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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 941

“Tyson!” cried out Lucy again as Whistler turned to look at Gerald.

“Are you acquainted with him, sir?” asked Whistler.

In response, Gerald immediately replied, “But of course I am! He may not be my biological brother, but I treat him as one!”

“…Huh? T-then, please save him, sir! Since you’re proficient with medicine, you have to save him!” wailed Lucy between sobs.

When he heard her request, Gerald recalled Lucy mentioning someone by the name of Tyson to him sometime back. To think that the Tyson she was waiting for turned out to be the exact same person he cared greatly for as well!

If Gerald had been aware that this was the case, he would’ve sent some of his people out to look for him ages ago. If only that had happened, then this turn of events could’ve very easily been avoided.

“Please give them some space, Lucy… Didn’t you hear that master treats Tyson like his real brother?” persuaded Yukie as she pulled Lucy aside.

Gerald himself immediately began checking Tyson’s wounds. As was expected, the man was severely injured. Should Tyson have been found a few hours later, even Finnley wouldn’t have been able to save him. Regardless, treatment couldn’t be delayed any longer.

“Quick! Carry him back to the manor!” ordered Gerald.

It was two hours later when one of Tyson’s fingers finally twitched. Following that, his eyelids fluttered slightly as the man slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was Lucy, the girl clutching onto his hand tightly.

“….Lu…cy…? Could I… be dreaming? Or am I already dead…?” said Tyson weakly.

“T-Tyson! You’re awake! N-no, this isn’t a dream! Master! Master cured you!” cried out Lucy, happy to see him awake again.

Hearing that, Tyson was slightly baffled.

“Master? Lucy, I’m well aware of the extent of injuries I sustained… As far as I’m aware, not even Master Jenkinson from the Salford Province would have been able to cure me. That was the reason why I chose to run all the way here just to meet you for one final time… Are you really sure that I’ll make a full recovery…?”

“Extremely sure, Tyson… After all, master is highly capable! Speaking of master… I was so excited upon seeing you awake that I almost forgot to inform master about it…” replied Lucy, tears of joy in her eyes.

After heading out to call the ‘master’, it was moments later when Tyson heard an extremely familiar voice asking, “Are you awake, Tyson?”

Tyson recognized that voice anywhere, and he instantly began trembling in shock as he turned to look at the owner of the voice.

“M-Mr. Crawford…?”

Tyson’s lips were twitching with both happiness and surprise as he immediately attempted to sit up.

“Don’t move too much. I just closed those wounds,” replied Gerald as he walked over to balance the weakened man.

Grabbing hold of Gerald’s hands tightly, Tyson then said, “T-there were so many rumors of you being dead… Yet… I’m so glad that you’re not… To think that I would be able to meet you again all the way out here, Mr. Crawford! How wonderful!”

As Tyson got teary-eyed from his excitement, Gerald simply smiled before saying, “I’m alive and well! They aren’t going to kill me that easily!”

Never had Gerald expected to bump into Tyson again, especially not in such foreign lands.

“He’s the master I was talking about, Tyson! He saved you!” said Lucy as she watched the two happy men.

“…What? Mr. Crawford? You were the one who healed me? When did you acquire such high medical proficiency?” asked Tyson, astonished by what he heard.

“It all happened over half a year ago… I’ll tell you all about what happened in the future… For now, let me do the asking. What exactly happened for you to end up in such a state? If we had found you any later, you’d be dead by now, you know? Also, where’s Drake?” questioned Gerald in return.

Hearing his brother’s name, Tyson’s face scrunched up slightly. He then began detailing everything that had happened to him and his brother throughout Gerald’s absence.

It all began on the night they had risked their lives to send Gerald away.

After achieving that, they returned to the Crawford family.

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However, by then, the Crawfords had begun fearing that the incident—of the Drake & Tyson duo rescuing Gerald—would be exposed sooner or later. As a result, they provided both the brothers some money and told them to leave the Crawford family.

The Drake & Tyson duo didn’t really have any issues with that, and while they had first planned to return to the mercenary base abroad, on their way there, they caught wind of the incident that had befallen both Gerald and Zack in Merry City that night.

