Partner Mark

The door to the Special Interrogation Room suddenly flew open.

Zhang Jiao ran out from inside, his face deathly pale.

A burst of charred smell came with him.

He slammed the door shut with a bang, clutched his chest with his right hand, and could not stop himself from gasping for breath.

"Lord Zhang, what happened?"

Zhang Jiao's rank was actually the same as that of an ordinary prison officer, but because of the special nature of his position, the other officers still respectfully addressed him as Lord Zhang.

Zhang Jiao was still shaken. "Don't even mention it! It was too brutal!"

"This smell... Warden Lu tortured 0456? He refused to confess?"

Zhang Jiao nodded. "He was once the First Commander, after all. If even those above couldn't settle it, how could it be so easily decided? Judging by Warden Lu's expression... I'm afraid he still had plenty of suffering ahead of him."

Zhang Jiao waved a hand. "Enough talking. Just seeing that was enough to leave me recovering for ten days or half a month, boohoo. This counts as a work injury. I'm going back to write an application for workplace injury compensation!"

The Special Interrogation Room had been built with special materials and was exceptionally soundproof.

Outside the door, Zhang Jiao left, still shaken.

Inside, Lu Mi removed the shackles that restricted Yu Tu's movements, then picked him up and placed him on the sofa.

Yu Tu looked awful. His face was ghostly pale after the electric shocks.

The tips of his white hair had been badly scorched, leaving many places blackened and curled.

Even in that state, he still fixed Lu Mi with those red eyes, the fury in them plain to see.

Lu Mi gritted his teeth. "What are you angry about? It wasn't like I did it willingly!"

Besides, what right did Yu Tu have to be angry?

They were ex-boyfriends now!

Of course, he did not say that aloud.

Not because he did not dare, but because there was no need.

Yu Tu glared. "You... yelled... at me!"

Beneath the Energy Lock Ring, the veins in Yu Tu's neck began to stand out again, making Lu Mi's eyelid twitch.

"I didn't yell at you!"

"You did!"

Lu Mi felt as though darkness was gathering between his brows.

He did not want to waste any more breath explaining himself to Yu Tu.

His gloved fingers directly gripped Yu Tu's face, and he lowered his head to kiss him.

Yu Tu instinctively raised a hand. Lu Mi pressed him down with the motion, taking him down onto the sofa as well.

His officer's cap fell to the floor. Lu Mi braced Yu Tu's legs with one knee; the harder Yu Tu struggled, the fiercer Lu Mi's assault became.

Their lips and tongues tangled. Finally, Yu Tu went completely limp. Lu Mi raised his head, his gaze cold and sharp.

A strand of silver saliva stretched between them, then broke.

"0456, have you calmed down?"

Yu Tu panted softly. "Mm... sorry. I couldn't control myself. And the electric shocks made me feel awful."

Yu Tu did not know how to describe the feeling. Seeing Lu Mi's waist being held felt even more maddening than enemies coming to steal his water.

Parched earth needed sweet rain, but when he became restless, all he needed was intimate contact with Lu Mi.

Yu Tu raised his arms around Lu Mi's waist and rubbed his head against his neck.

"Can we keep going? Your kisses feel so good."

"..."

Lu Mi pulled Yu Tu's hands away.

"0456, this is the Special Interrogation Room. You are the prisoner I am interrogating today. My purpose is to pry open your mouth, not wait on you."

Yu Tu quickly shut his mouth.

Lu Mi picked up his officer's cap and put it back on, then rose from the sofa and straightened his slightly rumpled uniform.

He walked over to the wall of torture instruments and let his fingers pass over them one by one.

"0456, I hope you can be a little more honest. Every one of these instruments would make you wish you were dead if used on you."

Lu Mi turned around and looked down at Yu Tu. "Now tell me honestly, why did you say you were 'not guilty'?"

Yu Tu kept his mouth shut.

"0456?"

"..."

"0456!"

"..."

"0456, don't test my patience. And wipe that punchable expression off your face!"

Why was he looking at him with such an irritating expression?

Yu Tu blinked.

Lu Mi took a deep breath. "0456, speak!"

Yu Tu raised a hand and pointed at his mouth.

Lu Mi said, "Speak. Like. A. Person!"

Yu Tu said softly, "Warden Lu, my mouth is shut. Go on and pry it open for me!"

Lu Mi said, "..."

Lu Mi left the Special Interrogation Room with a livid face. The instant the door closed, the prison officers outside all shuddered.

"Warden Lu, please calm down... The interrogation of the First Commander was never going to go smoothly."

Lu Mi did not want to say another word. He simply lifted a foot and walked away.

He took a stroll through the communal cellblock of First Prison. The murderous aura rolling off his face frightened the serious criminals into silence at a single glance.

Half an hour later, Lu Mi returned to the Special Interrogation Room.

Yu Tu was still sitting on the sofa.

The moment he saw him, his eyes lit up.

Lu Mi strode over and sat down. With one sweep of his arm, he directly picked Yu Tu up and placed him on his lap, then lowered his head to kiss him.

Wasn't he just prying open someone's mouth?

It was not difficult.

As they kissed, the white vine atop Yu Tu's head emerged again, swaying there in gentle waves.

Lu Mi closed his eyes, then opened them again after a long while.

"What exactly does that Bean Sprout on your head mean?"

Yu Tu blushed and touched his Energy Vine.

"Oh, it's saying... you... your kisses feel so good."

The Bean Sprout swayed even more happily.

Lu Mi said, "..."

Lu Mi raised his right hand and used his teeth to pull off the leather glove.

His long fingers slid down from Yu Tu's waist, while his gaze remained fixed on Yu Tu's face.

As mist gradually rose in Yu Tu's red eyes, he leaned close to his ear and asked softly, "Commander Yu Tu, tell me, why won't you plead guilty?"

Yu Tu's voice trembled. "I... I didn't do it."

Lu Mi frowned. "You were framed?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean?"

"I... I don't know what happened. Someone suddenly rushed in, calling my name and saying I had committed First-Degree Treason. Then they put an Energy Lock Ring and shackles on me, and in the end, I came here."

Lu Mi's movements grew heavier. Yu Tu tilted his head back with a muffled whimper, his alluring Adam's apple bobbing as he finally slumped against Lu Mi's chest.

Lu Mi lifted Yu Tu in his arms, then laid him flat on the sofa.

Their clothes formed a stark contrast in the room.

Lu Mi rubbed his fingers together. "Commander Yu Tu, the way you look right now really is..."

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the area just below Yu Tu's lower abdomen, and his expression turned cold at once.

Lu Mi pressed upward with his fingertips. "Yu Tu, you truly are heartless. Not only did you want my life, you were even unwilling to keep the mark here, weren't you?"

Yu Tu's chest rose and fell. "What mark?"

"The Partner Mark."

When Energy Masters became partners, they could use their source power to leave a Partner Mark on each other's bodies.

A Partner Mark was lifelong. It could be erased, but doing so would damage one's own source power.

Back then, there had been a Black Panther Mark below Yu Tu's lower abdomen.

But now, the Black Panther Mark was gone.