" Get set! "....
The gears of his brain spun rapidly,
A 100 meters race, a muscle pull.
In that state of extreme difficulty, time seemed to slow done, his brain work overly heightened.
Average 100 meters, non Titan peak world level scenario, peak time 8.5 seconds , even he was 8.8 seconds.
With a muscle pull, how to go about it?
What causes a muscle pull?
Insufficient blood flow, under strained muscles, over strained muscles, sudden forceful contraction, fatigue etc
Dong Ming was a thorough athlete in and out.
Exercise, working out, sports, with youthful young vigor!.
Good nutrition, mentality and genetics, all these went hand in hand to make him if the most was much as he hadn't yet competed against all the world, then one of the most physically capable youth of his age grade in the world!
Dong Ming was certain.
At times because his brilliant brain tremendously shone, it made so much light that his Physicality was at times sidelined, but his physique was really equal brilliant.
He had good genetics, he took care of his health, he had ingrained workouts into his regular physicality finding simple, interesting, ingenious ways to excite his body.
In clear terms, Dong Ming had bio-hacked his body.
His brilliant brain and mind in sync, counter feeding each other brilliance.
To be honest another reason, a major one Dong Ming chose the school of physicality and performances was to also give his brilliant body an avenue to shine too.
Why else had he chosen the school of physicality and performances out of his very restrained option of just two.
Even in good scenarios a muscle pull could also happen at impromptu, Dong Ming knew among the various reasons possible, the cause for his was tiredness, fatigue.
After sitting for a three hour exam, he had cycled to the colosseum immediately, not taking any time to rest.
Are you tired lower limbs?
Come on, you can take so much more!
Much more!, what's that little stress is enough to cause you to moan pain in strain.
Dong Ming spoke to his lower limbs, entire Dong Ming, consciousness, mind, speaking to part, lower limb Dong Ming.
Of course all this was in his mind, in the split short moment between " get set and...
I'm also from the same class as Dong Ming, we wrote the three hours law exam together, and i can tell, Dong Ming is not going to best Yan Ding and Parker this time around!
A certain person carrying a legal scholarly vibe spoke with a rounded frame glass.
His voice wafting towards Lin Ran, Rhoda and Fang Ling, his location not to far from them.
Interestingly this person wasn't talking to anyone, but to anyone that bothered to listen.
Rhoda noticed, looking around that this popular Dong Ming guy and the race had so many "pundits" making comments about his race within the colosseum arena.
What!, you don't believe!
I'll leave it to my friend Feng Lin to explain!
Another guy beside the guy was referred, this was the Feng Lin guy, also a glasses guy.
To be honest the way these guys talked and created suspense, it really made for entertainment.
Truly not one for gossip, coupled with the fact she was interested in this supervisor of hers, and by extension as they were in the colosseum, the race also piqued her curiosity.
Coupled with that these duo of pundits was just beside them, it was hard for Rhoda not to listen, even Lin Ran, Fang Ling and Li Zimei also listened on.
" Why do you think Dong Ming would lose ?". the thought going through their minds.
Seeing that a bit of lot attention was on him to talk, Feng Lin maintained a calm posture whereas within he was excited !
Why did he and his friend, and so many others become pundits?!
Well Feng Lin didn't know why others did it, but he knew why he and his buddy did... it was the attention!
They had found out that in this Dong Huang High, things Dong Ming sold like hot cake, Feng Lin still remembered his first date with a girl, he had cajoled her with Dong Ming tidbits!
A sweet girl, a fervent fan, although some gossips wasn't enough to keep her interested for long, the long was interesting whilst it lasted!, you had to know that Feng Lin was a single undated dog!
A date wasn't a small thing.
Feng Lin and his buddy, like many others had made their "careers" of Dong Ming news, their niche, Dong Ming school of physicality and performances latest interesting tidbits i.e gossips.
Look how far they had come, from quiet nerdy boys to "center of attentions", all from their "careers".
Truly Dong Huang's King!, just riding on his coattails had help them amass some followings and influence, just the school of physicality and performances gossips, well Dong Ming news, was even an industry on it's own.
A lucrative one!, with Feng Lin and his buddy carving a piece of the market.
" You don't believe!, look at the various reporters /pundits / paparazzi also giving tidbits of juice around!
But Feng Lin was certain he going to reveal something that will shock everyone!, an explosive news that was going to shock the market players i.e competitors, boost their rankings, by revealing something that was going to over shock the market consumers i.e Dong Ming fans
All this passed through Feng Lin's mind rapidly, after all you couldn't hold people in suspense for so long.
As a reporter/ paparazzi / pundit Feng Lin knew people's attention span was fleeting especially related to an industry of theirs where news/ gossips/ ( author out of words ) came and went quickly.
He had to reveal it fast to prevent others from possible noticing!, and really now was the perfect opportune moment for his news, any later it was no good.
Feng Lin was so excited!, of course pretending calm outwards, even the audience factor was now peaked!
He could see three gorgeous ladies amongst his audience, two he couldn't recognize, but the nominal fiancee of Dong Ming Li Zimei he could!
Supposedly Li Zimei was not interested in her relationship with Dong Ming, but she was here!
This also made any tidbit of interesting explosive news!
Feng Lin signaled some coded eye glances to his buddy beside him, which he knew understood.
Truly today was good day, the almanac was right.
Clearing his throat, adjusting his glasses, Feng Lin began...
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Note : The Peak Titan world level is similar to our world's Olympic World level, of course compared to our world's 9.58 seconds 100 meter record, 8.5seconds is more explosive!
But whilst this story's world is still "normal", it's still also slightly more than normal