"After I woke up this woman initially, she almost ran away. At that time, I made a mistake by treating her as an ordinary woman and didn't tie her up."

"As soon as she woke up and saw me, she didn't say a word and ran off. However, I quickly caught up to her. Unexpectedly, she had picked up a metal pipe at some point and swung it at my head!"

While talking, Hayamizu moved aside his hair to show Chongzong the scar on his scalp.

"Although I got hit, luckily this woman was already weak at that time. I gritted my teeth and endured it, then put in some effort to subdue her again."

"It was then that I suddenly remembered you had told me that this woman was a murderer. I was sweating bullets."

"After that, I tied her up to a chair and secured the chair with heavy objects. I started to think about how I could complete this task you had entrusted to me."

"To be honest, it was really difficult. I wanted to give up, but it was related to whether I could sell you a favor and ask you to help me with my education. So, I gritted my teeth and decided to do it well."

"At that time, there were two key points for me in doing a good job of imprisoning this woman. One was ensuring that the information wouldn't leak out, and the other was making her obediently eat."

"It was easy to keep the information confidential. The guests at the baseball batting center were relatively fixed, and there were no outsiders. The place where I hid people was deep and concealed. Plus, I was the only one with the key, so the possibility of unexpected situations was very low."

"The difficult part was how to make this woman obedient and eat. That's what I mentioned earlier," Hayamizu paused here and looked like he had a dry mouth. This comical look made Chongzong burst into laughter. "You've worked hard. Let's go outside for a bit and buy something to drink from a vending machine. I'll treat you."

They immediately left, but before leaving, Chongzong observed that Hayamizu quickly locked the door again before following him.

-Hayamizu is even more reliable than I imagined.

The more Chongzong interacted with Eiji Hayamizu, the more he realized that he didn't understand Hayamizu.

In the batting center, there were over 20 batting positions, but only a few people were practicing. The pitching machine would shoot out the ball with a bang, followed by the crisp sound of the metal bat hitting it or the muffled friction sound of the ball falling into the cage net.

In this relaxed environment, Chongzong and Hayamizu found a spot with few people and sat down to continue chatting while drinking water.

"After that, I calmed down and thought about this problem. I decided to try my training method."

"Training method...?" Chongzong sat up uneasily.

"Don't interrupt, you'll understand when I continue," Hayamizu said.

"First, I locked her up and gagged her, then I went home. A person won't suffer much in a day without eating."

"The next morning when I checked on her, she was already so weak that she could only speak with great effort."

"Her attitude was also noticeably better than the day before, but that wasn't enough."

"I deliberately didn't talk to her or interact with her. I directly poured mineral water into her mouth, disregarding whether she choked or felt uncomfortable, and then gagged her mouth and locked the room before leaving."