"I see, someone is cheating."

At the end of the battle between Fukuoka Okishima High School and Takamagaha Peak Academy, Aki Miyamoto sat bored in the guest seat and yawned, and answered Minami Kazuki's call.

After hanging up the phone, Akira Miyamoto immediately got up and left the table.

"Mr. Miyamoto, is there anything urgent?" The person in charge of the event team next to him hurriedly asked.

As a special guest of this competition, Miyamoto Aki should sit in the spectator seat the whole time, and leaving the table rashly will bring unnecessary disturbance to the scene.

"Let me ask you, is the floor of this gymnasium hollow underneath?" Akira Miyamoto asked.

"Yes, the floor is hollow, and it's high enough to get into it on your stomach. It seemed that the plan was to build a sewer, but then the project was abandoned, so it continued to be empty. The head of the tournament group nodded:

"In fact, some people have proposed to seal the bottom with cement before, because they are worried that there will be a lot of rats and poisonous insects under the floor, or leakage and water. However, for various reasons, the proposal was later shelved. ”

"Well," Miyamoto asked again, "and if someone were to get under the floor, where would they get in?" ”

"The only way to get under the floor is through the sewer pipes outside the venue." The person in charge of the competition team answers:

"Mr. Miyamoto, why are you curious about this?"

"There are people hiding under the floor now, most likely assisting the contestants in cheating." Akira Miyamoto explains:

"Please contact the security guards immediately and ask them to send someone to investigate, and I will go with me."

"How can there be such a thing" The person in charge of the event team was shocked and immediately realized the seriousness: "Let's do it!" ”

Although I don't know where Miyamoto Aki got the news, he was a special guest who was finally invited. Even for the sake of currying favor, the tournament team must not ignore his words.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary riots and arousing the suspect's suspicion in advance, the event team did not suspend the competition, and the Jade Dragon Flag Competition continued in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

[Next up is the quarterfinals]

Akira Miyamoto, the head of the event team, and a few security guards came to the sewer outside the gymnasium and looked inside with a flashlight.

"No, it's too dark inside." The security guard shook his head.

"Then go in and find it." Miyamoto Aki commanded.

"This" The security guards were a little embarrassed and politely refused: "It's dirty and dark here, and there may be rats and poisonous insects"

"Then force him out and don't let him continue to interfere with the game." Miyamoto Qiu clasped his arms in his hands and said in an unquestionable tone: "You go to find combustibles to burn at the entrance of the cave and smoke them out." That's how we used to smoke snakes and rats in our hometown. ”

"Hurry up and do it!" The person in charge of the tournament immediately shouted.

"Yes!" Security guards scattered to collect combustibles.

Old clothes, twigs, leaves, broken wooden planks, and other debris were piled up at the mouth of the sewer pipe in a short time.

A security guard poured some diesel fuel on the hill and lit it with a lighter.

"Burn!"

Flames leaped wildly over the hill of combustibles, accompanied by a pungent gray smoke.

Two security guards held back a cough and used a fan to blow smoke into the sewer.

"Next up is the finals of the men's division, Fukuoka Okishima High School against the private Shushen Academy!"

At the referee's announcement, the two teams entered the arena from both sides and were greeted by a wave of cheers from the audience and the flashing of camera lights.

"Ember! Come on! ”

"Okishima High School, defeat them! Don't let the Jade Dragon Banner be snatched away again! ”

At the beginning of the game, Shigetaro, the striker of Hideash Academy, took the stage with a sword, and defeated the two opponents in a row with his sharp swordsmanship and the ruthlessness of the newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, until he was defeated against the enemy's backbone.

However, the situation that followed was that Okinoshima High School had the upper hand. Their backbone eliminated the two people from Xiu Ember Academy in a row, and directly chased the disadvantage back.

The strength of the two sides is equal, although the game is not exciting, but the scores of the two sides are bitten all the way, and the audience can't help but sweat for them.

"It's time, the two sides are tied!"

The defenders of both sides were deadlocked for five minutes without a winner, and the draw ended up in a duel between the main players.

The kendo director of Hideash Academy and Mitsuru Iwata of Okinoshima High School took the stage at the same time, and the atmosphere in the audience was extremely tense. Reporters have also aimed their cameras at the two main generals, ready to shoot wonderful shots at any time.

This game is the final battle of this year's Jade Dragon Banner, who will the Jade Dragon Banner fall to. The game will be over!

"Let's go!" The referee raised his flag and announced, and the main generals of both sides also acted at the same time at this moment.

