From High Above to Bending Their Spines

"According to reliable news reports, former national swimming athlete Phelps has now been arrested by our police for consuming banned substances at home!"

"Please see the following detailed report. The incident took place at Mr. Phelps's villa located at XXX!"

"According to eyewitnesses at the time, Phelps was hosting a pool party at home, inviting several sexy women to liven up the atmosphere!"

"However, when the police took him away, there was only Mr. Phelps himself and a few scantily clad sexy women."

"Here is the video provided by relevant personnel."

Inside the XXX Police Department in the Beautiful Country, several officers who had arrested Phelps stared with deeply embarrassed expressions at the broadcast on the television.

One officer, who appeared to be in charge, slammed the documents in his hand onto the floor.

"Who was it? Who on earth leaked the news?!"

"Didn't I say that this matter regarding Phelps was to be kept strictly confidential for now?"

Truth be told, whether Phelps used banned substances or not had nothing to do with them whatsoever.

In fact, as long as Phelps paid a sufficient fine later on, they could simply pretend nothing had happened and release him.

After all, in the Beautiful Country, the duty of the police was to serve the wealthy.

For a rich man like Phelps, who was fabulously wealthy, as long as it wasn't too blatant, the police would generally turn a blind eye.

Furthermore, Phelps was already prepared to pay a hefty sum to avert the disaster.

Yet somehow, someone had leaked the entire affair.

"Are you idiots? Shit!" the officer raged.

He had instructed all the police officers involved in the operation not to meddle unnecessarily, promising them a share of the benefits afterwards.

But now, what were they supposed to do?

Once a scandal like this reached the media, it would never be brushed under the rug or quietly settled!

With the media's attention focused squarely on the case, releasing Phelps was completely out of the question.

Under normal circumstances, the government might have stepped in to suppress the matter. After all, Phelps was a public figure, and the image of the Beautiful Country needed to be maintained.

However, right now, amidst the Olympic Games, the slightest misstep related to the competition would be infinitely magnified and instantly spread across the globe.

"And this Phelps, this absolute moron and idiot, why on earth did he have to post so much nonsense online?! Fuck!"

He was already a former Olympic athlete with an extremely high profile!

And it was right in the middle of the swimming competitions!

Why did Phelps have to run his mouth so much?

The more he spoke, the more attention he drew.

Now that things had reached this point, even if the state wanted to cover it up, it was utterly impossible!

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" The officer gripped his waist and paced furiously around the precinct.

In truth, he didn't care at all whether Phelps had tarnished the nation's image!

What he cared about was that his cut of the massive fine was now completely gone.

That amount was equivalent to at least a year's salary for him!

"You idiots, do you have any idea how much you've cost us?!" The officer assumed the leak had come from his subordinates.

However, the junior officers looked utterly innocent. "Sir, this has nothing to do with us. Why would we pass up an opportunity to make money like that?"

"If not you, then who?"

The internet of the 21st century had turned the entire planet into something resembling a small village.

The tiniest scrap of gossip spread through the village as quickly as neighborhood gossips chatting at the entrance of a lane.

And now, the news about Phelps had flown on wings, traveling all the way across the ocean to reach the ears of netizens in the Hua Nation.

In an instant, everyone burst into laughter.

"According to eyewitnesses, when Phelps was taken away, not only was he completely listless, but there were also several scantily clad sexy women trailing behind him!"

"Shocking: A man actually has to rely on drugs to keep up with several naked women. Is this a distortion of human nature or the collapse of morality?"

"Our country has always maintained a zero-tolerance policy against the consumption of banned substances. Regarding the fact that Mr. Phelps took the law into his own hands while groundlessly slandering our swimming athlete Wang Xiaoming, we reserve the right to pursue legal action against him!"

As they watched the various trending searches about Phelps climb into the top three spots on internet media, everyone couldn't help but offer their own profound insights.

"Hahaha, what a joke! Mr. Phelps showed immense righteousness; in order to frame our Brother Ming for doping, he actually took the law into his own hands!"

"Brilliant! After slandering someone for so long, it turns out he was the clown all along!"

"Oh my god, Brother Ming literally just told Phelps to mind his own business, and then he gets busted?"

"A prophecy fulfilled! Hahaha, Brother Ming, you are practically a prophet!"

No one could have anticipated that Phelps, who had been so arrogant just a moment ago, would land himself in such deep trouble.

It felt like a deep-seated grudge had been avenged; all the Hua Nation netizens instantly swept away the stifling frustration in their hearts.

Meanwhile, back at the Olympic venue.

The Beautiful Country's coach, who had furiously defended Phelps's honor and accused Wang Xiaoming of disrespect even as his idol was being hauled away, felt as though the sky was falling.

Phelps was his idol!

Just moments ago, he had been vigorously defending his image right in front of Wang Xiaoming.

And yet, in the blink of an eye, he had been handed such a massive disaster?

"Phelps, you son of a bitch! Fuck you!"

"Cut the crap, let's go!" Personnel from the World Anti-Doping Agency shoved him forward.

Immediately afterward, they offered their most respectful apologies to Wang Xiaoming.

"We are deeply sorry, Mr. Wang Xiaoming. We will certainly give you and all participating Olympic athletes a satisfactory explanation for the impact this incident has caused!"

As for the athletes and team members from other countries, they were already utterly dumbfounded!

Why had everything transpired with such astonishing coincidence?

Phelps was a major figure; even with some infractions involving banned substances, he shouldn't have been targeted quite so ruthlessly.

They knew that with this turn of events, Phelps's life was thoroughly ruined!

Everyone who witnessed this scene quietly made a firm decision in their hearts.

Never go up against Wang Xiaoming!

This person was genuinely terrifying!

Anyone who opposed him never met a good end!

Moreover, whatever that mouth of his predicted would happen to someone, actually happened!

With that thought in mind, the athlete from the Kangaroo Country became the first to step forward and bow in apology to Wang Xiaoming.

Shortly after, the other countries that had previously questioned Wang Xiaoming followed suit, imitating his gesture.

This entire scene was captured frame by frame by the cameras at the venue.

And for a long time to come in the future, this photograph would be included in students' history textbooks as a classic passage, entitled: [From High Above, to Bending Their Spines]!