Tokyo people don't talk about Wude

Chapter 240 237. Happiness comes too suddenly

"I see, someone is indeed cheating."

Just as the battle between Fukuoka Okishima High School and Takamagahara Mine Academy ended, Miyamoto Akira sat boredly in the guest seat and yawned, then answered Minami Kazuki's call.

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

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

As the special guest of this game, Miyamoto Akira should have been sitting in the spectator seats throughout the game. Leaving the table hastily will cause unnecessary commotion at the scene.

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

"Yes, there is a hollow under the floor, and it is probably high enough for a person to crawl in while lying down. It seemed that they were planning to build a sewer before, but then the project was abandoned and they continued to leave it empty." The person in charge of the competition team nodded:

"Actually, someone had previously suggested sealing the bottom with cement because they were worried that there would be a lot of rats and poisonous insects under the floor, or water leakage and water accumulation. However, this proposal was shelved later due to various reasons."

"Is that so?" Akira Miyamoto asked again: "Then if someone wants to get under the floor, where will they get in?"

"If you want to get under the floor, you can only go through the sewer pipes outside the venue." The person in charge of the competition team replied:
"Mr. Miyamoto, why are you curious about this?"

"There are people hiding under the floor, most likely helping the contestants cheat." Miyamoto Akira explained:
"Please contact the security immediately and ask them to send someone to investigate. I will go with you."

"Such a thing could happen." The person in charge of the competition team was shocked and immediately realized the seriousness: "We will do it right now!"

Although I don’t know where Miyamoto Akira got the news, he was a special guest who finally invited him. Even if it was for the purpose of currying favor, the competition team must not ignore his words.

In order to avoid unnecessary commotion and arouse the suspect's suspicion in advance, the competition team did not suspend the competition. The Jade Dragon Flag competition continued in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere on the scene became increasingly lively.

[The quarter-finals are next]

Miyamoto Akira, the person in charge of the event team and a few security guards came to the sewer outlet outside the stadium and looked inside with a flashlight.

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

"Then go in and look for it." Miyamoto Qiu ordered.

"This" the security guards were a little embarrassed and politely refused: "This is dirty and dark, and there may be rats and poisonous insects."

"Then force him out. Don't let him continue to interfere with the game." Miyamoto Akira crossed his arms and said in an unquestionable tone: "You go find combustibles to burn at the entrance of the cave and smoke him out. Our hometown used to be So smoked by snakes and rats."

"Hurry up and do it!" the person in charge of the competition team shouted immediately.

"Yes!" The security guards scattered to collect flammable materials.

After a while, debris such as old clothes, branches, leaves, and broken boards piled up at the entrance of the sewer pipe.

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

"burn!"

The flames leapt wildly on the combustible hill, accompanied by acrid gray smoke.

Two security guards suppressed their coughs and used fans to blow the smoke into the sewer pipes.

"Next is the men's finals, Fukuoka Okishima High School versus the private Shujin Academy!"

Under the referee's announcement, the two teams of players entered the arena from both sides. They were greeted by waves of cheers from the audience and endless camera flashes.

"Xiu Jin! Come on!"

"Okishima High School, defeat them! Don't let the Jade Dragon Flag be taken away again!"

At the beginning of the game, Motaro, the forward of Xiu Jin Academy, came on stage with a sword. With his fierce swordsmanship and the fierceness of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, he defeated the two opponents in a row. It was not until he faced the enemy's backbone that he unfortunately lost.

However, the subsequent situation turned out to be Okishima High School's advantage. Their backbone eliminated the two people from Xiujin Academy in succession and directly chased the disadvantaged back.

The strength of both sides was evenly matched. Although the game was not exciting, the score between the two sides was tight all the way, and the audience couldn't help but sweat for them.

"Time's up, both sides draw!"

The defenders of the two sides were in a stalemate for five minutes without a winner. Both players stepped down due to a draw, and the game eventually turned into a duel between the captains.

The kendo director of Hideojin Academy and Mitsuru Iwata of Okishima High School came on stage at the same time, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely tense. Reporters also aimed their cameras at the two captains, ready to take exciting shots at any time.

This game is the final battle of this year's Jade Dragon Flag. Who will win the Jade Dragon Flag? This game will begin!

