Ch. 1896..1900: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1896-1900
Chapter 1896
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1896 “Hey, come over! Hurry and have a look at all this!” called out one of Tye’s men who had earlier scouted ahead.
Upon hearing that, everyone followed the source of the voice… and soon enough, they all widened their eyes in utter amazement.
A little deeper into the cave, a bright light of sorts could be seen glimmering beautifully… What more, all sorts of natural jades and jadeites could be seen growing all over the place!
“Holy cr*p…” muttered Rey as he rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He had never seen such pure and natural- looking jades and jadeites in his life!
The sentiment was, of course, shared by everyone else there. To think that such a wondrous place existed here of all places… How truly magical!
Quickly snapping out of it, everyone immediately began looking around the mystifying cave…
Shortly after, Gerald was just in time to notice that one of Tye’s men had taken out a hammer!
Knowing full 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? Go get your own!”
“Nobody should take any of these jades or jadeites! They belong to nature!” retorted Gerald.
“Bah! Mind your own business!” scowled the man before aiming his hammer at one of the jades!
Realizing that 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 second too late.
The second the jade dislodged from the earth, a low rumble could instantly be heard… and following 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 precious stones, and unfortunately, he was dead right.
With how much the cave was shaking, everyone became increasingly anxious.
Just as they were about to start leaving the cave, a massive stone suddenly came crashing down, completely blocking the entrance!
Well… this was swell. Everyone was now trapped in here!
Unable to contain his anger, Gerald immediately stomped his way over to the man that had caused all this before punching him right in the nose while yelling, “You god dmned bstard…!”
The second the man fell to the ground, the rest of Tye’s men instantly aimed their weapons at Gerald! “Stop! Everyone, calm down!” yelled Tye as he tried to maintain peace between the two parties.
After a few seconds, Gerald took a deep breath before narrowing his eyes at Tye 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 every word I say!”
While Tye was momentarily stunned to hear that out of the blue, he had to admit that he really had made that promise.
Understanding that he was the one in the wrong, Tye quickly yelled, “Men! Put your weapons away!”
Once Tye’s men reluctantly kept their weapons again, Tye smiled subtly toward Gerald while saying, “Mr. Crawford… I truly hope that we can cooperate nicely… With that in mind, since my men have retracted their weapons, could you avoid pushing any further into this matter…?”
While Gerald knew where Tye was coming from, what was the point of only saying all this now that they were trapped?
Whatever the case was, they needed to find a way to leave the cave as soon as possible…
Chapter 1897
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1897 After a slight pause, Gerald then looked at Tye before replying, “…Fine. Regardless, if you wish to leave this place safely, I implore you to tell your subordinates to be more obedient. No more touching things at random! Trigger one more trap and we’ll probably end up stuck in here forever!”
Knowing that he had made himself extremely clear this time, Gerald then turned around without saying another word. Whether or not Tye decided to listen was up to him…
Momentarily staring at Gerald’s 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 them would be trapped here!
The man himself quickly lowered his head to avert his gaze, not even daring to look Tye in the eye…
Huffing in response, Tye then looked at all his subordinates before declaring, “Alright, listen up! If any of you even dare to touch anything at random again, I’Il personally chop your hands off! Got that?”
With how stern Tye’s command was, his subordinates knew he meant business, prompting each and every one of them to quickly nod in response…
While this was happening, Gerald, Rey, and Yann were already scouting ahead, hoping to find other passageways that they could use to leave the cave.
Unfortunately, even after looking 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 that was now blocked…
“Not to be a downer but… there doesn’t seem to be any other exits here…” muttered Rey, clearly getting more and more anxious by the minute. “As much as I hate to admit it, Rey’s right! We truly are
trapped in here!” added Yann before sighing in frustration.
By this point, Yann was already starting to regret working with Tye to get here. Had he known that one of Tye’s men would bring them so much trouble, there was no way in hell he would’ve even considered Tye’s assistance!
“Well, since no other paths exist, let’s take some time to think about the mechanism that caused the stone to seal the mouth of the 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 a calm tone.
“Agreed. After all, don’t you find it strange that nobody’s discovered this cave before despite the abundance of jades and jadeites in here? Honestly, the strangest part about all this is the fact that nobody’s excavated this place yet!” said Ray with a slight frown.
Had this been any other cave, several people would’ve already flocked here ages ago after finding out about all the precious stones in here. If that had happened, then this place would have surely been left barren by now!
Chuckling 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 this place.”
The second his sentence ended, the corner of Gerald’s eye suddenly noticed something disturbing.
