The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1791

Upon looking at the message, Gerald couldn’t help but momentarily pause.

“Water that comes crashing down from three thousand feet… Could that be hinting at some kind of waterfall…?”

After thinking about it for a short while, Gerald instantly stepped out of his office—making sure to properly lock the door behind him—before driving off to the newest waterfall in the Leicom Continent. All of this… it couldn’t just be pure coincidence.

The clues that the other party provided most probably involved incidents that were happening around Gerald, and if Gerald’s thought process was correct, then the old poem was probably hinting that there was a hostage in that area…

Whatever the case was, after about half an hour, Gerald arrived at Durduff Mountain where the newest waterfall was located. The area itself had the largest mountain range in all of the Leicom Continent, leading many tourists to have their vacations here.

Regardless, upon entering the mountain, Gerald blended in with the crowd. After following them for a while, he eventually arrived at the newest waterfall…

Looking up, Gerald saw that it was barely even a hundred feet tall. While it certainly didn’t have a height of three thousand feet, Gerald was well aware that the ancient poem’s description was simply a hyperbole. After all, did a waterfall spanning three thousand feet even exist?

With that, Gerald immediately resumed looking for hints while everyone else was still aweing at the waterfall.

While looking around, the corner of Gerald’s eye caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a rather narrow and mysterious-looking boulevard on the left of the waterfall. From the looks of it, only one person could pass through at a time…

Still, Gerald felt compelled to head there, which was why he immediately did just that…

After walking for a bit, he eventually arrived at the opening of a large cave. Before he could even venture in, however, he suddenly heard someone from inside crying out, “H-help…!”

Hearing how anxious the feminine voice’s cries were, Gerald immediately deduced that she was in grave danger. With that, he bolted right toward the source of her voice without any hesitation!

As the screaming grew louder, Gerald soon caught sight of a woman who had been tied to a stone pillar. With water appearing to constantly drip from above her, it certainly explained why she was so drenched.

Running over to free her, Gerald also noticed that both her eyes were bloodshot, signifying just how long she had been trapped here…

Either way, upon seeing Gerald, the overjoyed woman instantly cried out, “H-hello! P-please, save me…!”

Nodding in response, Gerald then retrieved a small knife from his backpack before easily freeing the woman from the rope.

Realizing that she was finally free, the relieved woman instantly hugged Gerald tight.

Not even flinching from that, Gerald didn’t beat around the bush and immediately asked, “You’re safe now. Regardless, may I know how long you’ve been trapped in here, miss?”

Hearing that, the woman shook her head before replying, “…That… I’m not too sure, honestly… All I remember is that I was knocked unconscious by someone as I was heading home last night… Upon waking up, I was already here…”

Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly frowned before asking, “…I see. Prior to getting knocked out, are you absolutely sure you didn’t come across any weird situations on your way home?”

Shaking her head again—and feeling slightly confused as to why she was being asked all this—, the woman then replied, “Not at all. After all, I always get off work at around eight. While it’s true that I leave work alone, I also drive, you see, and I make it a habit to go straight home after office hours…”

As Gerald registered her reply, the corner of his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a purple envelope that had been slipped into a stone with a tiny crevice on its side…

Raising a slight brow, Gerald then walked over and picked it up.

“…Huh? An envelope…?” mumbled the confused woman.

“…Whatever the case is, you’re safe now, miss. Even so, I’ll need you to report what happened to you to the Grand Council. Also, please be more careful in the future!”

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Gerald had deliberately avoided her question so that she wouldn’t ask too much.

Getting the hint, the woman then nodded before quickly leaving the cave.

Seeing that she was now gone, Gerald quickly opened the letter and began reading through it…

‘Congratulations on finding the first hostage, Mr. Crawford! Now hurry along and go find where the next hostage is! There’s no money hidden here!’

After reading through the letter, Gerald couldn’t help but frown. Another ancient poem…? The culprit really enjoyed using ancient poems as clues, didn’t he?

Regardless, the hint this time was pretty straightforward. Since the poem included the word ‘money’, it was only fair to assume that the next hostage could be found in a bank.

However… which bank? There were way too many banks in the Leicom Continent for Gerald to find the right one in such a short amount of time.

Realizing that he wasn’t going to get anything done just by speculating here alone, Gerald immediately left the area, intent on studying the clue with Rey back at the office.

The second he got into his car, however, he immediately received a call from an unknown number.

“It appears that you’ve rescued the first hostage, Mr. Crawford. I’m guessing you’ve found the purple envelope as well, then?”

While Gerald could tell that the speaker was a male, his voice was weird, to say the least. Whatever the case was, Gerald then retorted, “I have, also f*ck you. You won’t get away with all of this! I’ll make sure I capture you if it’s the last thing I do!”

