Chapter 876: 435: Look Closely, Is It Really? (First Update, Requesting Monthly Ticket!)

He was simultaneously knocked to the ground, stars appearing in his vision. Lawrence Winters acted so quickly that everyone in the room did not have time to react.

Evan Stetford suddenly stood up and sternly said, "Pick up that tooth for me!"

Mr. Gilbert stepped forward, about to pick up the tooth, but Lawrence Winters was faster, snatching the tooth from under his palm and placing it on Evan Stetford’s desk.

Evan Stetford picked up a magnifying glass and examined the apparent fake tooth with indifference, saying coldly, "... Poison hidden in the tooth, biting it to kill oneself? In such a hurry to die? Isn’t it better to feed the fish in the sea?"

Lawrence Winters looked at Mr. Gilbert with a righteous expression, then at Aaron Walton whose face was ashen, pursed her lips slightly, snorted, and said, "Mr. Walton, let me give you a new name. Change your name, and your fortune changes, you don’t have to die."

Aaron Walton, who originally thought he was doomed, suddenly widened his eyes with surprise and joy after hearing Lawrence Winters’ words, "Really? Can I really not die?!"

If one can live well, who would willingly choose to die?

Mr. Gilbert sighed at this moment and said, "Walton, I know it was a moment of confusion, but you have already committed a grave mistake. There is a life in your hands. You are a member of the Celestial Path Sect, you understand this karma, right?"

Aaron Walton looked at Mr. Gilbert, and his joyful expression gradually faded.

He laughed twice, then turned from laughter into sobs.

Men have tears but do not easily shed them, watching a man in his fifties cry like this, Lawrence Winters also felt a bit melancholic.

She shook her head and said lightly, "People of the Celestial Path Sect indeed have to be responsible for their karma. However, Maria’s death has nothing to do with him. If Mr. Gilbert wants him to die, this karma falls upon Mr. Gilbert instead."

Mr. Gilbert felt a chill down his spine, and his face immediately darkened, "Master Winters, your words are too much, aren’t they? I am kindly helping you clear your grievance, yet you cannot distinguish right from wrong, only know how to be a foolish do-gooder. You want to save Aaron Walton, I can understand. After all, the matter of Maria arose because of the confrontation between you two. But Maria, does she deserve to be an uncaused sacrifice in your conflict?!"

"Do you still have the rule of law in your eyes? Do you have The Three Pure Ones as your masters?"

Lawrence Winters’ face turned cold as well, "Mr. Gilbert, first, I didn’t have any confrontation with Mr. Walton. So your claim that Maria is a sacrifice of our conflict is utterly groundless."

"Second, I want to save Mr. Walton because I can see he is not the mastermind behind the scenes! If Mr. Gilbert insists on his death, then Mr. Gilbert owes the Walton family a life. I am saving you, Mr. Gilbert. How can you repay kindness with enmity? You truly disgrace the surname ’Gilbert.’"

"Jeremy Gilbert in heaven probably wants nothing more than to strike you dead as his unworthy descendant!"

Jeremy Gilbert’s wisdom stabilized the land, yet very few know that Jeremy Gilbert was also a member of the Celestial Path Sect.

He was even the elder relative of Grant Branch founder Master Grant.

Lawrence Winters finished speaking, turned her eyes from Mr. Gilbert, and directly addressed Evan Stetford, "Young Master Stetford, I think the mastermind behind the scenes isn’t Aaron Walton, I ask Young Master Stetford to continue the investigation."

Evan Stetford nodded, "Alright, I trust you."

He looked toward Mr. Gilbert and asked, "Mr. Gilbert, how did you find that it was Aaron Walton?"

Mr. Gilbert returned to a normal expression and said calmly, "He voluntarily confessed."

Lawrence Winters: "..."

She looked at Aaron Walton, frowning, "Mr. Walton, why did you confess? Maria’s death, I believe, has nothing to do with you."

Aaron Walton kept his eyes closed, and rasped out, "... It was me, it was me who was jealous of you... Master Lawrence, I owe you gratitude, yet my sins are deserved. Please do not compromise your karma for me."

His address to Lawrence Winters grew ever more respectful.

Lawrence Winters understood in her heart, she looked at Mr. Gilbert and gestured, "Mr. Gilbert, I respect you as one of the three elders of the Grant Branch of the sect, yet I advise you, life is significant, and karma is solemn. For the sake of your own safety and well-being, it is better to continue investigating."

Mr. Gilbert was pushed to a sweat by Lawrence Winter’s words.

He was a master of the sect and his understanding of karma was even deeper than Lawrence Winters’.

He closed his eyes, shook his head, and said, "Aaron Walton, I ask you once more, did you do it? If you didn’t, why did you confess?!"

Aaron Walton was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Lawrence Winters immediately intercepted their conversation, and said to Evan Stetford, "Young Master Stetford, see Mr. Gilbert searches for the ’mastermind’ like this. No logic, no evidence, no reason, how can one ensure the person he finds is indeed the real mastermind?"