Chapter 80 My Strongest Opponent
"How is that possible! Seton and I haven't even spoken to each other!"
Two seconds later, Nie Chuan realized something and turned sideways to look at Reese beside him.
Because Nie Chuan still remembered the corners of Seton's mouth that curled up after he blew him a kiss. The person he blew a kiss to was Reese!
Before Nie Chuan could frown, the game on the sidelines entered another breathtaking moment.
Seton ran with the ball, leaving even his teammates far behind. There is no doubt that except for the small forward Dane who was substituted out, who has such speed and Ben Robbins who has the ability to connect with him on the outside, the strength of Azu's main substitutes is far behind Seton.
Seton rushed into the basket, and the moment he jumped, his leg muscles tensed up, as if they were going to break through the limits of people's vision.
Three defensive players jumped up together to block Seton's layup route.
But Seton turned in the air, holding the ball while passing through the gap between two defensive players.
His strong waist and abdominal strength allowed him to keep moving forward and dunk the ball into the basket with great force.
The whole basketball hall was echoing!
Nie Chuan opened his eyes wide, with Seton's dunk on his mind, and the whole audience applauded wildly.
Sports reporters' shutters never stopped.
"Oh my god! This is the kind of performance that only the top NBA stars can have!"
"Too shocking! Dribbling past the defense in mid-air and then dunking? I must be seeing things!"
Nie Chuan couldn't calm down, he stared at Seton's back.
Although he is also a point guard, Seton has blurred the boundaries between forward and guard, scoring freely and casually amidst the opponent's tight defense. His skills are not only comprehensive, but also superb.
Even if there are many strong teams in the league, how many of them can stop Seton?
Seton's goal completely caused the opponent to collapse. Their defense was disrupted and they were even terrified whenever Seton had the ball.
Nie Chuan couldn't help but imagine himself becoming Seton's opponent, standing right in front of him. He could imagine what kind of pressure that would be like, as if no matter how hard he tried, Seton could easily outsmart his opponent's efforts.
The game is over. Azu wins by a large margin.
When the show was over, everyone was talking about Seton.
Nie Chuan and the others were still sitting in their seats.
Seton put on his coat and walked up slowly, his hands in his pockets, his gait comfortable, as if the five-minute game was just a warm-up for him.
At this time, Reese stood up and patted Nie Chuan on the shoulder: "Let's go."
"But..." Seton has already walked over!
"Yeah, let's go." Raven also left his seat and turned around, pretending that he hadn't seen Seton at all.
"Did you bring your kid here on purpose? Don't you think that letting him see my strength too early will make him lose confidence?" Seton asked from a distance.
Many fans of Azu and Seton were standing not far away, watching Seton.
"He won't," Reese replied calmly.
"I'll wait and see. And Reese Reddington, I look forward to seeing you again on the basketball court. The days without you are really boring."
So that air kiss was really meant for Reese?
Reese didn't respond and walked off the field.
Nie Chuan hurriedly followed. He had a feeling that these last five minutes were a provocation from Seton to Reese.
That is a contest of another level, and no one else can intervene.
"What do you want to eat?" Reese suddenly turned around and asked.
Nie Chuan was stunned for a moment, then showed a helpless smile: "It's really like you said, after watching Seton's game, I don't want to eat anything."
Reese reached out his hand and scratched Nie Chuan's nose with his finger: "When I first met you, your level was only this high."
Reese used his index finger and thumb to compare in front of Nie Chuan, and there was only a gap between the two fingers.
"Hey, is that all?"
How is this different from having no level?
“But now you have so much.” Reese’s fingers stretched out. “So what are you worried about? There’s still so much time until March Madness. It will be interesting to see the expression on Seton’s face when that time comes.”
"So what? Aren't you the one who makes him feel excited?" Nie Chuan said coldly.
"Um?"
"Didn't he blow you a kiss today?"
"So you're jealous?" Reese asked, tilting his head.
"No." Nie Chuan pushed his shoulder away and walked forward with a muffled voice.
Reese came to his side, "Or let me do it tonight. Make yourself completely mine, and you won't have to worry about it anymore."
Nie Chuan's shoulders paused: "That would make me even more worried!"
At this moment, several girls came up to me and asked, "You are Reese Reddington from DK, right?"
"Yes." Reese's expression was calm, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes when he looked at them.
This made the girls feel a little timid.
But Reese did not walk away, which gave them courage.
"We...we are all your fans!"
"We believe that you are the only one who can defeat Seth Lind in the league!" said a girl with big brown curly hair.
Nie Chuan rolled his eyes to the sky and said, “Look, look, “You are the only one who can defeat Seth Lind”. Even your fans know it. It’s really like a “world for only two of us”!
"Can you give me an autograph?" The brown-haired girl took out a pen.
"Where to sign?" Reese asked.
"Here!" The girl pulled up her collar excitedly.
Nie Chuan's eyes almost fell out! Signed there? Was he mistakenly signing there?
What fool doesn't know that from Elias' height, he can see the girl clearly just by lowering his head!
But Reese actually took the pen, lowered his head, signed on the other person's collar, then handed the pen to the other person and walked towards Nie Chuan without saying a word.
Damn it!
Nie Chuan didn't want to talk to Reese at all.
"It's noon now, aren't you hungry at all?"
Nie Chuan walked forward with money in his pockets.
"What's wrong with you?" Reese asked again.
"I'm sleepy. I want to go back to sleep."
Nie Chuan continued to walk forward without even looking at Reese, but Reese pulled Nie Chuan back and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Reese's brows furrowed.
This guy really cares about his emotions.
