Daniel Varga, 43, was once a hotshot investment broker—clean suit, fast talk, big deals. Then the market collapsed. One bad call, and he was left bankrupt, disgraced, and drowning in debt.
But he wasn't scared of jail or starting over.
He was scared of the knock at the door.
Because his loan didn't come from a bank. It came from a man. A collector with cold eyes who warned him:
"If you can't pay it back… we'll take it out of you."
Daniel thought it was a bluff—until he woke up strapped to a metal table, drugged, with gloved hands around him and a voice whispering:
"You'll clear your debt one kidney at a time."
Then—nothing.No pain. No second chance. Just silence.
Until he opened his eyes again…In a new body.In the frozen slums of 1715 Berlin, inside the bones of a nameless five-year-old orphan who had just died from starvation.
No systems. No magic. No cheats. Just a starving child's body and the memories of a broken man who refuses to die poor again.
Now known only as Johann, he begins his climb through the filth—armed with nothing but his wits, his memories of modern economics, and the fire of a man who already knows what it means to be butchered by the rich.
From the alleys of Prussia to the halls of power, he will sell, scheme, and survive.
Because this time, he's the one holding the knife.