After a slight pause, Will eventually brought himself to say, “…Do… you really want to meet him that much, sir…?” “To kill him, yes. I’ve told you time and again that you’re the only heir of the Crawford family, haven’t I? If you still refuse to believe that, then you can just leave!” retorted Daryl as a frown formed on his face. “I-I apologize for doubting you! I believe you! I truly do…!” replied Will, quivering in fear. “If you do, then why did you secretly plan that assassination that night?” replied Daryl in a hoarse voice as he stubbed his cigarette out before loudly tapping his walking stick against the floor. “…T-that…” muttered Will, momentarily at a loss at what to say. Will, for one, had always thought that his plans were flawless. He never imagined that despite all his efforts to hide it from Daryl, that old man still managed to find out…! “I’ll say it right now that you nearly ruined all my plans!” scowled Daryl with a snort. “I-I know what I did was wrong no

Since the map itself looked like scrap paper, had Gerald not witnessed the disappearing islands before this, he wouldn’t have believed that the map was actually more complex than it looked. At that moment, Master Ghost walked in and asked, “Anything new on the map?” “Nothing. I don’t even know when Yearning Island will reappear again. It seems that the sea map truly has a lot of unresolved mysteries… Had I known about this back then, I wouldn’t have left the ancient ruins so quickly… That old man could’ve possibly helped with this!” replied Gerald as he shook his head with a sigh. True enough, had he known about all these mysteries back then, he would’ve surely remained in the ancient ruins till he uncovered all the mysteries of the sea map, no matter how long it took. “Indeed… Do you think we should return to the ancient ruins?” asked Master Ghost. “Just forget about it… So what if we manage to uncover the sea map’s secrets? All we’d be able to do is locate Yearning Island a

It had been nearly a week since he had last seen Yearning Island on the map. Despite the fact that he kept a close eye on the map whenever he was free, the island simply refused to show up again… As Gerald continued looking at the map, he suddenly heard someone say, “You’ve got some nerve looking for trouble with us…!” Slipping the sea map back into his pocket, Gerald simply smiled wryly as he left his room… Upon exiting, he saw Master Ghost and Aiden—who were seated in the living room—staring at the front door, making it quite evident that they had heard the same voice. Just as Aiden was about to get up, however, Gerald firmly pushed him back into his chair. “Just stay here. This has nothing to do with you,” replied Gerald in a casual tone as he exited the house and closed the door behind him. Of course, the owner of the voice was none other than Adler… “Ironic that you say that we’re looking for trouble when you’re doing the same,” said Gerald as he narrowed his eyes.

Scratching the back of his head, the person in charge then sighed as he said, “How strange… It doesn’t really help that he disappeared right after he had some conflict with you yesterday… If this incident can’t be resolved, what do I even say to the Japanese military!” When he first heard about Adler picking a fight with Aiden, he figured that it would just end in a fistfight. After all, incidents like that weren’t uncommon during competitions involving special forces. Unfortunately, now that someone had gone missing, death wasn’t completely off the table. With that in mind, the entire situation had become more troublesome than it should have been. As the person in charge, he knew that he had to be held responsible no matter the outcome. Honestly, resigning from his position was a light punishment compared to having to bear the consequences if the case turned out to be a serious one… “That’s for you to investigate. I hope you understand that that doesn’t concern us in the least,”

Still, if Adler truly was murdered by the men from Weston—or any other special forces soldiers from other powerful countries, for that matter—, the Japanese Military knew that they were going to be in hot water… While getting the soldiers to look for their own accommodations would make things slightly messier, at the very least, the Japanese Military would have to take less responsibility if a similar case took place… Gerald himself could guess why the Japanese military was doing this. With that, after hearing the news, he simply smiled before saying, “Guess the Japanese Military is getting worried.” “Indeed, though I can’t blame them. After all, I’m sure the Japanese Military has ever encountered a case like this before. Nobody would’ve been able to foresee the disappearance of such an outstanding special force soldier,” replied Master Ghost. “Regardless, let’s focus on finding ourselves a new place to stay first. I doubt safety will be an issue since aside from those from Yan