Chapter 144: Seriously Gotta Hand It to This Troll

Deng Yu took a few turns before realizing that Chu Fei had been taking advantage of him in a roundabout way.

Furious, he cursed out loud, "Are you trying to court death, kid? You dare to be this arrogant on our turf! I suppose you haven't witnessed the methods our Martial Suppression Bureau uses to interrogate prisoners!"

Although the Martial Suppression Bureau was a law enforcement agency, they sometimes resorted to torture and extortion to deal with prisoners who refused to cooperate honestly.

In this regard, Deng Yu was half an expert. He had plenty of ways to make Chu Fei experience immense physical and psychological agony without leaving any external injuries!

Faced with Deng Yu's threat, Chu Fei was far from scared; instead, he looked utterly curious.

"What kind of methods? Let me witness them."

"You asked for this! Don't you dare regret it!"

Deng Yu sneered, then looked at Feng Yulou. "Captain Feng, isn't that surveillance camera acting up again?"

Hearing this, Feng Yulou, who had long since turned off his law enforcement recorder, glanced back up at the camera in the corner. With a sharp gleam in his eyes, the camera malfunctioned.

He smiled faintly. "Ah, yes, it's not working properly."

Such seamless coordination could only come from years of practice, making it clear that this wasn't the first time the two had engaged in such shady dealings. They knew the drill all too well.

This way, even if they tortured Chu Fei, no evidence would be left behind!

The fact that Feng Yulou agreed to this obviously meant he felt that Chu Fei needed to be taught a lesson before he would obediently cooperate.

After making sure everything was in order, Deng Yu stood up and gave an order to the people outside the door.

Before long, someone carried in a large box filled with various apparatuses and drugs—torture devices specifically designed to deal with martial artists!

"Quite the collection."

Chu Fei looked at the items in the box and raised an eyebrow. "Why don't you introduce them to me so I know which one packs the best punch?"

Seeing that Chu Fei refused to shed tears until he saw his own coffin and still dared to joke around here, Deng Yu pulled out a small syringe and sneered, "Come, let me introduce you to the prized possession our headquarters uses for interrogations. This is the Hedgehog Needle. The very moment it is injected, every bone in your body will feel an unbearable itch."

"As the dosage increases, your bones will rapidly grow until they pierce through your skin and internal organs, turning you completely into a human hedgehog!"

"Then there is the Octopod Helmet. This contraption gets strapped onto your head, and once plugged into electricity, it sends you straight to heaven, shocking you so badly you'll lose control of both ends. You'd better tighten your belt!"

"And there's the Ox Hook Bone... the Queen Bee Tail... the Tiger Head...!"

Deng Yu introduced these instruments of torture to Chu Fei as if they were prized treasures. Each one was more horrifying and inhumane than the last.

The cruelty of them, just from Deng Yu's description, was enough to make one's hair stand on end and send a chill down the spine.

However, far from showing any terror, Chu Fei listened with relish. He didn't show a shred of panic; in fact, a trace of mockery could be seen in his eyes!

"Young man, I advise you not to be stubborn!"

Feng Yulou offered kindly, "Cooperate with us obediently and answer our questions, or you're going to suffer a world of hurt!"

"I've seen plenty of people with mouths harder than yours, but in the end, they all begged for mercy because these contraptions really will make you wish you were dead!"

This was also an interrogation tactic. Feng Yulou played the good cop while Deng Yu played the bad cop. Only through a combination of benevolence and severity could they slowly break the subject down and force cooperation!

"It sounds like you two use this kind of method on suspects quite often?" Chu Fei asked. "With such forced confessions, do you have any regard for the law at all?"

Deng Yu laughed arrogantly. "Don't try to scare us with the law. This is our turf, and we are the law!"

"I can see you completely don't understand, young man," Feng Yulou said with a preaching expression. "The so-called black and white, right and wrong, are nothing more than whatever the people in power say they are."

"I advise you to put away your cleverness and stop putting up a front. The life of someone powerless like you is the cheapest thing in this world!"

Chu Fei fell silent.

Thinking that Chu Fei had been persuaded by his words, Feng Yulou continued, "Actually, you know it in your heart, don't you? When we arrested you, absolutely no one tried to stop us. Even now, nobody from above has reached out to us. Let me be blunt: you've already been abandoned as a chess piece!"

From Feng Yulou's perspective, the reason Chu Fei dared to be so unfazed was because he assumed someone would protect him. Therefore, they had to break him at this exact point, making him realize he had no other choice but to cooperate!

