Chapter 2100 — A Smile of Goodwill
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The projectiles were fired at random by dedicated projectile-evasion training machines, with no pattern whatsoever. The launch positions of the iron balls were generated randomly by computer. Anyone worried about cheating could, after the computer generated a firing trajectory, choose to regenerate it or adjust it manually, eliminating any possibility of foul play!
Every family head and sect leader present had the right to request that the computer regenerate the trajectory! And to prevent anyone from suspecting tampering with the training machines—just as in this afternoon's car race, where some had questioned whether Qibing's car had been altered—this time we will not deliberately fix each family's machine in place. Everyone will choose at random, and may even propose swapping positions with one another!
"This afternoon was an accident. There is nothing wrong with Qibing's driving skill. Had he not rolled over, he would certainly have taken first place. Since some of you have doubts, then pick your positions however you like!"
Old Master Zhao's words were aimed squarely at Han Tianba. This projectile-evasion contest had never been intended to exploit any loophole to begin with—the disciples of the Hidden Tang Family had studied projectile firing and evasion since childhood, and their technique was first-rate; they could win without cheating, so there was simply no need for it!
"An explanation is a cover-up—the more you protest, the guiltier you look," Han Tianba snorted. "Since we may choose, then we choose first. Mr. Lin, after you!"
Since Old Master Zhao had put it that way, Wei Zhao naturally understood that the Hidden Zhao Family had no intention of playing tricks in this contest, so he did not bother choosing much. He casually stepped into the firing range of one projectile-training machine and planted himself there.
The disciples of the other families likewise went out one after another and each found a position of their own.
Next came the generation of the trajectories and paths for the projectiles. At Old Master Zhao's command, the training machines began to operate...
To be honest, Wei Zhao had received fairly rigorous assassin training as a child and had come into contact with this kind of projectile-evasion drill before, but after all, he had not specialized in it. With so many iron balls, he was confident of dodging most of them—but of dodging every last one, he certainly was not!
Wei Zhao frowned. Was he to concede this round? He turned and looked toward the representative of the Hidden Tang Family not far away, and that representative, seeing Wei Zhao at that moment, smiled and nodded at him!
"?" Wei Zhao was utterly baffled by the smile of this Tang Family contestant! He could tell that it was not a mocking sneer, nor a provocative cold smirk, but a smile of genuine goodwill!
But—a disciple of the Hidden Tang Family smiling at him with goodwill? Was that even possible? Wei Zhao found it hard to believe.
Frowning slightly, Wei Zhao suddenly realized that this Hidden Tang Family disciple looked rather familiar, giving him a sense of having seen him before. Could it have been somewhere in the past? At the trial in the Ice Palace? No, that did not seem right either...
Wei Zhao remembered that when they had registered their names and stakes earlier, this Tang Family disciple had been called Tang Yuyi. But what Tang Yuyi's intentions were, Wei Zhao truly had no idea.
Yet as the warning tone sounded to signal that the projectile-training machines were about to start, Wei Zhao focused his attention and watched the evasion machine without blinking. Suddenly, the jade pendant at his chest emitted a warning signal—faint, but enough to make Wei Zhao start!
Of course! The jade pendant could give warnings—how could he have forgotten? Wei Zhao instinctively darted to the side, and the pendant's warning signal vanished. With this discovery, he was instantly overjoyed. Wonderful, truly wonderful!