
Immediately after saying that, Gerald raised both of his hands and stuffed something into their mouths!
"W-what did you just feed us ?!" stuttered the two, dumbfounded by the turn of events.
It didn't take long for the two men to realize that whatever it was, it hurt a lot. The effect was almost instantaneous as the two men started to hold their bellies and roll around on the ground in pain, expressions of pain etched deep on their faces.
Quest himself — who had been standing still at the side all this time — was left petrified as he watched them squirm in pain.
“Only poisonous worms. Understand that worms may have already devoured your organs as we speak. It won't be long before the suffering ends and you two will die,” Gerald said with a cold smile on his face.
“T-please save our lives! T-please..” pinta the men.
“Only if you answer all my questions. First, why are you stalking Fenderson's sister? Which family are you in?”
The two men vowed never to reveal the answers to those questions regardless of how much they were tortured, what they were experiencing now was already far worse than anything they had ever imagined. A quick death would be better than what they were feeling right now!
“K-us... was sent here by the Schuyler family! We are Master Yael's subordinates...! Please... Please save our lives...!” the men said as they lay in pain on the ground.
“So it's really Schuyler. What evil thing are they planning this time?” ask Gerald.
“K-we don't know..!”
"I understand. Then let's go now, Quest.”
“T-no! Please wait! We'll tell you! We'll tell you everything we know! ” shouted the men in panic.
“K-while we don't know the exact details of what's really going on inside the Schuyler family, we've heard the news that Schuyler is secretly plotting something big to rebel against Fenderson! Their ultimate goal is to make the Fenderson family a part of their own family!”
"Oh? My correction if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Schuyler and the other small families currently under Fenderson won't have the ability to confront them.
“You're right.. T-but they've partnered with Longs in Yanken! A family called Moldells was also involved! From what we can see, almost everyone sent by the Moldells is extremely strong! We are pretty sure Fenderson is completely done for this time!” obviously the two men, spit out everything they knew in hopes of gaining Gerald's mercy.
'So that's why!' Gerald thought to himself.
“Y-yah.. From what we heard, Lord Fenderson is currently seriously ill so he is really on the verge of death. As a result, the Schuler family will move in the next three days.”.
“I've handled the bodies properly, Mr. Crawford's. What's the next step?” asked Quest while patting the ground from his hand.
Those people were still alive about ten minutes ago. No more.
Quest felt a tremor on his back as he recalled the agonized expressions on the two corpses. How horrible and scary.
When they first met, Quest simply assumed that Gerald was a simple and honest man. Gerald certainly looks like that. That was the reason why Quest dared to speak so presumptuously to Gerald earlier.
Now, however, he finally understood why his grandfather treated Gerald so respectfully and politely. Gerald had managed to fully instill fear in the heart of the Quest at this moment.
'The way of gathering information is too cruel and cruel!'
“Because my family and the Fenderson family are acquainted, I can't just ignore this. Plan change. We'll stay here for three more days. While I sneak into the Fenderson family to see what is really going on, you will be responsible for looking after Naomi and her mother, ” Gerald said as he looked to Quest.
Things are getting a lot hotter now with the involvement of Moldells. It is clear that Schuyler is now a stooge of that family as well.
There are three big rich families now. If the Moldells managed to conquer Fenderson and acquire them, then the Moldells would essentially have two of the three great families under their control.
Once that happens, it's not hard to imagine them targeting Crawford family properties in Weston next.
How clever it is for people from the Moldell family to try to get their families by flanking the Crawford family.
Knowing well what the Moldell family was going to do made it impossible for Gerald not to be involved in any of this. However, now was not the time for him to barge in with his true identity. He needs a plan…
However, as he glanced at Yorknorth Mountain, an idea came up as he thought of Joshua.
The next day, Bryson stood at the entrance of the Fenderson family home as he respectfully greeted, “Welcome to the Fenderson family home, Mr. Jenkinson. If you forget, I'm Bryson Fenderson and the people standing behind me are Fenderson as well. Nice to see you again.”
The old man—who needed a cane to prop himself up—then watched with his family as Joshua got out of his car.