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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1776 June 5, 2021 by itgoes There was simply no easy way out of this.
The very next second, the four feral vampires began their assault on Gerald and Juno!
Watching as their claws extended toward the duo, Gerald quickly summoned his Astrabyss Sword before slashing the first feral vampire that got too close!
And just like that, the feral vampire that was slashed was cut clean in half!
With blood spewing out of their dead brethren, the other three feral vampires instantly began backing off.
After all, they now knew that Gerald’s sword was not to be taken lightly.
“Come at me if you’re not afraid to die!” growled Gerald as he glared at the remaining feral vampires.
Seemingly understanding what he had just said, the trio then turned around before bolting off.
While the crisis was now lifted, Gerald had come to learn that those feral vampires were actually rather timid. After all, they were easily scared and fled so quickly.
Regardless, Gerald then put away his sword before saying, “Alright, let’s leave this place before those feral vampires come back!”
With that, the duo resumed their journey with Gerald taking the lead… and half an hour later, they finally made it out of the forest.
Once they were outside, Gerald immediately took his phone out. Finally, some reception!
He had earlier planned to contact Ray and the others, though the forest naturally prevented him from calling.
Whatever the case was, there was reception now so it was high time he finally tried to contact Ray so that they could regroup.
To Gerald’s dismay, Ray wasn’t picking up. Frowning slightly, he then tried a few more times. In the end, however, the result remained the same…
The fact that there was beeping as the call tried to connect meant that Ray definitely had reception. So why wasn’t he picking Gerald’s call up…?
Thinking about it, there were only two possibilities as to why this was, the first being that Ray and the others hadn’t noticed the call.
The second, however, meant that they could very well have gotten themselves into trouble and were unable to answer…
While it was unfortunate, Gerald had a hunch that the second possibility made more sense…
After all, Ray was addicted to gadgets, so there was no way he would ever ignore his phone.
The fact that Ray still wasn’t answering even though he had reception only solidified Gerald’s theory that something must have happened to them.
Seeing that Gerald was still trying to call Ray—after quite a while—the concerned Juno was prompted to ask, “…Do… You think something’s happened to them, Gerald…?”
Furrowing his brow slightly at the thought of it, Gerald’s expression darkened as he nodded while saying, “…That’s very possible, especially since we’ve bumped into feral vampires here.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Ray and the others must have encountered them as well!”
“…W-what? Then, they…” exclaimed Juno, her heart feeling heavy.
“Don’t worry, Old Flint’s with them. If anyone knows how to deal with feral vampires, it’s him! With that in mind, the feral vampires shouldn’t be able to hurt them that easily!” replied Gerald, attempting to reassure Juno though he wasn’t all that sure about their safety either.
Still, he simply didn’t want Juno to worry too much about them at the moment.
After all, the important thing now was to try regrouping with them.
With that in mind, the duo immediately began searching for their party members at the edge of the forest.
Not long after, they managed to come across a bag that looked strikingly similar to Ray’s… Upon rummaging through it, they found his mobile phone.
With that in mind, the bag undoubtedly belonged to Ray…
No wonder he hadn’t answered any of Gerald’s calls… He had been separated from his bag and phone!
While they at least knew why he hadn’t been picking up now, Gerald and Juno were also much surer that something terrible must’ve happened to their other party members…
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The very next morning, Gerald took Rey with him and set off.
“Where are we headed to this early in the morning, Gerald?” asked the puzzled Rey.
He hadn’t been able to get a good night’s sleep in the past few days, and when he was finally able to sleep in his own bed, Gerald had come early in the morning to drag him out! It truly made him feel helpless.
“We’re going to the Dark Sect of Ghost City!” replied Gerald.
As they talked on, they soon arrived at the tower of the Dark Sect of Ghost City…
Since the manhunt for the Ember Lord was still on, the construction of the Dark Sect had been put to a halt, leaving the entire tower sealed. Due to that sudden halt, however, many people ended up losing their jobs.
Just as the saying went, ‘Karma would always come back to bite’.
Regardless, upon stepping before the tower’s entrance, both of them found that the door had been locked with chains. There was even a strip seal attached to it!
“How do you propose we get in, brother Gerald?” asked Rey.
Giving no response, Gerald simply walked around the tower, looking here and there until eventually, he found an air vent connected to the back of the tower.
Removing the lid, Gerald then began squeezing into it! Seeing that, Rey knew that all he could do was follow…
After crawling for a while, the duo eventually made their way into the tower’s third-floor bathrooms.
Knowing that the Ember Lord’s chamber was on the sixteenth floor, Gerald then headed for the stairs and began running all the way up! Even after running all the way to the top, however, Gerald’s face barely reddened, nor did his heart race. In fact, he didn’t even feel the need to gasp for air!
Rey, on the other hand, found himself lagging far behind. Taking at least ten minutes to get to where Gerald was, Rey immediately flopped onto a nearby couch the second he saw one.
