Watching as the duo walked off, Gerald then stretched before taking in a deep breath of fresh air…
A short while later, Gerald began making his way to Takuya’s room. On his way there, however, he bumped into one of Takuya’s most trusted subordinates. Seeing that, he figured that he may as well ask if Takuya was in his room before actually getting there. Upon being told that Takuya was still interrogating the duo from the night before, Gerald asked for the interrogation room’s location before promptly walking off…
Making his way to the back of the manor, Gerald eventually came across a stone entrance that led to an area that was clearly constructed differently from the rest of the main building.
While the front part of the manor—including the villas there as well as the Futaba’s magnificent garden—looked absolutely lavish, anything past the stone entrance honestly looked desolate. With some of the weeds here growing as tall as humans—and a few easily missed single-story houses further back—, it felt like nobody had lived in or even taken care of the area for over a decade…
Regardless, while walking along a beaten path, Gerald soon came across three of the Futaba family’s subordinates who immediately greeted, “Mr. Crawford!”
Peeking past them, Gerald was prompted to ask, “Is the patriarch in one of those houses?”
“Indeed! He’s been interrogating the two assassins throughout the night… Regardless, have you eaten, Mr. Crawford? We were just about to get some breakfast for the patriarch!” said one of the guards.
“I see. Get some for me, then,” replied Gerald with a nod before walking past them…
“Oh, I’ve taken precautionary measures. After curing them at my clinic last night, my family’s doctor has been checking their vital signs every half an hour. I’ve been intensifying and reducing the torture according to what the doctor reported to me throughout the night. Don’t worry, I’m not letting them die until they tell us the crucial details,” replied Takuya with a faint smile while gesturing at a middle-aged man who was wearing a white coat.
Figuring that that was the doctor, Gerald chose to not say anything else. A brief silence later, Takuya slid a piece of paper before Gerald…
Raising a slight brow, Gerald began reading through it and quickly realized that it contained a log of all that the assassins had said that night. However, as it turned out, they had only revealed how they had managed to sneak into the manor as well as how long they had waited before striking. In other words, none of the extracted information was useful.
With that in mind, Gerald couldn’t help but frown as he asked, “…Is this all?”
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