Chapter 145 A Sky Full of Golden Rain
Bai Zhiyu took a deep breath, and when he looked up at Lu Yao, the despair and pleading in his eyes were almost overflowing.
"Master of a Thousand Years... May I speak with you in private? I would like to ask you about my mother's illness."
She couldn't let the other team members know about this. The final was in two hours, and she absolutely couldn't let it affect their mindset and emotions.
The laughter and chatter in the private room came to an abrupt halt.
"Zhizhi..." The support player opened his mouth worriedly, wanting to comfort her.
"It's alright." Bai Zhiyu forced a pale smile. "It's just... I wanted to ask a master to help me calculate my mother's condition."
She paused, then repeated as if to convince herself, "It will be alright."
"Let's go, let's talk alone."
Lu Yao's voice was calm as still water, yet it made Bai Zhiyu's tense shoulders relax slightly.
The two walked toward the terrace one after the other, with the comforting voices of their teammates rising and falling behind them.
"We'll go see Auntie after the game!"
"Auntie will definitely get better!"
Only after the terrace door closed behind him, cutting off all concerned gazes, did Bai Zhiyu lean against the railing, utterly exhausted.
"I... I can only trust you. Sister Muling always said that you pulled her out of the abyss of darkness. They threatened me with my mother..."
Bai Zhiyu handed his phone to Lu Yao, his hand trembling uncontrollably.
Lu Yao took the phone and glanced at the malicious message.
“Heh,” Lu Yao sneered, “When you can’t beat them head-on, you resort to these underhanded tactics.”
Bai Zhiyu's carefully maintained composure crumbled: "What should I do? What if I withdraw from the competition now..."
"Withdraw from the competition?" Lu Yao gently pressed down on her trembling shoulders. "Are you willing to let those rats hiding in the gutter succeed?"
"Of course I'm not willing to accept this!"
Bai Zhiyu practically roared those words, tears still streaming down his face, but a fierce rage burning in his eyes.
"Don't be afraid, your mother will be safe and sound." Lu Yao's gaze was like lightning. "Remember this moment of resentment. I want you to carry this anger and let everyone see what the true wrath of a Valkyrie is."
Bai Zhiyu looked up through her tear-filled eyes and saw Lu Yao's lips curl into an almost dangerous smile: "Don't worry about the competition. As for your mother... I have my own arrangements."
...
The Valkyrie team proudly stepped onto the final stage.
The match begins.
Bai Zhiyu's operations were fluid and seamless, with every move precise and deadly like a scalpel.
In the first game, she achieved a quadra kill. In the second game, she achieved another quadra kill.
In a best-of-five series, winning just one more game would end the match quickly.
"Another quadra kill!" The commentator's voice was hoarse. "This is about to set a new record for the first-ever shutout in a professional league final! Look at the expressions on the opposing players' faces; they're completely stunned!"
The director cuts to a close-up of the opposing team's seats, where the enemy survivors' faces are deathly pale.
However, the survivors of Valkyrie had a burning fighting spirit in their eyes.
They smiled at each other and nodded in tacit agreement.
Bai Zhiyu's four-pronged attack gave them immense confidence.
You can win by running just one run!
"Oh my god, Xiaotong has gone out, and Mengmeng is over there... the cellar is just ahead, can she go?" the commentator exclaimed excitedly. "Mengmeng jumped into the cellar, it's a tie! This is the power of teamwork!"
In the shadows below the stage, a man wearing a baseball cap gritted his teeth and dialed a phone: "Has that girl gone mad? Her mother is still in our hands!"
An angry, cursing voice came from the other end of the phone.
When the golden word "Victory" exploded on the giant screen during the decisive game, the entire venue erupted in cheers.
Gold leaf poured down like a galaxy, shimmering brilliantly under the spotlight.
Bai Zhiyu was tightly embraced by his teammates, tears blurring his vision.
She trembled as she accepted the heavy championship trophy, the cool metallic touch making her feel an unprecedented heat.
Just as the team raised the trophy high above their heads, a commotion suddenly erupted in the audience.
A chorus of gasps swept in from the back row, and Bai Zhiyu turned around, following the horrified gazes of the crowd—
The replay of the victory on the big screen suddenly switched to live monitoring footage.
In the video, a man in black wearing a mask is furtively pushing open the door of a hospital room.
Bai Zhiyu's blood froze instantly.
That was my mother's hospital room!
The surveillance footage clearly shows the man in black pulling a gleaming knife from his pocket.
Meanwhile, her mother was fast asleep in her hospital bed, completely unaware of the impending danger.
"mom!"
Bai Zhiyu's scream was heart-wrenching, and the trophy slipped from her hands, but fortunately, her teammates caught it in a flurry of activity.
The entire audience held their breath, watching in disbelief as the knife plunged viciously into the hospital bed on the surveillance footage.
Just as the sharp blade was about to pierce the hospital bed, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from all around the bed.
The light, as if it were tangible, sent the assailant flying. His back slammed heavily against the hospital room wall with a dull thud.
The mask came off during the impact, revealing a face distorted by terror.
"This...this is damn ghostly?!"
Undeterred, he grabbed the IV stand from the side and lunged at the hospital bed again.
This time, the golden light transformed into several tangible chains, instantly binding his limbs.
The assailant was suspended in mid-air, struggling futilely like a moth trapped in a spider web.
The surveillance footage clearly captured his desperate screams: "Brother Zhang! This ward is really weird! I can't move!"
"Useless trash!" A furious male voice blared from the phone's speaker in the hospital room, then echoed throughout the venue's sound system. "Bai Zhiyu just completed another four captures! I don't care what methods you used, poison or arson, she must pay the price today!"
The moment the sound rang out, the audience erupted in an uproar.
One viewer immediately recognized the voice: "It's Coach Zhang from the Thunder team!"
"My God, this is a hired murder!"
"Call the police immediately!"
The images on the big screen continued:
The thugs, bound by golden chains, suddenly began to mutter uncontrollably to themselves: "Coach Zhang sent me here. He gave me 200,000 yuan... saying he wanted to teach Bai Zhiyu a lesson..."
His expression was one of utter terror, as if he were experiencing the worst nightmare.
Inside the VIP room, Lu Yao slowly withdrew her fingers from the hand seal, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips.
In the center of the stage, Bai Zhiyu stared intently at the big screen until he was sure his mother was safe and sound, then his legs gave way and he knelt down.
Hot tears fell onto the stage floor. Trembling, she picked up the trophy again and raised it high amidst the shower of golden rain.
This victory carries a weight that is unknown to most.
The safety of her mother, the trust of her teammates, and the malice lurking in the shadows.
But at this moment, all of that energy transformed into the surging power in her arms, lifting the trophy higher into the sky.
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