030 Torture is also Diplomacy
When the female ghost wearing blood-stained red pajamas heard the word "bathtub," her pupils suddenly contracted, and even her shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"As expected..."
Asagiri noticed the change in her emotions, showed a slight smile, and said softly.
"Since that's the case, it's easy to handle."
As the words fell, Asagiri grabbed the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's wet black hair, dragged her, pushed open the stairwell door, and entered the Hotel corridor.
Seeing this, Yuuki Asuna looked up at the floor number displayed above the stairwell, confirmed that this was the seventh floor of the Hotel, and quickly followed.
"Bang!!!"
Asagiri pulled the female ghost's hair with one hand. After entering the Hotel corridor, he immediately found a nearby room, directly kicked open the door, and then dragged the struggling Red-Clothed Female Ghost inside.
"Violet, go into the bathroom and fill the bathtub with water."
Hearing Asagiri's command, and seeing the Red-Clothed Female Ghost, who was being pressed to the ground by the Human Asura, struggling non-stop, but could only make almost inaudible whimpering sounds because her mouth was stuffed with that arm, Yuuki Asuna didn't hesitate at all. She nodded directly, then entered the bathroom and turned on the bathtub faucet.
Along with the sound of rushing water, the water level in the bathtub gradually rose.
While waiting, Yuuki Asuna wasn't idle. She carefully observed the environment of this bathroom, not wanting to miss any detail that could provide useful information.
Just as she had guessed, this Hotel was indeed a very high-end type. Not only the suite where the Players first entered the instance, but even this ordinary double room had a bathroom with wet and dry separation, with three separate compartments for the bathtub, shower, and toilet, separated by opaque frosted glass.
Yuuki Asuna tried turning the faucet handle, but only cold water came out.
"Is the hot water supply system broken...?"
As the young lady of a wealthy family, Yuuki Asuna knew that high-end Hotels like this wouldn't install household water heaters in the rooms. Usually, they used large gas boilers, and then transported hot water to the rooms on each floor of the Hotel through pipes via a water tank.
Yuuki Asuna silently noted this information. After all, forty minutes had passed since entering the instance. If it weren't for the Red-Clothed Female Ghost who was... who was "captured" by Asagiri, this place would look exactly like a normal, operating Hotel.
The corridor lights were on, indicating that the power supply hadn't been interrupted. There was no bloodstain or anything on the carpet and corridor walls. To be honest, the horror atmosphere was far less than the previous instance location, Kyozan Mental Hospital. The only potential clue now was the small detail of no hot water in this Hotel that otherwise seemed to be operating normally.
"Is the water ready?"
Hearing Asagiri's voice, Yuuki Asuna turned around, looked at her opponent holding the female ghost's long hair with one hand, and nodded with a slightly complicated expression.
"Yes, almost."
"Okay, then let's begin."
Asagiri dragged the Red-Clothed Female Ghost in, then glanced at Yuuki Asuna and smiled.
"Do you want to watch, or wait outside?"
"Aren't you underestimating me too much?"
Yuuki Asuna crossed her arms over her chest, frowning slightly.
"Isn't it just immersing it in water and torturing it? It's not human. Don't worry, I won't have any pity for it."
"With your words, I feel relieved."
Asagiri first replied with a smile, then walked to the bathtub, directly pulled the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's hair, knocked her head heavily against the edge of the bathtub, then squatted down, looked directly into her eyes which were filled with fear and trembling the moment she saw the water surface in the bathtub, seemed to want to say something, but then shook his head again.
"Forget it. It's come to this point, and I'm too lazy to continue verbal negotiation with you. I'm too lazy to speak, and you're not worthy of listening. After suffering a bit, you'll understand. But even if you don't understand, I don't care. It's a good opportunity for me to test if water can drown a Banshee, and if it can, how long exactly it takes."
Saying this, Asagiri stood up, and his Human Asura entered the bathroom. The tall black shadow was extremely oppressive. Then, under Yuuki Asuna's shocked gaze, the Human Asura tore off the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's other arm and both legs as if tearing a rag doll.
Seeing this scene, Yuuki Asuna felt some physical discomfort, but she knew this was the most secure method, so she didn't say anything. She just watched Asagiri dismiss the Human Asura's summon, then held the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's hair with one hand, and slowly immersed her body into the bathtub.
"Mumble mumble mumble!!!"
The moment her body touched the water surface, the Red-Clothed Female Ghost suddenly squeezed out a shriek from her throat, seemingly wanting to scream, but that arm was still stuffed in her mouth, so she could only make almost inaudible whimpering sounds.
"No pain, it will be over soon."
Asagiri first said this, but then added with a smile.
"Of course, even if you're in pain, I don't care. The more pain you're in, the more fun I find it, so keep up the good work."
"Mumble mumble mumble!!!"
Just as Asagiri was about to press the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's head directly into the water, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Asagiri held the Red-Clothed Female Ghost, who had lost her limbs, with one hand, and took out his phone from his pocket with the other, opening the APP with the eye icon.
[Diplomat passive skill activated, Diplomacy method type: Intimidation of Fear]
[Diplomacy effect: Outstanding]
"The APP notification saved you."
After reading this notification, Asagiri smiled, picked the Red-Clothed Female Ghost up again, then threw her onto the ground, reached out, removed the arm stuffed in her mouth, and revealed a kind smile.
"Since that's the case, I'll give you a chance. Can you talk?"
The Red-Clothed Female Ghost's body trembled, wanting to curl backward, but her limbs had been torn off by the Human Asura, and she couldn't even do such a simple movement.
Facing Asagiri, who was looking down at her, her body trembled like a sieve. After a few seconds, the red pajamas on her body suddenly gradually lost their bloodstain, turning into a somewhat dull yellow-white, and she made a hoarse sound.
"Yes... I can talk..."