Over the next few minutes, the two began to fight fiercely on stage. The two bamboo swords are sometimes entangled with each other like a venomous snake, and sometimes they fight against each other uprightly. The footsteps and bodies of the two are also moving flexibly, constantly shifting shapes and shifts, and staggering, which is a high-end game with a high level at a glance.

However, many veteran sports reporters and spectators shook their heads, and there was disdain in their eyes.

It is true that the swordsmanship level of these two people is not bad, but it is also the average level of their peers, which is not very impressive, and professionals can know their details at a glance.

If it were to be the final of previous years, it would definitely be a pinnacle duel between national talents, and it would definitely be much more exciting than this year's.

In fact, the audience also knows a little bit about the situation. This year's Jade Dragon Banner tournament was full of problems, with many strong seeded players being attacked before the tournament, resulting in these two underwhelming teams standing on the final stage.

The two continued to fight fiercely on stage. The kendo minister of Xiu Ember Academy was pressing Iwata Man at first, but he was soon seen through the swordsmanship routine by the other party, and was frequently caught by Iwata Man and counterattacked.

"Hmm" After the kendo minister missed a sword, he barely withstood two slashes with tricky angles, and was forced to retreat again and again, falling into passivity.

"As far as the main general is concerned, it seems that Okishima High School is slightly stronger." Several reporters and guests began to analyze:

"After all, he is the younger brother of that Kyushu swordsmanship wizard, although he is not as good as his brother, but he is also of a standard."

As for the kendo director of Xiu Ember Academy, he has not achieved outstanding results before, and the kendo club he leads is basically in the first round of various competitions.

Thanks to the reform of the kendo department in recent years by Xiu Ember Academy, a lot of resources have been invested, which has made him, the head of the kendo department, also a little light, and his strength has improved significantly, but he is still a mediocre person, and his hard power is probably not as good as the first-year striker in their team, but he is more experienced in the game and has a more calm heart.

"It's over, noodles!" Iwata blocked his opponent's attack, and then used the 'shrinking ground' method to go around to the opponent's side, and slashed at the opponent's face with a sword.

"Hmm!" The kendo minister immediately turned to defend, but his movements were a beat slower after all.

The professional audience immediately understood that the match was won by Iwata, and the referee was ready to raise the flag to announce the score.

And yet at this very moment.

Bang Dang! Bang Dang!

The floor beneath the two of them suddenly shook violently, as if something was topping up from below.

"What's the situation?!" The two generals were frightened back at the same time, and fell to the ground with a stagger.

Bang Dang! Bang Dang!

"Smack!!"

With the sound of wooden planks popping, the plastic carpet on the ground suddenly arched high like a small hill, and someone came out from under the floor.

Immediately afterwards, the man began to pull the carpet again, and managed to get out from under the blanket, surrounded by smoky gray smoke.

This is a man covered in dirt and wearing a fishing plastic suit. After crawling out from under the floor, he was still coughing and gasping for breath, saying things like "I'm going to die, I'm going to die".

Both the spectators, the players and the referees were stunned.

A good kendo competition, why did a person suddenly drill out of the arena?

But at the same time, the head coach of Fukuoka Okishima High School and several Fukuoka local spectators sitting in the audience showed subtle expressions, and their whole faces were invariably darkened.

"Catch him!" The next moment, several security guards rushed towards the dirty man and immediately pinned him to the ground.

With the unexpected unfolding, the competition was immediately stopped, as if the film film that was about to play to the climax suddenly jammed.

After that, the tournament team announced that an emergency meeting was going to be held. All teams participating in the finals were asked to stay in the lounge area and not leave the venue.

The players and coaches of Fukuoka Okishima High School were taken away by the venue staff. Seeing that they all had black faces when they left, the main general Iwata Mitsuru even had disappeared from the highlights in his eyes, and his whole face was about to shatter.

"According to the investigation, Fukuoka Okishima High School committed serious cheating in this year's Jade Dragon Flag Competition, including but not limited to attacking competitors before the competition, and interfering with opponents by moving the floor during the competition."

In the conference room, Miyamoto Aki glanced at more than 20 members of the competition team, and took out his mobile phone to play the recording of Kenta Maoming to everyone: "This is the evidence collected by my apprentice and the assistant of the private Xiu Ember Academy, Makoto Kyushu, please listen to it." ”

In the recording, Makoto Kyushu and Minami Kazuki interrogate Kenta Shigena, and the other party also confesses to the criminal plan to help Okishima High School win the championship, and even tells many details that are incredibly detailed.

After listening to the recording, everyone in the conference room looked at each other and knew that this time the matter was big.

This cheating incident implicated dozens of participating teams, including many strong teams that were qualified to win the championship, and the methods were extremely cruel, and they were almost criminal. Once all these things are exposed, it will inevitably cause a great riot.

