Chapter 1341
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1341
“So you truly are here, Gerald! As I thought, nothing on this planet is too hidden for me! My judgment will always be accurate!” shouted Felton as he flashed a faint smile.
“Gerald! Hurry and beat this villain to death! Not only was he the one who sliced Sierra’s arm off, but if you had arrived a second too late, he would’ve already killed me too!” yelled Monica as she glared at Felton, her initial fear slowly dissolving.
Gently patting Monica’s head, Gerald then looked at Felton with a faint smile before saying, “I really hadn’t expected you to be this confident, Mr. Gunter. Regardless, aside from your ‘judgment’ that I’d be in this village, what else have you managed to predict?”
“Oh? Curious, aren’t we? Well, I predict that all your training and skills will be erased by me today! Following that, I’ll bring you back to the Gunter Manor for my grandmother to deal with you! Or would you rather I destroyed you myself?!”
“You’re overwhelmingly confident, I’ll give you that. A little too confident, I’d say, since you’ve yet to do anything!”
“What can I say? I’ve always been this way!”
Hearing that, Gerald then nodded before saying, “I see, I see… Alas, I’ll have to disappoint you today, Mr. Gunter. Leo, take action! And be careful of the Dead Annie!”
“Affirmative!” roared Leo as he raised his head before taking a step forward…
A split second later, an explosive sound erupted around Leo as dust flew all over the place!
Though he could sense that the ground—and even the mountains—were quivering from the immense power that Leo was releasing, Felton simply displayed a playful smile before scoffing, “So it seems you’ve found yourself a helper! Big deal!”
The second he realized what was truly happening, however, Felton found himself freezing in place as his smile slowly disappeared.
Amidst the dust, Felton could see Leo’s body continuing to grow bigger and bigger. By the time he was done growing, Leo stood at least three meters tall, a complete giant of a man! As if that wasn’t already intimidating enough, the muscles on his body now seemed to resemble a steel-like texture!
“…H-huh…?” muttered Felton as his eyelids began twitching rapidly.
Before Felton could even recover from his shock, Leo had already begun dashing toward him! As if that wasn’t already enough, even though he wasn’t all that close to Felton yet, Leo had already used his overwhelming aura to lock Felton firmly in place!
“This… This isn’t good…!” muttered Felton under his breath as he immediately tried to use the Gunter family’s magic artifact that he had brought along… The Dead Annie!
However, Leo had already been ready for Felton to resort to that tactic. Realizing what Leo was trying to do, the hulking man then let out another ear-piercing roar!
The force of the roar itself caused Felton’s eardrums to ring wildly, sending his mind completely blank!
With his body temporarily paralyzed, Leo was easily able to toss Felton up into the air… Before leaping up himself and punching Felton toward the earth, directly in the chest!
Hearing his bones crack, Felton instantly spurt out a mouthful of blood, his entire world now spinning as his body rapidly descended to the ground.
While Leo was preoccupied with Felton, Gerald himself had been busy fighting the Gunter family’s masters, though ‘fighting’ was pretty much an overstatement. After all, he had swiftly dealt with all that family’s masters as easily as he was cutting vegetables for dinner, and they were all lying dead in a pile now.
Moving back to Felton, his body collided so hard against the ground that it caused a massive hole to form around him! By the time the dust settled, Leo was already walking toward the paralyzed man, his iron fists clenched as he got ready to punch Felton again. There was no doubt that if this second punch landed, Felton would truly end up being nothing more than minced meat!
Seeing that, Gerald—who was already done with the Gunter family’s masters—immediately yelled out, “Leo, wait!”
“With all due respect, Mr. Crawford, not only has this arrogant and domineering kid committed far too many evil crimes, but he’s also lied to us straight to our faces! I truly thought that he would turn out to be an incredible master, but as it turns out, he’s nothing but a useless person!” replied Leo who clearly looked like he hadn’t had enough fun yet and wished to continue attacking.
An observation that Gerald had made—after Leo’s transformation—was the fact that Leo ended up being a bit too keen on smashing things.
