Chapter 2023

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2023

“Look, I really have no idea where he is! Please stop asking me!” replied Tarek, worried that if he let anything slip out, Gerald would surely have his head. However, if the men kept pressing on, then the main family would end him instead…!

“If you refuse to comply, I’ll simply bring you to the Penalty Division right now to let the elder in charge personally question you!” retorted the same man as he grabbed Tarek by his collar. At that moment, a woman rushed out of a room while yelling, “D-don’t! We’ll tell you everything we know…!”

Though they had never seen the elder of the Penalty Division before—since they had been living on Gong Island their entire lives—, they had heard many horrifying things about him from Terenzio over the years.

One of the crueler punishments they’ve heard was about a person who was sentenced to get bitten by a hundred snakes just because he left Yearning Island without permission. Listening to the punishment alone was enough to send chills running down anyone’s spine…

Regardless, upon hearing that, the man then released Tarek’s collar before asking, “So, where’s Terenzio?”

“H-he was killed by Gerald two days ago…! We tossed his body into the sea last night…! We… We had no choice…! If we didn’t listen to his orders, Gerald could’ve easily killed us…!” whimpered the woman as she immediately knelt…

Hearing that, the two men then exchanged glances before one of them said, “So, Will was right. Gerald did kill Terenzio!”

Gulping, Tarek then knelt as well before muttering, “N-now that you know all this, could you please spare us, Sirs…?”

“Whether you get to escape punishment or not is up to the Penalty Division,” said one of the men as the duo turned to leave, leaving Tarek and the woman kneeling behind them… Regrouping with the two other men—who had descended the ship—in the courtyard, the duo then said, “Tarek confessed that Terenzio was killed by Gerald. Apparently, his corpse was thrown into the sea.”

“I see… then… should we take action now?”

“I suppose. However, remember that Mr. Will told us not to kill Gerald. It may be his way of testing our strength.”

“Indeed. Then we should all remember to keep our strength in check. In the end, he’s still the chief’s grandson, and we can’t afford to hurt someone like that too much…”

With all four of them agreeing with that, they then left the area…

Meanwhile, Gerald himself had already snuck into the ship. While he was able to map out the entire ship within minutes, he couldn’t find any valuable information about Yearning Island at all! It was just an ordinary ship…

With that in mind, Gerald knew better than to remain on the ship any longer. Since the ship wasn’t providing him with any clues, he’d just have to investigate those who came in it.

Once he got off the ship, he then used his Herculean Primordial Spirit to detect the movements of everyone on the island… Soon enough, he was able to find a total of four people who hadn’t been on the island before. From what he could tell, they all had about the same strength as Terenzio. In other words, they weren’t very strong.

Looking in the direction where the cultivators were, he then swiftly made his way toward them… Upon seeing them, Gerald walked up to the four astonished men as he asked, “Are the four of you from Yearning Island?”

Hearing that, the leader of their team then took a step forward, staring at Gerald as he said, “Before that, are you Gerald Crawford? If you are, we’re here to meet you under Mr. Will Crawford’s orders.”