episode_0425
by fnovelpia
Takahashi said.
“… Did you send it from Glitch? Where did they hide the boss’s body?”
“Well, I’m not really the type of person who works just because someone tells me to. What did you do with the body? How do you deal with something like this? Are you asking me in pieces? Or attach a weight to it and throw it into the sea? Maybe I could dissolve it with chemicals and flush it down the drain. I don’t know if the pipes are okay.”
“… … .”
His face was still pale and he still looked scared, but his demeanor was much calmer than when he was shaking.
Sometimes, among bad guys, there are those who become stronger against people who know their identity. Mainly ‘I’m this big, can you handle it?’ Those who had the same thoughts stuck in their heads did that.
This guy named Takahashi was like that.
Sure enough, when I told him about the business I was looking for, he seemed to have lost his fear and started saying something similar to a threat.
“Answer seriously. If you know about Blackpaw, why on earth did you kill the boss? Does Glitch also belong to another organization? If you make a big deal out of nothing, it won’t be good for you either.”
“Now I’m getting quite the villain-like reaction.”
Well, from his perspective, a crazy guy wearing a jumpsuit was more scary.
Those who think they are in a high position are usually afraid of people with higher power than them or unpredictable crazy people. Other people would think that if they were in their right mind, there would be no way they would touch them.
Perhaps there is an unwritten rule among secret societies not to cross the line, and when I seemed to know what was going on, they started to relax little by little.
Of course, in my opinion, it was too early a judgment. It was because I was ready to break his pot at any time without hesitation.
puck!
“Ugh! why… !”
The guy who got hit in the back of the head again looked aggrieved.
“I ask the questions. Think about your answer carefully.”
“I think I would say so… ?”
“uh.”
“There is no guesswork. I will formally protest this matter through my organization. Instead, if you quietly return now, I will cancel your request. If I had known that someone else was taking care of it in the first place, I wouldn’t have touched it.”
It was an unwritten rule that true secret societies do not touch each other, but their attitude was so confident that it was absurd.
It didn’t really bother me. The more confident I am, the greater the shock I will feel when I realize how far I can go.
To be honest, I felt like I was watching a comedy, seeing someone like that who would even reveal the password to his or her parents’ bank account with just the right amount of care.
First, as a test, I lifted the guy’s middle finger in front of me and broke it.
“Uh… ? what… ”
Pop~
“Quaaaagh!”
The guy’s eyes were wide open and he started struggling. He pressed his knee against the solar plexus to stabilize his body so that it wouldn’t roll around annoyingly.
“Now, I will ask you a question, so think about your answer.”
“Off… !”
When his solar plexus was pressed and he could not breathe properly, he looked at me with fearful eyes, as if he could understand the situation only then. The eyes were full of tears. As I pretended to gently touch my broken finger, tears streamed down my temples from my tightly closed eyes.
Neither the tears of a beautiful woman nor the tears of a criminal child brought any emotion.
“I can barely squeeze out this much juice. Nine more fingers remain and ten toes remain intact. Well, I don’t plan on touching each dirty toe, so even if I just touch two toes, there are a total of 11. How many can you endure?”
Although this guy belonged to a grand organization called a secret society, in the end, it was not a religion or anything, but just a rather sophisticated and large-scale gang of thugs.
As far as I know, there is no such thing as a hypnosis app in reality, so there was no way such a piece of trash, not even a professionally trained agent, could withstand torture.
Of course, there may be secret societies with genuine religious group-like loyalties. That should also be included in the interrogation questions.
But that’s not where this guy belongs.
Since I was dead anyway, I thought I would ask questions and do some experiments.
First, I asked a question I already knew. This was to check in advance the reaction when telling the truth and compare it with the reaction when giving a different answer later.
“I placed a request to steal Glitch’s technology on the darknet. Is that right?”
“Ugh… That’s right.”
When he realized that the name of the secret society could not serve as a shield, he easily collapsed. The guy who answers by nodding his head obediently.
I continued to ask questions while holding my healthy finger in my hand as a warning that I could break it at any time.
“I already figured out how you guys make a living. At first glance, they were probably trying to do the same thing as stealing other companies’ technology. Since I refused the collaboration offer, they tried to use mercenaries. But what I’m curious about is why didn’t you come forward in the name of Black Foot like you targeted the previous lawyer in this matter?”
“Lawyer… ? Are you really talking about Amor?”
Wow!
“Quaaa!”
“I said I would answer the questions. It’s crazy that you already forgot that after a few seconds.”
In fact, the reason I took this step myself was because I was embarrassed to have requested a glitch, but at the same time, I was half-convinced that the Hisako Network was behind the previous kidnapping of Olivia.
Information obtained from the kidnappers that a secret society called Black Foot was behind the incident. However, there was actually no reason for Olivia to be kidnapped by such suspicious people, and among the trials her father Raymond was undergoing, the case of Amor and the Hisako Network was the biggest case.
Then, the hypothesis that there is some connection between Hisako Network and Black Foot naturally arises.
‘Seeing as he said Amor as soon as he was asked, my guess was correct.’
So what I was curious about now was knowledge about secret societies that exist in reality, including Black Foot.
“Tell everything you know about Black Feet and other secret societies.”
“Sir, actually, I know very little. Since I’ve barely registered my name in the organization, I don’t have any information to share… ”
Wow~
“Quaaaagh!”
