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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1821

Looking at the crystal skull that Mario was holding onto, everyone below stage couldn’t help but cheer in awe, including Gerald and his party. After all, the four individuals hadn’t expected to find such a precious treasure out here of all places.

With the skull being so clear and dazzling, it was no wonder why it was capable of making everyone experience a special, indescribable feeling…

Whatever the case was, everyone snapped out of it when Mario cleared his throat before declaring, “Let’s start the bidding at four million! To make things clear, each bid increment shouldn’t be less than a million! With that out of the way, let the bidding begin!”

“Five million!” yelled a man as he immediately raised his hand.

“Six million!” shouted another man as he further increased the bid.

The way these people were shouting such massive numbers so eagerly could only be compared to water flowing off a waterfall. It was almost as though bidding by the million didn’t hurt them at all!

“Seven million! It’s mine!” declared a bespectacled man, almost as though he was sure that nobody would be able to top that.

Even so, this was an auction. As long as one had the money, it was a free for all. With that in mind, nobody even gave a rat’s arse about his statement.

“Can it and scram! I’m paying eight million!” scoffed a fat man as he glared at the bespectacled bidder from before.

With how quickly the numbers were rising, the crystal skull soon exceeded the ten million point. Had these people gone insane?!

“It’s… just a skull, right…? Have these people gone nuts? Do they even understand the value of money…?” exclaimed the astonished Rey.

“Heh. The rich live in a world we can never understand!” replied Gerald with a subtle smile.

While Gerald was certainly rich, he wasn’t interested in just throwing millions of dollars away just for some stupid skull. Money shouldn’t be spent that way!

By the end of it, the crystal skull ended up getting bought by the same bespectacled man at a whopping price of fifteen million!

“Congratulations, mister! With a bid of fifteen million, the crystal skull now belongs to you!” declared Mario.

The bespectacled man himself immediately began indulging himself in the admiration from the crowd. Seeing how proud and mighty the man now felt, one could say that this was what most rich people strived to feel.

Regardless, with the auction now over, Gerald turned to look at his party before saying, “Let’s go, there’s nothing else to see here!”

With that, the four then left the black market to continue wandering about the rest of the town…

Not long after, however, they came across the man—who had bought the crystal skull—again.

“Say… isn’t that the person who had bought the skull earlier, brother Gerald?” asked Rey, recognizing the bespectacled man.

Nodding in response, Gerald then watched as the man walked right past them, appearing somewhat nervous… Now why was that…?

Having a gut feeling that something interesting would happen if they followed him, Gerald then said, “…Hey, let’s sneakily follow him!”

Seeing no reason to object, the trio then began tailing after Gerald who was already ahead of them…

It wasn’t too long after before they managed to tail him all the way to a house of sorts…

After scanning his surroundings, the bespectacled man hurriedly entered the house, making sure to lock the door behind him…

“Stay here. I’m going ahead to have a look at what he’s up to!” whispered Gerald as he made a giant leap… before landing right on the house’s roof!

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Lying on his stomach, Gerald—who was careful to be quiet as he did all this on the roof—then stared into the yard… Only to see that the bespectacled man was now standing right before Mario! How unexpected!

From the looks of it, they seemed to be discussing something important…

While their meeting was already astonishing enough, what happened next truly shocked Gerald.

Eyes widened, Gerald could only stare as Mario took a dagger from his jacket and stabbed the bespectacled man right in the chest! Mario seemed to have stabbed the man right in the heart too, since the bespectacled man died almost immediately after…

As the bespectacled man flopped lifelessly to the ground, Gerald saw that his eyes were wide open, an evident sign that he wasn’t able to die in peace…

Regardless, with the man now dead, Mario then wiped it clean with a cloth that he had brought along before sliding the dagger back into his jacket…

Following that, Mario then shouted toward the house, prompting two men to come out shortly after.

“Take care of the corpse!” ordered Mario as the two men quickly nodded before stuffing the now dead bespectacled man into a sack and carrying him away…

Of course, Gerald had witnessed all this. Truth be told, he hadn’t expected Mario to be such a ruthless person. To think that he would just murder his own client right after obtaining the money… What more, the crystal skull was now his to have again! How cruel!

After seeing all this take place, Gerald was prompted to think, ‘What is even wrong with the world today… How heartless… He’s already paid for the item, just let him have it! At the very least, you could have spared his life even if you took the item by force!’

