Chapter 51: Stolen Phone

Regan stepped out, and the people gathered with him turned around and looked at him, when he started walking towards the stage, they started discussing him in hush tones.

“What a fool, he heard us complaining that these two people are swindlers, and yet he still went ahead” a man lamented.

Another man sighed heavily, “probably he is one of them, I don't understand why someone is going to lose money senseless”

With his straight back and slender legs, he reached the stage, the man in charge was shock by his handsomeness, he beamed.

“Step forward, the rules of the competition are simple, you go right there, after picking your contender's tag, and grab a glass of water, don't let it spill, or you will be disqualified” the moderator explained.

The other contender is a man in his late thirties, “go ahead pick” the two of them stepped forward, and retrieved a tag from an open box.

Regan picked the tag that A is written on it, and the other contender picked the tag B is written on it.

“You have to choose the cup of water with your tag” the moderator instructed, “your bet is just twenty dollars” he said with excitement, the two of them gave him their stakes.

“Go!”

Regan and the man came down from the stage and walked briskly towards the wall, he x-rayed two cups behind the walls, and realize that his own is filled to the brim while the other isn't.

The corners of his lips twitched, the two cups behind the wall switched, before they slid out of the wall.

Regan reached out and grabbed the cup that isn't filled to the brim and strode back leisurely, the other man's eyes widened in shock, he glanced at Regan before picking up his cup filled to the brim.

The moderator declared Regan the winner while struggling to conceal his angry facial expression, “do you want to play again?” he proposed to Regan.

“Mmm…” Regan replied, they couldn't wait to recover their lost.

He leaped a little with excitement “now, we are going to increase the bet, thirty dollars” he said and glanced at Regan, to see if he will agree.

Regan nodded, the spectators couldn't help but worry that the naive young man will be cheated.

“Tsk! tsk! Such a fool, if I were him, I would have grabbed my win and leave” someone commented, he will soon take back his words.

Many of them gathered agreed with him, while others are suspicious of Regan.
They stopped talking and looked at Regan's hand, he is holding the cup that isn't filled to the brim.

The moderator gritted his teeth and declared him the winner, his eyes turned red, he felt helpless losing all the money he has made all these while “Pretty boy, you have a shining luck, why don't you try again?” he goaded Regan fawningly.

Regan smiled “mmm…” the moment he heard Regan's half-hearted response, he leaped on his feet, the thought of recovering some few bucks made his entire body tremble with excitement.

“Look, he didn't give up, he is a hero, so the bet will be fifty dollars” the man proposed.

The people at the spectator's stand saw through his scheming, and called him out, they were furious that they lost bucks to a swindler.

“Fuck you! Don't play anymore, get off the stage, pretty boy” Regan's corners of his lips twitched when he was called Pretty boy again.

“Hey, go home if you don't have money on you” the Moderator rebutted, and started another round.

Regan won three streaks in a roll, the Moderator's eyes turned red, and he glared at Regan with hostility, he grabbed his cloth's angrily “you, you are cheating” he yelled at Regan, angrily.

The spectators looked at him with their mouths hung low, they were wondering why the Moderator is aggressively reacting while the other contender just stood there.

They started taking the whole scenario into consideration, and their faces darkened, the Moderator, realizing his obvious blunders, let go of Regan's clothe awkwardly with an ugly facial expression.

He forced a smile that made him look uglier “well, he is lucky to win all that bet, we are done for the day” he hurriedly announced, and wanted to go off the stage.

“Stop there!”

Someone from the spectators area shouted, the Moderator's body trembled when he heard that, the man he used as contender sneaked away, when everyone is concentrated on his partner.

Regan shook his head and left the stage, the people who have been defrauded chase after the Moderator who have swindled their money.

Regan watched helplessly, as they ran after the man, he counted the cash with a grin, he put it away, and strode out of the store, he remembered something.

And returned to the store, the entire place was chaotic as people vented their anger by destroying the little things inside the store.

He dragged the naked Priest and tossed him away, before leaving the store, he looked at the sky, it was dark, but the illuminating lights in the streets of Wrestvel shone on his handsome face.

He joined the commuters in the bustling City, he got into a train and sat down, he caught sight of a man, sneakily stealing a phone.

The man sat by his side in the train, the woman whose phone have been lost, searched for it and couldn't find it, her eyes turned red.

“My phone” she lamented, she was too occupied earlier in taking care of her crying baby, that she recklessly kept her handbag without watching over it.

Her phone started ringing, everyone turned to the direction of where Regan and the robber sat down, the both of them wore a straight face.

Regan felt fingers touching him, the woman who lost her phone looked towards their direction with a suspicious gaze.

“That is the sound, of my ringing tone” she shouted at the top of her voice, attracting more eyes to where the thief and Regan sat down.

The thief, after achieving his aim, whispered to Regan “excuse me” he said, and stood on his feet.
SO THE LEGEND IS TRUE
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