Kagami Arata leaned out to glance at the bills, sucked in a sharp breath, and nearly dropped his jaw to the ground:
"F-four hundred and twenty million yen in debt?! This... this family is completely bankrupt!"
Looking at the old man, who had been secretly driven to the brink just to protect his young master's fragile aristocratic pride, Lin Xiao was at a loss.
He sighed and raised a hand to knock on the tree trunk.
"Excuse me, sir."
"!!!"
The old butler shuddered in fright and scrambled to hide the bills behind his back, desperately clinging to his dignity as an aristocratic servant:
"N-nothing is wrong! Young guests, our Desper Family has considerable resources. I merely got some sand in my eyes..."
"All right, old man. Stop hiding them. We heard everything."
Lin Xiao walked over with his hands in his pockets, looked at the thick stack of loan-shark IOUs, and calmly dropped a bombshell:
"I like the feng shui of your Kamishiro Family mansion. The place really appeals to me."
"Sir, do you need financial assistance? How about I put up the money to support the Kamishiro Family?"
"Huh...?"
The old butler froze, convinced he was hearing things. "F-financial assistance? Sir, surely you're joking? We owe hundreds of millions of yen..."
Lin Xiao wasted no time and reached straight into the lining of his clothes.
Thud!!
With utter nonchalance, Lin Xiao dropped a hefty gold bar at the old butler's feet, its dazzling golden surface gleaming in the sunlight!
It was high-purity reserve gold from Wayne Enterprises that Lin Xiao had previously swiped from Batman, weighing well over ten kilograms!
Then Lin Xiao pulled an unlimited black card, courtesy of Gotham City's richest man, from his pocket and waved it before the old butler's eyes:
"Not only can