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<h1 class="has-text-align-center">Episode 42: It seems to be spatial magic</h1>
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It wasn’t long before we arrived at the detention center of the capital after storing the bandits in the item slot.
The detention center is located on the outskirts of the capital, but the location of the hideout was close to the center of the city.
“We’ve been waiting for you, Yuki-sama!”
The detention center designed to ensure that no one would escape was a fairly robust building.
The gate was guarded in shifts 24 hours a day.
The young gatekeeper who greeted me looked a little suspicious.
“Where are the… bandits …?”
“Oh, here”
I take one of the bandits halfway out of the item slot.
“Huh! …Is he alive!?”
“There’s no problem. I can store them like this with my special magic. Wouldn’t it be better to get into the facility and then take them out than to release them here?”
“It is, of course. It is but I didn’t know there was such magic. As expected of the rumored Yuki-sama.”\n
</ins>\nI’m not exactly sure if it’s magic or not, but it seems easier to explain this way.
If I’m asked the same question in the future, I’ll answer it like this.”
I was led into the facility by the gatekeeper.
“”””””We’ve been waiting sir.”””””’
“Oh, hey… thanks for waiting…”
I didn’t expect to be greeted by all ten guards at once…
The most elderly of the guards, an old man who seemed to be the head of the facility, looked around me and gave me a strange look.
“Chief, Yuki-sama has already secured the bandits! He said that he could freely take them out inside the facility!”
The gatekeeper explained on my behalf.
To support the gatekeeper’s explanation, I showed the bandits face a little out of the item slot.
“Well… spatial magic. You’re more than they say…”
“Do you call it spatial magic?”
“Yes, sir. Since there are no users of spatial magic in modern times, I can only speculate from the records, but I think it’s that exactly spatial magic.”
“I see, spatial magic …”
It looks just like a game screen, but if you don’t know what a game is, It’s better to explain it that way.
It seems that it doesn’t exist as a skill, so I guess it’s similar to spatial magic but different.\n</ins>\n“Well, anyway, if we’re going to interrogate them now, I think we’d better get to the interrogation room and take them out. Lead the way, please.”
“Very well, sir. This way, please.”
Following the guards’ lead, I go into the interrogation room and take out the bandits one by one.
In the case of group crimes, it’s a rule to take independent statements.
It’s one of the ways to keep the guards from being deceived.
The interrogation room is a little dark because not much light comes in.
The walls don’t seem to be made of stone, but they’re made of a hard material. I wonder if it’s orichalcum or something.
At the center of the room, there’s only an inorganic table and chairs.
I took out one of the bandits from the item slot and made him sit on the chair.
“I’m sure I was at the hideout… Why the sudden change in scenery!”
The bandit trembles in surprise.
“This is a detention center. It’s a chance to atone for your sins. I won’t say anything further, so confess what you did.”
Clink.
He tried to raise his arm and realized that he couldn’t move.
It was the first time he noticed that his arms were handcuffed.
His shoulders dropped, he was sweating now.
It seems he finally understood his situation.
“Oh, you really did bring him in alive…”
I decided to take a break, leaving the rest to the guards.
I’m a little worried about the situation, but the bandits can move, so they’ll be fine.\n</ins>\n ◇
I rested in the restroom of the detention center for about thirty minutes, rehydrating myself.
I’m sure they’ve confessed to a few things, so I’ll go check on them.
I headed to the interrogation room of the bandit’s leader.
As I recall, the director of the facility was in charge of him.
“How’s it going?”
“Mr. Yuki. He’s a little tricky, but don’t worry. I’ll make him vomit everything in no time.
“I will never say anything!”
The leader of the bandits glares at the facility director with a defiant look in his eyes.
“Shut up!”
Baaaang!!
The sound of the facility director hitting the desk echoes throughout the room.
“You have parents, don’t you? They’re crying right now.”
“I’m an abandoned child! I don’t have anyone’s love, and I don’t need it!”
“Be quiet and confess. We’ll find out everything in a minute.”\n</ins>\n“Well, you wouldn’t ask me if so. My friends will never talk.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll do everything in my power to make them talk!”
The interrogation seemed to be rather difficult; even after half an hour, there was no progress.
The director left the leader of the bandits and tried to leave the room.
“Where are you going?”
“Mr. Yuki, please don’t worry. I’m thinking of torturing him from now on.”
“A stiff mouth won’t talk under torture. There’s a trick to these things.”
“… what do you mean?”
“Why don’t you give me five minutes of your time? I’ll try to make him talk at that time.” (Yuki)
“Five minutes with …? I don’t mind, but we can’t torture this guy?”\n</ins>\n“If he doesn’t spill, then you can torture him.”