"Can I... Play with You?"

Thin vines, finer than strands of hair, visibly sprouted from the wounds on Yu Tu's face.

The vines were dense, orderly, and busy, their tips rapidly tapping at Yu Tu's wounds.

As the vines moved, something strange happened.

The three claw marks healed at a visible speed.

In less than three minutes, the vines vanished, and Yu Tu's face was flawless again, as if everything just now had been an illusion.

Lu Mi's pupils contracted slightly. "What a terrifying healing speed."

Healing was not uncommon among plant-type Energy Masters.

After all, many plants could be used as medicine.

However, because plant-type Energy Masters found it difficult to break through the upper limit of their Energy Crystal rank, even if they possessed healing abilities, their effects were usually negligible.

Rather than rely on a plant-type Energy Master's healing power, it was better to buy restorative medicine from an apothecary.

Yu Tu's vicious reputation was well known, and his source-energy weapon, the Violet Slaughter Vine, was listed among the most lethal weapons.

Lu Mi pressed his lips together, displeasure in his eyes. "How did I not know you were also a healer?"

Healers were a special profession among Energy Masters. After being assessed at an officially designated institution, those whose healing power reached the required level could receive a healer's badge.

Healers were highly sought after among Energy Masters.

Lu Mi had never heard of healing at Yu Tu's speed.

Yu Tu blinked, and the white vine atop his head instantly turned into a spinning bamboo-copter.

"Can you torture me now?"

He raised a hand and tugged at Lu Mi's sleeve.

"I'm getting a little impatient."

The white vine stopped spinning and bent atop Yu Tu's head, forming a heart shape.

Lu Mi ground his teeth. With a calm expression, he brushed Yu Tu's hand aside, then casually dusted off the spot Yu Tu had touched as if in disgust.

"0456, stop flirting. Your seduction doesn't work on me."

The heart above his head began spinning in circles.

Lu Mi said, "Put that Bean Sprout on your head away."

The white vine stopped spinning, bent, and swayed into an upside-down x.

Lu Mi sneered. "It's Bean Sprout."

The white vine severed itself at the middle and instantly disappeared.

Yu Tu pressed his lips together. "You don't want to cuddle with me anymore?"

Lu Mi said, "..."

He did not know how to describe it.

It felt like a surge of anger was rising from his stomach, yet he did not know exactly what he was angry about.

Lu Mi's face turned cold. "0456, let me remind you: First Prison prohibits serious criminals from using Source-Energy Power."

He raised a hand and tapped Yu Tu on the head. "From now on, don't let anyone see the Bean Sprout on your head. Otherwise, you won't just have five Energy Lock Rings on you."

Yu Tu drooped. "Oh."

Lu Mi turned around. "Let's go."

"Where to?"

Lu Mi gritted his teeth. "To the Special Interrogation Room, so I can cuddle with you, all right?"

"Yes, sir!"

The white vine atop Yu Tu's head sprouted again, and he quickly raised his hand and slapped the top of his own head.

With a sharp smack.

The vine was gone again!

He had hit himself so hard that his whole body swayed violently.

Lu Mi turned his head. "0, 4, 5, 6!"

"Hm?!"

"Try hitting yourself one more time!"

"...Sorry."

Lu Mi closed his eyes, his fingers resting on the whip at his waist. After a long while, he opened them again.

His black eyes were calm, his features cold. Wearing black leather gloves, he opened Cell 05's door and stepped out first.

"0456, keep up."

Yu Tu matched Lu Mi's pace and followed him.

In the Special Interrogation Room, Lu Mi had Yu Tu sit in the interrogation chair at the center.

His hands rested on the armrests and were secured with iron shackles. His feet were placed against the chair legs and secured with iron shackles as well. Around his waist was another large locking ring.

Lu Mi turned on the power switch, lowered his head, and bent toward Yu Tu in warning. "Don't try to resist, or you'll be electrocuted."

Yu Tu nodded lightly.

Lu Mi opened the Special Interrogation Room's door and let Zhang Jiao enter.

