Chapter 241 Borrowing His Influence, So What
"What? Someone actually dared to help with cheating? Ms. Johnson, rest assured, when we organized this competition, the boss's first requirement was fairness and justice. If this is true, we will absolutely not tolerate it. I'll have someone investigate right away!"
The organizer's representative, who was still listening nearby, broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this and immediately made his position clear.
Internally, he was cursing - which idiot would dare make such a mistake at this critical moment?
Emily knew the other party was there and deliberately said this for him to hear.
Since she had already borrowed Daniel's influence, Emily didn't act coy and spoke up directly.
After hearing the representative's words, Emily didn't respond immediately but glanced at Daniel.
Daniel understood Emily's meaning perfectly. "Whatever justice you deserve, if the organizer can't give it to you, I'll get it for you myself."
This was also said for the representative to hear.
Understanding the implication, the representative immediately stated, "Mr. Smith, Ms. Johnson, please rest assured. We won't be careless in our investigation."
Only then did Emily nod. "Then I'll trouble you with this. I hope to deal with the person when the final results are announced."
The representative's face turned very ugly.
If they handled this publicly, with reporters present, it would raise questions about this competition and even the organizers, and would let the boss see such a major flaw in the competition he was overseeing.
After Emily finished speaking, she waited quietly without saying more.
Clearly waiting for his response.
At this point, he seemed to have no other choice. Rather than continue this standoff and displease Daniel and Emily, he might as well agree.
Having thought this through, the organizer immediately smiled and stated, "Ms. Johnson, rest assured, we'll do everything as you say."
Emily nodded.
Then she checked the time and said to Daniel, "The finals are next, and it's about time. I'll head out now."
Daniel nodded. "Okay!"
However, as Emily left, he directly had York send over Emily's preliminary round video.
Since Emily noticed a problem, something must have happened in the preliminaries, and she must have evidence to make such a statement.
When he saw Bianca, Daniel realized it was probably related to her.
She couldn't stand seeing Emily do well. If she found out Emily was also in the competition, she definitely wouldn't let Emily win the championship.
Although some details were different, he had to admit he understood just how shameless Bianca could be.
"Find a way to investigate who Bianca contacted before the competition, especially anyone related to staff or judges."
"Yes!"
York immediately followed Daniel's instructions.
The organizer vaguely realized that Daniel probably didn't trust him, which was why he was having someone investigate separately.
But he didn't dare have any objections.
So he cursed out whoever might have been bribed, then hurried off to investigate.
The first step was to check the surveillance footage.
Now he viewed everyone as a suspect, so his investigation had a much wider scope than Daniel's targeted approach.
Of course, fortunately he left the lounge half a step late and heard Daniel mention a name.
So this time, he specifically assigned someone to watch Bianca.
When Emily came out, she was blocked by Bianca at the entrance to the competition venue.
"Emily, if you ask me, someone like you should just be my backdrop. What's the point of entering the competition? First place will only be mine."
Bianca said deliberately.
Emily looked Bianca up and down a few times.
Bianca felt like the other's gaze had deeper meaning, as if looking at a joke.
"You blocked my way just to say this? If you're done, then move aside!"
Emily couldn't be bothered to deal with Bianca anymore.
She looked at her like watching a clown.
Bianca didn't expect Emily to hold back again. Had she finally realized that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't change her fate of being her backdrop?
"Don't get cocky. First place in the preliminaries was mine, and the championship will only be mine too. Just you wait and see!"
Bianca even raised her head proudly as she spoke.
Like a rooster that had won a fight.
Emily seemed to catch something important: "Why are you so certain you'll beat me? Could there be some inside deal? You didn't bribe the judges, did you?"
She meant it as a test, paying special attention to Bianca's expression when asking.
Because Bianca was too surprised that Emily would ask this, the panic that flashed in her eyes didn't escape Emily's notice.
However, this person was used to lying and quickly steadied herself, saying with a cold laugh, "Emily, I think you're the thief crying thief. Who knows, maybe you seduced some man to beat me by any means necessary? I just wonder what would happen if Daniel found out about this?"
Bianca thought that having exposed Emily's truth, she would either fly into a rage or panic and beg for mercy.
She didn't expect Emily to be so accomplished now - even when her truth was revealed, she could remain calm.
Emily's eyes flashed.
She guessed that Bianca had probably seen her enter the lounge earlier, but she probably didn't know the person inside was Daniel.
Probably because Daniel's image was too lofty - he shouldn't appear at such a competition.
Or Bianca assumed Daniel wouldn't come here for her.
That's why Bianca's tone was so certain.
Emily had already confirmed the answer she wanted. She said nothing more.
Especially since the host had already taken the stage and the next finals round had begun.
In the preliminaries, reporters only captured some footage - the finals and the final works were what mattered.
The reporters Bianca had invited were also mixed in among them, setting up their equipment and waiting for contestants to appear.
Of course, they were specifically filming Bianca.
So when Bianca appeared a step behind Emily, cameras were already pointing in her direction.
Emily naturally appeared in the shots too.
Bianca didn't know yet that with Emily's superior beauty and presence, when the videos came out, netizens would naturally pay more attention to Emily.
Who knows if Bianca would regret it then.
"Look, Emily's here! Too bad we came late and missed Emily's preliminary round. I heard she got second place. I wonder who got first? With Emily's level, she shouldn't be second place, right? Could there be some shady dealings?"
"You should thank me - I just found out from one of Emily's former classmates that she was in this competition. Emily getting second place is still impressive. Also, given who Emily is, with her character and abilities, if there really are shady dealings, there's definitely going to be a good show to watch!"
It had to be said, the one who understood Emily best was still Byron.
As for the other person speaking, naturally it was Sophia.
How could she miss such an opportunity to praise Emily?
Although she still believed in her heart that Emily should be first place, since the finals had already started, she immediately quieted down.
She felt Byron was right - if Emily really thought there were shady dealings, then those scheming people should be the ones trembling, waiting for Emily's counterattack.