Chapter 234: Begins.

A week had passed since the dinner meeting with Ayaka and the rest of the people. Today was the day the Inter-University Tournaments began. The events were not limited to only cycling, but every single sport was listed in the brochure. 

A woman in a white and blue habit was walking on the footpath holding a neat brochure in his hands. Behind her followed a queue of little boys and girls, who held each other's hands and were dressed in neat clothes. The people around all smiled at this scene. 

Suddenly one of the children said, "Sister Tina, we will miss the inauguration ceremony. Mini is tired of walking around." 

The woman in the habit was Sister Tina, the lady responsible for the orphanage in Bell City, where Yang Dao grew up. She turned around and said with a smile, "Okay, I will ask someone about the way." 

The children smiled back at her. The group had just arrived in the city in the morning, Yang Dao had come to pick them up. The kids all said that they want to see the big city first and then they will come to his event. Yang Dao wanted to arrange a mode of transport for them but Tina said, It is good to walk around a bit after such a long travel. 

The kids actually supported her, and after Yang Dao sent back their luggage he headed to the college. What happened next was the group got lost after thirty minutes. Tina turned her head and found a cop crossing the road. 

She asked, "Excuse me, Officer." in a loud voice. 

The cop turned to face her. It turned out to be a lady cop. The policewoman was also surprised to see a nun with a dozen of cute children behind her. She asked, "Yes?"

Tina walked over with a smile and asked, "Madam, can you tell us where is jade City University? We want to visit the inauguration ceremony for the tournament." 

The cop was surprised and said, "It is a ten-kilometer far, in that direction. Do you not know?" 

Tine blushed, but a little girl spoke up, "Elder sister, we are new here. Our brother is participating in the tournament, we came to cheer for him. Can you help us get there?" 

The policewoman was around thirty but such a small girl calling her big sister? Obviously, she was happy. Then she said with a smile, "Okay, I will call a taxi for you guys don't worry." then as she said, she waved her hand to a taxi. 

After she gave the directions to the taxi driver, she gestured for Tina and the Children to get in. The taxi driver was a middle-aged man, he was going in the direction of the University, so he did not make a fuss. 

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A man from the ministry of sports was standing on the podium behind the starting line. The entire road was blocked today for this event. He had just finished giving the speech and now the people were standing in attention in the respect of the national anthem. 

In front of the podium, the participants of the race all stood in attention facing the official. After the anthem finished the people clapped and cheered. The participants went to take on their places in front of the starting line. Yang Dao separated from his team and came to the back of the pack. A few attentive audiences asked among themselves for the reason why this boy came to start from the back while his team was starting from the leading position.

Soon, they found the answer when they logged onto the cycling association's official website. It was clearly mentioned why Yang Dao was in the back. Some people found it fair while some found it unfair. The target of this decision was looking around at the audience. Suddenly he heard a few voices from the back. 

Kiya was waving her hands intensely to get his attention. He found Tina standing beside her. Kiya was arranged to wait for them at the place where the road was blocked. He smiled and gestured for her to wait. He got off his bike and laid it horizontally on the ground and rushed to the fence. 

He stood in front of Tina and said, "You forgot the way again?" 

Tina smiled without replying. The little ones nodded in her stead. The lady held the chain she had around her neck and raising the triangle in front of Yang Dao she said, "May you stay safe on the road, may you come back unharmed. Amen." then she touched the triangle to Yang Dao's forehead and smiled. 

She said, "I do not know how hard it will be. I do not know what your goal is. But I know that my favorite child is the best out there so go and kick some butt." 

Yang Dao chuckled and said, "Cussing right after prayer. Sister Tina, thou hath sinned." the people chuckled. 

A little one said, "Big Brother Dao, I have a question."

Yang Dao crouched down and asked, "What is it, sweetheart?" the little girl said, "Can you give me some money?" 

Yang Dao was surprised. According to his knowledge, the orphanage should have enough funds channeling. he asked with a serious face, "Why do you need money?"

The little girl said, "Why else, but sister Tina can use a guide dog so I thought we should train one for her as a gift. She forgets the way all the time." 

Sister Tina blushed and said, "Jess. I swear I will learn GPS navigation when we go back." 

The little girl immediately turned to her and said, "Promise? Or I will have Big Brother Dao get you a guide dog." the woman in the habit smiled and nodded. 

Yang Dao smiled and ruffled the little girl's hair. The kids all kissed him on the cheeks as blessings and Sister Tina hugged him. Kiya wanted to hug him too but was flicked by the finger on her forehead.

Yang Dao ran back to the pack picked up his bike and got on it. Just in time for the government official from earlier to wave the green flag. The race had officially begun. They will pass through the city, climb the ruby mountain and then take an intersection for Onyx city. Yang Dao will have to catch up to his team before they climb ruby mountains but the thing was that inside the city this was impossible.