Regardless, Gerald quickly replied, “Just don’t kill him yet! After all, he’s the eldest young master of the Gunter family! What more, I’ve heard that Lord Gunter really dotes on him a lot!”
“…That’s right! I’m glad you’re still a bit realistic, Gerald! It’s true that my grandma dotes on me most, so if you truly do end up killing me today, then she’ll surely tear you to pieces! With that in mind, hurry and tell this monster to back off so that you can go back with me to see my grandmother! If you do, I’ll consider giving you another chance!”
By the time Gerald had ordered Leo to stop, Felton was already scared half to death. After all, ever since he was a child, he had been extremely powerful and had never truly taken anyone seriously.
The fact that he was completely helpless before this mutated monster was a dumbfounding experience for Felton, and before Gerald had shouted, Felton had truly thought that he wasn’t even going to be able to leave any last words.
Whatever the case was, since Gerald had told that monster to wait, that surely signified that he was now having second thoughts knowing how strong the Gunters were!
Chapter 1342
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1342 “Chance? Whatever could you be talking about?” asked Gerald as he looked at Felton—who was still lying on the ground—before clapping his hands.
“Well, if you let me off today, I’ll tell my grandmother not to come over and make things difficult for those living in this shantytown! If you don’t, well… My grandmother will surely cause a bloodbath to happen here!” replied Felton.
“I’m not sure what delusions you’re having, but I only told Leo not to kill you immediately since letting you die like this would surely minimize your grandmother’s suffering! Now that would be a true pity!” sneered Gerald with a smile.
The second he saw Gerald’s menacing smile, Felton felt as if his entire body—and possibly even his spirit—froze.
Seconds later, he stammered, “…W-what exactly do you mean by that…?”
“Believe me when I say that I’ve been wondering how to deal with you throughout my journey here. In the end, I’ve concluded that you’re still slightly useful to me. With that in mind, I can’t just allow you to die so easily! Whatever the case is, go clean up the scene first, Leo! You can leave this kid to me!” ordered Gerald as Leo immediately began properly disposing of the many fresh corpses.
Gerald, on the other hand, went ahead and retrieved the Dead Annie from Felton’s hand. Unlike the previous instances of the flower, however, this one looked like it was made out of pure gold.
“What exactly is this, Mr. Gunter?” asked Gerald.
“It’s the Dead Annie Mother!” replied Felton while glaring at Gerald. Though he was angry, he no longer exuded the arrogant and domineering attitude that he earlier had.
“Humph! You wanted to kill me earlier, didn’t you, you b*stard? I’ll be killing you instead now!” shouted Monica out of the blue as she walked up to Felton before slapping him hard on his cheek!
Eyes widened in shock, Felton glared daggers at Monica, immense murderous intent in his eyes as he roared, “You… You b*tch! You must truly be tired of living! Don’t you know that I hate being slapped in the face the most?!”
Though his rage was clear as day, since Leo had severed several of Felton’s meridians earlier, Felton couldn’t even gather the strength to get to his feet!
As he continued struggling to get up, Gerald squatted by his side before slapping him on his other cheek!
Turning to glare daggers at Gerald next, he was immediately greeted by many more severe slaps!
By the time Gerald eventually gave him room to breathe, Felton found himself gritting his teeth in seething rage as he said, “…Could you guys truly be unafraid of death? I’ll be sure to have my grandmother kill all of you if it’s the last thing I do!”
Even when he was young, nobody had ever dared to treat him this way! To think that these people were actually slapping him so much despite knowing which family he belonged to!
“I implore you to wake up, Mr. Gunter. If you haven’t already noticed, you’re already in my hands now. Do you really think you’ll be able to stay alive long enough for you to ever talk to your grandmother again? Speaking of that old woman, I’m not letting her off either!” replied Gerald as he lifted Felton off the ground before tugging him toward the middle-aged man’s yard.
Once they were there, he dropped Felton to the ground before kicking Felton a few feet away!
Following that, Gerald began filling three bowls with water before slowly swirling the fresh liquid in each of them.