Gasping for air, Rey then muttered, “C-could we… please… not go so fast next time…? I’m dying here…!”
He really had no idea how Gerald could just bolt up sixteen fleets of stairs… It was simply an inhuman feat!
Then again, Gerald wasn’t a regular human to begin with. By this point, he was already a half-phantom, so his body no longer functioned like a regular human’s. With that said, sixteen fleets of stairs were nothing to him.
Regardless, Gerald didn’t bother replying to Rey’s statement and instead began looking for clues about the Ember Lord within the chamber.
After what Juno had told him the day before, Gerald knew that he couldn’t afford to remain passive anymore. They had to take the initiative to make the Ember Lord come to them, and the only way that was going to happen was if Gerald managed to find something that the Ember Lord cared about.
Once he managed to get his hands on such a thing, Gerald would surely be able to catch him.
Either way, after searching for a while, Gerald eventually managed to find a small wooden box in the chamber. It was just a simple-looking old box that didn’t look particularly special. Even so, the fact that Ember Lord—a person with such high status—would even possess such a normal-looking box was strange in itself.
With that in mind, Gerald figured that the wooden box must certainly contain something important to the Ember Lord, and that he must have forgotten to take it with him.
Immediately opening the box to see if he was right, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a ring made of green jade… With how dull the jade ring looked, it was clear that it was extremely old…
After examining the ring for a bit longer, Gerald then placed it back into the wooden box before slipping the box into his pocket with the intent of bringing it back with him.
At that moment, a furious voice could suddenly be heard shouting, “Who’s there?”
Hearing that, Gerald and Rey instantly turned to look at the door… only to realize that it was Old Flint and a few other men!
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Realizing that it was only Old Flint, Gerald and Rey breathed a sigh of relief.
Old Flint, on the hand, couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as he puzzledly asked, “…It’s you two? What are you doing here? And how did you get in?”
The chief inspector had already ordered him not to have any contact with Gerald anymore. What more, he had also been told that Gerald wasn’t allowed to help them in the investigation any longer. With that in mind, Old Flint could only obey his superiors.
“We’re here looking for clues!” replied Gerald.
“Look, I’m sorry, but you two aren’t allowed to get involved with this case anymore. With that in mind, please leave! If you return here again our only option will be to take you back with us!” warned Old Flint.
Hearing that, Gerald simply nodded.
Not wanting to make things difficult for the old man, Gerald then replied, “Copy that!”
Just as he was about to leave with Rey, however, he heard Old Flint yelling, “Hold on a minute! Did you find any clues while you were here? If you did, please hand them to us!”
Smiling subtly, Gerald then shook his head before saying, “Sorry, Old Flint, but we didn’t manage to find any!”
With that, the duo then left the tower…
Who was Old Flint kidding? As if Gerald would ever hand over the clue he found to him!
Whatever the case was, now that they had left the Dark Sect of Ghost City, Gerald and Ray quickly returned to their office…
It was only once they were inside when Gerald took the jade ring out of the wooden box again.
Staring at Gerald, the puzzled Rey couldn’t help but ask, “…Is there something special about that jade ring? Why did you feel the need to bring it back here…?”
Hearing that, Gerald then replied, “Just think about it. Why would a person with such high status as him keep such an old jade ring around? Don’t you find that odd?”
It was then when Rey realized that what Gerald had said was true.
At that moment, Juno entered the room before saying, “That jade ring should belong to an old person!”
“And where’s this coming from?” asked Gerald as he looked at her.
“Well, not only does the ring look weathered, but the carvings on it are also extremely old-fashioned! My grandma used to wear a similar ring, you see, which is why I feel that the wearer must be old as well!” explained Juno.
Upon hearing that, Gerald felt that her statement made sense.
With that information, Gerald assumed that the ring once belonged to the Ember Lord’s grandmother, though she later passed it down to him.
“I mean, that’s nice and all, but even if we have the ring, we may not be able to catch the Ember Lord, right…?” muttered Rey.
“No… No. I believe that this jade ring will surely help us find him! In fact, I already know who his next victim will be!” declared Gerald in a confident tone.
Following that, he walked right out of the office, and Rey could only follow behind him.
Once they were downstairs, Gerald threw his car keys at Rey before saying, “You drive. Our destination is the Census Bureau!”
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“Hello? What is it, Gerald?” asked Old Flint from the other side of the line.
“Old Flint, while I know you can’t let us join the investigation, I hope you can still help us out. Essentially, if you want to solve the case and capture the Ember Lord, listen closely and believe me when I say that everything that I’m about to tell you is going to be extremely important!” replied Gerald in a serious tone.
Hearing that, Old Flint paused for a moment. Eventually, however, he knew he could trust Gerald, so he was willing to risk it. After all, both of them wanted the case to be solved and have the Ember Lord be captured.
“…Alright, tell me how I can help!”
“Head to the Census Bureau now. I’m currently heading over as well, and I’ll tell you more about it when we meet!” replied Gerald before hanging the call up.
