Gauss noticed that the staff member didn't intend to continue the conversation.
He didn't press for details.
At most, someone used some special means to gain extra points, and it's highly likely that it involved some direct transaction, one where they didn't even get personally involved.
I guess they saw my points rising too quickly and got anxious because they couldn't catch up by hunting monsters normally, so they had to resort to special methods.
As for why they were anxious, it could either be out of greed for a better reward for first place or just a matter of pride.
Even though the two of us haven't met in person, there are lots of people watching us from both his town and my lakeside town.
Hopefully, the other side learns a lesson from this incident.
Getting disqualified from this hunting competition isn't the end of the world.
Besides, he might fool the Guild and others, but he shouldn't deceive himself.