Upon finding out that Gerald had gone missing, they immediately rushed over to the Salford Province to secretly investigate the incident. However, even after three months had passed, neither of them had been able to find any new leads.

As if that wasn’t enough, even the Schuyler family had begun noticing their activity. Knowing that, both of them knew that they didn’t have much of a choice but to halt their investigations for the time being. After some planning, they decided to leave the Salford Province and head to the Triangle District in Heavenly City.

Their plan was to build a base there, and with the remaining money the Crawfords had given them, they intended to form a few forces. Once they were prepared enough to return to the Salford Province, together with their forces, they would take revenge on the Schuyler family.

That was their plan anyway. Little did they know that they had severely underestimated those living in the Heavenly City.

In one of their many attempts to acquire more powerful and influential forces there through battle, the two brothers ended up getting defeated by a man called Sven Westmore, a great and powerful overlord in the Heavenly City.

While they managed to capture Drake, Tyson was able to make it out by the skin of his teeth.

From then onward, Tyson had to live in the shadows, making sure that he switched hiding spots every once in a while.

During that period, he came across a butler—by the name of Evan—flogging over ten girls. Disgusted and enraged by that, Tyson ended up killing Evan on the spot.

It was then when he got to know Lucy. During their few days together, the duo found themselves falling for each other to a point where Tyson even promised her that they would get married once he successfully rescued his brother.

Sadly, the mission was an absolute failure. Sven had easily defeated him, and just like the first time, Tyson barely managed to escape with his life intact. However, unlike back then, he was severely injured this time.

After being on the run for some time, he eventually made it to the mountains where he promptly fainted. All that led to the events of today.

“Sven?” asked Gerald with a frown.

Hearing that name, Whistler and his men shivered slightly before explaining, “Sven is indeed a powerful overlord in Heavenly City, sir. He’s well aware of his power and influence, so much so, in fact, that he even considers himself to be a villain! What more, he’s physically strong as well! It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that an already powerful man who’s trained for over ten years still wouldn’t be unable to defeat Sven. While it’s evident that Tyson and his brother are proficient with martial arts, it isn’t much of a surprise to us that both of them lost to him…”

“Is he really that powerful…?” replied Gerald.

Gerald’s doubt was understandable since he was well aware of the Drake & Tyson duo’s capabilities. Still, he had to admit that the fact that the strong and talented brothers were able to be cornered so badly was definitely a rare occurrence.

What more, Whistler—who was honestly not much weaker than the two brothers at this point—clearly appeared frightened of Sven.

“He is, sir! However, our lives belong to you! We aren’t afraid of death, so if you order us to fight him, we’ll do so willingly!” declared Whistler with resolution in his voice.

“He speaks for all of us, sir!” added the other men in unison.

Hearing that, Gerald simply raised a hand before stating, “If he’s as powerful as Whistler says he is, then we need to plan things out carefully first. Try gathering every bit of information about Sven’s current power and influence, Whistler. Your task begins immediately!”

While Gerald himself wasn’t afraid of Sven, he didn’t want his subordinates to die meaninglessly if Sven truly was as ruthless and powerful as they described him to be.

Regardless, the operation would still commence sooner or later. After all, Gerald had an unbreakable bond with the Drake and Tyson duo.

Since Drake was in trouble, Gerald didn’t mind risking his life to save him.

It was evening when the still weak Tyson slowly inched toward the yard. Once he was there, he turned to look at Gerald who was standing in the middle of the area, his arms behind his back.

“Mr. Crawford… Do bring me along when you head to Heavenly City…”

“Why did you get off the bed, Tyson…? Besides, I told you that I no longer go by Mr. Crawford,” replied Gerald with a smile.

“Understood, Mr. Crawfor- …Well, while we’re at it, since my brother and I have left the Crawford family, then we shouldn’t be called the Drake & Tyson duo anymore either. After all, it was the young lady who gave us that name. Instead, you can call me by my real name now, Tyson Jay,” replied Tyson with a slightly bitter smile.

Hearing that, Gerald nodded and patted him on the shoulder before saying, “I’ll be making a move in a few days. Worry not, for I’ll definitely get Tyson back safely. In the meantime, do get some rest. You need it.”