Half an hour later, Rey and Gerald met up with Old Flint at the assigned venue.
“What are we even here for, Gerald…?” asked the confused old man.
“Look, I need you to do a background check on the Ember Lord as well as his family, and not just his parents either. I need you to thoroughly research anyone related to his parents as well!” ordered Gerald without giving so much as an explanation as to why.
Even so, Old Flint knew that Gerald must have his reasons for asking for that. With that in mind, the old man then said, “…Copy that!”
Shortly after, Old Flint then entered the bureau. Gerald needed the old man’s help since only someone with his credibility was allowed to access and retrieve the information and profiles of others…
It was about an hour later when Old Flint finally exited the bureau with a thick stack of papers.
Getting into the car, he then handed the papers to Gerald before saying, “Here’s everything about the Ember Lord and his family, including the information about his parents and grandparents!”
Hearing that, Gerald immediately began scanning through the documents, his reading speed faster than someone skimming across the pages of a book.
With how serious Gerald was, Old Flint couldn’t help but ask, “…What exactly did you discover, Gerald…?”
Gerald, however, simply ignored the old man and continued breezing through the papers… until eventually, Gerald stopped.
Pulling out a file that was labeled, ‘Yamilet Faes’, he then showed it to Old Flint.
Yamilet Faes was none other than the Ember Lord’s grandmother. Even so, she passed away about three years ago. Everything in the file was information from about two years ago…
“…Am… I supposed to understand something from this…?” asked the puzzled old man.
Following that, Gerald immediately stated Yamilet Fae’s address before saying, “Rey, check if the coordinates of the address match the numbers left behind by the Ember Lord!”
Hearing that, Rey quickly took his tablet out and began searching for the address… and sure enough, once the results came out, the numbers left by the Ember Lord truly seemed to be the coordinates of his grandmother’s home!
“You… You’re right! The numbers are exactly the same!” exclaimed Rey as he looked at Gerald and Old Flint.
Hearing that, Gerald and Old Flint exchanged glances with each other. They finally knew what the numbers represented!
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There was no way in hell that those two facts could be coincidences. With that in mind, that could only mean that the Ember Lord was hiding there.
However, since the Ember Lord had left that hint for them, it was possible that instead of finding him there, they would instead find the location of his next victim.
After thinking about it for a while, Old Flint then started the car and immediately stepped on the gas! They needed to head to Yamilet Fae’s home right now!
“Are you really sure that the Ember Lord will be hiding there, Gerald…?” asked Rey on their way there.
Shaking his head, Gerald then replied with a serious expression, “To be quite honest, I’m not too sure. After all, the Ember Lord is a meticulous person who never plays by the rules. My guess is that the numbers will lead us to the next victim, but in finding that victim, we’ll surely get one step closer to where the Ember Lord is hiding!”
Hearing that, Rey then nodded in understanding…
After about forty minutes of driving, the trio finally arrived at the Ember Lord’s grandmother’s house.
Yamilet lived in a small, remote village, and the trio soon found themselves walking along the road in the village.
Since they didn’t meet anyone along the way, it was quickly made evident that the village had very few residents. What more, despite the fact that there were quite a number of houses in the area, many of them were locked and showed signs of being unoccupied for a rather long time…
Then again, it wasn’t all that surprising. After all, the city was much better developed than this place. With that in mind, who would be willing to continue suffering in such a place when they could live in much better homes?
Regardless, after walking for quite a while, they finally came across a plainly dressed person. With how old his clothes looked, all three of them assumed that he was just a farmer living here.
“Hello there!” called out Old Flint.
Hearing that, the old man instantly turned to face the trio, looking rather surprised that outsiders would even come to this village.
“…Yes? Who… are you?” asked the old man, sounding slightly frightened.
“Don’t worry, I’m just from the Grand Council! Cutting straight to the chase, I’d like to know if you know where Yamilet lives?” replied Old Flint.
Hearing that Old Flint was from the Grand Council, the farmer lowered his guard before asking, “…I’m sorry, who…?”
“Yamilet Faes! She’s an old lady!” repeated Old Flint.
“Oh, you’re looking for her? She passed away some time ago! Do you have business with her…?” asked the farmer.
Of course, Old Flint and the other two already knew that she was dead.
“We know about that, but we still need to go to her home. There’s something we need there!” explained Old Flint.
“Oh! Well, if that’s the case, I’ll bring you there!” replied the old farmer as he cheerfully agreed to help.
Delighted, Old Flint then replied, “I’m glad to hear that! Thank you, good sir!”
Now that someone was leading the way, they didn’t have to go looking around for her place anymore.
With the farmer’s guidance, all three of them soon arrived at Yamilet Faes’s home.
While it was a simple wooden cottage that had fallen into disrepair over the years, the door still appeared to be locked.
Looking at the state of the house, Ray couldn’t help but mutter, “…I… don’t think the Ember Lord would hide in such a shabby and creepy place, Gerald…!”