chsdbacks Chapter 160 Disqualified?
Chapter 160 Disqualified?
Seeing that someone was about to attack Lu Ante and the others, Long Ze instinctively prepared to step forward and stop them.
But when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the Swamp Monster was still calmly standing behind Lu An, showing no intention of stopping him at all.
Lu An narrowed his eyes.
As the large hand drew ever closer, Lu An narrowed his eyes.
Wearing a camouflage military uniform, the tall man who wanted to grab Lu An suddenly lost sight of Lu An, and then a sharp pain came from his right arm.
"what!"
Lu An had somehow gotten behind the tall man and had one hand on his shoulder.
He didn't seem to exert much force, but the tall man's expression showed extreme pain, as if he had suffered inhuman torture.
Lu An grabbed the tall man with one hand, rendering him unable to resist, and said calmly:
"Everyone, Magikarp suddenly evolving into Gyarados is an unexpected event that no one wants to encounter. Now that it has happened, all we can do is follow the official instructions and take care of everything properly."
"If we are not held responsible for the disturbance caused by Gyarados in the subsequent accountability assessment, then you have no reason to cause trouble here."
"If we are responsible, we will compensate everyone through official channels. Please do not cause trouble here privately and cause unnecessary trouble for the authorities."
"Ratchet."
The Swamp Monster arrived at Lu An's side at just the right moment.
Seeing the powerful Swamp Monster and the tall man who was easily defeated by Lu An, the crowd that was originally planning to cause trouble immediately became much more rational.
They were the group that had been terrified by the sudden appearance of the Gyarados. Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the large number of people, they hoped to use their numerical advantage to force Gosuke and the others to submit and obediently compensate them for their losses.
However, Lu An's swift action not only caught everyone off guard, but also made them realize that Lu An and his group were not so easy to manipulate.
So the remaining few people looked at each other and then silently dispersed.
The tall man, who had finally managed to escape after Lu An released his grip, glared at Lu An resentfully.
"Just you wait, the Gyarados incident is definitely related to you, and I won't let you off so easily."
Lu An simply shrugged, indicating that he was ready to oblige at any time.
After seeing off the rioting crowd, Lu An and the other two gathered together.
"Speaking of which, with the scene in such chaos, can the fishing competition still continue?"
Imai was unaffected by the recent commotion; he patted his clothes.
"It will probably continue, since most teams had already been admitted before Gyarados caused trouble."
"Moreover, the sponsor of this competition is Xier Fishing Company, which values the competitions it sponsors quite a bit. Xier Fishing should allow the competition to continue."
"Just before I was stopped, I saw the referee team gathered together to discuss the matter. They should announce that the match will continue soon."
Imai's conjecture was correct.
After the police announced that the safety threat posed by Gyarados had been eliminated, the referee panel immediately announced that the match would resume.
The remaining ten teams that had not yet registered their scores quickly completed the registration process.
One team achieved a score in the top ten, and another team barely broke 100 points to enter the top five.
Overall, these teams have basically failed to shake up the existing rankings.
After all, those who registered their results early are generally quite satisfied with their team's performance.
Teams that only start registering scores in the last few minutes are often those who lack confidence in their performance.
In other words, so far, no team has been able to challenge Luther's team for first place, except...
All eyes turned to Lu An and his two companions.
So far, among the more than 100 teams participating in the fishing competition, only Lu An's team of three has not yet finished tallying the final results.
Everyone knows that their first two Pokémon were Lanturn and Seadra.
And everyone knows that their third Pokémon was originally a Magikarp.
However, before the Magikarp's weight was tallied, it unexpectedly evolved into Gyarados.
This led to the commotion caused by the Gyarados group.
At this moment, everyone had only one thought in their minds:
Should Lu An and his two companions' third Pokémon be considered Magikarp or Gyarados?
"Since what they just caught was a king carp, shouldn't it be considered a king carp?"
This is because Lao Ba doesn't want Gang Jie and the others to overshadow him.
Even if we consider Magikarp's weight, the scores of the three of them are already enough to surpass theirs.
"That's not right. Gangjie and the others were rushed to hand in their Poké Balls, but there were still a few minutes left in the match. If we're really going to count the results, shouldn't we be counting the Pokémon that were there after the match ended?"
This is someone who sees no hope of winning the championship and hopes to make a bigger scene.
"But since they handed their Pokémon to the referee, shouldn't that be considered as having Magikarp as their participating Pokémon?"
This was a rational and objective statement, and it immediately garnered the approval of many people.
Just as everyone was discussing and unable to come up with an answer that would satisfy everyone, a voice rang out:
"Everyone, if I remember correctly, after that Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, it went out of control and went berserk, right?"
"Now that the warning line has been set up, it's pointless to calculate the weight of either Magikarp or Gyarados, right?"
A single word awakens one from a dream.
These words immediately jolted everyone awake.
Yup!
Whether Lu An and his friends' third Pokémon is Magikarp or Gyarados, with the cordon set up to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering, they probably won't be able to get close to that Pokémon anymore.
"Doesn't that mean that they're not even qualified for the competition anymore, let alone hoping to be second or even first? They've lost their third Pokémon to participate?"
"That seems to make sense, doesn't it?"
"That team of Gangjie is really unlucky. They were guaranteed at least second place, but because of this mess, they didn't even qualify for the competition?"
"Hmph, what's there to regret? If it weren't for that wretched Magikarp, our fishing gear wouldn't have been destroyed by those Gyarados."
These are people who are still indignant about their losses.
Long Ze stayed close to Lu An and naturally heard the arguments among the other anglers.
At that moment, he inexplicably remembered that when he came to find Gangjie and the others, Lu An had been tossing a Poké Ball in his hand.
Moreover, when he was in the sky, he clearly saw fourteen Gyarados.
However, when Lu An instructed Officer Jenny and the others to clean up the mess, he only referred to it as "thirteen Gyarados".
Long Ze suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked at Lu An beside him, who looked completely indifferent:
"Special Grade, that Poké Ball you were holding just now, it couldn't have been...?"
Lu An raised an eyebrow and glanced sideways:
"What's wrong? Is it what you imagine?"
Upon receiving confirmation from Lu An, Long Ze was left speechless, both amused and exasperated.
"Special Grade, you just took away a Gyarados so quietly, without even telling Officer Jenny?"
Lu An glanced at him sideways again:
"What, it's going to be weighed later. If I tell Officer Jenny and she won't let me take this 'witness' with me, how am I supposed to compete?"
Listening to Lu An's words, Long Ze looked at the crowd not far away who were still feeling sorry for Lu An and the others losing their qualification for the competition, and suddenly felt extremely ridiculous.