The Secretly Rich Man

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“Your move, Mr. Crawford!” said Xanry as he turned to look at Gerald once he was done.

It was now the start of the second round, and Gerald knew that he couldn’t afford to obtain zero marks again or the gap between his score and Xanry’s would become too large for him to turn the game around later.

With that, Gerald picked a bowling ball up before slowly walking toward the lane.

The second he got into position, however, Gerald heard Xanry yell out from behind him, “Just make some bold toss, Mr. Crawford! It’s fine if you don’t hit anything, just take it as practice! After all, you need a lot more of it to even be able to take on me!”

As roars of laughter ensued, Gerald simply closed his eyes… Before slowly opening them again.

Taking a step forward, Gerald then tossed the bowling ball!

Rather than swerving to the side this time, the ball instead rolled straight for the pins, momentarily surprising Xanry and the others.

While the sound of bowling pins getting knocked over could be heard, Gerald only managed to hit five pins. With that in mind, he was now twelve marks behind Xanry.

Since there were six more rounds before the game ended—with the game consisting of eight rounds in total—Gerald felt that being twelve marks behind Xanry wasn’t really a particularly large difference. After all, he simply needed to get a higher final score than him to win.

“…Not bad, Mr. Crawford! I guess you really do have some talent to be able to hit five pins!” said Xanry as he insincerely praised Gerald. Truth be told, the fact that Gerald had managed to hit five pins in the first place was truly vexing him. How lucky!

While that hit was certainly surprising, Xanry quickly summarized that Gerald still wasn’t a threat to him. He’d definitely still be able to win and obtain that hundred and fifty dollars!

With that, their little contest resumed and the third round began.

Using his usual tactic, Xanry tossed the ball as easily as the first two rounds… and following the clattering of falling pins, only a single pin remained standing!

Since he had managed to gain nine points, Xanry now had a total of twenty-six points and this led those surrounding him to instantly cheer.

Even before Gerald made his move, however, he could already tell that that same crowd was going to jeer at him no matter what score he got. Still, it was clear to him that those spectators were simply fools fawning over Xanry. With that in mind, their jeers meant little to Gerald. Gerald hadn’t even displayed his true capabilities yet.

Whatever the case was, Gerald then retrieved his third ball and tossed it skillfully without the slightest hesitation, a clear contrast to how he tossed his ball in the previous two rounds.

This was all according to plan, of course. Gerald had applied perfect amounts of force to his throws to display increasing amounts of strength and skill in each passing round. That way, not only would Xanry not be too quick to be suspicious of him, but he would also be able to ensure that he was making progress in the game.

If everything went smoothly, everyone would surely have a vastly different opinion of him by the end of the bowling match.

Regardless, as the ball rolled seamlessly on the lane, the familiar clatter of bowling pins could be heard… Gerald had managed to hit seven pins this time, and he now had twelve points, which meant that he was now only fourteen marks behind Xanry!

Seeing that Gerald had managed to hit even more pins this time, Xanry’s expression turned even more unpleasant. To think that Gerald would be able to progress so quickly! He knew he couldn’t afford to go easy on the youth anymore or their scores would just keep getting closer!

“…It appears that you’re getting the hang of the game extremely quickly, Mr. Crawford! I guess I can’t go easy on you anymore!” declared Xanry, making sure to make it obvious that he had been going easy on Gerald this entire time.

Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but chuckle in his mind as he thought, ‘I wonder who’s truly going easy on who now…’

Whatever the case was, the fourth round soon began…

Since Xanry was up first, he got his ball before concentrating hard on the pins before him…

Once he was ready, he tossed the bowling ball toward the pins extremely swiftly!

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Xanry realized that he had made a miscalculation the second the ball hit the lane with a loud ‘thud’ before swerving right into the gutter! With that in mind, Xanry ended up getting no points for that round.

Seeing that, Xanry couldn’t help but frown. To think that he would actually make such a mistake at the worst possible time! How dissatisfactory!

Gerald himself wasn’t about to miss the chance to ridicule Xanry. Laughing aloud, Gerald then scoffed, “I guess you made a mistake just in time for me to catch up to you, Monitor! You have my thanks!”

Hearing that, Xanry grew immensely annoyed, though he didn’t really have anything to retort. After all, he was the one who had been careless.

Laughing bitterly in response, Xanry then replied, “…That’s right! I guess you do have a chance now!”

While Gerald didn’t say it out, in his mind, he was thinking, ‘Go on pretending! You’re still trying hard to put up an act even after I’ve given you a platform, huh?’

Now that it was Gerald’s turn again, he figured that it was high time he started closing the gap between their scores even more. As long as he remained a few points behind Xanry, he wouldn’t make his capabilities too obvious, and Xanry would surely continue being smug about it till the very last moment.

With that in mind, Gerald then got up and took yet another ball. Tossing it in one fluid motion, the ball rolled so steadily that by the time it got to the bowling pins, all ten of them ended up falling!

