16 Interregation

He started to regain his consciousness. Arms, legs and torso were all tied up and a sack was covering his head. He tried to slip out of his ropes, only to discover how tightly they had been bound. As he tried getting free, someone started approaching him. "So you're finally awake" The man had a condescending tone to his voice, "You really are a caring person, immediately rushing to help a weeping kid, instead of first informing your companions" He really couldn't escape from the ropes, "W-who are you?" Although Nanama couldn't see it, Daiki smiled at that comment, "I'm someone who's not looking to harm you, at least if you're willing to cooperate"

He was scared but decided that the best choice was to try and buy time until he figured something out. "What kind of information do you need?" Daiki moved behind him and grabbed his shoulder, "I need to know about your guard schedule, are there any exploits that come to mind?" He didn't want to sell-out his friends, although, was this man really going to harm them? Of course he was going to!, don't make up excuses to save your own skin!, he was disgusted by himself." I'm sorry bu-", something hard hit his shoulder, he felt it dislocate in an instant.

"Ahh!", the man pushed his hand against Nanama's mouth, "ssh, don't go screaming without my permission" the adrenaline kicked in quickly and hard, he tried to get loose, but it was still meaningless. Slowly but surely, he started to calm down. His shoulder still felt like it was burning, but struggling was pointless. "Is this really okay, he hasn't done anything wrong?", it was the voice of a child, was it the same as the one he had tried to help? "No, this isn't okay, nevertheless, sometimes you have to get a little dirty in order to get what you want"

He had decided, even if it meant dying, he wouldn't tell this person anything. "Do you feel more compelled to share your thoughts with me now?" Nanama took a deep breath and uttered the words, "I rather die, knowing I didn't help a psycho kill my friends, then live and know that I did" He was barely able to speak because of the pain, even so, the words exited his mouth. "Oh, that's to bad, at least you have my respect for not selling out. Still, it's a foolish decision, I'm just going to move on to the next one and I have a feeling that your dear companions are gonna be more... Compelled to share their secrets" Those words wouldn't change his mind, "I trust them all with my life, that's what it means to be a soldier!"

Daiki smiled and drew his katana, he was just about to strike when he remembered Nakame who was with him. Instead, he chose to simply knock out the man who had refused to talk. "Don't get used to not suffering the consequences of your actions, you're lucky today, remember that" Then he sheathed his blade, "I guess we're going to have to improvise"