I saw him look like he was about to shake his head again, so I clenched my fist and broke another finger.
“That’s a different answer from your previous attitude. Where has all the confidence gone, whether it’s protest or something? According to my separate research, it would be a position that would be capable of recommending at least one new employee. Is a secret society a secret society for nothing? If you can recommend a new employee to such a dismal organization, you must have reached a suitable level within the company.”
“Well, how do you do that…? !”
That’s what I heard when I interrogated the kidnapper.
But with this, I could see that when I asked a question I didn’t know, there was little chance of him answering correctly. There seemed to be plenty of room as there were still a lot of fingers left.
I nodded.
“I don’t think I want to tell you. A loyalist to the organization is a loyalist.”
“Oh, no. From now on, I will only tell you the real facts!”
“No, it’s okay. There’s no need to overdo it. The organization would be proud to know that you are so loyal. I’ll just do my job, so you too, think about the organization and persevere until the end.”
“Now, wait… !”
Ttuduk!
“Kkeaaa… !”
I deliberately broke his fourth finger to prevent him from speaking.
And at the same time, he used the telepathic function built into the suit. The telepathy and Haste artifacts had been fused into the suit by the Lee sisters.
‘You don’t have to just hear the answer.’
However, since this was my first time using this method, I wasn’t sure if it would work properly. This is exactly what I said I should experiment with earlier.
“Ask again. Tell me what you know about black feet and secret societies. What is your purpose? What is the scale? Surely not the entire company belongs to Blackfoot… Who else is there?”
And the expected results came out.
“Off… !”
-Black feet… it hurts… ! money… company… Some executives… finger… !
‘It’s a success.’
The keywords he was thinking about began to sound fragmentary.
Until now, I have only used telepathic artifacts to convey my thoughts. However, telepathy is different from a one-sided conversation, it is a connection between my mind and the other person’s mind.
There, the thought occurred to me, ‘If I concentrate a little more and the subject reminds me of something strongly, isn’t there a reason why I can’t hear it?’
Since we were mentally connected to each other, I thought I might be able to overhear if the other person had something strongly in mind.
By inflicting physical pain on Takahashi, I made him think intensely about the answer to my question.
“I guess money is still important, even in secret societies. It seems that only some of the executives belong to it.”
Wow~
“Kwaaak! you’re right! yes that’s right!! please… !”
-it hurts… ! hand… ! It’s true, so let it go… !
After squeezing a little more, it seemed that the verbal answer and the keywords in my thoughts roughly matched.
I repeated the process for a while, digging up information about Blackpaw and the secret society from him.
There was some information that I found out that way.
Black Feet is a secret society that mainly belongs to businessmen, and their goal is to maximize their profits by any means necessary.
However, unlike those gathered under the name of Black Feet, they did not seem to engage in group activities such as cooperation, except for minimal interaction with each other.
I tilted my head and asked.
“Then why bother joining a secret society? There is no particular benefit to belonging.”
“Keuuk… That’s usually the case… However, it is a different story when a dispute arises with a company that has no affiliation or when it preys on them… ”
“In that case, do you give strength again?”
“That’s right… They connect you with famous law firms, and sometimes introduce you to mercenaries who carry out illegal tasks… ”
After breaking about seven fingers, there was almost no difference between what I was thinking and what I was saying.
I nodded.
“Then tell me the names of the people involved in this matter.”
“Yes… ”
Takahashi said several names with a completely mesmerized expression. Some said they helped hire kidnappers, while others helped cover up such illegal activities.
I had Maria research the owners of the name. It was to finish the work here and go there. Since I was going on an overseas trip, I planned to deal with all the things I needed to deal with at once and then go back.
I was able to hear from him explanations about other secret societies besides the Black Foot one.
The secret societies leave no traces on the networks that Maria can access. This was because it was not an organization maintained by using things like messengers or electronic contracts.
Rather, they preferred to communicate by holding secret meetings among themselves or meeting in person to talk.
The information delivered by phone call or text message was extremely fragmentary, and contacting people in that way was often a case of confirming the progress of a matter that had already been concluded.
The structure is such that it is difficult for Maria to monitor everything.
Naturally, since these are organizations that do not keep official records, it seemed like they naturally took that approach.
After answering all the questions, I looked down at the guy panting in pain and thought.
‘A successful experiment is a success, but it’s only half a success.’
I was successful in extracting information, but at the same time, I was filled with distracting thoughts due to the pain conveyed through telepathy. Next time, I thought about trying medicine instead of torture.
In fact, if the other party decided to answer in some way, they could summon Thor to determine the truth. Because Thor is a thunderbird, he can instinctively distinguish between lies.
However, there is no other way to do this in a situation where the other person is completely silent. No matter how silent you are, once you hear the question, the answer will inevitably come to mind.
Anyway, it was a method that needed further research.
‘And I guess they torture humans… No, it’s a bit weird to show interrogation scenes from a young age.’
Still, I thought that since he was a divine beast, it would be right for him to grow up pure. That way, when you meet Thor’s mother again later, you won’t feel uneasy.
I kicked Takahashi, who was rolling around on the floor.
puck!
“Ugh… !”
Both he and I were fortunate that we were able to extract all the information before using the healing rosary. Because the pain didn’t last long for him, and because I didn’t waste my mental energy needlessly.
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