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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2141

“When you put it that way… I guess it is possible. After all, the culprit was daring enough to deal with such a strong, special forces soldier here, of all places. Normally, only you could pull something like this off, which means that the culprit is probably only slightly weaker than you. With that said, maybe he really is a Crawford cultivator… However, why would that person look for trouble with a special forces soldier from Yanam? Is there some sort of dispute between the Crawfords and the Yanam military…?” muttered Master Ghost as he stroked his goatee.

“There’s no point thinking about it. Good for him that he’s only here to deal with the special forces soldiers from Yanam. Regardless, even if he does come for us, there’s nothing to be scared of with me here,” scoffed Gerald as he crossed his arms while narrowing his eyes.

By the time Gerald’s sentence ended, the competition had already begun and special forces soldiers could be seen lined up in a neat row. Each of them had the latest sniper rifle models in hand, and everyone watched as they aimed for their targets for the shooting competition that stood nine hundred feet away from them.

Multiple shots could soon be heard, and the results were announced shortly after.

Gerald himself had little interest in this kind of competition, so after spectating for a while, he eventually got up and left. Seeing that, Master Ghost made sure to follow him closely as well.

The second the duo left, a car came to a stop at the training ground’s entrance…

Shortly after, a youth in a floral suit stepped out, followed by four of his bodyguards. As the group of five walked into the training grounds, they were just seconds too late to notice Gerald and Master Ghost taking a turn to enter an elevator, disallowing the two parties from meeting…

As expected, the youth was none other than Kai.

Since Ryugu hadn’t assassinated Gerald even after a week had passed, Kai decided to take things into his own hands. He knew for a fact that Gerald would attend the competition, which explained his presence here today.

Whatever the case was, whenever he thought about the humiliation he suffered that night, Kai’s desire to put Gerald down for good only increased. With that in mind, he wasn’t against using his high status to get the military to step forward and subdue Gerald. Regardless, when the colonel saw Kai, he immediately got to his feet before asking, “Oh? Mr. Kanagawa!

Fancy meeting you here, of all places!”

“I’m just here to have a look around,” replied Kai as he waved his hand, his eyes darting around the entire time.

“Well, whatever the case is, welcome, Mr. Kanagawa! It’s unfortunate, but since we’re currently hosting a competition, I’m afraid we won’t have much time to attend to you. With that said, I hope you won’t affect our event either. Don’t worry, once the competition is over, I’ll make sure to treat you to a proper drink!” said the colonel, not daring to offend Kai.

“Affect? Why would I do anything like that? I was just bored so I came out for a stroll. In other words, I’m just here through sheer coincidence. Regardless, just continue doing whatever you were doing and don’t bother about me. I’ll just be having a look around!” replied Kai with a smile.

Following that, Kai made a small gesture, prompting his bodyguards to scatter. The hunt for Gerald was on…!

Hearing that, the colonel opted to believe Kai and simply continued paying attention to the competition. The colonel, for one, knew that this wasn’t Kai’s first time here anyway, so as long as that youth wasn’t here to cause any trouble, he didn’t really care where Kai went.

It was half an hour later when Kai’s subordinates reunited with him.

The second Kai saw them, he immediately growled in a low voice, “Well? Did any of you manage to find him?”

“Apologies, but we couldn’t find him no matter how hard we looked! The only people present are the international special forces soldiers! ” replied one of the subordinates as the rest of them shook their heads.

“What? Was that b*stard Ryugu lying to me…?” grumbled Kai, a deep frown on his face…

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Through this period, Kai had constantly been contacting Ryugu to get updates on Gerald’s assassination. However, not only did Ryugu fail to assassinate him, but that b*stard actually dared to tell him this morning that he had to temporarily cancel all his assassination missions!

Though it annoyed Ryugu to no end, it wasn’t as though he could do anything about it. Thankfully, Ryugu did mention that Gerald was going to participate in the special forces competition, which was why Kai had rushed over in the first place.

Even so, to think that he’d fail to find Gerald after searching for a good half-hour!

“I’ll have to disagree with that. Ryugu wouldn’t ever dare to lie to you,” replied another bodyguard as he shook his head.

The guards had previously met Ryugu together with Kai, and they knew for a fact that Ryugu respected Kai a lot. Since Ryugu didn’t even dare to raise his voice back then, there was no way he would be daring enough to lie to Kai!

“You say that, but did you manage to find Gerald?” grumbled Kai.

“… Unfortunately, no…” replied the guards as they shook their heads once more.

“…Let’s head back for now. I’m meeting Ryugu in the flesh to see what he has to say about this!” scowled Kai as he clenched his fists, clearly assuming that Ryugu was playing tricks on him. After all, thinking back, though Ryugu had told him that Gerald was here to participate in the special forces competition, Gerald wasn’t a special forces soldier. With that in mind, there was no way he would be a participant here!

