Supremely Talented Tyrant-Chapter 451 - Water Torture

"Miss, need a taxi? I can offer you a much cheaper ride than the other cabs!" Sure enough, just as Hao Jian had predicted, Strong had returned to the airport after kidnapping Yuan Shanshan, looking to pick up another woman.

The woman he accosted was from Europe or America.

Yuan Shanshan was so taken by Strong's good looks that she quickly lost the will to resist, opened the door, and prepared to get in.

"Umm, sorry, but you can't get into this car." At that moment, Hao Jian and Shu Ya pulled the girl back and, before she could react, sat themselves next to Strong.

"Who are you?" Strong was taken aback when Hao Jian and his companion forced their way into the car.

Hao Jian didn't say a word but immediately started pounding on Strong with relentless force, his iron-like fists smashing into Strong's thighs and abdomen.

Strong grimaced in pain, screaming continuously while violently struggling in the driver's seat. Just from those blows, his legs were broken, and his internal organs suffered severe damage.

Hao Jian was a head shorter than Strong and not as well-built, but Strong couldn't fight back. No matter how much he struggled, Hao Jian kept him pinned down with a frightening amount of strength.

Shu Ya watched from the backseat as Hao Jian beat up Strong. Rarely for her, she felt no disgust this time, and even seemed somewhat pleased.

For a scum like Strong who only preyed on weak women, Shu Ya wouldn't feel pity even if he were used for target practice.

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"I'll only ask you once, so listen well," Hao Jian raised a finger in front of Strong and started to chuckle darkly, looking like a ghastly Malevolent Ghost baring its ferocious steel teeth, ready to devour its prey at any moment.

Strong looked at the terrifying Huaxia man before him with horror, unable to respond, his entire body frozen.

"The Huaxia girl who was taken by your people this afternoon, where is she now?" Hao Jian asked coldly.

At those words, Strong's pupils suddenly shrank. Of course, he knew Hao Jian was talking about Yuan Shanshan, as she was the only Huaxia woman they had kidnapped that day.

At that moment, Strong felt a chill over his entire body as he suddenly remembered the voice of the man he had heard earlier through Yuan Shanshan's strange watch.

Strong couldn't believe that the man had really come for him as he had said, and in just a matter of hours? How had he found him so quickly?

Strong began to feel fear. Who was this man, and how could he have found him so quickly?

Reading the confusion on Strong's face, Hao Jian sneered. "Don't be surprised. There is no one I, Hao Jian, can't find—no matter if they're hidden at the ends of the earth."

Strong's gaze flickered rapidly, and he quickly shook his head. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just a normal driver, you've got the wrong person."

Naturally, Strong wouldn't easily admit to being the mastermind behind Yuan Shanshan's kidnapping. Betraying the organization would bring him a fate worse than death.

At this, Hao Jian let out a couple of weird laughs. "Are you trying to insult my intelligence?"

Strong's expression instantly became very animated. Had Hao Jian convinced himself that he was the culprit behind Yuan Shanshan's abduction? This was not good news for Strong.

"It seems you won't talk. No matter, I have all the time in the world!" Hao Jian said with a menacing laugh, then punched Strong in the temple, knocking him unconscious.

Immediately, he pushed Strong aside, took the driver's seat, and started the car to leave the airport.

At this point, Shu Ya was completely baffled and asked, "Where are we going now?"

"To a place with no people, but plenty of water!" Hao Jian let out a strange chuckle.

"..."

Dozens of minutes later, a bruised and swollen Li Mingxiong appeared at the airport. He rushed to the front desk and roared, "Where is the guy who just pretended to be me and was doing the investigation here?"

Li Mingxiong brought a large group of people, determined to catch Hao Jian. In all his years of service, he had never seen someone so audacious.

Hao Jian had beaten him up, and he was seething with anger, vowing that once he found Hao Jian, he would show no mercy!

Then, Li Mingxiong saw Hao Jian getting into a car and a chill crossed his face. "Because he knows it's Strong's car, Hao Jian must have found Strong," he thought.

Li Mingxiong's brow furrowed with worry. If Strong were to be caught, it wouldn't be good news for him.

"Track that car immediately!" Li Mingxiong ordered his men without delay, determined to kill Hao Jian before he could uncover any more secrets.

....

At that moment, inside an abandoned factory, Strong slowly woke up, but as soon as he became lucid, he realized he was tied to a chair.

Strong was immediately terrified. That damned Huaxia man had actually kidnapped him.

He had always been the one kidnapping others, when had he ever been kidnapped?

