"No, it's not even close to the usual number of teams taking part in most of the competitions we took part in."
When Lucas said these words, William knew there was only one reason to explain all these coincidences… Someone must have gotten a bribe and made sure the two teams would meet up at some point in the competition.
If they got arranged to meet early on, things would be quite suspicious. But to meet up every single time the team came to the competition, it was indeed fishy and suspicious.
However, even if William knew there was something wrong, even if all the team members knew that, there was nothing in their hands to do.
Without any evidence, they couldn't go around and accuse the organisers of the arena of such serious manipulation claims.
"We won't get into the top fifty again this year," another member of the team said with a deep sigh. William looked around, and from all their faces, he saw bitterness, depression, and disappointment.
