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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1801

“…Both of you, stay here. I’m heading there to have a look!” instructed Gerald as he got up and took his empty glass before walking in the direction where the four men were sitting.

Since the customers had to refill their own drinks in this restaurant, it was perfectly normal for Gerald to get more water for himself. On his return trip, however, he made sure to ‘accidentally’ drop his glass right next to the four men’s table!

Seeing that some of the water had accidentally splashed onto a few of the men’s pants, Gerald quickly reached for the glass while ‘apologetically’ saying, “I-I’m sorry!”

In response, one of the men simply got Gerald’s glass for him before handing it back to the youth while saying, “It’s fine. Be more careful!”

“I-I will!” replied Gerald as he noticed the tattoo on the man’s wrist while taking his glass back.

Following that, he then hurried back to his dining table. The second he sat down, however, his expression instantly turned slightly unpleasant…

Noticing the change in his mood, Juno was prompted to ask, “…What’s wrong, Gerald? Did you manage to gather anything…?”

“…Well, for one, those aren’t ordinary people… They belong to the Soul Hunter organization!” whispered Gerald.

“The Soul Hunters? That’s them? To think they’d be here as well!” replied the shocked Juno in a hushed voice.

Raising a slight brow, Rey then asked, “…Um… Who exactly are the Soul Hunters…?”

As the name suggested, the Soul Hunters were an organization that specialized in hunting and killing ghosts and spirits. Naturally, they also possessed special equipment that would help them detect the presence of what they hunted.

Regardless, Gerald ignored Rey’s question before saying, “…Since they’re looking for the Demonic Blood Clan’s territory, they’re definitely after the token of Demonic Blood as well…”

If that group managed to get their hands on the token, then the consequences would be near unimaginable… After all, they would be able to rule over every ghost and spirit on the planet! Things would surely go out of hand by then! With that in mind, there was no way Gerald was going to let them have their way.

“Figured as much… Still, what are we going to do now? Are we getting rid of them?” asked Juno.

Shaking his head, Gerald then replied, “Negative. While it’s true that there are only four of them, if I attack them now, I fear that the entire Soul Hunter organization will come after us to have their revenge. That wouldn’t be beneficial at all. With that in mind, I propose that we spy on them first.”

Hearing that, Juno could only agree.

With that, the trio then returned to their rooms to rest after their meal.

Well, Juno and Rey did. Gerald himself simply couldn’t allow himself to remain idle. With that, he began meditating… and soon enough, he was able to have an out-of-body experience. With his mind now free to explore, Gerald—who was now invisible to the naked eye—immediately began searching for the four Soul Hunters again.

It didn’t take long for him to find them, but by that point, all four of them were already sneakily leaving the hotel despite how late it was.

Watching as they entered the darkness, Gerald knew that he had to tail them.

A few minutes later, the group of Soul Hunters found themselves approaching a forest… And standing before that forest, was a mysterious-looking cloaked figure who had his back against them… It was evident that he was waiting there for them…

Seeing him, the four Soul Hunters then hurriedly stood at attention—behind the man—before respectfully declaring, “Leader!”

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Perfectly hidden, Gerald—who had been secretly monitoring all this—found himself slightly surprised.

To think that the cloaked man was actually the leader of the Soul Hunter organization… Since their leader was also present, it only made sense that this was a large-scale mission. In other words, there was possibly going to be more Soul Hunters around…

Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when the cloaked man asked his subordinates in a frigid tone, “I trust nobody knows your true identities yet?”

“Worry not, leader, for we’ve concealed our identities well!” replied one of the Soul Hunters.

“You’d better have. Regardless, head for the phosphorite mountain area at dawn. I’ll be heading there first tonight. Again, don’t get found out!” instructed the cloaked man.

“Loud and clear, leader!” replied all four of the Soul Hunters in unison.

With their reply, the cloaked man then leaped into the air, promptly disappearing into the dark of night…

After watching all that, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly stunned. Just as he had speculated, the Soul Hunters were here for the token of Demonic Blood. The fact that he could tell how strong the leader of the Soul Hunter organization was certainly didn’t make him feel any better…

Regardless, since his party was also planning to head out at dawn, there was a high chance that they were going to bump into the Soul Hunters while heading to the phosphorite mountain area…

Under normal circumstances, even if they did meet, both parties would’ve just ignored each other. After all, the fact that the cultivators and the Soul Hunters had completely different backgrounds meant that there was little reason for the two groups to meddle with each other.

Unfortunately, since both of them wanted the same thing, conflict was pretty much inevitable.

With that in mind, after thinking about it, Gerald decided that it would be best to take out the four Soul Hunters before they even got to the phosphorite mountain area. By doing so, he would at least ensure that the three of them would have fewer enemies to deal with once they were at the actual location.

