Because of the balance maintained by the three factions, there was simply no way to cheat in this election for the chairman.
Standing in front of the ballot box were mbers of the Skull, Dahe, and Dragon Soul Team. Zhou Yang stood nearby, observing every move of the people around him. The Skull and Dahe mbers were just as watchful, guarding against each other's possible cheating, leaving no chance for their own side to cheat.
Over ten minutes later, more than two hundred formal mber teams from the Asian rcenary Association finished voting. Hu Zhengwei began to count the votes, while Zhou Yang and mbers from Skull and Dahe supervised the process on the side.
An electronic screen was placed at the center front of the venue, showing the nas of ng Kuang, Okazaki Yokawa, and Qin Tian in sequence. Below their nas, rectangular red boxes displayed the votes they each received.
At the start, ng Kuang was in the lead, and a triumphant smile spread across his face.
Okazaki Yokawa was anxious until his vote count started to rise, and only then did he begin exchanging challenging glances with ng Kuang.
The seating arrangent of Qin Tian, ng Kuang, and Okazaki Yokawa was interesting; Qin Tian sat in the middle with ng Kuang and Okazaki Yokawa on either side.
Thus, whenever these two interact with each other, their gazes had to bypass Qin Tian, which made him sitting in the middle feel slightly uncomfortable.
At that mont, Qin Tian had the least votes, so both ng Kuang and Okazaki Yokawa simply ignored him.
However, this situation did not last long, as Qin Tian's votes suddenly began to surge!
"Qin Tian!"
"Qin Tian!"
"Qin Tian..."
When the staff counting the votes started to continuously announce "Qin Tian," everyone's attention started to focus on Qin Tian.
Even Hu Zhengwei, who oversaw the process, frowned in suspicion and walked towards the two counting staff, whispering, "Is this a mistake? Let
take a look..."
As it turned out, every ballot indeed had Qin Tian's na written on them!
After looking through the ballots, Hu Zhengwei exchanged a helpless glance with ng Kuang.
ng Kuang looked shocked, then turned his head towards Qin Tian.
At the sa ti, an equally shocked Okazaki Yokawa also turned his gaze towards Qin Tian.
For the first ti, these two Left and Right Protectors locked eyes in the venue, and it wasn't out of rivalry, but fixed on Qin Tian!
Now the center of attention, Qin Tian remained extraordinarily calm, with just a slight smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
Thankfully, the teams with whom arrangents were made finally did honor their agreents and cast their votes for him!
"Qin Tian, what exactly have you done?"
As the vote counting continued, ng Kuang couldn't help but quietly question Qin Tian, "How is it possible that your votes could match mine?"
At this mont, as shown on the screen, Qin Tian's votes were only two away from catching up with ng Kuang. So ng Kuang found it unbelievable.
In the lead with four more votes than ng Kuang, Okazaki Yokawa also questioned Qin Tian with a tone of shock and anger, "Qin Tian, tell
properly, how exactly did you cheat? Your number of votes, ha, so fake..."
Finally, Qin Tian spoke, "The bigger surprise is still ahead, just watch."
Based on Qin Tian's prior expectations, if all went well, his votes should at least exceed Okazaki Yokawa's by about a dozen votes.
Indeed.
A minute later, Qin Tian surpassed not only ng Kuang but also Okazaki Yokawa, shooting directly to first place among the three!
"Oh!"
Seeing Qin Tian's votes surging ahead on the screen, a moderate-sized gasp resounded throughout the venue, followed by murmured discussions among so teams.
The counting continued, with only about two-thirds of the total votes having been announced, but from this point on, ti seed to enter a garbage period.
Because Qin Tian's votes were increasing rapidly, while those of ng Kuang and Okazaki Yokawa were climbing very slowly, unable to keep up with Qin Tian's pace at all!
"This..."
"Oh... How on earth did the Dragon Soul's Qin Tian manage to outpace Skull's ng Kuang and Dahe's Okazaki Yokawa? This doesn't make sense..."
"Yes, whom did you vote for? I voted for Captain ng Kuang. This is so strange! Could it be that Qin Tian falsified the results?"
"I think that's impossible. The people overseeing the votes aren't from the Dragon Soul Team, and Skull and Dahe have such significant power—if the Dragon Soul Team cheated, they would surely detect it."
"Hehe, what are you two discussing? Isn't Dragon King Qin Tian being elected just what everyone hoped for? I've heard about Dragon King ever since he was in the Dragon Soul Team and admired him greatly. Now, he proposes implenting more democratic policies within the association, to which I fully support!"
"Exactly, exactly, I voted for Dragon King Qin Tian. Dragon King is young and promising, why shouldn't he win? I'm not exaggerating—at the podium, among the three, only when Dragon King is elected can small teams like ours have a bit of hope."
"..."
The discussions rose and fell, with most people musing over why Qin Tian's votes were so high.
However, the three people on the stage remained silent.
Qin Tian seed relaxed and at ease.
As for ng Kuang and Okazaki Yokawa, their usual competitiveness was replaced with pallor and anger.
These two never expected that Qin Tian would pull the rug out from under them, quietly amassing such popular support within the association!
What frustrated them the most was that, despite all the moves made by the Dragon Soul Team and Qin Tian to rally support, they had only noticed a fraction and hadn't taken it seriously at all. It was simply infuriating...
When about one-eighth of the total votes were announced, the person announcing the votes paused and added, "Qin Tian currently has 126 votes, surpassing half of the total votes, and is elected as the new chairman..."
"Cut the talk, just keep announcing the votes to the end!"
Before the person could finish speaking, Hu Zhengwei glared at him and shouted angrily.
At this mont, Hu Zhengwei finally couldn't hold back and yelled.
The counting continued, but it was already insignificant.
When the final vote count was tallied, Qin Tian was automatically elected as the new chairman of the Asian rcenary Association with an exceedingly high vote rate of close to sixty percent!
Clap, clap, clap...
After the final vote count was fixed, most mber teams below the stage automatically applauded Qin Tian.
Qin Tian was elected! In the manner of a dark horse, elected!
However, after the applause ca silence, plunging the entire venue into a deathly stillness!
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