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282: Chapter 281: What are you doing?

“What’s up?”

These three words were not loud and lacked momentum, but they still startled Meng Chuan, who was highly strung.

Stabbing toad casting was already somewhat difficult, but the shock caused him to miss the intended fishing spot, landing the line about a meter and a half away from it.

After reviewing the footage recorded, he confirmed it had captured everything from start to finish.

The next second, Yue Feng raised his hand and stood up.

“Report!”

The competition was in full swing, with referees patrolling the field.

When Old Zhao heard Yue Feng’s call, he immediately hurried over.

“Xiao Yue, what’s the issue?”

Yue Feng glanced at Meng Chuan beside him and said, “This guy next to me is maliciously interfering with my competition, introducing unknown substances into my fishing spot!

He did it once before, and I wasn’t aware.

Within minutes, there was no more fish biting in my spot.

I changed to a new spot, and he did it again!”

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao’s expression grew much graver.

While dirty tricks were not uncommon in competitive fishing, it seemed rather extreme for such a low-level Class Four competition.

Old Zhao looked at Meng Chuan and asked, “What did you bring?”

Meng Chuan, highly nervous, stammered, “Nothing, I didn’t bring anything!”

Yue Feng said, “He did.

I saw it myself.

Besides, several thousand viewers in the live stream saw it too.

If he won’t admit it, we can play back the footage!”

Hearing that the drone had caught footage that could be replayed, Meng Chuan’s face turned ashen, having forgotten about the drone behind him.

“Xiao Yue, try to continue fishing normally.

If the impact isn’t too significant, keep competing, and we’ll deal with this after the competition!

Get up and come with me to the temporary office of the organizing committee to explain the situation clearly!”

Old Zhao, naturally an upright and incorrupt person—or else he wouldn’t have been assigned the vital role of official rod inspector as the chief referee—was convinced by Yue Feng’s credible accusation and the video evidence, and decisively led Meng Chuan away from the competition area.

Having just slightly missed the spot with the Fish Repellent Pills, Yue Feng cast again at the new spot and was temporarily unaffected, so he said, “There’s still a bite!”

“Alright, you keep competing!

After the match, bring the video evidence you mentioned and meet me in the temporary office!”

“Okay!”

With the disturbance unfolding at the competition site, other competitors started whispering to familiar fishing friends, and Meng Chuan was in deep trouble!!

Especially the instigator, Wang Xiaoli, and his group exchanged glances from afar, each seeing a hint of unease in the other’s eyes.

The persistence of such offenses wasn’t due to the lack of severe penalties; rather, any verified act of cheating resulted in at least a report to the association for a notice of reprimand.

For malicious actions like poisoning that impact others’ performance, disqualifying the results, nullifying existing points, and even a potential lifetime ban were possibilities.

Some might wonder why such harsh penalties hadn’t proven effective in deterring such behavior.

The main reason was the extreme difficulty in obtaining proof.

In the rapid pace of these competitions, each match lasted only one or two hours.

Competitors were nearly always highly tense, and it was exceedingly hard to fend off sabotage from adjacent anglers.

If problems arose, it was also tough to provide evidence, and cases often ended unresolved.

Even an experienced angler like Yue Feng was caught out, indicative of the level of stealth involved!

Meng Chuan was unlucky because Yue Feng was using a drone for live streaming.

Adding to that was Yue Feng’s passive Badge effect, Hostility Detection, which, with the system’s help, successfully captured substantial evidence of the other party destroying the nest.

Seeing a fellow angler being taken away by the referee, the live stream heated up again.

“We’ve got a clear shot of this jerk!

Who was the brother from W city just now?

If you need me, shout out, I’m always around!”

“Was that last cast trying to cause trouble again?

But he didn’t throw accurately, probably because Brother Feng distracted him with his shout!”

“Brother Feng is really fired up this time, even calling over the referee!”

“I think I saw this guy pull a gray-white pill from his pocket and wrap it in the bait, did anyone else notice??”

“I saw it too, if the other party doesn’t admit it later, we’ll all testify for Brother Feng!”

“Count me in for the testimony!”

“I’ll testify too”

Mysterious person: “We don’t need to do anything, didn’t everyone notice that after every live stream, Brother Feng always releases the most exciting clips edited from the live stream?

If I’m not mistaken, the equipment should have synchronization recording, and by editing out the relevant content later, we’ll have solid evidence!”

“Yeah, that sneaky jerk is going to be in big trouble this time, let’s see what happens!!”

…

Yue Feng didn’t know what to do yet.

There were still about twenty minutes left until the end of the competition, and he was still catching fish at a high frequency.

The position of the two Fish Repellent Pills was delicate; the first one had a significant impact, but the second one, due to its placement, had a minimal effect and did not significantly affect the fish situation near Yue Feng’s fishing spot.

With the troublemaker gone, Yue Feng firmly controlled the rhythm in his hands until the end of the match, with fish still biting at his spot.

“Attention all athletes, there are only the last five seconds left until the end of the match.

Upon hearing the whistle, put down your fishing rods and stay put for the weighing!

Due to the serious disciplinary breach that occurred earlier at the fishing site, penalties during the weighing process will be stringent and severe.

Everyone, do not try to test the law!!

Countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, the competition is over!!”

The whistle that marked the end of the competition sounded, and Yue Feng put down his fishing rod, his tense muscles relaxing.

Holding the rod which had been catching lots of toads throughout the match, Yue Feng hadn’t felt much during fishing, but once he relaxed, his arms started to ache, especially around his continuously tensed wrists, which felt particularly sorely satisfying.

Yue Feng interlaced his fingers and moved his wrists back and forth, when suddenly an abrupt system notification sound rang out.

Ding!

Congratulations on successfully mastering the Intermediate Fishing Skill “Stabbing toad”!

“Stabbing toad”: A fishing skill often used in freshwater Taiwan Fishing and Black Pit competitions, especially effective when distant spots aren’t producing good catches.

Under special circumstances, it can even decide the final results of the match.

Skill effects: Accuracy for nearby casting +30, control over fishing rod and line setup +20, additional 5% increase in fish bite rate at close range.

Damn!

Misfortune can be a blessing in disguise.

After enduring a bit of bad luck and being set up, perhaps the system couldn’t stand it anymore.

Yue Feng persevered using the “Stabbing toad” technique throughout the competition and actually mastered this Skill.