"Mr. Lubbert, you should go out and announce the results now," an Olympic Committee member beside him reminded him again.
After all, so many reporters were still waiting, and cameras from every country were broadcasting live.
Lubbert gritted his teeth and stood up helplessly, heading outside.
When he appeared in the rule-violation testing hall, cameras from every country turned toward him, making his expression even worse.
The spectacle he had arranged was now about to backfire on him, instead proving the Eastern Country's athletes innocent.
Director Chu watched Lubbert with a beaming smile.
He had already received the results. The people he had brought along to supervise had given the other side no chance to tamper with anything, so naturally, the tests had found no problems at all.
Now it was time to let the whole world see what their athletes could do.
Lubbert saw Director Chu's smile, and it made him feel even more stifled.
A dejected testing expert stepped forward and handed Lubbert the report.
The experts felt utterly humiliated, too.
They knew perfectly well that these athletes from the Eastern Country were cheating, yet they couldn't detect anything at all.
This would be a stain on their careers.
Lubbert took the report, sighing bitterly to himself as he glanced at the news media broadcasting live from all around.
At that moment, countless people across the world were waiting for the results in front of their screens.
The Eastern Country's athletes had been astonishing at this year's Games, with performances that were almost superhuman.
Everyone wanted to know whether they had cheated.
Viewers back home were especially nervous and eager.
Countless people sat in front of televisions and computers or watched the live broadcast on their phones.
At schools, on the streets, in shops, and in countless offices...