

Orsad patted Leon on the back, gave him an encouraging look, and stood up to leave.

Leon looked at Orsad's slightly hunched back, and suddenly thought it would be interesting if he could do something big this time.

Time soon came to the day of the game. Li Ang could feel the enthusiasm of the audience just by looking at the sudden increase in the flow of people on the street several days ago.

At least compared to the previous competitions he participated in, this competition was definitely the one that attracted the most attention.

Although Li Ang is not the captain, it can be clearly seen from the team's position that Li Ang is the absolute core.

In fact, not only the manager, but also the teammates in the team had never thought that they would actually stand at the Tour de France cycling race.

(End of this chapter)