Cultivating through increasing my stats in America Chapter 233 - 169: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes2

So, he definitely did not want anything to happen to Li Ang either, and the reason he made such a joke was to ease his own tense emotions.

Before Li Ang could speak, Catina had already interjected, saying with so urgency:

"I don’t think this was an accident. I was walking with him when that car deliberately headed straight for us. It didn’t slow down when it saw people; instead, it sped up."

Even when he dodged to the side, the car changed direction to follow, aiming to knock him down."

The few people around who heard this all beca serious.

If that was the case, then the nature of the incident would be completely different.

But Li Ang had only just arrived in California yesterday. Who could he have possibly offended?

Everyone started to wonder.

"If it was targeting you specifically, how did you manage to dodge at such high speeds?"

Patrice asked, sowhat curiously.

"Just had to jump up, and there I was on top of the car, and naturally, it couldn’t hit ."

Li Ang answered seriously.

"Jump up?"

As Patrice spoke, he even mimicked a jumping action.

Then he glanced at the wrecked car that was being towed away and asked with surprise:

"That car’s got to be at least one ter forty high, right? You’re telling you leapt straight onto the roof?"

This was not like a high jump competition, where you could use the Fosbury flop and just need to clear the bar. From the way Li Ang described it, he had jumped up with both feet.

The other team mbers also cast incredulous glances his way.

As professional cyclists, their leg strength was indeed much greater than that of the average person, and in terms of jumping ability, they were all no slouches either.

But even among these people, Patrice, who could jump one ter seven, was already gifted, and yet he was still far from reaching one ter forty.

This certainly reaffird their belief that Li Ang had certainly been a track cyclist before.

"It’s not just that."

Li Ang added:

"In fact, as soon as I entered the airport and went through security, I encountered deliberate obstacles targeting . They not only purposefully delayed at security but even colluded with airport police to set up."

"Sothing like this happened too?"

Rafe also said, quite astonished.

Li Ang was telling them all this, not to complain, but to find out if they had any ideas about who could be behind these two incidents.

Although his brain’s computational speed was far beyond that of ordinary people, without enough information, it was still hard to unearth the truth.

It was like a math problem where not all of the conditions are given; even using a supercomputer, you couldn’t co up with the answer.

While everyone was deep in thought, the team manager Olsad spoke up.

"From my experience, this is no coincidence, and even my gut tells that these two incidents are both connected to the Tour of California that you’re participating in."

With at least a decade and a half of managerial experience, the types of people he had dealt with easily doubled, if not more, than the sum of all the team mbers’ contacts.

The so-called "gut feeling" is not a wild guess but the result of your brain’s subconscious calculations, just not so clear-cut.

Li Ang’s eyes lit up; he had also guessed at this possibility but hadn’t focused too much on so of the details of the race, so he couldn’t determine which side bore such a deep hostility toward him.

"If it’s due to dirty tricks related to this race, then who do you think is the most likely to act against ?"

Li Ang asked patiently.

"That would definitely be the Solo Team, who are also a continental professional team like us."

The speaker was the team captain, and seeing everyone’s reactions, it seed they quite agreed with his statent.

Olsad nodded and continued:

"The Solo Team is our biggest opponent in this Tour of California. We share the sa goal to qualify for the Tour de France, but between our two teams, only one will get the spot. So, we can lose to any team but not to Solo Team."

Li Ang nodded thoughtfully; given such fierce competition and the undeniable benefits that ca with participating in a top-tier race like the Tour de France, it wasn’t unusual for conflicts of interest to lead to such asures.

Arica wasn’t so untainted land. On the surface, everyone appeared in suits and spoke eloquently, moving in high society, but when real interests were affected, anyone could beco utterly ruthless.

"Moreover, from what I know, Loren-Hansen, the manager of Solo Team, is not one to play by the rules. If he arranged these events, I wouldn’t be too surprised."

After a slight shift in tone, Olsad turned to Li Ang and said:

"However, the imdiate priority is the race that’s about to start. Stick close to everyone for the next couple of days. After the race, when there’s ti, I’ll confront him for an explanation."

Now that the situation was mostly clear, Li Ang too had a definite direction.

As for evidence, he wasn’t a police officer; what did he need evidence for?

He didn’t need the manager to seek any justification on his behalf; once he was free, he would let this Loren-Hansen experience his own thods.