The arched door of the Castle of Black Iron could still be locked, which meant that as long as Zhang Tie was given a few seconds, he would be able to disappear from their sight and enter the Castle of Black Iron. However, if he did that, although he would be able to escape from danger for the time being, he would probably expose his family members to a greater and more dangerous whirlpool. This was because the secret of the Castle of Black Iron was too shocking. In this age, once such a secret was exposed, Zhang Tie was sure that all the people around him would not have a good ending. Not only his family members, even the guys of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood and Donder would be implicated. In the eyes of those big shots, dozens of people's lives were nothing compared to such a secret. Nothing at all!
After returning to their residence, the moment they closed the door and led Zhang Tie into the secret room, Huck and Snade's real faces were exposed. They didn't hide their tenderness anymore.
With a sound of 'bang', Zhang Tie was almost smashed onto the ground by Huck's neck. Feeling as if all his bones were going to fall apart, Zhang Tie couldn't help but let out a miserable shriek.
"Don't make it too loud, the people outside will hear you!" Snade said to Huck, causing Huck to retract his foot. Squatting in front of Zhang Tie, Snade patted Zhang Tie's face with his hand. "What did you say your name was?" Zhang Tie asked.
"I'm Du Shaofeng …"
"What's your elder brother's name?"
"Du Shaowu!"
"What's your position in the City Guard Army of Blackhot City?"
"Major, battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment of the City Guard Army of Blackhot City …" Zhang Tie groaned miserably. "That piece of wood was indeed given to my nephew as a building block. As long as you let me go back, I will bring it back to you. Why don't you believe me? We wanted to go in together, but you refused. What do you want?"
"Where do you live?" Snade ignored Zhang Tie and continued to ask questions.
"Room 301 of Block B of the residential area we were looking at earlier …"
After that, Snade took out a dirty rag and a rope from nowhere. He pinched Zhang Tie's mouth and stuffed the rag into Zhang Tie's mouth, making Zhang Tie unable to speak. Then, he tied up Zhang Tie's hands. Zhang Tie then clapped his hands and stood up. After saying something to Huck, he turned around and opened the door, leaving only Zhang Tie and Huck in the room. Zhang Tie struggled on the ground for a while before giving up. He knew what Snade was going to do, but he was not afraid. Du Shaowu was his elder brother's superior, and he had learned everything about the Du Family from his elder brother. No matter how Snade inquired, he would only be able to prove that what Zhang Tie had said was true. Unless Snade was resourceful enough to get a photo of Du Shaofeng, Zhang Tie's words would never be exposed in such a short time.
This time, Sneijder came back after another half an hour.
"How was it?" The moment he closed the door, Huck hurriedly walked towards him and asked.
Snade's face was extremely gloomy. "I just spent a gold coin to confirm that what this brat said was true. The major of the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the City Guard Army of Blackhot City is indeed called Du Shaowu. Du Shaowu has a younger brother called Du Shaofeng, who is about the same age as this brat. Du Shaowu lives in Room 301 of Block B of the Military Officer's Family District in Blackhot City. Du Shaowu also has a two-year-old son …"
Hearing this, Zhang Tie started to twist on the ground again.
"Impossible, I always feel that there's something wrong with what this brat said. Something is wrong …" Huck said angrily. "I should have stomped him to death!"
"I also feel that there's something wrong with this brat, but I can't tell what it is. I can't help it. If this brat doesn't want to admit it, he will have to use his real skills!" Saying this, Snade walked in front of Zhang Tie, squatted down, and patted Zhang Tie's face with his hand. "From the beginning, I knew that you might be fooling us. I just wanted to see what tricks you had up your sleeves. Do you know where your loophole is? When a person is lying or nervous, his heart will beat faster. When his heart beats faster, all the blood vessels in his body will pulsate more forcefully, and his body temperature will also change slightly. When I put my hand around your neck, I can tell when you are lying and nervous because the arteries in your neck and the temperature of your body can tell me the answer. When you are most nervous is when we are walking towards the guards. If everything is as you said, your heart wouldn't be beating so fast at that time. You are very smart, smarter than many people of your age that I have seen. Unfortunately, you met me! "
Saying this, Snade grabbed Zhang Tie's hair and dragged him into the washroom, with Huck following Snade inside. Zhang Tie didn't care how hard Zhang Tie was struggling on the ground. Instead, he grabbed Zhang Tie's hair and dragged him into the washroom.
In the washroom, Snade's dagger abruptly appeared in his hand. With a flash of cold light, Snade cut off the rope that bound Zhang Tie's hands. He then stepped on Zhang Tie's left hand with one foot and rudely flipped Zhang Tie's right hand over and placed it on the toilet bowl. Then, he placed the dagger on the artery of Zhang Tie's right hand.
