Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 257

“If they are an organization that makes forgeries, who could be their leader?”

Casper already had the answer in his mind. However, he still wanted Victoria to say it.

“It was rumored that he was someone with crippled legs. Could he be Francis? Is he the man that you had mentioned before?” At that time, she had put her arms around his neck.

Feeling her bosom on his back, he stood up hastily. “Please don’t do this, Ms. Stalling.”

He wanted to lean on her bosom, but he thought of Giselle all of a sudden. He was feeling guilty. It was as if Giselle was watching him from somewhere out there.

There was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

“How silly of you, Casper. I just wanted to help you to get rid of Mr. Livingston,” she said.

Casper scratched his head. He was embarrassed by his action. “Is that true? I have misunderstood you.” Then, he stretched his head out. Stephen was sitting at a table at the front. When Casper caught his gaze, he fluttered his eyelashes at the former.

With a cough, Casper said, “Let me go interrogate the man.”

Then, he ran away from the auction hall. However, he did not know the place where Victoria had hidden the man. Thus, he decided to walk around the place.

Victoria’s Chamber was initially a small two-story villa. In order to organize the Antique Fair, Victoria bought the houses next to it. After a renovation, the place had become much bigger. Moreover, it was designed to look exactly like an auction hall.

Suddenly, Casper smelled something delicious. When he looked around for it, he saw cars lined up at the back entrance to Victoria’s Chamber. There were many waitresses wearing red dresses coming out

of the cars. All of them were holding a covered dish in their hands. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

At the same time, Victoria’s subordinates stood at the entrance. The waitresses went through strict inspection when they entered the door.

Suddenly, he caught the glimpse of a familiar figure. It was Tony’s subordinate, Gunther. The man was staring at the people from a distance. Casper was curious to know what Gunther was looking at.

“Why are you not with Mr. Lane? What are you doing here? Are you hungry?”

Casper approached Gunther with curiosity in his eyes. He knew that the Stalling family was planning to do something discreetly that night. It was possible that there would be moles in the place. Even though Winston and Tony were impressed with Gunther’s skills, he was portrayed as a materialistic person in Winston’s story. As he had such a glaring weakness, he would be an easy target.

After giving Casper a brief glance, Gunther had an odd expression on his face. It was as if he was wary about something. “There’s no danger on Mr. Lane’s side. But there’s something here-”

Casper frowned. “What danger? Where is it? How did you notice it?”

Gunther pointed at the back entrance. “It’s an instinct.”

Then, Casper smiled. “How can your instinct help us?”

Realizing that Casper did not believe him, Gunther immediately lifted his clothes. He then showed a scar on his body.

“Previously, I relied on my instinct to save Mr. Lane. It was the time when I took a blow for him.”

When Casper wanted to ask him what could a scarring wound prove, Gunther showed Casper his neck. He wanted to show Casper the wound under his chin.

“This is an injury I had when I was boxing in Thymion. The leader of a boxing team didn’t want me to win the match, thus he hired a sniper to end my life. The bullet grazed my neck and shot into my jaw. It came out of my mouth.”

At that time, Casper was already at a loss for words. Realizing that Gunther wanted to show more wounds to him, Casper stopped him in a hurry. “That’s fine. We will go and have a look.”

Then, he brought the ruthless man out of the door. They went to search inside the cars one by one. However, they did not find anything other than hotel employees.

Grabbing the arm of one of Victoria’s subordinates, Casper asked, “Do you know from which hotel had Ms. Stalling booked for the banquet?”

The man replied, “It’s a five-star hotel in the city.”

“Five-star hotel…” Casper muttered. Then, he opened the lid of a plate all of a sudden. After grabbing a piece of food from the dish, he stuffed it into his mouth.

“It’s prepared in the usual way. Well, it’s obviously the standard of a five-star hotel.”

Then, he took another two bites of the dish. After covering the spot where he had taken the food, he pretended that nothing had happened.

Victoria’s subordinate was at a loss for words.

While licking his fingers, Casper asked suddenly, “I was told that there will be four prominent families of antique dealers coming here tonight. Why are there only three families? The Yaeger family, the Lanes, and the Livingston family are all here. Who is the other family?”

“It’s the Hunter family who resides in the west district. They are a bit quirky. Thus, they are not welcomed in the antique community.” As Gunther had stayed in the Lane residence for a few years, he

knew it as well.

“Quirky? How quirky?” Casper asked.

After glancing around, Gunther showed him the act of digging things out. “The Hunter family has relied on this to sell the antique. Thus, the other three families aren’t on such a good term with them.”

Tomb raiders?

It dawned on Casper immediately. The Hunter family relied on raiding other people’s tombs to stay in the antique community. It would be a sufficient explanation of why the other three families did not have high regard for them.

“The Lanes and the Yaeger family are dealing in the appraisal business. Thus, they have the highest standing among the four families. Meanwhile, the Livingston family makes a business out of selling and purchasing antiques. On the other hand, the Hunter family is responsible for supplying the antiques.”

Upon hearing his words, Casper was baffled. “No one is allowed to sell the stuff raided from tombs. The other three families won’t take the antiques, will they?”

Gunther nodded. “You’re right. The antiques coming from the Hunter family will usually be sold by middlemen. Even though there are many good items, no one dares to buy them in plain view. However, they will communicate with the Hunter family discreetly. It is also the reason why the three families are very reluctant to get close to the Hunter family.”

Casper looked around for a bit and said, “It looks like this place does not hold the danger that you have mentioned. Let’s go. We need to see whether the Hunter family has arranged for their people to come here.”

After glancing at the food briefly, Gunther wanted to say something. However, he was dragged away by Casper. After they had left, Victoria’s subordinate quickly took out his phone and dialed a number.

“Is everything done?” There was the sound of a languid voice coming from the other end of the call.

“Yes, it’s all done. I only need to put the poison in Victoria’s food. But it will also mean that the other people at the table won’t survive.”

“What are you saying? It’s not poison. Just a special drug. It’s just that if they don’t have my antidote, they won’t be able to wake up anymore.”

“Okay, I got it. Don’t forget to do the thing that you’ve promised me after everything is done.”

“Don’t worry. You will be able to find a safe place to hide after you get the money.”

After that, Victoria’s subordinate ended the call. With determination, he took out a bottle from his pocket. It was filled with powder. Lifting the lid of the dishes, he sprinkled the powder equally into each one of them. Then, he put the lids back on.

“These dishes are for the main table. As the people at the main table are famous people, I won’t be able to stay in Horington anymore after this,” he muttered to himself.

Suddenly, a voice sounded from his back. “Who did you call just now?”

He quickly turned around to find Gunther and Casper standing behind him.

Lifting his leg, Casper kicked the man. He was thrown into the air before he fell to the floor. The back of his head slammed hard onto the ground.

Then, Gunther placed his feet on the man’s chest. With a flick of his feet, he caught the phone which was in the man’s pocket.

Casper took the phone which was offered to him. Noticing that he needed to use a fingerprint to unlock it, he prised the man’s fingers with force. The phone was unlocked after he pressed the thumb on the screen. Thus, Casper was able to memorize the number that the man had called before.