NOVEL NEXT Chapter 59 Scumbag
Gao Fei wanted to laugh but dared not to laugh out loud.
"Spill it, and I'll grant you a quick end," Feng Dahai walked back to Li Teng's front.
"Good son, kneel down and call me 'Dad,' then I'll tell you," Li Teng replied weakly to Feng Dahai.
"You son of a..." Feng Dahai punched Li Teng in the stomach and then began to brutally beat and kick him.
He simply couldn't understand how a mere rookie, an extra who had only been in two scenes, could resist torture without yielding; it was utterly unscientific!
"Calm down Brother Hai! He's just provoking you deliberately! He's probably not an Underground Worker. Killing him would be playing right into his hands, and we'd be in trouble," Pretty Boy Du Qing, seeing that the situation was escalating, hurried over to restrain Feng Dahai.
"So, we're just betting that she is the one?" Feng Dahai glared at Sunglasses Woman Anna.
"I think she is too. It's very likely!" Du Qing nodded.
"Kill me, please. I'm in so much pain," Anna said weakly, raising her head to Feng Dahai. The frenzied dozen or so lashes from Feng Dahai could have been fatal for a frail woman.
"You think I wouldn't dare to kill you?" Feng Dahai picked up an iron from the charcoal fire.
"Boss, we agreed you wouldn't hit me. Listen to my analysis for a few seconds; you all might have been misled. If you keep hitting me, I won't be able to speak anymore," Huang Xun spoke unclearly. The iron Feng Dahai had shoved in his mouth earlier was not too hot, otherwise, he would definitely not be able to speak now.
"I really admire this argumentative guy, always talking even when he's dying!" Gao Fei couldn't help but feel sympathy for Huang Xun.
"Listen to his analysis. He knows these people better than we do," Du Qing urged Feng Dahai, stunned by the violent scene of Feng Dahai beating Huang Xun earlier, as Huang Xun was one of their own. It shouldn't have been necessary to torture him to that extent.
"Go ahead," Feng Dahai put down the iron and looked at Huang Xun, having cooled down a bit after being persuaded by Du Qing.
"Your basis for suspecting Anna as an Underground Worker is actually based on what Gao Fei said. I think there's a very high likelihood that Gao Fei is the Liar. He and Donna, that sly fox, are two drama kings. They orchestrated this drama to make you mistakenly believe that Anna is the Underground Worker," Huang Xun endured the severe pain in his mouth and tongue while analyzing for Feng Dahai and another person.
"Didn't you say Donna and Anna were lovers? If Donna leads us to believe that Anna is the Underground Worker, doesn't he fear that I might kill Anna?" Feng Dahai posed a question to Huang Xun.
Earlier on the bus, Huang Xun had specifically told Feng Dahai about the romantic relationship between Donna and Anna, urging Feng Dahai to use that information during the interrogation. Now, Huang Xun was negating his own point.
"I knew Donna was scum, but I didn't realize he was this despicable, a real fighter among trash men! To save his own life, he would even risk killing Anna, who is deeply in love with him! I think the likelihood that Donna, that scum man, is the Underground Worker is over ninety percent. Your next step in the trial should focus on Gao Fei. Gao Fei is the Liar, he's not as tough as a scum man, he might confess soon. Once he tells the truth, it will be much easier to determine who the Underground Worker is," Huang Xun suggested to Feng Dahai and another person.
"I am really not the Liar," Gao Fei quickly denied.
"True or not, we'll know once we torture you," Huang Xun continued to fan the flames.
"Sorry, but tell the truth to spare yourself the physical pain!" Feng Dahai turned towards Gao Fei.
"Everything I've said is true. The only clue I got was 'Donna knows who the Underground Worker is.' I am really not the Liar," Gao Fei defended frantically.
"Hit him! Beat him to death! He will definitely confess!" Huang Xun urged, getting impatient as Feng Dahai hesitated to act.
"You're lying! Confess now!" Feng Dahai shouted and picked up the iron to begin torturing Gao Fei.
No one could escape; they all were tortured.
Hearing Gao Fei's screams, Huang Xun finally felt somewhat balanced.
"Will you confess?"
"I swear! I really didn't lie!"
Feng Dahai continued the torture.
"Will you confess or not?"
"Please, I'm telling the truth, forcing a false confession will only mislead you!"
Feng Dahai switched to another hot iron.
"Will you confess or not?"
"It's not that I won't confess, only Donna truly knows who the Underground Worker is!" Gao Fei wept tears.
Feng Dahai was furious.
"Boss, this guy isn't so brave. After being beaten like this and still not confessing, he might really not be lying." After venting, Huang Xun felt a sudden twinge of guilt seeing Gao Fei in such a pitiful state. The two often argued on normal days, but it had never reached a life-or-death situation.
"Then you damn better tell me who the hell the Underground Worker is!" Feng Dahai charged at Huang Xun, iron in hand, in a menacing rage.
"Boss! Stop! Stop! I dare not say about others, but killing that scum won't be wrong! His chances are absolutely more than ninety percent! Moreover, killing him won't be a loss for you. Since we can't torture it out of him, killing him has the smallest loss for you! You must kill him!" Huang Xun shouted loudly at Feng Dahai, forgetting the pain in his mouth.
Feng Dahai's face darkened and he remained silent, seemingly pondering.
"This scum isn't just treacherous, but also cruel and ruthless, denying all kin! Not to boast of him, but keeping him alive will be a huge threat to you and the entire Silver Wolf Guild in the future!" Huang Xun added a few more sentences.
"He does make a point, the guild has a bounty. Since we can't determine who the Underground Worker is, killing him truly minimizes the loss for you." Pretty Boy Du Qing thought it over and also agreed with Huang Xun's reasoning.
Pretty Boy Du Qing knew that Li Teng had killed Guo Zhipeng and then Guo's mother, and seemed that if Li Teng was not highly skilled, then he was favored by fortune. Du Qing knew that he had offended Li Teng fatally, and might already be on Li Teng's blacklist. If he could not accurately determine who the Underground Worker was this time, taking the opportunity to eliminate Li Teng would also resolve a major worry prematurely.
"Do you all think he should be killed?" Feng Dahai confirmed with Huang Xun and Du Qing.
"Yes, Boss! He's nothing but a millennium calamity! He absolutely can't be spared!" Huang Xun said insistently.
"Hmm, killing him definitely won't be a mistake," Du Qing also nodded.
"All right then, I'll just torture him to death," Feng Dahai said as he walked over to the toolbox to pick out several new torture tools before returning to face Li Teng.
The shooting lasted two hours, and only half of that time had passed so far.
Since it had been decided to kill Li Teng, Feng Dahai still had an hour to torture Li Teng, forcing him to confess.
"Stop hitting him, he really isn't," Anna, who had been hanging her head this whole time, suddenly spoke weakly.
"If he isn't, then who is?" Feng Dahai turned to look at Anna.
"I confess..." Anna spoke again, extremely weak after the torture, her breath uneven, and it was hard to clearly hear what she said after confessing.
"What did you say?" Feng Dahai quickly walked over to hear more clearly.
"Boss, be careful!" Huang Xun suddenly thought of something and hastily shouted a warning to Feng Dahai.
But it was already too late.