However, Venerable Ye did not go to find Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn immediately.
Instead, he first called away a White-Coated Torturer who was inside the Interrogation Room. He led the Punishment Official out of the prison to a quiet and deserted place.
“Slap!”
He suddenly turned around and grabbed the White-Coated Torturer by the neck. “Have you revealed any news to that girl over the past few days?”
“No… I haven’t…” the Punishment Official said in terror.
“Your subordinate hasn’t said a single word to her…”
Venerable Ye frowned and slightly loosened his grip on the Punishment Official. “Then, besides you and me, who else knows about the Internal Bomb in Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s stomach?”
“No one else knows,” the Punishment Official replied hurriedly.
“Your subordinate hasn’t told anyone. I haven’t even stepped out of the Interrogation Room these past few days. According to your instructions, I haven’t spoken a single word to any of my colleagues.”
Venerable Ye breathed a small sigh of relief. “That is good. Continue to keep it that way. Once this matter is over, there will be no shortage of rewards for you.”
“Thank you, Honored One,” the White-Coated Torturer smiled gratefully.
“However, there is no need for the Honored One to give me any rewards. As long as you allow me to remain in the Punishment Hall and continue my work, I will be satisfied.”
“It seems you enjoy your work very much,” Venerable Ye said.
“Naturally!” At the mention of his work, the White-Coated Torturer suddenly became excited.
“Those are all extremely precious masterpieces! Exquisite items that cannot be bought for even Thousand Crystals!”
“Fine, fine, say no more,” Venerable Ye interrupted somewhat impatiently.
“Go back and keep it up. If there is even half a lie, I will watch you cut open your own stomach.”
“The Honored One can rest assured!”
Venerable Ye brought the White-Coated Torturer back to the prison.
This time, he walked toward the outside of Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s cell.
Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s cell door was not closed at all; Venerable Ye wished nothing more than for her to walk out on her own to find Si Lian.
Pushing open the cell door, Venerable Ye once again put on a kind smile and spoke in a gentle voice.
“Ruan Ruan, are you feeling any better?”
“This place of yours is really not bad,” Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn grinned at him and gave a thumbs-up.
“Free food and lodging, and it’s warm. It’s much more comfortable than being with Si Lian.”
“It’s good that you’re comfortable. People always need to rest,” Venerable Ye sat down beside her, appearing as kind as a neighborhood uncle.
“You’re a really good person, Venerable Ye.” Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn said admiringly.
“However, meals in prison are not guaranteed, and the Spiritual Energy here is thin. You cannot use Spiritual Power to replace eating for Bigu,” Venerable Ye sighed. “And the things fed to prisoners are certainly not as refined as those outside.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn said nonchalantly.
A sudden flash of inspiration struck Venerable Ye’s mind. However, his expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, “It’s good that you’re comfortable. If there’s anything you need, feel free to mention it to me. I will try my best to satisfy your requests as long as they don’t violate prison rules.”
“There’s nothing else.” Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn said.
“Mhm,” Venerable Ye nodded. “Then I shall take my leave first.”
“Goodbye, Senior~”
Venerable Ye turned and left, but as he walked away, he once again took the White-Coated Torturer with him.
“Do you have laxatives?” Venerable Ye asked.
The Punishment Official smiled. “There are thousands of laxatives in the world. I wonder which kind the Honored One desires.”
“I want the most violent kind, the sort that squeezes the intestines right out.”
“I have as much as you need,” the Punishment Official said proudly.
“Then go contact the kitchen and add a sufficient amount of laxatives to Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s food,” Venerable Ye sneered.
The Punishment Official’s eyes lit up. “Brilliant!”
“There’s something even better,” Venerable Ye smiled and patted the Punishment Official’s shoulder.
“Find a plumber and block the drains by pouring lead into them.”
“Pff—”
The Punishment Official stared at Venerable Ye in shock. “What a… divine scheme. Your Excellency is truly profound, absolutely profound!”
“Hmph, go see to it,” Venerable Ye waved his hand. “By the way, observe Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s behavior in secret over the next two days and see if there is anything unusual.”
How could it not be unusual? Anyone with severe diarrhea and a clogged toilet would find it impossible to remain calm!
Nonetheless, the Punishment Official nodded and replied with a hint of excitement, “As you command!”
After leaving Venerable Ye, the Punishment Official returned to the prison.
With a strange laugh, he searched through his Storage Bag for suitable materials and began concocting a potent laxative.
He spent the entire afternoon and exhausted a great deal of energy to formulate what he believed to be the most perfect and strongest laxative.
He handed it over to the kitchen, instructing the person delivering the food to add it to Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s meals.
However, after a few minutes, he ran back to the kitchen, gritted his teeth, and said, “No, add it to the food of all the prisoners.”
If only Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn herself had diarrhea, she would certainly realize something was wrong.
Besides, Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn had the privilege of moving freely within the Lower Prison. If one toilet was blocked, she could just change stalls; it wouldn’t stop her.
To force her away and make the matter seem seamless, he had to be ruthless and go big!
Immediately afterward, he began contacting the prison’s professional plumber, ordering him to block every single drain in the entire prison.
“Are you… sure?” The plumber’s face was filled with horror as a vision of the future involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Oh my god…
“I am sure. Just do it.”
With the orders issued and seeing various units mobilizing, the Punishment Official was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
He returned to his small Interrogation Room, stretched his back, and decided to properly enjoy the final moments before the apocalypse arrived.
He turned on a Sound-Recording Crystal, and the elegant, soothing Music allowed his tense nerves to relax.
He took out an Alchemy Furnace and set it in place.
Then, he opened a small hidden compartment on the wall of the Interrogation Room.
When the door to the hidden compartment opened, a curling mist of cold air rushed toward him.
The White-Coated Torturer felt the refreshing chill, took a deep, intoxicated breath, and affectionately stroked the human organs stored in the ice boxes one by one.
There were kidneys, kidneys, and more kidneys stored here.
A label was placed in front of every kidney, recording the identity of its owner during their lifetime.
His fingertips lightly brushed across the surfaces of those dark red kidneys.
The White-Coated Torturer thought for a long while before finally reaching out while murmuring to himself. “Since it’s a holiday, I might as well celebrate… My highest-grade little darling, today it shall be you.”
He aimed for the kidney labeled “Honey Badger” and gently took it out.
The kidney, which had not yet completely frozen, was still trembling slightly.
Special preservation techniques kept it as fresh and tender as if it had just been removed from a body.
It did not need washing; preserving the original owner’s natural body fluids would better highlight its quality.
The Punishment Official took out a surgical Knife and gently sliced thin pieces from the edge of the kidney.
A dark yellow liquid seeped from the cut surface, much to the Punishment Official’s surprise.
“There is actually a hidden world inside! To think you drank so little water. Yellow, it’s all refined essence… exquisite, simply exquisite!”
The Punishment Official sliced half of the kidney into thin pieces.
He first stored the remaining half safely and then carried the slices toward the Alchemy Furnace.
However, he did not throw the slices into the Lu. Instead, he lifted the lid of the Alchemy Furnace.
Billowing heat was released from the furnace.
The Punishment Official took out bamboo skewers, threaded the kidney slices onto them, and sprinkled them with cumin and salt…
Gan RuÇŽnruÇŽn’s eyes suddenly widened, and she swallowed her saliva. “I think I smell the scent of grilled kidneys!”