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Chapter 140: Surprise!!!
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The announcer proclaimed, "Jake is the new King of the KQU campus."

presenting to him his first source of strength, a regal sash fashioned from the softest, most exotic fur that was handcrafted in Italy and decorated in Paris.

The announcement was met with thunderous applause from the audience, and the other Arab princes were left wondering how Jake had defeated them in the competition and what was going on.

Jake became extremely excited and experienced a flashback to the two days leading up to the competition. They had bribed two judges with $2 million each to guarantee that Jake would win the crown regardless of the circumstances. The judges had accepted the arrangement, and now here he was, wearing his king's sash as the new KQU Camps King.

Standing off stage, Mercury expressed her confusion over Jake's victory and warned John that there was a serious problem and she needed to investigate.

The group, including Jake's fiancée Emily, came on stage to congratulate Jake on his most
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