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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.

estimation, how long should it take for us

the route in advance, Mr.

system. Rey himself had keyed in Mount Dakriont as their destination the second they got into

response, Gerald then muttered, “Six hours, huh… That’s going to take quite a while… Guess I’ll take a short nap

else to do in the car for six

the same. After all, in order to hide in the trunk, he had woken up much earlier than Gerald, which explained why he had been sleepy for a while now. Regardless, upon realizing that the two had dozed off so quickly, Yann could only chuckle in a

around three when Gerald and the others finally left the highway and arrived at

unique geographical location, Mount Dakriont was also famous for how spacious it was. This was made evident by

who came all the way up here for trips, five days was usually the minimum. After all, it was a well-known fact that nobody would be

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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 Gerald and his party didn’t

entering, rather than anxiously getting straight to business, the first thing the group did was to find a spot to relax

brought along—to replenish their energy—Tye cleared his throat before saying, “Alright, listen up,

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.

one of his men to book a cabin for them to stay the night in. Naturally, lodging was never going to be cheap in this place. Adding that to the fact that

the cabin’s rooms. Upon entering that room, Rey immediately suggested, “Alright, Mr. Crawford and Brother Yann, how about

no need for that. You

“But, Mr. Crawford-“

get the bed,” said Gerald, not even waiting for Rey to finish his sentence. Hearing that, Rey knew he had no choice but to give in.

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

are! Had a good sleep?” asked Tye

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

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

the map. Gerald himself could only hope that they would be able to deal with

did one final double check—to see if they

they traveled on, Gerald and Yann could only stare speechlessly at Rey who seemed to be photographing just about everything. Was that boy here for an

annoyed by all the ‘snapshot’ sounds, Gerald couldn’t help but mutter, “Rey, could you quit it

us to get a chance to come here, Mr. Crawford! These photographs will prove that we’ve been

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appreciate his liveliness since all there is out here

would be able to cover five miles and

was almost noon by the time the

Deck was located quite high on Mount Dakriont, and it allegedly got its name due to the fact that an officer used to come up here to enjoy the view, many centuries ago. While that was the formal name of the viewing deck, it was also colloquially known as

others before saying, “Alright everyone, we’ve arrived! Let’s take a short break and have something to eat first! Bear in mind

seemed to agree, Gerald, on the other hand, walked toward Tye before asking, “Could I please have a look at the map, Chairman Lamano?”

Gerald before

the matter, Mr. Crawford…?” asked the curious

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

took a closer look at the map… And true to what Gerald had said, they could’ve arrived at their destination much sooner if they simply took

suggesting that we go all the way back to where

though just to clarify, it is merely a suggestion. Naturally, you’re the one who will make the final call. That’s all I wanted to say, now if you’ll excuse me,” replied Gerald

quite frank. Had it not been for the fact that Yann was cooperating with them, Gerald would’ve simply brought Yann and Rey along, making it a

said. While it was true that they

the path he had picked. So what if it was a little further away? The important thing was for them

it wasn’t too long

weather changing a bit too quickly…? It wouldn’t surprise me if we got

from the sky, prompting the rest

shouldn’t have jinxed it, Rey simply

things like this. With that, he diverted everyone’s attention from Rey by saying, “Regardless,

thunderstorm was a recipe for

Rey couldn’t help but exclaim,

a few hundred

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over! Hurry and have a look at all this!” called out one

voice… and soon

the cave, a bright light of sorts could be seen glimmering beautifully… What

rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He had never seen

everyone else there. To think that such

out of it, everyone immediately began

that one of Tye’s

voice—and realizing that the command was directed toward him—, the man then raised a brow as he glared

should take any of these jades or

the man before aiming his hammer at one

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

following that, the entire cave began quivering! Gerald had had a gut feeling

the cave was shaking, everyone became

leaving the cave, a

was swell. Everyone

his way over to the man that had caused all this before punching him right in the nose while yelling,

men instantly aimed their weapons at Gerald! “Stop! Everyone, calm down!” yelled Tye as he tried to maintain peace

while asking, “…Correct me if I’m wrong, Chairman Lamano, but I specifically recall that my condition for leading you here is that you listen to

stunned to hear that out of the blue, he had to admit that he really had made that

he was the one in the wrong, Tye

can cooperate nicely… With that in mind, since my men have retracted their weapons, could you avoid pushing any further into this

the

they needed to find a way to leave the

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to tell your subordinates to be more obedient. No more touching things at random! Trigger one more trap and

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

back—as the youth walked off to find another exit—, Tye couldn’t help but glare at the man who had caused all this. Had he not been so greedy, none of

himself quickly lowered his head to avert his gaze, not even daring

all his subordinates before declaring, “Alright, listen up! If any of you even dare to touch anything

he meant business, prompting each and every one of them to quickly

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

around for quite a while, none of them were able to find another exit path! From the looks of it, this place seemed to be mostly sealed off from the world, save for the one exit

muttered Rey, clearly getting more and more anxious by the minute. “As much as I hate

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

abundance of jades and jadeites in here? Honestly, the

about all the precious stones in here. If that had happened, then this place would have surely been left barren

in response, Gerald then replied, “The fact that the precious stones in here have largely remained untouched makes it obvious that there’s something odd about

second his sentence ended, the corner of Gerald’s eye suddenly

a brow, he began walking toward a spot where multiple jades and jadeites were growing… and upon closer inspection, it appeared that his eyes hadn’t been playing tricks on

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

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

is that after being trapped here like us, this person eventually died. Once he was nothing but bones, all

if Gerald’s theory was correct… then that definitely meant that they weren’t the first group to get trapped in here. After all, that was the only plausible explanation for these bones