The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 2170

“So… You only let him off to get his help once you finally get on the island…?” asked Master Ghost.

“Thinking back, it was still mostly the fact that I didn’t want to kill another Crawford,” replied Gerald as he shook his head. With how important saving his parents was to him, Gerald wasn’t about to place his trust on any of the cultivating Crawford’s ‘help’.

“…If that’s the case, then didn’t you just free a tiger back into the mountains…?” asked Master Ghost who was starting to get slightly worried.

Though he hadn’t told Gerald about this, Master Ghost had secretly made a fortune-telling for Gerald some time back, and he found out that Gerald would encounter something dangerous—potentially even life-threatening—once he arrived at the island…

“Again, his strength was pretty average, so I don’t really see him as a threat. If he even dares to come after me again, I’ll just kill him,” replied Gerald rather nonchalantly as he waved his hand.

Seeing how confident Gerald was, Master Ghost simply said, “…Well, I’ll trust your judgment since you sound so sure about this…”

“I’m glad. Speaking of which, while fighting that cultivator, I came across another assassin who tried to kill me in the process. With how strong he was, I feel that he could’ve been a ranked assassin on the assassin list. Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling that only Kai would think of something like this,” replied Gerald.

“A high-ranking assassin? Where’s his body, brother Gerald? I’ve investigated over fifty assassins on the assassin list, so I can recognize most of them pretty well!” exclaimed Aiden who suddenly appeared much more excited than before.

Smiling helplessly, Gerald simply replied, “I’m afraid there’s no body to speak of…”

“…Huh? Did he manage to escape…?” asked Aiden, feeling slightly disappointed. Still, if they managed to catch that assassin later on, Aiden would surely be able to recognize the assailant. Following that, there was a chance that they’d be able to find out who hired the assassin in the first place!

“Sure thing! The higher-ups have already told me that I’ll be given a month’s worth of rest after the competition. With that said, hopefully things can be settled before then,” replied Aiden who really wanted to help Gerald save his parents. Even so, Aiden was still Weston’s ‘King of Soldiers’. In other words, if he suddenly received orders to return, Aiden wasn’t about to disobey his orders…

Regardless, Gerald then replied, “Things should be settled within the month.”

“Should we start making our move tomorrow, then?” asked Master Ghost.

“Indeed. We’ll meet up with Fujiko then before heading to the Futaba manor together. We’ll start discussing our next moves once we’re there,” said Gerald with a nod.

Nodding as well, Aiden then placed his hand on his stomach before muttering, “Um… Brother Gerald…? Are you hungry? I can head out to get some food for you…”