“But Mr. Crawfor-”

“There’s no need to persuade me. You’re not coming along, and that’s my final decision,” interrupted Gerald as he raised a hand before Tyson could even say anything.

As soon as his sentence ended, both of them saw Whistler jogging toward them.

“Sir! You’ve just received an invitation to attend a gathering tonight! The gathering itself was hosted by the five most powerful groups in Talgo Town! The person who sent the invitation card even stated that your attendance was a must!” sneered Whistler.

“A gathering that I must attend? Is that a threat? I do wonder if the dinner is just a cover to hide their malicious intent…” replied Gerald with a cold smile on his face.

“Humph! I’m well aware of what those five groups are thinking! They just want to assert their dominance since they know that we just made our base here! Once they achieve that, they’ll definitely start telling us to pay them some sort of insurance fee. They’re barely worth your time, sir! Just say the word and I’ll reject them immediately!”

“Oh, there’s no need to reject them. Since we’ll be heading to Heavenly City tomorrow, I’d rather not have to worry about them getting offended if I decline their invitation. They’ve already made so many preparations anyway so it would be rather disrespectful if I didn’t go. Tell the person who sent the invitation that we’ll be going tonight.”

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“I still don’t think that the shirt I got for you is suitable for the occasion, sir… Why don’t we stop the car and get you a new and better shirt? How about it?” asked Yukie with a smile.

She was currently sitting beside Gerald as their team of cars headed toward the gathering.

“I think it’s fine…” replied Gerald as he looked down at his shirt with a slightly bitter smile.

As the cars approached a commercial building, Gerald looked out the window. To his surprise, the first person he saw was a rather familiar-looking youth.

“Is there anything wrong, sir?” asked Yukie.

“If my eyes do not deceive me, that seems like an old classmate of mine… Or at least a person that resembles him a lot. Regardless, stop the cars here. I’m heading into that building,” ordered Gerald.

Hearing his command, all the cars under him immediately halted in the middle of the road.

Though this essentially blocked most of the main road, nobody dared to say anything about it. After all, whenever the people of Talgo Town saw a team of cars acting like they owned the place, they knew that a big shot—whom they most likely couldn’t afford to offend—was present.

As a result, the other drivers on the road simply opted to take detours.

Meanwhile, Gerald and Yukie entered the commercial building together.

The youth from before was choosing from an array of suits when he suddenly felt a firm pat on his shoulder. Shocked, he immediately turned to look at who had done the deed.

His shock, however, quickly turned from surprise to joy.

“F*ck! Is that really you, Gerald?”

really is you, Harper!” said Gerald

idea you were still in one piece! After all, the last time I heard, you had gone missing! So you were in Heavenly City this entire time! No wonder I couldn’t get

here again after so long!” added Harper as he patted Gerald’s

is indeed! Speaking of which, why did you come here, Harper?” asked Gerald with slight confusion once they

chaotic. Aside from the locals, ordinary people from the outside would never come here for

that solicits business deals, I’m here on a business trip. Still, this place truly is as chaotic as they describe. Looking at the people walking down the

that, Gerald

from you in so long! Have you truly been staying here this entire

friends, it was natural for them

are the real deal! Also, no, I only arrived here not long ago. Regarding the missing aspect… Let’s just say I lost contact with all of you due to some ‘issues,’”

well, it’s really no big deal to me, Gerald. After all, you’ve already enjoyed what you could a

patted Gerald on

a lot to say to each other. Because of that, Gerald then replied, “Regardless, here’s my contact number, Harper. Let’s meet up

girlfriend?” asked Harper as he looked at Yukie with a smile after noting down Gerald’s contact

Yukie’s cute face immediately became as

explain the entire situation once I get a chance to in future…” replied Gerald as

your business. I need to buy a new suit too since I’m meeting an important

Gerald was ready to leave, a female voice could be heard saying, “Hmm? Is that you, Mr.

who had called him, Harper found himself smiling as he replied, “Chairman Quelch! Chairman Brown!

