Chapter 1

At the final round of the Olympic trials, I held my breath, preparing to execute the most difficult move.

My best friend, who was also my biggest competitor, inadvertently revealed during a sideline interview: "Sophia has been taking banned substances to maintain her weight. I've tried to warn her..."

The camera flashes went crazy, all pointing at me.

The head judge raised his hand in a timeout gesture.

The whole world thought my athletic career would end today in the most disgraceful way possible.

The meaning of my rebirth was to wait for this exact moment.

I ignored the head judge and walked straight to the sideline, pulling out two urine test vials from my bag.

"One for her, one for me. Let's go. Head judge, please take us both for testing right now."

A flash of panic crossed Lily's eyes, quickly replaced by innocence and hurt.

"Sophia, what are you doing?"

"Didn't you say I was using drugs?" I held up the two perfectly sealed official urine test vials.

"Then let's both get tested. Now. Immediately. Right this second."

The media cameras shifted from my face to Lily's, then to the stern-faced head judge and several officials from the anti-doping center.

"Sophia! Stop this nonsense!" Coach Harrison rushed over.

He grabbed my arm and hissed in a low, angry voice: "Do you know what you're doing? This is the Olympic trials! Do you want the entire national team to be humiliated because of you?"

I shook off his hand.

In my past life, he was the first person to stand up and righteously condemn me after I was caught using banned drugs, saying I was a disgrace to the team and a stain on his coaching career.

I looked at him and asked back: "Coach Harrison, if I haven't used drugs, who should be ashamed?"

"If I've been framed, who should be kicked off the national team?"

Harrison was left speechless by my questions.

Lily pitifully tugged at Harrison's sleeve.

"Coach, I didn't... I was just so worried about Sophia. She's been off lately, and I was afraid she'd take the wrong path..."

She cried like a delicate flower in the rain, as if I were the villain bullying her.

The murmurs around us began to change tone.

"Look at how Lily's crying. She's probably genuinely worried about her friend, right?"

"Sophia is being way too aggressive. Even if she hasn't used drugs, she shouldn't treat her friend like this."

"Exactly. Lily was just trying to help."

Trying to help?

In my past life, she used this kind of "help" to personally push me into hell.

I died in that dark, damp basement, covered in wounds, with no one caring.

And she stepped over my corpse, took the Olympic gold medal that should have been mine, and became the celebrated gymnastics queen.

Reborn in this life, how could I possibly let her have her way again?

I stopped paying attention to them and looked directly at the anti-doping officials on the sideline.

"According to regulations, athletes have the right to request drug testing at any time, correct?"

The official nodded.

"Yes."

"Good." I handed one of the urine test vials toward Lily. "Please, my biggest competitor, my best friend."

"Let's both go prove our innocence together."

Lily looked pleadingly at Harrison, whose expression was extremely unpleasant.

He knew Lily's family background, and he knew how many connections her father had pulled to get her selected this time.

"Sophia, stop this! Apologize to Lily right now!" He was still trying to order me around.

"Apologize?" I laughed as if I'd heard the world's biggest joke. "Coach Harrison, did you also drink one of Lily's special juice drinks? Has your brain stopped working?"

"You!" Harrison trembled with anger.

Just then, the head judge spoke up, his voice authoritative and fair.

"Since athlete Sophia has made this request, and since it's an accusation made against another athlete in front of a national live broadcast, for the sake of fairness in the competition and for the reputation of both athletes, I agree to conduct on-site testing right now."

"Someone, take them to the testing room."