Ch. 2126..2130: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 2126-2130
Chapter 2126
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2126 “It’s my fault..! I’m so sorry, patriarch!” declared Ryugu as he lowered his head.
Shaking his head, Suijin simply replied, “It’s not your fault. We’ve just underestimated Gerald’s capabilities. Still, that man really has monstrous capabilities… How on earth did the Futabas get to know such a strong individual…? And who exactly is he? All we know is that he’s a Westoner. However, that doesn’t explain why he’s so willing to help the Futabas…”
“While we still aren’t clear about his identity, I have a feeling that Gerald’s only doing all this because he has a special relationship with Futaba… Other than that, I really can’t think of anything else…” replied Ryugu who was honestly feeling relieved that Suijin wasn’t placing the blame on him.
“… That doesn’t seem right. Didn’t Futaba sign a marriage contract with Kai?” replied Suijin with a frown. The complicated relationships among these people were giving him a headache.
“… Could Kai have found out about Gerald and Fujiko’s relationship? It does explain why he ordered us to assassinate Gerald…” muttered Ryugu who knew that such incidents happened all the time among the larger families.
“Then that has nothing to do with us. Moving back to Gerald, aside from the fact that he’s capable enough to kill dozens of our assassins, have you found anything else that’s wrong with him?” asked Suijin, seemingly only interested in Gerald.
“… Now that you mention it, there is one thing that comes to mind!” replied Ryugu.
“Good. But before that, get some seats for heaven’s sake! The three of you just standing there are giving me a headache!” grumbled Suijin as he gestured for his servants to clear his table before pointing at a few chairs that had been placed near the wall.
Hearing that, Kenshiro immediately nodded as he said, “Thank you, patriarch!”
Following that, he brought three chairs over and only dared to sit once Ryugu and Takeshi had done so…
Regardless, now that they were seated, Ryugu cleared his throat before saying, “… You see, I have a feeling that Gerald… Well, he and all the Futabas are secretly related to the Yamashitas.”
“… Are you talking about the ones living near the extinct volcano?” replied Suijin who was frowning once more.
“Indeed. You see, after tailing Gerald and Futaba into the Yamashita territory, the old man that I previously mentioned invited us to his home to have some tea. After Gerald stalled for quite some time, I eventually had to call Takeshi to update him on the situation. However, by the time I returned, the two had already left! Since they left using the back door, I have a feeling
That the old man was secretly helping them while I was preoccupied!” grumbled Ryugu as he slammed his fist on the table, knowing that his carelessness had resulted in Gerald escaping his grasp again…
“What on earth is even happening anymore… Why do they even have connections with the Yamashitas? And who exactly is this old man you keep talking about?” muttered the confused Suijin.
“Well, we don’t know much about him, though he does appear to be a Yamashita in his eighties… Regardless, as far as I know, he had apparently been watching me and Gerald fight for quite a while. Had he not disarmed me with his shuriken back then, I could’ve surely ended Gerald right there and them…!” growled Ryugu, angry with himself that he hadn’t attacked Gerald again immediately after.
Rubbing his forehead, Yamashita couldn’t help but say, “How truly odd… As far as I know, the Yamashitas have never had any connections with other families…”
“… Speaking of which, there is one thing that he said that I find interesting… Back when we first entered his home, the old man told Futaba that he had once met her when she was still a child,” replied Ryugu as he recalled that scene…
Chapter 2127
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2127 “…You’re saying the Futabas have been in contact with the Yamashitas for that long…?” replied Suijin who was rightfully surprised. After all, though the two families hadn’t had any conflict in decades, all the patriarchs of the Hanyu family Suijin included had made sure to secretly and consistently keep tabs on the Futaba. With that in mind, how had all the previous patriarchs failed to find out about this?
“… With that said, should we still make a move on the Futabas…? After all, now that we know that they have a good relationship with the Yamashitas, we can’t just cause the Futabas all willy-nilly anymore…” muttered Ryugu who was honestly getting a little worried.
After all, the Yamashitas were exceedingly strong. Truth be told, he wondered whether he would even be a match for that shuriken throwing old man if they got into a serious battle…
Either way, after thinking about it for a while, Suijin eventually said, “… For the time being, let’s not make any further moves on the Futabas.”
“Very well! However, about Gerald… Kai’s been pushing me to kill him, stating that he’ll personally call you if Gerald isn’t dead within a week. Four days have passed since then…” replied Ryugu.
“Don’t bother about him. A second generation kid like him could never threaten us,” sneered Suijin who had never really highly regarded the Kanagawas despite their immense status in Japan.
“Understood!” replied Ryugu, feeling much more relaxed now. With what Suijin had just said, Ryugu knew that he could finally handle Kai the next time that brat called him again.
“Now that all that is out of the way, let’s put everything aside for the time being. I’m a bit tired… Before you leave, I emphasize that until we learn more about the Futaba and Yamashita’s relationship, nobody is allowed to make a move on that family! This includes making a move against Gerald!” said Suijin as he looked at all three of them.
