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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….”

yelled the duo at the

come to this conclusion, both men rushed into the self-service bank and immediately

where the hostage could be—couldn’t help but say, “…There doesn’t appear to be anyone here, Mr. Crawford… Could

sure Juno made the right guess!” replied Gerald without

hostage was definitely here. They just hadn’t found them

many people around—due to it being the weekend—after the duo went silent for

around, Rey perked his ears… before pointing at one of the ATM machines

of them

squatted and began investigating the ATM, the duo was caught slightly off guard when they heard

and it was

second hostage! We really did come

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

fished his phone out and began calling the Grand

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the Grand Council could be seen rushing over alongside a few of the bank’s staff, all of them appearing anxious. After all, it was definitely flabbergasting to

minutes of prying the ATM open, they finally managed to reveal

deduced, there truly was a woman trapped inside! To

once the woman was hurriedly sent to the hospital, those sent over by the Grand Council began inspecting

they could gather, the lid—at the back of

the supervisors retrieved a purple envelope from within the machine as he

supervisor himself made no effort to stop him. After all, Gerald had become quite famous among those in the Grand Council, which

case, with the letter now in his hands, Gerald

Gerald immediately opened the envelope… but instead of a message, the only thing inside was

hairpin…?” muttered Gerald as he

one… Was there really a need to make such a major change in how you give your clues out?’ Gerald thought to

than one, neither of them could figure out what the deal was with the

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 firm, Gerald instantly handed the hairpin to her before saying, “Say, Juno,

slightly, Juno then brought it

after, she exclaimed, “I’ve got it! It’s a special hairpin that’s currently being distributed to all the staff members of one of the banks! They’re given

stunned. After gathering his thoughts, he then turned 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 I’m assuming this pin is hers! No wonder the hairpin felt so familiar when

absolutely

“Positive!” replied Rey.

head to the hospital!” declared Gerald as he and Rey bolted out of

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

even done saving the second one yet! Regardless, now that Gerald was sure that the incident wasn’t over yet, he knew that he had to

our opponent is…! To think that

way, the duo soon arrived

they realized that she

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woman. As they

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

interested in the purple letter that had fluttered out of the car and

opening it, Gerald then

game has officially

crumpled the letter up, knowing full well that he had been a

black car, the car was undoubtedly the

time to feel sorry for himself. With that, Gerald began running toward their car while shouting, “Hurry, Rey! We have to

accelerator, sending the car lunging forward! Since the black car was long gone, Gerald could only speed in the direction he had last seen the black

he understood that he had lost the black

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

knew how to proceed since the culprit was

to even reply to Rey, his

Gerald picked it up and roared, “You b*stard! What the hell do you want?

calm anymore, eh, Mr. Crawford? It’s

smug just yet! I’ll definitely capture

Be my guest! If you can, that is! Regardless, let’s meet at the Moon Observation Deck at seven tonight! If you don’t come,

Continent that was only open at night. From up there, one could

made an appointment there, Gerald was sure that something was definitely going to

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 people. Everyone had come over to enjoy the night view from the

for Gerald and Rey. They were here

way, now that the observation deck was finally open, the 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 find any traces of

playing around with us again…?” speculated Rey

shortly after when Gerald noticed the presence of a

said, “…Come

after Gerald who was already bolting toward

or invisible

at what appeared to be a

toward it,

he was surprised to see the hair of a woman hanging from the side of

up there was none other than the bank staff member they had previously saved from the

a figure had been

ordered, “…Go save that woman, Rey. I’m hunting that

believing that he was definitely the culprit

man, the frustrated Gerald couldn’t

man did

then slowly turned around to look at Gerald—who had stopped in his tracks as well—before saying in a sinister voice, “So, we finally meet,

are you…” growled Gerald as

die!” replied the man as he slowly

the now stunned Gerald to realize that the person

terrified any ordinary person

Gerald as he

too, no? Still, unlike you who’s only half ghost, I’m an actual dead person who died

come looking for me then…?” asked Gerald who was now more

I drowned in a river three years ago! The one who drowned me was none other than the chairman of the Ember Lord Group, the Ember Lord himself! Regardless, after finding out that you had killed the Ember Lord, I just couldn’t come to terms with it, which

terms? I’m not sure what your thought process is, but shouldn’t you be thanking

died by my hands! You ruined everything!” roared Yorrek

his hatred was toward the Ember Lord. To think that Yorrek would be so reluctant to let him go, even after the Ember

case is, he’s already dead! What else do you want?” asked

him, I’m holding you responsible for all this! With that said, I’m killing you as his substitute!” retorted

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of getting rid of me?” retorted Gerald as he looked at

Yorrek was probably incapable of even harming

still get rid of

Sword, ready

air! Despite Gerald having his

was certainly disappointing, Gerald was sure that the game between him and Yorrek wasn’t over

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

Gerald in a

let’s go back to when Gerald first regrouped with Rey at the car park. By that point, Rey

finally saw Gerald, he was about to call out when all of a sudden, Gerald disappeared! The next thing Rey knew, a gust of wind had rushed past him, and a second later, all of Tyson’s men—who had

actually some kind of mythical being… Thinking back, it truly was a wise decision to remain

men to be trivial affairs. After all,

self was different. He was no longer afraid of going against people like Tyson or anyone

able to beat those ten men like they were nothing! What more, you were so fast that I wasn’t even able to witness

it seemed like those men were just trying to steal something from you. Am I correct? And if so, what were they trying

sounding slightly hesitant

Rey’s hesitation, Gerald then said, “…If it’s inconvenient to share, just forget about it. I won’t force

the information must have meant that

just worried that it’ll bring trouble to you! For context,