Confused, Monica—who had been following him closely this entire time—asked, “…What are you doing, Gerald…?”
“Ah, I’m brewing a sort of poison! It’s known as inexorable witchcraft!”
“…And it involves water?”
“Not entirely, but its effects will be doubled with water!”
Hearing that, Felton—who still had a cold gaze in his eyes though traces of fear could also be seen reflected in them now—then asked, “…Inexorable witchcraft? …What exactly does it do?”
“I’m glad you asked! You see, among all the secret techniques, this is one of the most vicious kinds of witchcraft! Once it starts, your entire body will begin itching. Eventually, the itch will get so bad that you’ll begin scratching yourself, but don’t think it’ll end after that. Oh no, you’ll continue scratching and scratching till all your skin peels off, and eventually, you’ll scratch yourself to death!” explained Gerald.
Widening his eyes even more, Felton then warned, “Y-you b*stard! I dare you…! You won’t do it! …I-I can tell that you’re bluffing…!”
Ignoring him, Gerald simply continued finishing up the poison. Once he was done, he squatted right next to Felton’s limp body before tilting the brew of inexorable witchcraft dangerously close to him…
Realizing that Gerald was dead serious, Felton quickly began begging, “…P-please, I was wrong, Mr. Crawford…! I’m the one at fault here, so please, please don’t do it, Mr. Crawford…! Understand that I only came here to capture you under grandma’s orders…! Hell, she’s not even the puppet master of all this! With that in mind, you shouldn’t be bearing your grudges against her! Regardless, again, I
emphasize the fact that I was forced to do this! Y-you said I was going to be of great use to you earlier, right? Let me prove my worth to that statement! I won’t fail you, I swear!”
“Oh? Is that so? Well, why don’t you tell me a bit more about this Dead Annie Mother, then?”
“G-grandma told me that since regular Dead Annies can already be used to suppress and restrain your functional yin energy, the Dead Annie Mother would have allowed me to subdue you with nearly no effort at all! It’s also the Gunter family’s most prized possession, but anyway, why don’t we negotiate this out? If you promise not to use that poison on me, then I’ll teach you how to utilize the Dead Annie secret technique, and that includes how to use the Dead Annie Mother! With that in mind, please, please spare my life…! What do you say to that…?” asked Felton as he gulped.
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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1343 “That honestly doesn’t sound too bad an idea! Additionally, I’d like to ask you a few other questions… If you answer them honestly, I’ll consider not planting the poison inside you!” sneered Gerald.
“Y-you can ask me anything! I swear to answer honestly as long as I know the answer to them! Just please, spare my life…!” pleaded Felton, incapable of thinking about anything else aside from surviving right now.
After all, while he had initially planned to use his grandmother’s superiority to scare Gerald off, Gerald appeared completely unfazed by his threats! What more, Felton was truthfully extremely terrified of the witchcraft that Gerald had just brewed up! That b*stard’s methods were simply too sinister and vicious!
While Felton truly wished that he could just eat Gerald alive at that moment, he was well aware of who was in power now. As a result, he honestly began teaching Gerald how to use both the Dead Annie and the Dead Annie Mother secret techniques. He also made sure to answer all of Gerald’s questions as truthfully as possible.
Once Gerald was done with his questions, Felton looked straight into Gerald’s eyes before saying, “… There, I’ve already answered every question you asked, and I’m sure I’ve even added some information that you didn’t ask for… I’ve told you everything I know…! With that in mind, you can spare my life now, right…?”
“Spare your life? While it’s true that the score between both of us has now been settled, at the end of the day, you’re still the person who sliced off Sierra’s arm! With that in mind, I still haven’t settled that score with you yet, but I have the perfect solution to that issue! I’ll just implant the poison into you and with that, I’ll consider any bad blood we had before this to be done and over with!” replied Gerald with a smile.
“…You… You…! You b*stard! How dare you make a fool out of me?!” roared the enraged Felton as blue veins instantly began revealing themselves on his forehead.
