Challenge

"Come on, Miss Alicia." Jackson said,

"Thank you for your blessings, but it's a pity that your blessings always represent the opposite result." Alicia took out her swimsuit from her backpack.

"Miss, I sincerely wish you well, and you hurt my conscience so much."

"Do you have a heart?"

"No."

Both were amused by each other.

"Okay, I want to change." Alicia entered the dressing room.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally came out. The three thick lines of the swimsuit stretched from the right shoulder to the left waist, highlighting her slender figure.

"It's just that the chest is a little smaller." Jackson commented.

"Hey, where are you looking?" Alicia glared at Jackson.

"Hey, the beauty of the iceberg is back."

"Forget it; don't you want to practise ball?"

"Oh, I forgot; thank you for reminding me. Bye!" Jackson and Alicia hugged each other after saying, "Come on!" He ran away after saying that.

***

The referee begins his classic line.

Put on your swimming goggles!

Wear earplugs!

Ready to pose!

The screen in front of the players suddenly lit up with the word "Ready" written on it, and then the AI on the screen began to speak.

3,

2,

1,

GO!

Unfortunately, the earplugs blocked the players' connection with the world, so they didn't hear anything; they just jumped into the water, adjusted their posture, and surfaced.

Alicia slapped her feet on the surface of the water and lifted her head up to the rhythm of her hands to get a breath of fresh air.

She observed the players around her, and only two were ahead of her, so she decided to speed up the rhythm of her feet slapping the water in order to increase her speed and overtake them.

faster, faster...

It's a pity that it's useless; the distance between her and second place has not decreased at all, and at this time she is not far from the finish line.

She pressed the button for the end point, the red light! Then she turned her head towards the start point, stepped on the wall of the end point, and rushed over.

Splashes of water hit her swimming goggles and occasionally ran into her mouth, but she couldn't feel it. She only had the second place in her eyes, and she had to go beyond the second place to get close to the first place.

She pressed the start button. Green light! Then she took off her swimming goggles and looked at her results. She was disappointed.

From the first place to the third place, they all narrowly beat their opponents by a slight gap, but from the fourth place onwards, it seems that a cliff has formed, and no one can get close to the third place result.

And she is the third.

...

"Alicia!" Brian came down from the audience; Alicia climbed ashore and took his towel, saying, "Congratulations."

"..."

"Hey, look at it; you and the first two have opened up such a big gap between the results and the others; are you not happy?" Brian knew that this guy was as competitive as Lily; the difference was that one dared to express himself and the other was silent and patient, so he had to find a way to get Alicia to open up; otherwise, she would suffocate herself sooner or later. "Don't be so obsessed with the first place; it's not just this year's sports meeting."

Alicia finally couldn't take it anymore; tears mixed with the pool water, and she could only cover herself by wiping her face.

On the other hand, Gracie, who won first place, was a little disappointed watching their actions.

***

"On your mark! Set!" the referee shouted, "GO!!!"

Brian started to rush; he and the track and field athletes beside him got rid of the other athletes behind them and only focused on the finish line in front of them.

They stood shoulder to shoulder, feeling the wind slide over their cheeks and the massive loss of strength.

Halfway through the run, Brian had run out of energy, so he could only rely on the inertia brought by his speed to rush forward, throwing himself hard towards the finish line, while the track and field athlete lowered his head and used his remaining strength to lead Brian.

Near the finish line, Brian gained some strength and started to accelerate, as did the track and field athletes.

It looks like the Athletics are going to win.

...

No! Look at Brian's feet! He leads the race! He wins!

YAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Brian lay on the ground, listening to the cheers of his classmates.

Gracie wanted to go over and give her compliments, but Alicia pulled Brian up and chatted with him. It was the first time she had ever seen her smile so happily, which made her wonder if she was a third party.

No way... she despises this sensation...

***

While Brian was running, Jackson was wrestling with a squash master, and of course he was a master.

Score: 8 to 8, that is, someone must score 10 points to win.

The teeer was his opponent, and Jackson positioned himself for his attack.

PA!

Tee off, the ball hits the wall...too close to the wall, let it bounce first...well, that's the spot, perfect!

PA!

Jackson hit the ball hard back to the main wall and began to regret why he hit it so hard.

Because the ball flew straight to the opponent's side, the opponent directly volleyed!

PA!

Jackson simply picked the ball up in front of the wall, and the ball just hit the main wall; the opponent hit the ball directly towards the wall! The ball was greatly rebounded and flew to the farthest back.

9:8, I can't let him get another point.

The opponent kicked off again, Jackson was not polite, and he bounced the ball to the side. Unexpectedly, the opponent directly saved the ball, the ball bounced back to Jackson, and Jackson easily hit the ball back.

The opponent hit the ball directly against the wall, and the two bounces of the ball failed to keep him away from the wall, preventing Jackson from trying to hit the ball.

10:8,

He lost—a complete defeat.