Gerald Crawford, The Invisible Rich Man

Chapter 2022-2023

Chapter 2022.

After waiting for about two more days, Will could not bear it anymore and rushed to report the situation to Daryl.

"Oh? Terenzio's gone, you say?"

Daryl replied - who was in his hut - casually. The news itself was not too surprising to him. After all, even though he didn't teach Gerald much, the boy was still of Crawford blood. In other words, Daryl did not doubt Gerald's natural talent.

Regardless, Will then clenched his fists as he replied, Will,

"That's right! I've been trying to reach him for a few days now but it hasn't worked. I'm just worried he's fighting with Gerald and it's over... Well... I'm just worried Gerald killed him!"

Will is naturally uncomfortable with this. After all, Daryl had already treated him as his own son and everyone on the island knew that he would be Daryl's successor.

With that in mind, he sees Gerald - who is Daryl's grandson - as a natural threat to his position, and the only way Will can be at ease is to kill Gerald.

After hearing that, Daryl simply chuckled, waving his hand as he said,

"He was only a middle-level cultivator in the family, so it wasn't a big deal. I wouldn't be surprised if he was really dead. After all, if Gerald can reverse Yanam himself, what does Terenzio mean to him?"

Gritting his teeth, Will then asked,

"Then what should we do now?"

"We will send some skilled people to investigate. I need to know his current cultivation level."

Daryl replied as he sipped more tea.

"Understand."

Will said, expecting Daryl to say that.

While he was a bit reluctant to just sit there and let others do the job, he could only nod, knowing better than to go against Daryl's orders.

Will is pretty sure that he can easily kill Gerald. However, since Daryl did not allow him to immediately go to Gong Island, all he could do was wait.

Just as Will was about to leave, Daryl exclaimed,

"By the way, if he doesn't act on his own, then get his ally out of him. While I gave you permission to harm them, his allies cannot be killed, understand!?"

"Understand, chief!"

Will answered with a nod.

Moving back to Gong Island, despite clear skies the past few days, the arrival of a ship seemed to bring stormy weather with it.

At that time, Gerald was still searching for the location of Desire Island on the map. Just when he thought that he had actually met a brick wall, he noticed the existence of a fishing boat that had just docked at the pier.

After seeing that, he immediately stood up. Tarek had previously told him that all the inhabitants of the island were relatives of the Crawford family.

Gerald has also been told that whenever a ship comes to the island, most likely the main family - on Longing Island - comes to get some supplies.

Come to think of it, it had only been four days since the last ship left. While the ship must have been here earlier than scheduled, Gerald knew this was because no other ship would be docked here.

With that in mind, Gerald quietly headed to the dock without telling anyone else. While Gerald was now heading to the ship, some people from the ship had already rushed to Tarek's house.

After opening the door, they soon found Tarek sitting in his living room. Seeing that, the two men - who had chosen to enter the house - then crossed their hands before asking, asking,

"Under Mr. Will's orders, we're here to investigate your third brother, Tarek. Why didn't Terenzio avenge the main family?"

"What's? I'm. How do I know?"

Tarek replied while shaking his head thinking about the events of that night.

Realizing something was wrong, the man then asked,

"How could you not know? You, for example, should know that Terenzio is responsible for the communication between Gong Island and us. We are also pretty sure that you are the only person who is constantly in contact with him. Are you seriously telling us that you don't know where he is now?"

"Look, I really don't know where he is! Please stop asking me!"

Tarek replied, worried that if he let go of something, Gerald would definitely chop off his head. However, if the men continued to press on, then the main family would finish him off instead.!

"If you refuse to comply, I will only take you to the Penalty Division now to let the responsible Elder personally question you!"

Reply to the same man as he grabs Tarek's collar.

At that moment, a woman rushed out of a room while yelling,

"Don't! We'll tell you everything we know."

Although they had never seen the elders of the Penalty Division before, - because they had lived on Gong Island all their lives -, they had heard many terrible things about him from Terenzio over the years.

One of the most cruel punishments they had ever heard was about someone being punished by being bitten by a hundred snakes just because he left Longing Island without permission. Listening to punishment alone was enough to make anyone shiver.

After all, after hearing that, the man then removed Tarek's collar before asking,

"So, where's Terenzio?"

"He was killed by Gerald two days ago..! We threw his body into the sea last night.! Our. We have no choice.! If we don't listen to his orders, Gerald could easily kill us.!"

Whine at the woman as she directly knelt down.

Hearing that, the two men then exchanged glances before one of them said,

"So, Will's right. Gerald did kill Terenzio!"

While gulping, Tarek then knelt down as well before muttering,

"Now that you know all this, can you forgive us, Sir.?"

"Whether you can escape punishment or not is up to the Penalty Division,"

Said one of the men as the two turned to leave, leaving Tarek and the woman who was still kneeling behind them.

Reassembled with two other men – who had disembarked from ship – on the page, both then said,

"Tarek confesses that Terenzio was murdered by Gerald. Apparently, the body was thrown into the sea."

"I see, then.. Should we take action now?"

"I should. However, remember that Mr. Will told us not to kill Gerald. Maybe that's how we test our strength."

"Indeed. Then we all have to remember to keep our strength. In the end, he's still the chief's grandson, and we can't hurt people like that too much."

With the four of them agreeing with it, they then left the area.

Meanwhile, Gerald himself had already slipped into the ship. Although he could map out the entire ship within minutes, he was unable to find any valuable information about Longing Island at all! It was just an ordinary ship.

With that in mind, Gerald knew better than to stay on the ship any longer. Since the ship had not given him any clues, he only needed to investigate the people who had come inside.

Once he got off the ship, he then used the Primordial Spirit Hercules to detect the movements of everyone on the island.

Soon, he was able to find a total of four people who had never been on the island before. From what he knew, they all had almost the same strength as Terenzio. In other words, they are not very strong.

Looking towards where the cultivators were, he then quickly walked towards them.

Upon seeing them, Gerald walked over to the four men who were dumbfounded as he asked, Gerald,

"Are the four of you from Longing Island?"

Hearing that, their team leader then took a step forward, looking at Gerald as he said,

"Before that, were you Gerald Crawford? If yes, we are here to meet you under Mr.'s orders. Will Crawford!"