He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on, glanced at the stubborn young man beside him, and earnestly advised, "I think you should also know that China's IT technology has always been very backward, and it can't compare with us at all, let alone Y country. Their advancement to the finals this time was purely by luck. In the upcoming match, it's obvious that they definitely won't win."
"Furthermore, I also learned that their Chinese competitor injured her right hand before the competition, so she could only use one hand during the match. With your skill level, wouldn't you have easily crushed her?"
Ace gently shook his head. "No, Ivan, you're wrong."
He had naturally noticed the boss's injured right hand, but left before he could ask any more questions.
I'm feeling extremely anxious right now.
Ivan frowned, clearly not understanding what the man meant, and asked疑惑地, "Did I say something wrong?"
Ace sighed softly, his gaze falling meaningfully on him. "You've got it backwards. You should say she could easily crush me with one hand."
The staff accompanying the M country all looked surprised, racking their brains but unable to understand why a top hacker ranked in the top ten of the hacker leaderboard would say such a thing.
Ace shrugged, his handsome face showing a serious expression: "Ivan, believe me, as long as she's there, the championship in this competition will definitely belong to her."
Ivan was increasingly confused, his eyebrows furrowing into a tight knot, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Mr. Ace, she's just an ordinary freshman in China!"
Ace had no patience to continue talking to him. All he wanted to do now was show off to the others in the organization. His face remained expressionless, but his tone was forceful and left no room for argument: "In short, what I said is true. I will not participate in the finals later. You either contact the organizers now to apply for my withdrawal, or I will simply skip the finals."
Before they could react, she turned around, opened the door, and left the lounge without looking back.
Looking at his resolute back and attitude, the staff members accompanying him looked at each other, completely baffled as to what had happened while he was in the bathroom, and why he was shouting to withdraw from the competition as soon as he came back.
However, Ace was a highly skilled player they had painstakingly invited to help them, and now that he insisted on withdrawing from the competition, there was nothing they could do.
Ivan pressed his temples, extremely anxious and frantic. He quickly took out his phone to explain the situation to the US side, and then had to call the organizers to discuss Ace's withdrawal from the competition.
...
Shi Miao had no idea how much of an impact she had on Ace.
When she returned to the lounge, Shen Yan and Li Wenlin were nowhere to be seen.
However, Shi Miao didn't pay much attention to it. She walked to the sofa and sat down, crossing her legs casually.
He casually reached into the bag next to him, grabbed a lollipop, unwrapped it with one hand, and popped it into his mouth.
Suddenly remembering being recognized in the restroom, I took my phone out of my pocket, opened WeChat, and sent a message to a flower.
Did you leak my information?
A flower quickly replied: 【No, how could I dare leak your information, boss? Do you have a death wish?!】
Shi Miao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. Her jade-like fingers typed slowly and deliberately, "Are you sure? Then why was I recognized by the members of the organization at a glance?"
A Flower: [Oh, that's what you meant! Oh, you scared me. I just wanted our Hakimi members to admire your heroic figure every day, so they wouldn't be confused about who their leader is in the future and offend you!]
[Boss, you can rest assured, I absolutely haven't told any outsiders about you. (Rose.jpg)]
Shi Miao looked at the message from a flower, her brow twitched, and a million grass mud horses galloped through her mind.
Her dark eyes narrowed slightly, and she crunched the lollipop in her mouth, wishing she could hang this idiot up and beat him up.
A Flower: [Boss, why aren't you saying anything? Did you just disappear again? (Feeling wronged.jpg)]
Shi Miao was about to use her free hand to brush away the stray hairs that had fallen beside her ear when she realized that her right hand was still in a cast. Her temple throbbed, and she replied to him: 【Are you an idiot?】
A flower: [???]
Shi Miao was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. She casually tapped the screen a few times and locked him in a dark room, telling him to reflect on his actions for a few days.
A moment later, Shen Yan pushed the door open and came in from the outside.
He looked quite surprised. "I just received news that Ace has withdrawn from the finals!"
"Withdraw from the competition?" Shi Miao frowned imperceptibly upon hearing this. The competition was about to start in a dozen minutes, why would Ace withdraw at this time?
Was it because of her that he withdrew from the competition?
"Professor Shen, did you say what the reason was?"
Shen Yan shook his head, also quite puzzled: "I don't know."
However, he wasn't too happy about Ace's withdrawal from the competition. After all, there was still Aaron from Country Y, who was one of the champions in previous years and a top talent in the IT software field.
Now that Ace, who was most likely to defeat him, has withdrawn from the tournament, the champion for this year has already been decided...
Shi Miao didn't think too much about it. She slowly looked away and returned to her phone screen. Whether Ace was there or not didn't affect her much.
...
Five minutes before the competition, the contestants have to go offstage and wait to go on stage.
Despite Ace's sudden withdrawal from the competition, leaving only two finalists, and even though everyone already knew who would win the championship, the competition still had to proceed.
It will not be affected by him alone.
The unveiling ceremony is currently underway on the stage.
Shi Miao glanced listlessly at the crowded audience seats not far away. Her eyelids twitched involuntarily, and her lips twitched slightly. She couldn't bear to look at it; she felt like she could dig a castle out of her toes on the spot.
In the first three rows of seats that were not for sale to the public, Xie Sizhou and Qin Xiao each held up a light board with her name on it.
Ji Sinian went even further, directly holding up a flag and waving it from time to time, with the four big characters "Sister Miao will win" written on it.
Lu Hansheng, standing to the side, held a glow stick with her name on it, his expression blank.
The most eye-catching thing was that in the center of the third row, Fu Jin and Ye Chuan were holding a banner that read: "Sister Miao, fly boldly, we will always be with you."
There were also many spectators holding up light sticks and light boards in the outer area, so it could be said that the entire venue had almost become Shi Miao's home ground.
Shi Miao lowered her dark eyes, looked away, and raised her hand to lower the brim of her hat. She wondered who came up with this idea; anyone who didn't know better would think she was holding a concert.
Fortunately, Ji Yanchen didn't join them, otherwise she would have been utterly shocked.
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