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his head toward the two new faces as he looked at Harper, clearly signaling him to deal

and woman were. As it turned out, they were

he was still in a pitiful state over half a year ago, he remembered how Raquel had humiliated him when he

exclaimed Raquel as she crossed her arms before flashing a cold smile

in charge of a large company

Gerald with

Pretending that we barely know each other, Gerald? As if you’d ever be able to forget about me! After all, I was the one who paid you your salary back when you were part-timing at that construction zone!”

only took a brief

she wasn’t always like this. However, her personality changed rapidly for

After all, he’s a good friend of mine and I know for a fact that

He’s your friend you say? Well then, I’m sorry to announce that whatever you’ve negotiated with my husband’s uncle will now officially be terminated, Mr. Sullivan! I’m sure you agree with the project’s cancellation too, don’t you

“But of course!”

“Chairman Quelch, you…”

completely speechless. To think that all the effort he

a staff member entered the building and started shouting

owns the car with the registration number of ***Province, drive it away, right this instant! If nobody moves it soon, then I’m calling someone over to

the car, it was instantly made clear to everyone foreign to the city that the people living here didn’t have the same

an argument took place, having fights was only

I made sure to park my car well! What’s

It’s blocked the road! Get out there and move it immediately else I’ll have it towed!”

Gerald and Harper, Jefferson replied, “Hey now, my uncle is Graham Worton! His nickname is Boss Gram,

or Grey or whatever his name is! Just drive the dmned car away already!”

momentarily stunned Raquel’s boyfriend. After a brief moment of awkward silence, he then said, “Fine! I’d like to see

to be outdone, he then held on to Raquel’s hand as both

know, I’ll be calling my uncle immediately as well! How absolutely baffling that people who don’t want to pay him any

ran over to Gerald before saying,

her, Gerald then turned to look at Harper before saying, “Not to worry, Harper.

then left together with

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both Raquel and Jefferson had arrived at

his car appropriately by the side of the road. However, a team of cars seemed to have parked right in

of cars didn’t block, in a way, his car truly

one at fault here! After all, it’s that team of cars that are blocking most of the road! Why should we be the only ones ordered to move our car?” shouted Raquel, unable

guess you’re from out of town since you don’t seem to know how things work here. Listen, just move your car immediately. Don’t blame me if something happens, because I’m pretty sure your Boss Gram or whatever his name is won’t be able to take responsibility if things

Talgo Town are

you understand that,” said the

uncle will probably suffer terribly if we end

Raquel with a sigh before sticking her tongue out at the staff

their car, she looked at the team of luxurious

wasn’t the only one who felt that way either. It was evident that all the pedestrians who were walking past the cars were feeling the same jealousy she was. After all, who wouldn’t want to be

domineering the person who owned all the

all the cars’ doors were opened and out stepped several bodyguards donning black suits. They all looked equally imposing and their extraordinarily solemn expressions suggested that they were waiting for someone

some

wonder myself… I’ve honestly never seen such imposing subordinates belonging to any of

influential group that’s

but regardless, all of

as they continued sneaking glances at the bodyguards,

after, what seemed to be the leaders of the bodyguards began guiding their men over to where Raquel and her boyfriend were standing. As a result, both of them were so terrified that they were paralyzed in place. Their fear was so great that they didn’t

ignoring them, choosing instead to stare at the direction of the commercial

Raquel and Jefferson gulped in relief, the leaders of the guards began walking

leaders stopped right before a youth before shouting in unison, “The

stationed in front of one of the cars—immediately opened

hear that? They called him sir! To think that we’d

over there!

other in astonishment, Raquel found herself dumbfounded as

she have imagined that Gerald was

head off!” replied

walked past Raquel and Jefferson, Gerald made sure to glance casually at

seemed to amplify. Even her boyfriend slowly loosed his grip on Raquel’s

such a powerful person with so

looked away from her after a short while. He

the group of cars immediately sped off, leaving Raquel behind with a cocktail of complicated

the distance, not even sure how to process everything she had just

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the gathering was already taking place in

top influential groups in Talgo Town had brought along their subordinates, the

a result, it was no surprise

Once everything was in place, a few seats were placed upon the high stage.

think that you’d use the civil and military meeting to also portray how powerful we are to that newly founded Royal

the pharmaceutical factory that used to be our main source of income, I wonder if things will turn out the same with the factory’s previous owner.

