Chapter 1706: 23.25 Second Grey Star - Emotions through Eyes and Face.
The jealousy and envy Yun Hun harbors in his heart appeared on his face. Despite that, even though it only showed for a split second, Sirius Frost had still seen it. Seeing this reaction, for this cold-hearted man, it was no different than an entertainment that would not let him get bored while he was watching over this pair. Unfortunately, with two different divisions, there will be no direct clash between the twins. Just the fact that one possesses an undeniable talent while the other doesn't makes it even more fun to watch.
With the arrival of all competitors of two divisions, the competition had finally arrived. The pair division was the first to begin. The host commentary remained active as every pair had entered the stage of ice. The judges were all present to watch the scene. However, before the competition officially began, there were special surprises prepared by the people who made the competition.
The opening entertainment was a solo dance from one of the veterans in the skating industry. As expected, the host had made the announcement about it.
The hosts, {Before the competition officially started, the coordinators of this current region competition had invited special guests for our opening and closing entertainment. Before the Pair Division's competition officially began. Let us welcome Mr. Frost, the World Champion of the Solo Division's Ice Figure skating.}
A spotlight fell on the side where Yun Hun and Lei Jun were. However, this light didn't fall on either of them but on their coach, who had just finished changing his shoes to ice skating ones. After removing the jacket on him, a light blue, fitted costume that highlights his abs and mermaid lines shows off his figure. His clothing was similar yet more explicit than the ones Yun Hun and Lei Jun are wearing. He tied up his platinum blonde hair and entered the ice rink, gliding towards the center where he had become the target of everyone's eyes.
Sirius Frost looked in the direction where Hei Anjing was seated and winked in that direction. Seeing this, the White King remained unmoved while the Black King was about to explode in anger.
Ye Xiajie, with the veins on his face almost popping out, muttered in silence, "That bastard, always flirting with my wife. Maybe I should just break his legs."
"A'Xia, calm down. We cannot do anything about him. Players under Pair Division can't compete against those in Solo Division, and likewise, they can't compete against them. He might be lonely, as he is the one who remains in the solo division for not finding the right partner for him," said Hei Anjing.
According to the memories Hei Anjing and Ye Xiajie received after they had descended into this world, the two of them were athletes of the solo division, and together with Sirius Frost, they are the three kings of the ice stage. The white king and the black king made the ice king. The three rulers of the ice rink. Unfortunately, the white and the black king become a couple and move from solo to the pair division, leaving the Ice King to rule the solo division.
Sirius Frost, a professional solo ice figure skater. At the very least, his popularity was only second to the white and black king on the ice stage.
On the ice rink, Sirius Frost had chosen a song that gives the feeling of the little mermaid's sad ending. The ending where the little mermaid was unrecognized by her prince and ended up alone, finally turning into bubbles and fading into nothing. His dance shows the love the mermaid had for the prince, her yearning, her desperation, and all her sacrifices. Finally, in the end, Sirius Frost shows the feeling of her final sacrifice for love and how she disappeared in the end. Perishing forever for the sake of love.
The audience, especially the King of Ice's fans, was seriously affected by his dance. Almost all the solo competitors were overwhelmed by this dance, and even An Zhe as well as Yun Luan felt the pressure that had fallen on them thanks to this one dance alone. Those with weaker scores will lose confidence even before their division's competition begins. Those in the pair division were greatly attracted by such a dance full of meaning and sadness.
Once Sirius Frost stood up from his position sitting on the ice, covering his face, all the emotions he had expressed before had disappeared, leaving only his expressionless husk, as if he weren't the emotional man on the stage before. Finally, when he made his bow, his fans shouted to extremes, and their cheers were echoing in the whole stadium.
AHHHHH~
"Ice King. Ice King. Ice King!"
The hosts exclaim, {As expected of our Ice King of the Solo division! Such an expressive show of emotions. As expected, you need to show your emotions as you dance to tell everyone what you want to convey.}
The players from the solo division were overwhelmed, and even Yun Luan, who was confident that he could overwhelm the competition without expressing any emotions on his face, felt the greatest pressure as a result. Hei Anjing noticed this, making his eyes narrow in dissatisfaction because of what Sirius Frost did. This will make the audience and judges feel that his student is lacking due to having no expression on his face during the dance, lowering the overall score of his student.
Hei Anjing murmured, "That bastard…"
The two students and Ye Xiajie himself flinched when they heard Hei Anjing curse. They knew that the action Sirius Frost had done was intentional, and it was to target Yun Luan.
Yun Luan spoke, "Coach, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Don't worry. I will show you how to capture the attention of everyone with your eyes and gestures alone. Watch carefully, Luan'er," said Hei Anjing.
