535 The Luckiest Draw (2/2)

Dai Li mainly focused on men's and women's 4x100m relay race.

This event had been viewed with respect for a long time. It was seen as a way to measure a country's overall sprinting ability.

Before the rise of the Jamaicans, the American team had always been dominant in both the men's and women's 4x100m relay race. The American team always won the championship as long as they didn't make any mistakes.

However, the Jamaican team had overshadowed the American team in sprinting events recently, and they had won the gold medal for the 4x100 relay race for two consecutive years. Many people regarded Jamaica as the largest sprinting power in the world.

The Jamaican team doesn't have Gittell in the men's relay race, so they are much weaker than before. Our team has Alexander and Ford. This time the Jamaican team is not better than the American team.

It will be harder for the women's team. In the 100m dash and the 200m dash, there were two Jamaican females that were competitive. The women on my team can't be compared to them, even with the help of my title ”continuous iron chain”. Our probability of winning is just 50-50.

I need to find a way to increase our chance of winning. Li thought for a while and remembered the new prop he received recently.

Should I try that prophecy box? Maybe it can help me. Thinking this, Dai Li entered the system and took out that prophecy box.

He shook it a few times and one bamboo stick came out from the box.

Dai Li took up the stick and saw two words on it: the luckiest.

The luckiest draw! I'm lucky. Dai Li couldn't help looking down and he saw a few words appeared on the stick:

”Let Halyna Bob be the third runner.”

”Let Halyna Bob be the third runner? Is this the luckiest draw? Really? How can it be the luckiest draw? I think it's more like the worst draw. I must have read it wrong,” Dai Li talked to himself.

Halyna Bob was only 19 years old. She was the worst among the four athletes in the relay race and she had the least experience. If the American team had not been affected by the drug scandal, she would not have had the chance to even be in the relay race because more famous sprinters would have been available.

In the relay race, the weakest runner was always the first runner. The one strong at sprinting went second, the one with the best overall ability went third, and the most powerful went fourth.

Generally, the third and the fourth runner were the most significant. The third runner was an important link and, therefore, was often the most trusted by the coach.

On the American team, Halyna Bob was the first runner.

Dai Li dared not expect too much of her. She was not fast enough and was too young. However, she was youthfulness gave her a quick reaction time. This qualified her to be the first runner.

Nevertheless, the luckiest draw said that Halyna should be the important third runner. It really was the worst decision Dai Li could think of.

”How can I put Halyna in such an important position? She is not the fastest, most able, most stable, or most experienced. More importantly, she just learned how to pass the baton and she never learned how to receive the baton at all! Maybe the luckiest draw is wrong,” said Dai Li.

A difference between the first runner and the third was that the first one only had to pass the baton, while the third runner not only had to pass the baton but also had to receive the baton. This made being the third runner more complicated.

The transfer of the baton in the relay was not simple. The runner who received the baton should run slowly at first before receiving the baton. Given the speed of the athletes, the transfer of baton was not easy work.

Besides, it would be a foul if the athletes didn't complete the transfer within the passing zone. The passing zone was only 20 meters long. It was a quite long distance, but it only took 10s for athletes to finish 100m. Therefore, the athletes only had two seconds to complete the transfer of the baton. Neither side could make any mistakes or they would lose the whole competition.

As Halyna Bob was the first runner, she didn't need to receive the baton. She just practiced passing without practicing receiving. Without regarding her ability or experience, how dare Dai Li let the athlete who hadn't practiced receiving the baton be the third runner.

At this time, the system in Dai Li's head said, ”Don't doubt the prophecy box. The power of the prophecy box is not telling you which decision is the best or the worst but it's telling you its prophecy.”

”I see. You mean that the decision of the prophecy box must be correct.” Dai Li nodded, but he was still hesitating whether he should believe the words of the luckiest draw.

Then the system spoke again, ”You humans are always afraid of the unknown. How much are you willing to pay to know the future?”

Dai Li was still hesitant but he didn't know how to respond to that question.

”I don't know,” Dai Li shook his head. ”I don't know how much it will cost.”

”You think that any cost is too high for the ability of prophecy, right?” asked the system.

”You are trying to remind me of the value of prophecy?” asked Dai Li.

The system didn't say anything, and Dai Li knew what to do.

”Well, I'll let Halyna Bob be the third runner just as the luckiest draw indicated I should!”