Chapter 54: Destiny of a Dynasty (part 3)
After a few minutes myself, White, Landon, Haruka, Tanya and the 3 Lee Sisters are sat together in the front row again, with our cola flavoured milkshakes with which we give our compliments to both Noire and Blanc. It is now on the stage that the performers for this part of the show are standing there: Noire herself is there with an electric guitar attractive as ever and posing with it. Blanc herself is also there with a large drum kit sitting behind them with her drum sticks at the ready, ready to rock. There is also Rom, Ram and Uni standing there only the Lastation CPU Candidate has her own Barrett 50 Cal cradling in her arms. But there are other people on the stage as well: Zhen Ji is there with a flute in her hand posing and flirting with it, who stands next to another lady.
This lady I recognise to be none other than Cai Wenji from Dynasty Warriors in her DW7 clothes: a kind and wise Caucasian woman with brown eyes and long brown hair. Her hairstyle is very unique as while it covers her ears and the sides of her face but not her fringe, her hair is split into 3 at the back and in the middle of each one it is tied up in braids as well. She wears a traditional dress that covers a lot of her body apart from her arms and feet, the dress is split into parts and layers. The first part which goes around her neck appears to be some black undergarment with gold borders, which is split in the middle and is tied with blue ribbon, and this goes over her torso before splitting in two as it goes over to her lower leg, in which at the bottom are moons, along with a double parallel line pattern on the border close to each other. And at the bottom it curves upwards a bit before going straight, in which it's covered by a white fabric which I'll explain soon.
On top of this undergarment, is a massive blue fabric which has holes at the top for her arms to go through in which there's sleeves on her upper arms. While at the top it doesn't cover much of the front of her upper torso, starting from the shoulders it does get closer and closer to the middle to the point that by the time it gets to her legs, they have overlapped by a significant amount and consist of a gold border, and the fabric exposes her feet and ankles.
On top of the two layers of fabrics on each side is what looks like a fabric that is blue at the top and white at the bottom with the colours blending in the middle. This fabric goes up to her waist and has a gold border around it with a corner on each side removed, and is straight in the middle while curved at the bottom. There's a gold pattern on the bottom consisting of a moon symbol and what looks like fancy artwork consisting of diamond shapes in an elegant border pattern that encircles the moon except at the bottom. Nearby and above it is a large blue pattern which look like symbols and letters of that place, and it covers a large area consisting of what looks like neat vertical lines and curves. It looks really nice.
Over her waist she wears a large blue wrap which goes over her other layers of clothing and is bigger at the middle, and top of that in the centre is an orange belt with what looks like pieces of gold on top of it. Above that over the wrap, is what looks like a light blue thin piece of rope and is parallel to the edge of the wrap. Below the orange belt, over her waist are a few light blue ribbons of large size which are tied together in the middle in a nice elegant knot, while around her the ribbons are spaced out a fair amount.
Along with all these elaborate layers of fabric, she wears long arm gloves, though they don't cover hands accept for the opposite side of her palms, in which that's some of it and is a semi-circle, and has a symbol of a thick moon on it, and has a gold border around it, and around her wrists and at the top of her gloves, in which there's a portion in the inner side of the upper arm removed, and is curved on both sides of this. There's also a gold circular pattern there, probably a moon symbol. For footwear she just wears what looks like ancient pumps that are black with an elegant gold pattern around the toes, and appear slightly pointed.
For jewellery she wears an extravagant gold head piece in the shape of a large moon with what looks like a large gold symbol of a sun with numerous triangles as its rays, and they appear to be stacked on one another with a large circle on top. There's also a long gold stick that goes through it. Over her fore head are a few gold chains with one being thick and another having gold pieces sticking out like jewels, and these chains appear to be connected to the large sun. Along with this, she wears what looks like a large gold necklace albeit it sits on her shoulders and drapes over them, and encircles her neck from there. The necklace is thick with having lots of diamond shapes all close together, and over her womanhood are gold jewels evenly spaced out together. Finally she wears what appears to be bangles in which it's a light blue one for her right wrist, and a bigger gold one for her left wrist.
The kind wise lady carries in her hands a large golden harp, which she practices soothingly and enjoys doing so very much.
