Why is this happening?! Isn't Pengfei Cui a slow starter? Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ stared at the 10-0 score, and was totally bewildered . Pengfei Cui was about to win the first round, while Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ hadn't gotten any points yet .

To Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, the plot had completely digressed . Pengfei Cui didn't start slow, but on the contrary, had been in an extremely good condition since the game began, and had performed several high-difficulty technical moves with ease .

There were levels in 10-0 score, but the audience was not surprised by the result . In their eyes, it was the embodiment of the normal competence of both sides .

It was Pengfei Cui's serve again . At this moment, Pengfei Cui remained wearing a sleepy poker face, with his eyelids dropped .

"Ahem!" Sitting in the coach seat, Zhizhong Gu suddenly cleared his throat loudly . However, it was done in such a deliberate way that everyone could tell that he merely pretended to cough . Television cameras turned to Zhizhong Gu right at this moment, successfully catching him coughing .

He is ordering to concede points! The audience witnessed Zhizhong Gu's action, and so they all knew what was going to happen, too .

It was the Chinese National Ping-Pong Team's traditional to concede points to the opponent, especially in embarra.s.sing moments like a score of 10:0 . They did this so that the opponents could save some face .

Zhizhong Gu was worrying that Pengfei Cui was so over-enjoyed in the game, that he had forgotten to show mercy, so he cleared throat loudly as a reminder . Pengfei Cui hated facade project, as in his mind, people who were inferior to him deserved an egg . But his coach ordered him to "show mercy", so he had to obey the command .

Therefore, he casually served a ball into the net, which changed the score into 10:1 . Finally, Harimoto Hisahsi received his first point!

"Uh, Pengfei Cui finally conceded a point after the score reached 10:0 . "

"Yeah, but isn't it humiliating? Such a casual serve into the net, even a fool could tell he did so on purpose . "

"Right . Although conceding points is a facade project, he should at least make several rounds, rather than just a serve . Such an obvious fake . "

The audience whispered to one another . The crowd even applauded . The applause might have been celebrating Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s first point in this game, or Pengfei Cui's concession . However, when the claps came into Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s ears, they sounded like deliberate mockery .

Although he had gained his first point, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s face flushed . Things had developed unexpectedly, which was totally different than what he had imagined before the game started . He came here with confidence, hoping to win the first round, to prove that he indeed obtained top-level professional competence . Unfortunately, life was so cruel, and it slapped him so hard that it threw him into endless pain .

Concession? How come I received a concession?! Am I not even able to win one point? How poor I am, to win a point through his almsgiving!

The concession came as a heavy hammer, which directly smashed Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s confidence . At this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was unbalanced . He made a stupid mistake in his next serve .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s serve into the net ended the first round with 11:1 . However, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was not conceding a point to Pengfei Cui, as he had made a real mistake .

. . .

Zhizhong Gu looked relaxed, he didn't even give Pengfei Cui any instruction during the interval . But Kimura Juichi's face was cloudy . Although he had predicted Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s failure, he never expected such a fiasco .

Moreover, Pengfei Cui's high-enthusiasm immediately messed up Kimura Juichi's strategies soon after the game began . Kimura Juichi's plans were all useless . In fact, the gap between the two players was huge, and even the best strategy could not make it up .

In the second round, soon the score changed into 8:0 . Now, Pengfei Cui was a little bit loose, and Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ caught the chance to gain his second point .

Finally the second round ended at 11:2, then the gap remained impossible to cross .

After the third round started, Pengfei Cui took a lead again, with a 5:0 score .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ stood still with eyes glazing . He was about to cry .

Is there indeed a huge gap between Pengfei Cui and I? I'm right here facing him, but I can't fight back . There's not even a chance!

Helplessness raised from his heart, then gradually spread over his body, like a dandelion being blown away by a breeze, its seeds dancing in the air and spreading all over the land .

At this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ even distrusted himself . He began to doubt whether he was the right person for playing ping-pong or not .

Because of his parents, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ started practicing ping-pong since he was two years old . When he was seven, he showed up prominently, not only among his peers, but among seniors as well .

No one his age could defeat him, even seniors were often beaten by him . At that time, he was called "The Gifted Child" by j.a.panese media, and was predicted as being the hope of j.a.panese ping-pong .

With a t.i.tle of so-called genius, he stood at the international stage when he was only twelve, and was praised as the youngest player in the ITTF open . In the next couple of years, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ kept partic.i.p.ating in various kinds of contests, defeating adult opponents one by another . Meanwhile, his world rank gradually raised, and finally, he was listed in the Top 50 ping-pong players in the world .

The rank convinced Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ himself that he was capable to challenge the world's best ping-pong players . However, from today's scores, he awakened to the realization that he was not only one step away from being the world's best, but instead, there was a huge chasm blocking his way .

