Chapter 288: Curtain Falls in Rain and Cries

Rain threads descended slowly, forming ragged lines in the night breeze. In the dim light, Jeter repeatedly struck the man before him, yet time and again he had him healed, for he needed to learn the whereabouts of the patent documents. Despite the seeming upper hand, he was now as vulnerable, powerless, and pained as a man who had gambled everything and lost.

Without the patent documents, everything that the Escher family had invested had vanished like a soap bubble. Even if the man before him died, so long as the 'Cosides' patents were still out there, the opposing family, with the help of Saint Yingo's influence, could prop up a blood-related heir and carry on. Meanwhile, the 'Escher' family, having initiated the patent war, would have its key members detained by the Court of Judgment, and most of its assets confiscated.

"Enough, he won't speak," an elderly man, aged yet resembling Jeter, approached and placed a hand on Jeter's shoulder.