The final person on stage I recognise to be none other than Zhao Yun, with his black spiky hair, that's long and tied to a pony tail. His eyes are brown. I recognise his appearance to be from Dynasty Warriors 6. He wears on his forehead a silver headband with a nice pattern in the middle that's shaped like a spear head with patterns on that, and is covered by most of his hair. He wears what appears to be a green top with a green collar and black trousers, in which he wears a lot of armour on top of this including gauntlets and rerebrace, chest plates with a pattern on it, faulds on each side like the armour would be in the day and era, and is layered and in blue with yellow surrounding. He wears more armour at the bottom consisting of sabatons, with some green in the middle of each foot, greaves and poleyns.
On top of the waist he wears a grey piece of fabric with a black border and acts as a flap over his waist and over his upper thighs. On top of this is a black fabric that encircles around the waist and is pointed at the bottom and has a silver border at the edge with the blue border on the edge. On top of that is a piece of green fabric with a yellow border which almost encircles his entire waist though there's a gap in the middle in which there's a brown belt encircling the waist on top, consisting of a bronze face with a beard at the front, and white patterns on each side. On his right shoulder there is a large metal plate on it like strands of hair, and attached to this is a long piece of light blue fabric that is wide enough for one shoulder. On his back is a holstered spear.
It's not long before everyone starts performing, while the musicians play a suitable song from Dynasty Warriors which are awesome indeed to listen to and the crowd really enjoys this lot as well. Uni then patrols with her gun, marching like a soldier with her sniping rifle held upright. The other 3: Rom, Ram and Zhao Yun then stand on their head balancing themselves as well as forming a letter b with their legs to the crowds' applause.
Once again there is a lot of awesome stuff happening at once, it's hard to know what to focus on: Blanc's awesome drum playing, Noire's guitar riffs, Zhen Ji's soothing flute playing, Cai Wenji's calming harp playing, Uni's skills with throwing and catching her rifle as she marches or Rom, Ram and Zhao's acrobatics. I'm not the only one as I see my front row friends with their jaws dropped, in absolute astonishment and amazement.
It is then that Uni starts patrolling again, as the three acrobats lower their legs down and do a roll so they're right way up again, they then spin their legs around them like a gymnast and moving their arms out of their way for a good few dozen times and quite quickly too, earning them and the other performers plenty of applause and cheers from the crowd. Once again the trio roll over so they're standing on their heads with their legs reaching high, only for Zhao to then do a cartwheel from his position to a standing position away from the candidates, he then does plenty of back flips only to then land his feet on top of the candidate's feet, only for the candidates to quickly raise their legs up high while Zhao stands on each one of their legs up high. He then gets out about a dozen juggling balls and starts juggling them effortlessly for a while to the amazement of the crowd. He then stops juggling afterwards only to then launch them all into the air. The moment the balls are launched in the air, Uni stops her patrol at a point where her back is turned to the acrobats, without turning around or even aiming her rifle she randomly fires her Barrett 50 cal. Only to my surprise every one of her shots actually hits every single juggling ball and pretty quickly too.
There was no way she could have seen those juggling balls nor any way those juggling balls could have been rigged. She just basically hit 12 moving targets with her back to them without aiming her gun at them; she just fired at them casually while moving her rifle in a random fashion. She's definitely an amazing shot without a shadow of a doubt, and she definitely deserves the standing ovation from the crowd. As the song the musicians play is nearly finished Uni then pulls out the magazine from the rifle chucks into the air in an arc only to catch it with her rifle again with the magazine fitting into the gun again with much precision. When the song has finished everyone was on their feet applauding the musicians, the acrobats and the skilled markswoman, giving really loud cheers to them, and chanting their names in approval of them.
"Wow Uni sure is an excellent shot." Landon said cheering loudly and with much enthusiasm.
"I never knew Rom-chan and Ram-chan were such skilled acrobats, their man was also very good as well." Haruka added.
"Yeah he's Zhao Yun, the poster boy of Dynasty Warriors; he's always been doing daredevil stunts." I explain. Well from what I've seen from the Dynasty Warriors Intros over the years.
"Heh heh, Blanc is such an awesome drummer, it's so amazing to see Zhen Ji perform her harp she's excellent at it, wow they're such an awesome band: Noire is like a pro with a guitar and Cai Wenji with her harp." White said while clapping a lot.
