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

Watching Old Royce disappear with the Endless Plains, Durin felt a wave of emotion.


Mage Hand laid Old Royce down; his suffering had ended, but for others, it was likely just beginning.


With this thought, he turned to Melissa. "Melissa, can you help me get the battle reports? It would be best if you could also get the opposition's weapon configurations, and that automatic rifle. I'll definitely handle Old Royce's business, which means many people are probably going to die. Now it's up to you whether you're willing to help me."


Since the gunman was killed, the gun must now be at the Sulemu Forest. As long as he found the gun number, Durin could tell which factory made this gun and to which unit or warehouse it belonged.


Old Royce shouldn't have died because Durin had never exported that kind of automatic rifle. This problem couldn't be resolved just by some warehouse offering up a few scapegoats or some other Forest Master providing a few replacements for Durin.


Chapter 327: The Past