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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1871

Nodding in response, Harold then hung up before stepping on the gas as they sped to the crime scene.

As Gerald had earlier told Rey, instead of being the perpetrator, Lord Van Tage was simply another victim. From what he could currently deduce, Lord Van Tage must have encountered something terrible with Fay which led to both of them being targeted and eventually killed…

While Gerald had successfully predicted that Lord Van Tage would end up dying next, he was unfortunately a bit too late to prevent his death…

Regardless, the trio soon arrived at Lord Van Tage’s home… The Elysian Labyrinth.

Since it was well known that this was Lord Van Tage’s home and he already had a cult following, it was no surprise that several people were already there, looking immensely shocked. After all, hovering right under one of the house’s beams, was Lord Van Tage’s lifeless body!

For a bit of backstory, after graduating from university, Lord Van Tage had dedicated his life to researching the field of psychology. While his rise to fame was simply by chance, once people started coming to him for consultations and tests, they never stopped seeking his help. And just like that, he became a celebrity on social media.

After getting so used to his presence, it truly was shocking to find out that Lord Van Tage would end up dying in his own home of all places…

Moving back to Gerald and his party, after approaching the crime scene, Harold turned to look at his subordinate—who had just walked up to the trio—before asking with a serious tone, “What’s the situation like?”

“Well, according to the witness’ descriptions, Lord Van Tage had simply been conducting another of his many consultations earlier when all of a sudden, he began floating! The witnesses could only stare in horror as he squeezed his own neck till he eventually died of strangulation!” reported the subordinate.

Harold was rightfully stunned after hearing that. To think that something that terrifying could happen in the real world…!

As for Gerald, he went ahead and stood right beneath the hovering corpse before looking around… Even so, he simply couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

“Find anything, brother Gerald…?” asked the confused Rey.

“…Well, for starters, this place is brimming with feminine aura, just like Fay’s place. In other words, I’m pretty sure the culprit is the same individual,” replied Gerald.

“I see… Still, don’t you find all this a bit too bizarre, brother Gerald…? Who in the right mind would strangle themselves to death…?” muttered the bewildered Rey.

Frowning slightly as he narrowed his eyes, Gerald then replied, “Not him, that’s for sure. I’ll be frank and say that from what I can gather, a ghost must have possessed him! How and why else would he strangle himself to death! Still, no ordinary ghost could’ve done this!”

Feeling a chill run down his spine, Rey then quickly held onto his neck before fearfully stuttering, “A-are you saying that that very ghost could be observing us at this moment…?”

“Negative. I can’t sense its presence,” comforted Gerald, prompting Rey to breathe a sigh of relief. Still, Rey couldn’t help but feel goosebumps all over when he thought about how ghosts could secretly be observing him at all times…

Shortly after, Harold walked over to the duo before asking, “Find anything out of the ordinary, Mr. Crawford?”

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“From what I’ve managed to gather up till this point, the killer was never a human, but instead, a grudgeful ghost!”

“…Come again? A grudgeful ghost? Are you absolutely sure, Mr. Crawford? This isn’t exactly a minor case,” replied Harold in a slightly doubtful tone.

Truth be told, Harold didn’t really believe in ghosts. However, with so many supernatural occurrences happening before his very eyes, what other choice did he have but to believe?

“Since you’ve hired me to solve the case, you’ll just have to trust me, Mr. Lee. Regardless, I promise you that I, Gerald Crawford, never lie about things like this! If you still refuse to believe me, however, then let’s not continue wasting each other’s time,” replied Gerald as he immediately turned around to leave.

If his judgment wasn’t going to be trusted, then he may as well just leave.

Quickly stopping Gerald from leaving, Harold then sighed before saying, “You misunderstand me, Mr. Crawford! I’m not doubting your capabilities at all! However, do keep in mind that this case is getting a bit out of hand now. I need something a little more… Convincing to calm everyone, if you know what I mean…”

“Mr. Lee, I assure you one hundred percent that ghosts are among us. Regardless, if I’m staying then let’s not waste any time arguing about their existence. The main focus now should be to capture the grudgeful ghost before it causes any more trouble!” declared Gerald in a serious tone.

“…Yes, yes… You’re absolutely right! Fine then, I place my trust in you, Mr. Crawford! With that said… What should we do next?” asked Harold.

“For now, I suggest that you and your men head back first while I remain here with my disciple. Call it a hunch, but I believe that the grudgeful ghost still has some unfinished business here. With that in mind, it will surely return tonight!” replied Gerald.

Upon hearing that, Harold simply agreed. Since he had chosen to trust Gerald, he believed that Gerald had a plan. Besides, Gerald was the expert in the supernatural here, so who was he to question his decisions?

With that, Harold and his men soon left the building…

By that point, the crowd from before had dispersed—since it wasn’t like there was anyone to give them advice anymore anyway—, and the Elysian Labyrinth was promptly cordoned off…

To pass the time, Gerald and Rey simply remained in their car outside the dead man’s home.

