Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 22 Suicide?

Li Yao woke up in the middle of the night.

Of course, the interrogation room was perpetually dark, so Li Yao had no idea whether it was day or night, nor did he care.

The moment he woke up, Li Yao still remembered the pain he felt before he fell into a coma, and he instinctively pulled his left hand back sharply.

The intense pain did not come.

However, the throbbing pain deep between his thumb and index finger reminded him that everything before was not a dream.

Whew… Li Yao let out a long breath and relaxed his left hand.

As long as it wasn't before I lost consciousness... um!

Li Yao's expression suddenly froze.

Surprisingly, he found that the lingering stinging sensation between his thumb and index finger didn't hurt as much.

In the past, the pain he felt now would have made him scream in agony.

However, he doesn't feel much right now.

Indeed, a person's endurance depends solely on how much suffering they have endured.

And yet, he survived that pain.

"But can I survive the next time?"

Li Yao asked himself this question.

He was now lying on the ground, no longer on the bed that had filled him with fear and trembling, but his heart was still trembling with terror.

Li Yao struggled to his feet. Although his hands and feet were still shackled, they were much looser than before. At least he could lie down, and standing up should be no problem.

Sniff!

Suddenly, a faint aroma of heat entered Li Yao's nostrils, instantly arousing his appetite again.

He quickly got up.

Clang!

Clang!

The chains are clanging, and the stomach is parched.

As Li Yao got up, he quickly noticed, by the dim candlelight, a bowl of ramen still emitting faint steam on the ground in front of him.

Li Yao stepped forward and could reach it.

He immediately sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and put the bowl in his mouth.

After taking several large bites quickly, he slowed down.

With the sushi he had eaten earlier, Li Yao's spirits have recovered considerably, and he can think more clearly now.

He quieted down, eating his noodles while looking around.

Suddenly, he froze, and then subconsciously took a few steps back.

In a corner not far away, a single emergency bed, or rather an torture bed, stood silently, dark and indistinct, like a hungry and thirsty beast watching him.

Just one glance was enough to make Li Yao tremble. He quickly turned his head away and took several deep breaths to catch his breath.

He's still in the interrogation room, which means he... isn't dead yet.

The third generation didn't kill him?

What is the art of spiritification?

What does the third generation want me to say?

Or rather, what does the third generation want to know?

Recalling his memories before falling into a coma, Li Yao was momentarily stunned. After a while, he began to think about his current situation.

First of all, because of his transmigration, his mutated consciousness has been completely integrated with his body, and he cannot simply take it back; he cannot do that.

As long as the other person is alive, their consciousness, physical body, and chakra will remain firmly integrated.

Illusion and memory-detection spells had no effect on him.

In this way, if the third generation wanted to know about the imagined spiritual transformation technique, they could only do so through him.

However, he had absolutely no idea about any spiritual transformation technique.

It's conceivable that no matter what he says, the torment of the third generation will not stop until he gets the information he wants.

"So... how long I can live depends on how long I can endure the torture."

"And...when did the Third Generation lose patience?"

Regardless of the possibility, his ultimate fate is the same: death.

Ha ha!

Li Yao suddenly gave a bitter laugh.

die?

Perhaps death was the ending he most desired.

Just thinking about the pain he felt before losing consciousness made Li Yao tremble uncontrollably.

"Can I bear that kind of pain?"

"Even if I can endure it this time, what about next time? And what about the even more terrifying pain and torment that follows? Can I withstand that?"

No!

Without much thought or consideration, Li Yao provided the answer himself.

He absolutely could not bear that kind of pain and torment.

He must have prayed to the third generation to kill him during that excruciating torture.

However, it is clear that the Third Hokage will not kill him in the short term.

He will inevitably suffer even more torment.

With this in mind, Li Yao knew he only had one path to take.

"suicide!"

That's right, it was suicide.

To escape the inhuman torment, Li Yao had no choice but to commit suicide.

Reality isn't an anime; he's not the main character.

If he were the protagonist, he would rather not be; he couldn't bear that kind of pain and torment.

However, when Li Yao smashed the large bowl and picked up a shard to press against the carotid artery in his left wrist, he couldn't make a cut.

His right hand, which was tightly gripping the shard, kept trembling, but he just couldn't make a cut.

That's right!

The pain of pricking his fingernails with a long needle made Li Yao truly understand what it meant to be worse than dead.

However, the immense terror between life and death prevented Li Yao from committing suicide.

Huff... huff... huff!

Li Yao's eyes widened as he stared intently at his left wrist, panting heavily.

Is it better to continue living a life worse than death?

Or suicide?

Two thoughts kept repeating in Li Yao's mind, and he just couldn't make up his mind.

Finally, Li Yao threw away the shards of the large bowl in his hand and pounded the ground with both hands, realizing the anger in his heart.

Bang bang bang!

Li Yao's hands quickly turned red from clapping.

He was furious.

I'm so angry that even though I'm in this state, I still don't have the courage to commit suicide.

He knew perfectly well that even if he could continue to endure the tortures inflicted by the Third Generation and the inhuman torment that was about to come, it would be in vain in the end; he would still die, and the Third Generation would not let him go.

Rather than suffer torment and die, it's better to commit suicide now and end it all, rather than enduring pain for nothing and then dying in the end.

Even though he knew all this, he still couldn't bring himself to end it.

He was cowardly and timid; he was afraid of pain, and seemed even more afraid of death.

Li Yao was furious!

Why did God make him time travel?

He was doing well on Earth, living an ordinary but fulfilling life. Why was he transported to another world?

If time travel is one thing, why not let him die and travel through time, instead of just opening and closing his eyes, taking a nap, and waking up to find himself in time travel?

He didn't experience the feeling of death in this way of time travel, so how could he not be afraid of death?

All night long, Li Yao complained about this and that, and eventually fell asleep without realizing it.

the next day.

Li Yao didn't know whether it was day or night, but based on the time the secret service delivered his food and the type of food, he roughly determined that it was daytime.

After three meals, Li Yao guessed that it should be evening.

At this moment, although the interrogation room was quiet, Li Yao's heart was beating faster and faster as time went by.

Squeak!

The interrogation room door opened, and Li Yao froze instantly upon hearing the sound. His heart stopped beating for a moment, and his face was filled with fear as he looked towards the door.

The man who made his pupils dilate and his whole body tremble walked in.

The Third Hokage was still wearing his Hokage uniform, looking very upright, if you ignored the toolbox in his hand.

The Third Hokage was followed by two Anbu ninjas.

(End of this chapter)