At the end of the third round, again, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ lost many points . Such hopelessness brought Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ much pain, that he even began to shrink back, for he feared being in the field facing Pengfei Cui .

He prayed that the game could finish as soon as possible . To make it worse, deep in his heart, he had an impulse to run away from here .

However, in international ping-pong contests, individual singles knockouts usually had four-wins out of seven games, which meant that Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ must complete the fourth round before he left . But in his eyes, the fourth round was only a torment of pain!

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ never had such a miserable loss before . When standing against Pengfei Cui, who had already been on the pitch, fighting back was an extravagant hope .

At last, in the fourth round, after losing three rounds, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was completely unbalanced . He even performed technical deformation in the basic serve actions .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ is having a breakdown .

Zhizhong Gu's face lit up with a satisfying smile . That was what he wanted .

For young athletes like Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, their biggest defect was not technical problems, but psychological immaturity . A fourteen to fifteen year old teenager was definitely not as mentally mature as adults .

Especially when they suffered setbacks, adults were able to bear a certain degree of frustration, while teenagers might have a shadow remaining from the bad experience . At this moment, the hormones produced by p.u.b.erty were also disastrous substances .

What we called psychological shadows, were produced in adolescence . TV shows often displayed similar plots, like an individual who turned out to be a psycho killer after going through a miserable childhood .

Being whacked in today's match apparently left an enormous psychological shadow in Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s heart . He was only fifteen, so he might probably need a long time to get rid of the shadow, or in the worst case scenario, he might live under the shadow for the rest of his life .

Perhaps from the very beginning, if Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ set a rather low goal for himself to achieve, things would be better . But he thought highly of himself, and the goal was set too high, which brought the reverse effects .

Puny boy! What gifted child? I was way stronger than him when I was fifteen .

Pengfei Cui curled his lip with disappointment in his eyes . Actually, when Pengfei Cui was fifteen, he was already recruited into the National Team One, and had defeated the team's main force several times . By contrast, the current Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ barely met the standard of getting into the National Team Two .

. . .

The fourth round was ongoing . Standing in the field, gazing at the 10:0 score, tears fell from Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s eyes involuntarily . The current situation exceeded Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s mental summit .

Argh, why he is crying? Did I do anything wrong?

Pengfei Cui finally felt a sense of guilt about bullying a boy . "I'd better concede another point to calm him down!" Pengfei Cui told himself .

