"I confess! I confess!" James howled himself hoarse. "That woman really wasn't killed by me—she jumped down herself!"
Shi Tiexin interrogated him, "Why did she jump?"
"Because she couldn't bear the torment anymore. She couldn't take it, she despaired, she broke down, she only wanted to die. So she racked her brains for a chance to end herself!"
Shi Tiexin narrowed his eyes. "Who tormented her?"
"Lots of people!"
"Were you one of them?"
James clenched his teeth, still wanting to hide it. But the Echo Bugs' knives and forks immediately plunged down, giving him the exquisite agony of ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.
"Ahhh—! I confess, I was one of them, I was! On December 14th, I was there. I tormented her with my own hands!"
Shi Tiexin glared. "Why? Did you have a grudge against her?"
"No." James lowered his head. "Just having some fun."
"Just having fun, and you tormented someone to death? Good, very good. You really are an excellent director, an excellent police officer!" Shi Tiexin slapped the table and rose, his eyes blazing with fury. "Where is your conscience? Where is your humanity?"
James showed no remorse at all and argued, "This is normal. It wasn't just me—everyone played like this. Girls throwing themselves into your arms get boring fast. If you're going to play, you play with something different. Someone who won't submit, someone who wants to resist—that's what makes it interesting."
Then he said bitterly, "I just didn't expect that woman to be so good at enduring. She even played dead so convincingly. After messing with her for so long, she didn't react at all. Then she jumped off the building while I wasn't paying attention and caused me such a huge mess. After all that trouble, I even had to