While gasps could be heard from the audience, Xanry’s frown only deepened. Now that Gerald had twenty-two points, he was only four marks behind Xanry. If he wasn’t careful, Gerald was surely going to surpass his score in the next round!

“Looks like I’m about to catch up to you, monitor!” said Gerald with a chuckle.

Forcing a laugh, the awkward Xanry then moved to take his fifth ball.

He now understood that due to him wanting to win so much in the previous round, he had gotten impatient, which led to his terrible performance. As the saying went, ‘slow and steady wins the race’. With that in mind, Xanry made sure to calm himself before tossing his next shot.

Naturally, now that he was much more focused, Xanry was able to get a strike as well!

Seeing that, his classmates instantly began cheering once more!

“Hell yeah!”

“Awesome, monitor! You got a strike again!”

Now that he had returned to his normal performance, Xanry couldn’t help but flash a smile. He was going to triumph over Gerald if it was the last thing he did!

Gerald, on the other hand, simply retained his poker face. Standing there calmly, it almost seemed like he didn’t even care about Xanry’s performance…

The truth was, however, that Gerald was cooking up a plan in his head. In his mind, he was thinking that instead of simply winning the competition by a landslide, wouldn’t it annoy Xanry even more if he won with only a single point higher than Xanry?

Just as Gerald was thinking how interesting that outcome would be, his train of thought was cut short when Xanry scoffed, “It’s your turn now, Mr. Crawford! Could it be that you’re getting frightened of me?”

The fact that Gerald still hadn’t made his move made Xanry delighted to no end. His humiliation earlier was definitely being redeemed now!

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Nodding slightly, Gerald then picked up another bowling ball before tossing it almost nonchalantly. Even so, he ended up getting yet another strike! How astonishing!

“I’m sorry, monitor! It appears that I’ve hit all of them again! I guess I’ve already mastered bowling!” replied Gerald as he smiled while looking at Xanry.

Currently, while Xanry was still ahead with thirty-six points, Gerald was only four points behind him. With only three rounds left, the competition was going to end soon. Who was going to be the victor?

“…A bit too early to celebrate, wouldn’t you say, Mr. Crawford? After all, we still have three rounds to decide the victor!” scoffed Xanry as he picked yet another bowling ball to start the fifth round.

After positioning himself, Xanry then aimed for the pins before swiftly tossing the ball toward them!

When tossing a bowling ball, the route the ball ended up landing in would alter the ball’s strength as well as the number of pins it could hit. With that in mind, not everyone could just hit a strike as they pleased. If they were really unlucky, then the bowling ball would even end up rolling into the gutter!

Even so, Xanry had made use of this knowledge—as well as his aiming skills—to perfectly calculate the direction and strength of the ball. With how straight the ball was now rolling, Xanry was more than certain that he had secured himself another strike!

As the ball crashed into the pins, everyone held their breath as they watched the ones at the sides wobble to and fro… Until eventually, only one pin remained standing! With nine pins knocked over, Xanry now had forty-five points in the bag!

Even so, Xanry felt that the results weren’t ideal. After all, now that he had missed one pin, Gerald was one point closer to catching up to him!

Regardless, it was now Gerald’s turn. As long as he managed to hit all the pins, there would only be a three-point difference between their scores!

Picking the ball up before Xanry even had a chance to taunt him, Gerald then casually tossed it down the lane… only to end up getting another strike! How stupefying!

Due to that, there was now only a three-point difference between the two. With only two rounds left in the game, the winner of the competition was soon to be announced…

Looking dead serious now, Xanry was worried out of his mind. After all, if he didn’t perform well in the final two rounds, missing a single pin would result in Gerald winning the competition!

“Ah… Sorry monitor, but it seems that I got another strike! Lucky me!” said Gerald in an apologetic tone as he put on an innocent façade.

Hearing that, Xanry was so infuriated that he wanted to pummel Gerald to bits! However, he knew better than to do that. After all, that would surely make him look like a sore loser!

that, the sixth round

being defeated by Gerald would surely bring

hesitating, Xanry then tossed the ball forward… However, it

instantly knew that the results wouldn’t look pretty. Fortunately, he still ended up hitting four pins. With that, he now had a total

monitor!” said Gerald who wasn’t going to miss the

blind… I can see that…!

also make a mistake. If that happened, then Xanry would still have one final chance to

