The Countdown on the Bench
His teammates charged him. They knocked him onto the grass. Darkness crowded his vision from the pain, yet he could not stop laughing. A forgotten reserve's name was now being shouted by forty-two thousand voices.
“Lin Ye! Lin Ye! Lin Ye!”
Through the bodies, he saw Zhou lift his healed right arm high.
He also saw a thin black mark appear across his own shoulder.
【Trade complete.】
【Equivalence check: provisionally passed.】
【Warning: Debt will be settled after the game.】