His mind made up, Gerald watched as the four Soul Hunters began to leave… and once they were close enough, Gerald made himself visible as he punched the air, forming a shockwave that sent all four of the Soul Hunters flying backward!

Of course, the attack wasn’t lethal, and when they realized what had assaulted them, the four men instantly shouted, “A ghost?!”

All of them recognized Gerald as a ghost due to his body’s current state.

Either way, it was clear that none of them had anticipated to bump into a ghost here of all places. Even so, they were trained professionals.

With that, all four of them quickly regained their wits as one of the Soul Hunters angrily shouted, “Quick! Gang up on him!”

Taking their daggers out in response, the four individuals then began charging toward Gerald! Since these people actually hunted down and killed ghosts and spirits, they were naturally much stronger compared to ordinary people.

Even so, in the end, they were nowhere near as strong or fast as Gerald, and Gerald knew it. With that in mind, Gerald wasn’t about to get intimidated by their group attack anytime soon.

Instead, he simply chose to easily dodge their attacks!

Before the Soul Hunters could launch their second round of attacks, Gerald swiftly grabbed one of the men by his throat!

Unable to react in time, the other three Soul Hunters could only stare wide-eyed as the sickening sound of bones cracking could be heard… And just like that, one of them died from a broken neck!

Gerald himself simply tossed the body aside as casually as it was rubbish.

As for the hunters, they were simply too stupefied to feel humiliated. After all, none of them could’ve imagined that Gerald would be this powerful…

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“…What power… What kind of monster even are you?! Regardless, we bear no grudges against you! What reason do you have to kill us?!” interrogated one of the Soul Hunters.

After all, he was right. Gerald had simply attacked them out of the blue! It certainly raised quite a few questions.

“Hah! I don’t need to explain anything!” retorted Gerald, finding it laughable that they even considered the possibility of him telling them his motive or his identity. That was simply impossible!

With that in mind, Gerald then made his move… and in the blink of an eye, the three remaining Soul Hunters found themselves dead as well. To think that they weren’t even able to find out who Gerald really was before death…

Regardless, now that all four of them were dead, Gerald began searching their bodies… and eventually, he found four Soul Hunter tokens.

As the name suggested, these tokens represented their status as Soul Hunters, and anyone who was accepted into the organization would receive one. Either way, after obtaining the tokens, Gerald kept them by his side before swiftly leaving the scene…

As for the four corpses, while someone would probably discover them the following morning, Gerald wasn’t too worried about being a suspect. After all, he had attacked them in his Avatar form, which meant that he wouldn’t have left behind any traces of physical evidence no matter what he did.

Whatever the case was, now that he had the four tokens, Gerald felt that he and his party would be able to enter the phosphorite mountain area a lot more smoothly. At the very least, the trio wouldn’t be targeted too quickly by any other Soul Hunters they bumped into.

While this was slightly underhanded, all was fair in love and war. As long as he was able to obtain the token of Demonic Blood, Gerald didn’t mind doing all this.

Regardless, Gerald quickly made his way back into his physical body—back at the hotel—before promptly falling asleep…

The next morning, all three of them awoke pretty early and after checking out, they instantly headed for their car. Once they were inside, Juno and Rey raised their heads as they heard Gerald say, “Here, take these!”

hands out… only for Gerald to hand a Soul

Rey in a

Juno in surprise as she turned to look at Gerald. Though she asked that question, she had a hunch

four Soul Hunters the night before and after dealing with them, I took their Soul Hunter tokens! With them, it’ll be much more convenient for us to enter the phosphorite mountain area since

Rey realized that Gerald had secretly taken out the competition the night before.

do you mean to say that we should pretend to be Soul Hunters since we now

able to achieve our goals right under the noses of the

gas and immediately began heading toward the

mountain area was

in the area, the locals would sell them to manufacturers who would then use the raw materials to manufacture other chemical substances. Aside from that, the phosphorite would also

rely on that place to obtain

it was a two-hour drive from Sunset Village to their destination, and by the time

just in time for lunch, Gerald then parked his car at a parking lot before leading

or invisible

ordering their food, Rey couldn’t help but whisper, “Did you two see all that phosphorite out

the locals sell them to gain extra income. Another interesting fact that I came across is that the phosphorite is supposedly unlimited. Once an area is completely excavated, more phosphorite will simply reappear after some time! It truly is magical,”

truly is! Still, if that really is the case, then we could undoubtedly become rich

and Juno could only shake their heads. As it turned out,

touch the phosphorite, you’ll surely be beaten up

locals were the rightful owner of the phosphorite and they used it to gain riches, there was no way in hell that they were going

saying!” said Rey as he chuckled

himself didn’t care much about the money. After all, he was a person who had near endless wealth, so money wasn’t really an issue for him. Besides, it wasn’t as though they were here for money in the first place.

it wasn’t long after before a group of men donning black clothes entered the restaurant they were in… and upon realizing their presence, the trio instantly put their guard up. After all, all the men who had just entered had tattoos reminiscent of the Soul

Soul Hunters,

said, “Indeed. I must say, their tattoos are a dead giveaway for people trying to

bump into other Soul Hunters

stay calm. Don’t let them

lower his head, afraid that he would mess up and make them look

the food soon came and the

before all three of them realized that the Soul Hunters were staring

whispered, “T-they’ve been looking at us this entire time,

well that panicking would

the Soul Hunters

Gerald and Rey as he looked at her while asking, “Well hello there, beauty!

