Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

The welcome party was held on time at 7 o'clock that evening.

Each person's budget is two copper coins.

According to Hull's non-binding proposal, the final welcome party was chosen to be held in a small shop with very high cost performance.

Moreover, it is a single room.

All the dishes are served.

Secretary Edmund, the organizer of this welcoming party, raised his glass with trembling hands.

"Well, let's drink a toast, everyone."

“…Mmm…Mmm…Mmm…”

Lassoro, who was tortured by Hull half an hour ago to the point that there was not a single intact piece of skin on his entire right arm, has completely healed his physical injuries, but the psychological trauma left behind cannot be restored.

At this moment, he looked like a lost soul, his eyes were lifeless and he kept mumbling something.

The whole person is literally broken.

"Cheers..." Hull picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp: "Oh! The wine tastes good, Edmund, this store you found is not bad."

"Ah! Yes... Thank you very much for the compliment!" Edmund trembled with fear. Having seen such a shocking "interrogation" process before, who could feel scared?

"You don't need to use honorifics with me. You are no longer my subordinate. We are equals. Let's feed the protagonist of our welcome party something first. He is groaning with hunger."

"..." Edmund thought to himself that Lasolo was not hungry at all, but was clearly tortured and left with a psychological trauma.

“…Mmm…Mmm…Mmm…”

Hull looked at the burly man sitting next to him, who had a dazed expression as if he had a hangover. It was as if some invisible and intangible foreign object was stuffed in his mouth. His mouth was wide open but he couldn't speak, he just kept moaning.

After repeated "interrogations", Lasoro was in a state of extreme trance.

All the external injuries on his body had been repaired by Hel, but his hands and feet were still unable to move freely. Moreover, under Hel's magic, his ability to speak was also sealed.

When coming to this store, Hull kindly explained to the clerk that the mid-level government official was drunk and was acting crazy, so please ignore him to prevent Lasoro from asking others for help.

"Hurry up, feed our Shangguan. It's rare to have so many dishes. Don't let them get cold."

"Yes Yes."

Edmund picked up the spoon with trembling hands, scooped up a piece of steaming hot fish meat, put it to his mouth and blew it to cool it down, then put it into Lasoro's mouth.

Lasoro didn't chew. No, under the influence of Hull's magic, he couldn't even close his mouth, so he couldn't chew at all.

He just swallowed it whole.

Seeing the difficulty in eating, Hull sighed.

"It's really hard for our Lord Rasolo to feed him in small bites. It doesn't taste good to him."

As he spoke, Hull grabbed the whole fish with his bare hands and forced it directly into Lasolo's mouth.

It was more like the fish head pierced directly into his throat rather than being stuffed into his mouth.

“Gah! Gah!! Gah!!!”

Hull held down Lasoro with one hand and kept exerting force with the other.

"Look, it's so enjoyable to eat like this. You're worthy of being the Internal Affairs Officer of Lasolo. You eat really heartily! Right?" Hull looked at the others.

The four people headed by Edmund nodded in agreement like frightened birds.

"Goo!"

Lasoro felt his throat being torn by a foreign object, and the severe pain made him start to shed uncontrollable tears.

Finally, Hull stuffed the whole fish in like a duck, and Lasoro's belly swelled visibly.

"Well, now that we've filled our stomachs, it's time to chat."

As Hel said this, he healed the wounds in Lasoro's throat and esophagus just as he had cast healing magic hundreds of times before.

By the way, the closed language magic was also lifted.

However, there was still a burning pain in Lasoro's throat, as if a sharp knife had cut through it.

"Wow, wow... Ugh!!!" As soon as Lasoro regained control of his mouth, he started vomiting violently.

"What a waste. Just swallow it back the way you spit it out."

Hull used a knife and fork to place the bloody fish that Lassoro had vomited onto an empty plate.

He kept the fish for La Solo to enjoy.

"Ah... my throat... my throat..."

"How about a healing spell that leaves a residual pain? Very convenient, right? This consumes more mana than normal healing spells, so I'm treating you specially."

La Solo was certainly not happy about being treated so specially. He just tried his best to endure the severe pain in his throat that was about to drive him crazy.

"Um... Um... Why... Why... Do you do this... to me..."

"You don't really think that my interrogation of you will be over if you can just hold on until the welcome party?"

"Well...well...but, didn't you say...that the interrogation will be over after the welcome party..."

"Ah, that, I lied to you."

"Humans are creatures that can endure as long as they are given a deadline for the pain to end. So, I deliberately tried to set a false end point for you. Unexpectedly, you really held on."