"Uh huh. How pleased I am that I helped train Zhao Yun in becoming the stunt master he is today." Xing Cai smiled with pride.
"Who would have thought Rom would be this good at gymnastics along with her twin sister, their older sister is a wonderful drummer." Da Qiao spoke in a similar tone to the Shu female warrior, and smiled like her too.
The musicians or as Noire would call them the Lastation coffee morning all time band, started playing another enjoyable piece of music from Dynasty Warriors which the crowd likes very much. Uni does something different this time around, instead of patrolling she dances on the spot using her gun as a prop for her to dance with while smiling a lot. For fun she decides to flirt in a cute way. As for the acrobats Zhao Yun just casually lowers himself down only to reach out and hold onto the other feet of the candidates as he drops down into a forward roll, allowing Rom and Ram to get up. While Zhao Yun then practices his training doing impressive moves with a spear, the Loweean pair then run towards a different wall on their side only to then run up it, when they have run up as high as they can go they then jump off the wall to a side of the pillar opposite the wall. They then jump upwards to the wall again like Mario does in a ping pong fashion fairly quickly. Up and up they go from the pillar to the wall until eventually they grab onto a horizontal pole, only to then climb onto it and lower themselves down so their folded legs are effectively gripping the pole.
While I've done that move in plenty of platforming video games before, to see those two do it and with such agility, it is very impressive. They even manage to wave to the crowd with one arm as the crowd applauds them loudly. As if on instinct Zhao then unholsters his spear, with the weapon firmly gripped by both of his hands he then charges with it only to quickly strike it in the ground using it as a make shift gymnast pole, when the spear hits the ground he launches himself in the air reaching out only for Rom to catch him by the legs.
Rom must certainly share the same sheer strength as Blanc does to be able to catch him with ease, in fact Zhao Yun's high jump and Rom's catch earned them another round of well-deserved applause that's so loud and enthusiastic. As soon as the applause has finished he then gets out some folded paper fans. He tosses a few up in the air, meanwhile on the ground while Uni does some sexy dancing with her sniper rifle, she fires a couple of bullets and it's only from sheer talent that each bullet hits the fans. Like before Uni was neither aiming nor looking at the targets. I'm in awe with her absolutely amazing skills as a sniper. She must be the best marks lady in all of Gameindustri let alone Lastation, the crowd appreciates her skill and they give her a round of applause with the same enthusiasm.
The brave Shu general Zhao Yun then launches himself from his position as he does a backflip in mid- air, only for Rom to catch both of his arms. After a… you guessed it readers another spectacular applause, Rom lets go of Zhao Yun's left hand allowing him to reach into his jacket reaching for another paper fan. In synchronisation with each other Rom and Ram start swinging on their pole getting into a rhythm, as they swing away from each other and towards each other. With perfect timing The Shu stuntman Zhao Yun launches himself from Rom's grip as he's somersaulting in mid-air. Meanwhile on the ground below Uni is swinging her sniper rifle in a circular, arc and like before at the right moment she appears to randomly fire her gun, only at the point she fires her weapon it hit the very fan the Shu general was carrying, afterwards Ram was able to catch the brave stuntman with no difficulty what so ever, which astonishes us all deeply and we can only applaud in absolute amazement at their immense talent.
The crowd are on their feet once again clapping and cheering with much enthusiasm and passion. Wow this is amazing, what's even more amazing is that the 3 acrobats and sniper then repeat that part a few times to prove it's not a fluke. Eventually Yun is caught by Rom after going back and forth only this time she flips him up in the air, he then does lots of somersaults before landing on the floor, the Lowee twin candidates then follow suit. As if on cue the moment Rom and Ram land on their feet is the exact moment the song ends. My friend's jaws are dropped at this spectacle, and I have no doubt the same can be said for the rest of the crowd; talent does not begin to describe everyone that has performed on stage today. I am very proud of them all and I know White is as well, for the acrobats and Uni to perform such unbelievable, mind blowing stuff with such precision at every single moment in which there's lots and lots of them, and the musicians to perform the songs together and to play their instruments very well, I am indeed amazed, maybe amazed is not doing their performance justice.
"This must be the most awesome thing I have ever seen, I never imagined the CPUs to be this talented wooo!" Landon cheered ever so loudly.
"I've been here for a while and this place or its people never ceases to amazes me." I reply to him with much pride in my voice.