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smile as he stood up the second he saw Juno signaling for

expression before arrogantly retorting, “And who the hell are you? Can’t you see that I’m

thing the Soul

unsheathing their daggers at the same time as

had expected Gerald to make the first move. Naturally, they

a reason for being

other Soul Hunters instantly bolted toward Gerald and his

Gerald wasn’t worried at all. With another force palm, Gerald sent a wave of energy toward the assailants, causing all of them to fall

room to escape, Gerald immediately grabbed onto Rey

trio dashed out of the restaurant, unable to even find the time to

to their feet and ran out of the restaurant, Gerald and his

and report this to

stealthy approach… Gerald and his party

frightened half to death earlier—was finally able to catch his breath after panting for

had regained his calmness, Rey turned to face Gerald before admiringly saying, “You really are something else, Mr. Crawford! Sending so many of them flying in

be a bit calmer in the future…” grumbled Gerald as he raised a slight eyebrow while

that, the embarrassed and awkward Rey simply lowered his head, mumbling in

topic by asking, “…Either way, what

the alerted enemies would definitely start causing them trouble in the

the shadows while they’re doing things in public, I believe we

that the leader of the Soul Hunters wouldn’t waste too much effort on three nobodies. After all, their main target

the cloaked man—whom Gerald had met the

permission to enter—as one of them reported, “We bumped into three peculiar individuals in a restaurant

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stood up as well before asking, “What do

from before then replied, “Not much, though we assume that they’re here for the token of Demonic

the trio, then report back immediately! If they attempt to get in our way, just get rid of

and clear, leader!” yelled the soul hunters in

their tents after finding

Gerald as he asked, “…Is… there a reason we’re camping out here…? Why didn’t we just book

tracking us down now, remember? Staying in a hotel would only turn

Hunter organization was here, then staying in a hotel would definitely increase their risk of being found. That, of course, would place them in an

up before saying, “I… uh… need to

toward some bushes. Since they were in the wilderness, there really was no other

prompted to say, “We’ll definitely be facing a bloody battle with the Soul Hunter organization

much of a choice. After all, if the Soul Hunters obtain the

all the ghosts in the world. With that in mind, if the Soul Hunters got their hands on

his head as he thought about it, Gerald then tried to change the topic by asking, “Speaking of which… You’re currently

replying, “I am, though I’m already at the peak stage of that realm. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to make

mind, all she could do was continue to train in hopes that she would be able to break through into the next realm. Sadly for her, she had already been training tirelessly for a few months by now, and the fact that she

I’ll definitely think of a way to help you breakthrough!” said Gerald as he smiled faintly while

He was definitely going to help her improve in the long

at that moment when both of

of them got up before running

wrong?” asked Gerald as he cautiously

put his pants on properly yet—was trembling vigorously

around to see if anything had attacked him, Gerald and Juno soon found it odd that they couldn’t find

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when they heard his quivering voice say, “I-it was so

then frowned slightly

anything around…” muttered Juno who was

sure that whatever had scared Rey wasn’t a ghost. After all, the duo couldn’t sense the presence of ghosts

I got up after doing my business, I suddenly felt a cool breeze blow past me… But… then…” muttered Rey who was now shaking so much that he couldn’t even finish his

“…Then what?” asked Gerald.

looked up… I saw a pair of bloodshot eyes staring right back at

looked up… but even after scanning around again, neither of them was able to see anything that Rey had just described. All

wasn’t a trick of your eyes? I don’t think either of us see anything like that…” asked Gerald as he looked at Rey

swear on my life, Mr. Crawford and Miss Zorn! I’m not joking around here! There really

around. Adding that to the fact that Rey was

Regardless, don’t worry, I’m here now. Nothing will happen to you! That aside…

took him a second, but when it finally set in that his boxers were in full view this entire time, Rey’s face instantly reddened as he quickly

then consoled Rey again by adding, “Alright, let’s head back to our tents first. If you need to do your business again later, I’ll

shock, this was the only way Gerald could think of that could slightly put Rey at ease. Even so, he knew that his words didn’t help much since Rey

wouldn’t help, Gerald then led Juno and

some

drink that horrible memory away!”

yet here he was. Out here on an adventure with Gerald. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was his

with his still trembling

around. While he did

alcohol, Rey appeared much more relaxed than before. At the

at Rey, Gerald then asked in a