Chapter 215: I Want a Motorcade and Flowers

WHACK!

Laine’s steel wire whip lashed viciously across Mr. Yu’s chest.

With just that single strike, Mr. Yu instantly cried out in agony. As he screamed, blood rapidly welled up through his clothes! This was a steel wire whip; a single lash tore the flesh right open. Even a traditional Tang suit couldn’t save his skin from being flayed. The excruciating pain left Mr. Yu howling.

Jiaqiang’s eye twitched, and Zhi was trembling all over.

"You, you answer my question!" Thomas suddenly pointed at Cai Jiaqiang.

Cai Jiaqiang opened his mouth. He shot a stealthy glance at the screaming Mr. Yu before muttering, "I’m not exactly sure about the details..."

"Whip him..." Thomas ordered Laine to whip Mr. Yu again.

Jiaqiang was utterly bewildered, and Zhi was just as dumbfounded. Why was Mr. Yu getting whipped for Jiaqiang’s answer? Still, let him be whipped. As long as they weren’t the ones taking the hit, it didn’t matter.

Without giving Mr. Yu a chance to speak, Laine delivered a second lash! The strike sent Mr. Yu crashing to the ground, writhing in pain!

Thomas sneered. "Same question as before. How much money did the Ye Family give you? Who can answer me?"

"I’ll answer! I’ll answer!" Mr. Yu wailed. "Five hundred million Hong Kong Dollars in total! That’s roughly sixty-four million USD!"

Even though Mr. Yu was a Qi Refiner, Qi Refiners were still human. They were flesh and bone, and a strike from a steel wire whip was agonizingly painful. He no longer cared about the money; all that mattered was not getting whipped again.

"Sixty-four million USD, five hundred million Hong Kong Dollars!" Thomas nodded, then sneered again. "Laine, they were lying earlier. Give each of them a lash as punishment!"

Laine seemed to love his job. The guy was more hyped than if he had just shot up adrenaline. He raised his whip and, without a shred of pity, lashed it straight onto Xu Fengzhi!

Xu Fengzhi shrieked, tears pouring down her face from the pain. As for Jiaqiang, though it hurt just as much, he gritted his teeth and endured it, merely letting out a muffled grunt.

Taking out a cigar, Thomas took a deep, satisfying puff. "Now, the next question is about me.

"Tell me, what kind of potion did you spray on me?" He pointed at Mr. Yu. "You tell me!"

Mr. Yu took a deep breath. "It wasn’t a potion. After I found out you could shoot flames, I improvised a mixture. The main ingredients were cola and cinnabar."

Mr. Yu didn’t dare mention the virgin boy urine, let alone the soiled sanitary napkin. If he dared to bring up those two ingredients, Thomas would beat him to death on the spot.

Zhi and Jiaqiang naturally kept their mouths shut, too afraid to even glance at Mr. Yu again.

Thomas furrowed his brow. "Just those two? Nothing else?"

"No, just those two. Actually, your flames are mainly weak to water. I added the cinnabar to suppress the evil energy."

Thomas glanced at Fenni. The main reason she was here was for her mind reading, to determine if the three of them were telling the truth. Fenni shook her head. She had realized early on that her Mind Reading Technique wasn’t very effective on Mr. Yu and Jiaqiang. Specifically with Mr. Yu, she couldn’t perceive his psychological fluctuations at all.

Since he couldn’t get any useful intel, Thomas continued, "Alright, I’ll believe you for now. But if you want to live, cough up some money.

"The Ye Family gave you sixty-four million. Let’s round that up to two hundred million USD!"

"Two hundred million?" Mr. Yu said in horror. "I don’t have that kind of money! I only have the sixty-four million. I can give it all to you, but I really don’t have anything else!"

"Hmph. If you don’t have it, we’ll beat you until you do!" Thomas said coldly. "Don’t forget you injured my hand!"

He held up his gauze-wrapped hand. "This is compensation for the damage you caused me. Two hundred million USD is already a bargain. So pay up, or die!"

"Mr. Thoma—Mr. Thomas, how about this? We don’t have it, but my senior brother is the father of a Malaysian Datuk. Can I borrow some from him?"

"I don’t care how you get it. I just want two hundred million USD!"

"Okay, okay, can I... can I make a call to my senior brother?"

"Sure. Not a problem at all!"

Thomas wasn’t afraid of him tipping someone off. In fact, he was hoping for it, wishing the other party would send more people. That way, he could extort even more money!

"Give him a phone. Let him make the call. But if you try anything funny, don’t blame us for playing rough!

"Also, the two hundred million USD must be wired over before noon tomorrow. Once it’s past noon tomorrow, I will..." Thomas swept his gaze over the three of them. "...take an arm from each of you!"

With that, Thomas took his phone and walked out of the wine cellar to report to the boss.

However, just as Thomas stepped out, Lin Jian’s call came in!

"Boss, I was just about to call you!" Thomas said hurriedly.

"How did it go?" Lin Jian asked.

"I basically finished the interrogation, and I also extorted two hundred million USD from them!"

"Not bad." Lin Jian chuckled. "But I’ll need a motorcade and flowers tomorrow. I’m going to see my woman!"

"Understood! Thomas and all the members of the Black Gloves are ready to serve the boss!"