Chapter 862: Electric Shock Bucket (1)

-Cheolkeok. Cheolkeok.

“H-h-huk…. Heuk….”

Following my orders, No. 1, bound to a restraint device, sobbed while hanging.

The bluish-bruise marks on the front of her body roughly proved the torture she had endured so far.

‘The real torture hasn’t even begun yet.’

The mere violence of striking with fists was closer to breaking her spirit than torture. A person’s body easily adapts to familiar pain, so it wasn’t a very suitable method for long-term use.

No. 2, well, she became quite tame with just the batting machine, so I didn’t have to move to the next stage, but No. 1, who showed absurd shamelessness and defiance from the start, was different.

Even during the brief behavioral correction, this woman still showed hatred towards me, so the ‘easy’ torture I used on No. 2 would definitely be insufficient.

Unlike No. 2, whose methods were gradually escalated, a woman like No. 1 needed her spirit thoroughly crushed from the very beginning. Only then would she ‘at least’ try to save herself later and become somewhat tamer.

“Lift your legs.”

“Y-yes, yeeess….”

-Cheolkeok. Cheolkeok.

“H-huk, h-h-huk, h-h-huk….”

That’s why, unlike with No. 2, I started after binding her legs too in an X-shaped restraint. As a result, not only her breasts but also her private parts hidden between her legs were completely exposed.

For now, the visible bruises were a bit bothersome, so I used recovery magic to roughly treat only the visible areas.

-Kkwak!

“Ugh, aaaak?!”

-Kkwaaak!

“J-just a moment…!! W-what are you doing…!!”

“I told you not to be curious about this and that.”

-Kkwaaaak!!

“Aaaak!! O-okay…!! I-I’m not curious!! Aaaak!!”

Since No. 1 questioned me with a slight squeeze of her breast during the treatment, I decided to twist the breast I held in my hand with all my might.

Geum Jangmi, whose already throbbing areas due to bruises were twisted by hand, let out more painful moans, but I didn’t care and continued the recovery spell in that state. Seeing the remaining bruises on her body disappear while looking down, No. 1 showed an extremely flustered reaction.

“……Huh?”

It seemed she had only just realized that I could use recovery-related spells. She knew I was Sung Taekyung, but it seemed she had only just learned that I was a multi-awakened individual capable of using recovery.

And right now, she was probably recalling what happened at the ice rink a few days ago. Of course, realizing the trick from that day now meant nothing.

“N-no way…. D-did you also… like this back then….”

“What? Want me to show you again?”

-Kkwak.

“N-no!! I don’t need it! I don’t need… Aak!! Aak!! Gyaaaaaak!!”

No. 1 shook her head, letting out a painful scream as her hand bones were crushed while held by me. Why did you have to spout useless words like that.

Just like the trick at the ice rink, after crushing her hand bones and then healing them, I also treated the remaining bruises on other parts for now. It was because the sight of bruises remaining on her body was quite an eyesore.

It wasn’t that I felt sorry for Geum Jangmi’s injured state or anything; it just looked unpleasant to me.

It couldn’t be helped. After all, I wasn’t a professional torturer, just a regular hunter.

I didn’t mind watching monsters being sliced and torn apart right before my eyes, but when it came to fellow humans, I couldn’t help but hesitate a little.

Bruises were tolerable to see, but I was just a human who felt repulsed by bleeding or severely damaged wounds.

Beating with fists involved instilling fear, so it was an unavoidable choice, but honestly, I wanted to use methods that inflicted only pain without leaving physical scars during the torture process.

And among the information about No. 1 extracted from No. 2 a while ago, there was content about methods of torturing people while leaving minimal physical scars, so I intended to test that torture this time.

It was said to be painfully intense enough to shatter one’s sanity if applied properly, and anyway, this woman needed mental reprogramming.

-Kung!

“H-huk?!”

I brought the black box I had asked Belle to make from the corner of the room and connected two wires to the terminals on the outside of the box.

I’ll start lightly, just one on each side, and then gradually increase it. After all, the places on a woman’s body where wires could be attached could be increased indefinitely.