I feel nothing but joy and pride as another song is now played from the series and the 3 candidates and their male friend then rush off from the stage with Uni going in one direction and the other 3 head out the other way. They then reappear soon enough, only this time Uni is on a stunt bike casually carrying her rifle in her other hand so effortlessly, draping the powerful weapon over her shoulder, while Zhao, Rom and Ram are on a mountain bike of their own together. The threesome are literally standing on the bike with Zhao in the middle, while he holds the Lowee youngster's hands as they stretch their arms and legs in a star shape. Both Rom and Rom carry targets for Uni to shoot. Both bikes then move towards each other quite quickly almost as if they're intending to joust. As both bikes drive past each other Uni casually fires her gun from where the rifle is without looking at the targets, both targets are hit in the bullseye, before both bikes leave the stage. That's ever so amazing. I'm so astonished and impressed with this.
We give them a round of applause in appreciation and admiration for how the skills they use to perform are getting increasingly impressive, only for the bikes to go through the stage in the other way. This time around Zhao Yun is just holding onto the back of the motorcycle, while Rom and Ram each hold onto a handle with a very firm tight grip at the front. Their bodies are well balanced horizontally like a flag; there is also a target that is held with their thighs too. To see them do this is completely unbelievable, I never thought that was possible, oh how I love this world especially Lastation, as once again I am reminded with how impressive things are with the quality and quantity of what I experience and it piles up and up. Like before when both cars pass each other, Uni shoots both targets in her own impressive way without looking at all, as if to just randomly fire it behind her, just after managing to throw the rifle forward into the air and catching it. This throwing and catching she does a few times, and this rewards them with a massive round of applause, a standing ovation, in which I notice that the performers smile in appreciation for it and they look like they're have a great time.
To our pleasant surprise from the stage floor, two large ramps are activated that lead to nowhere though they're both quite large and face each other. The bikes return only Rom, Ram and the Shu stunt master have their own bikes now, they're all lined up together in a row holding a target for Uni to shoot in their hand, the bikers then along with giving a wave to us in appreciation of us, race towards each other and with full speed they jump the ramp flying in the air across the stage.
I would never have imagined a stage being big enough for a truck let alone for 4 motorbikes to jump across, but with the unbelievable immense size of this stage the bikes jump across with no trouble. In fact they never even crash in mid-air and as always Uni manages to shoot the targets in her impressive way making it look so effortless and enjoyable, which never ceases to amaze us as we are on our feet, even chanting their names at this point while taking every photo we can get, while filming them which we've done all the way through, in appreciation Uni waves to us and smiles a lot as she drives off from the stage.
Their routine carries on with more incredible stunt work and precision, with another bike jump towards each other carrying targets and more of Uni's impressive shooting, only all 4 of the bikers do a loop a loop doing a few successful rotations before landing while holding their targets in their hands. Even with Uni's bike spinning around and the targets constantly spinning around, she still manages to shoot the targets successfully with no effort at all in the centre. I love to know how she does it, I thought I was a crack shot but she's definitely in a league of her own and she absolutely deserves all the praise she's getting just like the riders. I can imagine their older sisters being ever so proud of them, and in Zhao Yun's case his friends and master.
The fantastic four do another cool ramp jump with the same impressive target shooting, only they do a barrel roll making Uni shooting the targets even more of a challenge, but even with that she still retains her flawless perfect accuracy along with making it look incredibly easy and fun, after doing a few rotations without a botch they all land on the other side of the stage, leaving the crowd speechless and never ceasing to applaud them loudly and with enthusiasm, as they do these death defying stunts. The awesome foursome then do the ramp jump again, only this time they all jump spinning their bikes around to such an extent, that they must have rotated at least 1080 degrees each, though while it appears more challenging for them they still land successfully without anything to suggest anything else other than absolute effortless ease, and along with this another batch of targets have bullet holes in the bulls eyes by our own Lastation's finest sniper.
With the next jump they do, all the 4 professional bikers are actually standing on the bike smiling as they wave to the enthusiastic and happy crowd with their free arms, they even blow a few kisses before the bikes land successfully and the bullets reach their target with no miss. Their stunts just keep on getting better and better for me, in fact Uni fires a few more shots such that not only does it hit the bullseye, but they hit the targets at a place where there's another circle on the target which is at a random place around the bullseye for each target.
