The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1891

“Negative, you just stay here this time. I’ll be heading there with Yann!” replied Gerald as he looked at the trio.

“But… Mr. Crawford-“

“Look, I know you want to come with me to see and learn more of the world, Rey, but not this time. After all, none of us know what dangers await us at Mount Dakriont. There are simply too many risks involved! With that in mind, please just stay here and train with Miss Zorn for the moment!” replied Gerald before Rey could even finish his sentence. In the end, Rey was still an ordinary person, which meant that his capabilities were vastly different compared to Gerald’s. With that in mind, Gerald had only said all that earlier since he truly was worried for Rey’s sake.

Besides, staying here to train with Juno would undoubtedly be more beneficial to Rey. By taking the time to properly train and learn about being a cultivator, Rey would definitely be able to solve problems together with Gerald—instead of simply being a sidekick—in the future.

Regardless, understanding where Gerald was coming from, Rey knew that it was best for him to simply agree.

Either way, once Rey agreed, Gerald turned to face Juno before adding, “As you may already have guessed, I’ll be leaving everything in the office to you, Juno. If there’s anything you’re unsure about while I’m gone, we can discuss it once I return!”

Nodding in response, Juno then replied, “Roger that! Don’t worry about me!”

Juno, for one, didn’t mind Gerald’s delegation of tasks. After all, it was the only way she would be able to support him.

“V’ll take your word for it! Now then… both of you! Continue your training! As for Juno… I’d like to speak to you in private for a bit…” said Gerald, prompting Rey and Yrsa to resume training and Juno to walk over to the side with the youth.

Once they were out of earshot, Juno couldn’t help but ask, “…Gerald… are you really sure that you’re going to cooperate with the Sun Group…? I personally don’t think they’re all that reliable…!” Smiling subtly in response, Gerald knew where Juno’s worries were coming from. Even so, he simply shook his head before replying, “Don’t worry, those from the Sun Group won’t be able to even touch me. Regardless, I’m heading there in the first place to search for an important thing… Remember that picture of a lady that we’ve been trying to track down all this time? I have a hunch that it’s going to appear at Mount Dakriont! With that in mind, I need to head there to see for myself!”

“I see… Still, do be careful… Those from the Sun Group definitely have hidden agendas…” muttered the concerned Juno.

Simply nodding in response, Gerald then smiled as he gently patted her on the back…

At that moment, Gerald’s phone began ringing. It was a call from Yann…

Already having a pretty good guess that Yann was calling to tell him that the departure time had been decided, Gerald simply stared at the phone for a few seconds before eventually picking it up and saying, “Hello? Yes, Yann?”

“Ah, there you are, Gerald. Tye’s updated me on the departure time. We have to be at the highway entrance by nine tomorrow morning!” replied Yann.

“Got it. See you there before nine, then!” said Gerald before hanging up.

“Tomorrow morning? You’re heading off so soon, Gerald…2” asked the surprised Juno.

“Indeed. From the looks of it, those from the Sun Group simply can’t wait any longer!” replied Gerald. “Well, I suppose that’s that. Regardless, again, please be careful out there…!” said Juno with a sigh, not wanting to nag any further…

Soon enough, night fell and by then, Gerald had pretty much packed everything that he needed. While he had only packed four sets of clothes, the rest of his luggage consisted of equipment that he would possibly use during the journey.

After all, nobody knew what hurdles they would encounter during the journey, so all Gerald could do was prepare everything relevant that he could think of so that he wouldn’t regret being underprepared halfway through the journey…

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Regardless, since he made sure to pack early, Gerald was able to turn in earlier that night. After all, the more rest he got, the better shape he would be once he got up…

It was early morning by the time he finally got up again, and after a simple breakfast, Gerald then patted his backpack before driving off to the highway’s entrance…

It was nine sharp when Gerald finally met up with Yann, Tye, and the others. Just as they were about to greet each other, aloud ‘bump’ could suddenly be heard coming from Gerald’s car trunk, followed by a loud, “F*ck!”

Raising a slight brow, Gerald—along with several others—immediately went over to investigate… And upon opening the trunk, Gerald was shocked to see Rey lying inside, his arms wrapped around a luggage bag! “What are you doing here, Rey?” asked the rightfully stunned Gerald.

Chuckling awkwardly in response, Rey then sheepishly grinned as he said, “I… well, I just really wanted to come along! So please let me come with you…!”

“What monkey business is this? Return to Juno’s side!” scowled Gerald, causing Rey to momentarily fall silent.

However, after a short while, Rey stared at Gerald with puppy dog eyes before pleading, “…Please…?”

Upon seeing how pitifully Rey was begging, Gerald could only facepalm as he sighed before saying, “Oh, what the hell… Since you’re already here anyway… Fine, you can come along!”

“T-thank you, Mr. Crawford!” exclaimed the excited Rey.

“Who exactly is this, Mr. Crawford…2” asked Tye in a curious tone.