frankly, I’d have respected him a bit more if he had chosen not to. Seeing that he’s agreed to come, however, I guess he’s just another worthless piece

to that, the few bosses who were talking about Gerald immediately

Diego Jey, was the most powerful and influential big shot in all of Talgo Town. He looked to be around the age of forty, and the two gold teeth in his mouth would glisten whenever

hope that all of you don’t forget that the main reason we’re all gathered here today is to discuss the rearranging and redistribution of influence

and military meeting’, the event itself wasn’t as grand as its name

method of dividing the territories was somewhat straightforward. Essentially, whoever had more strength was entitled to have

would pit their best subordinates to fight against each other. The winner among the

then reach an agreement, and once signed, none of them were allowed

since a few groups had beaten up

was still much larger than Serene County. In fact, its size could

moment, the person standing guard over the door shouted, “Mr. Crawford from the Royal Dragon Group

wanted to see what kind of person the big boss of the newly

only had about sixty bodyguards with him, the pressuring atmosphere

made many of the other bosses’

stage, Gerald smiled faintly as he greeted, “A pleasure to meet you,

the bosses as they took turns looking at each

them knew that Gerald wasn’t a person with an ordinary background from the moment

done exchanging pleasantries, Diego narrowed his eyes slightly before saying, “I assume you’ve heard about the civil and military meeting that we’re hosting tonight, Chairman Crawford. Since the competition is about to start soon

underlying meaning was clear as day. He was simply saying that the Royal Dragon Group was probably even weaker compared to the previous

he wanted to test the abilities of the Royal Dragon Group’s subordinates. After all, the way both Gerald and his men presented themselves was definitely extraordinary if

the part, they’re all honestly pretty useless. How on earth would they be able to compare

being way too humble! Who’s to say they won’t end up

to teach you and the others about the rules of the competition later,” ordered Gerald with

sir! We’d love to learn them!” replied

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from the Royal Dragon Group wouldn’t back down from the competition. Quite honestly, Gerald and his men looked rather confident about the

show how powerful they were right off the bat, it was only going to get more and more difficult for them to keep Gerald’s company in check

civil and military gathering began and the participants were led to a large area that had been

each naturally chosen their most powerful subordinates to take part in the competition. Gerald himself had sent Whistler and a few of his other more capable men to

whom Gerald had selected had all undergone personal special training with him. Due to that, their strength was

swift and precise attacks, Whistler’s men beat

“…What?”

twitching as

subordinates Gerald had with him were simply putting up fronts, pretending to be Special Forces. After all, the way they had presented themselves was somewhat similar to how the previous pharmaceutical factory

put on airs before the actual competition, Diego and the other bosses

they know that no fronts had ever been put up. Gerald’s

seems that Mr. Crawford enjoys keeping a low profile… To think that he would have such powerful subordinates… Claiming that he’ll be the one who will have the most say

territories being divided among six people now instead of five, things were definitely going to be a lot different compared to how the civil and military meetings usually went. As if things weren’t looking grim enough for the five bosses, it seemed that Gerald’s subordinates really were

throughout the civil and military meeting, Diego and the

of the battles. The other four of Gerald’s subordinates were more than enough

silence filled the room. The silence was so

been treating us, Chairman Jey. Thank you

welcome… Still, you and your men are incredibly powerful… My own men weren’t even

master. We learned everything we know from him,” replied Whistler as he looked at Gerald before shaking his head

of you are? Then it seems

he said that, inside, he was getting increasingly

all, Gerald’s men had completely defeated all five of Talgo Town’s most influential groups in front of everyone. Not only had they failed to acquire the Royal Dragon Group tonight, most of the territories

what you said earlier was true… The part where the winner

with a smile, “…But of course that was true! With the competition results now out, we’ll be discussing how we’ll

say much despite his clear dissatisfaction. After all, he

plaque bearing the names of all five of the influential groups involved in the Civil and Military Groups. From

a word, they all had their own thoughts about the

their affairs despite

the weaker groups who hoped that with Gerald’s involvement—which would definitely upset the original balance—they would be able

subordinates returned with ladders to remove the plaque, a voice shouted, “There’s no need to go through

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after a loud