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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!”

both of them then extended their hands out… only for Gerald to hand a Soul Hunter token to

Rey

Hunter tokens? But how? And why would you have these?” exclaimed Juno in surprise as she turned to look at Gerald. Though she asked that question, she had a hunch as to

them, it’ll be much more convenient for us to enter the phosphorite mountain area since we won’t easily be found out by the other Soul Hunters. With any luck, we’ll be able to keep our identities concealed

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

mean to say that we should pretend to be Soul Hunters since we now have their tokens?”

If all goes well, we should be able to achieve our goals right

gas and immediately began heading toward the phosphorite mountain

mountain area was quite famous in

much phosphorite there was in the area, the locals would sell them to manufacturers who would then use the raw materials to manufacture other chemical substances.

would rely on

it was a two-hour drive from Sunset Village to their

time for lunch, Gerald then parked his car at a parking lot before leading Rey and

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

is that the phosphorite is supposedly unlimited. Once an area is completely excavated, more phosphorite will simply reappear after some time!

really is the case, then we could undoubtedly become rich just by relying

that, Gerald and Juno could only shake their heads. As it turned out, Rey was simply thinking more

me to remind you that you’re an outsider, Rey. If you even dare touch the phosphorite, you’ll surely be beaten

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

as he chuckled in response

person who had near endless wealth, so money wasn’t really an issue for him. Besides, it

the trio instantly put their guard up. After all, all the men who had just entered had

tattoos… They’re Soul Hunters,

must say, their tattoos are a dead giveaway for

bump into other Soul Hunters here of all

them find you suspicious!” added

Juno quickly nodded. Rey even made sure to lower his head, afraid that he would

soon came and the three of them quickly

before all three of them realized that the Soul Hunters were staring in their direction. What more, they

he whispered, “T-they’ve been looking at us this entire time, Mr. Crawford…! Have we been discovered? What

calm!” replied Gerald as he glared at Rey, knowing full well that panicking would only

dismay, they soon watched as one of the Soul Hunters got up

Hunter completely ignored both Gerald and Rey as he looked at her while asking, “Well hello there, beauty! What are you

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some minor business, mister!” replied Gerald with a subtle smile as he stood up the second he

bleak expression before arrogantly retorting, “And who the hell are you? Can’t you see that I’m talking to her? Do you think any of this concerns

and the next thing the Soul Hunter knew, he

got up, unsheathing their daggers at the same time as they glared at

make the first move. Naturally, they hadn’t anticipated him to be

for

that, the other Soul Hunters instantly bolted toward Gerald and

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

Gerald immediately grabbed onto Rey

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

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

Hurry and report this to the leader!” yelled the leader

Gerald and his party had

breath after panting for so long. He truly hadn’t expected Gerald to just fight the other party right

now that he had regained his calmness, Rey turned to face Gerald before admiringly saying, “You really are something else,

you please be a bit calmer in the future…” grumbled

that, the embarrassed and awkward Rey simply lowered his

that in mind, she tried to switch the topic by asking, “…Either way, what should we do now, Gerald? The Soul Hunters are definitely going to go after

created, the alerted enemies would definitely start

our identities for now! As long as we remain in the shadows while they’re

Hunters wouldn’t waste too much effort on three

had met the day

one of them reported, “We bumped into three peculiar individuals in a restaurant today, leader! We know that at least one of them

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cloaked man stood up as well before asking, “What do we

replied, “Not much, though we assume that they’re here

on. If you discover the trio, then report back immediately! If they attempt to get in our way, just get rid of them!” ordered the cloaked

and clear, leader!” yelled the soul

after finding

help but look at Gerald as he asked, “…Is… there a reason we’re camping out here…?

Soul Hunters are tracking us down now, remember? Staying

registered Gerald’s logic. After all, if everyone from the Soul Hunter organization was here, then staying in a hotel would

stood up before saying, “I…

they were in the wilderness, there really was no

was prompted to say, “We’ll definitely be facing a bloody battle with

before replying, “I know. However, we don’t really have much of a choice. After all, if the Soul Hunters obtain the token, then everything will surely

all, the token of Demonic Blood could be used to control all the ghosts in the world. With that in mind, if the Soul Hunters got their hands on it,

the topic by asking, “Speaking of which… You’re currently at the

in response, Juno then sighed before replying, “I am, though I’m already at the

easy, and Juno simply didn’t have the talent that Gerald had. With that in 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

a way to help you breakthrough!” said Gerald as he smiled faintly while

that, Juno then nodded, placing her full belief in Gerald. He was definitely going to help

that moment when both of them suddenly

got up before running

as he cautiously scanned the

their shock, Rey—who hadn’t even put his pants on properly yet—was trembling vigorously

soon found it odd that

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back to Rey when they heard his

Rey’s fearful expression, Gerald then frowned slightly as he asked, “What is?

be anything around…” muttered Juno

scared Rey wasn’t a ghost. After all, the

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.

turned around and looked up… I saw a pair of bloodshot eyes staring right back at me…!

scanning around again, neither of them was able to see

of us see anything like that…” asked

life, Mr. Crawford and Miss Zorn! I’m not

around. Adding that to the fact that Rey was

will happen to you! That aside… Pull up your

him a second, but when it finally set in that his boxers were in full view this entire time,

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

only way Gerald could think of that could slightly put Rey at ease. Even so, he knew that his words didn’t

for any longer definitely wouldn’t help, Gerald then led Juno and

out some warm alcohol and poured

Let’s drink that horrible memory

graduate. Due to that, he barely had any experience with the real world, yet here he was. Out here on an adventure with Gerald. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was his responsibility to take care of Rey since he was the one who dragged

took the cup with his still trembling hands before

couldn’t help but feel slightly worried that the ghost was still lingering around. While he did do a quick scan through the area, it was far

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

Gerald then asked in a concerned tone, “Feeling