“Ah, he’s my disciple, Chairman Lamano… He goes by Rey!” introduced Gerald.

Upon hearing that, Tye instantly found himself feeling more comfortable as he replied with a smile, “Your disciple, you say? Well, let’s go together, then! Who knows, your bond could make you stronger!”

Hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but glare at Rey again before signaling for Rey to follow him into Yann’s car.

Only three cars were going to be driven for this journey, and Gerald’s wasn’t one of them. Instead, it was simply left behind in a parking lot.

Regardless, only three people were in Yann’s car, with Yann naturally being the driver. Sitting beside him was Gerald, which meant that Rey was the only one sitting in the back…

None of them said a word during the first half of the journey. Eventually, however, the nervous Rey mustered up the courage to mutter, “P-please don’t stay mad at me, Mr. Crawford… I know I’ve done wrong…!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald—who had his eyes clothes up till this point—reopened his eyes before fishing his phone out…

“Hello? What’s wrong, Gerald?” asked Juno on the other end of the line, sounding relatively surprised that Gerald had called out of the blue.

Rey himself grew increasingly worried when he realized that Gerald had just called Juno…

“Nothing much, I just wanted to inform you that in the end, I’ve decided to bring Rey along!”

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Naturally, that statement made both Juno and Rey rather surprised. Even so, Juno was quick to recover and simply went with it.

Rey himself hadn’t expected Gerald to take his side instead of ratting him out.

With that, after Gerald ended the call, Rey couldn’t help but look at Gerald for a while before muttering, “Um… Mr. Crawford-“

“There’s no need to say anything. You’re already here anyway so let’s just make the most of it. Regardless, please hold your tongue as much as possible once we get there. And please listen to my orders if I give any to you!” replied Gerald, not even waiting for Rey’s sentence to finish.

“G-got it, Mr. Crawford! Don’t worry, I’ll be extremely obedient!” declared Rey as he nodded rapidly.

At that moment, Yann—who was still driving—couldn’t help but smile as he said, “You know, you have a rather fine disciple, Gerald. After all, he’s worried enough about you to sneak over!”

“Hah! He’s just someone who makes me worry all the time!” scowled Gerald in a playful tone.

Realizing that Gerald was grinning, Rey—at the very least—knew that Gerald wasn’t angry with him anymore. With that, Rey couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief as he embarrassedly scratched the back of his head.

Truth be told, Rey very much preferred gaining knowledge of the world by participating in adventures with Gerald rather than simply training indoors. While it was true that danger was aplenty out in the open world, Rey truly believed that adventuring was the best way for him to gain more experience. Whatever the case was, since even Yann was now talking, Gerald figured that it was as good a time as any to introduce Rey to him.

“Speaking of which, this man goes by Yann, Rey. You can choose to address him as Mr. Williams or Brother Yann,” said Gerald.

“A pleasure to meet you, Brother Yann! My name is Rey!” replied Rey with a smile.

“Got it!” said Yann before chuckling in response.

how long should it take for us to get to Mount Dakriont…?”

even reply, Rey beat him to it by saying, “I’ve already checked the route in advance, Mr.

system. Rey himself had keyed in Mount Dakriont as their destination the

to take quite a while…

wasn’t much else to do in the car for six hours,

now. Regardless, upon realizing that the two had dozed off so quickly, Yann could only chuckle in a slightly bitter tone. After all, being the driver, he couldn’t exactly rest like the duo. Thankfully, he was used to driving for much longer, so he knew he

when Gerald and the others finally

Mount Dakriont was also famous for how spacious it was. This was made evident by the fact

minimum. After all, it was a well-known fact that

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parking the car, Gerald and the others immediately headed to the ticket counter to officially enter Mount Dakriont. While a single ticket cost sixty dollars, Tye was the one paying, so

thing the group did was to find a

along—to replenish their energy—Tye cleared his throat before saying, “Alright, listen up, everyone. We’ll be staying the night here, but

before night came, and traveling in darkness was never a good idea. Aside from obviously being more dangerous, one could easily lose their bearings as well. With that in mind, it was objectively a better choice

stay the night in. Naturally, lodging was never going to be cheap in this place. Adding that to the fact that the

Gerald, and Rey were grouped together to stay in one of the cabin’s rooms. Upon entering that room, Rey immediately suggested, “Alright, Mr. Crawford and Brother Yann, how about

no need for that. You can take

“But, Mr. Crawford-“

Rey knew he had no choice but to give in. While he didn’t say it, Rey honestly felt touched. Gerald really was too nice to

trio finally decided to hit the hay, they received sufficient rest and were awoken by the chirping of birds at the start of dawn… By the time Gerald and his party went downstairs—all packed up and ready—, they saw that Tye and the others were already waiting

good sleep?” asked Tye with

you to ask, Chairman Lamano! We had a pretty good sleep, at least I did,” replied Gerald in

on the map, Tye then said, “Alright, we’re currently here. Our first stop will be the Officer Viewing Deck which is about five miles from where we

