The Art Of Interrogation

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In a dark room at its center, a bright, harsh spotlight is shining down on Leo Maxwell. Who is currently tied up to a solid metal chair? Two rusty iron nails have been pierced into his thighs.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Leo screamed in excruciating pain. His nerves and muscles are trembling uncontrollably, and his eyes are bulging. A natural reaction to such extreme pain resulted from scorching torture...

"Electrocution"

Electrocution is one of the most manageable sets ups in the art of torture. But if done well, it can yield results like no other. As long as the electric current is to be strictly controlled, a person can be kept alive for days without dying but under excruciating pain.

The favourite interrogation method of Brian.

The electric treatment stopped. And Leo gasped for air. He struggled to get his bearings.

"Who... Who... Are you guys?" He asked as he struggled to stay conscious.

"Leo, Leo, Leo..... It seems you still haven't learned anything. We will have to go another round. " Alex said playfully.

"No, no, please no, Ahhhhhhh!"

Leo screamed in excruciating pain.

Alex pulled over a chair and sat in front of Leo in a relaxed way and watched Leo getting electrocuted. He switched on his trusty ally, the video camera, and recorded everything.

"What will you do with the kidnapped woman?" He asked as he stopped the current. Giving Leo breathing time.

"Ha, Ha, You overestimated yourself. Did you think you could make me spill the beans? Well, you are...."

But Leo was cut short as Brian stuffed a dirty old cloth into Leo's mouth under Alex's watchful eyes. Then he cranked up the voltage and gave Leo a higher dose of pure electric fun.

He had no time for Leo's plays. But Leo didn't know that the treatment would last twice as long this time.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Leo's eyes were tearing, and his veins were bulging.

Two minutes later, after the dirty cloth is removed.

"Ha! Ha! Ha...." Leo panted like a fish out of water drenched in sweat.

"I'm sorry to tell you, my friend here has rich experience in torture. We can play this game all day in a big city like Paris with such a stable voltage.

He can control the current to the point where you won't die for days. We have a lot of time on our hands, my friend. It has only been a minor 2-minute treatment just now."

Alex was relatively calm, so he came and warned Leo. Brian's current state is not very stable. He might accidentally kill Leo in his rage.

"Ha, ha..." Leo is still gasping heavily, but his eyes are now filled with dread and horror. That torture that almost took him to hell was only about 2 minutes long? He genuinely felt as if years had passed!

"I will speak. I will speak." He pleaded.

"We send the goods... the captured people to the construction site for screening. Then they are divided into three grades. The worst ones, the average ones, and... last, the best of the best, the ones who look like models..."

Alex listened to Leo's slow rant. He didn't like Leo's slow answers, so he just pressed the switch a d let electricity do its job.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

The sudden electric current made Leo scream out loud. And then the current disappeared as quickly as it came. Leo's whole body kept on twitching.

"I forgot to remind you, if you speak too slowly, you will also get shocked."

"So, if you don't want to go another round, speak faster, okay?" Alex said.

"Okay, okay!" Leo repeatedly responded, ignoring the pain caused by the electric shock.

As an intelligent person, he knew that his fate was sealed. And that death is inevitable. But now, he only wanted to have a quick death. Sometimes even death is a luxury.

So he started spilling out everything he knew.

"We will keep the worst ones on the construction site and bring the better ones to my stronghold, which you guys raided earlier."

"Then, those who are not virgins are generally worthless. So, after we had fun with them, they will be sent back to the construction site."

"If they are virgins, we sell through the monthly auctions for an extremely high price...."

Leo finished speaking.

"So you don't know anything else?" Alex asked.

"It's all I know. Just let me go, man. I am only in this position since my family is a little influential." Leo replied.

"Well, one more thing, remember Patrice Carly. Where can I find him?" Alex frowned.

"I...I don't know..." Marco answered with a trembling voice.

"It seems that the punishment is not enough."

Alex raised his eyebrows and gestured to Brian, who was on the side. Brian walked over with the same dirty cloth, intending to stuff it into Leo's mouth again.

"No, please, no... I really don't know anything more. I only know he is from the National Internal Security Service of Paris!"

Leo cried bitterly and begged for mercy. But Alex still had his suspicions. He didn't know whether Leo was saying bullshit in fear of the previous electric treatment.

Or whether he is deliberately trying to delay time to get a breather.

"Are you hiding something from us?" Alex asked Leo with a smile.

"No, I only know so much. Every time he trades with us, he asks us to put the goods on a ship and then send them away. We don't dare to track where they are being transported to....."

Leo said everything he knew in a single breath.

"Well, since you have corporated with us so sincerely, you deserve a reward. " Alex said slowly.

Leo couldn't help showing relief on hearing this.

"Therefore, you will get a few days' worths of delightful massages from our dear from the one and only electricity. So enjoy the ride, Leo."

"No, you have to believe me. I'm really telling the truth. I really don't know else!" Leo pleaded.

"Chill out. It's just a massage. Trust me, you will love it."

Alex said with an innocent smile that sent shivers down Leo's and Brian's spines. He then gestured to Brian. Brian stuffed the cloth ball into Marco's mouth abruptly.

Leo was racking his brain in desperation to recall any other information. He is terrified. He knew what Alex and Brian meant. They were not planning to return!

Damn it. They just wanted to kill him using the electric chair. They never planned to show mercy from the beginning.

Leo became aware of this, but it was useless now. The strong rope firmly bound his body to the chair. It was impossible for Brian, a retired agent, to tie a loose knot.

As Leo watched, Alex picked up the video camera from the table and went outside, followed by Brian. As Brian left, he cranked up the voltage and switched on the current.

"Are you sure that's all there is to it?" Brian asked Alex after they left the house.

"It should be. He obviously doesn't have that kind of willpower, and it's basically impossible to lie in this situation."

"And the most important thing is that the information I got from him is the same as I got from Laurent. We need to catch the mini-boss now," Alex said with conviction.

"Patrice Carly?" Brian asked.

"...How did you extract the info from Laurent?" Brian couldn't help asking.

"Director Laurent is a person with a sense of justice. Under my influence, he successfully changed his ways. He has now become a better person. He has confessed all his sins." Alex said with pride in his skills.

"...Are you serious?" Brian was stunned.

"Yeah, it's all here." Alex lowered his head and swung the camera.

"As expected." Brian nodded.

French officials are involved in this matter, and Bryan had speculated this earlier. It is impossible to say that France cannot control these street thugs. Or are they unaware of these gangs that do such dirty things in their country?

The only possibility is that they are working together. Profits make up this fucking world, and Brian knows that all too well.

He has understood this truth countless times in the past, but he does not intend to expose it. It is useless. He was once a member of this filth. He has done dirty things in the past. But now things have become personal. They have his daughter.

There are only a few things that Brian cares about in life. His daughter is the most important of them all. Now they have taken her from him, and they shall face his wrath.

"We need to get detailed info about Patrice Carly before we can proceed to the next step," Alex said.

"I have a friend who is now the deputy director of the French Internal Security Service. I have contacted him before." Brian said.

"...Deputy Director, the position seems to be quite high." Alex, fiddling with the camera, looked up at Brian.

"Do you think your friend is involved in this incident?"

"..." Brian was silent for a minute.

Then realization dawned on his face.

"He better not."