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’

Unfortunately for him, Gerald wasn’t about to grant him such a chance. Immediately picking the bowling ball up, Gerald then walked toward the lane... Without even having to look where he was throwing, Gerald then confidently tossed it toward the pins. Every dog had its day, and it was now Gerald’s turn to do the mocking. After all, he was simply doing the same thing that Xanry had done to him in the first round. Whatever the case was, as expected, no pins remained standing, signifying yet another strike from Gerald. With the scores being fifty-two against forty-nine now, Gerald’s score had finally surpassed Xanry’s… With Gerald’s turn over, the start of the seventh and final round began… By this point, Xanry knew that he couldn’t afford to mess up anymore. If he didn’t land a strike, then he would surely lose to Gerald! He was also worried that Gerald would get yet another strike… If that happened, then Xanry would still lose the competition, regardless of whether he manage

With that, the duo then began shaking their dice around for a few seconds… Once both of them stopped, Xanry immediately smiled as he said, “After you, Mr. Crawford! Make your guess!” Hearing that, Gerald then declared, “Three sixes!” “I see! Four sixes then!” shouted Xanry in response. From what Gerald had been able to hear, he knew that Xanry definitely had two sixes. Gerald had two sixes himself, which was why he definitely couldn’t open it. Regardless, the only way to properly deal with 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 eventual victory much sweeter. With that in mind, Gerald then shouted, “Five fives!” Upon hearing that, Xanry couldn’t help but smile as he declared, “Open!” Since Xanry had chosen to open Gerald’s dice, Gerald naturally had to do so. Looking at the results, the points of the dice didn’t add up to five fives. Instead, there were only three fives,

Now that he wasn’t holding back anymore, Gerald naturally wanted to continue the game. Not finding it odd that Gerald suddenly looked much more interested in the game, Xanry simply replied, “Of course we’ll continue! After all, we’ve only played a few rounds! I won’t be going easy on you after this, Mr. Crawford!” Hearing that same sentence again, Gerald found himself getting increasingly fed up with those words. Xanry was way too confident for his own good. However, the more confident he was, the more arrogant he became, and when that happened, Gerald knew for a fact that things wouldn’t end well for him. With that, both of them quickly began shaking their dice again. While Gerald only shook his dice for around two seconds, Xanry continued shaking his own dice for quite a while. Even so, Gerald was still able to easily discern what Xanry’s dice were. After all, no matter how long he shook his dice, Xanry wouldn’t be able to escape Gerald’s keen hearing. Still, the fact that

While he was filled with resentment, the truth remained that he had lost, so he couldn’t just burst into anger. What more, if he flew into a rage now, Xanry was worried that the others would start claiming that he wasn’t wealthy enough to play the game, and that was a form of humiliation he never wanted to experience. He had just lost two hundred and twenty-five dollars. It wasn’t much to him, so he could surely still go on…! Believing that Xanry wouldn’t want to continue playing after suffering so many losses, Gerald then looked at him before asking, “Are you going to play more, monitor?” “But of course! Let’s resume!” declared Xanry. At his current state, it was clear that Xanry had the temperament typical of a gambler. Unless he won against Gerald, he wouldn’t be able to rest easy. Not that Gerald was complaining, of course. He wanted to see how much more Xanry could take. “Very well then, monitor! However, since you suggested the previous game, I think it’s high time I su