Hearing that, the trio immediately nodded without saying another word…
Fast forward to the next morning, Gerald and Master Ghost could be seen accompanying Aiden to the training ground after having their breakfast for one last practice session before the competition.
Not too far from them, was Japan’s own special forces team, which meant that Fujiko was there.
Looking at the uniform Fujiko was wearing, though it made her look less enchanting compared to the other outfits he had seen her in, the girl now appeared extremely smart and valiant, which was quite a good look on her.
Realizing that Gerald was staring at Fujiko, Aiden couldn’t help but smile smugly as he asked, “Say… who are you looking at so intently, brother Gerald?”
Smacking the back of Aiden’s head, Gerald simply replied, “Stop playing around and go train already…”
Chuckling in response Aiden then rubbed the back of his head as he said, “While I haven’t interacted much with Miss Fujiko, she clearly likes you, brother Gerald. Since she’s a member of the Seadom tribe, you’ll surely get to learn about the secrets of Yearning Island in no time!”
“Spout any more nonsense and Master Ghost and I are leaving,” grumbled Gerald with a slight frown…
Chapter 2128
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2128 Chuckling as he scratched the back of his head, Aiden quickly replied, “Alright, alright, I’ll stop…”
Shaking his head, Gerald then looked at Master Ghost before saying, “That kid really likes to make fun of me”
Gerald, for one, had known Aiden for the longest time, so he didn’t mind joking around with him. Even when smacking the back of Aiden’s head, Gerald made sure not to use any force.
“You’re telling me! He’s been making fun of me the entire time in your absence, you know?” replied Master Ghost with a laugh. True enough, throughout the past ten days, he had gotten to know Aiden so well that they could now pretty much freely talk about anything.
As they continued talking, a few individuals wearing the Japanese army’s uniform quickly began walking over to Gerald. Noticing them, Gerald saw that one of them was holding onto a document folder and the others were carrying video recording equipment.
Once they were close enough, one of the men immediately said, “Pardon me, but are you Gerald Crawford? I’m Noda Ichiro, and I’m an investigator for the Japanese army. With that said, I’m here to investigate the disappearance of Adler Light body that took place about eight days ago. I hope you’ll cooperate with us in this investigation!”
“Sure,” replied Gerald as be narrowed his eyes slightly while nodding.
“Again…? What’s wrong with you people? I’ve told you time and again that Adler’s disappearance has nothing to do with us! Do you think we Westoners are pushovers or something?” grumbled Aiden as he angrily marched over.
“Not at all, sir! Still, everyone keeps saying that Adler had an argument with you before he went missing! We’re simply investigating the best we can in hopes of finding him! With that said, if we eventually find out that none of you were involved, not only will we cease to bother you, but we’ll also issue a formal apology!” replied the investigators who knew for a fact that these Westoners weren’t easy to mess with.
However, since a foreign special forces agent had gone missing on their land, the army couldn’t just pretend as if nothing had happened. Even if they couldn’t find anything, they knew they were pretty much forced to continue investigating in order to finally be able to give a proper explanation to Yanam…
“Now, now, Aiden, they’re just asking us to cooperate with their investigation. Regardless, since we didn’t do anything, I believe that these brothers of the Japanese army won’t just slander me, right?” said Gerald as he patted Aiden on the shoulder.
Though this kid was slightly impulsive and didn’t always think before he spoke, he could tell that Aiden was sincerely worried for him. He was a rare, good friend…
Hearing that, Ichiro quickly nodded before adding, “He’s right! We’re just investigating in accordance with our procedures. Vifith that said, please have a cigarette a s we head to the interrogation room for a while, Mr. Crawford.”
“Lead the way,” replied Gerald as he accepted the cigarette before lighting it.
After watching Gerald leave with the investigators, Aiden leaned closer to Master Ghost before asking, “… Do you think anything bad is going to happen to brother Gerald…?”
“Please, you’re severely underestimating him! Forget these investigators, even if the entire Japanese army comes at him, he won’t be afraid in the slightest! Now spend less time worrying about him and
start focusing on getting a better rank for Weston!” replied Master Ghost in a cheerful tone.
Chapter 2129
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2129 After all, he knew for a fact that Gerald could easily handle those people.
“Even if you say that… All the countries have sent their best men over to participate, despite the fact that this isn’t even an overly formal competition. With that in mind, I’m not really sure how well I’ll do… Getting an above average rank is good enough for me…” muttered Aiden who was well aware that among his teammates, he wasn’t really all that strong.
Though he bore the title of ‘King of Soldiers’, he had earned it from the many battles he had been in. However, now that he had to abide by the event’s rules and regulations, he wasn’t quite sure how well he’d fare.
…
Moving back to Gerald, he was currently seated in the interrogation room, his legs crossed and a cigarette in his hand. With even a cup of tea placed before him, anyone who didn’t know that this was an interrogation room would’ve surely thought that Gerald was here as a guest…
Regardless, after clearing his throat, Ichiro turned to look at Gerald before asking, “Now then… Could you elaborate a little about your conflict with Mr. Adler, Mr. Crawford?”