Unfortunately, no matter how much Feng Yulou talked himself hoarse, Chu Fei answered completely off the point. He even pointed at the apparatuses and picked one.

"I'd like to try that Hedgehog Needle first."

Feng Yulou hadn't expected the target to be so impervious to reason. Since he was courting death, he had only himself to blame.

He shouted on the spot to Deng Yu, "I'll handle the recording, you handle the dosage. I refuse to believe he'll still have such a stiff upper lip after ten minutes!"

Deng Yu had been itching for action anyway. He held grudges, and Chu Fei's insults earlier were something he would remember for a lifetime.

Seeing Feng Yulou's approval, he eagerly picked up the Hedgehog Needle and walked right up to Chu Fei!

"Kid, you'd better not soften up your mouth too soon; that would take away a lot of the fun..."

"Wait..."

Deng Yu thought Chu Fei was finally scared, but Chu Fei simply looked disgusted and said, "Can you back up a bit? You're spraying spittle all over my face."

Deng Yu cursed in rage. He had interrogated countless prisoners and seen many stubborn ones, but this was the first time he had ever encountered someone with such a vile mouth.

Furious, he drove the Hedgehog Needle straight into the side of Chu Fei's neck, then stepped back a few paces, ready to savor Chu Fei's miserable state!

Soon, a piercing, highly penetrating scream shattered the silence.

"Someone is resorting to torture! Someone is engaging in extrajudicial punishment! Help—yue—cough, cough, cough..."

***

Blocked at the entrance of the interrogation room, Fatty Wang and Mia could also hear Chu Fei's pig-slaughtering shrieks.

This prompted Mia to complain indignantly, "You are torturing him! That goes against regulations!"

The Martial Suppression Bureau strictly prohibited torturing suspects, so Mia naturally had the right to question them.

Yet the personnel from headquarters simply began playing dumb.

"Torture? What are you even talking about?"

"That's right, did either of you hear any noise? Because I certainly didn't!"

"This is a standard interrogation procedure. The two of you had better not interfere with us!"

Hearing this, Mia flew into a rage and prepared to force her way through.

However, the headquarters personnel immediately raised their firearms, aimed them straight at her, and issued threats!

"A small-fry from a branch bureau actually dares to meddle in headquarters affairs? Who gave you the guts?!"

"Step back, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

"Fatty Wang, keep this woman under control. You don't want to lose your official position, do you?!"

Fatty Wang quickly held Mia back. If a physical fight broke out, they would be the ones on the losing end. As the saying went, a higher rank crushes a person, let alone the fact that Feng Yulou outranked him by several levels!

"Mia, can you please calm down?" Fatty Wang said helplessly. "If you're really worried about Fan Ren, causing a conflict with them here won't help. You'd better make a call to the people higher up!"

Mia's background was not ordinary. If she was willing to make that phone call, perhaps the people inside would ease up. At the same time, Fatty Wang needed to leave himself a fallback option—after all, until now, he still believed Fan Ren possessed hidden trump cards. If something really went wrong with Fan Ren inside the Martial Suppression Bureau, he would be the one taking the fall!

Mia detested injustice the most. Gritting her teeth, she pulled out her phone to call her family.

Yet this time, her family refused to even answer the call, clearly determined not to let Mia meddle in this affair!

"Fine, I'll just have to force my way in."

After hanging up, Mia prepared to clash with the headquarters personnel once more.

Right at that moment, Fatty Wang suddenly let out a startled oath, then handed his phone to Mia with a face full of shock.

Mia looked suspiciously at the screen on the phone, and her expression instantly shifted from burning anxiety to gleeful schadenfreude.

"My review is a 5, because a 6 died of perfection."

***

Inside the interrogation room, Deng Yu burst into wild laughter as he watched Chu Fei scream for his life.

Now he knew the consequences of offending him!

Even Feng Yulou felt that the fellow had brought this entirely upon himself, asking for his own suffering!

"If you had just cooperated honestly from the start, you wouldn't have to suffer this kind of torture," Deng Yu said, shedding crocodile tears and looking at Chu Fei with smug satisfaction. "Is this drug effective, or do you want a little more?"

"Since I'm putting on such a hard-working performance, everyone make sure to hit that follow button and send out some small gifts!"

Deng Yu and Feng Yulou exchanged bewildered glances. What time was it, and what kind of nonsense was this guy spouting?

Then, they watched as Chu Fei, while still screaming about dying, pulled out a customized micro-camera and aimed it right at the two dumbfounded individuals.

"Come on, big guys, say hello to the family in the livestream room."