Chapter 2176


    Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2176


    A short whileter, the man returned alone before saying, “Elder has invited you in!”


    “Thank you for sending him the message,” replied Gerald as he ced his palm and fist together


    before entering the area with Fujiko…


    After walking for about ten minutes, the duo finally arrived at the old man’s home. Since the man hadn’t


    guided them there, the duo had made their way here solely from memory.


    Regardless, as Gerald pushed the house’s door open, he made sure to whisper, “Speaking of which,


    once we meet the old man, don’t say a thing. I’d like to test him first…”


    “Got it,” replied Fujiko with a nod.


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    With that, the duo walked toward the parlor where the old man could be seen sitting on the tatami floor.


    Before him, was a bottle kettle, and despite noticing Gerald and Fujiko’s presence, he didn’t move an


    inch. Knowing that the old man could speak in the Westonnguage and since there wasn’t anyone


    else around, Gerald didn’t bother speaking in his awkward Japanese and simply said, “I’vee to


    visit you, old man.”


    “So you have. Is thepetition over?” asked the old man as he turned to look at Gerald.


    “It just ended,” replied Gerald as he sat in front of the old man.


    “I see… Are you here to ask about why I helped you back then?” asked the old man as he served some


    tea to both Gerald and Fujiko.


    “Pretty much,” replied Gerald who saw no reason to lie.


    “Truth be told, I just didn’t want you to have another conflict with that man. After all, you had already


    killed several of his men by that point, and I didn’t want to have to clean up more bodies. So there you


    have it, the reason I allowed you to sneak off,” exined the old man with a smile as he stroked his


    beard.


    “… Is that truly all?” asked Gerald in slight disbelief.


    “What other reasons could there be? After all, we had never met before at that point in time. Either way,


    since you’re already here, why don’t you have some tea with me?” asked the old man as he gestured


    at the teacup before Gerald.


    Getting the old man’s hint, Gerald turned to look at Fujiko before saying, “… Could you look around


    outside for the moment, Fujiko? There’s something I’d like to discuss with him in private…”


    “Pardon me, then,” replied Fujiko as she got to her feet and left the room…


    Gerald made sure to follow her to the door before closing it behind her. With the door now shut, Gerald


    turned to look at the old man before calmly saying, “Now that we’re alone, you can say anything you


    want… I assure you that anything you say won’t leave this room.”


    “Oh? You surprisingly know quite a lot, kid!” replied the old man with a chuckle.


    “Well, you did help us escape Ryugu that day. What’s more, you even revealed that you were a


    Westoner before we left. How couldn’t I figure that there was more to why you did all that?” said


    Gerald.


    “I see… Before that, I’d like to rify that I had been keeping an eye out on you ever since you entered


    our territory… With that said, with your abilities, taking Ryugu down would’ve been a cinch for you, no?”


    asked the old man as he continued stroking his beard.


    “You’re not wrong,” replied Gerald.


    “Hmm… Well, at the very least, the part where I didn’t want you two to get into too much trouble is


    true,” said the old man.


    “But why even bother? After all, we had just met for the first time and as far as I know, the Yamashitas


    hardly have any contact with the outside world,” replied Gerald in a curious tone.


    “You truly do know quite a lot…”