Chapter 0018 – Not Everyone Lives a Life of Revenge – Absolute Returns

I woke up Liang Jiu who was passed out on the chair.

He looks around in a daze and finally realizes he’s been captured.

“Does it still hurt where you were hit?”

“Huh? Oh, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

He was a little overwhelmed by my gentle manner.

“Honestly, I appreciate smart people like you, those simple-minded, four-legged guys really give me a headache, they’re one-dimensional and greasy, and they take stubbornness as a conviction, you’re different.”

“Why are you arresting me?”

“You should know in your heart that I don’t want to torture you, and you also know that our punishment here is very cruel, even if you don’t die, you’ll become an invalid.”

“Even if you threaten me, it won’t help, I don’t know anything.”

“I know, you’re just following orders, as long as you’re honest about it, that’s all.”

“I really don’t know, no one gives me orders.”

“Guess I’ll just have to talk to the other you.”

“The other me?”

“Someone who cares more about you than you do.”

I gestured and an old man walked in.

“This old man, who has been studying punishment all his life, do you know how successful his success rate is in extracting confessions?”

The old man was short in stature, but his aura was so powerful that it sent shivers down one’s spine.

“Ninety percent.”

“What a master at forcing confessions.”

“Not to be outdone, of those 90%, 50% died after confessing.”

“What about the remaining fifty percent?”

“All become invalids and have to beg for a living.”

The old man exuded a strong murderous aura, and Liang Jiu was so scared that he turned pale and begged for mercy.

“Please, spare me!”

I patted him on the shoulder and said, “You can go, I need to talk to the other you, who may not be as brave as you and doesn’t want to suffer, but he certainly loves his life more than you do. So, you can go.”

The old man had already begun to build a fire, burning iron sticks of various thicknesses until they were red; his expressionless face and skillful movements added a bit more terror.

Liang Jiu was scared out of his wits and begged, “If I say it, I’ll die.”

“Even if you don’t say anything, the Demon Monarch will kill you, think about it, if he knows that you have fallen into my hands, what will he do? He will definitely try to get rid of you, you should know him better than me, right?”

Liang Jiu’s eyes were filled with fear and uneasiness.

“You should understand that even if you hide to the ends of the earth, he will find you and kill you, you only have one way to live.”

“What living?”

I moved to his ear and said in a devilish tone, “Strike first, of course, you’ll have to leave the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect, but with your martial arts skills, you’ll be able to survive wherever you go.”

In this moment, I was like a real devil, tempting him while deceiving him, I had no intention of letting him off the hook, and when you make a mistake, you have to pay the price.

“You don’t have time to hesitate, by now, the Demon Monarch should already know that you’ve been captured.”

In fact, the Demon Monarch didn’t know that Liang Jiu had disappeared yet, Liang Jiu had just woken up from his sleep and didn’t know how much time had passed, but in reality, he had only been captured for an hour.

“Or, do you want to try your willpower?”

I turned to leave when Liang Jiu’s voice came from behind me.

“…… What should I do?”

“When the investigator from the Yellow Springs Pavilion comes in, you’ll tell us everything you know.”

“And then what?”

“We will arrest the Demon Monarch, and you will leave the Heavenly Demon God Sect with a new identity.”

Liang Jiu didn’t hesitate for long.

“Okay, I promise.”

I walked out of the room and let the Yellow Springs Pavilion investigator waiting outside go in, and I told the old man to keep burning the iron sign.

After a while, Xu Dalong came to report Liang Jiu’s confession to me.

As Zhang Hu expected, it was the Demon Monarch who ordered the murder of the Yellow Springs Pavilion investigator and Zhang Hu’s friend, executed by the already dead High Party, in addition to the many other crimes he had committed.

“He’s so sinful.”

Xu Dalong was a little worried.

“The Demon Monarch won’t fold his arms, he knows that once he’s caught, he’ll be executed.”

“I won’t get him.”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to kill him.”

Xu Dalong was so shocked that he was half speechless.

“If the Demon Monarch is captured, the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon will definitely make a move, he won’t just stand by and watch his own brother being executed, and when that happens, things will become very troublesome.”

Of course, I hope that the Demon Sovereign will be tried in public so that he will be brought to justice in front of everyone, but this is only an ideal, and in reality, he will surely come up with all sorts of forged evidence to prove his innocence, and he will also look for someone to take the blame for him, and he will even start rumors and slander me.

“But if he died accidentally during the capture, that’s a different story, and we have solid evidence in our hands to prove his guilt.”

“The Blood Sky Blade Demon will definitely take revenge.”

“Not everyone will take revenge for their family, especially not the Blood Sky Blade Demon, who won’t waste his time on such things.”

“How can you be so sure?”

Because I know, the trajectory of his life.

“I can’t guarantee it, but he certainly won’t do anything rash now; if something happens to me, everyone will suspect him, and to avoid suspicion, he’ll have to protect me instead.”

“What about later?”

“By then, I’ll have gotten stronger, don’t worry.”

Xu Dalong was at a loss and didn’t know what to say. I patted his shoulder and walked out of the room. I walked to the end of the corridor, and Xu Dalong suddenly chased after me.

“Where are you going? You don’t want to ……”

“If I really am going to kill the Demon Monarch, do you want to come along?”

Xu Dalong hesitated.

“I’m going to get a drink, you wait here for me.”

Yes, I was going to kill the Demon Monarch, and I did go and buy the wine.

The Demon Monarch was in a good mood when he saw me.

“The investigation is over?”