"Why aren''t the results out yet?"
"Seriously, they should''ve been announced by now, right?"
Everyone was puzzled, whispering among themselves.
...
Backstage.
Thirty teachers, split into three rows, were grading papers onputers. Thepetitors'' answers were disyed on their screens for scoring.
"Hey, everyone,e check out this paper," one of the teachers suddenly eximed loudly.
Two teachers sitting next to him leaned over, curiosity piqued, and soon furrowed their brows too.
"These forms are so strange. I can understand them when they''re broken down, but when I look at them separately, they just don''t make sense."
Hearing this, the other teachers who had been focused on grading gathered around, intrigued.
"Is this just gibberish?"
A group of teachers, hunched over, stared at the screen, all with tightly knit brows. The forms and methods of answering were odd. They had reason to suspect it was all just written haphazardly.
"Could it be that a contestant, not knowing how to solve it, just scribbled something down?"
"I think so too. With the difficulty of these questions, very few of thepetitors could solve them."
Let alone thesepetitors, even they might not be able to solve them.
"Oh well, let''s not dwell on it. Just mark it wrong. It clearly looks like gibberish."
The forms were a hodgepodge, probably cobbled together randomly.
The grading teacher remained silent, his brows deeply furrowed. Was it all just done haphazardly? Many of the forms and answers were correct, but he couldn''t quite understand the process. It would be irresponsible to mark it wrong just like that. Ever since the first round, with Flora from the Austenberg team''s incident, they had been extra cautious. The Medical Championship couldn''t afford any more mishaps, or it would be a global joke.
After pondering for a moment, he stood up. "Let''s dy the announcement of the results for a while. I''ll go consult with the jury."
The Medical Championship had a
dedicated jury for disputes like this.
The jury consisted of top-notch figures from the medical world
v
globally, each influential enough to cause a stir in the medical
Jules wasn''t qualified to join.
"All this for such a trivial matter, going to the jury, really..."
The other teachers said helplessly. They felt it wasn''t necessary; consulting the jury would also dy the announcement of the results.
...
At thepetition venue.
Forty minutes had passed, and the results were still not announced. People were growing anxious.
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"We''ve been waiting so long without any oue. What''s happening with this year''s Medical Championship, one issue after another?"
There was a general sense of dissatisfaction. The issues with the preliminary rounds had already caused someints, and now this? If not for the medical base on Lone Ind, the dream destination for all medical students, they would have even considered leaving.
The host hurriedly took the stage: "Ladies and gentlemen, please bear
with us a little longer. The paper written by Flora from the Austenberg team has presented our graders with a challenge in determining its correctness, and it has been forwarded to the jury. The results will be avable shortly."
This announcement took the audience by surprise. Even the graders, who were among the best professionals in Solitary Ind, couldn''t determine whether Flora''s answers were right or wrong, necessitating the involvement of the jury? The audience was shocked once again! In all the years since the Medical Championship was established, this must be the first time the jury was truly called upon.