When Goto Shojiro heard this, he immediately responded like a conditioned reflex and snorted heavily.

"What a 'clear conscience'!"

"It's been more than a year, and you're still stubborn!"

"You only care about your 'clear conscience'!"

"To put it bluntly, you only care about yourself! Have you ever thought about anything else?!"

These merciless words made him choke back.

"..."

Wushi Banpingtai did not respond and remained silent.

Goto Shojiro put on an unabashedly sarcastic tone and continued:

"Hmph, you are such a heartless guy!"

As he spoke, he glanced around Hanping Tai's cell in Takeshi.

"You have soft tatami mats to lie down on, hot meals to eat, and someone to take care of you even when you defecate."

"While you were living comfortably, your accomplices were trapped in the eighteenth level of hell, and their lives were worse than death."

"Many people bit off their tongues and tried to commit suicide because they could not bear the torture."

"Hmph, they are really stupid. They think they can get rid of everything by biting off their tongues."

"I don't know, but it's not that simple to bite your tongue and kill yourself."

"Either you swallow the half-cut tongue down your throat and choke yourself to death."

"Either choke to death with the blood that spurts out, or wait for a while and bleed to death after all the blood is shed."

"Those who tried to bite their tongues were all revived by us."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how pitiful."

"However, they are not the most pitiful."

"Of all those who were tortured, Okada Izo suffered the worst."

"He didn't even have the strength to bite off his tongue."

"Honestly speaking, after seeing the miserable state of Okada Izo now, even though I am a stone-hearted person who hates you so much, I can't help but feel pity in my heart."

"Hey, Okada Izo is your favorite disciple, isn't he?"

"I hear you've been loving that guy."

"Not only did he accept him as a disciple, but he also personally funded his studies in Edo."

"After forming the Tosa Kinnobu Party, you always entrusted me with important responsibilities."

"It's just that the tasks you gave him are all dirty and shameful work."

Goto Shojiro said and made a "beheading" gesture in his throat.

"I don't know what your feelings are for Okada Izo."

"Looking at the other party, he is very loyal to you."

"Whenever he couldn't stand it any longer, he would repeatedly whisper 'Teacher Wushi', 'Teacher Wushi'."

"He regards you as his only support."

"In my opinion, the most devout believer in the world is nothing more than this."

"You just watch him suffer?"

"Takeshi Hanheita, as long as you explain everything, your accomplices will not have to suffer anymore."

"Listen, right now, countless of your accomplices are suffering, thinking only of death."

"As long as you say a word, these screams and moans will stop immediately."

"The innocent will be released immediately."

"The guilty will be punished on the spot and given a happy life."

Goto Shojiro's words can be regarded as a sufficient step forward.

However……

"..."

Wu Shi Banping was unmoved.

Not to mention that he spoke, he just sat there blankly, not even moving, treating the other person as nothing.

Seeing this, Goto Shojiro slowly lowered his eyelids, his eyes bursting with meaningful expression.

"...That's right, it's impossible for you to agree to these requests of mine."

"After all, you really hope that we kill all your accomplices as soon as possible, especially that Okada Izo, right?"

It seemed like he was asking a rhetorical question, but in fact his words were full of determination.

"..."

Wushi Banpingtai still remained silent.

Goto Shojiro, who felt like he was communicating with a wooden person, gritted his teeth with displeasure:

"Consume it! Consume it! Just consume it slowly! I will accompany you to the end!"

…

…

Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta!

Goto Shojiro strode away, making a dull and loud sound of "ta", "ta", "ta" on the ground.

Although the sound of his footsteps has faded away, Takeshi Hanheita still looks like "petrified on the spot", with his body motionless and no expression on his face.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the cell door:

"Teacher Wu Shi, are you... okay?"

A young samurai dressed as a jailer was seen squatting outside the cell door, looking at Takeichi Hanheita with a worried expression.

This jailer's name is Oishi Yataro.

Although he was not a member of the Tosa Kinnoi Party, he had always admired the talented Hanheita Takeichi.

Therefore, during the time when Hanping Tai was in jail in Wuhan, he had been taking care of him as much as possible.

Sometimes he would send some nutritional supplements, sometimes he would relay the news from the outside world, and sometimes he would help inform Ban Pingtai's family in Wu City that he was safe.

The arrival of Oishi Yataro finally made Takeichi Hanheita react and no longer "petrified".

"Oishi-kun, you are here."

"Teacher Wu Shi, are you... okay?"

Wushi Banpingtai smiled slightly:

"I'm fine, don't worry. I've heard enough of Goto's clichés this year that my ears are almost numb."

After making a small joke, Wushi Banping paused.

After a moment, he asked quietly:

"What happened to Yi Zang...?"

Oishi Yataro was startled, with a troubled expression on his face:

"It's so miserable to hide him..."

"After fainting from pain, I was poured water on me to wake me up. After I woke up, I continued to be tortured. Then I fainted from pain again, and then I was woken up again... This happened several times, every day..."

"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to hold on for a few days at most."

"It can be hidden but it lasted for more than a year..."

"It's really... so tragic... so tragic..."

At the end of his words, he couldn't speak any more and let out a long sigh, with a look of sympathy on his face.

After hearing this, Wu Shi Banping pursed his lips, and a look of struggle flashed in his eyes.

Then, he was seen staring straight into the void in front of him, as if thinking about something.

"...Oishi-kun, can you do me a favor?"

Yataro Oishi responded subconsciously:

"Huh? Teacher Wushi, please tell me."

Takeshi Hanheita slid his knees to close the distance between the two of them, and leaned close to the cell door.

Then, he took out a snow-white steamed bun from his arms.
To be continued...