A Priest in Gotham: Starting Out by Taking In a Little Boy
Chapter 54

Happy April Fools' Day

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"Thank you for saving our lives..."

"Which church are you a priest of? I'll definitely come visit and thank you in person."

"We would've been done for without your help."

Everyone thanked Roland one after another. Roland nodded in response to each of them, then grabbed a man who was trying to sneak away.

"If I remember correctly, you just said you'd give me half your family fortune, right?" Roland reminded him.

"I..." The man choked. "I was just saying... You didn't even take their money. You can't blackmail me too..."

"What? You were just saying it?" Roland grabbed the man's face with one hand, slammed him to the ground, and crushed his glasses beneath him.

"Please... please, spare me." The man was so terrified that tears streamed down his face. He begged humbly, "I'll give you all my money. Please, sir, be magnanimous and let me go."

Roland gripped his collar with one hand and cupped the other around his ear. "Huh? What are you saying, bastard? I'm a little hard of hearing. I can't hear a thing."

"Spare me... spare me... I won't do it again..."

"Where's the money?"

"I'll give it to you right now..." The man pulled out a check, wrote in the amount, and handed it to Roland.

"This isn't a bad check, is it?" Roland asked suspiciously. "Come on, let's go to the bank and see. If it's fake, you're dead."

"Wah..."

Before long, Roland had withdrawn three million dollars from the bank. The money filled a case and weighed more than seventy pounds.

"Thanks." Roland patted the man's shoulder. "I'll save you again if you run into danger next time."

"That's what I should do... my benefactor..."

"Why the funeral face? Give me a smile." Roland said unhappily. "Anyone who didn't know better

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