No. 1, seeing me connect the clamp-ended wires to the portable generator box, focused her gaze on me, looking tense.

“Why, are you curious about what I’m going to do?”

“N-n-no…!! I-I’m not curious!!”

“Really?”

“Yes! I-I’m really not curious at all!!”

“You can’t afford not to be curious. If nothing else, this is something you’ll have to get friendly with from now on.”

“……What?”

Startled by the words ‘something you’ll have to get friendly with,’ No. 1 slightly opened her narrowed eyes.

In her eyes, glimpsed for a moment, was a look of confusion that anyone could clearly see. Though it was only shown for an instant before her eyes narrowed again as usual.

“A-a thing I have to use…? That, no matter how I look at it, it’s e-electricity….”

“Why? I heard someone say this is the method you use most often? That it’s your hobby to scorch disobedient people with burning pain or electric shocks? Seems a little scary when you’re on the receiving end, huh?”

“Hyahahak…!! G-get that away!! I said get that hideous thing away!! Aaaak!!”

Geum Jangmi had already started having a seizure from shock, even before I sent any current through. Seeing her desperately trying to escape the restraints, she really seemed to hate it.

Well, her awakened ability itself was one that created phantom pain, so she had probably used it on herself at least once. Otherwise, she wouldn’t know if the other person was actually in pain or just pretending.

And since she felt that much pain in the process, she was likely using it actively on others.

Actually, according to the information obtained from No. 2, the most frequently used method was ‘searing pain,’ the agony of the body burning, rather than electric shocks, but even so, I hesitated to utilize it that far.

Torture using flames leaves severe physical scars, requiring individual recovery magic after each burn, and besides, burn wounds aren’t exactly a pleasant sight.

Just for the reason of inflicting pain on this woman, I didn’t need to see a disgusting sight that I found unpleasant.

I brought the two wires plugged into the portable generator to No. 1’s upper body and attached them to her nipples. So that the current flowing into one of Geum Jangmi’s breasts could circulate through the wire on the opposite side.

-Kkojip.

“Aak! Aaaak!”

“I haven’t even turned on the power yet. Stop acting crazy when it hasn’t even started.”

“N-no!! This is unacceptable!! I-I’ll really die!! Aaaak!!”

Her desperate attempts to shake her body with the two wires dangling from her nipples were quite a sight. Even so, this thrashing in a state where her body was bound and her hands couldn’t be used was merely a pathetic struggle.

Slightly shaking her body while bound meant the metal clamps biting her nipples wouldn’t fall off.

I was getting tired of her continuous loud crying, so for now, I lightly sent a jolt of electricity through No. 1’s body once.

-Ttalkak.

“Egyaaaaaaak!!! Eugeugeuk!! Gyaaaaaaak!!!”

Geum Jangmi convulsed and screamed at the current circulating through her nipples. Her body, which had been desperately twisting until just moments ago, now only spasmed and trembled as soon as the current flowed.

At least her mouth was relatively intact enough to scream, but within the electric shock coursing directly through her body, moving at will seemed impossible.

The sight of her trembling in place with wires attached to her breasts looked strangely comical. Clearly, that woman was experiencing terrible pain from the current torture, but from the outside, she looked like she was just dancing ridiculously.

Even though I only let the current flow for about 5 seconds before stopping the power, No. 1 was gasping in agony.

-Ttalkak.

“Haa, k-keuut…. Keu….”

“……”

-Ttalkak.

“Egyagyagyagyaak!! Eugeugeuk…!! Agyaaaaak!!”

Thinking she might be able to catch her breath and feeling relieved, I immediately flipped the switch back on. Watching Geum Jangmi dance with her whole body in response, I thought quietly.

‘I didn’t expect her reaction to be this good.’

This must be why this woman used it so often, along with searing pain, as a phantom pain. Just a few times like this wouldn’t even cover the interest on the electric shocks Geum Jangmi had used throughout her life.

Since it was my first time using electric torture, there were times I worried that the torture I had prepared might not elicit a reaction, but seeing her react so enthusiastically, it was clearly an unnecessary worry.