of the map. Gerald himself could only hope that they would be able to deal with any issues that arose during their

check—to see if they had everything

Yann could only stare speechlessly at Rey who seemed to be photographing just about everything. Was that boy here

couldn’t help but

get a chance

or

I, for one, appreciate his liveliness since all there is out here

least two hours were needed before the group would be able to cover five miles and finally arrive at the Officer

was almost noon by the time the group

here to enjoy the view, many centuries ago. While that was the formal name of the viewing deck, it was

others before saying, “Alright everyone, we’ve arrived! Let’s take a short break

others seemed to agree, Gerald, on the other hand, walked toward Tye before asking, “Could I please have a look at the map, Chairman Lamano?” Though he was surprised to hear that request, Tye handed the map to

you!” replied Gerald before immediately

Mr. Crawford…?” asked

before saying, “Well, after looking through the map, I feel that we could’ve arrived at our destination sooner if we didn’t take the path to the Officer Viewing Deck. After all, from this point on, all that awaits us are rough mountain roads, and I can assure you

at the map… And true to what Gerald had said, they could’ve arrived at their

me if I’m wrong, Mr. Crawford, but are you suggesting that we go all the way back to where we started

suggestion. Naturally, you’re the one who will make the final call. That’s all

not been for the fact that Yann was cooperating with them, Gerald would’ve simply brought Yann and Rey

as Tye watched Gerald reunite with his party, Tye himself began pondering what Gerald had just said. While it was true that they could technically arrive at their destination faster

picked. So what if it was a little further away? The important thing was for

journey. However, it wasn’t

help but mutter, “Isn’t the weather changing a bit

a low rumble could be heard emanating from the sky, prompting the

realizing that he shouldn’t have jinxed it, Rey simply lowered his head,

diverted everyone’s attention from Rey by saying, “Regardless, let’s focus on finding someplace to escape

recipe for disaster… Thankfully, the group soon found

couldn’t help but exclaim, “Holy! This

words, a few hundred people could probably fit in

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come over! Hurry and have a look at all this!” called out one of Tye’s men

the source of the voice… and soon enough, they all widened their eyes in

of sorts could be seen glimmering beautifully… What more, all sorts of natural jades

as he rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He had never seen such pure and natural- looking

else there. To think that such a wondrous place existed here of all

out of it, everyone immediately began

time to notice that one of Tye’s men had taken out

well where this was going, Gerald immediately yelled, “Stop!” Hearing Gerald’s voice—and realizing that the command was directed toward him—, the man then raised a brow as he glared at Gerald while asking, “… What?

jades or jadeites! They belong to

scowled the man before aiming his

his advice wasn’t getting through, Gerald immediately bolted toward the man, hoping that he could stop him in time! Unfortunately, Gerald was just a

that, the entire cave began quivering! Gerald had had a gut feeling that something bad would happen if someone tried to take any of

the cave was shaking, everyone

the cave, a massive stone suddenly came crashing down, completely

was swell. Everyone

way over to the man that had caused all this before punching him right in

aimed their weapons at Gerald!

before narrowing his eyes at Tye while asking, “…Correct me if I’m wrong, Chairman Lamano, but

blue, he had to admit that he really had

that he was the one in the wrong, Tye

men reluctantly kept their weapons again, Tye smiled subtly toward Gerald while saying, “Mr. Crawford… I truly hope that we can cooperate

knew where Tye was coming from, what was the point of only saying all

the case was, they needed to find a way to leave

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replying, “…Fine. Regardless, if you wish to leave this place safely, I implore you to tell your subordinates to be

himself extremely clear this time, Gerald then turned around without saying another word. Whether or not Tye decided to listen was

find another exit—, Tye couldn’t help but glare at the man who had caused all this. Had he not

avert his gaze, not

in response, Tye then looked at all his subordinates before declaring, “Alright, listen up! If any of you even

how stern Tye’s command was, his subordinates knew he meant business, prompting each and every one of

happening, Gerald, Rey, and Yann were already scouting ahead, hoping to find other passageways that they could use to

quite a while, none of them were able to find another exit path! From the looks of it,

more and more anxious by the minute. “As much as I hate to admit it, Rey’s right! We truly are trapped

get here. Had he known that one of Tye’s men would bring them so much trouble, there was no way in hell he

cave in the first place! After all, there’s no way the cave could’ve ended up this perfectly sealed by natural means!” replied Gerald in

jades and jadeites in here? Honestly, the strangest part about all

the precious stones in here. If that had

precious stones in here have largely remained untouched

second his sentence ended, the corner of Gerald’s

jades and jadeites were growing… and upon closer inspection, it

instantly widened when he paid closer attention to the ‘precious stones’ Gerald

human bones, right…?! Why are they enveloped by the jades and jadeites?!” exclaimed

bones, all it took was a few years for the jades and jadeites to start growing on them!” replied Gerald,

was correct… then that definitely meant that they weren’t the first group to get