Besides, Kai had seen Fujiko earlier, and if Gerald truly was here, he should be by her side. With his mind made up, Kai then gestured for his men to leave the training ground…

Noticing that Kai and his men were leaving, the colonel walked up to him before asking, “Oh? Leaving already, Mr. Kanagawa?”

“Indeed. I have some affairs to attend to, so I’ll be heading back first,” replied Kai as he got into his car. Watching as the car swiftly left the scene, the colonel couldn’t help but mutter, “Why on earth did he come here in the first place…?”

Hearing the colonel’s comment, a military officer took the chance to reply, “He may have come here to look for someone. After all, his subordinates were scanning this place high and low earlier. I’m assuming they left since they couldn’t find the person they were looking for.”

“Hmm? As if there’d be anyone he’s looking for here, of all places…” muttered the colonel as he shook his head in disbelief…

Moving back to Kai, while he was in the car, he made sure to call Ryugu to tell him to meet him in the teahouse where they had previously met… and it was about half an hour later when Kai himself arrived at the appointed venue.

Watching as Kai stepped out, Ryugu who looked slightly reluctant to be there forced a smile before walking up to Kai and saying, “Mr. Kanagawa, I apologize, but I’m extremely busy at the moment. Just skip the formalities and tell me what you need. I have to leave as soon as I can…”

Scoffing in response, Kai then sneered, “Hah! Before anything else, allow me to congratulate you for successfully making a fool out of me!”

Raising a slight brow as he watched Kai walk past him, the puzzled Ryugu was prompted to ask, “… Make a fool out of you? Why would I ever do such a thing…?”

Though he never really liked Kai, he wouldn’t ever dare to make a fool out of Kai. With that in mind, he ran after Kai who had already entered the teahouse before hurriedly adding, “Please elaborate, Mr. Kanagawa. How exactly did I make a fool out of you? You can’t just label me a liar that unfairly!”

Ignoring Ryugu, Kai simply looked at the shop’s owner before ordering, “Two pots of tea.”

Completely confused by this point, Ryugu who didn’t want Kai to be offended any further then said, “Please tell me what the problem is, Mr. Kanagawa…”

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“Playing dumb? Fine! Since you wish to know so much, I’ll spell it out for you! You told me that Gerald had gone to the military training grounds this morning, remember? Then why the hell wasn’t he there?” growled Kai as he glared at Ryugu.

“You… went over?” replied the surprised Ryugu.

“Did I stutter? Regardless, my subordinates searched for half an hour to no avail! While Fujiko was there, there were no traces of Gerald at all! With that said, are you trying to continue fooling me or something?” sneered Kai.

“… I know for a fact that Gerald participated in the special forces competition together with Fujiko. With that said, he should be there with her. Could he have noticed you before you saw him? That would’ve definitely prompted him to hide till you left!” suggested Ryugu as he scratched the back of his head.

you haven’t gotten rid of Gerald even after that week I gave you. Hell, you even told me not to

he replied, “… It is a bit inconvenient for us to deal with

several other Hanyu assassins in the process as well. With how humiliating this

this entire time, no? Actually, I do wonder if

time… What was the issue? He had

that easily if he continued keeping

tell me already!” grumbled Kai as he took a sip of tea before slamming the teacup

“I… think you know Endo

sent those two to get rid of Gerald, I’m sure the mission would have been over in a single night! Are you worried that I can’t afford to commission

were the first I sent out-

what’s the issue? Did they go rogue or

you could just let me finish, Mr. Kanagawa… The truth is, they’ve gone missing ever since they entered

Kai with a deep

he was well aware of how strong Endo and

entered, I haven’t gotten news about them till this very day…” muttered Ryugu with a heavy sigh, making it clear that this was an extremely worrying incident to him. After all, if Endo and Izumi really were dead, then his family wouldn’t be able to bear

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more, as long as Gerald was in the picture, there was a high chance that the Hanyus wouldn’t ever be able

You sent both of them yet neither

a few days ago… Unfortunately, he killed several of my men in the process. If you want proof, just head to the Yamashita family’s deserted mountain… I

strong…?” muttered Kai with a frown. Kai, for one, had only briefly met Gerald. As far as he knew, Gerald was just an average Joe. While he could ’ve hired an ordinary killer to go after Gerald, he had opted to get Ryugu’s help since he wanted

was going to get more information about Endo and Izumi’s situation. Ryugu, for one, figured that the patriarch hadn’t learned

did the Futabas get acquainted with such a strong person..? I heard that Gerald was just a family guest. However, if Takuya’s family had such a powerful ally, why did he only ask for

background first. Speaking of which, since I’ve already said this much, you should know about an incident that happened back when we were on that deserted mountain. You see, we bumped into an elder of the Yamashita family. Some things happened, but long story short, that old man gave Gerald and Fujiko a chance to escape while I wasn’t paying attention!” explained Ryugu in a slightly

this information, he figured that Kai would only continue to misunderstand the situation if he didn’t tell him the full story. By telling Kai all this, not only would Ryugu avoid more unnecessary

relationship with the Futabas? That’s

for the time being. I’ll also be looking into the relationship between the Futabas and the Yamashitas. With that said, the Hanyus won’t be making a move till we get sufficient information on the situation. After all, while we can afford to offend the Futabas, offending the Yamashitas will surely

