"dislike……"

"You were involved in the murders of Kanazawa Chusuke and Miss Kanazawa Qin, right?"

"right……"

Terasaka's "yes" had only been half a syllable when he suddenly widened his eyes as if waking up from a dream.

"No, no, no! No... uh, no... it's... that, this... um... I said 'right'... No, no, no! I said 'right'... No! I said

It must be 'wrong'..."

Like a bug, Terasaka spoke incoherently, unclearly and incomprehensibly. He was "fighting" with himself, mumbling unformed words over and over again.

Sometimes he covers his face with his hands, sometimes he holds his head.

Within a moment, his waist bones seemed to have been pulled out, and his entire upper body collapsed, and his face was covered tightly with two big hands like cattail fans.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh-!"

The shouts were so shrill and sad.

"I beg you! Stop asking! Stop asking!"

"I really don't know anything! I really don't know anything!"

"Woooooooooooooooo..."

A tall and tall man actually started to cry like a child.

When Nishino saw this, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Terasaka's psychological defense has been completely broken by them, and he knows that it is time to enter the next stage.

Nishino glanced at the subordinate next to him.

The subordinate immediately understood and quickly exited the interrogation room.

After a while, this subordinate returned to Nishino with two cups of hot tea and a plate of wagashi.

Nishino took the hot tea and wagashi, placed the wagashi between him and Terasaka, kept a cup of tea for himself, and handed the other cup to Terasaka.

"Here, drink it while it's hot."

While passing the tea, Nishino said in a gentle tone.

"Eh..."

Terasaka raised his head and looked at the tea in front of him with a surprised expression, and then looked at Nishino.

"This tea... shouldn't be poisoned, right?"

"What are you talking about?"

Nishino chuckled through his nostrils.

"Leave aside the benefits of poisoning you, if we want to kill you, why do we need to use such troublesome means?"

"That's right..."

Terasaka nodded slightly, then raised his glass and drank without doubting it.

The temperature of the tea is just right, neither hot nor cold, and it is refreshing to the heart and spleen.

For the first time, Terasaka felt that tea tasted so good...

In recent days, Nishino and others not only deprived him of sleep and rest, but also provided him with extremely poor food.

What he drank was cold well water.

What I ate was cold white porridge.

It can be said that Terasaka has not had a hot meal in the past two days.

He drank the fragrant hot tea for the first time in a long time and felt the warm current sliding down his esophagus. He was so comfortable that he almost shed tears.

However, at this moment, a cold male voice suddenly sounded:

"Okay, let's continue answering our questions."

The speaker was the subordinate who had just helped Nishino get tea and snacks.

As soon as he said this, Terasaka's hands suddenly shook and he almost lost his grip on the teacup in his hands.

Terasaka quickly raised his pitiful and pleading eyes. Just as his words of begging for mercy were about to blurt out, Nishino said:

"Okay, let's stop for a moment. Let's not interrogate for the time being."

Upon hearing this, his subordinates quickly said:

"Master Nishino, but..."

"It's nothing to worry about. You can go down and rest first."

Nishino waved his hand.

"Yes... I understand..."

Although he showed dissatisfaction, his subordinates still responded obediently, then turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.

As the subordinate left, only Nishino and Terasaka were left in the dark interrogation room.

"Terasaka, let's have something to eat. You haven't eaten anything serious in the past two days. You must be starving, right?"

Nishino pushed the plate of wagashi in the direction of Terasaka.

Terasaka's eyes flashed with disbelief.

He asked in a cautious tone:

"Can I really...can eat...?"

"certainly."

Nishino smiled slightly.

"Eat with all your heart."

Since the other party said so, Terasaka no longer hesitated.

He opened his arms, holding a Japanese confection in each hand, and started to devour the sweets "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".

Every wagashi he put into his mouth was swallowed eagerly without much chewing. It is conceivable how inhumane the treatment Terasaka and his wife suffered these days.

While sweeping away the wagashi on the plate like a glutton, Terasaka secretly raised his gaze and looked at Nishino opposite him.

If Terasaka's recent views on Nishino are anything to go by, there is no doubt that he hates him deeply.

It was because of this bastard that he was imprisoned and tortured.

However, at this moment, somehow, Terasaka's hatred for Nishino was reduced by half.

——This person... doesn't seem to be that annoying.

While thinking this secretly, Terasaka even thought that Nishino was quite handsome... A strange feeling surged in his heart.

"Terasaka, if possible, we don't want to use such cruel methods to interrogate you."

Nishino let out a long sigh.

"But there is no way...it is our duty and our mission."

Terasaka lowered his head and said softly:

"...Understandable."

Nishino continued:

"I have been interrogating you day and night. Not only are you tortured, but we are also exhausted."

"So...if you know something, just know that you can tell me everything."

"Even if you have really committed a serious crime, as long as you confess proactively, not only will you no longer have to suffer torture, but you will also get a greatly reduced sentence."

"what you think?"

After saying that, Nishino showed a calm and indifferent smile to Terasaka.

Looking at Nishino's smile, Terasaka looked away unconsciously.

The fear of continuous interrogation day and night...

Because I was grateful for Nishino's tenderness, my hostility towards Nishino was greatly reduced...

As the hostility towards Nishino lessened, a strange feeling suddenly rose in my heart...

The superposition of these emotions caused Terasaka's state of mind to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Suddenly, Terasaka lowered his eyes and head——

"I did not kill Kanazawa Chusuke and Kanazawa Qin..."

"But... when Kanazawa Chusuke and Kanazawa Qin were killed... I was at the scene..."

Nishino narrowed his eyes slightly.
To be continued...