Following that, Gerald immediately hung up, not wanting to waste his breath on this strange man.

With that, Gerald then drove Juno’s car back to his office. Since his own car had previously been blown up, he could only use hers for the moment…

Regardless, upon entering his office, Gerald was instantly greeted by the sight of Rey and two others inside.

Seeing that Gerald was back, Rey took the chance to ask, “Mr. Crawford, you’re back! Where did you head off so early in the morning?”

Since all three of them hadn’t seen Gerald all morning, they all had a hunch that he had probably gone off to do some personal investigating.

Either way, despite Rey’s question, Gerald simply ordered, “Rey, I need you to immediately start investigating the phrase, ‘There’s no money hidden here’!”

Not even bothering to ask why, Rey immediately headed to his computer to get to work as he replied, “Loud and clear!”

While Rey was used to not getting immediate answers from Gerald, Juno wasn’t. With that in mind, she quickly walked up to him before asking, “What’s wrong, Gerald…?”

Hearing that, Gerald retrieved the purple envelope from his pocket before handing it to Juno.

After reading through it, she momentarily appeared shocked, though that was to be expected.

What Gerald hadn’t expected, however, was the fact that Juno would suddenly say, “…I… I think I know where the letter is pointing to! If my guess is correct, it should be referring to a bank or a tax building… And there’s only one place I can think of where both buildings can be found close together!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald immediately knew the area Juno was referring to. With that in mind, he patted Rey’s shoulder before saying, “You heard her. Let’s head there right now!”

With that, Gerald and Rey bolted out of the office before speedily driving toward the tax building Juno had talked about.

Since Juno’s guess made total sense, Gerald had a feeling that the second hostage was definitely going to be there…

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While they were on their way there, Rey couldn’t help but ask, “So… mind filling me in, Mr. Crawford…?”

Turning to look at Rey for a moment, Gerald then replied, “Remember that call from yesterday?”

Nodding in response, Rey then said, “I do. That person said he wanted to play a game with you… Don’t tell me it’s already started?”

“It has. That person has challenged me to rescue six hostages, and I’ve already rescued one this morning. We’re currently on our way to rescue the second one!” explained Gerald.

Hearing that, Rey found himself momentarily speechless. No wonder Gerald hadn’t been around this morning… He had already saved someone while they were still barely awake!

Disregarding how stunned Rey looked, Gerald then added, “Either way, that phrase I told you to investigate earlier, ‘There’s no money being hidden here,’ directly relates to the second hostage’s location, which is why we’re currently targeting the bank near the tax building!”

Just as Gerald completed his explanation, both of them arrived at the entrance of the tax building.

After getting off, the duo began looking around for the bank, and soon enough, they found it. However, since it was the weekend, the bank was closed, and only the self-service bank—at the side—remained open.

“Closed, huh… What should we do now, Mr. Crawford?” mumbled Rey as he looked at Gerald.

“I’m sure the culprit anticipated the bank being closed today as well. With that in mind, the second hostage should be within the only operational part of a bank on a weekend, that being….”

the duo at the same

both men rushed into the self-service bank and

short while later, Rey—who had searched high and low for clues of where the hostage could be—couldn’t help but say, “…There doesn’t appear

sure Juno made the right guess!” replied Gerald

was definitely here. They just

to it being the weekend—after the duo went silent for a while,

one of the

of them

investigating the ATM, the duo was caught slightly off guard when they heard a voice coming from the area where one

voice itself was feminine, and it was calling out in a weak voice,

second hostage! We really did come to

Go call the Grand Council, Rey! Tell them to send

fished his phone out and began calling the

or

be seen rushing over alongside a few of the bank’s staff, all of them appearing anxious. After

another ten minutes of prying the ATM open, they finally managed

a woman trapped inside! To

once the woman was hurriedly sent to the hospital, those sent

of the machine—had been deliberately welded tightly by

retrieved a purple envelope from within the machine as he asked, “…Hmm?

those in the Grand Council, which explained why

with the letter now in his hands, Gerald then led Ray back into the

the envelope… but instead of a message, the only

muttered Gerald as he

need to make such a major change in how you give your clues

them

Women would probably know more about hairpins than them, and thankfully, they had Juno and Yrsa on their side. With any luck, they’d be able to decipher the

before saying, “Say, Juno, have a look at this

and frowning slightly, Juno then brought it with her to the computer and quickly began

it! It’s a special hairpin that’s currently being distributed to all the staff members of one of the banks!

to face Gerald before saying, “…You know, the woman we saved before had a similar hairpin on! However, I’m pretty sure she only had one on, which is why

absolutely

“Positive!” replied Rey.

