The Merciful Female Boss Chapter 06
After hearing Kevin, they silently put on the gear.
Everyone gathered at the starting point, facing a five-hundred-foot rock wall.
Kevin and his crew looked at the towering cliff, their hearts already in their throats.
Renzo’s team, however, was pumped, ready to take back their title.
The whistle blew. Our team surged up, hitting the six-foot mark in seconds.
Nick reached three feet, trembling. Her sole slipped, and she tumbled down, twisting her ankle.
Nick unclipped her rope and forfeited.
Seeing Nick fall, another male climber panicked.
He was six-foot-four and weighed two hundred pounds.
His carabiner was visibly bending under the strain.
Sweat poured off him as he sobbed, scrambling back to the start.
“No way. I can’t do it. I’m going to die!”
The rest of the team followed suit, climbing back down.
The officials were stunned. They couldn’t understand why this powerhouse team was falling apart.
They ran over, and when they saw the gear, they gasped.
“Are you guys insane?”
One official grabbed a megaphone and yelled up at Kevin:
“Captain Kevin, stop the climb immediately!”
Kevin was fifteen feet up, his heart hammering against his ribs.
His shoes slipped with every step.
The carabiner felt like it could snap at any second.
The helmet was just a thin shell of plastic. If he fell…
The fear was paralyzing, but if the whole team forfeited, they’d owe the penalty.
Kevin gritted his teeth, blocked out the officials’ shouts, and took another step.
The moment his toe hit a ledge, his sole slid.
His body jerked downward.
The carabiner couldn’t take the shock. It ripped right out of the rock.
Kevin scrambled to grab a hold, but it was too late.
He fell backward, slamming into the ground.
Kevin clutched his leg, screaming in agony.
“My leg! My leg is broken!”
Mr. Wilson, the lead sponsor, walked over with a deep scowl.
“What the hell happened to you guys today?”
Kevin gasped through the pain.
“Mr. Wilson… we didn’t forfeit. We just failed. We don’t owe the penalty, right?”
Before he could finish, he blacked out.
The sponsor’s face went dark.
Just then, a roar of cheers erupted from the crowd.
Renzo had reached the summit first.
Our team won, and we set a new record for the fastest climb.
The sponsors rushed to the landing zone. As soon as Renzo unhooked, Mr. Wilson grabbed his hand.
“Captain Renzo, I knew you guys were the best!”
“Let’s talk about our next partnership.”
Lily and the others watched us, tears streaming down their faces.
The ambulance arrived quickly and took Kevin away.
When the results went public, the entire climbing community was in shock.
“No way! Renzo’s team hasn’t taken first in two years!”
“What happened to Kevin’s crew? They were supposed to be unbeatable.”
“Look at their gear. Where did they find that trash? They’re lucky they aren’t all dead.”
The cameras turned to our team. Renzo was being interviewed.
He pulled me into the shot.
“Our victory today is thanks to the custom gear Sophia provided.”
“I have to give her a shout-out. Everyone in the industry knows Apex Gear, right? Well, Sophia is the majority shareholder of Apex Gear!”
I was caught off guard. My family follows a code of silence, and I rarely go public.
But Apex Gear was a legitimate business under my name. It shouldn’t be a problem.
Renzo kept hyping me up. “I don’t need to tell you how good their gear is, but today was my first time using
the custom-made line.”
“It’s incredibly comfortable. We won because of our skill, but this gear was the real MVP!”
The community finally connected the dots.
“I knew that gear looked familiar. Kevin’s team used to use the same stuff, didn’t they?”
“Why did they switch to flea market junk this time? Did they lose their minds?”
“Wait, wasn’t this Sophia girl on Kevin’s team before?”