"Start!" the referee announced with the flag raised, and the captains of both sides also took action at the same time.

Over the next few minutes, the two began to fight fiercely on stage. Sometimes the two bamboo swords are entangled with each other like poisonous snakes, and sometimes they are fighting fiercely. The two of them were also moving flexibly with their feet and body, constantly changing positions and circling around each other. At first glance, it looked like a high-end match with a high standard.

However, many senior sports reporters and audience guests shook their heads, with disdain in their eyes.

It is true that the swordsmanship level of these two people is not bad, but it is just above the average level of their peers. It is not that amazing. Professionals can know their background at a glance.

If it were the finals of previous years, it would definitely be a pinnacle showdown between national-level talents, and it would definitely be much more exciting than this year's one.

In fact, the audience knows a little bit about the situation. This year's Jade Dragon Banner competition had frequent incidents. Many strong seeded players were attacked before the competition. As a result, it was these two unsatisfactory teams that stood on the final stage.

The two continued to fight fiercely on the stage. The kendo master of Hidejin Academy was suppressing Mitsuru Iwata in the fight at first, but soon the opponent saw through the swordsmanship routine, and Mitsuru Iwata frequently caught the flaw and struck back.

"Hmm." After the kendo master's sword failed, he barely managed to withstand two chops from awkward angles, and was forced to retreat continuously, falling into a passive position.

"As far as the generals are 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 the Kyushu swordsman prodigy. Although he is not as good as his elder brother, he is still capable."

As for the kendo director of Xiujin Academy, he had never achieved outstanding results before, and the kendo club he led basically failed in the first round of various competitions.

Thanks to Xiu Jin Academy's reform of the Kendo Department in recent years and the investment of a lot of resources, he, the Kendo Minister, also got some light. His strength has improved significantly, but he is still a mediocre person. I am afraid that even their hard power The first-year forward Motaro in the team is not as good as him, but he has more game experience and a calmer mind. "It's over, face!" Iwata blocked the opponent's attack, then used the 'Shuchi' technique to get around the opponent's side, and struck the opponent's face with a sword.

"Hmm!" The Kendo Minister immediately turned to defend, but his movements were a beat too slow.

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

But at this moment.
Bang! Bang!
The floor beneath their feet suddenly shook violently, as if something was pushing up from below.

"What's going on?!" The two generals were frightened and retreated, staggering to the ground.

Bang! Bang!
"Crack!!"

Accompanied by the sound of exploding wooden boards, the plastic carpet on the ground suddenly arched up like a hill, and someone emerged from under the floor.

Immediately afterwards, the man began to pull at the carpet desperately, and finally got out from under the carpet, with smoke still lingering around him.

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

The audience, players and referees were all stunned.

It was a good kendo competition, but why did a person suddenly emerge from under the arena?

But at the same time, the head coach of Fukuoka Okishima High School and several local Fukuoka spectators sitting in the audience showed subtle expressions, and their entire faces turned dark in unison.

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

Following the unexpected development, the game was immediately stopped, like a movie reel that was about to reach its climax and suddenly jammed.

After this, the competition team claimed to hold an emergency meeting. All teams participating in the finals are required to stay in the rest area and are not allowed to leave the venue.

The players and coaches of Fukuoka Okishima High School were taken away by venue staff. Seeing that they all had dark faces when they left, the leader Mitsuru Iwata even had the highlight in his eyes disappear, and his whole face was about to break.

"According to the investigation, Fukuoka Okishima High School committed serious cheating behavior in this Yulong Banner competition, including but not limited to attacking contestants before the game and disturbing opponents by moving the floor during the game."

In the conference room, Miyamoto Akira glanced at the more than 20 members of the competition team, took out his mobile phone and played Kenta Shigeru's recording for everyone: "This is the evidence collected by my apprentice and the team assistant of the private Shujin Academy, Kyushu Makoto. Please listen carefully.”

In the recording, Kyushu Makoto and Minami Kazuki interrogated Kenta Mamena, and the other party also confessed to the criminal plan to help Okishima High School win the championship, and even told many incredibly detailed details.

After listening to the recording, everyone in the conference room looked solemnly, knowing that this time things were getting serious.

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, almost criminal level. Once all these things are exposed, it will definitely cause great commotion.