After that they do another jump but this time all the bikers hold onto the handle of the bike with one hand, and a target or a gun respectively in their other hand. They do all of this without sitting on the seat of the bike. In fact as they accelerate the bike, their bodies are balanced horizontally like from before as with just one hand they hold on for dear life. As they jump over the ramp we gasp in amazement as Uni just casually fires her sniping rifle at the targets a few times at the correct places with one hand, without looking at them before all the bikers' land successfully earning them a big massive round of applause.
It is at this point that the song is nearly over as they appear to do one final spectacular jump, even though all 4 of them are sitting in their bikes this time, when the bikers jump off the ramp in mid-air they then do an astonishing somersault from their bikes. It is at that point where Uni shoots the targets 6 times at the correct places that the other 3 gymnasts carry, and each one of the target has a different formation of circles it's amazing. And this is all before being able to land in the seat of her bike again effortlessly. I'm unbelievably impressed how they all managed to land their somersault successfully and easily despite having to carry something with one hand. Not long after the bikers land on the bikes in time such that once seated, the bikes then land successfully from that ramp jump.
As if on cue the moment the wheel reaches the stage the music ends. Instead of heading out of the stage all 4 bikers turn towards us and stop in a line as they stand up waving to us, even blowing kisses. In fact the musicians themselves also take a flirtatious bow to us as we cheer ever so loudly and applaud for such a long time. This must be the loudest cheer ever, and there's lots of photos being taken of them. It's amazing to be part of this crowd to have witnessed such marvel such impressive marksmanship, and it's so nice to see it done in a way that can entertain the crowd immensely due to how accurate and quick she is, all with just one hand and without looking.
"They were so awesome on those bikes, I'd love to get a bike Landon, and they look so cool." Tanya hinted at Landon in a friendly manner.
"You read my mind Tanya." He agreed sounding ever so keen with the idea.
"It can be arranged guys; I say they did look like they were having so much fun on those bikes. I can't blame them though they're such magnificent machines and are so cool to ride." I commented with much amazement in my voice, in fact in a way such that I imagine myself doing stunts like they did.
As the applauding continues and the volume of the applause is maintained, the ramps are lowered down into the stage and the bikers then drive off the stage. Another incredible song from Dynasty Warriors is played and now our 4 stunt people return, for this song they have left their bikes but while Uni is on the stage carrying two Barrett 50 Cals in each hand and leaning the barrels on her shoulders casually. The other 3 are standing together to the left, on top of a horizontal tight rope that spans the entire stage, and in their hands are targets for Uni to shoot with lots of circles in different places such that no target is the same. The 3 of them then walk together in unison holding out their targets while placing their other hands on their hips.
I would have thought that even for these guys, walking together on a tight rope without balancing yourself properly would not be possible, or even hip firing dual wield sniping rifles successfully, but these guys are able to do it with no trouble at all and just act like they're having lots of fun, and with each act they do they're more and more impressive and the applause gets longer and louder and the crowd are clearly more and more impressed with it. I really do enjoy it as well as appreciate how it becomes more challenging for them, even if it doesn't affect their ability to perform, as they do more daring stuff as the wonderful music continues on.
Though it takes a while for the 3 tight rope walkers to reach the other side, they do so without falling off and Uni is able to fire even akimbo sniper rifles without missing and without looking. The trio bow in applause while Uni throws both weapons in the air and juggles them for a short while before, throwing them in the air a great distance one more time, only to then catch them by the triggers with her hands, only for her to pose with them in different ways for the cameras.
The tight rope walkers promote themselves to tight rope runners as they all hold another target each, as the talented amazing people who I'm so proud I know up there, who remind me of characters from platform games, run this rope with such speed and agility without falling down, that the increased speed doesn't prevent Uni from shooting her targets in her own impressive way at all. After seeing them run across, I can't help but notice that by both ends of the tightrope there is a large pile of hay. Hmmm that does remind me of a certain video game that did that, but tragically I can't remember from where.
