Chapter 722 Cheating
Upon hearing the results announced by the host, the Johnville Team couldn’t sit still.
Jason stood up and shouted loudly, ” This is absolutely impossible. Someone must be cheating.”
The students of the Johnville Team also cheered along with Jason. They simply did not believe they would lose.
Faced with the audience’s uproar, the Styre Team’s representative could not say anything either.
Forget about the Johnville Team. Even they found it unbelievable when they heard the result.
Upon seeing the expression of the delegation from the Styre Team, Jason seemed to have realized something, and he pointed at them, shouting loudly, “I see, so you must have bribed the judges in order to win. Is that right? You guys are really shameful, resorting to such unethical means just to win.”
The actual situation was not yet known.
Jason was cursing indiscriminately.
This had really angered the members of the Styre Team, especially Eamon.
The two sides argued fiercely, and Ronin couldn’t stand it when the group from Johnville kept slandering Catherine, so he stood up as well.
He never followed the familiar path in his actions. He directly jumped onto the stage, took the host’s microphone, and pointed seriously at the judges in the judges’ seats. “Have you guys committed treason and colluded with the enemy?”
The sound of the microphone reverberated throughout the venue. Coupled with Ronin’s provocative topic, it instantly captured everyone’s attention.
The several judges being pointed at looked at Ronin in confusion, not knowing what he meant by his words.
“What nonsense are you talking about? How could we possibly commit treason and collude with the enemy!”
“Absolutely ridiculous!”
Ronin sneered. “You are all citizens of Theisia. Without your support, how did the Styre Team win? Isn’t it because you betrayed your country and sold it out for your own benefit?”
Three of the judges on the judging panel were from Theisia, which constituted a significant portion of the total.
The judges from Alton accounted for half of the total. In recent years, Eskana had risen and was considered the number one rival by Alton, so it was impossible for the team of Eskana to receive any help.
If the Styre Team wanted to bribe the judges, then the difficulty was even higher than winning the championship.
The people who just thought that what Jason said made sense and suspected that the Styre Team had bribed the judges suddenly didn’t know how to come to a conclusion after hearing what Ronin said.
Finally, the chairman of the judging panel, Richard, couldn’t bear to watch any longer, and he stood up voluntarily. “I solemnly declare that the Bide Cup is an international scientific competition with authoritative status in the research community and will absolutely not tolerate any cheating. Since everyone has doubts about this matter, the panel will publicly display the experimental results of the two teams to demonstrate fairness.”
The experimental results needed to be sealed. But it had now sparked controversy. As the chairman of the judging panel, Richard had the authority and obligation to investigate the results to ensure the fairness and rigor of the competition.
If this matter was not handled, both the officials of the Bide Cup and the Styre Team would be questioned.
“Representatives from the Styre Team and the Johnville Team, do you have any objections?” asked Richard.
Upon hearing Richard’s inquiry, the representatives of the Styre Team responded promptly. “Chairman, we have no objections. Please publicly demonstrate the experimental results to prove our innocence.”
Although Johnville’s mentor was somewhat reluctant and unwilling, in order to find the truth, he eventually agreed.
In order to avoid subjective bias, the organizers would showcase the experimental products from both parties anonymously.
The theme of this time was to design a chip. Because specific requirements had been provided, as long as the completed chip could carry out the designated instructions, it could be considered okay.
The first chip was displayed in front of everyone. After the demonstration, the chip was perfect in terms of both speed and smoothness of operation, with a high level of command.
If anyone were to pay attention to the Johnville Team at this moment, he would see the pride that they were currently trying to conceal on their faces.
Their mentor ordered them not to show any sign of their skills, just to take this opportunity to embarrass the Styre Team in public.
Now that their work was being showcased, they were just waiting to humiliate the Styre Team.
The first experimental work had been exhibited, and now the exhibition of the second experimental work would begin.
When the second piece of work was displayed, the doubts in everyone’s mind continued to increase.
From the final performance of the work, it was evident that the smoothness of the second prototype was significantly superior to that of the first work.
‘Is the second work the real result of the Johnville Team?’ the onlookers thought.
However, even so, the strength of the Styre Team was still quite astonishing.
With such a short time, they were able to achieve such experimental results. They definitely showed great potential and could easily rank in the top five. It was a pity to see it get eliminated like this.
After all the experimental works were presented, Richard stepped back to the center of the stage. “Both works have been reviewed by everyone. You are all professionals in the industry. I believe you can judge the quality very objectively. Now, please loudly tell me which work should win, the first one or the second one!”
Almost without hesitation, the crowd announced loudly, “The second work!”
“Very well. Now let’s announce the creative team behind the winning work! “Richard said.
On the large screen, the sealed paper in front of the laboratory equipment was removed.
The words “Styre Team” appeared prominently in front of everyone.
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze as everyone present couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
The whole scene was in an uproar, yet only the beautiful Eskana girl sitting in the corner remained calm and unaffected, casually playing with her phone. “Are you dead? Hurry up and finish him!”
Sitting beside Catherine, Marshall originally thought she was finally going to explode when he saw her frown. However, after hearing what she said, Marshall’s heart almost turned cold.
The Bide Cup competition, eagerly anticipated by many, seemed insignificant in the eyes of Catherine.
The result of this competition was not as important as a game for Catherine.
She did not give the Bide Cup, an international competition, any face. But this was understandable. Catherine was not a normal person, after all.
Just now, Marshall also saw the results displayed by that chip. Honestly, even if he were to go on stage personally, he probably couldn’t achieve those results in such a short time.
‘Catherine actually did it. She’s simply crazy!’ thought Marshall.
“How… how is this possible?” Jason stared in disbelief at the big screen, totally at a loss for words.
The first piece was definitely their team’s experimental result. He could recognize it. He also admitted that the second work was better than the first one.
‘But how could such excellent work come from the Styre Team?’ he thought.
As for cheating… This was the Bide Cup, the most famous research competition in the world. It was almost impossible to cheat in this competition.
‘Even the Altonian Team, who was the host, wouldn’t be able to cheat easily. Let alone Eskana’s Styre Team. Are they really cheating?’ thought Jason.