Let’s head to the hospital!” declared Gerald as he and Rey bolted out

Gerald—who now understood that the incident had been too straightforward for it to be over—was prompted to say, “The incident is far from over… Freeing that girl from the ATM was only the first step! With that in mind, we haven’t moved past the crisis regarding the second

that Gerald was sure that

our opponent is…! To think that he’d fool us like this!”

duo soon

about the woman, they realized that

Crawford: The Secretly or

Gerald and Rey dashed out of the hospital, hoping to catch up with the woman. As they rushed out, the duo thankfully stopped just in time to avoid

the hell did you learn to drive, b*stard?!” scowled Rey as he glared while pointing at the

the other hand, was much more interested in the purple letter that had fluttered out of the car and was now lying on

Gerald

game

as he crumpled the letter up, knowing full

black car, the car was

Gerald began running

inside, Gerald stepped on the accelerator, sending the car lunging forward! Since the black car was long gone, Gerald

though Gerald accelerated all the way, soon enough, he understood that he had lost

same thing, Rey was prompted to ask, “…What should we

even knew how to proceed since the culprit

wondered how to even reply to Rey, his phone suddenly began

roared, “You b*stard! What the hell do

maniacally, the caller then mocked, “Not so calm anymore, eh, Mr. Crawford? It’s not your style

get too smug just yet! I’ll definitely

Observation Deck at seven tonight! If you don’t come, well… this woman isn’t going to be alive for much

Continent that was only open at night. From

an appointment there, Gerald was sure that something was definitely going to happen at the observation deck. Even so, what choice did he

and Rey then drove to the Moon Observation Deck… While it was still noon by the

barely took a few minutes for the entire place to be packed with

everyone except for Gerald and Rey. They were here to save

duo got out of their car and immediately began looking for that woman… To their dismay, no matter how much they looked, they simply couldn’t

us again…?” speculated Rey with

shortly after when Gerald noticed the presence of a

Gerald then said, “…Come with me. I think I have a

Rey began running after Gerald who was already bolting toward

or invisible

arrived at what

it, Gerald then shouted,

surprised to see the hair of a woman

none other than the bank staff member they had previously saved from the ATM machine! To be captured again immediately

both of them noticed that a figure had been staring intently

that

that, Gerald bolted straight for the figure, believing that he was definitely the culprit behind

swiftly gained on the now fleeing man, the frustrated Gerald couldn’t help but yell, “Stop

man did as Gerald

the man then slowly turned around to look at Gerald—who had stopped

are you…” growled Gerald as he glared daggers at

man as he

Gerald to realize that the

person to the point of fainting! Thankfully, Gerald was no ordinary

You’re not human, are you!” yelled Gerald as he stared at

applies to you too, no? Still, unlike you who’s only half ghost, I’m an actual dead person who died drowning!” sneered the

so… Why did you come looking for me then…?”

drowned me was none other than the chairman of the Ember Lord Group, the Ember Lord himself! Regardless, after

Lord, Gerald then replied, “…Couldn’t come to terms? I’m not sure what your

died by my hands! You ruined

deep his hatred was toward the Ember Lord. To think that Yorrek would be so reluctant

the case is, he’s already dead! What

you’re still alive! Since you’re the one who killed him, I’m holding you responsible for all this! With that said, I’m killing

Secretly or

think you’re capable of getting rid of me?” retorted Gerald as

rid of him, Yorrek was probably incapable

that I can’t personally kill you, I can still get rid of others!”

Astrabyss Sword, ready to slash

the very next second, Yorrek seemed to just disappear into thin air! Despite Gerald having his sword at the ready, Yorrek

it was certainly disappointing, Gerald was sure that the game between him and Yorrek wasn’t over yet. In fact,

quite flustered—couldn’t help but look at Gerald, his tone brimming with admiration as he said, “You’re… really amazing,

Gerald in a

to this exchange of words, let’s go back to when Gerald first regrouped with Rey at the car park. By that point, Rey had already saved the woman and

of wind had rushed past him, and a second later, all of Tyson’s men—who

he became surer than ever that Gerald was actually some kind of mythical being… Thinking

found those men to be trivial affairs. After all, it barely took seconds

in that situation—due to his lack of ability back then—, his present self was different. He was no longer afraid of going against people like Tyson or anyone

were nothing! What more, you were so

feeling, but it seemed like those men were just trying to steal something from you.

Rey, sounding

inconvenient to share,

sharing the information must have meant that the item was extremely extraordinary and special to

worried that it’ll bring trouble to you! For context, this item I have… It’s unique, to