Excessive ferocity due to caution

After telling Qin Bai what he needed to do, Zhao Yi quickly tidied up the mess in the study and left with the corpse.

He found a gardener who was working. When the gardener saw Zhao Yi covered in blood and carrying a corpse, he was so frightened that he dropped the props he was holding and tried to run away.

"return."

"This man has offended the Marquis; let him be buried in the garden to atone for the Marquis's sins."

The gardener stopped upon hearing this.

They work for the Marquis of Clapham, and they cannot stand idly by if anyone offends him.

Otherwise, if word gets out, they won't be able to stay in the manor any longer.

Working in a marquis's mansion offers a level of treatment and prestige that is unavailable elsewhere.

The gardener disposed of the body, while Zhao Yi went to find the housekeeper.

Upon seeing Zhao Yi again, the butler smiled and said:

"Is the tour over?"

Zhao nodded slightly:

"I was deeply moved; the Marquis of Clement is truly a role model worth learning from."

"By the way... I need some iron materials and tools that aren't commonly used in the manor. I'd like to make some custom-made toys for customers. Could you provide some here?"

The butler was slightly surprised and said:

"Guest, you're really lucky."

"These kinds of things are not usually available in the manor, but about a year ago, the Marquis purchased some from outside. He didn't use them all, and the remaining materials are still stored in the warehouse."

"However, after a year, the rust on it may have become quite severe."

"Let me have the craftsmen do some minor work for you."

Zhao Yi said upon hearing this:

"No need for that. Just give me the raw materials and tools, and I'll do it myself."

The housekeeper agreed.

That evening, he delivered the materials to Zhao Yi's residence and told Zhao Yi that if he needed to forge iron, he could go to the earthen workshop on the west side.

That place was temporarily built by the Marquis, and it contains blacksmithing tools.

Zhao Yi thanked him.

After the butler left, Zhao Yi took out a pile of rusted iron wire and iron pipes from a solid burlap sack.

Since Klein had used these things, Zhao Yi assumed there should still be some leftover materials in his mansion.

He took the materials to the earthen workshop and began making what he needed.

According to the detailed records in the book, Zhao Yi spent about five hours making the torture instruments used for the sacrifice.

It's exactly the same as the one used by He Kelaibin.

After finishing all that, Zhao Yi returned to his room with the torture instruments.

All was quiet outside.

Late at night, everyone was asleep, and in the vast Norton Manor, not even the chirping of insects could be heard.

Clearly, the cursed world constructed from resentment is not realistic enough.

Back in his room, Qin Bai was holding a wooden stick, glaring menacingly at one of the unconscious trial participants.

Qin Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Zhao Yi return.

"Brother Zhao, you're finally back."

"I brought back the person you wanted, but this guy woke up five times along the way. I was afraid he'd scream, so I knocked him unconscious five times..."

Zhao Yi looked at the person lying on the ground and went over to perform the simplest test on him.

fine……

Qin Bai was careful with his strength; the man fell into a deep coma due to the prolonged blows to the neck.

"Brother Zhao, what should we do next?"

Zhao Yi stared at the unconscious trial participant on the ground:

Hypnosis.

"This will take a little time."

"Also... I need to find a place to put this torture device on him first."

Qin Bai was startled upon hearing this:

"This...this thing is supposed to be worn by him?"

"Isn't that a bit too cruel?"

Zhao Yi asked:

"Then why don't you wear it?"

Qin Bai immediately waved his hand and said:

"As the saying goes, cruelty to the enemy is kindness to oneself... Brother Zhao, you are far too kind!"

Zhao Yi glanced at the ashamed Qin Bai and patted him on the shoulder.

"Learn from this!"

Qin Bai nodded and bowed.

The quickest way to hypnotize a wary person is with the aid of medication.

But Zhao Yi currently has no medication.

Therefore, he needs to artificially create some emotions to influence the other person's thoughts and use words to guide them when their will is weak.

And artificially created emotions... fear is the fastest, the most convenient, and the least reason-dependent.

From the empty earthen kitchen came a piercing scream, as if muffled by a drum.

The cries were not loud because they were restrained, so they didn't carry very far.

A test taker, drenched in sweat, had his mouth stuffed with a cloth, and the bloodshot eyes looked like they were about to burst!

In front of him, Zhao Yi was performing surgery with precision by the dim light of a fire and with inferior knives.

Every time he screamed in agony, Zhao Yi would whisper something in his ear.

And so it went until dawn, when the red rays of the rising sun shone through the window, and Zhao Yi finally stopped.

The man on the ground was completely soaked in sweat and blood.

He was convulsing weakly, his flesh still possessing considerable vitality, but his eyes had lost their former luster and become empty.

If he had a choice, he would rather die here.

But Zhao Yibin did not give him that chance.

Standing in the corner of the earthen kitchen, Zhao Yi carefully washed the blood and rust stains off his hands, his eyes devoid of any pity.

From the moment these people tried to kill him, Zhao Yi stopped regarding them as living people.

Zhao Yi spent the entire morning conducting a deeper hypnosis session on the trial participant who was wearing torture devices.

Then he called Qin Bai, and the two of them went to the clock tower together.

Standing at the gate, Zhao Yi knocked on the door.

A voice, clearly filled with hunger, immediately came from inside.

"Please come in!"

The door opened.

Zhao Yi and Qin Bai exchanged a glance and walked into the clock tower.

The door behind them closed as if it had received a command.

In the absolute darkness, there was a strong smell of blood.

Very fresh.

Sensing the approaching danger, Zhao Yi spoke to Krebin:

"My lord, we've come to rescue you..."

"You are in a terrible crisis."

The voice upstairs said in a sinister tone:

"crisis……"

"I don't think I'm in any crisis."

Zhao Yi slowly uttered four words:

"Instruments of torture".

The chill in the darkness suddenly vanished.

In a place where Zhao Yi couldn't see, a pair of bizarre arms stretched several meters by iron hooks and fishing lines were only ten centimeters away from the back of his head!

After pausing for a moment, the arms slowly retracted.

"Are you from the church?"

In the darkness, Krebin's voice gradually returned to normal, even carrying a hint of piety.

Zhao Yi smiled and said:

"no."

"But... I have something to say about instruments of torture, and I have a right to speak on that."

"This concerns your future, Marquis."

Klay said calmly:

"Speak, I'll give you some time."

Zhao Yi put his hands in his pockets.

To make a long story short...

You've been scammed.

Kleiner scoffed:

"Is that all you wanted to say?"

"If you saw what I look like now, you wouldn't be spouting nonsense here anymore..."

"I have been blessed by a miracle!"

Zhao Yi calmly said:

That's not what I meant.

"The instruments of torture are real, and the gifts from God are also real."

"But there is one thing that is fake."

Krebin's voice was filled with doubt:

"What is fake?"

Zhao Yi said earnestly:

"The instruments of torture you are wearing are not instruments of loyalty."

"Instead... it's an instrument of torture used for sacrifice."

PS: First update, time for a nap.