Dominate the Super Bowl

Chapter 717: 716 Awakening Vitality
 

“…Ouch!”

Mahomes had not anticipated, after a happy reunion, that there would be an ambush!

A sharp pain shot through his shin, causing him to grimace, his whole face crinkling up like a steamed bun, as he rounded his eyes to stare at Li Wei:

???

What’s going on?

Li Wei was also baffled, caught off guard by Brittany’s sudden move, and now seeing the pain on Mahomes’s face, he seemed to sympathize.

Then, with a spectator’s expression, he looked at Mahomes and cast a sympathetic glance.

Brittany revealed a smile that was more smirk than genuine, grinned at Mahomes, glanced at Li Wei, and finally, her gaze settled back on Mahomes.

“You definitely should be sorry. Let me tell you, this is the last time, or else, next time I’ll also keep a picture of a hunk.”

Mahomes didn’t have time to communicate further with Li Wei, he just stared at Brittany, dumbfounded, “What? Other than Michael B. Jordan, nothing else is allowed.”

Brittany, “Heh.”

Without paying further attention to Mahomes, Brittany turned and walked away.

However, as she passed by Li Wei, she lifted her head to look at him and silently mouthed, “Thank you.”

Without waiting for Li Wei to respond, Brittany was already heading for the door.

Mahomes hurried to catch up, not bothering to pack his bags, and patted Li Wei on the shoulder, “Brother, I’m heading back first,” and jogged to catch up with Brittany.

The room, after a brief burst of noise, quieted down again.

Because of the recent commotion, it now seemed even quieter, as if the noise of the entire world had disappeared.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the first ray of sunlight tore through the morning fog and sprinkled down, the thin golden light slowly penetrating the gray haze, brightening the world little by little. Life stirred from its slumber, and it felt as if one could catch the liveliness and leaps of dust particles in the air, lifting one’s spirits gradually.

It was a brand new day.

…

“Fly! Fly!”

“He’s here, he’s there…”

“Up, we can do it, let’s show them some color.”

“We are! Chiefs! We are! Chiefs!”

“No matter what happens, we fight side by side!”

Roar, roar, roar, ah, ah, ah.

Early in the morning, the Kansas City Chiefs Training Facility gate buzzed with a deafening, blood-pumping chorus of support that surged in waves.

Annie Galas was brimming with excitement, jumping on the spot uncontrollably, but Jenna Galas, standing behind her, was in a completely different state, her face full of worries, her smile hardly a smile.

Jenna had tried more than once or twice to persuade Annie, but it was all in vain. Helplessly, she turned to look at Karen and Felix, sending a pleading look their way.

“How do you manage to do it? Stop worrying about Felix’s condition?”

Karen shook her head, “No way. I’m still worried about him.”

“But…”

“Compared to watching him be trapped in a hospital room, breathing under a glass dome like a Barbie doll, I’d rather see this Felix.”

“He could laugh and cry, jump and hop, just like any teenager; his life was still filled with enthusiasm and passion, and he was truly living.”

Jenna was slightly taken aback and looked at Annie again—

The treatment had finally taken effect, and Annie had been able to stand up and leave her sickbed behind.

She realized she had been greedy.

Initially, all she wanted was for Annie to be able to stand up without being confined to a sickbed any longer and to walk freely like any other child.

But now that Annie could do exactly that, finally able to hop and jump about on her own power, she couldn’t help but wish for more—

For Annie to keep living, to recover fully and regain her health, to be able to go to middle school, make friends, explore interests, to like someone, to have hopes for a future.

She couldn’t help it, she really couldn’t help it.

The Annie before her was exhilarated, bouncing around with a faint sheen of sweat on her forehead and a healthy flush on her cheeks.

Annie said she wanted to come to the training facility to support the Kansas City Chiefs, for Li Wei.

The past week, the Kansas City Chiefs had been under immense pressure from all quarters, starting with the Baltimore Ravens. The journey had been bumpy all along, the turmoil inside and outside the field becoming tighter and more intense as the playoffs drew nearer. The trials would continue into the next week—

The Kansas City Chiefs were about to head to Seattle, to the league-renowned Devil’s home field at CenturyLink Field, to face another strong team, the Seattle Seahawks, on their territory.

Before the NFL’s divisional realignment in 2001, the Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs belonged to the AFC West and were bitter rivals; their enmity was palpable. After the realignment, the Seattle Seahawks were moved to the National Conference West Division. Nearly two decades have passed, and the grudges between the two teams have faded, but this match seemed to have reignited the intensity.

The reason was the playoffs.

This season, the Seattle Seahawks’ performance was inconsistent in the first half, barely maintaining a record of four wins and five losses, which was hardly satisfactory.

However, Seattle Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll still found a way.

Under Carroll, the Seattle Seahawks created the “Bombing Corps” that stunned the entire league, utterly changing the definition of defense in the league. It wasn’t just a tactical change, even the selection of players for each position was overhauled, to the extent that it altered the NCAA’s direction in training young players and the NFL’s drafting strategies.

In an unexaggerated sense, they changed the sport’s vertical depth.

During the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Seattle Seahawks made it to the Super Bowl two years in a row.

In the forty-eighth Super Bowl, they swept the Denver Broncos, who boasted the strongest offensive group of that time, and clinched the championship, thus establishing the renown of the Bombing Corps.

The forty-ninth Super Bowl witnessed one of the NFL’s biggest “what ifs” of recent years: What if Carroll hadn’t chosen to pass the football during the last seconds at the one-yard line in the end zone, but instead handed it to running back Lynch?

Perhaps the Seattle Seahawks could have defeated the New England Patriots and defended their title. Perhaps the Seattle Seahawks’ Bombing Corps wouldn’t have disintegrated. Perhaps the Seattle Seahawks could have started a new dynasty.

But there are no ifs.

Carroll chose to pass, quarterback Russell Wilson’s throw was intercepted, and the New England Patriots claimed their fifth Super Bowl Championship Trophy with a score of “28:24”.

Afterward, the Seattle Seahawks went into decline.

The “Bombing Corps” has become history. The current Seattle Seahawks rely on offense to win games, completely lacking their previous defensive prowess.

But Russell Wilson, one of the “Four Great Running Backs”, proved his passing ability. He has also become the strongest representative of mobile quarterbacks in the league.

This season, despite struggling, Carroll and Wilson still found a way. They had back-to-back victories against their division rival San Francisco 49ers, a narrow win over the Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, and a sweep of the Minnesota Vikings led by Cousins, earning five consecutive wins and bringing the Seahawks back into contention.

Currently, with a record of nine wins and five losses, the Seattle Seahawks still hold playoff hopes.

Facing the Kansas City Chiefs, there’s no room for error. The Seattle Seahawks must step over the Chiefs’ remains to take the initiative in the playoff struggle.

Likewise, the Kansas City Chiefs must defeat the Seattle Seahawks to maintain control over their seeding position in the playoffs, and more importantly, to silence recent controversies and attacks.

The situation was urgent and challenging.

The Kansas City Chiefs desperately needed fan support, so Annie and Felix made their appearance.