Half-step Purgatory

Durin stroked the black cat on the armrest of his chair, sitting on the black leather sofa. Through the glasses perched on his nose, his gaze passed over the long table in front of him and settled on the man kneeling on the carpet:
"I understand, you've made money in Naples, your business has been very successful, and you've led a happy life. You've had those secret police, friends in both the law and the underground, and even the Royal Family speaking on your behalf."
"You don't need a friend like me, I know that. You're afraid of owing me a favor, and you don't want to get involved in troubles."
"But now you come to me and say, 'I beg you, Mr. Durin of the Corleon family, please help me seek justice, so that my life and my family will not suffer and sink into despair.'
Yet, in your eyes, I was nothing more than a second-rate artist involved in movies and music. Even at the brink of death, you still show me such disrespect, not even willing to call me by my title... Keeper of Secrets."

Durin's Diary

The so-called bodyguards scurried away.


With a wave of his hand, Durin threw the ruined Bell Tower into the sea.


Then, tapping the bell with his cane once again, he asked, "So, aren't you going to invite us in to sit for a while?"


This time, the butler opened the door proactively, his face dripping with sweat as he bowed his head: "May I ask if you are Mr. Du Lin from the Corleone family?"


"Yes, Roy is my father," Durin walked in, raising his hand as he did so.


On the clean and neatly trimmed grass, three chairs made of intertwined roots appeared.


Durin sat down with Old Enrique and Mr. Kakabu.


The lady found a chair for herself, but at a point from Durin, the chair turned to dust.


"Did I say you could sit down?" Durin asked with a smile, his expression changing suddenly: "Kneel. I ask, you answer. If you dare tell a single lie today, don't blame me for the swiftness of my knife."


Ultimately, the woman knelt down, her face twisted with bitterness.


Chapter 179: Twists and Turns