Raising 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 him. There were hints of human bones inside the jades and jadeites!
Walking closer to see what Gerald was so interested in, Rey’s eyes instantly widened when he paid closer attention to the ‘precious stones’ Gerald was currently staring at.
“M-Mr. Crawford… Those… are human bones, right…?! Why are they enveloped by the jades and jadeites?!” exclaimed the rightfully shocked Rey.
“My guess is that after being trapped here like us, this person eventually died. Once he was nothing but bones, all it took was a few years for the jades and jadeites to start growing on them!” replied Gerald, proposing his theory.
However, 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 being here!
Still, to think that the jades and jadeites here grew with the help of human bones…
Chapter 1898
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1898 Regardless, after hearing what Gerald had to say, both Rey and Yann instantly drew in cold breaths.
” A-are you saying that we’ll end up like them, Mr. Crawford…? Are we going to die here…?” muttered Rey, looking incredibly anxious now. “Hey now, don’t go jinxing us again! Have a bit more faith in Gerald! I’m sure he’ll think of a way to get us out of here!” retorted Yann.
“I wonder about that… Based on what we’ve gathered after looking around, it pains me to say that there’s a pretty high chance that we really will die trapped here!” replied Gerald.
Hearing that, Rey and Yann’s eyes instantly widened. While it was expected for Rey to say things like that, when Gerald said it, it was simply depressing…
Regardless, after saying that, Gerald then continued walking deeper into the cave. After all, with how massive the cave was, there was still a chance that there existed another exit at the end…
Naturally, Rey and Yann followed him, and it wasn’t too long after when the trio began hearing the crisp and pleasant sounds of water dripping deeper inside the cave…
There was just something extremely calming about those beautiful dripping sounds… They certainly weren’t sounds one could hear in the city.
“You hear that, Mr. Crawford? What beautiful sounds!” said Rey in an almost dreamy tone.
“I know, right? The dripping sounds alone makes me feel like I’m drunk in the middle of an enchanted forest!” added Yann, a lethargic grin on his face.
Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but raise a brow as he turned around to look at his two intoxicated-looking allies… While Gerald personally felt that the dripping sounded normal, he could instantly tell that the sounds were affecting the other two, almost hypnotically…
With that in mind, he quickly began shaking the duo by their shoulders while yelling, “Hey, snap out of it! There’s something wrong with the dripping sounds! Rey, Yann! Wake up!”
However, it was useless. Both of them were completely unresponsive…
Sighing in resignation, Gerald decided to return to where Tye and his men were. At the very least, they could help him carry Rey and Yann to a safer spot…
To Gerald’s dismay, Tye and his men had apparently already fallen under the same hypnotic spell as Rey and Yann! Simply standing in place with goofy expressions on their faces, none of them seemed capable of even registering whatever Gerald said or did to them…
From the looks of it, as long as the dripping sounds persisted, none of them would ever snap out of it. With that in mind, Gerald knew that the only way to bring them back to their senses was by looking for the source of the sounds and eliminating it.
Still, to think that everyone else—who had previously been trapped in here—had fallen victim to the dripping sounds as well…
With how sheepishly everyone was grinning, Gerald could guess that the hypnotic effects were somewhat euphoric. To be filled with bliss till the second one died… What a cruel murder tactic…
Shaking his head, Gerald then quickly began heading toward the deepest part of the cave where the dripping sounds seemed to emanate from…
Chapter 1899
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1899 It was about ten minutes later when Gerald came across a pond in the deepest part of the cave…
There appeared to be a stone pier of sorts in the middle of the body of water, and on that pier, lay a jade board made of jadeite…
Raising a slight brow, Gerald then watched as a drop of water fell from a stalactite… and right onto the jade board, producing a sound that felt oddly euphoric… Then another… and another….
With how echoey the cave’s walls were, it was no wonder why they were able to hear the sound from so far away…
Squinting his eyes at the jade board, Gerald had a feeling that destroying it would only trigger another trap. With that in mind, after some thought, he eventually settled on taking out a shirt from his backpack.
Following that, he carefully aimed at the jade board… and with a toss, Gerald’s shirt completely draped over it!
While he couldn’t safely destroy it, it didn’t mean that he couldn’t stop the dripping sounds… or at least, that was what he hoped. Staring anxiously as the next drop of water fell from the stalactite and rapidly descended toward the now covered jade board… Gerald eventually found himself heaving a sigh of relief when no sound was made.
Now that that was done, Gerald quickly rushed back to where Rey and Yann were to check in on them…
Upon realizing that the two were still in a daze, Gerald quickly began shaking them by their shoulders while yelling, “Hey, snap out of it!”
