The Pride Game

Chapter 32

When Jonathan's condition was very pathetic, several reporters looking for breakfast in the market saw a heartbreaking incident in front of them. About five people gathered from reporters, and camera operators came to Jonathan.

"What is this?" one of the reporters asked the men who were kicking Jonathan.

Annoyed, one of the men answered the reporter's question, "He stole from the old man!" The man stopped kicking Jonathan, and he pointed at the old man selling fruit.

Realizing that he was being pointed at, the old man stuttered. He was about to flee from the scene, but the other reporters had already stopped the man.

"Sir! Sir! Do not go! We wanted to interview you first, but the old man was scared because he had lied. The old man was not a stupid person; he saw cameras and microphones in people's hands; he would be caught lying if those people asked him various kinds of questions.

Hence he immediately fled from the scene.

"Why did he run?" asked one of the reporters, confused, if the man's belongings had been stolen; the man defended his opinion with confidence, but why is the old man running away now?

The reporters felt something was off, so one of them said to the crowd in a loud voice, “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”

While the crowd was still kicking Jonathan, another reporter shouted, "You've got the wrong guy!"

The voice was so loud and clear; it filled the ears of the crowd there. Some were stunned; but some still wanted to beat Jonathan until he died. However, the flabbergasted people asked in a panicked tone, “What are you talking about!” they stopped kicking the helpless Jonathan.

The reporter, who said that they had beaten the wrong person, ran into the crowd and tried to stop the group.

"You are guys have beaten the wrong person!"

After hearing that, one of his friends who is still a reporter has contacted the police.

“Why did you prevent us from giving this thief a punishment! If he wasn't given a beat now, he would never be deterred! He should be punished severely so that he won't steal again in the future!”

"Not! Not!" cried one of the reporters holding the feet of those who wanted to kill Jonathan. Jonathan's face was shapeless, blood was filling his clothes, the color was no longer white but blood red. "He's not a thief! If he's a thief, can you prove what this guy stole!” The reporter's voice was loud and deafened the crowd's ears.

While the other reporters were already preparing to do a live broadcast with the cameraman, who was already getting ready to roll his lens.

"Good morning, viewers..." The reporter started his live broadcast; this news must be reported immediately to make the headlines this morning. “A man at the Springfield city market is suspected of having stolen an item from one of the sellers in the market. Now the man has been beaten by the crowd in the market.” One by one, the people who were there left the crime scene; they did not want their faces covered in front of the camera, especially when this reporter said, "He is not a thief" they were afraid that what the reporter said was true. And if this matter has reached the position, they too can be imprisoned.

A few minutes passed, and the police started arriving. They were stunned, how could this person's body and face be crushed like this?

"Why is he like this?" the police asked one of the people there. However, the person in question said, "I just came to this market, and don't know what happened. When I saw there was a large crowd, I had seen that this man's body had become helpless. I feel so sorry for this person, I think this man is innocent."

One of the reporters recognized the man who had just spoken as the one who had been kicking the defenseless man a few minutes ago.

"You hypocrite," said the reporter in a low voice, and the voice could be heard in the ears of the people there as well as the police. So the cop just nodded to the guy's answer and immediately walked over to the reporters. Meanwhile, the other police officers immediately called an ambulance.

"Hello, hospital?" said the policeman, and as soon as he got an answer from the hospital, he immediately said, "There's a victim of mistargeting at Springfield Market, hope you guys get over here soon. This man lost a lot of blood." Not long after, the policeman hung up the phone.

His face was serious, as he said, "If no one is willing to admit why this man became like this, then no one will be allowed to sell in this place tomorrow!" This warning is so loud, no police have ever uttered a sentence like this.

They were scared, they looked at each other, and in the end they looked at the fruit seller who was not far from there.

The old woman immediately looked the other way, then whispers filled the market.

"Wasn't it the woman's husband who shouted earlier that the poor man was a thief?"

whispered a woman who was buying a seller's merchandise.

The salesman nodded, confirming. "Yes, that's right. Her husband said this man was the thief."

Because they don't want to be blamed, several big men immediately replied to the policeman, "Sir, the person who said that this poor man was a thief was the fruit seller!" They pointed to an old man hiding behind his wife's large body.

The reporters realized that the old man the crowd was pointing at and talking about was the fruit seller over there.

Knowing that she was now the center of attention of the crowd, the fruit seller's wife immediately roared, "It's not my fault, it's my husband's fault." The woman immediately shifted her body so that everyone could see her husband's face who was hiding. Still, in tears, she ran and knelt at the feet of the police. "It wasn't me, I just kicked the guy out for hitting me, but my husband was the one telling the crowd that the guy was a thief." Tears filled her plump face, making everyone feel the pain in her heart.

From where they were selling, her husband stood up with an angry face, then ran and grabbed his wife's hair. "Insolent woman!" The husband slapped his wife in the face; his shoulders shook, he was embarrassed to death. All eyes are now on him. "Now you want to blame me! You deserve this! What a shameless woman! Traitor!"

The reporters immediately did a live broadcast and reported this incident while the police dragged the body of the man who is now trampling on his wife's body.