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wasn’t about to

lane… Without even having to look where he was throwing,

it was now Gerald’s turn to do the mocking. After all, he was simply doing the same thing that Xanry had done to

pins remained standing, signifying yet another strike from Gerald. With the scores being fifty-two

start of the

to mess up anymore. If

the competition, regardless of whether he managed to get that final strike

Xanry then picked his final

deep breath, Xanry heard as his classmates began cheering

on, you can do

You’ll definitely

that, Xanry felt his confidence

strength, he glared at the pins before

ball never swerved, and in the end, all ten pins were hit with a

jumped in joy and excitement. At

was over,

in this final round would decide who won the battle. If Gerald got another strike, then it would officially be Xanry’s loss. However, if Gerald flubbed his roll, then it would

score of fifty-nine, Gerald knew that he only had to hit eight pins in order to surpass Xanry by a single point. Of course, with how easily he had been getting strikes, hitting eight pins was nothing to

that, Gerald then picked his final bowling ball and adjusted the strength in his hands… before tossing

of pins could soon be heard as the bowling ball’s strike left

managed to hit exactly eight pins, and with his score being sixty, he had managed to

he would be defeated by someone

but Xanry didn’t know

Xanry to get too embarrassed. After all, in the end, he was still Juno’s monitor. With that said, Gerald knew he had to give Xanry at

However, I know how much of a pro you are in this game, so I’m pretty

trying to do. Since Gerald was granting him a

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his wallet before fishing a hundred and fifty dollars out to hand to

After all, he

that the game was over, Gerald then waved farewell

he was finally back, Juno was prompted to ask, “What took you so

while. Regardless, I got a bit tired so I’m back now!”

known about the incident between Gerald and Xanry. Then again, even if she was aware of it, she probably wouldn’t have thought much about it. Hell, she would

both of them watched as Xanry walked over to them with a few bottles of wine and what appeared

smiled before saying, “I’d say we didn’t have that much of a good time earlier,

slightly as she looked at Xanry, wondering what he

defeated you earlier? How reluctant to lose are you? I guess the only way to drill it into you is

true strength. If it was a game Xanry wanted, then Gerald was going to play properly to show Xanry just how powerless he truly

I wonder what you’re planning to

Xanry then placed the dice before Gerald before saying, “We’re playing a game of

Gerald then

I’m sure that that small amount won’t be an issue for you. Besides, you already gained a hundred and fifty dollars from me earlier!” suggested

admitted that he had been a bit too careless earlier. Whatever the case was, he was a veteran when it came to dice. With that in mind, he definitely had a major

I accept!”

been sitting at the

Juno then whispered, “Hey, don’t go acting all recklessly now,

to know my capabilities!” replied Gerald

believe in Mr. Crawford, you know?” added

After all, she, of all people, trusted that Gerald wasn’t one to act

settled, Xanry then pushed

up, Gerald then began shaking the

Xanry. What more, he had a secret weapon that the others

could

much set in stone that Gerald was going to be the

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that, the duo then began shaking their dice

of them stopped, Xanry immediately smiled as he said, “After

then declared, “Three

see! Four sixes then!” shouted Xanry

been able to hear, he knew that Xanry definitely had two sixes.

Xanry would be to deliberately lose to him for a few rounds. Allowing Xanry to be smug the first few rounds would definitely make Gerald’s

that in mind, Gerald then shouted, “Five

Xanry couldn’t help but smile as he

open Gerald’s

add up to five fives. Instead, there were only three fives, which meant that Gerald had lost

the loss was calculated, and Gerald was still perfectly under

said Xanry as he looked at

the loss. After all, it was only seventy-five dollars. In a way, he was simply returning Xanry’s own

the money, Xanry quickly took it from Gerald. It was almost as though he was worried that the money would disappear or

now that he had finally won some cash,

as both of them began shaking their dice

Xanry instantly said, “Since you lost in the previous round, you’ll start first, Mr.

of his keen hearing—that Xanry had two threes and three fives, Gerald deliberately

himself had the exact opposite digits, with him

the case was, Xanry then

was a number that neither of them

now, but he refrained. After all, he didn’t want Xanry to lose that quickly. In order to make Xanry’s defeat really sting, Gerald was

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that in mind, after a brief pause,

Xanry

felt delighted. After all, he had been waiting for

then revealed his dice

had won again, the clearly sarcastic Xanry said in an apologetic tone, “Apologies, Mr.

drunk with power. Xanry

lose some!” replied Gerald in a casual tone as he handed

that Gerald had already lost a hundred and fifty dollars, Juno quickly looked at Gerald before muttering

seventy-five dollars was nothing to them, if Gerald continued losing, his monetary losses would surely stack

I haven’t lost a single

to remain silent

that he had returned all of Xanry’s money to him, it was high time Gerald revealed his true strength. It

that, both of them

he saw Gerald stop shaking his dice, Xanry immediately said,

four fours and one three. As

in mind, Gerald then

Xanry yelled,

longer planning to allow

that, Xanry was momentarily stunned. To think that Gerald would choose to open

about it, Xanry then opened his

only have one five! Sorry monitor, but it seems you’ve lost!” said Gerald in

to believe that he had lost, the unwilling Xanry then fished out seventy-five dollars and handed it to Gerald while

return the

way, Gerald was naturally not done with Xanry yet. He wasn’t going to let Xanry off with

that, Gerald then asked, “So, how about it, monitor? Do you

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wasn’t holding back anymore, Gerald naturally wanted to continue the