Chapter 1377: You Bunch of Liars

8 hours later, inside a nearly completely sealed basement.

This basement was about fifty square meters. Various torture instruments hung on the walls, and the exhaust fan on the ceiling rotated slowly, but the smell of blood inside the basement remained dense.

Two bloody figures were hung up, one of whom had completely lost all signs of life, becoming a corpse.

"I am, Spike, Divine Court... Bishop, twenty... six years old, male..."

Spike, covered in blood and flesh, was hung up. Because both arms were broken, two iron hooks were pierced into his severed arm stumps.

For the people of the Eye of Losi, words like sympathy and pity had no meaning. Completing the mission, being loyal to the Eye of Losi, and being loyal to the Geya Alliance were things more important than life.

Spike was a zealot, but after being interrogated by an agent named Butcher within the Eye of Losi, he surrendered. He even confessed to things like peeping at a female neighbor bathing in his childhood and using his authority to have improper relationships with underage female believers. One must know that in a country like the Sun Kingdom with moral cleanliness, the latter was a capital crime, punishable by the thorn whip.

The basement door was pushed open, and Su Xiao and Shalin walked into the room.

"It's already done. Just ask whatever you want to ask him."

A man wearing a black hood and a rubber slaughtering suit was wiping torture instruments. He was the Butcher. He never revealed his face; only Lai Zong knew what he looked like.

Su Xiao sized up the Sun Kingdom Bishop Spike. The other party was covered in blood and flesh, clearly having been skinned alive, yet he had not died from excessive blood loss, which showed the Butcher's skillful technique.

Su Xiao's brows furrowed. He rarely interrogated enemies by destroying their bodies. Not to mention that the information obtained was not accurate enough, the impact on the heart alone was a point that could not be ignored. Su Xiao often killed enemies, but he never tortured them because he did not think killing was something worth enjoying; it was just one of the means to achieve his goal—simple and brutal.

Su Xiao was very interested in fighting enemies. Fighting was about give and take, trying to kill the other party while comparing combat IQ. That feeling of being on the edge of life and death would make many people addicted to it, whereas physical torture was one-sided abuse, making people bored.

Shalin saw Su Xiao frown, which made her quite surprised: "I couldn't tell, people from the Killing Squad actually have such compassion?"

Hearing Shalin's words, Su Xiao did not speak. The Butcher, who was tidying up the torture instruments, sneered, looking slightly disdainful.

"Where is that thing? If I'm not mistaken, that thing should be similar to some kind of array map."

Su Xiao had seen space coordinates several times. If it was a secondary space coordinate, it was very likely just a simpler specification.

"..."

Spike looked at Su Xiao with slight confusion.

"Answer his question."

The Butcher spoke. Hearing the Butcher's voice, Spike's body trembled.

"I, I..."

Spike's lips trembled. Some spirit returned to his dull eyes. Seeing this gaze, the Butcher picked up a torture instrument.

"I, will only, tell him alone."

Spike looked at Su Xiao. He had previously confessed a lot of personal information, but regarding the secrets of the Sun Kingdom, he had only said a very small part, in order to reduce the pain he suffered.

"Sorry, it seems it's not quite time yet."

The Butcher made a move to step forward, and Su Xiao turned his head to look at the other party.

"Mr. Bai Ye, please go out first..."

The Butcher stopped halfway through his sentence. He could be certain that if he continued to speak, he would very likely die.

"Go out first."

Shalin "understood" what was going on. After Bishop Spike suffered torture, he now only sought to be liberated as soon as possible. For Spike, the Butcher, who brought him endless pain, was not qualified to get information from his mouth, whereas Su Xiao had defeated him openly and honestly.

In Spike's eyes, although both were enemies, if he had to tell the information to one of them, Spike chose Su Xiao, who had defeated him head-on, rather than that Butcher who held torture instruments and had average combat power.

Shalin took the slightly unhappy Butcher and left the basement.

"It seems, I, made a, wrong choice."

Spike smiled, and blood dripped down his chin.

"Where."

Blue Steel Shadow energy gathered in Su Xiao's hand. While transforming into an energy shield, he molded the energy shield into a short blade.

"Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?"

Spike was still smiling.

"If you continue to talk nonsense, it will still be that hooded man talking about life with you. Tell me the answer within 3 seconds."

The energy blade short knife flipped in Su Xiao's hand, appearing as if it would slice Spike's throat at any moment.

"Jinbo Street, Fox Divination House."

Spike's whole body began to lose strength, and a subtle stinging sensation came from his arm. He was surprised to find that the unbearable pain throughout his body had disappeared.

Su Xiao threw away the injection in his hand and turned to walk out of the basement.

"Wait... wait, you haven't killed me yet. Where are you going? Stop!"

Spike struggled hard. Su Xiao's footsteps stopped, and he turned his head slightly.

"Did I say I would kill you?"

"You said it before."

Spike's breathing was very rapid.

"You're right, so that was before. See you."

"You..."

Spike felt somewhat desperate.

With a bang, the basement door closed tightly. The next moment, the Butcher pushed open the door. Through the gap in the iron door, Spike saw Su Xiao and the Butcher nodding to each other—where was the disdain? Where was the killing intent?

At this moment, Spike realized that the Butcher's sneer and disdain for Su Xiao were all fake. These people had completed silent communication just by crossing glances and had quickly formulated a plan.

Shalin had shown slight disdain for Su Xiao as a beautiful woman, meaning that a member of the Killing Squad was actually soft-hearted, while the Butcher had played along, magnifying the disdain for Su Xiao.

This scene had all fallen into the eyes of Bishop Spike. As a victim under the Butcher, with his spirit nearly collapsed, he had instinctively leaned toward Su Xiao, the side being "disdained," after all, both sides were "vulnerable groups."

Precisely because of this, Spike had said that sentence: "I will only tell him alone."

"People from the Killing Squad, indeed live up to their reputation."

The Butcher gave a sinister laugh.

"Bishop, please rest assured, we won't let you die. You will receive the best treatment. Compared to continuing to interrogate you, you have greater value."

This time, Spike did not speak again. He would not believe anyone anymore.

Outside the basement, Su Xiao held a map.

"If a battle breaks out on Jinbo Street, what will be the result?"

Su Xiao had already found the location of Jinbo Street. This street block was located on the east side of Heat City and belonged to the commercial district.

"We absolutely cannot exchange fire with the enemy there. That is a commercial district. Bullets will penetrate multiple walls, leading to the death or injury of dozens, or even hundreds, of civilians."

Although Shalin was ruthless to enemies, she had a strong sense of responsibility for the civilians of Heat City. Although she was an agent, she had become one to defend the Geya Alliance.

"Then don't use firearms."

"Huh?"

Shalin looked at Su Xiao in surprise. Engaging with people from the Sun Kingdom without using firearms was almost no different from seeking death. ===== CHAPTER 1378 =====