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that he may as well just reveal all

I continued pursuing Gerald today!” replied Kai who was already drenched in cold sweat after hearing all that. After all, who could’ve guessed that Gerald was actually this strong? He was strong enough to take

it, had Kai bumped into Gerald earlier and caused a scene, he was now worried that the soldiers wouldn’t have been

Regardless, what’s your decision

the end of all this. No matter how much it takes, I

rubbed his hands for a while before asking, “…Before that… There’s something

“Ask away,” replied Kai.

With that in mind, isn’t Gerald a guest of the Futabas? Why are you so

again!” grumbled Kai as his gaze turned gloomy. He was going to carry this secret to his grave! Had it not been for the fact that Ryugu was the leader of the Hanyu’s assassin team and that Ryugu was still slightly useful to him, Kai would’ve already ordered his subordinates to kill that man for

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inform you if I find anything. As for you, don’t think about slacking off on this mission.

walked out, Ryugu

one, was sure that the Kanagawas would be able to find out more about Gerald

into the car, he lit a cigarette before crossing his

lying, right…? There’s no way Gerald would be strong enough to kill so many of the Hanyu family’s assassins.

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Ryugu wouldn’t lie about this,” replied Kai as he shook his head. Though

inhuman strength…! He’s definitely not someone we can deal with! Do you think he’s related to

if word got out about the existence of cultivators -and the cultivators found that they were the source of the information leak-, they would surely be

stranger to using his family’s name to commit all sorts of crimes, he knew better than to pick a bone with cultivators. He, for one, understood that even his family would be burdened by all this if such a scenario came to be, so he wasn’t counting on them to protect

Should we start investigating Gerald…?” asked the subordinate as he immediately lowered

the moment. There’s something else that’s

to the relationship between the Futabas and the Yamashitas…?”

nobody’s ever claimed to see one before. However, now that Ryugu’s personally witnessed one, things could get a lot messier if there really is something between those two families,” replied Kai as

in the equation, he knew better than

that Gerald was capable of defeating Endo and Izumi despite their combined strength. Unless he hired the top international hitmen in the world, Kai was pretty sure he wouldn’t ever pose a threat

about it, Kai raised his hand before saying, “… Stay silent for a

fact, Kai soon revealed a victorious smile as he said,

subordinate who as Kai’s subordinate needed to know the positions of all the influential people

that’s the case, I just need to hire the top ten assassins to finish Gerald off, right? With their level of expertise, I’m sure they can do the deed without the Futaba and Yamashita family’s knowledge!” declared Kai as he held onto

viable solution, Mr. Kanagawa! However… if Gerald really is as strong as Ryugu

even if they do fail to kill him, I believe that their professional ethics will protect our identities! Because of that, I have no doubts

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four subordinates exchanged glances before saying, “… We

expose who had hired them. While this probably meant that more money needed to be spent, what was money to the Kanagawas? Honestly, hiring a hitman was probably cheaper than what Kai was used

my name to contact the top ten assassins on the list! The closer they are to us, the sooner that b*stard dies! Also, make sure to tell them that if they fulfill their mission, I’ll increase their payment to

only would relying on them be a waste of time, but he was pretty sure that the deposit he paid them was going

his phone out, the man suddenly froze before turning to look

it already! ” muttered the

subordinate then stuttered, “W-well… If

to bear full responsibility. It was the reason why they always notified the Kanagawa patriarch whenever Kai

hated it when his subordinates used his father’s name to threaten or discipline him then retorted, “He won’t find out as long

working as Kai’s subordinates for so many years, these men were honestly no different than his confidants. While they knew everything about Kai, Kai himself knew that they were only hired by his father to keep a close eye

all, not only would doing

creating a mess, as long as it wasn’t over the line, his father would surely step in. However, now that he was hiring the top ten assassins, even Kai knew that he was clearly pushing

him of your every move, Mr. Kanagawa…! If you’re really going through with this, it’s impossible

those assassins create a mess here, the unprepared master won’ t be able to resolve it that easily!” cried

men knew that if things went south and they didn’t report any of this to the patriarch,

it. Puffing onto it for a moment, he eventually said in a

ten years by now, young master!”

of what you reported to my father throughout these years not that I’m blaming you, I only ask in return that

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he managed to do the deed, then Kai was positive that he would lose track

at each other in dismay, wondering how to

out from the car’s compartment and handed one to each of them before saying, “Here. Each of these has a million

desperate to end Gerald’s life

as all of Kai’s subordinates thought about it, they slowly assured themselves that such high profile assassins were extremely confidential with their information. With that in mind, as long as nobody said