According to proper procedure, at least two prison officers had to be present during a prisoner interrogation.

Even Lu Mi, the warden of First Prison, was no exception.

But Zhang Jiao was miserable about it. Even his face had gone deathly pale.

"Warden Lu, I faint at the sight of blood."

That was why he had become First Prison's only clerical prison officer.

Lu Mi's interrogation methods were said to make even dogs piss themselves. Zhang Jiao was delicate of heart and could not endure them!

Lu Mi cast him a glance. "Go sit somewhere."

Zhang Jiao sat on the sofa, trembling with fear.

Lu Mi took a small camera from a drawer in the workbench in the corner, swept it around the Special Interrogation Room, and finally fixed it on Yu Tu's face.

"Time: January 12th, Year 2046, 9:50 a.m. Interrogators: Lu Mi, Zhang Jiao.

Interrogated subject: Yu Tu, number 0456."

Lu Mi wore a strictly businesslike expression.

"0456, do you know what crime you committed?"

Yu Tu stared at Lu Mi's face. "First-Degree Treason. Joining forces with displaced refugees to launch a palace coup, intending to overthrow His Majesty Blue River's regime."

"I need you to hand over the list of traitors."

"There isn't one."

Lu Mi gave a cold laugh. "0456, being stubborn in First Prison will only make you suffer."

"There isn't one."

Lu Mi raised a hand behind his back toward Zhang Jiao. "Confession."

Zhang Jiao immediately opened his tablet, pulled up the confession, and handed it to Lu Mi.

"0456, take a good look."

Yu Tu lowered his head to look at the words on it. There were many of them. He gave them a cursory glance, found them uninteresting, then looked back at Lu Mi.

"Have you finished reading?"

"More or less."

"Do you confess?"

"No."

"State your crime again."

"First-Degree Treason. Joining forces with displaced refugees to launch a palace coup, intending to overthrow His Majesty Blue River's regime."

"Then why won't you confess?"

"I'm not guilty."

Lu Mi was so angry that he almost laughed. "0456, your words contradict each other. Since you know you committed First-Degree Treason, what reason do you have not to confess?"

Yu Tu looked quietly at Lu Mi, tilting his head slightly as he asked,

"But wasn't my crime something you told me?"

When they had come to the Special Interrogation Room yesterday, Lu Mi had personally told Yu Tu what his crime was.

Yu Tu had merely repeated Lu Mi's words just now.

A vein throbbed on Lu Mi's forehead. "0456, are you playing with me?"

Yu Tu's eyes widened slightly, and even his breathing grew heavier.

"Can I... play with you?"

"Yu! Tu!"

A violent aura surged from Lu Mi.

Sensing his fury, Zhang Jiao immediately rushed forward and wrapped his arms around Lu Mi's waist.

"Warden Lu, calm down, calm down!"

Zhang Jiao was a little scared. He worried that Lu Mi would slaughter Yu Tu right here.

When that happened, there would definitely be more than just Yu Tu's corpse carried out!

"Warden Lu, even if Yu Tu committed grave crimes, he was once the First Commander. Please calm down! If you use severe torture on him, word getting out could provoke dissatisfaction!"

As Zhang Jiao spoke, he poked his head out from behind Lu Mi to look at Yu Tu.

The moment he did, his heart trembled like a sieve.

Yu Tu stared at him with those blood-red eyes, his stiff neck twisting left and right. Beneath the Energy Lock Rings, veins spread upward like a spiderweb.

Their eyes met, and Yu Tu bared his teeth. "Let. Go. Of. Him."

Zhang Jiao was terrified to death and hugged Lu Mi even tighter.

Yu Tu tried to stand, and the electric shock activated as he struggled.

A crackling hiss sounded. Yu Tu seemed wrapped in a layer of lightning, and quite a few strands of his white hair were scorched.

Lu Mi turned off the camera and the electric shock. Feeling Zhang Jiao's grip, he directly stepped on his leather boot.

"I told you to let go! Try hugging me again!"