Once the results of the competition were announced, the relevant staff of the venue led the members of the various groups to the podium that had been prepared in advance. They were prepared to give out rewards to the groups that had won the top three places in the competition and give out medals and bonuses to the students who had won the first place.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the organizer of the competition, who was sitting in a high location, suddenly received a call. After answering the call and returning, he immediately raised the microphone again and announced that he had received an anonymous report for the competition. He wanted to calculate and re-rank the results of this competition.
Once he said this, both the students who had just confirmed their victory and those who had failed were in an uproar.
Report?
Why would they suddenly receive an anonymous report on such an international competition and the live broadcast of the competition by the media? Could it be that there were other participating students who had cheated at such an important event?
It had to be known that being caught cheating in such a world-famous competition was even more serious than cheating in the college entrance examination. Not only would it affect the results of this competition, but those with bad circumstances would even be disqualified from the college entrance examination.
Besides that, if nothing unexpected happened, such cheating would definitely be recorded in the candidate’s personal file. The bad behavior of being placed in the file would follow a person for the rest of their life. Not only would it affect their studies in high school, but it would also affect their employment after graduation!
Thinking of this, while the invigilator and the other judges on the stage were discussing the solution intensely, the students below the stage also started discussing loudly.
“Someone anonymously reported the participating students for cheating? No way? How can there be students who were bold enough to cheat in such an internationally broadcasted competition? Which country is this person from? I must worship him when it’s announced later!”
“That’s right. If that student had the guts to cheat in front of everyone, why was he caught now? Haha, we are encountering such an interesting incident just at a mere competition!”
The students discussed among themselves. Some of them only considered the superficial meaning of the invigilator’s words just now, however, some of them thought more and considered the deeper meaning on the other side of the coin.
“That’s not right. If it was just a simple cheating act, the invigilator could have just announced the results and it would have been over. But why is he arguing with the judges with a red face now?”
“That’s indeed a little strange. Speaking of this, I want to think about this in detail.” After saying this, the student continued with a grave tone.
“Do you think it’s possible that the main examiner sent by Country H didn’t want the students from Country Z to get first place and deliberately caused this commotion?”
“Tsk, tsk. If that’s the case, isn’t Country H too bad? Isn’t it just that Country Z’s students have never won the championship before? Is there a need to give them such a bad reputation of cheating?”
The discussion became more and more intense. Mo Zhu and the others, who were in the crowd, naturally listened to the many possibilities that everyone had summarized.
Apart from Mo Zhu standing rooted to the ground with her arms crossed expressionlessly, Meng Ran and Zhang Qi, who had already stood up happily to receive the award, frowned slightly with a heavy heart. They rubbed their hands nervously, not knowing what to do.
A few minutes later, the intense argument between the invigilator and the judge on the high platform finally ended.
The invigilator from Country H took the microphone and turned on the button. He pretended to be calm and announced in a low voice, “Due to a student’s report, the member of Country Z’s team who won the first place this time is suspected of violating the rules in the second round of the team competition. According to the competition rules that were announced before the competition, such actions are considered cheating. Therefore, after discussion by the organizing committee, we have unanimously decided to cancel the results of this round of competition for all the members of Country Z’s team!”
After he said this, everyone present widened their eyes in surprise and opened their mouths in disbelief.
