Chapter 165: Randy
The eyes of the seven men moved to Jack, his face covered in oil and wine, there was no wound on his body, he had been there the longest and after him, Neil no longer needed to interrogate the final guy.
How suspicious was that?
For a few minutes, everything remained absolutely silent, the prison cell had little light, just enough to see each other’s silhouettes.
Soon, one of the guys who had been beaten to that stage couldn’t hold back any longer.
They had been beaten so badly but this Jack bastard not only did not get beaten but was even fed with delicious food.
The smell of the meat was still strong.
"You fucker, did you reveal it?" the first guy to be beaten asked, his voice hoarse and resentful.
"Huh? Wha- of course not, I didn’t say that and wouldn’t say that no matter what!" Jack said honestly.
The limbs of them all were broken or the six beaten guys would’ve ganged up on Jack and beaten him worse than what they received.
"Don’t lie damnit, then why did he feed you food? Wine?
And he didn’t even beat you, he even escorted you back with care and gave that knowing smile at the end." The third guy shouted in rage.
They received such heavy wounds, and this fucker got to enjoy himself?
"I really didn’t reveal anything-" Jack felt like crying, how could he prove he wasn’t lying?
"Then what were you doing there for so long? Are you saying you didn’t say anything and he didn’t beat you up?" the sixth guy questioned.
They were all mentally pressurized by Neil, if they were completely fine and didn’t have that phantom imprint in their soul space, they might have realized the plan.
But the phantom imprint was constantly releasing energy that corrupted their mind and soul.
Making them full of rage and unable to think.
"H- He didn’t even ask me about that, he just asked me about my hobbies and I told him!" Jack was getting angry too now.
What was his fault? He was even ready to get beaten up or even die, and they were all treating him like a traitor?
These bastards, Jack couldn’t believe he used to think of them as real brothers.
"You lying bitch, there is no way Neil would be asking for your hobbies here, do you think we are all stupid?
He didn’t even need to bring me there for questioning since you answered him already!!" the last guy who didn’t get the chance to be interrogated said.
In fact he was quite relieved that he didn’t need to go through all that.
"I am telling the truth, he only asked for my hobbies and nothing else. And just gave me some food and wine, nothing else."
How absurd were these words? Who treats their prisoners like that especially when they refuse to cooperate or speak the truth.
But why did Neil even get suspicious of them?
Just then the door of the prison opened and two people walked inside, Neil and Leon, those two demons.
They paused before the cell, looking at the eight people who had now gone completely silent.
’As expected these people really are hiding something, I did some extra work but it wasn’t useless.’ He thought.
Just now he had sneaked inside the prison with his newly obtained skill Escape, and heard their conversation.
Then spoke: "Leon, you were right, since we have already interrogated the seven guys, let’s just get it over with and interrogate him too."
"Yes lord!" Leon nodded, as he opened the door and dragged the eighth guy out, he hadn’t been beaten before and now got extremely afraid.
Vritra went to another cell and sat on the same seat, soon in front of him was the final guy.
Vritra took out a plate from his inventory and placed it on the left of the table, then created a water whip and placed it on the right of the table.
The calmness is what scared the guy even more, he was shivering, waiting for the beating to start.
"Actually, since your friend has already told me the real mastermind behind this all, I don’t really need to hear any answer from you."
Neil began slowly and confidently, he didn’t even use the name Jack. What if that was a fake name?
And if he used that name then wouldn’t it prove that Jack had lied to him, and then this guy would relax.
"So, choose. Either get the food or the beating, repeat that name just to confirm." Neil spoke as if he didn’t really care about it.
"..." gulping down his saliva, the prisoner looked at the plate and then at the whip.
To make the choice even easier, Neil took out a piece of cooked hot meat and placed it on the plate.
The scent of it instantly made the prisoner fumble, he couldn’t hold on any longer.
Why would he even need to hold on when that Jack had already spilled the beans? Why would he get beaten up half to death for no reason?
Of course choosing food was the right option, since Neil already knew everything anyway.
"F- Food!" he spoke in haste, hoping Neil would grant his wish.
"Alright, here you go. Eat all you want, but remember I already have a name, if you lie to me, I will cut your belly open and pull your stomach out."
Neil threatened as he put more meat onto the plate.
Nodding quickly, he began to eat, just like Jack, he too smashed his face into the meat.
’So that bastard really revealed it? That fucker, no wonder he got to eat and drink, and he was saying Neil only asked for his hobby.’
While eating he thought and gave up all his defences.
Seeing this from outside, Leon who could now hear it all was truly impressed by his lord.
He had played such a mind game, played them into fools and read them like open books, he made them think whatever he wanted.
Leon had only seen Neil fight or manage his domain before but only now he got to see how intelligent his lord is.
How could a single person be so awesome, the respect for Neil increased even more in his eyes.
Like a god, no a being above all.
Leon was good at commanding and was fairly intelligent but the only way he would have used to get information was by beating them up.
To begin with, he might not have even suspected anything after getting the name Marco.
’Lord is truly awesome, he really made these loyal guys betray their backer.’ Leon thought.
After eating all the food and drinking the wine like a dog, he pulled back in satisfaction and was no longer as afraid.
Jack was fine after he answered, so he was confident he would be fine as long as he answered truthfully.
"Now speak, I don’t have too much time." Neil said, barely showing any interest.
"Y- Yes, you were right. There is someone else behind this all." He began quickly, honesty dripping from his face.
’Bullseye!’ Neil remained the same outside but was happy internally.
"Our lord is indeed Marco and he did send us here to keep a watch over this place, but we weren’t to reveal ourselves." He answered.
"Hmm hmm that I already know, get to the main part." Neil muttered.
"Y- Yes sir, it was Lord Randy who asked us to cause trouble here and say the name of our lord if we were to get caught." The prisoner added.
"I see, the exact same name. Good job." Neil said, then the infernal blade materialized in his hand.
WHOOSH
The blade cut through the air, effortlessly cutting off his head, as it rolled down and hit the floor with a thud.
The eyes of the prisoner were still wide from shock, why was he killed when he answered honestly?
"Leon, throw him away and bring another prisoner, someone from the beaten up ones." Neil spoke.
’Huh?’ Leon was again confused, why would lord kill him?
But he knew there must be a reason behind it, so without any questioning he dragged the corpse away.
Even taking the head, and not a drop of blood was spilled thanks to Aquamorph which solidified the blood.
"..." the seven prisoners were all shocked when they saw the corpse getting carried away.
So that guy even in the face of danger didn’t lie and got killed? This scared them even more, before they had hope of surviving but now?
What was even the point of holding back when one had spilled the beans and they would just die?
Leon then dragged another guy, and put him in front of Neil.
The same scene played as Neil gave him a choice too and spoke:
"That last one wasn’t being honest so he died, I hope you don’t try to lie. Both of them mentioned two different names, if you wish to live, say the correct one!"
Neil pressurized him.
And he finally broke mentally, answering him.
He too mentioned Randy, only to be killed in the next moment.
"Next!" Neil called out and one by one, he killed all the prisoners.
From the beginning he wasn’t planning on sparing any of them, after killing them he would get the gene points and shards.
So it wasn’t a bad deal, and keeping people of 3rd Origin in his domain would be dangerous.
"So it is Randy who tried to play smart and use Marco to deal with me, not bad." Neil walked out of the prison, deep in thought.
"Hubby, we have got a visitor." Just then, Ileana walked towards him and spoke: "It is someone named Randy."
Neil: "..."
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