171 Ruthless Torturing Method 101 (1/2)
”Guh!”
”Ah!”
The two unlucky men got a rude wake-up call from Sheila with a smack to their stomach. Once the pain breaks through their hazy mind, they unintentionally groaned out in pain. Looking at the two people hired by him, Frederic grinned in glee as he didn't expect this 'Shiro' guy to follow up to his change of plan. But well, since it makes things convenient for him, he shouldn't complain much or heaven might strike him down. Never in his mind did he thought that the two would leak their deal since they are the kind of people that cares more about their reputation.
”Then, let me—”
”I'll do it.”
But what he didn't expect was for the 'Ice Empress' to step forward as he was about to start carrying his plan, it caught him off guard. 'This is bad! If I let her, the two might ended up exposing our deal without a second doubt! And to make matters even worse, she especially hates this kind of dirty dealing! But if I intervene now, it will raise a suspicious flag on me. Now, what should I do?' Thought Frederic desperately wanted to stop her, he couldn't really do anything other than to sit down back on his seat. If it came down to it, he might as well kill them before they could spout out the deal secretly. 'That's right. There's no need for me to be so concerned about it.'
Before the stoic woman was about to open her mouth to speak, the assassin decided to take the chance and escape even though he knows it isn't possible. But before he could even stand on his feet, the same tentacle emerged from his shadow and immediately wrap itself around him, binding him on the spot. The tentacle looks almost fragile that it gives the impression that one thinks that they can tear it apart with their brute strength alone but, too bad. All Sheila needs to do is just to put a specific amount of mana into her shadow tentacles. By doing so, she strengthens it to become stronger and tougher.
She didn't actually care if they were suspicious of her. After all, she did, in fact, trespassing into their secret territory before causing trouble for them. Anyone with a sane mind would get angry at her, don't even mention getting suspicious. But unexpectedly, they decided to talk with her instead. If it also isn't for her trying to gather information about the expressionless woman, she might have gone home by now. Why would she waste more of her time when she can use it for a more productive action instead? She had already done a part of her plan anyway.
”Well, I don't want this man to attempt to do anything funny while he can, so you will have to let this slide since it's also helpful to you, right?”
The expressionless woman didn't say anything in response to her. She simply stares at Sheila for a moment in pure silence for some reason the latter didn't know about, before turning her head toward the assassin and begins the interrogation. Sheila didn't know why but she feels like the woman understood her thoughts at that moment when she stares right into her eyes. Though Sheila looks calm outside, internally, she's sweating bucket. No one seems to sense anything different about her, but not that woman, Sheila is sure that the latter somehow knows that she's wearing a disguise. 'This woman keeps on alerting my danger sense over and over. She's the real deal, no doubt about it. If things went south, I'm going to escape immediately with Mia.'
”Now that you can't escape, why don't you tell us who hired you? And what is your mission? Where did you come from?”
When the woman asked with her monotone voice, the assassin didn't seem to have any reaction to it and snorted.
”You think I'll open my mouth with just this? Dream on.”
”...”