After the first round ended, the venue went into a brief silence. However, the wave caused by the results of the first round swept out.

To ensure Amaki Hamasaki’s victory, the Iwata Chinese Medicine Research Facility had put in a great deal of effort.

At this moment, the face of the Facility Chief, Hiro Iwata, was grim. Out of the ten medicines that have yet to be released into the market, four of them came from his research facility. Even if the answers weren’t disclosed, but for the judging panel to declare Su Tao’s victory, it meant that Su Tao’s analysis was more accurate than Amaki Hamasaki’s.

In the business industry, this was extremely dangerous, as it might result in the leak of secrets. After all, it might mean that the work and money that the research facility had put in would go down the drain. Hence, his first response was to suspect that Chiaki Ochi had revealed the secrets to Su Tao since the two of them had a pretty good relationship.

However, Hiro Iwata did not have any evidence on that. Firstly, when the committee suggested the first round, he had made his consideration...