Although Shidifu's act of smoking drew widespread attention from the audience, it did not elicit any displeasure from anyone. After all, in everyone's eyes, it was just an animal. To demand it to meet human standards would be too much.
However, the crowd soon changed their minds. As the referee announced the start of the competition, the contestants quickly got ready. Shidifu, with a cigarette in its mouth, was no exception. It would take a puff every now and then while pulling out its specially made slingshot. Considering its situation, the organizing committee had granted it permission to use a slingshot in the competition, so this point did not draw any attention. The only thing that surprised everyone was that Shidifu was still wearing its sunglasses as the shooting was about to begin.
"What is Grandpa trying to do? Is he planning to compete with his sunglasses on the whole time?"
"This is fifty meters. Can he see the target clearly with sunglasses on?"
"Exactly, Grandpa was careless this time."
"It's not a big deal. A slingshot's accuracy is naturally inferior to the contestants' rifles. Grandpa is just here to join the fun."
"That's true. Grandpa is probably going to be at the bottom anyway."
As everyone was discussing, the first round of shooting for the contestants began. With crisp gunshots, bullet holes appeared on the targets opposite the contestants. Soon, the on-site referee announced the scores.
"Lin Feng, 7 rings."
"Sun Cheng, 8 rings."
"Yu Yang, 10 rings."
"Ma Chao, 9 rings."
The audience was not surprised by these scores. But when they heard the next announcement, they became restless.
"Li Wei, 10 rings."
No one expected that Shidifu, with a cigarette in its mouth and a nonchalant demeanor, would achieve a 10-ring score in the first round.
"How is this possible? At a distance of 50 meters, hitting a 10-ring with a slingshot that has no scope."
"Is Grandpa a celestial being?"
"And wearing sunglasses, how did he do it?"
"A coincidence. It must be a coincidence. I don't believe Grandpa can hit another 10-ring."
As everyone expressed their disbelief, Shidifu's performance in the following rounds completely stunned them.
Second round of shooting, 10 rings.
Third round of shooting, 10 rings.
Fourth round of shooting, 10 rings.
Up until the ninth round, its score remained consistently at 10 rings, without any variation.
This scene not only astonished the audience but also made the contestants present feel incredulous. Especially Olympic champion Yu Yang. Looking at Shidifu, who was still smoking, he even began to suspect if the cigarette contained stimulants. However, even stimulants would have a negligible effect on such a shooting event.
"After years of hard practice, I'm not even as good as a gorilla?"
As Yu Yang began to doubt himself, Lin Feng on the other side also wore a wry smile.
"As the netizens said, none of the animals at Xihong Zoo are normal."
"It would be great if it could pass on its shooting skills to the police officers."
"It seems I'll have to visit Director Yang again sometime."
By this time, the few participating contestants had basically resigned themselves to their fate. They knew very well that unless something unexpected happened, Shidifu would surely be the shooting champion this time. So far, Shidifu had achieved a total score of 90 rings. It was no exaggeration to say that it could win the championship with any shot in the final round. With this thought, they decided to skip their last shot and collectively turned their attention to Shidifu.
At this moment, Shidifu was completely unaware that everyone's gaze was on it. It calmly took a deep puff of its cigarette. Seeing that the filter of the last cigarette was already half burnt, it reluctantly flicked it away with its fingers. As a wisp of smoke was still in the air, it exhaled a smoke ring from its mouth, and at the same time, its other hand moved. It casually picked up a specially made pellet, pulled back the slingshot, and the next second, the pellet drew a long arc. After passing through the smoke ring, it hit the half-burnt cigarette butt fiercely.
Under the capture of the high-speed camera, the crowd vaguely saw a red dot flying towards the bullseye. When this half-burnt cigarette butt burned out, the pellet happened to hit the bullseye. As countless viewers saw this scene through the camera lens, they let out gasps of amazement.
"Awesome! Holy crap, awesome!"
"This is hitting three perfect shots in a row. Showing off, definitely showing off!"
"10 rings, another 10 rings. Grandpa is truly a god."
"He could have won in the simplest way, but Grandpa chose to show off at the last moment."
"Let Grandpa enlist. He should be a sniper."
"Although I guessed Grandpa would win, I never expected him to win this way."
"Hahaha, I wonder what the contestants on the scene are feeling right now."
"What else could they be feeling? They've probably racked their brains and can't figure it out."
"Yu Yang will probably have to study how to smoke when he gets back, and he won't figure it out even after smoking all night."
"He won't figure it out even if he pulls all his hair out."
Although the final result was decided, the contestants still completed their last round of shooting. The final rankings, except for Shidifu, were as the netizens had predicted. Olympic champion Yu Yang took second place, retired sniper Ma Chao took third, shooting instructor Sun Cheng took fourth, and Lin Feng, the captain of the criminal investigation team, ranked last. However, despite this, the contestants showed no signs of discouragement, as they had not come to win prizes in the first place.
Once the rankings were decided, a medal ceremony was quickly held on site. As the host announced the final results, Shidifu walked to the top of the podium first, with the human contestants standing beside it. However, just as everyone expected etiquette ladies to hand out medals and prizes to the contestants in the next second, several little monkeys dressed in clothes hopped to the contestants. In the hands of these little monkeys were medals and certificates. Seeing this, the audience burst into laughter. It was amusing to see a monkey awarding a medal to a gorilla. But when the medals and trophies appeared, they could no longer hold back their laughter. With the close-up shots from the camera, everyone could clearly see the medal with a grinning Shidifu pattern on it. Not only the medals, but the trophies also depicted Shidifu holding a pile of excrement. Undoubtedly, these would be the most nonsensical and most collectible medals and trophies in the history of sports. Seeing such medals and trophies, even Lin Feng, who came in last place, couldn't stop smiling.