“So what if I did! Were you truly thinking that I would just let you off, you silly boy?” sneered Gerald before tilting the contents of the bowl onto Felton!
In no time flat, Gerald had successfully implanted the inexorable witchcraft into Felton’s body!
“You utter b*stard! I’ll kill you! I’ll… I’ll slice you up into a thousand pieces if you don’t remove the poison right this instant!” cried out Felton almost hysterically as he instantly began desperately struggling on the ground.
Watching as strong emotions of anger and fear appeared on Felton’s face, Gerald simply replied, “Remove…? You have no idea why it’s called inexorable witchcraft, do you?”
“…Is there meaning behind that name?”
“While it’s only considered to be one of the more vicious witchcrafts among the secret techniques, it’s without a doubt, the most powerful, and for good reason too. After all, there truly is no way of removing it! Just so you know, only records of creating this particular witchcraft have been found in the secret techniques book. With that in mind, nobody truly knows how to remove it! Regardless, you don’t have to worry too quickly since I haven’t activated the poison. However, the effects of the inexorable witchcraft will instantly begin taking effect the second you use your inner strength! Consider this a warning and don’t blame me should a time come when you activate your inner strength on your own accord and trigger the poison! Another thing to note is that even if you manage to find a master to attempt to help remove the witchcraft from your body sometime in the future, make sure you don’t accidentally use any essential qi to force it out!” explained Gerald with a laugh.
“…There… There’s no way to remove it?! You…!” growled Felton, feeling immensely frustrated. Despite being infuriated, however, he didn’t dare say a word to Gerald. The only thing he could do to
calm himself down was to grab onto the dirt on the ground.
While he wanted to attempt begging for mercy, he refrained since Gerald had already implanted the witchcraft in his body anyway. With that in mind, as long as Gerald felt dissatisfied, he could easily trigger the poison, causing things to very quickly turn extremely ugly.
At that moment, Leo—who had already transformed back to his original state—walked over and kicked Leo a few times before saying, “Everything’s done, Mr. Crawford! Heh! Why’s this young lad not dead yet? Is there even a reason to keep him alive?”
“He’s still slightly useful to me, though you can destroy his inner strength later before tossing him into the cellar and locking him up there. Also, I’ll be entasking you with staying here in the shantytown to protect Monica and the other villagers. While I’ve already told Felton to send a text message to tell the Gunter family’s subordinates to change their target, I’d feel better if you stayed back here, just in case!” replied Gerald.
“Very well, Mr. Crawford. What will you be doing in the meantime?”
Oh, I’ll be locating Rosie Slow! Don’t worry, I can go on my own!” said Gerald before immediately turning around to leave, intent on looking for Seth and Suri again.
Chapter 1344
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1344 “Come along now, young lad! I’m tossing you into the cellar!” said Leo with a chuckle before lifting Felton with a single hand.
In his current state, Felton felt like he was nothing but a tiny chick who didn’t even dare to fight or talk back.
As for Gerald’s side of things, Suri had made sure to contact Rosie once noon came, telling her that someone wished to meet up with her.
Due to how much Rosie trusted Suri, she agreed to meet Gerald despite her busy schedule.
With that, Gerald, Suri, and Seth then headed straight for the company—in Qerton City—where Rosie was currently at.
Upon meeting her, Gerald could immediately sense that Rosie had a very strong aura, just as he had expected her to have. In other words, she had a perfect body for the lady in white to adapt to.
Regardless, with the trio now standing before her, the fair-skinned and beautiful woman—who looked like quite a domineering chairman at around the age of twenty-seven—asked, “You’re Mr. Crawford, correct? Suri told me that you were looking for me. How can I help you?”
“A pleasure to meet you, Chairman Slow. I’ll cut straight to the chase and say that I require you to come someplace with me. More specifically, I’d like to borrow you for less than three days. Of course, I’m not asking you to do so for free. From what I’ve heard from Suri, your company appears to currently be experiencing a massive financial crisis, am I correct? I’ll say it now that should you agree to my request, I’m willing to compensate you with over ten times the amount of what you currently owe!” replied Gerald without beating around the bush.
