Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 258

“Actually, back when Hector told me that someone wanted to gather all the associations in Horington to wreak havoc at the Antique Fair, I thought that the Stalling family either had a mental problem or had other motives. The Stalling family can forget about their chain of pharmacies in Horington after ambushing the local influential figure in broad daylight. Besides, there was no way that Victoria wouldn’t have caught wind of it. If she had been preparing against this long ago, your plans are just a joke.”

Casper looked down at the mole and took the bottle of powder over from him.

“Over the past few days, I had been thinking about why the Stalling family needed to do such a thing despite being one of the most prominent families in Chanaea. Why would they ever think of such a stupid plan? After eliminating all impossible options, the truth was obvious no matter how ridiculous it seemed.”

Casper channeled Sherlock Holmes while stating his analysis. It was just that there wasn’t a pipe or hat around for him. What’s more, he genuinely didn’t look like Sherlock Holmes. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“The ambush plan was just a disguise. His real trick must be hidden elsewhere. He only did that to divert Victoria’s attention to protecting the Antique Fair so that it would be easier for him to bribe those who were inside to turn against her.”

As the mole was exposed by Casper, the former’s face turned ashen. It seemed that he knew his fate. Gunther was ruthless and dislocated both of the mole’s shoulders. After that, Gunther picked up his phone and was just about to report it to Tony.

“Hold on.”

Before he could do so, Casper raised his hand to stop him. “There are still two things that I don’t understand. Firstly, since the Stalling family is so good at using poison, why did they have to go

through so much trouble to poison the food at the Antique Fair? Secondly, he said that it was a type of drug over the phone and that one couldn’t wake up from it without an antidote. Then how does he plan to move away those who had taken the poison?”

Stroking his chin, Gunther replied, “There can only be one possibility. There’s still another mole. He isn’t the only one.”

At that, Casper turned to look at the mole to see how he would respond. However, the mole was already in excruciating pain after Gunther dislocated his shoulders. Beads of perspiration dripped down from his face.

“I don’t know. I only know that I’m in charge of poisoning the food. There should be someone else on the inside, but I’m not sure who it is. Besides, they’re very cautious.”

Hearing that, Casper was distressed. “If this person really is that cautious, then we won’t be able to find out who the other mole is. We can only play along and serve the dishes and pretend as if nothing happened at all.”

Gunther was stunned by his words. “Are you really going to let them eat the food? Didn’t you hear him just now? They won’t be able to wake up after eating it if they don’t have the antidote.”

“It’s no big deal.”

With that, Casper glanced at the menu on the serving cart before running over to other serving carts to take a look. After selecting three dishes that both the main and side tables had, he dumped the dishes that had been poisoned by the mole into the dumpster in the back alley. He then picked the same three dishes from the serving carts for other tables and put them on the serving cart for the main table.

“Notify Mr. Lane and Ms. Stalling that they should only eat these three dishes,” Casper instructed Gunther. When he opened the door to take a look outside, Casper saw that the waiter was just about to

serve the dishes on the main serving cart.

After asking the mole a few more questions, Casper knocked him out and shoved him under the car.

After Gunther was done informing them, he seemed slightly worried and said, “But Mr. Lane and Ms. Stalling aren’t the only ones at the main table. There is also the Livingston family and other leading figures in the antique industry present. What would happen if they ate the poisoned food?”

With a wave of his hand, Casper gestured for Gunther to calm down. “Didn’t he already say that there’s an antidote over the phone? Since he doesn’t intend to take their lives, he must have other plans for them. They’re going to be fine. Besides, I would like to see if there’s anyone siding with the Stalling family at the main table.”

Gunther paused for a moment before quickly coming to an understanding. If there were others who didn’t eat the dishes at the main table, they were probably in cahoots with the Stalling family.

After they got away from the serving carts, the waiters just happened to come over to bring the dishes out. They then made their way back to the banquet at the auction hall.

As of that moment, Winston, Tony, and Victoria had already received the information from Gunther that they should only eat the three dishes that Casper swapped out. Although they had no idea what happened, with their intelligence, they could guess that Casper had his reasons and abided by the instructions obediently.

After Casper took his seat beside Victoria, she used her fan to cover her mouth and whispered into his ear, “Did you find out that someone poisoned the food?”

Casper blinked in agreement.

A trace of devastation and fury flashed across Victoria’s eyes. “They really are ruthless. I knew they would do something like this.”

Casper then looked at Victoria and asked, “Ms. Stalling, are you really part of the Stalling family from Jazona?”

Victoria fanned herself gently and replied, “Yes and no. Although the Stalling family’s blood runs through my veins, I’m not a member of the Stalling family… I’ll tell you more about this in the future.”

At that, Casper nodded. He secretly scanned those who were seated at the table and saw that they were happily chattering away. Stephen was filling Winston’s plate with food non-stop, causing the latter to feel extremely embarrassed.

Everyone is eating the dishes. This doesn’t seem right. By right, there should be one or two people on the Stalling family’s side.

As Casper narrowed his eyes and pondered, he came up with two possibilities.

Firstly, those who were in cahoots with the Stalling family already had the antidote with them and could take it at any time. Either that or they had already taken the antidote beforehand. However, as Casper wasn’t familiar with the drug, the second half of his speculation was still questionable.

The second option was that those who were supposed to be seated at this table weren’t present due to some reason, which was why they didn’t have to eat the food.

In an instant, two families flashed across Casper’s mind, the Yaeger family and the Hunter family. Those two families had the possibility of plotting together with the Stalling family.

As Catherine left the Antique Fair after feeling disgraced, she wasn’t very suspicious. On the other hand, it would be normal for the Hunter family to be late to the banquet as they had been constantly

ostracized by the three families.

Casper turned to look at Victoria. “Ms. Stalling, why isn’t the Hunter family here yet? Are they not going to come?”

Victoria knew that Casper had his reasons for asking this and told him the truth. “Actually, the Hunter family helped me find the main treasure that would be the final auction item at the Antique Fair this time. They will definitely be present today.”

Casper then continued, “What treasure is it? Could it be an ancient relic?”

Victoria nodded. The term “ancient relic” was a code word to avoid mentioning “burial objects” outright for those involved in tomb-raiding.

“Although it is a taboo item, I have to admit that twenty percent of the genuine antiques this time were dug out from the ground. Besides, the item was decent, so I decided to keep it.”

She then took out her phone and showed Casper a picture. It was an ancient silk and feather jacket threaded in gold silk. As it was perfectly preserved, its price could be unimaginable. However, when Casper thought about how they got it off a dead body, he felt a chill run down his spine.

“Such an item only appears once in a blue moon on Pine Street. It really is a fine specimen,” Casper praised.

Just then, they started to put up a few trinkets for auction. Although they were trinkets, the objects that were auctioned off were easily worth tens of thousands.

The ancient porcelain jar from Casper was also put up for auction. When Tony knew that it belonged to Casper, he immediately bid for it for three million.