"What...what are you doing this for...?"

"It's simple. I want you to listen to me."

"I will obey your orders...I am willing to do anything for you...I will always listen to you..."

Hutson smiled and shook his head at Lasorlo’s tearful plea.

"I don't want a short-term compromise. I want you to never disobey my orders until you die. You must always obey my orders in the future. To achieve this level of obedience, the intensity of the interrogation now is not enough. You have not tasted the true essence of interrogation yet."

"Gah... I can't hold on any longer... Please forgive me..."

Hessen completely ignored Lasoro's crying and pleading and poured wine into the glass.

"Remember the young man named Neil Gogi?"

"Um……"

"He was born in a civilian family. His father was an alcoholic. His mother divorced and remarried when he was two years old. His father died of liver disease when he was ten years old. He could only live with distant relatives and suffered cold eyes and ridicule. But he was very ambitious. At the age of eighteen, he finally passed the officer examination and completely changed his life. He came to the East Territory full of hope."

"..."

"We held a welcome party that day as well. You forced him to stay away from alcohol as a boss at the table, and he drank until he died of alcohol poisoning. Do you remember how many bottles you made him drink that day?"

"That's... I didn't know he had a family history of liver disease..."

"I heard that he has always been very good at studying and is very motivated. Most importantly, after enduring a distorted childhood and a difficult growing environment, Neil Goji's values ​​have not been distorted like others. According to the testimony given by his colleagues, Neil Goji's eyes are always shining. He often said, 'I will become the hope of ordinary people and bring light to the people who are also from poor backgrounds.'"

"Such a young man's life just reached a turning point, but it was completely ended because of you..."

"I'm sorry...! I'm sorry...! I'm sorry...! I will reflect on my mistakes! Please forgive me!"

"…So, you still remember it, right?"

"I remember! I haven't forgotten it! I had a few drinks at that time, and my mind was not clear, so I did such a stupid thing..."

"So, tell me, when did that happen?"

"That...that's..."

"If you really remember, I will assume that you have seriously reflected on your actions. That at least proves that you can still be saved. I can stop interrogating you immediately."

"..."

"Oh, by the way, the information I submitted to you also clearly records the time when this incident occurred. If you just read it carefully at that time, you should be able to remember it. How about it? This is very simple, right?"

"..."

The documents were more like being stuffed into the mouth than submitted.

No chance to watch...

But even with such unreasonable and sadistic behavior, Lassoro still couldn't refute it.

Because refutation will only bring greater pain.

Lasoro tried his best. He had never tried so hard to remember something.

As beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, a flash of inspiration finally came to his confused brain after a hard struggle.

He remembered.

“That was the winter five years ago!”

Hull smiled, and just when Lasoro thought he was saved, Hull's face suddenly sank.

"Sorry, wrong answer..."

"Eh?!!!"

"Five years ago in the winter, Jeddak Muse fell into a coma after suffering from alcohol poisoning. He was saved by timely rescue, but he was also left with serious psychological trauma..."

"So...you are confusing two things?"

"ah?!!!"

"It's really shocking that he even mixed up the subordinates he killed himself. It's great that a scum like Minister Lasoro can condescend to come to me. I won't be polite. Okay, please enjoy it."

"..."

Soon after the ambiguous word "polite" spread through Lasolo's mind, the mouth of the wine bottle was stuffed into his mouth.

Just like he did with the whole fish before, Hull grabbed Lasoro's head and inserted the wine and the bottle itself down his throat and esophagus into his stomach.

The whole action was done in one go, and the red liquid that spilled out could no longer be told whether it was wine or blood.

Half an hour later...

This special welcome party finally came to an end.

The table was littered with cups and plates, and there was no food or alcohol left to eat.

Even the vomit and food residues were poured into Lasolo's stomach as promised - along with some wine bottles.

"Please pay the bill!" Edmund felt like he was in someone else's nightmare.

Just watching this kind of "interrogation" made him feel chilling and terrified.

And now, this nightmare ritual for others is finally coming to an end.

That's great…

"Is this the end?"

Hull's voice rang out.

Everyone was shocked.

"It seems that Master Lasolo is not satisfied yet. We must serve Master Lasolo well..."

"We can't be so rude at the welcome party... that would be really rude... right?"

Hull stood up and said, "So, I will be responsible for finding the second store next."

"Let's change the venue and continue!"

It was a smile as innocent as a child's.

But to the people at the scene, it looked like the devil's smile.

The interrogation continues tonight...