"Oh, you're awake?" Just then, Strong saw Hao Jian approaching slowly with a towel in his hands.

That confused Strong. What was this guy planning to do, wash his face?

"I'll give you another chance," Hao Jian said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "Tell me, where did your Night Stars take my friends?"

That completely dumbfounded Strong. This guy actually knew about Night Stars?

Only then did Strong realize that they had provoked a terrifying enemy.

Since this guy knew about Night Stars, he was definitely not someone ordinary.

However, after the expressions on Strong's face shifted briefly, a look of determination flashed across and he spat directly in Hao Jian's face, bursting into laughter. "Fuck you, I will never betray the organization!"

Once he betrayed the organization, they would make his life a living hell, torture him to death. Rather than that, Strong preferred to be killed immediately by Hao Jian.

But, at that moment, Hao Jian simply wiped off the spit on his face with a handkerchief, not angry in the slightest, but instead a sinister smirk crossed his face. "I like tough guys like you the most, because that's when torturing you becomes interesting."

Strong's face stiffened. This guy, was he planning to torture him?

So, Hao Jian turned to Shu Ya and spoke, "You should leave. What I'm about to do might make you uncomfortable."

"No, I want to stay here." But Shu Ya was stubborn. She knew that if she wanted to be with Hao Jian, she had to accept all aspects of him, and she was also curious about how Hao Jian would torture Strong.

"Suit yourself," Hao Jian said, not insisting further, and then he turned back to Strong with a meaningful smile, "Have you ever heard of Water Torture?"

Strong relaxed slightly, although he didn't know what Water Torture was, it sounded like it wasn't that lethal.

Seeing that Strong didn't understand, Hao Jian explained, "Water Torture is a method of interrogation that makes the prisoner think they're about to drown. The prisoner is tied up with their feet higher than their head; their face is covered with a towel, then water is poured onto the towel. This torture makes the prisoner feel like they're choking and about to drown. I assume you've experienced the sensation of choking on water before? The principle of Water Torture is the same."

The sensation of choking on water? Strong's face immediately went green; he was all too familiar with that agonizing feeling.

But Hao Jian kicked him, toppling him to the ground, causing Strong to lie with his back on the floor, his body arched upwards.

Hao Jian covered Strong's face with the towel and poured water on it; as Strong tried to breathe, the water rushed into his nostrils, making him cough repeatedly.

He wanted to struggle, but Hao Jian stepped on the stool, rendering him immobile.

"Water Torture acts like a one-way valve. The water keeps pouring in, and the towel prevents you from spitting it out, so you only get one breath. Even if you hold your breath, it still feels like the air is being sucked away, like with a vacuum cleaner. 'Water Torture,' ever since being devised in the Middle Ages, has always been recognized as a form of cruel punishment.

It has also been banned along with other methods that are considered 'cruel, inhumane, or degrading' in interrogation by the Geneva Conventions."

Strong could only hear Hao Jian's words as a blur because, at that moment, he was too overcome with pain to pay attention to anything else.

Meanwhile, Shu Ya, hearing Hao Jian's explanation, couldn't help but feel her hair stand on end.

Because she had learned about the Geneva Conventions in college, she naturally knew how inhumane Water Torture was, but this was her first time seeing it used on someone.

"After about two or three minutes, the victim basically loses consciousness, but the central nervous system is still working, still protecting its owner, so even though the victim loses consciousness, the physical agony becomes even more excruciating. From the victim's lungs and airways, a large amount of viscous secretion is produced—essentially a large quantity of thick mucus. The victim starts to lose control of their bladder, and some may defecate. Then the victim begins their final convulsive struggle—that's what is commonly referred to as the death throes, where the victim experiences full-body convulsions, flailing their arms and kicking their legs violently, and they may also fart. Sometimes blood would flow out of the victim's eyes, nostrils, and mouth."

Sure enough, Strong started coughing up blood, its vivid red color stark against the white towel, and began to lose control of his bladder and bowels, filling the factory with a foul stench.

Shu Ya couldn't help but cover her nose and mouth, but even that could scarcely hide the pungent odor.

But Hao Jian looked as if he smelled nothing at all, his face brimming with excited laughter. He turned back to Shu Ya and explained, "To reduce the mortality rate among victims, some improvements have been made to the technique: increasing their pain while decreasing their chance of death. For example, using cold water—reducing the consumption of blood oxygen in the human body, thereby prolonging the time of agony for the victim. Or adding chili powder to the water being poured—to further irritate the victim's lungs and airways."