Whatever the case was, Gerald felt lucky that he hadn’t bid on the crystal skull back when he was still in the black market. After all, who knows if he could’ve potentially ended up dying like the bespectacled man…

Either way, Gerald then shook his head before returning to his party.

“Anything interesting happened…?” asked Juno curiously.

“Indeed. The bespectacled man is now dead!” replied Gerald without mincing his words.

“…Huh? But why? And how?” exclaimed Rey, astonished.

“Remember that auctioneer back at the black market? That Mario guy? He killed him!” explained Gerald as he further elaborated what he had earlier saw.

By the time Gerald was done, Rey and the others were momentarily stunned speechless. To think that Mario was actually such an evil person!

“…Since he committed the murder so efficiently… He must have done the same to all the previous clients!” said Juno.

Nodding in response, Gerald then replied, “I believe so as well. These people are making quick bucks without having any losses!”

“How obnoxious!” growled Rey.

Even so, there wasn’t really anything the four people could do. After all, the bespectacled man was already dead.

“…Regardless, let’s leave this place as soon as possible. Lingering around here is bad news!” said Gerald after a brief pause, now well aware of how evil people could get in this town.

With that, the party of four then began leaving the area…

Unfortunately, since it was already getting dark, Gerald and his party had no choice but to stay the night in town… Interestingly enough, all the accommodation places here resembled ancient inns.

After locating a rather inconspicuous inn, the four then decided to stay the night there…

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Upon entering the inn, Gerald saw the innkeeper and called out, “Evening! Any available rooms, boss? We have four people and we require two rooms!”

Looking at them, the innkeeper then asked, “Before that, where do all of you come from?”

While Gerald and his party were rightfully startled, Gerald simply smiled before replying, “We’re… From Swindawn City! We’re just here for leisure!”

Hearing that, the innkeeper then nodded before saying, “Very well, then. Here are your two room keys! Your rooms are at the end of the corridor on the second floor!”

“Appreciate it, boss!” replied Gerald as he took the keys and began leading his party upstairs.

Following the innkeeper’s directions, the group then made their way to the end of the corridor. The ladies were to sleep in the room on the left while Gerald and Rey would sleep in the right one.

Regardless, Gerald quickly locked the door behind him once he and Rey had entered.

this, but people

sleeping and keeping watch over the situation. I’ll be first to keep watch, and we can switch places

Rey, feeling much safer now that Gerald had

suddenly be heard coming

brow, Gerald then

replied the innkeeper as Gerald and Rey exchanged glances with

door, Rey then did as he

with a kettle of hot water

the innkeeper smiled at both of them, Gerald then faked a smile as he said, “My, my! How thoughtful of you to deliver hot water

tell you not to head out the inn at night… It’s not too safe out there in the dark. Try

that, Gerald and Rey exchanged glances

“Boss-”

appreciate the warning!” said Gerald as

then replied, “Good to hear! Also, if there’s anything you

the duo then watched as

confirmation that he was

what you did

be asked so bluntly, Rey.

nodding, Rey then asked, “Got it, brother Gerald. Either way… After what just happened, do you still think that the innkeeper is

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was off about the innkeeper, he simply couldn’t

I’m at least certain that there’s a problem with him. After all, I saw him constantly looking around our room earlier,

the fact that the innkeeper had told them not to leave their rooms tonight only served to make them more suspicious of him. With that in mind,

room for the moment!”

them then walked out

asked earlier.

youth as Juno opened the door a few

that Rey was there as well, Juno was prompted to ask, “Is… something

room, only to see that Yrsa herself

then got straight to the point as

and I feel that the innkeeper is a little off. With that in mind, we’d like you two to come sleep in our room later. We’ll just leave this room empty for the night,” said

bait to test the

better myself,” replied Gerald

up first then! We’ll head

Gerald and Rey then went back to their room

later when Juno and Yrsa came over as

all, if the innkeeper truly was a despicable and lusty person, then having the two girls sleep in their own room was definitely

was a strong cultivator, none of them could say for sure that

were here, Gerald then said, “Alright, you girls sleep on the bed while Rey and I sleep on the table. In case you’re worrying about a midnight attack, Rey and I will be taking turns keeping watch the entire night. If anything happens, we’ll surely alert