The crowd chants their names during that run loudly and ceaselessly. Once they reach their destination they then hold a different target with differently positioned circles on them, and cross the tight rope again, this time they literally do a cart wheel over the rope. Even from what I have seen from before, it appears far-fetched that the Lowee candidates and Zhao Yun can cartwheel over a rope with a target in their hands and not fall or stumble and in fact do it quickly. Their talent is ever so unbelievable, and it is such a privilege and an honour to be able to see them perform like this, and I am absolutely with the crowd in giving them this massive applause to them with much passion and enthusiasm.
As the acrobats cross the tightropes like the brave dare devils they are, Uni dances for a bit in quite a flirtatious manner, only to then hold her rifles on her shoulders and fire both guns which hit the targets in a way that's not just effortless but casually, despite the targets constantly moving in a circular motion that is moving towards the right. After which while she waits for the acrobats to reach the other side Uni then throws her impressive guns in the air at quite a height, only to catch them both with ease, without even looking at the weapons. She even once emptied the magazines of the rifles, only to then throw the weapons up in the air, and she then throws magazines which click into place of the rifles in the air. After which the rifles then fall back down and she catches the guns with no difficulty. I have to say that is a cool way to reload your gun. Eventually though the acrobats make it to the other side and the crowd gives the gymnasts a generous huge round of applause with which the gymnasts respond by smiling and waving in a thankful appreciative manner.
Like before they step it up another gear as the gymnasts on the tight rope cross again with targets in their hands, this time they do lots of front flips rapidly, and the fact that they do that all the way across without a break or a fall or even a stumble is mind blowing, they even hold the usual targets in their hands along with circles in different places which are significantly smaller this time. Despite the fast speed and the constant velocity change of the moving targets, Uni is still able to shoot them without looking and makes it look easy and fun. I wonder whether she has a special sense that enables her to detect targets without looking at them, and to be able to shoot them without properly aiming her gun.
Once again the tightrope stunt guys head back, but this time they walk backwards quickly carrying their targets. As they approach the centre of the stage some small bars are activated that are above the rope, each of a consistent height above the rope, which I'd say is about two decimetres above. Each bar has a target on it along with circles that are even smaller than before, for our pro Uni to shoot and they all move slowly towards the gymnasts. I couldn't help but notice how thin some of the bars are as well as how long they are, which I guess adds to the challenge, and makes this all the more amazing.
The back walking the gymnasts do is very hilarious, they're real pros of it, it's almost like they're good dancers. When a bar does reach them they all jump over it as though it's part of their rhythm, I'd love to be able to do what they do, they've gotten cheer after cheer after cheer, all of it really loud. Meanwhile with Uni for this part, she spins around like a ballerina and at the exact right moments she fires her rifle which hits the targets. I often wonder if there's any target Uni can't hit. This awesomeness never ceases for me, eventually more bars are activated only this time they are of varying heights above the rope, from one decimetre to over a metre. There are even some bars that go below the tight rope. It's almost like some 2d platform challenge for them now, very appropriate indeed not only that, they have to go backwards with the moonwalk too. Again like before the bars have a target but these ones are activated remotely, my gut feeling is they'll activate at a time when the gymnasts are on the bar, to add to the amazement that a gunshot close by won't faze them at all. The song that the musicians play is nearly finished. Probably just as well as this is the case, I think this is their hardest challenge yet, and no doubt they'll make it look ever so easy.
The crowd are cheering the gymnasts on ever so loudly and applaud them as they cross the tight rope backwards and have to dodge the bars without incident.
"I'm not sure if I could do what they do in a videogame, let alone in their circumstances." Landon gasped in absolute unbelievable astonishment.
"Yeah you're not the only one it's kinda ironic considering we're arguably in a video game." I reply to him sharing the same tone.
"It's an adventurous video game." Tanya agreed in amazement.
"Uh huh, it is a challenge. Haruka added.
"I agree." White said in an excited tone.
"Yeah it definitely is a roller coaster, one of excellence I'll tell you that." I mentioned while nodding in approval.
"Those performers are very talented doing all of those stunts without any mistakes, along with brave to do this in front of lots of people, and be able to concentrate despite the noise and admiration from the crowd, and this applies to the musicians as well in performing in front of this huge crowd. They're very kind people too." The Wu youngster added.
"It's great seeing how everyone is with them every step of the way. I feel the duties we perform as a nation can ensure peace will occur for future generations all over." Xing Cai agreed with a nod.
