457 Still Him (1/2)

Sebastian was holding the steering wheel but he didn't start the car. His favorite jazz artist was coming through the stereo, but the sound seemed harsh and distracting.

19.93 seconds! That's the result of a world champion. Since Kittell has retired, this result could bring a gold medal in the Olympic Games, or at least a medal.

Shawn Ford got 19.93 seconds, which shows that he is in a good state. If he keeps that state, even if he goes a little slower, he will pass the qualification trials of the Olympic Games. In other words, he has already reserved one seat in the 200m.

But the question is, why can he suddenly run so fast? What he has done this year to let him run so fast? Let alone within 20 seconds, even someone within 20.10 seconds could win nearly any championship in America!

After that World Championship, Shawn Ford didn't perform well at all. I almost forgot him. But now he has come back without any warning. There must be something strange! There must be! If I am right, the Chinese coach is the key.

It could be viewed as luck or coincidence when Alexander returned to his former state. But now Shawn Ford is achieving again. How could it be possible that both these changes are by chance? Dai Li must be giving excitants to them, or they couldn't improve so fast.

Thinking of this, Sebastian suddenly felt annoyed that Dai Li's excitant must be powerful enough that even an old athlete like Shawn Ford could regain his status.

No, I need to notify Franklin's Lab at once. I must figure out what the h*ll Dai Li is using. Sebastian took up his phone and called Franklin...

...

After a whole day training, Ford was tired and walked close to Alexander.

”Justin, could you take me to the station? My car is in the shop,” Shawn Ford said apologetically.

”Sure, I'll give you a ride.” Alexander nodded. ”But wait for me for five minutes, I need to go to the bathroom.”

”The men's toilet in the bathroom over there is broken. One hour ago, when I went there, workers were examining it. You'd better go to another bathroom outside,” Ford said casually.

”Broken again. It's really frequent.” Alexander continued, ”Not long ago, the toilet was broken and a plumber was repairing it, but that guy was gay. He stared at my dick when I had a pee. That was really awkward.”

”Was he about so tall, with thin with brown hair and a beard on his upper lip?” Ford made some gestures as he said.

”Yes, that's him.” Alexander obviously hadn't forgotten the plumber's appearance, and he continued to ask, ”You met him too?”

”It seems like we met the same guy. D*mn it! Of course we met a gay guy right when we had to pee, and he stared at us for so long...” Ford started to talk dirty. Obviously, he didn't like gays at all.

...

Andrew was an investigator of a research company. He had met many weird clients and also received many strange commissions. For example, he was asked to get an athlete's urine sample not long ago.

That investigation was not as good as Andrew expected. He pretended to be a plumber and got the athlete's urine sample successfully, but at the same time, the athlete thought he was gay.

Andrew didn't think that he could get another similar commission. However, to his surprise, he got one again not long after to get another athlete's urine sample.

Therefore, Andrew pretended to be a plumber again.

As a man and a temporary-urologist, it was really embarrassing to watch another man peeing.

Still, he succeeded at gaining the sample, but he would never forget the athlete's face when he looked at him.

The athlete's face was full of irony, disdain, and disgust. There was no doubt that the athlete this time also treated Andrew as a gay.

Andrew felt that his dignity had been trampled.

D*mn it! I swear that I will never accept such a commission again!

...

Franklin was holding a detection report but his face looked serious.

”How is the result? Anything wrong?” Sebastian asked eagerly.

Franklin shook his head. ”The result of Shawn Ford is as normal as that of Justin Alexander.”

Both of them were silent for half a minute. Franklin spoke first. ”Can you be certain that Shawn Ford used excitant?”

”What else? I can't figure out another possibility.” Sebastian continued, ”Last time it could have been luck for Alexander, but could it possible that this time was luck again? Moreover, Ford was different from Alexander. Before he was suspended, Alexander was a top sprinter in the world, known as the fastest athlete of America. But how about Shawn Ford?”

”These years, he has been unknown to the public, only an average athlete. But after changing coaches, he suddenly becomes world championship level. If Ford was good enough, why didn't he perform well these years? So, the only thing I can think is that the Chinese coach let them dope excitant so that they could improve more quickly!”