“That's right. When he was showing the apple to others, he was secretly reaching into his pocket with
the other hand. I guess that is when the switch occurs," Harvey confidently explained.
“Ah, I see." Nicole finally understood.
Knowing that it was a trick, she lost all of her interest in watching the show and left.
“Why are you leaving already?" Harvey asked, and hurried after Nicole.
“Since you've solved the mystery, what's the point in watching it anymore?" she replied.
“Ms. Riddle, there's an escape room there. Should we try it out?" Kelly pointed to the place following a
short walk.
Before Nicole could speak, Harvey stepped in and said, "Where is the fun in that? Let's head to the
front instead."
Looking at Harvey, she understood why he had stopped them from going. The previous incident with
Ike had occurred at an interactive indoor level, so, he might be worried that something of that nature
would happen again.
“Yes, I've been there before. It's not that fun. Let's keep walking," Nicole said, and when she had
uttered the last word, her eyes met Harvey's.
As the trio continued, Nicole suddenly received a call from Zeke. " Nicole, what have you been up to?
It's been a long while."
"I've gone abroad now. What made you think about calling me?” Nicole asked.
"I am facing a massive problem. Can you help me when you're available?" Zeke said in a low and deep
tone of voice.
"A massive problem? With your skills, what could give you such a hard time?" Nicole said, thinking that
he was joking around.
"Stop teasing me. When you're back at the hotel, I'll send them over to you. That's all for now. Bye.”
Zeke hung up the instant he was done speaking.
"Classic Zeke. He knows that he can't manage tasks of such difficulty, and yet he just can't turn a
challenge down.” Nicole shook her head and sighed.
"You were saying something?” Harvey frowned and looked at Nicole.
"Nothing. Is there anything fun to do in front?” Nicole looked over and asked.
"Well, there's a shooting game. Should we give it a try?" Kelly looked at Nicole.
To Nicole, a game like that would be a walk in the park. "Sure, let's give it a shot."
"Sir, how should we play this?” Kelly asked the person in charge.
"Do you see those balloons there?” The man pointed. "If you manage to shoot ten, you'll get a small
plushie. If you're able to shoot twenty, you'll get the medium-sized ones. With thirty, you can get the big
one and so on and so forth.”
"What if I manage to shoot all of them? What do I get?" Nicole asked.
“All of them? Hah! I've been operating this business for a long time, and the best competitor I've had
only managed to shoot thirty. You'd be lucky if you could shoot five,” he said.
The man looked at Nicole's petite frame. He knew that she had never played such a game before, so
he burst out laughing.
"It's too early to laugh now. If I manage to shoot all of them, what do I get?” Nicole looked at the man,
unsmiling.
“What sort of prize would you want?"
“I want those binoculars in your hands," Nicole said, as she already knew that it was a great item the
moment she saw it on the booth. The boss took and examined it. "Sure, but if you lose, you'll have to
pay me tenfold the price of this thing.”
"Sure," she said.
“Nicole, don't you think you're making that promise a little too quickly? At this sort of distance, it would
be hard to get even one shot in. This is how they have rigged the game against you," Harvey reminded
her.
“Don't worry, I won't lose," she said.
Nicole raised the gun, and with a bam, one of the balloons at the far end burst.Harvey was shocked.
"We got one!"
Then, he looked at Nicole in surprise. "Come on! Let's do it again."
At this point, he was feeling even more pumped up now.
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