"The truth has to wait for detailed police investigation before we can draw a conclusion, but based on these recordings and the suspicious people we found underground in the gymnasium, is it enough to convict Okishima High School?" Miyamoto Akira raised his chin and asked:
"What do the organizers think?"

"Actually, we just received a contact from the police, saying that someone reported serious cheating at Fukuoka Okishima High School in the Yulong Flag Competition, and a major suspect was caught." A person in charge of the competition team also admitted:

"We will continue to follow up the investigation before we can draw a conclusion to the incident. But before that, we will immediately disqualify Okidao High School from participating in the competition and their results, and impose a ban on them."

Another member of the competition team suggested: "Since Okishima High School's results have been cancelled, then the rankings of the other final teams should be moved up one place in order?"

"Then Private Xiujin Academy is this year's champion." Someone else asked: "Although there is nothing wrong with this arrangement, is it too hasty?"

"This decision will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some participating teams. They will definitely not be willing to get results that are far lower than expected due to this reason." Another person in charge added sharply.

Someone else asked: "But we have no other solution. Is it possible that we need 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 we really want to conduct a rematch for the sake of fairness, then we can't just conduct a rematch of the finals, but even the auditions must be done all over again. Because there were many cases of players being killed during the qualifiers, there were also some strong players who had the ability to challenge for the championship.

However, many of the players who were attacked suffered serious injuries, and it would take at least half a month to a month to fully recover. The summer vacation will be over by then, how can they have time to compete again?
Moreover, most of the contestants are not locals in Fukuoka, but come from all over the country, and their travel expenses are paid out of their own pockets. Asking them to run over again after a while will definitely trigger protests from the players.

"At least among the teams in the finals, except for Gray Hill High School, which relies on luck, all other teams have been attacked, including Xiujin Academy. In a sense, everyone is actually competing on the same starting line. In the finals It's quite 'fair'." The person in charge who asked the rhetorical question continued:
"What's more, this matter itself is not our organizer's fault. There is no need to go to a lot of trouble to have a rematch. There will be no problem if it is handled so simply and directly, and it does not violate the rules."

"Yes." Several other members were convinced:
"It would be difficult for us to deal with this kind of accident if it happens. We can just ignore the mistake and just deal with it."

After twenty minutes of emergency discussion, the competition team reached a consensus.

As proposed from the beginning, all finalist teams except Fukuoka Okishima High School will automatically move up one place. Xiujin Academy automatically won the finals and won the men's team championship.

As for Fukuoka Okishima High School, in addition to invalidating this year's competition results, they will also face suspensions in the following years. The relevant personnel involved must be arrested, and compensation must be paid to the event organizer and the injured players. Anyway, they will inevitably be added to the trouble.

At the competition site, the spectators in the surrounding seats were still waiting eagerly and thinking about what happened.

Why did a person suddenly emerge from under the field, and how would the rest of the game proceed?

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

Suddenly, the person in charge of the competition team came out and said a few words to the host. After receiving the instruction, the host immediately picked up the microphone and announced:
"After serious discussion by the competition team, since Fukuoka Okishima High School was found to have serious cheating during the competition, we decided to immediately disqualify them from the competition. The winner of this men's team finals is the private Shujin Academy!"

Faced with this sudden announcement, the audience was all confused, and many people asked "Huh?" on the spot. Sports reporters at the scene also began frantically taking photos and writing notebooks. Such shocking news must be quickly written into news reports.

Afterwards, with no one still figuring out what was going on, the awards ceremony for the men's team competition began hastily.

The boys from Xiujin Academy were invited to the podium, and together they raised the big blue banner embroidered with the mighty golden dragon, and were announced by the host as this year's champions.

In fact, even this group of "champions" looked confused. They were summoned by the host to come to the stage to receive their awards, just like they were chasing ducks to the shelf. When facing the media's cameras, their smiles were too stiff and they looked completely at a loss.

Winning the championship is naturally a happy event worthy of celebration, but winning the championship in such a confused manner really makes them feel uneasy.

who I am? where am I? Why am I standing on the podium? Who was the person who came out of the ground just now? How did we win the championship? Why wasn't the game played? How come the opponent directly cheated and was awarded a loss? we are the champion? real or fake? What happened?

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

(End of this chapter)