"Th… th… that's impossible!"
Ricky looked at the last two rows of text on the magic screen, and his hands were trembling.
The 29th place that he had dreamed of was gone, and even the "guaranteed" 30th place had been stripped away from him!
Furthermore, it was the same restaurant that had dealt him those two heavy blows, a restaurant that he had never even heard of!
Just a day ago, he received personal confirmation from Secretary Mars that Ricky's Rotisserie was guaranteed a spot in the top 30.
But what was going on now? A restaurant that he had never heard of had taken two places in the top 30 out of the blue, banishing Ricky's Rotisserie to the 31st place!
The envious expressions on the faces of those around him all turned into mocking sneers; the stark contrast was very difficult for Ricky to accept.
