84 Cure.
Shi Lang chuckled as he revealed the truth to everyone. However, not only was Santana shocked, even his teammates shivered when they heard this. Despite your strength, you will still feel the obvious pain if you get hurt. Strength only helped you grow tolerant of the pain and does not make you insensitive to it.
Today, they saw a boy who could make the pain become ten times more potent, which would render the strength completely meaningless. Shi Lang said, “Now, would you like the medicine to cure you, and shall I operate on you, Doctor?”
The mask on his face made Shi Lang look very spooky. Even the eyes were covered from the visor glasses. However, the glee contained in his voice made the doctor shiver. He clenched his teeth and said in a muffled voice, “Do what you can. But you will not get anything out of my mouth.”
Shi Lang clapped and said, “Bravo, I admire brave people. Now, let me see where your illness hides.”
Then he undid the restraints on his body and dragged him by hair. The ‘medicine’ had rendered his ability useless and the pain he felt from even the slightest of violent contact was strong enough to make him grunt. Even if Shi Lang was weaker than him, the pain played a key factor against him. The boy dragged the man from his hair and put him directly on the table in the center of the room.
He then picked up a medical toolbox, he bought from the infirmary earlier and said, “The ladies can leave the room for a bit. It is about to get gory here.”
After that, he did not bother paying attention to them and fished out a scalpel. Placing the scalpel at the side of the table, he used his bare hands to undo the military uniform on Santana’s body and said, “Hunk, Sharpnel, can you hold him steady for me?”
The two people looked at Gamma who nodded and they moved forward. Shi Lang said, “Now, I will look inside you, if you feel like you are ready to tell me your symptoms, do not hesitate.” his tone was filled with concern and care.
Shi Lang was telling the guy to spill the things he know when he said tell me your symptoms. Hunk and Sharpnel stepped forward, while the former held Santana’s hands the latter held his legs. The majority of his torso was spread over the table.
Shi Lang held the scalpel like a pencil in his right hand. The difference was that his index finger was placed behind the blade and not at the side, while the scalpel was held by his thumb and middle finger as the handle passed above his hand. He placed the blade near Santana’s clavicle and made a smooth incision to his left shoulder.
The man hissed with pain and clenched his jaw. Shi Lang said, “Hunk, dislocate his jaw for me, please. I forgot that earlier. Do not break it though.”
Hunk did not say anything much, and biting the bullet he held Santana’s jaw and exerted his strength on the joint, with a click the jaw was dislocated like it was artificial, to begin with. The human body was akin to a statue of lego, if you know where to exert strength it can be taken down without breaking apart.
Then Shi Lang followed to make cuts on the edges of the torso. Marking a red rectangle on Santana’s body while the man issued loud obscure screams. His jaw was dislocated to prevent him from fainting himself by biting on his tongue and to make sure that he screams.
(A lot of people asked why Shi Lang was put through the torture. Well, it was done so that he can become merciless. His innate nature is that of a Mr. Goody two shoes. If it still does not make sense, then, by all means, think what you wish to)
The boy asked, “Now, Doctor, I will be lifting your skin covers to seek inside your body. I am a complete novice so I apologize if I disorganize your organs after the check-up. I hope you recall your symptoms and help me, help you.”
Shi Lang looked through the toolbox and picked up a tool that looked like a big scissor but was the flathead. He purposefully did this in front of Santana’s eyes. The doctor on the table could imagine what was going to happen to him. Shi Lang looked at the man in front of him while he tapped the tongs against his face as if thinking.
However, his free hand was moving on the empty area of the table. Hunk was standing on his left-hand side, he saw this and asked, “What are you thinking?”
Shi Lang said, “Hmm, I am thinking how to remove this skin to open his torso. I can slowly hold it with the tong and pull it upward inch by inch or I can just hold it in the tongs and roll it up like those cream rolls back home.”
Hunk gulped at the imagination and asked, “What is the difference?”
“The pain remains the same, the latter is easy for me to perform but has no artistic value to it, but the second one is a slightly exerting on my wrists, but it looks cool you know,” said Shi Lang and his words made the people shed cold sweat.
Santana heard this through the burning pain in his body. The man shook his head issuing louder screams. Shi Lang acted as if he did not hear anything at all. Gamma stepped forward as she saw the boy lifting the tongs and said, “Hunk, fix his jaws, he wants to say something.”
Hunk acted more quickly than anything, and with a click connected the jaw of the person. Shi Lang turned his face at Gamma and said, “This is not fair.”
He was acting like a sadistic maniac the whole time but it was all done to make the person’s mentality break. Inflicting physical pain is not enough to do that. The people needed to break the mental barrier as well to get inside the enemy’s brain and extract information. That was the reason behind torture.
Gamma asked, “Doctor Santana, do you have anything to confess?”
Santana said in a low voice, “I confess everything, please make him stop. I beg you.”
Gamma said, “Ace, stand down.”
Shi Lang saluted and came to stand behind her like a robot. Gamma said, “Now, go on and spill.”
Santana said, “I am a member of an organization called the Guardian Humanity. I was tasked by the people above to sabotage the peace talk going on here…”
He began to spill out everything like water in a lake, flowing smoothly and undisturbed. Shi Lang nodded and recorded everything on the side, while the confession and the video were being broadcasted the whole place.
The people throughout the base were shocked and enraged. They served in the military and treated this person as their brother, they put their lives in his hands and he used his ability to almost put them all to death. If not for the fact that the natives were peace-loving, they might have charged at them with all their might and the brigade would have been wiped out.
After half an hour when the confession ended Shi Lang said, “Ma’am, I suggest we keep this guy under induced sedation and interrogate him further inside the simulation realm lest he uses his ability again.”
Gamma nodded and said, “Hunk, knock him out and put him inside the healing pod and initiate the simulation. The other four are to be locked up in solitary confinement and guarded, if you find anyone other than the team approaching them, feel free to shoot. Carole, inform the higher-ups of the situation and have them send some people to take custody of these moles.”
Then she turned her head to the acting commander and said, “Prepare a vehicle, we are going to meet the natives. The peace talks will be continued as they were planned and I will have you come forward and provide them an explanation. You people have caused this huge scene and it is about time you take the responsibility.”
The man nodded and immediately issued commands. Within five minutes a convoy was prepared and Gamma said, “Ace, you have full authority to handle the peace talks, I will have to stay here, just in case some fish escaped the net decides to resurface. Tian will go with you.”
Shi Lang saluted and left the control room with the acting commander. Tian also saluted Gamma and left the control room. Gamma looked at the camera and said, “You all have seen what happened here. I hope you all understand the importance of keeping your guard up. Trusting people is not bad, but trusting blindly is. You are the strength of the civilization, try not to let others exploit you as such.”
She then waved her hand to signal the end of broadcast.