Upon hearing that, Rosie found herself frowning slightly. With a bitter smile, she then said, “I apologize, Mr. Crawford, but what exactly do you mean by ‘borrow’? I’m afraid what you’re asking for is simply too inconvenient for me to oblige to!”
Though she had immediately turned down his request, Rosie couldn’t help but wonder who this handsome and refined person was. What did he even mean by ‘borrowing’ her? What more, the amount she needed to tide over her company’s financial crisis was at least a hundred million dollars! Going with what he had suggested, wouldn’t ten times of that amount to a billion dollars?
Due to it clearly sounding unbelievable, Rosie quickly found herself concluding that Gerald wasn’t a reliable person. With that in mind, she simply stood up to leave so that she could be done with this queer conversation.
At that moment, a shout could suddenly be heard coming from outside, stating, “Mr. Caffin! You can’t just go in like that! Our chairman’s meeting up with a guest right now!”
“Bah! All she’s meeting is a pimp, isn’t she! Now get out of my way! I’m meeting Rosie!” declared Mr. Caffin as he slammed the office door open.
Following that, everyone watched as a robed old man—who looked to be around the age of sixty— sporting a goatee and a felt hat on his head, entered the room alongside his bodyguard. If the four people inside the office didn’t know any better, they’d surely have assumed that old man was from some band!
Hands in his pocket, Mr. Caffin then said in a carefree manner, “Your subordinate truly is too ignorant, Rosie! Can you imagine her actually trying to stop me from entering your office? How could she not know that you’re already engaged to me!”
“I beg your pardon, Titus! Have you gone mad? Who on earth got engaged to you? Also, do you really think that my office is someplace you can just barge into whenever you feel like it?” retorted Rosie.
From what Gerald could see, Rosie’s disgusted expression was more than enough to tell him that she wasn’t the least interested in Titus at all.
“Regardless, aren’t you interested in finding out why I so anxiously came over to look for you today? Worry not, I’ve got you covered. See, with your mother currently so ill and in a vegetative state, I went ahead and took the initiative to find a top-notch doctor for you! The doctor in question is Dr. Yivian Zouch, and he’s well-known for curing several other patients who were also in vegetative states!” explained Titus as he quickly introduced Yivian to Rosie.
Upon hearing that, Rosie—who had initially been planning to scowl and chase Titus out of her office in anger—found herself holding her tongue as she gulped and turned to look at Dr. Zouch before saying, “…Is he the one?”
“Indeed I am, Miss Slow. Just so you know, Mr. Caffin pleaded to me for the longest time before I finally agreed to come over! He’s really been willing to spend a lot of effort on you!” said the doctor as he rested his left arm against his back while stroking his goatee with his right hand, a pose that suggested that he truly was a world-renowned expert.
“Hear that, Rosie? Do you see how much I care about you now? Speaking of which, who is that pimp anyway?” snorted Titus as he looked at Gerald with hostile eyes.
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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1345 “I’m not acquainted with him either. Either way, I have other things to attend to, Mr. Crawford. Also, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help with your request. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to take care of my mother for now!” said Rosalie.
Quite honestly, if it wasn’t for the fact that Suri had been the one who had brought Gerald over today, Rosie would’ve already issued for someone to chase him off so that she wouldn’t have had to waste so much time on him in the first place!
“I truly implore you to reconsider my proposal, Chairman Slow. After all, I’ve already offered you very generous terms, and you’ll be able to receive a mountain of money without even doing much. To sweeten the deal, I’ll treat your mother’s illness as well as long as you agree to my proposal!” replied Gerald.
“That’s right, Chairman Slow! He’s capable of that!” added Suri.
Truthfully, Suri had been trying her best to recommend Gerald to Rosie since she wanted him to help treat Rosie’s mother. After all, Suri knew for a fact how much of a toll Chairman Slow’s mother’s illness had always been on Rosie.
What more, Suri was certain that Gerald could help since she had already had the honor of witnessing Gerald’s magical medical skills when he treated her grandfather. After all, it had only taken about half an hour—after ingesting Gerald’s oxyblood pellet—for her grandfather’s expression to grow much ruddier than before. In fact, he was even capable of standing again by that point!
