Cave Refuge-Chapter 256 - 252: Interrogation 2 (Additional updates for 20,000 subscriptions)_1
Watching Dong Tianyu get up and slowly walk towards him, the process was slow, but as Dong Tianyu got closer, Brother Three felt an increase in pressure.
When Dong Tianyu arrived at Brother Three’s side, he kicked Brother Three, making him flip face-down on the floor.
Swiftly taking out a canister of gasoline from his storage space, he lifted Brother Three’s head, made him smell the fumes wafting from the container, so that he knew what it contained.
Then, under Brother Three’s terrified gaze, he poured the gasoline over the area between Brother Three’s legs.
With Dong Tianyu’s words, "It’s a bit chilly tonight. How about we start a fire for warmth?" Brother Three felt a wave of coldness sweep his body.
Although he knew his fate was sealed, when he saw Dong Tianyu taking out a matchstick ready to strike, he finally couldn’t help shouting, "Don’t light it, don’t light it, I’ll talk! Just ask me whatever you want, and I’ll tell you everything I know!"
Although the cave was spacious and the three of them were thrown into three different corners by Dong Tianyu, Brother Three’s screams were loud. The other two, despite suffering from broken legs and the shockwave of an explosive, started slowly recovering their hearing and sight over time.
They heard Brother Three’s screams and desperately struggled to tell him to keep quiet, but only then did they realize that Dong Tianyu had gagged them. All they could do was make muffled noises.
Brother Three had originally thought that his loud shouts would alert his two elder brothers and that their words would reassure him.
But after he had cried out for so long without hearing a response from his brothers — neither telling him to be silent nor to tell his story honestly — he felt a heavy psychological burden.
Under severe stress, Brother Three failed to consider that his brothers might have been gagged by Dong Tianyu. He thought they were holding back because they were embarrassed to respond.
Gaining some composure, Brother Three began his confession, "Initially, we were active in the eastern district. You should probably know the current situation in Pengcheng. If you don’t join the newly established security team and receive orders from officials, you only get the basic subsistence-level food supplies."
"The food that we were getting from these officials was plain awful. It wasn’t even enough to fill our bellies, let alone maintain our training. We didn’t want to be controlled by others and we were unwilling to continue in such a dismal state. Just when we were worried about how to find a way to get rich..."
"Someone suddenly approached us and informed us about the existence of a private sanctuary here in your territory, guarded by a single Inner Breath Realm Martial Artist."
"They also told us you had a sniper rifle, and even disclosed that you’d left with a caravan bound for Salt City. They said that the sanctuary was defenseless now, and that you wouldn’t be able to get back for a few days."
"Upon hearing this news, we figured that the sanctuaries located outside the city which were not yet annexed by the officials might have good amount of materials stocked."
"If we managed to capture your sanctuary in your absence, we would have many choices.
"With your sniper rifle out of the equation, we planned to take everything and flee before you could get a glimpse of us." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
"We never expected that after painstakingly climbing the Nameless Mountain and finally opening the metal gate, just when we thought our mission was going smoothly."
"To our surprise, we found nothing behind the enormous metal door — let alone supplies, there were no traces of human habitation."
"At that point, we began to suspect that we had been duped. We returned to the City Center and gathered more information about this place."
"Despite hearing about your remarkable feat of eliminating more than a dozen martial artists with a sniper rifle, we were not scared because you were not around."
"We were also certain of the existence of a private sanctuary — if not, where would you be living?"
"After confirming this news, we returned to continue our search. Unable to locate the sanctuary, we sold all our valuable items to purchase three guns from the Black Market."
"We planned to ambush you in the darkened surroundings of the cavern."
Listening to Brother Three describing their intended purpose of this expedition, Dong Tianyu was speechless. If they were planning an ambush, why didn’t they close the metal gate and restore the site to its original status when he left?
Upon his return, seeing the gate wide open, anyone would realize something was amiss.
Little did they know that their intention was to alert Dong Tianyu so he would panic and check whether his second sanctuary had been invaded.
Theoretically, this plan was flawless. It was akin to startling the snake in the grass out of its hiding. However, they didn’t realize that Dong Tianyu had no second sanctuary. All the supplies that were originally here had been moved into his storage space before he left.