Once night came, Rey couldn’t help but ask, “…Are you really sure that we’ll see the ghost tonight, brother Gerald…?”

“Putting it simply, all ghosts instinctually feel the need to return to crime scenes involving them. Adding that to the fact that night is usually the most active time for ghosts, I’m pretty sure that the grudgeful ghost will make a return!” replied Gerald.

With how confident Gerald sounded, Rey was inclined to believe that Gerald must be right.

Seeing that Rey had asked, Gerald took his phone out to check the time… Apparently, it was already ten.

Nodding as he slid his phone back into his pocket, Gerald then said, “Alright, let’s make our move!”

Following that, the duo left the car before stealthily making their way to the Elysian Labyrinth’s entrance…

Just as Rey was about to open the door, however, Gerald suddenly called out in a hushed tone, “Hold it!”

As Rey turned around to look at Gerald, wondering what was wrong, he couldn’t help but furrow his brows as Gerald placed his hand on Rey’s forehead.

The truth was, Gerald was currently transmitting some power into Rey…

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“…What… exactly are you doing, brother Gerald…?” asked the confused Rey.

“I’m transferring some power into you so that you’ll be able to see ghosts like me from now on. However, be warned that these evil spirits can be much scarier and more vicious than you could ever imagine. With that in mind, I advise you to steel your will!” explained Gerald.

Since this was going to be Rey’s first time seeing a real evil spirit, Gerald knew that the experience could be quite unnerving. With that, he made sure to tell Rey to prepare himself in hopes that his disciple wouldn’t end up just wetting his pants and fainting on the spot…

“Got it, brother Gerald! I’ll be sure to keep myself in check!” replied Rey, determination in his eyes.

Nodding in response, Gerald then led the way into the Elysian Labyrinth…

Once inside, Gerald quickly summoned the Astrabyss Sword before saying, “Spirit Summoning Spell!”

Following that, he began changing an incantation of sorts to summon any nearby ghosts. Once the spell was successfully completed, any spirits lingering around would instantly be compelled to head to the Elysian Labyrinth…

This was also the reason why Gerald had emphasized so much on Rey steeling his spirit earlier. After all, neither of them knew what kinds of ghosts would show up.

Regardless, with the completion of the spell, Gerald and Rey then waited there in silence…

However, it wasn’t long before a chilling breeze blew on the back of Rey’s neck, causing shivers to run down his entire body!

“B-brother Gerald…” whimpered Rey.

Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly swung the Astrabyss Sword at the evil spirit that had manifested right behind Rey!

Rey himself quickly turned back to look at what Gerald was attacking… only to find his eyes widening in shock when he saw an evil spirit with a tiny face glaring at him! While the tiny face glowed a dark blue, the spirit’s eyes were a bloody red, making the evil spirit all the more terrifying to look at!

Realizing that Rey was so scared that he couldn’t even breathe right, Gerald quickly yanked his disciple to his back before yelling, “Stay behind me! I’ll deal with it!”

Now that Rey was in a safe position, Gerald leaped forward to strike at the spirit again!

allow itself to get hit that easily. Quickly morphing into a

to give it that chance. Extending his arm, Gerald then yelled,

his Soul Chain was summoned and it quickly wrapped around

Gerald, resulting in the chain forcefully dragging the now angered and roaring spirit

escape a cultivator’s grasp, evil spirit?” mocked Gerald in a disdainful

just calmed down—quickly walked over to Gerald’s side… only to feel his heart skip a beat once more when he saw how truly horrifying the evil spirit

don’t worry too much about it. After all, this is just the first of many, and the more spirits you see, the

enough to handle this much, and that made Gerald feel rather satisfied. After all, he of all people knew that adapting to such horrifying spirits took time, so Gerald wasn’t about to force Rey to

nodding in response, Rey then muttered, “Um… Brother Gerald… about that

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that Rey was looking at the evil spirit, Gerald then replied, “I’ll

the Phangrottom Talisman out… and upon waving it before the evil spirit,

until eventually, it was reduced into nothing but ash… And just like that, Gerald

to the Phangrottom Talisman, dealing with spirits was no longer

exorcised the evil spirit. To think that the

truly incredible, brother Gerald!” exclaimed

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why people even risked their lives just to obtain the talisman. Even so, in the end, the talisman could only ever belong to

dealt with, Gerald was prompted

and not too long after, their car

lit and the atmosphere there was as tense as ever… After all, Harold and his men had anxiously been waiting for Gerald and Rey to

out, one of Harold’s subordinates—who had been stationed in front of the building to report the

