Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Clarence, are you free now?” Richard asked.

Clarence nodded and said, “I am. What’s the matter?”

“I hope you can keep what I’m going to say next to yourself.”

“Alright.”

Richard continued, “Clarence, I’m in trouble. I had a car accident on the way back. It took me much hardship before I managed to return to my company. Then, my secretary made a cup of coffee for me. Little did one know that the cup would actually explode and cut my hand.

“I decided that my company was currently unsafe. So, I prepared to go home. What came after was that my elevator actually broke down, and I ended up trapped in it for more than an hour…

“Now, I find things taking a bizarre turn around me. Clarence, could you please make a trip down to my company?”

“A-Alright.” Clarence nodded and gave him his word.

After he hung up, Miranda asked, “Who was it?”

“A friend of mine. He’s asking me out now,” Clarence did not reveal the truth to Miranda because he had promised Richard so.

“Is he the one who helped you with the bidding proposal?” Miranda looked at Clarence as she asked.

Clarence nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Go ahead. After all, I need to return to my office. Just drop me at the company entrance and go meet up with your friend.” Miranda was ready to go back to her company.

“Alright.”

Soon, Clarence dropped Miranda at the company entrance.

Before Miranda got out of his car, she took out five thousand dollars from her purse and said, “Take the money and treat your friend to a meal.”

“Dear, a meal doesn’t cost that much, right?” Clarence was a little surprised. As a son-in-law married into the Murphy family, he only received three thousand dollars per month.

This time, Miranda actually gave him five thousand dollars in one shot.

“Hmph! You don’t know anything! Someone who comes up with a proposal that could even impress Mr. Shelby is definitely not an ordinary man. Do you think five thousand dollars is for a meal only? The money is for you to expand your network.” Miranda rolled her eyes at Clarence.

After leaving five thousand dollars with him, she turned around and went upstairs.

Clarence felt warmth in his chest. It seemed like Miranda actually cared about him.

He kept the money. Then, he turned back and headed toward Richard’s company.

According to Richard, a secretary would be waiting for him at the company entrance. Clarence spotted a pretty secretary, and he arrived at Richard’s office at the fastest speed possible.

“Clarence, you’re finally here!” Richard was very happy when he saw him.

“Mr. Shelby, y-you…”

Clarence was caught by surprise. Richard actually looked ghastly pale, and his hand was bandaged. He looked like a mess and was in low spirits, as if he just recuperated from a critical illness. He was completely different from himself in the morning where he was energetic and had rosy cheeks.

Moreover, that speck of blood on Richard’s head was almost approaching the top of his head.

“Sigh… Clarence, it’s been a hard day for me. I almost died after leaving the bidding site.” Richard heaved a sigh.

“Clarence, you mentioned that a bloody disaster would befall me. What’s going on?”

“Let me take a look first.” Clarence also wondered why Richard had turned out like this.

Clarence’s eyes were already different from ordinary people’s. Not only did he have x-ray vision, but he was also able to check whether someone was going to suffer from misfortune.

Clarence also wondered why this had happened to him. However, he supposed it was alright to use this ability and help Richard out.

Clarence swept his glance across Richard’s body. He did not find anything unusual.

Then, he went around his office.

Richard’s office was spacious. It was nearly one hundred square meters. Apart from the office located on the outside, there was a bedroom, washroom, and cloakroom on the inside. Richard could always go in to take a rest whenever he felt tired.

When Clarence entered the bedroom, he frowned. His eyes rested on a metal thurible placed on a table.

The metal thurible released a bizarre black gas.

“This is…”

Clarence’s pupils were slightly constricted. He had always been interested in mysterious things, and he happened to have some knowledge about that type of thurible.

“What’s wrong, Clarence? Is there something wrong with the thurible?” Richard was surprised.

Top-quality incense had been used for the thurible. It could refresh his mind. Was there something wrong with it?

“Of course there’s something wrong with it. Mr. Shelby, thank goodness I discovered this early, otherwise, you would be in danger…” Clarence shook his head and said.

Clarence was very familiar with this type of thurible. In ancient times, each time after an execution, the executioner knocked out a part of the prisoner’s beheaded skull and burned it in this sort of thurible.

An executioner could easily behead hundreds of people in his life.

In other words, this thurible had been used to burn at least hundreds of human skulls.

It would be strange if nothing happened to Richard when he used a thurible that used to burn human skulls to burn incense!

Clarence did not hide the truth about the thurible from Richard. He explained everything to him.

After Richard heard his words, he sweated profusely and got goosebumps. It was no wonder why he often had nightmares when he went to bed. He often dreamt of hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him. So, it was all because of this thurible.

“That’s… Master Howard, you have to save me!” Richard instantly panicked. He nearly knelt down before Clarence.