Thankfully, that seemed to work. Recovering shortly after, Rey shook his head before asking in a slightly sluggish tone, “…Huh…2? Mr. Crawford…? I… What happened…?”
“Indeed, Gerald… What on earth happened back there…? The last thing I remember is hearing a pleasant dripping sound… Everything after that is foggy at best…” added Yann, groaning as he slowly regained his bearings.
“Well, essentially, both of you became unresponsive after hearing the sounds of dripping water! From what I can tell, the sounds themselves had hypnotic effects!” replied Gerald.
Now getting the gist of what was happening, Rey was prompted to ask, “Then, the sound…”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be hearing any more of that dripping for a long while! Regardless, I have a feeling that all those people who previously died here passed on euphorically… At least, that’s what I’d assume since all of you had goofy grins while you were entranced earlier…” explained Gerald.
“.C-come again? Euphorically…? To think that we could’ve died like that as well!” exclaimed Rey in an incredulous tone.
“Indeed. Whatever the case is, we should resume focus on finding the exit!” replied Gerald, not wanting to stay in this place for any longer for fear that more dangers awaited them.
Hearing that, the two men nodded before continuing to scout the cave together with Gerald… Thankfully, Gerald was able to find an exit this time!
“Rey, Yann! Over here!” yelled Gerald as the duo immediately ran over to see what was up.
Upon seeing the light coming from the exit, Rey and Yann were rightfully excited.
“Thank god! Looks like there really is another exit, Mr. Crawford!” exclaimed Rey, now feeling like he could trust Gerald with just about everything.
After all, both Rey and Yann had pretty much lost hope of finding an exit earlier. Thanks to Gerald, they were able to see the light of day again…!
Yann himself couldn’t help but praise, “Amazing! I have to say, nothing is impossible with you around, Gerald! Regardless, let’s get out of here while we can!”
“Hold it!” said Gerald the second Yann suggested that.
Chapter 1900
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1900 Turning to look at Gerald in surprise, Yann couldn’t help but ask, “Is… something wrong, Gerald?”
“Yeah, Mr. Crawford! Shouldn’t we hurry and leave already?” added Rey in a confused tone.
“Hush. Hand me a small knife, Rey!” ordered Gerald.
Obeying Gerald’s words, Rey retrieved a small knife from his belt before handing it to Gerald…
The small knife now in his hand, Gerald then walked toward a crystal-clear, emerald-green jade—the size of a chicken egg—that was embedded into the wall…
Following that, Rey and Yann widened their eyes as they watched Gerald skillfully used the knife to pry the jade off the wall!
“H-huh? Didn’t you say that we shouldn’t touch any of the jades in here, Mr. Crawford?!” exclaimed the surprised Rey.
After plopping the jade into his pocket, Gerald simply replied, “True, but bear in mind that there usually aren’t any traps near an exit!”
With that, Gerald continued walking out of the cave, causing the two stunned men to quickly snap out of it before running after him. The second all three of them were out, Rey immediately looked at the sky before taking in a deep breath of fresh air.
“Thank god we’re finally out of that place! The air smells so much better out here!” exclaimed the jovial Rey.
While Yann was feeling just as pleased, he couldn’t help but face Gerald as he asked, “Speaking of which… What about Tye and the others, Gerald…?”
Raising a slight brow, Gerald simply replied, “What? Do you still expect to obtain all that money from him?”
Upon hearing that, Yann fell silent for a moment before saying, “…That’s not what I meant… Essentially, I’m just worried and Tye and his men won’t let us off that easily once they realize that we’re gone!”
“Hah! What makes you so sure that they’ll find the exit anytime soon? I assure you that by the time they finally get out, we’ll be miles away from them! They’Il never be able to catch up to us!” replied Gerald with a chuckle.
Realizing that Gerald had a point, Yann simply nodded.
“Now then… If there’s nothing else, let’s get moving already!” added Gerald.
“But which direction should we head to, Mr. Crawford…? After all, we don’t exactly have the map!” asked Rey.
Smiling smugly in response, Gerald then replied, “And who was it who told you we don’t have the map?” Understandably stunned to hear that, Rey and Yann could only stare incredulously at Gerald as the youth fished out the map from his pocket!
“Wait, didn’t Tye have the map? How did you get your hands on it, Gerald?” asked the bewildered Yann.
“Hah! I got it while they were still entranced!” replied Gerald with a smile, prompting Yann to momentarily freeze before giving Gerald two thumbs up!