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

Big Head spilled everything he knew—the Baron Vili he was acquainted with was a very old man. To trace back to the time Big Head first knew him, it would be about thirty years ago. At that time, Big Head was still just a little brat.


Children from poor families always had to mature early. As the eldest brother of two younger sisters and two younger brothers, Big Head never had a day of education, but he worked just as hard as his parents did.


Being small and not able to handle heavy manual work, he had no problem delivering newspapers. So, soon enough, Big Head got to know quite a few elderly people, and Baron Vili was one of them.


Everyone knew about this old man; he came from the Austria-Swiss Kingdom and was said to be a noble.


But then again, when someone comes from the Austria-Swiss Kingdom claiming to be a baron, not many people would believe it. Although Big Head didn't believe it himself, there could be no faking the money that the old man held in his hands.


Chapter 276: Toughness Performance S+