We watch with our mouths wide open wondering if they'll do it, I kinda feel tense for them right now. The first bar comes along and they jump over it easily, after which that bar has its target activated which Uni shoots ever so accurately considering the size of the circles now, another bar comes along which is even higher than the first one. The gymnasts do a higher jump lifting their legs up so they become horizontal, while the bar moves under their legs. After performing that manoeuvre, they then move their legs back down so they land on their feet. All this while they're facing backwards to the end, even having their eyes shut my word, I'm absolutely speechless. Meanwhile during that time, Uni shoots down a target that appears on the bar with ease, while doing her impressive ballerina like spinning. Amazing indeed, in fact all of the time in this instance, she has her eyes closed to really add to the impressive skill that she has. It's unreal that she can shoot so accurately while spinning and without seeing. How does she know where and when to shoot if she can't see? I am speechless by her ability, how she can rely on memory and perhaps her other senses to do this. All these impressive feats we reward with a loud applause and cheer while recording them, with even more enthusiasm than before, in which they smile in appreciation.
The moment their feet touch the rope they quickly drop down so that their bodies are under the rope, only to then roll under the rope while holding it tightly, as the next bar goes over them they crawl backwards slowly while upside down. It is then I see 2 bars approach their location one of them being over the rope, and the other being below at their level. With unbelievable skill and balance they hold onto the rope and steer their bodies so it's perfectly perpendicular to the rope while their eyes are still shut, how do they do it, balancing themselves like that? They're so skilled, where would they have got the chance to train like that? They're so unbelievably talented. Our jaws are dropped as they maintain that position with their bodies for long enough as both bars go past them. Two targets then appear on both bars which Uni manages to shoot simultaneously at all the small circles there that are little bigger in area than a bullet hole from her gun, with her back to the targets and her eyes still held shut. For fun the gymnasts do a few swings on the rope only to then launch themselves up in the air at the right moment, all 3 of them then do some somersaults while spinning adding another dimension to it, only for them to land on a bar with their back towards the other side. As you readers can guess we reward this with an ever increasing applause, cheer and photography and filming
Though they're closer to the other side, they still have some way to go and the very bars that they're standing on are moving slowly but surely back to the start. This will make things more interesting and affect their awareness of their surroundings significantly considering how their eyes are shut. It is then the gymnasts back flip to a bar behind them that is higher, only to then do it to another higher bar, they do this a few times until they're at the highest point of this challenging obstacle course. At this point targets from the previous bars show up. Just by turning around slightly and firing both her guns while her back is facing them, Uni is able to shoot the targets down with rapid succession, in effect replacing the circles that represented the areas to shoot with bullet holes, and it's absolutely amazingly awesome that she's able to fit that into her routine, and for her efforts she is immensely rewarded with our approval through various means be it cheers, clapping and chants of how amazing they are, along with the continual recording of them.
While there are no more bars that go higher for the gymnasts, there are more bars on the same level; in fact these bars are actually parallel to the rope rather than perpendicular. Despite the bars being cylindrical to add to the difficulty, the 3 gymnasts cross the bars with ease, but they don't cross over forwards mind you. They actually cross them backwards and not only that but they do so in various ways, really adding to the amazing performance, in which the crowd is overwhelmed with such skills they have and it grows and grows in terms, of what they're able to do.
For Zhao his method of crossing, is that he rolls under the bar holding on firmly while he's upside down, he then crawls backwards upside down, as soon as he's crawled back as far as possible he then lowers himself down letting go of the bar with his hands, only to then move his body towards the next bar and then grab it. He then then let's go with his legs, as he moves his legs towards the next bar and he then grips the bar tightly. He then repeats the process with each bar, all without his eyes being opened.
For Rom she just merely does backward cartwheels repeatedly in one flow, but she ensures that her cartwheels never cause her to fall, as the ground so to speak isn't consistently there and only relying on her movement itself and not her surroundings. Ram meanwhile just runs backwards only when she reaches the edge she does a backflip to the next bar in which she manages a couple of rotations before landing without effort.
A standing ovation doesn't begin to describe what they all get as a result of their amazing acrobatics, with all the chants and cheers that they receive from an amazed excited crowd who's enjoying every second of it. It's ever so astonishing how this fantastic foursome is able to do their own different thing. I like how the 3 gymnasts do their own daring way of crossing the bars, I also really like how the sniper below is able to shoot, but as I look at the targets that are shot while rotating and alternating in direction, I then notice how they all hit the bulls-eyes and the circles that representing additional places where to shoot, which is more power to Uni's talent at what she does.
