Chapter 259: Torture
After the fireworks display ended, Akira escorted Shouko to the front of her house. This is to prevent bad events that might occur.
However, Akira is very paranoid. Moreover, after knowing a tragedy had happened in the previous timeline.
"Thanks Akira, it was a great day."
Standing in front of a luxurious house, Shouko let go of Akira's hand reluctantly.
"Don't make such an expression as if this is our last meeting. Come in, uncle and aunt are worried that they must be waiting."
Seeing her expression, Akira pinched her cheeks.
"Don't treat like a child." Shouko protested but didn't fight back.
"Then I'm leaving."
"Wait."
Suddenly Shouko kissed Akira's lips.
"That kiss goodbye."
Then she rushed through the fence that had been opened by the security guard on duty.
"Ah, they would definitely know." Akira smiled wryly.
Those in question are of course Shouko's father and mother. Anyway, the security guard would definitely report the kiss just now.
"Now then, it's time to take care of the remaining matters."
While walking, Akira typed a message on his cell phone. He told his mother that he would be late coming home.
After all, he was still a minor, he didn't want his mother to worry. Also, there are police patrolling bicycles at night.
After walking for a few minutes, Akira saw a policeman riding a bicycle approaching him.
Not wanting anything to do with the police, he turned right where the surveillance camera's blind spot was, then he used [Hiraishin no Jutsu] and his figure disappeared.
In the next second, the policeman stopped his bicycle and looked around his surroundings.
"Eh, where did that young man go? Maybe I saw wrong? Or... A ghost?!?"
The policeman got goosebumps. After making sure there was nowhere to hide and no sight of the youth, he pedaled his bicycle and hastily left the location.
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On the other hand, Akira appears at an old school that has not been used for several years.
The decline in Japan's birth rate is a serious crisis due to people's reluctance to marry and have children, or because their sexual preferences have diverged to become LGBT.
As a result, there are many schools that cannot continue to operate due to the absence of new students. Especially in rural areas, many schools are closed.
Akira has left his 'mark' on an old school on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Stepping into the empty classroom, he saw two men tied to chairs with terrified expressions, and next to them was Skadi in charge of watching over them.
"You took too long, Master."
"Sorry, Shouko deliberately bought time to be with me longer."
"Hmph, you made me wait in this place for so long, I ask for compensation."
"Okay, I'll take you to eat ice cream."
"Don't think I can be persuaded with ice cream. At least, the special edition ones."
After saying that, Skadi turned to the Spiritual Body.
The smile on Akira's face disappeared and only the thousand year ice cold gaze remained.
Approaching the two men, he took a chair and sat down.
"Good evening, Nakamura Hiroshi, Kobayashi Kenta. You two must be confused as to why this is happening to you, right? Simply put, you two have touched a girl you shouldn't have touched."
Akira's words made Kenta and Hiroshi shiver in fear.
As for why the two of them were here?
Akira is the mastermind behind their capture.
He secretly ordered the Chamber to look for the owners of the two names in the crowd.
It's not difficult for Chamber to do that. What needs to be done is to hack the population database in the government, then use surveillance cameras to match the faces and names of people in the Sumida River.
After finding the two men, Akira sent Skadi to catch and bring them to this old school.
"Well, well, well... What torture is fit for you two to endure... being dragged away by horses, boiled alive, slicing the body bit by bit with a sharp knife, or being trampled by elephants. Which do you two choose?"
Hearing that inhuman torture method, Kenta and Hiroshi shook their heads as the tears and wanted to flow down.
Their mouths were covered with cloth, so they could not speak.
"I didn't know Master had an S&M hobby." Skadi's voice was heard.
"Where did you learn that vocabulary from?"
"Internet."
Akira fell silent. It seemed that Skadi was learning strange things on the internet without his knowledge. Putting those tangled thoughts aside, he focused his attention on the two death row in front of him.
"Forget it, it's too much trouble setting up torture equipment. Don't you two think that way?"
Kenta and Hiroshi's eyes lit up, and they nodded like chickens pecking at rice. Unfortunately, their hopes were dashed by Akira's next sentence.
"By the way, have you two heard that in 15th century China, there appeared to be a two-day non-stop dripping punishment on lawbreakers. As a result, the law makes people with mental disorders."
Kenta and Hiroshi stared with disdain. If they could talk, they would mock him with his ridiculous ideas.
Akira also noticed their disdain, but he didn't say anything.
Water dripping continuously on the rock will make a hole in the rock. This parable is often associated with the quality of perseverance that will pay off. However, what if the role of stone is replaced by humans?
Compared to other torture methods that involve chains or whips, China water torture may not sound as horrific.
However, history proves otherwise.
"It has been decided, the two of you will receive the waterdrop punishment. As long as the two of you can hold out for two days, I will let you go."
Then Akira cut the rope that tied Kenta and Hiroshi. However, before the two could do anything, [Chains of Heaven] bound them to the floor.
"Skadi, please make a torture device."
"Easy problem."
On the ceiling appeared two icicles above Kenta and Hiroshi's heads. Then, water droplets started dripping from the block of ice and hit the foreheads of the two of them.
Kenta and Hiroshi felt nothing. For the two of them, this torment was just child's play. At least, not now.
"I'll check on both of you in two days. Goodbye."
Ignoring the two men, Akira took Skadi using [Hiraishin no Jutsu] and teleported to the research facility.
This time, he sneaked in without anyone noticing.
With Skadi as a Caster, Akira asked her to apply Magecraft for stealth and successfully entered.
As for the goal?
He wants to meet Otosaka Shunsuke and wants to know what really happened.
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