Ye Xiajie noticed that his wife wanted to move their performance as an ending remark, as an additional opening dance for the pair division. He stood up from his seat when his wife gave him a glance and went to the coordinators of the competition, making his request. For them to agree to it, the Black King promised to perform the closing remarks a second time, and the organizers of the event all agreed.
Some staff inform the hosts and judges about the surprise performance from the White King. This made not only the audience but also everyone in the venue excited. It's been a while since the White King had performed alone.
The hosts announced, "Indeed! What a lucky day! Due to the performance of the Ice King, the White King expressed that he wanted to perform a dance that didn't show any emotions on his face, but only through his eyes. He said to judge the difference between the two. How exciting! Let us now welcome the White King on the stage of Ice.}
{Due to the fact that the White King would only express his emotions through his eyes, a close-up of his face will be shown on the screen.}
Before Hei Anjing entered the ice rink, the Black King, Ye Xiajie, kissed his forehead, making him smile softly as if comforted.
Ye Xiajie said, "Go show the world the difference between kings on ice."
"I will be back, my love," said Hei Anjing while smiling.
However, the moment he entered the ice rink, all his emotions and his expression faded. From a playful, beautiful man to an emotionless person with no emotion. Everyone was startled by the huge change between the White King outside the ice rink and the current one on the ice. Once the song began, Hei Anjing finally started moving. He is slowly moving as if he is a puppet that has just gained life. Slowly, more clumsily, but desperately. The whole time, his face was like it was made of wood. Expressionless and devoid of any emotions.
Even his eyes at first were empty, like a doll only moving through the instructions of its master. The close-up of his eyes was scary, as his eyes were devoid of any emotions, as if he wasn't a human but a real doll dancing on ice. Slowly everyone watches as this doll slowly gains emotion. His lifeless and empty eyes show sparks of happiness. This was the first emotion it gained.
This bright spark appeared within those lifeless eyes, giving birth to life; even so, his face remained expressionless. However, everyone can feel his happiness. As the dance was about to enter the climax, another emotion appeared within those eyes again. Aside from happiness, through his eyes, what was expressed was loneliness. Seeing the happiness within those eyes pushed aside, synchronizing with his gestures, one instantly felt the loneliness this doll possessed, and everyone watching felt sad for him. A collective sigh can be heard in the crowd as they feel sad for the lonely one on the stage of ice stage.
Sigh~
Upon reaching the climax, the third emotion that sparked from the doll's eyes is anger. This made people gasp. Even though everyone can see that the White King's face is devoid of emotion, just the fierce and reddening eyes of Hei Anjing shown on the camera frightened them.
Gasp!
The ones watching couldn't help but fidget in their seats as if wanting to escape from such an enraged doll. When the climax reached its peak, it started falling, and the anger on the doll's face started to fade. What replaced it was desperation. Mixing sadness, anger, as well as loneliness, what resulted from it was desperation. His eyes showed all these emotions, making the audience want to comfort him and tell him that there is no need to be desperate and that they are willing to help him.
Ah~
This desperation broke the human emotions within this doll. Until it was completely broken and forced to return to its emotionless state. However, how can one who has gained emotion lose it completely? During the last dance, Hei Anjing's eyes were no longer desperate, and at the last moment before the dance ended, his emotions all burst, leaving an empty husk once again. However, this time, a single teardrop slowly fell from Hei Anjing's eye, rolling down his emotionless face. This one teardrop was the proof that this doll was something that had gained what it yearned for and, in the end, lost it again.
In just one dance, happiness, loneliness, rage, desperation, and despair were expressed through the White King's eyes alone. This left everyone watching in a daze until the moment the White King returned to the center, smiled, and bowed down. After the pause of silence, everyone shouted in amazement, and even the fans of Sirius Frost were affected.
"Amazing! He had expressed everything with his eyes alone."
"That impact! Isn't it more exhilarating than being openly expressive with emotions?"
"The expressiveness the Ice King showed is the best. However, the dance that expresses emotion through eyes and gestures alone was more memorable."
"How can one's eyes show such powerful emotions? It seems that being expressive isn't the only way to convey the meaning of one's dance."
"Oh my god! The White King is truly a god. He can convey what he wants to show through his eyes alone. I heard that his student, the little genius, is a child with no expression on his face. Is he protecting him?"
"The child is young. Even if he can't express the meaning of his dance through his eyes alone, it's understandable. However, he should be able to show it even a little bit, right?"
"Now, I can't wait to see the White King's student dance."
With just a single dance from the White King, the audience's overall recognition had changed from leaning through expressions shown on the face to expressing one emotion through eyes alone. The hurdle for the competition had greatly increased, but this situation is better for the situation of Yun Luan.
On Yun Hun, Lei Jun, and Sirius Frost's bench, the young pair's faces turned gloomy, but Sirius Frost was calm as if he had expected this to happen.
Lei Jun muttered, "Fucking monster!"