“It’s nothing serious, really… Back when I was in Yanam some time ago, I got into ‘a bit of trouble’. I’m assuming that Adler came looking for me to get revenge,” replied Gerald as he puffed on his cigarette.
“I see… Did you meet him before he disappeared…?” asked Ichiro as he jotted everything down. As for what Gerald had done in Yanam, his actions were so impactful that even Ichiro could more or less guess what Gerald had done there.
“Of course I did. After all, he came looking for trouble with us with so many other special forces agents,” replied Gerald in a casual tone.
“I’m talking about the night he went missing,” specified Ichiro.
“Ah, well that’s a no. While he did yell profanities at us from outside our door, we paid him no notice. I, for one, was sleeping at the time, though I heard from Aiden that he eventually kicked out door before leaving It was the next morning when I actually learned that he had disappeared,” explained Gerald while shaking his head.
“You really didn’t go outside…?” asked Ichiro as he stared intently at Gerald.
As an investigator, he was an expert at studying body language and facial expressions. With that in mind, he was pretty much a living lie detector. However, up till this point, Gerald had been acting so normally that he really couldn’t find anything wrong with the individual.
“I didn’t. After all, I knew that if I went out, I’d surely get into a fight with him. The last thing I wanted was to cause an unnecessary ruckus, you see. Honestly, while I’m curious about his disappearance, I won’t lie that I’m grateful for that. After all, he won’t be troubling me again anytime soon,” replied Gerald as he shrugged.
“You say that, but we still need to carefully investigate this! After all, he’s a foreign participant and we’ll have to take responsibility for his disappearance! How else are we going to explain all this to the Yanam army? It doesn’t help that Yanam’s already elected Carter Lucab to be their army’s new leader! Though they usually say a new broom sweeps clean, I’m afraid that this incident isn’t going to end that easily!” said Ichiro in dismay as he placed his hands together.
Throughout his many years investigating missing people cases, there would always be clues left behind to solve the mysteries. Unfortunately, Adler truly seemed to have vanished into thin air… Hell,
had it not been reported that Adler had gone missing, nobody would’ve even known that the man existed in the first place!
Regardless, the fact that they still hadn’t been able to find a single clue after all this time irritated Ichiro to the point where he wasn’t able to eat or sleep properly in the past few days…
Chapter 2130
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2130 Though he initially had hope that Gerald could provide him with some useful information, as it turned out, this session had simply been a complete waste of time…
Sighing as he stood up, Ichiro then said, “…Well, since it’s come to this, could you leave your contact number with us, Mr. Crawford? We may still need to talk to you some other time, though rest assured, we won’t make things difficult for you! “
“No problem,” replied Gerald as he flicked his cigarette with a smile.
Once that was done, Gerald got up to leave the interrogation room… However, the second he stepped out, he momentarily paused. There was a familiar scent nearby…
Gerald, for one, knew that the individual was a cultivator, though he couldn’t really tell who the scent belonged to specifically… Still, he knew he knew that this was the scent of a familiar person… But who?
Shaking his head, Gerald eventually chose not to bother too much about it. After all, even if the person was a cultivator, they weren’t exactly a threat to him.
Besides, after meeting so many cultivators, Gerald knew for a fact that not all cultivators would be hostile toward him. Perhaps this cultivator was just here by coincidence.
Whatever the case was, upon realizing that Gerald was still standing there, Ichiro was prompted to ask, “Is something wrong, Mr. Crawford?”
Waving his hand, Gerald then replied, “…It’s nothing. Just a dizzy spell.”
“I see… Would you like me to get some medicine?” asked Ichiro.
“There’s no need for that. A rest should fix this. Either way, you can go ahead with your work,” replied Gerald while shaking his head.
By this point, the scent was already gone, so Gerald simply ignored it for now…
Once he reunited with Aiden, however, Gerald attempted to detect the scent of the cultivator again using his basic senses. He refrained from using his Herculean Primordial Spirit since he didn’t want to expose his cultivation level before finding out who the other person was. Doing so could very well bring more unnecessary trouble to him. Besides, he still had no idea whether the stranger was simply passing by or was here for his head…
Still, since a cultivator suddenly appeared out of nowhere in Japan, no less, Gerald knew he had to be a bit more cautious, even though he wasn’t really afraid of them.
Either way, after a short while, Master Ghost walked over to him before whispering, “Gerald, follow me for a bit. There’s something I need to tell you…”
Knowing that Master Ghost wouldn’t use that tone unless things were absolutely serious, the now vigilant Gerald was prompted to ask, “What is it?”
Seeing that there were quite a few special forces agents around, Master Ghost gently grabbed onto Gerald’s wrist before saying, “Let’s talk about this someplace else.”
Nodding in response, Gerald then followed Master Ghost to a secluded corner. Once they were there, Gerald couldn’t help but frown as he waited for Master Ghost to share what he had to say…