Female Novel
Chapter 1741
Chapter 1741
“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 marksagain or the gap between his score and Xanry’s would become too large for him to turn the gamearound 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 makesome bold toss, Mr. Crawford! It’s fine if you don’t hit anything, just take it as practice! After all, youneed 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, momentarilysurprising Xanry and the others.
While the sound of bowling pins getting knocked over could be heard, Gerald only managed to hit fivepins. 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 intotal—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 Xanryas he insincerely praised Gerald. Truth be told, the fact that Gerald had managed to hit five pins in thefirst 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 theclattering 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 ledthose surrounding him to instantly cheer.
Even before Gerald made his move, however, he could already tell that that same crowd was going tojeer at him no matter what score he got. Still, it was clear to him that those spectators were simply foolsfawning over Xanry. With that in mind, their jeers meant little to Gerald. Gerald hadn’t even displayedhis true capabilities yet.novelbin
Whatever the case was, Gerald then retrieved his third ball and tossed it skillfully without the slightesthesitation, 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 todisplay 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 makingprogress in the game.
If everything went smoothly, everyone would surely have a vastly different opinion of him by the end ofthe bowling match.
Regardless, as the ball rolled seamlessly on the lane, the familiar clatter of bowling pins could beheard… Gerald had managed to hit seven pins this time, and he now had twelve points, which meantthat 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 moreunpleasant. To think that Gerald would be able to progress so quickly! He knew he couldn’t afford to goeasy 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’tgo easy on you anymore!” declared Xanry, making sure to make it obvious that he had been goingeasy on Gerald this entire time.
Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but chuckle in his mind as he thought, ‘I wonder who’s trulygoing 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!