Female Novel
Chapter 2429
Upon hearing that, the seven women exchanged glances before nodding as they said, “Yes, we haven’tbeen able to contact him all this time… As you saw earlier, many people are looking for him… We don’teven know whether he’s still alive…”
“Could he really have died…? Are we too late?” muttered Lyndon.novelbin
“I don’t think so… Where was he last seen?” asked Gerald.
“The base! At the time, Chairman Lurvink had called and told me to transfer some of the assets to myname. Following that, he told me to send him some documents to the base, and that was the last Iheard of him…” explained the old gardener out of the blue.
Turning to face the old man, Gerald then asked, “And he disappeared right after that…? Didn’t any ofyou head to the base to check on him?”
“Of course, we did! We even called the police. Unfortunately, no matter how many times we went there,the base remained completely empty…” replied one of the women.
“I see. Where is this base? And what’s it used for?” asked Gerald.
“Well… Chairman Lurvink uses the base for research. Our company runs a biological sciencesbusiness, you see. With that in mind, Chairman Lurvink usually has to travel from home, to thecompany, and finally to the base every day!” explained the old gardener.
“As for where it is… It’s in a deserted suburb south of the city. However, it’ll be useless even if youhead there. After all, the samurais from earlier have already thoroughly searched the place!” added
another one of the women.
“I see… Do any of you know anything about Marcel’s wife and son, then?” asked Darkwind.
“I don’t think Chairman Lurvink has ever met them again ever since they separated around ten yearsago… However, the chairman did order me to transfer money to them a few times to help with theirliving expenses.
Each transfer was about a million dollars. That aside, the last transfer happened around five years ago.As the one who manages Chairman Lurvink’s assets, I was curious why he suddenly stopped sendingher money at the time. With that, I did some investigating and soon found out that his ex-wife’s accounthad long been closed!”
The old man’s reply made it clear that rather than a gardener, he was actually Marcel’s butler!Regardless, after hearing all that, Professor Boyle was prompted to ask, “One last question… You saidthat several people were looking for him. Who exactly are they? And why are they so keen on locatinghim?”
“It’s either due to debts or because they want research results… If there are any other reasons, I’m nottoo sure of them. After all, Chairman Lurvink never allowed us to enter his base!” replied the butler.
“I see… Well, I don’ t think staying here any longer will help. With that said, we’ll be taking our leavenow,” said Gerald as he nodded at the group before leaving with his party.
On their way to Marcel’s base, that the butler had given them directions to, Professor Boyle couldn’thelp but shake his head with a sigh before muttering, “It’s such a pity that Marcel’s dead… Our onlylead is now exhausted!”
“We don’t know that for sure. Either way, let’s have a look around his base first!” replied Gerald. Thiswas his best lead to date, and he wasn’t about to give in that easily! With that said, all four of them then
rushed to Marcel’s base.
Though the base itself was supposed to host a secret chamber within a subterranean steel structure,the base’s entrance was left wide open. That aside, upon entering, they quickly realized that the entireplace was completely empty…
“Completely abandoned… Looks like Marcel’s truly either missing or dead by this point…” muttered theprofessor as he sighed again.
“Dead or alive, we have to find him!” replied Gerald with a slight frown. “Hmm? Are we not leaving yet,Mr. Crawford?” asked the confused Lyndon.
“Why the rush? Speaking of which, start using your divine sense to look for any potential secretentrances, Lyndon,” ordered Gerald as he placed his hands against his back.
“Right away!” replied Lyndon as he obeyed the boy’s orders.
It didn’t take long for Lyndon to raise a slight brow before saying, “Thank god you suggested that, Mr.Crawford. I can sense another floor right beneath us!” “Excellent. Move aside, everyone!” orderedGerald.