Moreover, Dong Tianyu had a Divine Sense. Without even entering the cavern, a single sweep of his Divine Sense was enough to discover the three of them cowering in the corner.
What’s more, even after discovering their presence, Dong Tianyu didn’t act immediately. Instead, he manipulated the situation and ambushed them.
They never imagined how easily defeated they would be before Dong Tianyu. Even before they could face him directly, they were incapacitated with their limbs broken and completely controlled by him.
After obtaining the information from Brother Three, Dong Tianyu dislocated his jaw in a similar fashion, and promptly gagged him.
At this moment, the youngest brother finally understood why, when he had been shouting earlier, neither of his two elder brothers had responded.
After leaving the third brother’s side, Dong Tianyu again approached the eldest, removing the gag from his mouth. With a swift kick, Dong Tianyu reset the eldest brother’s displaced jaw.
Though Dong Tianyu’s kick restored the man’s ability to speak, it might not have been properly aligned due to the method— a kick.
After accomplishing this, Dong Tianyu took a seat on a chair across from him and spoke in an even tone, "You should have heard the cries of that guy just now.
Although the process was twisted, at least he was smart enough to cooperate. Now, you should tell me everything you know. If you don’t want to suffer, spit out everything honestly.
Don’t think I’m bluffing you. Your partners have confessed everything. If you don’t speak the truth now, you will be the one to suffer."
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s words, the boss stared at Dong Tianyu, who sat on his chair, with hateful eyes.
Perceiving the hatred filled gaze, Dong Tianyu sighed helplessly, "Why don’t you confess honestly?"
He rose from his chair and stepped hard on one of the man’s fingers, grinding it under his heel.
As the saying goes, every finger is connected to the heart. Although Dong Tianyu had broken his wrist and arm, he hadn’t damaged the nerves in his hand. So when his finger was trampled by Dong Tianyu, the pain was transmitted directly to his brain, without missing a single thread of sensation.
Dong Tianyu only returned leisurely to his chair once he’d felt the finger beneath his foot turn to mush. He then resumed questioning the boss, who was lying on the ground, "You have nine more chances to rethink."
The boss had just adjusted to the intense pain when he heard the words Dong Tianyu spat out.
Before Dong Tianyu could rise and take action again, he confessed everything he knew like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
The information he provided was similar to that of the third brother’s. Despite being the boss, he didn’t know the man who had given them the information about this place.
Before he arrived, he seemed to have specifically investigated them and knew them well.
He didn’t force them to do anything here, just provided information about here.
When he detailed the situation here, they had roughly guessed his intentions.
Their guess just happened to coincide with his intentions which they derived after hearing the information, so they simply went with the flow and came here.
Who would have thought that despite successfully scaling Nameless Mountain, their plans went awry after opening the metal gate?
There was nothing in the mountain gut. Seeing the empty inside, unwilling to leave empty-handed, they decided to stay and ambush Dong Tianyu.
They followed the principle of "a thief takes something even while escaping". If they didn’t get anything from here, they really wouldn’t be satisfied.
They just didn’t expect that their little bit of greed would land them in a trap.
After confirming the information told by the third brother through the eldest brother, Dong Tianyu dislocated his jaw once again without considering the effort. Then he picked up the discarded ball gag with disgust and forcefully shoved it back into the man’s mouth, despite his resistance.
Only the second brother was left to be questioned. The standard procedure was repeated.
Dong Tianyu was somewhat frustrated. They weren’t as steadfast as those in the movies, refusing to admit even when they’re dying. Why didn’t they confess directly during the interrogation and instead chose to suffer before revealing the truth?
The second brother was a bit stronger than the boss. It was only when Dong Tianyu had ground his third finger to pulp did he spill his beans.
After he finished telling everything he knew, Dong Tianyu spoke to him with a little interest, "Actually I knew everything you told me.
The other two people you’ve mentioned have told me everything. Asking you again is just to confirm whether you’ve told the truth or not."
"In fact, what you don’t know is that the other two didn’t suffer much. They confessed everything immediately, like pouring out beans."
"Your insistence and the pain you are suffering is actually useless."
Dong Tianyu’s heart-piercing words made the once dispirited second brother somewhat crazy.