With that in mind, Suri knew for a fact that calling Gerald a genius doctor was no exaggeration.
“…You… Can treat illnesses as well?” asked Rosie in utter disbelief.
She had already had the impression that Gerald was a slightly unreliable person. After all, despite having just met her, he had claimed that he was going to help her tide over her company’s financial crisis. As if that wasn’t already enough, he was now saying that he was capable of curing her ailing mother! There was no way she was going to fall for that!
“Humph! I appreciate the gesture, Mr. Crawford, but I find myself more willing to trust in Dr. Zouch!” replied Rosie as she spoke her mind without the slightest hesitation.
As she ordered her subordinate to chase him away, Gerald simply smiled subtly before saying, “Suit yourself, Chairman Slow! Hopefully you don’t come to regret your decision!”
While Rosie didn’t reply to that, Titus—who had been standing impatiently at the side this entire time— snapped, “D*mn it, brat! Don’t you get what Rosie’s trying to say? You’re just some young lad who’s not even seen much of this world yet! How dare you even claim that you’re capable of curing illnesses! Honestly, I think you just have ulterior motives for trying to get close to my fiancée! Throw this man out immediately, Hiro!”
“With all due respect, Mr. Caffin, I’ve vowed never to attack anyone without a weapon. Had this man attempted to attack you first, I would’ve definitely taught him a lesson by now. However, not only has he not done that, but he’s not holding a weapon at all! He simply looks like a regular Joe and I can’t hurt someone like that!” replied Hiro—who had been standing behind Mr. Caffin this entire time with his arms crossed—as he squinted his eyes slightly before shaking his head.
Though Hiro exuded a rather arrogant and domineering aura, Titus simply retorted, “This is no time to be thinking about your oath! Just teach him a lesson already!”
“And just what exactly are you ordering him to do? Whatever the case is, Mr. Crawford came over to meet me today, so don’t you start doing anything to him now! You can’t just act recklessly as you please just because you have a master by your side!” replied Rosie.
Though she didn’t really like Gerald, in the end, Suri was the one who had brought him here. Since she treated Suri like her sister and best friend, Rosie had stepped in to stop Titus, just to give her some face. Had Suri not been the one who invited Gerald, however, Rosie secretly hoped that Titus would just teach this lad—who didn’t know any better—a good lesson.
“You hear that, brat? Rosie’s already pleading on your behalf, so you better get lost right this instant! Otherwise, I’ll show you how powerful I truly am!” warned Titus.
Hearing that, Gerald simply chuckled with a wry smile as he shook his head.
“…You… You brat! What are you laughing about?!” growled Titus.
“From the looks of it, he seems to be looking at you with disdain, Mr. Caffin!” said Yivian who had been silent this entire time.
“I’m laughing at how overly confident you are! To think that someone like you is still worthy of the title ‘Mr. Caffin,’… Aren’t you even aware of your own capabilities?” retorted Gerald as he moved for the door to leave.
However, Hiro suddenly blocked Gerald’s path—his arms still crossed as he squinted his eyes—before saying, “Now that you’ve insulted Mr. Caffin, I can’t allow you to just leave like that! I’m teaching you a lesson right here and now!”
The way he was speaking suggested that everything in the world was nothing but pitiful ants to him. It was the arrogance of a warrior.
“You know, after hearing you keep yapping on and on about teaching me a lesson, I’ve grown curious as to where you get your confidence from! Regardless, I do hope you understand that healing your
mother and dealing with your company’s financial crisis is only out of goodwill. Refusing my request is another matter altogether!” warned Gerald after turning to look at Rosie with a wry smile.
“For f*ck’s sake! Are you actually threatening my fiancée right in front of me?! Beat him to death already, Hiro!” ordered Titus.
“It seems that I’ll have to make an exception to deal with this ant today!” replied Hiro as he shook his head, seemingly still reluctant to break his oath as he took a step forward.