“You should see this,” he said and immediately hung up in fear of being yelled at.
Ralph frowned and opened the attached photos. He noticed that this was taken in what seemed like an underground auction house. No price was stated, but there were a few comments under the item.
“What is this? They’re starting to sell anything here. Is this Amazon now?” commented username ‘Black spade 5.’
“So silly! Whose kid took some book and started selling it here?” replied ‘Red heart 7.’
“This website is getting worse. I suggest we kick this person out and delete his ID.” wrote ‘Square 9’
…
The comment section was filled with different comments that all meant the same thing. They were all making fun of the book and saying that anyone could get it for a few dollars on Amazon, yet someone had the guts to put it up for auction. Ralph was growing more and more enraged as he read the comments.
Heather was right—this was a fake! It was not some secret kickboxing handbook at all. He was being made fun of because he had tagged the book as some secret technique handbook and put it up for auction. Thank goodness no one knew that he owned this ID, or he would end up a laughingstock.
“Mr. Russell!” Ralph answered his phone, and the person on the other side questioned cautiously, “So, you were only joking, right?”
It had already been hours since they released the book for auction, and not a single person had bid on it. The price he had asked for also seemed like a huge joke.
“Of course, I was joking. Do you think I don’t know that it’s a fake? I’m just trying to test if this underground website is secure. It looks like the users are just some lowlifes, such a stupid website!” He acted as if he were mocking the website, saying, “Take it down now. It’s so lame!”
Ralph’s subordinate sighed in relief and took the item down immediately. Then he said, “Mr. Russell, it’s best if you don’t joke like this anymore. There are some genuine kickboxers on this web if we accidentally make them unhappy…”
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