"Could you please slow down your pace?" Keichi asked politely to a man who was sitting on a chair, guarded by a big man to make sure he couldn't escape. His face was completely messed up. His left eye was half open and swollen. Whilst blood was streaming down from his mouth, making a few stains on his shirt. He seemed to catch up his breath after being beaten up by Keichi's underlings.
"I will ask you again. Who do you work for? And I assume you're not working alone, no? So, where are your inferiors now?"
Commander Hill remained silent. He only opened his mouth to whimper when a fist struck his face and body.
"Ugh..."
Despite the commander said no words, Keichi still got the information he wanted. Hill's mind shouted it out. That's great, but it also made him got a headache. A big pile of information suddenly being transferred to his mind. Of course, he needed time to process it. Scene after scene flashed inside his head as he read the commander's mind. He needed to unite it piece by piece, so he could know which one was important and which was not.
"I said slow down! Don't you understand?" Keichi sighed. His head was full enough, and now his underling's mind started to active too. They were currently whispering each other, questioning why their boss always said slow down and changed his question even though the fugitive still not answered it.
Keichi let a long sigh out of his lungs before he landed a glare to two muscle guy behind him. It made their mind calm down a bit.
"What's your plan?" Keichi questioned him again.
Silent was all he got.
"How will the Cerulean attack this fortress and when?"
Hills still locked up his mouth till the end. Keichi hated to admit it, but the commander's strong head was pretty admired.
"You are quite stubborn. Do you aware of it?"
"Just kill me already." Hill finally spoke.
Keichi raised his eyebrow, a small smile flickered over his lips. "I'd love to do it."
The way he said it has made a shiver ran down through the commander's spine.
"Oh... you look shocked. Do you think I can't kill you just because you haven't said anything?"
Emotions flashed on his face. Keichi caught a few of it. Fear was one of them.
Hill tried to hide it and started to persuade Keichi. "I have many valuable pieces of information about the Cerulean. You ca-"
"I know." Keichi cut his words and Hill felt uneasy with the confidence that he found on Keichi's voice. Sweats formed on his forehead as he was trying to get rid those feeling.
"Then you can't just kill me! I can be useful for you."
Keichi laughed. It was like a grim reaper's laugh. Hill never met one, but he was sure it will sound like that. So dark and it made another wave of fear hit him. He felt like Keichi was just toying him before he died. Like a cat plays with its prey before eating it.
"You've become talkative now. You should talk earlier if you want to save your butt. Your chance to survive was higher a few minutes ago."
'I could knock down a weak guy like him in a few second. But first, I need to slay those two bulky men. If only I could reach my sword.' Hill started his plan to escape.
"Don't act so arrogant, boy. I warn you." Hill spoke. He moved his body forward to look closer, but the man who was guarding him harshly pushed him back. "If I survive from all of this, I promise that I will find you and crush your bone until-"
