Disqualified

As the competition finally started, many participants began to give their presentations. Some ideas were able to impress the judges, while others fell short.

While Chen Yiren was watching other participants' presentations, he felt that his idea was unique, which increased his confidence, and as time passed, his confidence began to turn into overconfidence.

Su Anya, on the other hand, was attentively listening to other people's presentations and grasping the concept behind their ideas as you never know what kind of inspiration you might get from them.

Other participants were so nervous that they didn't pay attention to other people's presentations.

"Now, let's invite another team that has promised to come up with a unique idea and whose team name is also UNIQUE. Please welcome them as they take over the stage." Chen Yiren's team was invited to the stage by the emcee.

Chen Yiren strode onto the stage, his face beaming with self-assurance. He took the microphone and stood in the center of the stage, greeting everyone.

"Hello everyone, today I am going to present one of the most unique ideas that live up to the competition's name, INNOVATION." After that, he began his presentation.

Some of the judges below the stage frowned as they noticed Chen Yiren's failure to introduce his other team members.

Chen Yiren was completely unaware that he had made a mistake and was completely focused on giving a presentation; even if he knew, he didn't care.

"We currently have a time and space problem while storing some data. We needed a hardware device to store our data, and as the size of the data increased, so did the time it took to save it. So I devised a solution." He delivered his presentation with ease. However, his teammates' expressions were not encouraging.

The way he delivered his presentation, it appeared as if he was the only one who had contributed to the project and none of the others had. They could only swallow their dissatisfaction.

"So, Mr. Chen Yiren, you created this software." One of the judges questioned him.

"Of course."

Chen Yiren didn't hesitate to respond. He just wanted to get all the brownie points and make them think too highly of himself.

"How about your teammates?"

This question completely stumped him, and he realized that his previous response had put him in an awkward position. "If I am the brain, then my teammates are wisdom," he quickly adjusted his expression and replied calmly. " Without them, I will not be able to finish this project and will not be able to stand in front of you. Today, I really want to thank them in front of so many people."

To express his gratitude, he sincerely bowed towards his teammate. The teammates who were previously dissatisfied with him felt a sense of relief. They didn't want the judge or audience to think of them as inefficient because they didn't contribute to the project.

Lin Nan thought his sincerity was phony. He didn't intend to give any credit to his teammate at first, but when he noticed that the judge was dissatisfied with his response, he began to express his gratitude. For some reason, he had the impression that something was about to happen.

He hoped that everything went well and that it was all in his head.

"Let us give a round of applause to the team UNIQUE for their unique presentation." The host stated.

Su Anya's face turned cold as she witnessed Chen Yiren's hypocritical handling of the situation. She was really stupid in her previous life for not being able to see his true face, otherwise she wouldn't have had to suffer in his hand. She'll give him a taste of his own medicine this time.

Su Anya's team's turn came after the other contestant's presentation. They had already taken their place backstage, waiting for the host to make an announcement.

"Please welcome our next team, UNITY. But first, I'd like to tell you a little bit about the team's leader., Su Anya. She recently lost her aunt, so I hope everyone can express their condolences to her."

The judge's face was creased with a frown. They exchange glances, expressing their displeasure with the given announcement.

They were already aware that some of the contestants were attempting to sell their pity in order to win the competition. It was the most heinous method. They believed Su Anya could do anything with this competition, and by doing so, she did not even show respect to the deceased.

Su Anya's aura shifted sharply, and her face turned cold as she realized what kind of conspiracy was at work against her. When the host realized she was staring at him, a cold shiver ran down his spine and a guilty conscience rose in his heart. She entered the stage calmly and greeted the judges and completely ignored their dissatisfied looks, she had already learned that 'you can't satisfy everyone and not everyone going to like you'. So why bother bothering herself and wasting her energy on such trivial matters?

Su Anya began her presentation, and as she went on to explain more about the project. The audience began to murmur as the presentation progressed.

"Miss, please stop. You may retreat from the competition at this moment. You have been automatically disqualified from this competition." One of the judges stated coldly.

"Sir, may I inquire as to the reason?" Su Anya inquired indifferently. She didn't even panic in the given situation.

The judges were taken aback by her calm demeanor and assumed she had a thick skin and was an ignorant girl.

"You'd better know why. I didn't expect you to try to steal someone else's idea at such a young age." One of the judges, Mr. Kevin, responded.

He had been specially invited from the country K to judge this competition, but he had not anticipated such an experience.

"How could you be so sure that I am the one who steal the idea, it might be other way round. You can't blame me if there's no evidence." Su Anya responded forcefully.

Mr. Kevin laughed angrily, he wanted to give this young girl some face. But it appears that she could only understand in a difficult way.