Harold instantly got to his feet and

Rey there, he quickly greeted them before asking with an expectant look on his face,

replied, “I’ve already exorcised the evil spirit, Mr. Lee. Everything’s

Lee immediately heaved a sigh of relief before nodding. By this point, he fully

we’ll

course! Again, we’re extremely grateful for all your help, Mr. Crawford!” replied Harold as he personally

after the duo left when

case has been solved…? Just like that…? I mean, not to be rude, but the idea of ghosts existing…” muttered one of Harold’s subordinates now that Gerald and Rey had

doubtful. After all, anyone would feel skeptical

the same plane as they did. Just because they couldn’t

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Gerald and Rey returned home to get Juno and Yrsa out

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but exclaim, “Wow! To think that

he pretty much had no

without finding out about this place? Your university life was

embarrassment before replying, “Still, that just

simply rolled their eyes in response. None

stall’s owner walked over with a menu, a smile on her face as she said, “Welcome, welcome! There’s a discount on everything today, so make sure you choose whatever

that, Rey instantly exclaimed, “Really? Then I’m ordering lots then, brother Gerald! After all, I won’t be the

then laughed before grabbing the menu, Gerald simply shook his head at

of cash to spare, so treating his party wasn’t really a big

the food—that Rey ordered—arrived ten minutes later, the amount was staggering, to say

quite a bit, Rey! Can we even finish all this?” asked

my appetite, Miss Zorn!” replied Rey as

to even respond to that, Juno simply shook

that, all four of them began eating their

down his food, Gerald couldn’t help but laugh as he said, “Rey, the food’s not going anywhere! Why are you eating

at Gerald with his cheeks still stuffed with food, Rey then chewed a little before replying, “I can’t help it, brother Gerald! We haven’t eaten the

Gerald then said, “You barely care about your

be an insult, it was a compliment in Gerald’s book. Essentially, he was saying that Rey wasn’t a pretentious person, and such people were very easy to get

longer, Juno couldn’t help but ask, “Speaking of which… What’s

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and they were mostly done with their meals anyway, it was high time to discuss

new place. If things work out, we’ll have our own established company that deals with psychic matters. That way, people will know where to

he established a company that specialized in dealing with the paranormal, those

with the gates to the ghost world now open, more incidents like this would surely happen, which further prompted Gerald to give serious

way, after listening to Gerald’s suggestion, the trio immediately nodded without the

excellent idea, Gerald!” said Juno as she looked at

you think so. Speaking of which, Rey, Yrsa. Both of you will have to start your formal training soon! Juno and I will be training you separately, and once you’re ready, we’ll start sending you out to fight real battles. With that in mind, both

two disciples exchanged glances

as he replied, “Got it, brother Gerald!

After all, he was rather keen to learn about the many ways of

slightly frightened earlier—due to it being his first time properly seeing an evil spirit—he had to admit that the experience

finished their meals, loud crashing noises—that were quite close by—immediately caught

to face the source of the sound, the group saw a rather intimidating-looking gang armed with wooden bats slowly making their way toward them.

the scene instantly caused Gerald and his party members to frown. To

was already packing

finished eating yet!” asked Rey as he looked

the stall owner in a hasty tone as finished packing up and prepared to push her cart

those people…? And why are you so

gang

response, the stall owner quickly replied, “They’re from the Hoklux gang, and they run illegal protection rackets around here! I can’t say any more than that, so please, just

continue pushing her cart away, an angry

the gang quickly rushed forward

by the bat-wielding men, the stall owner and her

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man walked up to the woman before scoffing, “Planning on

we just run a small business…! We really don’t have any money to give you…!” replied the stall owner in a

cr*p!” sneered the scarred man before slapping

ended up staggering two steps back before having to lean

yelled the woman’s daughter as she immediately

she glared at the scarred man before shouting, “You utter b*stard…! To think that you’d

boss? She’s quite a looker!” sneered the scarred man, a malicious smile on his face as he walked over

to do?!” shouted the poor girl as she attempted to break herself free of his grip. Sadly, she was far

upon seeing that he wasn’t planning on releasing her daughter,

man before pleading, “Please, Big Brother…! Just leave her be…! I’ll

sinisterly after hearing that, the scarred man then replied, “Hah! I don’t want your money anymore! Instead, why don’t you and your daughter just follow me and be my servants? I’ll make sure

that this despicable man preferred women over money, and he now had his eyes

duo knew that they weren’t going to

eventually proposed, “…Big Brother, how about this… Leave my daughter be and

the scarred man in a rage. Since they dared to resist him—despite the fact that he had been ‘courteous’

order, his underlings immediately rushed forward and began dragging both the stall owner

dared to step in.

sudden, a masculine voice yelled out, “Stop right

source of the voice… And standing there while pointing at the scarred man,

Who the hell even are you? Look, just finish your meal and

man on this planet who would dare bully two innocent women with his group of hooligans!” scoffed

Gerald, Rey, and Juno could only stare wide-eyed at Rey. After all, none of them had expected him, of

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