It is then they reach the final bar in the sequence, and Zhao is now standing upright on the bar, there are no more bars for them to cross and they are as close to the other side as they can get. All 3 of them decide to jump off backwards towards the other side, as they're in the air they do plenty of somersaults there which appear to be very quick ones, almost as though they've become spinning balls.
I wasn't sure if they could make it considering how far away the rope is, as well as how little surface the rope does provide to walk on. During the gymnast's decent Uni does a somersault jump of her own a few times, while with perfect timing she shoots two random targets that show up repeatedly and with such accuracy, even with the circles on the targets that indicate where to shoot alternate fairly quickly. What incredible timing Uni has, we all give it our all with regards applauding and cheering them for their marvellous skills.
Astonishingly though I always had faith in them considering who they are and what they have done so far, the gymnasts do reach the pole, landing feet first as the song is nearing its end to tremendous applause. The gymnasts then pose while standing on the rope as they receive plenty of flash photography, and open their eyes for it before shutting them again. Soon afterwards, the trio then do a handstand on the rope only to then grab onto the tightrope with their hands they then do lots of complete swings, they then increase their rate of swinging as they move faster and faster, it is then that they let go as they fall towards the centre of the stage. The group then do somersault after somersault almost like they're spinning balls once more as the crowd is in awe and cheers them on. Meanwhile our expert sniper in black then throws both of her guns into the air really high as she holds out her arms.
I was not expecting this to happen; both Rom and Ram actually land in Uni's arms together, I never knew Uni was that strong, in fact the Lowee twins are just sitting on her arms very comfortably and smile in a playful manner, while Uni does the same and gives the two a playful look with her eyes now open. Suddenly Zhao Yun then lands on both the twin's arms as their arms form a seat, with which he lies on comfortably. Finally both rifles fall into Zhao Yun's hands.
What a finish and its incredibly awesome how they timed it, as the moment the rifles are caught is the moment the song finishes. Everyone has done tremendously well and we are on our feet giving them a standing ovation of all standing ovations. They have lots of photos taken of them; they are overwhelmed with flowers and money ever so overwhelmed and grateful. We ourselves are cheering at this awesomeness with plenty of enthusiasm, and the applause feels ever so ceaseless.
After a brief while, Zhao Yun drops down, Rom and Ram follow suit, while the musicians themselves leave their positions to join them, taking their instruments with them except for Blanc as she plays drums. They all congratulate one another, showing how immensely proud they are of each other. We're still cheering them on and the concert is filled with applause, and people on their feet chanting and waving our banners with patriotism and pride for what amazing people we have as leaders along with the added bonus of them being exceptional entertainers.
As if on cue I could hear a distinctive orchestral theme being played, in which I recognise to be Darth Vader. It's at this point that the gymnasts leave the stage, waving to the crowd and blowing kisses, along with flirting from Uni, as the crowd still cheers even now and with the same volume. As our Jedi in Black walks to the stage, for fun we show our salute to him. As usual our Jedi in Black is followed by his storm troopers who are playing this theme with their musical instruments and the walls become dark with stars, smoke comes out along with a cool breeze.
"What is Darth Vader doing here? I thought he was evil." Landon gasped understandably.
"Don't worry he's a good guy here." I reassured him casually.
"What is he doing here though? What tricks is he going to do?" Tanya said with a real bewildered look on her face.
"Oh he's got a hidden talent." I answered casually.
"Oh yeah he's very good at reciting poetry, Cai Wenji is known for her poetry and it would be interesting to see where this goes, we've been more than entertained throughout with that amazing acrobatic and marksmanship from the exceptionally talented CPUs, so let's see what this is like." White added sounding enthusiastic.
"I have heard how inspiring her poetry really is she is a remarkable lady." Da Qiao said with a smile.
"Yes, lots of people enjoy hearing her speak." Xing Cai added sounding impressed.
When they reach the centre of the stage Vader gestures his band of white soldiers to stop, as we are excited to see him and we are wondering what they're going to do together? Whatever it is as White have said we have most certainly been entertained throughout, and that I consider to be an understatement. With this in mind, let's see what this is like.