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Harvey frowned from the judges' panel at the front.

Casey leaned over and asked, "Mr. Herty, what's wrong?"

Harvey sipped from his thermos and replied, "Don't you think the 49th piece sounds a little familiar?"

Having just listened to the 50th piece, Casey had already forgotten the melody of the 49th.

He had someone replay the 49th track and listen to it twice. It did sound somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he'd heard it before.

Casey pulled out his phone and checked the livestream to see what people were saying.

The comments were flooding in quickly, and sure enough, some sharp-eared viewers had noticed something.

[Doesn't the 49th piece sound very similar to that melody trending on Twitter a few days ago? Just slightly modified.]

[Wasn't that piece accused of plagiarism?]

[So, the composer of the 49th piece is plagiarizing too?]

The 49th contestant had cleverly modified the piece, but experts

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could still instantly recognize that it was the same melody.

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Casey whispered to Harvey, "The rule is that compositions must be completed within 48 hours. If someone uses an old piece to compete, does that count as breaking the rules?" Harvey nodded.

Casey asked, "What if it's plagiarism?"

Harvey's face turned cold. "That's simple, disqualify them immediately!"

Casey handed him his phone. "Take a look at this."

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Christine sneaked out of the makeup room.

She had heard from Rachel that the 50th piece had been composed by Meryl, and that made her uneasy.

If Meryl won or ranked higher than her in the competition, Christine, as the principal cellist, would become a laughingstock in the orchestra.

take that

storage area, where there was a staff

the 49th contestant, and the 50th was coming

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her instrument. But as she passed Meryl's cello, she secretly used a blade to cut

on the surface, but as soon as Meryl played, the string would

string didn't break immediately, it would cause the instrument to be out of tune,

the sabotage, Christine

imagined Meryl making a fool of herself on stage, with

to see.

Christine excited. She felt like she was eliminating

cell for over half a month, becoming a joke o everyone. This, she thought, was payback. Christine hummed as she walked back to

"What's got you in such

cameras in the makeup room, so

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just took care of something important. The goth piece you were worried about? It's no longer a

understand, giving her a knowing look. "It's almost

hour for preparation; then, the performers took the stage

Meryl went to the instrument area

habit of checking her instrument before performing to make

and placed the cello down, one

she instinctively covered

"Ouch..."

It hurt terribly.

herself in the mirror, and there was a noticeable blood mark on the right side of her face, a scratch made

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her face for a

foundation on the wound, knowing it would slow the healing process. Instead, she let her hair down and brushed it to one side, covering the injury.

all the strings just a week before the competition, so it wasn't due to

examined the break

the bow's friction; it was a

tampered with her cello! They used something to

her brow. By now, the 49th

no time to think about

to remind her to

Meryl's expression grew serious.

composition was perfect,

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moment, she didn't know what

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