BXBX NOVEL Chapter 244 - Flying With The Phoenix.
After Yang Dao was done healing he ate a hearty breakfast and then after bidding an emotional farewell to everyone he left the orphanage with his team.
Today he was riding the 'Silence' again. Ayaka was monitoring the news and web forums about this and she found a lot of people apologizing to Yang Dao for their earlier statements. They also apologized to Feng Yun for calling her an evil capitalist of so.
Not that the phoenix cared about it. However, Yang Dao became calm after this incident. he went back to riding his own bike. After the participants, all gathered at the starting line they were all shocked to find the crowd being pro-Dao.
The city was drowned in overwhelming chants of his name, "DAO! DAO! DAO! DAO! DAO!"
Yang Dao stood at the starting line with a helpless smile and a negligible blush on his face. he raised his hands and waved to the crowd. The referees waved the flag and the event began again. Just like he entered the city yesternight, the people all showered him with flower petals.
The boy decided to respect the people with winning the two checkpoints and he slowed down and said, "I will not switch to the top gear, how about a race for the checkpoint?" he had forgotten that not everyone was able to heal themselves overnight. The others have all pushed themselves yesterday.
Watching no one answering his offer. Thomas pulled forward and said, "How about I race you?"
The other people were also surprised. Evans also smiled and said, "I am in too."
The captain of the silver city also said, "I am in too. However, you must not touch the fourth front gear." he stated.
Yang Dao nodded and said, "After this turn, the sprint is straight. You can use all that you have. Let the spectators enjoy." with a smile on his face.
The three people nodded, after all, in the past four days only they had not raced for checkpoints.
Yang Dao and the four took the lead, unaware that Ray and Felix had started a betting stall on the go. Ray said, "Dao gets first, Evans gets second. I bet five hundred carat coins."
Felix bet on Dao first and Thomas second. The rest of the teams pressed on their own captains winning the second. Yes, second. They knew what sort of monster was that kid. Soon the results became obvious, the Dao Child took first, Thomas second with Evans, and the Silver city guy coming in third by a millisecond and tied.
The mountain or the highest road point checkpoint was taken by Yang Dao. The whole Jewel nation was like a big plateau. The race continued and on the sixth day, Eugene dropped out along with a member of the silver city team.
Despite the tough training, the pressure of the actual race was not handled by them. The bodies had reached the limit as they were going at least thrice faster than the pace of the training. On the same night, two more people dropped out. The other teams were also in dire straits, but the competition went on. On the final day, The people returned to the jade city. This time they climbed the ruby peak first and then chased to the finish line in the city.
Thomas took the finish line and Yang Dao came in second. This was done deliberately and everyone was aware of it because Thomas was about to pass out so this win became Yang Dao's gift to him. After the award ceremony, Yang Dao was surrounded by the press. Fortunately, Feng Yun arrived on time to rescue his tired ass.
The lady rode a vibrant vermillion-colored chopper and behind her two leopards followed. The two cubs had grown half a meter in size after just one week. They looked very domineering. The chopper landed in the middle of the road and the media shifted their focus on Feng Yun's entry. The lady gracefully walked wearing her traditional vermillion red dress.
She came to Yang Dao and with a smile, she embraced him. The boy said, "Sister Yun, what is with the charade?"
The girl whispered, "Surprise for later, Dao. Do not spoil it. You know I cannot deny things to you."
Yang Dao smiled. he beckoned the leopard cubs. The two furry creatures walked over to his side and rubbed their heads to his legs. The people of the media went crazy. To think such strong animals were so tamed in front of Feng Yun and Yang Dao.
If they knew that the IQ of these two can put them to shame, then what? Feng Yun turned to the media and said, "Thank you for your attention. You can ask questions to my brother but slowly. he is very tired from the event so I hope you understand."
The people nodded and started to ask him questions about how was he able to keep up in the event and where did the cubs come from. The boy also did not shy away and told them that he was able to keep up because of daily training and the support of his teammates. He also mentioned how Ayaka coached them to win this event.
He came to the topic of the cubs and told the people how he found them in the mountains and how their mother dead by a trap left behind by the hunters. After all, this was done, Yang Dao went over to meet the principal, Aislinn jasper who was standing with the officials discussing some things.
Her daughter happened to be present as well. She and Yang Dao exchanged a smile and the boy spoke, "Ma'am can I take a leave from the college?"
The principal smiled and said, "Well, you can take the leave to rest, but do submit your physics project, before the final assessment. Professor Newton might deduct some credits from you otherwise."
The lady was joking with him actually. The boy scratched the back of his head and nodded in promise. Then he sat down in the chopper and flew away with Feng Yun. Just like the first time, people looked at his back in awe and envy.