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    Tommy walked up to the judges’ table and handed them hisptop.


    Grabbing the microphone, he said, “Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Tommy McCoy, head of Night Studio. The first-ce work on disy is actually a design created by our studio’s lead engineer, who won the prestigious Golden Wrench Award at an international engineeringpetition in Norview four years ago. The design ranking first is clearly our studio engineer’s work in thatpetition.”


    A collective gasp rippled through the crowd, disbelief registering on every face.


    Rosie was the most stunned of all. She immediately shouted, “Impossible! This is my…”


    She couldn’t finish her sentence. It suddenly dawned on her that she had walked straight into Brenna’s trap.


    She immediately recognized the second-ce entry number. It was Brenna’s.


    If she were disqualified now, Brenna would effortlessly step into first ce.


    Rosie was speechless, shooting a resentful re in Brenna’s direction.


    Brenna gave Rosie a subtle smile, waved casually, and sent a text to her.


    “I hope you are enjoying the surprise.”


    Rosie’s grip on her phone tightened as she read the message. Brenna knew that she had bought the design and had been setting up her downfall from the start.


    How had she not seen thising?


    Just then, another message lit up her screen—a refund notification for the design purchase.


    Meanwhile, on stage, the judges carefully examined the contents of Tommy’sptop and immediately contacted the Golden Wrench Award Global Committee in Norview to verify the im.


    Shortly after, the first-ce entry was officially disqualified.


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    After that, the judges moved into the final scoring phase.


    When the names were revealed next to their entry numbers, shock rippled through the crowd. The same people who had ridiculed Brenna and used the Harper Group of bias were now rendered speechless. Brenna’s design was impable, earning a score far higher than the second-ce entry.


    The Harper Group executives, though not serving as judges, were present on the stage. Among them were Shepard and Ernst, who recognized both Brenna’s and Rosie’s entry numbers.


    As the situation unfolded, Shepard’s disappointment in Ernst was palpable. He said, “How could you allow thispetition to proceed without detecting the giarism? Or did you deliberately cover for Rosie?”


    Ernst had known that Rosie knew nothing about automotive design and would resort to deception topete.


    “I have nothing to say. I’m willing to step down as CEO of the Harper Group and transfer my shares to Brenna,” Ernst said, rising to his feet and leaving, his face cold as ice.


    He couldn’t wrap his mind around how such an obvious case of giarism had gone unnoticed by thepetitionmittee.


    Who was really pulling the strings behind the scenes?


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