and Rey then sat on the

asleep… This was going to be a long night

and not a single sound could be heard… It was honestly a bit

silence was what eventually gave away the tapping

at their room door, Gerald and Rey were now fully

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through the peephole… and almost immediately after, his eyes widened when he realized that the innkeeper was standing right

what appeared to be some kind of incense out from his pocket, Gerald watched as the innkeeper then lit it before placing it by Juno’s door…

quickly backed away when he realized that the innkeeper was now walking toward

point, Juno and the

reactions, Juno couldn’t help but whisper, “…What’s

over his mouth, Gerald then took a towel before cupping his mouth

Gerald was trying to relay, the others got their own towels and

seeping into the room through the bottom of the door… Had Gerald not opened the window, the room would’ve been filled with smoke in

The innkeeper really did have vile intentions… After

Otherwise,

Gerald peered through the peephole again after a short

Gerald as to why he just left like that. After all, he had already gone through the trouble of doing

headed to the bed before lying down… and right after that, he freed his soul from his

Gerald was having an out-of-body experience, causing him to instantly widen his eyes in shock when Gerald

was about to check on Gerald, Juno raised

Gerald was doing this on purpose. With that in mind, he then returned to

going to get to the bottom of what vile things the innkeeper had planned if it was the

all the way to Juno’s initial room! Of course, none of the men could see or even detect Gerald’s presence in his

clean out with my bewitching incense!” said the

as he nodded in satisfaction, prompting the innkeeper to

was open,

found themselves stunned when they realized that

are they?” asked the flabbergasted Mr.

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That… That’s impossible! I’m sure they were in this

me?” growled the clearly pissed off Mr. Panther as he

pranking you, Mr. Panther! I swear on

he was suddenly flung out of the room by what appeared to be a sudden strong gust of wind! In truth, the ‘wind’ was, in fact, Gerald, who had just rushed toward Mr. Panther and grabbed the man

duo could only stare in confusion,

a sickening snap could be

on Juno and Yrsa, there was no way he was ever going

innkeeper and the other man instantly began panicking as they attempted to run for their lives! Sadly for

after them, Gerald then easily kicked

man instantaneously died from the kick, the terror-stricken innkeeper was

lying on the ground, the innkeeper was so frightened that he barely registered that his

began begging for mercy as he knelt on the ground. To be quite frank, Gerald found the man’s pitiful crying

in mind, Gerald then stood before the innkeeper before suddenly making himself

into the confused and terrified innkeeper’s eyes, Gerald then said, “I knew something was wrong with you… I’m glad I trusted my gut! Regardless, do share with me what you were planning to do

terrifying, so

he wasn’t about to let the innkeeper

then lifted the unconscious man up before

entrance as tightly as possible to ensure that nobody would find out about what had happened

bolted back to his physical body… causing

you end up passing out all of a sudden?” asked

that Rey didn’t know about his out-of-body capabilities, Gerald

that only made Rey feel even more confused about all this. Even so, since Gerald wasn’t willing to tell him about it now, he believed that there was a

out and have a look around now!” said

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them were greeted by the sight of the innkeeper tied to a chair, his lowered head making it evident that he

him, brother Gerald…?” asked

Gerald then smiled faintly as he replied, “He’s just passed out from shock,

water before splashing

up, the innkeeper’s expression turned fearful as he

he received a tight slap on his left

worked.

able to realize that Gerald had done the deed earlier. With that in mind, the innkeeper could only ask

was slightly pleased. After all, the fact that the innkeeper didn’t know that he

waste too much time with him. With that, he glared at the innkeeper before asking, “Before that… Tell us,

his head, clearly not daring

Mark my words, you’ll talk sooner or later!” sneered Gerald rather excitedly as he

wide-eyed at the sword, the innkeeper could help but gulp before meekly saying, “I-I’ll talk…! Just don’t hurt me…! Look, Mr. Panther and I are partners! He started this inn and I’m responsible for managing it! Every time someone stays at the inn, I’ve to inform him about it! With that done, what usually follows is that I’ll use my bewitching incense to make the customers fall into a deep slumber… And when they wake up, they’ll find themselves under his control! By that

for Mr. Panther and the innkeeper, they hadn’t anticipated having to deal with Gerald and his party… As a result, Mr. Panther ended up

case was, Rey then stepped forward, glaring at the innkeeper as