It’s very uncomfortable to wait. The feeling of being able to watch others play is even more of a helpless torment.

Tom is in this state now. He looked at the pool table with an unhappy look, but his sense of expectation is getting less and less.

Because the guy who won five consecutive games before was still on the table, and he had already won eight consecutive games.

That is indeed a master. At least in this bar, few people are his opponents. Most of the people in line will be beaten by him after they come on stage and will lose and leave before they even score a few shots.

Tom even realized a reality. Even if he walked onto the table again, he would be beaten by this master like before and then left the table in shame.

This long wait and helplessness gradually turned into torture. If it was just to get up and be beaten by the opponent, then what's the point of enduring the torture?

"Look, that guy seems to have met his opponent, maybe his eight-game winning streak will be over." The drunkard's voice sounded from the side.

Tom looked up and found that the two people in front of the table were extremely anxious. This time, he was also a master who challenged the "eight consecutive victories" and might be able to oust the "eight consecutive victories" from the stage.

"That guy who won eight consecutive games is really amazing. If you kick him off, I will have a chance to win a few sets." The drinker said in anticipation.

A person next to him said mockingly: "If you can win the 'eight consecutive victories', you must be more powerful than the 'eight consecutive victories'. If you can't even win the 'eight consecutive victories', how can you win someone stronger than the 'eight consecutive victories'?"

This sentence seemed to wake up the dreamer. Tom instantly realized that under this challenging mechanism, even if the opponent on the table replaced him, he would be beaten. Only the winner could stay on the table, which means that the people who stayed will become stronger and stronger, and cannon fodder like Tom will always be cannon fodder!

Competitive sports are very realistic. The so-called one minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage, and the honors won on the field are all the results of years of training by athletes. The reason why opponents are stronger is either better talent, more effort, or more talent is better, and more effort is also made.

But Tom is not here to compete, but to entertain. If it is just entertainment, there is no need to put in so much hard work and sweat, and there is no need to do the hard work of "ten years of hard work off the stage". As long as you can enjoy happiness from "one minute on stage", it is enough.

However, in this situation, entertainment players like Tom are destined to be unable to find happiness. The opponents on the table will become stronger and stronger. Entertainment players have become cannon fodder that has been beaten so that those experts can enjoy the pleasure of abuse.

What's more, even if you want to be cannon fodder, you still have to wait in line and wait for a long time!

"These two are both amazing. No matter who stays, I am not their opponent. And I have to line up..." Thinking of this, Tom's interest was greatly reduced. This foreplay of three hours and three seconds of entering will not only not make people feel happy, but also make people feel very inferior.

Finally, Tom couldn't wait any longer, so he stood up and planned to leave.

"Tom, where are you going?" asked the drinker.

"It's not interesting here, I'll change to a bar." Tom left without looking back.

Tom came to another bar not far away, which was crowded and looked very lively.

Tom asked for a glass of wine, then walked to the pool table and prepared to line up to play ball.

There are two pool tables in this bar, and there are fewer people waiting in line, but there is still no shortage of billiard masters here. Tom observed for a moment and found that the people fighting on the table were even more powerful than him. If Tom went up, he would give him a head.

As an entertainment billiard player, Tom once again felt deeply malicious.

So, Tom changed to the third bar, and the situation was similar. Here, entertainment players were cannon fodder, while experts kept abusing food on the table.

In fact, it is also a very happy thing to appreciate high-level competitions. The top five football leagues in Europe, the four major sports leagues in the United States, F1 racing, professional boxing, and even the Olympics and the World Cup. Such world-class sports events will never lack spectators, nor will they make the spectators feel unhappy. No fan will feel malicious when watching the game.

But watching Tyson's boxing and fighting with Tyson are completely different experiences. When watching Tyson's boxing, the feeling of fist to the flesh is very exciting. The feeling of surging hearts when one KO will make the adrenaline rise and the aftertaste will make the adrenaline rise for a long time. When the fight with Tyson, it is a punching of fist to the flesh. If one KO, the adrenaline will also rise. Maybe it is not enough. You have to inject one more shot on the way to the hospital.

Tom gradually became depressed. He found that playing billiards in the bar could not feel the happiness at all.

At this time, Tom missed a year ago, when billiards had just spread to Ashes City, there were very few people who could play billiards. Everyone was rookie, but they were very happy to play. At that time, Tom would cheer for scoring a goal and be frustrated about losing a goal.

Tom remembered a few months ago, when the new rules of "Sixteen Color Ball" had just appeared. Tom also felt the stimulation brought by competition for the first time. Whenever Tom meets an opponent of similar levels, he will still feel very happy even if he loses the game.

But now, Tom feels that billiards have changed their taste, and those experts have occupied the table for a long time. Tom is defeated at this level like chopping melons and vegetables. Every time it is like this, Tom can no longer feel the fun of billiards.

At this moment, a complaint sounded from Tom: "I lost again! I waited in line for so long and finally got up, but the club was hit before it was even warmed up. If you want to go up and play, you have to queue up. If there is a place that doesn't have to queue up and let me keep playing, that would be great!"

"Yes, it would be great if you didn't have to queue up. The bar owner is too stingy, why don't you buy a few more pool tables!" another person said.

"What are you thinking about? This pool table takes up so much space. A pool table can have several booths. The bar owner is unwilling to buy more pool tables!" Another person said.

However, Tom had a flash of inspiration, and he thought of the billiards hall he passed by when he got off work.

"I know a place with many pool tables and no need to queue up. But there is a charge for playing ball there, and it seems like ten copper coins in an hour." Tom said.

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Chapter completed!