"You have one last chance. Tell us where the token is." After saying this, Snade took the rag out of Zhang Tie's mouth. "It's in my elder brother's house.
I'm telling the truth. I'm nervous because I don't know whether you'll harm me after getting the token. I feel that you two are up to no good. You lied to me by saying that you'll exchange it with gold coins. As long as you promise not to hurt me, I'll definitely return that piece of wood to you … "Zhang Tie hurriedly said. Snade frowned and put the rag back into Zhang Tie's mouth. Then, Zhang Tie felt a chill on his right wrist. After a sharp pain, a stream of dark red blood spurted out from his wrist and flowed into the toilet bowl. Zhang Tie wanted to struggle, but his body was firmly pressed down by Huck, leaving him unable to move at all.
Not knowing why, Zhang Tie suddenly remembered the scene of butchers killing pigs. It was similar to his current situation. First, they would press the pig down and make it unable to move. Then, they would cut the pig's body and let out its blood. Previously, Zhang Tie had felt that it was fun to watch others killing pigs. However, when he became the pig that was being killed, Zhang Tie realized that it was not fun at all. He also understood how the pig felt at that moment …
First, he felt pain, then weakness, then coldness, and fear. As more and more blood flowed out, wave after wave …
"We've already run out of patience. So you have a few minutes to think about whether you want to tell us the truth or not. As long as you tell us the truth, we will stop your bleeding and let you live on …" Hearing the cold butcher's enticing words, Zhang Tie suddenly realized that sometimes, not bleeding was a kind of happiness.
Zhang Tie's blood flowed into the toilet bowl, turning the white toilet bowl into a pool of blood. Not knowing what was going on, Zhang Tie suddenly recalled the conversation he had with Donder on the topic of "Menstrual Tide". Menstrual Tide only needed to bleed once a month without getting hurt. It was really powerful … Alas, if only I could be that powerful … Feeling his body gradually becoming cold and weak, Zhang Tie revealed a self-mocking smile. He really didn't know what "Menstrual Tide" was, but he was really curious about it …
As time passed, more and more blood flowed out of Zhang Tie's hand.
He started to feel dizzy as the arched door in his consciousness became more and more difficult to lock on to. "Should I enter the Castle of Black Iron?" Zhang Tie asked himself. Did he want to drag out an ignoble existence for a while, and then bring a bigger, more terrifying crisis to his parents, elder brother, sister-in-law, the unborn child in her belly, and even Fatty Barley and the others?
During this period, Snade took out the rag that was blocking Zhang Tie's mouth and asked him the same question. After getting the same answer, the rag went back into Zhang Tie's mouth …
Zhang Tie thought of his mom's increasingly fat figure … of his dad's increasingly white hair … of the leather shoes and underwear that his elder brother had saved for him … and finally of Fatty Barley's suggestion to circumcise himself …
"F * ck, I'm not circumcised. I'm still a virgin. It's really shameful to die as a virgin …"
Zhang Tie felt that he was slowly losing consciousness …
Looking at the young man's pale cheeks and pale lips, Snade, who had been silently calculating Zhang Tie's blood loss, became suspicious. "This brat has already lost over 1800 ml of blood and is in shock. If we don't stop the bleeding, he will die soon. Yet, he still doesn't open his mouth. What's going on? Is what he said true? Is he so nervous because he feels that Huck and I are up to no good?"
At this moment, Huck also glanced at Snade. The two had cooperated for many years. Facing Snade's trick, many tough guys had succumbed. Few could bear to watch themselves die like this. This was much more difficult than killing themselves with a knife. "Could it be that this brat is tougher than those tough guys? It doesn't look like it! Or maybe he's telling the truth! "
At this moment, Zhang Tie's body had already become soft without being pressed by Zhang Tie. He couldn't move at all. If Zhang Tie really died like this, the two of them would have to flee for their lives tonight and face the endless pursuit of the organization.
Seeing Huck's gaze, Snade cursed in frustration as he started to pinch Zhang Tie's artery with his two fingers. "F * ck, let's apply some medicine to stop the bleeding first. Maybe … what he said is true …" Huck thought for a moment.
The moment the artery on Zhang Tie's hand was pressed by Snade and the blood stopped flowing, Zhang Tie, who was on the verge of falling into darkness, suddenly saw a bright light in front of him. At this moment, a line of words suddenly appeared in his mind —
— The Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree has sensed that the physical energy and Qi and blood of the person who has fused with it are reaching the lowest dangerous level. Do you want to reverse the flow of energy and restore the leakless fruit?
— — Yes … No
Zhang Tie used the last of his strength to click "Yes" in his mind …
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