Well, just say it clearly, especially for someone like Reese. When he sees why Nie Chuan is angry, he will inevitably make sarcastic remarks again.
"I don't like you getting so close to other girls. You signed on her collar, which is a very ambiguous act. Do you understand?" Nie Chuan replied.
Reese's lips slowly curved up: "So you are jealous now?"
Nie Chuan looked into Reese's eyes without avoiding the question: "Yes, I am jealous."
He was very clear about the fact that Reese had excellent looks, ball skills and even intelligence. He could easily capture anyone if he wanted to. So Nie Chuan knew that if he treated everyone who approached Reese or had a good impression of him as an imaginary enemy, he would be asking for trouble.
But I must never give autographs to girls like I did just now.
"Then I'm jealous too," Reese replied.
"Are you jealous? Jealous of what?"
"I'm jealous that you smile more naturally in front of other girls than in front of me. I'm jealous that you easily open your arms to hug them, but you rarely hug me. I'm jealous that when you accept the snacks and small gifts they give you, it's as if I, who am standing next to you, don't even exist."
"What? Can you say I'm jealous of these things? The smiles, the hugs, the snacks and small gifts they gave me were just my politeness! I never agreed to go out with them, nor did I stare at the collars of their T-shirts!"
"But to me, it's all ambiguous," Reese replied.
"Why do you feel ambiguous?"
"Because you exude the message 'I am available to you'. But I signed their collars, but I won't give any of them any false impressions."
Nie Chuan opened his mouth, but was suddenly speechless.
"Will you let me go?" Reese asked.
This question was asked in English, and sure enough, some of the audience who had just left the show looked over.
"Go do it yourself!" Nie Chuan almost vomited blood.
But the moment he turned around, his heart was beating wildly.
While eating lunch, Nie Chuan didn't even say a word to Reese.
In the afternoon, they drove back to DK.
The identical scenery on the intercontinental highway made Nie Chuan sleepy, and soon he fell asleep leaning against the window.
In his mind, the scene of Seton's game replayed like a nightmare. He jumped up, and his mid-air passing posture passed through Nie Chuan's sight like a sharp blade.
Nie Chuan found that he was one of the three people who jumped up to intercept. The feeling of Seton passing by him was so real that the helplessness at that moment made Nie Chuan sweat on his forehead.
He couldn't stop him... What should he do? What should he do?
At this moment, the whole world suddenly shook and shattered, and Reese's voice came: "Hey, don't sleep, talk to me."
"Ah? What?" Nie Chuan opened his eyes and realized that his back was also wet.
He didn't feel it when watching the game, but if he was the one defending Seton, Nie Chuan would feel a chill in his heart.
"I said, if you don't want me to fall asleep too, just talk to me."
"...What did you say?" Nie Chuan was still immersed in the dream just now.
"Whatever you want."
Nie Chuan propped up his head and thought for a while: "Is Seton the most powerful opponent you have ever encountered?"
"no."
"No? Who then? Raven? Owen? Or Larven?"
"Neither of them," Reese replied.
Nie Chuan thought about it, then suddenly realized, "I know who the most powerful opponent you have ever encountered is!"
"Oh, who do you think it is?" Reese turned his head to look at Nie Chuan.
"Yourself. You can see your opponent, but surpassing yourself is the hardest."
Of course, Nie Chuan held back on the other half of the sentence. According to Carlo's logic, Reese was so narcissistic that he was the only one who was invincible.
Reese was silent, which made Nie Chuan wonder if Reese had guessed his little thoughts again?
When they arrived at a gas station, Reese stopped the car.
"Nie Chuan, my strongest opponents are not those people you mentioned."
Reese's hands were still on the steering wheel, but there was seriousness in his voice.
Nie Chuan looked at him, and inexplicably began to look forward to his answer.
"Who is that? Could it be someone I haven't heard of?"
“That person was sitting next to me.”
"What?" Nie Chuan thought he had heard it wrong. "You are not talking about me, are you? My level is far different from yours!"
"My strongest opponent will probably always be you."
"Why?"
"Because I want you to always look at me, and I want to be the most prominent in your world. Nie Chuan, maybe you haven't realized it yourself, but you are easily attracted by beautiful or dazzling things. Because of this, I must surpass everyone, whether it's Larven, Owen or Seton. But when I surpass them all, you will find the next target that attracts you. If I want to keep my place in your heart, I must surpass you again."
Reese's eyes were looking forward, but Nie Chuan's eyes were warm.
"I'm not as fickle as you think."
"Even if you're not a playboy, you are a completely different person today than the kid I first met on the community basketball court. Soon, I won't have anything to teach you anymore, and you'll find your own direction. You're growing too fast, and at this rate, if I can't keep up with your growth, I'll soon be surpassed by you. You won't even bother to look at me, and I'll just have to follow you wearily."
Nie Chuan never expected that Reese would have such a moment of lack of confidence.
"I want to become faster and stronger. Not to surpass anyone, nor to find a more conspicuous target, just to be on par with you."
Nie Chuan said.
"So what were you thinking about when you were dreaming just now?"
Nie Chuan blinked: "How do you know I'm dreaming?"
"Your brows are furrowed. You always sleep well. Even if I lick you to the point of orgasm, you will continue to sleep."
"Wait, when did you ever lick me while I was sleeping?"
"That's not the point. The point is what you dreamed about just now?" Reese looked over.
There was a strong force in his gaze, and Nie Chuan simply couldn't lie.
"I dreamed that I was defending Seton... If he used the same aerial move he used in today's game, I would have no way of defending him."
"He used that trick to take revenge on me. But I didn't expect it would have such an effect on you," Reese replied.
"Revenge you? Why?"