Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 1705 - 1704: Never Leaving, Never Forsaking
In the eyes of bystanders, Brady already possesses all honors and records, even if he’s not the GOAT, he definitely ranks among the strongest of GOATs.
No need for proof.
However, the reality is not like this, if you want to be the GOAT, if you want to be the best, if you want to stand out in the history—
Then, you cannot be satisfied, at least not now.
Even if Brady already owns everything, this time is different.
Reaching the top of the Super Bowl and claiming his sixth championship ring is one thing; accomplishing such a feat after leaving Belichick’s shadow and changing teams is another.
Defeating Li Wei again is one thing; beating Li Wei in the ultimate Super Bowl showdown is another; defeating Li Wei in the Super Bowl and stopping Li Wei’s four consecutive championships is something entirely different.
It’s just a game, yet far more than just a game, above this match, there are too many burdens, Brady’s fighting spirit should be fully unleashed.
Without a doubt, Brady will go all out, fighting for the championship, for life, and for his career.
In such a match, Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ spirit and fighting index cannot be measured or judged by common perspectives. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Moreover, the Kansas City Chiefs are the same.
No one says Kansas City Chiefs will definitely win, but the common view inside and outside the League already presumes Kansas City Chiefs winning is the norm.
Four consecutive championships, this is a motivation, but also a pressure, those eagerly hoping Kansas City Chiefs to complete the miracle and write history are a form of pressure, those who simply hope Kansas City Chiefs lose regardless of who wins are another form of pressure, the voices supporting, opposing, praising, and protesting, all bustlingly poured down, and it’s all a form of pressure, everywhere, pervasive, surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs completely.
From three consecutive championships to four consecutive championships, the increase in pressure is not just a little, it could even be multiplied ten times or a hundred times.
Because this is a feat, a feat without precedent or successor, completely subverting the century-long history and fine tradition of the League.
Throughout the season, every step forward by Kansas City Chiefs carries enormous pressure, continuously accumulating and adding up, the closer it gets to the ending, the more frightening it becomes. When Kansas City Chiefs won the American League championship for the fourth consecutive season, quantitative changes became qualitative changes, fully triggering an explosion.
At this moment. At this place. No one can comprehend the situation faced by Kansas City Chiefs, because in the long history, no one has ever experienced it.
Not to mention the fans and audience, even the legendary veterans cast their eyes upon it, all Hall of Fame members, all League pass plays, without exception, they themselves experienced it, participated, fought, they know better than the bystanders the dangers and difficulties of this feat.
Undoubtedly, the entire League inside and outside, up and down, all eyes are on this, this will be the most watched Super Bowl in NFL history.
So, can Kansas City Chiefs handle the pressure? How should they handle such pressure?
No answer. No one has the answer.
The only thing Kansas City Chiefs can do is touch the stones to cross the river, explore for themselves, this is the challenge that pioneers of the era must face.
On one side, Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are united.
On the other side, Kansas City Chiefs stand at the crossroads of history.
With addition and subtraction, the situation becomes subtle, Kansas City Chiefs’ advantages are not so obvious, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ disadvantages are not so prominent either, standing on the Super Bowl stage for a decisive game, anything is possible, the suspense of the final victory has never been so intense and raging.
Precisely because of this, the entire League is discussing widely, hence the scene before us, experts on the radio are arguing passionately, no one can convince anyone else, but the point is, no one has absolute confidence, naturally unable to convince others to believe their predictions.
"50% VS 50%".
The fifty-fifth Super Bowl, this is hailed as the most intense, the closest, and the most suspenseful event since the new century, a real pinnacle showdown.
It truly is the battle of the century.
No one has a hundred percent certainty, no one can be a hundred percent confident, whether it’s Kansas City Chiefs or Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Even Kansas City residents themselves are no exception.
They thought they experienced three Super Bowl trials, thought they went through ups and downs, tempered by wind and rain, now they are proficient, able to calmly face all pressure and challenges, smile at the storm, whether victory or defeat, they will face the outcome with heads held high.
However, the reality is much more difficult than imagined, that pressure, those expectations, that excitement, and anxiety, seem to tear the heart into pieces.
All day, Kansas City residents mutually encourage and decompress in chat groups, social networks, forums, and communities, yet still unable to find inner peace.
Especially this year.
They cannot go to Tampa Bay to watch the game, cannot go out on the streets with neighbors to support, cannot go to Old Oak Tavern to joke with old friends, Kansas City no longer sees scenes of empty alleys, that vast and boundless sea of red cannot accompany the team.
Unease, emptiness, bewilderment slowly grows deep inside.
Then, Carter thought of Felix and Annie.
In 2018, Annie unexpectedly left, Felix carried Annie’s dream to the scene to cheer for the team, witnessing Kansas City Chiefs defend their title.
In 2019, Felix’s life came to an abrupt end, West and Provo carried Felix’s dream to the scene to join the team’s ranks and fight side by side, witnessing Kansas City Chiefs’ three consecutive championships.
In 2020, everything pressed pause, not only were Annie and Felix unable to go to the scene, but thousands of Kansas City fans also had to be absent.
But Carter remembers, he remembers Anderson from Old Oak Tavern saying, no matter where or when, they always accompany the team and fight together; he remembers promising Felix, no matter what happens, he will always stay with the team through storms, follow the team to complete unknown adventures.
The focus is not on victory and championship, it never was; but on the team becoming part of their life, igniting a ray of dawn in their broken, shabby, embarrassed life, injecting a trace of energy into their confused and numb lives, guiding them to explore the depths of life in limited time and the infinite possibilities of living, finding the meaning and value of life in the vast universe—
Those people, those things, the years of cheering for the team with Annie and Felix, those afternoons at Old Oak Tavern, passionately chatting with strangers, and... the evening when the team unexpectedly lost and broke the record, yet joined the entire city in singing.
Those moments, vivid and slightly warm, illuminate their direction to continue living.
Life becomes bearable.
Thus, Carter embarked on the journey, carrying a city’s dreams and expectations, traveling thousands of miles to Tampa Bay, chasing the sun at the end of the world.
