Chapter 329

"The second team, looks like Megan Wright and Oliver Perez already left a few minutes ago." Not really surprising, but still a bit of a letdown. Maria Lewis and James Bennett exchanged a quick glance and just quietly accepted the result. No use dwelling on it—they’d push harder in the next round, aiming for first if they could. Maria pulled out a small ball from the box. The staff opened it right in front of them. 0.5 meters. Yikes. Hard to tell if that was good or bad luck. It was the shortest rope, which meant they had no choice but to walk side by side, literally shoulder to shoulder. One wrong move and they’d end up bumping into each other. They’d already been pretty close walking before, but this kind of forced closeness? Yeah, Maria felt kind of weird about it. She turned her head slightly and lowered her voice. “Was this your doing?” He knew exactly what she meant. Shook his head. “Not this time, I swear.” She could tell he wasn’t lying. Let out a small sigh and just accepted th