"Wong
Tin Ma! What deviltry are you up to?" yelled Dao Ming Si as the other F2 join
him puzzled.
Wong Tin Ma just gazes around as much confused as everyone else. Lin Wai looks
at Po Le who was squinting behind his sunglasses from the bright lights and
putting his cap back on.
Qing He was looking around then behind them and gasps. Ying De was at their backs and in that direction is a tunnel that leads to the small locker area of the stadium.
Standing at the mouth of the tunnel was a young man in a suit smiling.
Qing He's gasp brought everyone's attention around.
They
notice the young man. He strode out to meet them, his gait slow and confident
with an amused smile on his face.
"Good evening to all! My, my! A most impressive entourage of people here!" he
said upon reaching them.
He was a handsome young man about 19 with short-cropped hair in an apparently
expensive suit.
He had his hands at first crossed in front of him. When he noticed Hua Ze Lei looking at him he moved his hands behind him.
"Who are you? Security?" demanded Wong Tin Ma.
"X." Mok Po Le said.
Wong Tin Ma and Lin Wai gaped at the newcomer.
Dao Ming Si asked, "Ecks? What is that? A foreign name?"
"This person is the 4th member of The New F4." Hua Ze Lei said intuitively knowing who he was.
Now
everyone in Dao Ming Si's group is gaping at X.
"I have never seen you before in Ying De! Are you a senior?" asked Wong Tin Ma.
In everyone's mind they are trying to see if they could place X anywhere.
No one has seen him before.
"You
are not in the top 25 families in Ying De if you are a senior." Said Dao Ming
Si who knew the top 25 families and the students from those families according
to social rank at Ying De.
Xi Men was wracking his brain also.
Qing He was scratching his head also searching himself.
Mimi too was trying to place him. Looking at each other they all shrugged.
No has seen him before.
"There
is enough time for acquaintances. For now let me say that was a most impressive
display of martial skill I've seen in a long time! I commend you! You are truly
worthy of the name F4! Alas, Mei Zhou was not present but, one can't have
everything. Can one?" X said to F3.
"The same goes to you, T3M, who shall be The New F4." He said to Wong Tin Ma
and his friends.
"Now hold on! The F4 name will not be used by no one other than us!" said Dao Ming Si.
"Oh, but it will!" He held up his hand to still their protests.
"All will be explained in good time! For the moment let's put our play stuff away. There will be no more fighting!" X said.
X's manner of speaking was grating on Wong Tin Ma's nerves now this was the icing on the cake.
"Hey, sissy!" Tin Ma said to X. X turns towards Wong Tin Ma and smiles in good humor at him.
"I don't care about no name or F4 or you or anything! I only want to fight HIM!" and points to Dao Ming Si.
Dao Ming Si just shakes his head in disbelief and crosses his arm looking at Tin Ma like he's slime.
"No." was what X said to Wong Tin Ma.
"What?" Tin Ma's face darkening in fury. "Listen I don't know you from nowhere or no how." Now yelling. "Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?"
Lin Wai
puts his hand on Tin Ma's shoulder to try to calm him but Tin Ma bats his hands
away.
X faces Wong Tin Ma. He is calm and cool as opposed to Tin Ma who is ready to
snap any second.
"Your lack of control will be your downfall. I will tell you something. If you would have continued to fight Dao Ming Si. You would've lost." X said this looking Wong Tin Ma right in the eye.
That did it.
With a roar
Wong Tin Ma threw a punch at X's face. X just calmly sidestep slightly and
blocks the strike simultaneously thrusting out his right foot tripping Wong Tin
Ma.
Tin Ma went sprawling.
Lin Wai
step forward to help but Po Le put his hand on Lin Wai's shoulder and shook his
head slightly no.
Everyone now backs away from the two combatants. Everyone puzzled by the turn
of events. Hua Ze Le is talking to F3.
"Wong Tin Ma is making a grave mistake!" Hua Ze Lei softly said.
"Why is that?" asked Dao Ming Si and Xi Men at the same time.
"X is a 'Gao Shou', an expert practitioner." Said Hua Ze Lei.
"How do
you know?" asked Xi Men.
"I saw his hands." Said Hua Ze Lei.
When X was walking toward them Hua Ze Lei marked his balanced and cat like
gait, indicating a person of good balance and dexterity.
Hua Ze Lei also looked at the young man himself. Thick neck. Strong shoulders. Lean waist.
A person of obvious athletic capability.
Then another indication when X had his hands in front of him the first thing Hua Ze Lei did was looked at his hands.
X's knuckles were heavily callused and veined indicating great strength.
Mok Po
Le also made this observation and is relating the same to Lin Wai.
"Wong Tin Ma, listen to me. I don't want to fight you. Desist from this
foolishness!" X said.
"I tell you what's foolish! You coming here!" and with that Wong Tin Ma Kiyahed
and charged X.
To be continued…
