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

Durin had just descended the stairs when he saw Ulyula, who immediately bowed his head upon spotting Durin.


Durin shooed the children away and then followed Ulyula into Madame Lin's office.


Inside, three people were already seated, one of whom Durin recognized—it was the secretary he met when he went to Sicily to bid farewell to Old Mr. Ron.


As soon as the secretary saw Durin, he stood up: "Sir Durin, please, you must help us Sicilians."


"Speak, what exactly happened?" Durin did not hesitate and took a seat on a bookshelf nearby.


Then the secretary described the situation in Sicily—the matter fundamentally began with the buyer that Durin was looking for.


To tell the truth, the Sicilians did not initially perceive finding such a person as any problem or hassle.


To find someone on the island of Sicily, one only needed to control the Teleportation Passage and the ship docks and post a wanted notice. Where else could the person fly to?


Chapter 311: Big Trouble