"The truth will have to wait for a detailed police investigation to come to a conclusion, but with these recordings and the suspicious people we found in the underground of the gymnasium, it is enough to convict Okishima High School, right?" Miyamoto Aki picked his chin and asked:

"What do the organizers think?"

"In fact, we have just received a contact from the police, saying that someone reported that Fukuoka Okishima High School had serious cheating in the Jade Dragon Flag Competition, and a major suspect was also arrested." One of the leaders of the competition team also admitted:

"We have to continue to follow up on the investigation before we can draw a conclusion about the incident. But before that, we will immediately cancel the qualifications and results of Okinoshima High School, and impose a ban on them. ”

Another member of the competition team proposed, "Since Okinoshima High School has been cancelled, the rankings of the other finalists will be improved by one place?" ”

"Then the private Ember Academy is the champion of this year." Someone else asked, "Although there is nothing wrong with this arrangement, is it too hasty?" ”

"This decision will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some of the participating teams, who will certainly not be willing to let themselves get far lower results than expected for this reason." Another person in charge added sharply.

Someone else asked: "But we don't have any other solution, so is it difficult to have a rematch?" ”

Hearing this, the members of the competition team fell silent.

There has never been a precedent for a rematch in the Jade Dragon Banner Competition. And if you really want to have a rematch for the sake of fairness, you can't just have a replay of the finals, but even the audition has to be done all over again. Because there were many cases of players being killed during the qualifiers, and there were many strong players among them who had the ability to challenge for the championship.

However, many of the players who were attacked were seriously injured, and it would take at least half a month to a month to fully recover. By then, the summer vacation is coming to an end, how can they have time to come back to the game again?

In addition, most of the participants are not from Fukuoka, but come from all over the country, and the travel expenses are also paid for out of their own pockets. Let them run over again after a while, and it will definitely cause protests from the runners.

"At least among the finalists, except for Greyhill High School, which relied on luck to make up the numbers, all other teams were attacked, including Ember Academy. In a sense, everyone is actually competing on the same starting line, and the final is quite 'fair'. The person in charge who issued the rhetorical question continued:

"What's more, it's not our organizer's fault that this matter itself is not at fault, so there's no need to go through a lot of trouble and do another rematch. It's as simple and straightforward as it is, and it doesn't break the rules. ”

"yes," several other members were convinced:

"It's very difficult for us to deal with this kind of accident. It's better to just make mistakes and just perfunctory. ”

After 20 minutes of urgent discussion, the tournament team reached a consensus.

As proposed at the beginning, all finalists except Fukuoka Okishima High School will automatically move up one place. Ember Academy won the championship in the finals and won the men's team competition.

As for Fukuoka Okishima High School, in addition to the invalid results of this year's competition, it will also face a ban in the next few years. The relevant personnel involved will be arrested, and the event party and the injured players will be compensated, anyway, it is inevitable that they will be left behind.

At the scene of the game, the spectators in the seats around them were still waiting eagerly, still thinking about what was going on.

Why did a person suddenly come out of the arena, and how would the game go on in the future?

The audience is waiting for the organizers to give them an answer.

Suddenly, the person in charge of the event team came out and said a few words to the host. After receiving the instructions, the host immediately picked up the microphone and announced:

"After serious discussions by the competition team, we have decided to disqualify Fukuoka Okishima High School immediately due to the fact that they were found to have committed serious cheating during the competition, and the winner of this year's men's team finals is the private Hideki Academy!"

In the face of this sudden announcement, the audience was all confused, and many people issued a "Huh? Questioning. The sports reporters on the scene also began to frantically take pictures and write little books, and this kind of amazing news had to be written into a news report as soon as possible.

Then, with everyone still not figuring out what was going on, the men's team award ceremony began hastily.

The boys of Ember Academy were invited to the podium and held up the big blue pennant embroidered with a mighty golden dragon, and became this year's champions under the announcement of the host.

In fact, even this group of "champions" was at a loss, and the whole process was like chasing ducks to the shelves, and they were called on stage to accept the award. When facing the media's cameras, their smiles were stiff and completely overwhelmed.

Winning the championship is naturally a happy event worth celebrating, but winning the championship in such a vague way really makes their hearts unsteady.

Who am I? Where am I? How did I stand on the podium? Who is the man who just came out of the ground? How did we get the championship? Why didn't the game got? How did the other side directly cheat and lose? Are we the champions? Really? What's going on?

Countless questions plagued the boys of Ember Academy, and they were completely confused about the situation, as if they were sleepwalking.

(End of chapter)