Chapter 309 Concede PointsTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioWhy is this happening Isn t Pengfei Cui a slow starter Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ stared at the 10 0 score, and was totally bewildered . Pengfei Cui was about to win the first round, while Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ hadn t gotten any points yet . To Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, the plot had completely digressed . Pengfei Cui didn t start slow, but on the contrary, had been in an extremely good condition since the game began, and had performed several high difficulty technical moves with ease . There were levels in 10 0 score, but the audience was not surprised by the result . In their eyes, it was the embodiment of the normal competence of both sides . It was Pengfei Cui s serve again . At this moment, Pengfei Cui remained wearing a sleepy poker face, with his eyelids dropped . Ahem Sitting in the coach seat, Zhizhong Gu suddenly cleared his throat loudly . However, it was done in such a deliberate way that everyone could tell that he merely pretended to cough . Television cameras turned to Zhizhong Gu right at this moment, successfully catching him coughing . He is ordering to concede points The audience witnessed Zhizhong Gu s action, and so they all knew what was going to happen, too . It was the Chinese National Ping Pong Team s traditional to concede points to the opponent, especially in embarra.s.sing moments like a score of 10 0 . They did this so that the opponents could save some face . Zhizhong Gu was worrying that Pengfei Cui was so over enjoyed in the game, that he had forgotten to show mercy, so he cleared throat loudly as a reminder . Pengfei Cui hated facade project, as in his mind, people who were inferior to him deserved an egg . But his coach ordered him to show mercy , so he had to obey the command . Therefore, he casually served a ball into the net, which changed the score into 10 1 . Finally, Harimoto Hisahsi received his first point Uh, Pengfei Cui finally conceded a point after the score reached 10 0 . Yeah, but isn t it humiliating Such a casual serve into the net, even a fool could tell he did so on purpose . Right . Although conceding points is a facade project, he should at least make several rounds, rather than just a serve . Such an obvious fake . The audience whispered to one another . The crowd even applauded . The applause might have been celebrating Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s first point in this game, or Pengfei Cui s concession . However, when the claps came into Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s ears, they sounded like deliberate mockery . Although he had gained his first point, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s face flushed . Things had developed unexpectedly, which was totally different than what he had imagined before the game started . He came here with confidence, hoping to win the first round, to prove that he indeed obtained top level professional competence . Unfortunately, life was so cruel, and it slapped him so hard that it threw him into endless pain . Concession How come I received a concession Am I not even able to win one point How poor I am, to win a point through his almsgiving The concession came as a heavy hammer, which directly smashed Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s confidence . At this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was unbalanced . He made a stupid mistake in his next serve . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s serve into the net ended the first round with 11 1 . However, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was not conceding a point to Pengfei Cui, as he had made a real mistake . . . . Zhizhong Gu looked relaxed, he didn t even give Pengfei Cui any instruction during the interval . But Kimura Juichi s face was cloudy . Although he had predicted Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s failure, he never expected such a fiasco . Moreover, Pengfei Cui s high enthusiasm immediately messed up Kimura Juichi s strategies soon after the game began . Kimura Juichi s plans were all useless . In fact, the gap between the two players was huge, and even the best strategy could not make it up . In the second round, soon the score changed into 8 0 . Now, Pengfei Cui was a little bit loose, and Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ caught the chance to gain his second point . Finally the second round ended at 11 2, then the gap remained impossible to cross . After the third round started, Pengfei Cui took a lead again, with a 5 0 score . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ stood still with eyes glazing . He was about to cry . Is there indeed a huge gap between Pengfei Cui and I I m right here facing him, but I can t fight back . There s not even a chance Helplessness raised from his heart, then gradually spread over his body, like a dandelion being blown away by a breeze, its seeds dancing in the air and spreading all over the land . At this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ even distrusted himself . He began to doubt whether he was the right person for playing ping pong or not . Because of his parents, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ started practicing ping pong since he was two years old . When he was seven, he showed up prominently, not only among his peers, but among seniors as well . No one his age could defeat him, even seniors were often beaten by him . At that time, he was called The Gifted Child by j.a.panese media, and was predicted as being the hope of j.a.panese ping pong . With a t.i.tle of so called genius, he stood at the international stage when he was only twelve, and was praised as the youngest player in the ITTF open . In the next couple of years, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ kept partic.i.p.ating in various kinds of contests, defeating adult opponents one by another . Meanwhile, his world rank gradually raised, and finally, he was listed in the Top 50 ping pong players in the world . The rank convinced Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ himself that he was capable to challenge the world s best ping pong players . However, from today s scores, he awakened to the realization that he was not only one step away from being the world s best, but instead, there was a huge chasm blocking his way . At the end of the third round, again, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ lost many points . Such hopelessness brought Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ much pain, that he even began to shrink back, for he feared being in the field facing Pengfei Cui . He prayed that the game could finish as soon as possible . To make it worse, deep in his heart, he had an impulse to run away from here . However, in international ping pong contests, individual singles knockouts usually had four wins out of seven games, which meant that Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ must complete the fourth round before he left . But in his eyes, the fourth round was only a torment of pain Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ never had such a miserable loss before . When standing against Pengfei Cui, who had already been on the pitch, fighting back was an extravagant hope . At last, in the fourth round, after losing three rounds, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was completely unbalanced . He even performed technical deformation in the basic serve actions . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ is having a breakdown . Zhizhong Gu s face lit up with a satisfying smile . That was what he wanted . For young athletes like Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, their biggest defect was not technical problems, but psychological immaturity . A fourteen to fifteen year old teenager was definitely not as mentally mature as adults . Especially when they suffered setbacks, adults were able to bear a certain degree of frustration, while teenagers might have a shadow remaining from the bad experience . At this moment, the hormones produced by p.u.b.erty were also disastrous substances . What we called psychological shadows, were produced in adolescence . TV shows often displayed similar plots, like an individual who turned out to be a psycho killer after going through a miserable childhood . Being whacked in today s match apparently left an enormous psychological shadow in Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s heart . He was only fifteen, so he might probably need a long time to get rid of the shadow, or in the worst case scenario, he might live under the shadow for the rest of his life . Perhaps from the very beginning, if Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ set a rather low goal for himself to achieve, things would be better . But he thought highly of himself, and the goal was set too high, which brought the reverse effects . Puny boy What gifted child I was way stronger than him when I was fifteen . Pengfei Cui curled his lip with disappointment in his eyes . Actually, when Pengfei Cui was fifteen, he was already recruited into the National Team One, and had defeated the team s main force several times . By contrast, the current Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ barely met the standard of getting into the National Team Two . . . . The fourth round was ongoing . Standing in the field, gazing at the 10 0 score, tears fell from Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s eyes involuntarily . The current situation exceeded Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s mental summit . Argh, why he is crying Did I do anything wrong Pengfei Cui finally felt a sense of guilt about bullying a boy . I d better concede another point to calm him down Pengfei Cui told himself .