Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1717

The referee walked over and blew his whistle.

“Number 81 loses, number 44 wins!”

Number 81, now on the floor, frowned. Without bothering to explain, he scrambled to his feet and limped towards the backstage area.

Elijah was furious.

“See? It’s the same situation as number 52. He started having stomach problems again! Number 44 didn’t even give our fighter a chance to speak. It’s obviously intentional!”

Evan frowned. “Stomach problems?”

Elijah said, “Before the competition even started, our qualified Zhinorian fighters all posted updates saying they had upset stomachs and were up all night.”

“It was the same with number 52 just now. He couldn’t take it anymore in the middle of the fight and clutched his stomach to call for a stop, but number 44 kicked him off the stage!”

The rule in martial arts competitions was simple: anyone who falls off the stage loses.

Evan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“How could they all go down at once? They know they have a competition today, so they must have been careful with what they ate!”

Elijah said indignantly, “Exactly! That’s why we suspect someone tampered with their food.”

“But the netizens don’t believe it, especially the people from Nipponora, Koryon, and Thyania!”

“They’re all scoffing, saying we’re just making excuses because we’re afraid of losing. Claiming to be sick beforehand makes losing less humiliating!”

Elijah showed Evan the top comments. They were all over the place.

[Zhinorian fighters are such sore losers. They either withdraw or claim they’re sick!]

[And they call themselves a martial arts powerhouse. What a joke, it’s a disgrace!]

[Just watch, they won’t even win a single medal, let alone make it to the finals!]

Some of their Zhinorian compatriots couldn’t stand it and came out to defend the fighters.

[Are you all blind? Can’t you see that our fighters are genuinely sick? The competition isn’t over yet, so how do you know none of us will make it to the finals?]

But they were immediately swarmed by a mob from Koryon, Nipponora, and Thyania.

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