470 How Come It’s You Again? (1/2)
When any civilization entered the advance state and solved the basic necessities such as food, clothing, and housing, the desire for entertainment would become an indispensable part of the total social demand. The new demon world was undoubtedly in the advanced state of such a civilization.
Without any external enemy, and no more suffering from within, the demons of the new demon world had plenty of reasons to go crazy for entertainment. And the lightning ball was the entertainment most loved by the inhabitants of the new demon world. In the new demon world, the number of certified cups and leagues was no less than one hundred per year. In which, the eternal shield champions league was the most influential and the largest. Being the winner of the eternal shield champions league was the highest honor in the lifelong pursuit of the lightning ball teams throughout the new demon world.
And Zanarkand, which was the city located at the edge of the new demon world, was famous for its superior lightning ball prowess. In the past one hundred years, the team from Zanarkand had won more than ten league titles. The city master even received an award from the demon king, and the city's rank had been upgraded to the number one in the twenty second-tier cities, second only to the four first-tier cities.
The enthusiasm of the residents of Zanarkand for the lightning ball was not hard to imagine. On the third day before the competition, the whole city began to boil. On the main streets and small alleys, the topic of conversation among the residents was almost inseparable from the lightning ball. Even the food stalls that Wang Lu frequently visited have all introduced various lightning ball theme packages… From those great demons with revered status and tyrannical power, down to mediocre ordinary demons, their life focus was the lightning ball.
Fortunately, before the opening ceremony and the first match of the lightning ball league, the wind of destruction did not come again, and the atmosphere of celebration continued. On the day of the ceremony, the temperature of the whole Zanarkand seemed to rise. When the sky has yet to turn bright, the noise had filled the entire city.
”Hahaha, are you guys ready?”
Similarly, when the sky wasn't bright yet, Aba had hurriedly rushed to the courtyard of Wang Lu and his teammates and knocked on the door.
After Wang Lu opened the door, he saw the five demons with a bizarre dress—the ink demon Aba and his four bird demon junior partners. The five of them usually wore armored guard dress, but now, they were all dressed in black and red shirt. The top part of the shirt was printed with a domineering badge, while the back was printed with a name and a number… Obviously, it was the uniform of Zanarkand's star team.
”... The new demon world is really terrifying, the advancement of their civilization has actually reached this level?”
Shaking his head, Wang Lu took a look at Aba's enthusiastic face. The lively and cheerful head guard now had bloodshot eyes and appeared particularly tired. But his spirit was excited as if he had taken a banned substance. If he hadn't seen such fanatic fans in the city in the past few days, Wang Lu would have surely thought of him as someone who had fire deviated.
But at this time, Wang Lu only sighed and asked, ”Isn't the opening ceremony in the evening?”
Aba nodded his head. ”But now it's almost morning.”
”... What is the logical relationship between those two statements?”
”The opening ceremony is already less than a day. A qualified Zanarkand star team's fan should at least enter the stadium half a day in advance to sing the team song and cheer for them.”
”... Do you think by entering the stadium half a day in advance and singing the song for them, the team can hear you?”
”That doesn't matter! The important thing is…” Aba was about to explain but suddenly found out that he had no convincing arguments. For the stoic wood-like inhabitants of the old demon world, how could he explain the romanticism behind his passion for lightning ball?
”Alas, in your old demon world, there's probably no sport to speak of, so there's no way for you to understand the charm of the number one sport in the new demon world.”
Wang Lu raised his eyebrows. ”Of course there is. In fact, although our civilization is dying, we also have a wealth of sports.”
”Oh?” Aba immediately became interested. ”What is the most popular sport there?”
”The most popular?” Wang Lu thought for a moment. ”That should be the sport of piston-pumping.”
”... What?”
”It's a sport that is born to cope with the high mortality rate in extreme circumstances, which consist of a man and a woman. The content of which is to create love through friction and releasing passion. A sport that is very ideal for multiplying lives.”
Aba appeared to understand but not really. ”In short… since you also like sports, then that's the best. But that piston pumping you just described is after all the product of the old demon world. If you want to truly experience the charm of the immortal shield lightning ball league, then come with me.”
With that, Aba took Wang Lu's hand and pulled him out of the door. Then, his four bird demon friends who each wore a fancy hat put on the jersey of Zanarkand's star team on Wang Lu. The clothes were exactly the same as them. After that, they shouted and laughed cheerfully, like a group of people who had lost their mind.
However, during the league, the atmosphere in the entire city was probably like this. Thus, after thinking for a moment, Wang Lu felt that he should not be pretentious. After changing his dress to the team uniform, he began to greet his teammates, ”Senior Sister Mumu, you guys should change clothes too! They've got one for each of us!”
At the gate of the courtyard, Zhou Mumu looked disgustedly at Wang Lu, who had dressed up as a full-fledged fan, and then puzzledly asked, ”Don't you… feel ashamed?”