sbdcsierra Chapter 116 Rookie
Chapter 116 Rookie
Wen Shao laughed and said, "You're extraordinary. It's not too late to regret it now. If you had taken that shot, it would have been a sure thing."
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan quickly straightened his club and laughed, "I was just testing the waters. Now, I'm teeing off."
He bent down again, placed the cue stick on his bent thumb, aimed at the cue ball, and thrust it forward with force. With a "snap," the cue stick struck the cue ball. However, the cue stick slipped and missed its mark. The cue ball didn't roll forward in a straight line, but instead rolled to the right front, and then with a "whoosh," it rolled into the right corner pocket—the cue ball was pocketed.
"Ha, goal! Goal!"
Chao Bufan pointed at the white ball and burst into laughter.
"Forehead?"
A collective gasp of astonishment rippled through the crowd.
Tang Qianqian frowned, Huang Mengting sighed, then walked to Chao Bufan's side and whispered, "Chairman Chao, you scored the wrong ball. You can't score the white ball."
"What?"
Chao Bufan exclaimed in surprise, "Did you score the wrong goal?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The people around him burst into laughter. Chao Bufan scratched his head, chuckled, and said, "Um... could you explain it to me?"
Huang Mengting shook her head and smiled wryly, saying, "This is the standard 8-ball game. The white ball you just potted is the cue ball, also called the female ball. 8-ball uses the same cue ball and 15 object balls numbered 1 to 15. Balls 1 to 7 are solid-colored balls, ball 8 is black, and balls 9 to 15 are two-colored balls. Each player determines one type of ball (solid-colored or striped) as their legal object ball according to the rules. The player who pots all their object balls according to the rules and then pots the 8 ball wins the game. If a player accidentally pots the 8 ball or knocks it off the table during the game, the opponent wins the game."
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan nodded, as if to say, "Oh, I understand!"
At this moment, Wen Shao walked over, shook his head, then took out the white ball and said with a smile, "Chao Bufan, so you really don't know how! Let me break the game!"
Chao Bufan smiled sheepishly, then stepped aside. Wen Shao placed the cue ball in the designated spot, bent down, rested the cue on his thumb, and then turned to Chao Bufan with a cold laugh: "Watch closely, that's not how you play billiards, it's..."
"Snapped!"
As he turned his head to speak, without even glancing at the cue ball, he struck the ball. The cue ball struck the pile of balls arranged there, and with a crisp sound, all the balls immediately rolled in all directions, followed by four "swish swish swish swish" sounds. With this one shot, balls number 2, 3, 5, and 7 fell into the pocket one after another.
"Clap clap clap!"
"Pretty!"
He potted four balls in one shot, and a round of applause and cheers immediately erupted from the crowd.
Wen Shao turned to face Chao Bufan, gave a cold smile, and asked, "Did you see clearly? This is how you play billiards."
On his second shot, Wen Shao potted the number 1 ball. The cue ball bounced back and hit the number 6 ball, which then rolled for a while before falling into the middle pocket.
On his third shot, Wen Shao decisively pocketed the number 4 ball. Tang Qianqian and the others immediately felt a chill, thinking, "It's over, we've lost."
From the crowd, someone spoke up: "Young Master Wen is indeed Young Master Wen, worthy of being called the Prince of Billiards, one shot decides the game!"
Huang Mengting glanced at Tang Qianqian and sighed softly. It was clear to everyone that Chao Bufan was destined to lose this game.
Wen Shao sneered and then said, "Extraordinary! I'm just one shot away from sinking this number 8 ball. If I do, your 50 million will be mine. But it would be too boring to beat you so easily. I'd like to see how a newbie like you manages to score a goal."
After saying that, Wen Shao hit the cue ball with one shot. The cue ball hit the black 8 next to it and pushed the black 8 to the edge of the hole. He could have decided the game in one shot, but he deliberately bounced the black 8 a few centimeters away from the hole and stopped it.
"Well, it's your turn," Wen Shao said with a smirk and a look of disdain.
Chao Bufan said "Oh," glanced at the desktop, and then turned around and said, "Qianqian, you guys come here for a moment."
Upon hearing this, Tang Qianqian and Li Wei came over.
He said, "Can you guys help me figure out which ball is easier to score?"
Tang Qianqian and Zhang Xiuli exchanged a glance, and then Tang Qianqian said, "Bufan, stop playing around, let's go!"
Chao Bufan exclaimed in surprise, "Leave? I haven't even started yet!"
Wen Shao asked with a cold laugh, "What, scared?"
Chao Bufan rolled his eyes at Wen Shao and said, "Nonsense, I haven't even started yet, it's not certain who will win or lose!"
Huang Mengting sighed softly and said, "Let me help you play!"
"Need not."
Chao Bufan refused outright, saying, "Just teach me how to fight."
Huang Mengting glanced at Tang Qianqian, who sighed inwardly, then pointed to ball number 9 and said, "Bufan, why don't you shoot that ball number 9? It's near the hole, so it'll be easier to go in."
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan raised his cue stick and aimed it directly at the 9-ball instead of the cue ball, asking, "Is that so?"
"..."
Everyone fainted several times.
Wen Shao quickly used one end of his cue to block the other end of Chao Bufan's cue, and said with a smile, "You need to use the white ball to make the shot."
"Oh, I understand."
Chao Bufan looked like he suddenly realized something, quickly turned his gun around, aimed at the cue ball, looked up at the number 9 ball, and then slammed the shot down. With a "snap," his shot went astray again, which immediately caused another burst of laughter.
This proves that he is indeed a complete novice.
However, Chao Bufan's shot was incredibly powerful. The cue ball veered off course, rolling rapidly out of bounds and hitting the edge of the table before bouncing back and striking the 10-ball. Simultaneously, the 10-ball struck the 15-ball, which went into the pocket. The cue ball then bounced back and potted the 12-ball. The cue ball stopped rolling, and the 10-ball struck the 11-ball, bouncing into the middle pocket. The 11-ball rolled out and struck the 9-ball, potting it. The 11-ball bounced back and struck the 14-ball, bouncing back into the pocket. At the same time, the 14-ball struck the black 8-ball and went into the pocket…
When the first ball, number 15, went into the pocket, Chao Bufan burst into laughter: "Hahaha, it's in... it's in again..."
The only voice in the entire arena was his. Everyone stared at the pool table in disbelief. Good heavens, this actually worked? This own goal actually went in.
As Black Eight rolled into another hole, Chao Bufan raised his voice even higher: "Go in, go in, go in, go in..."