Chapter 189
"Huh... You want me to interrogate Terao?" Haruto Saito blinked in surprise.
"Not necessarily an interrogation. You can use any method you see fit," Hiruzen Sarutobi said, turning fully to face Haruto. "You've hypnotized Terao before. You've even used hypnosis to make people answer truthfully. Perhaps you can apply the same technique on him."
"This..." Haruto hesitated.
Terao was, without a doubt, the most terrifyingly strong-willed person Haruto had ever encountered in both of his lives.
As the top assassin of Amegakure, Terao's mental resilience was nothing short of inhuman. His intelligence, execution skills, willpower, and quick thinking were the best Haruto had ever seen. Even when severely wounded, he could calmly analyze the situation and formulate a strategy in an instant. Even when on the brink of death, he remained rational, clear-headed, and never gave up.
Haruto even suspected that not even Hiruzen Sarutobi had the same level of sheer, indomitable willpower as Terao.
Such unbreakable resolve could only be forged through an unimaginably harsh life.
Sure, Haruto had hypnotized Terao before, but that was under extremely specific conditions. More importantly, back then, Terao hadn't known about his hypnosis ability.
The hypnotic techniques Haruto had mastered—especially the advanced Magic Hypnosis—all shared one fatal weakness: they required the element of surprise!
Now, however, Terao knew about his ability. A man with such iron will would never lower his guard around him again. That was the biggest problem.
It was like trying to hypnotize Tsunade now—after she was already aware of his ability. The difficulty level had skyrocketed.