"Coward" screamed the man, very frustrated by Shiho's behavior.
"No, I don't think she is being cowardly, I think she is being smart, also I don't think you are being brave, I think you are being stupid" said Reno while walking out of the dark.
the man's veins appeared on his forehead, they were about to pop, he turned to look at Reno and was about to curse him, but his words were stuck in his throat, his eyes widened, his face paled, and his body started shaking.
He saw Reno, but unlike before, he was now wearing his villain outfit, his red eyes shined in the dark room, and his creepy mask sent chills to whoever saw it.
"..I-it's...y-you" the man muttered with difficulty, his voice trembling, so Shiho was telling the truth after all, she wasn't drunk last night when she said it was all because of him.
"You did a good job Shiho, if you did move I would've been very disappointed in you, I'm pleased to see you sitting there like an obedient girl, don't forget Shiho, I like obedient women the most" said Reno while staring at Shiho.
The uncomfortable feelings within Shiho grew even stronger, the atmosphere was very tense, she didn't have the time to enjoy Reno's praise for her, and she didn't know what to do, on one side were her friends, on the other side was Reno.
She didn't know why Reno was treating her friends like that, she wanted to plead for them, but her mind was screaming at her that it was a bad idea.
Reno put his hand on the man's scalp and bent down, he looked him straight in the eyes.
"So what were you saying, brave man?"
Reno's stare made the man drenched in a cold sweat, he quickly lowered his eyes and didn't dare to meet his scary eyes, he was shocked at how the demeanor of the boy changed when he wore his outfit, previously he was smiling like an innocent boy and even tho he was tied, he didn't fear him at all, but now he looked like a predator, a completely different person, and what made things worse was the fact that he knew what he is capable of, after all, he was the talk of the city for the last month, it's very rare to see such an ugly crime where dozens of people and a pro hero were killed in the ALL MIGHT era.
"I...I...why?...why are you doing this...there no bad blood between us....why?" the man said, he had to muster all of his courage to do so.
"Why?! of course it's for my student Shiho, everything I do is for my lovely Shiho" said Reno, looking at Shiho dotingly.
Seeing his look, Shiho was assaulted by multiple feelings, she was afraid and safe at the same time, she was happy and sad at the same time, she was very confused and her mind went blank.
"Now Shiho, this is the first lesson in the school of life, NEVER let anyone disrespect you, NEVER let anyone deceive and exploit you, NEVER let anyone look down on you, and NEVER allow yourself to be a pushover, the tongue that hurt your feelings with vicious words, lie to you and disrespect you, should be torn apart" said Reno and suddenly he squeezed the man jaw forcing him to open his mouth, and plunge his hand there, he tore his tongue and throw it away.
A torrent of blood gushed out from the man's mouth and he was shaking violently, he was in a lot of pain and was screaming his lungs out, but no sound came out of his mouth.
But his friends didn't lose their tongues and they screamed out loud, the scene was too gruesome for them to handle.
one of the women vomited, while the other started crying out loud like a baby, as for the man he piss himself.
"Nooo" screamed Shiho loud, her face was pale and she barely suppress her urge to vomit.
"Why did you have to do this to him" asked Shiho in a loud voice.
"As I said before I did it for you, he hurt you so he paid the price"
"He never said anything to hurt my feelings, he never deceived me, he was a true friend".
"Maybe he didn't disrespect you, but he did disrespect me earlier, so he has to suffer, but since you say he was your true friend then I will give you the chance to save him"
"Save him?!" Shiho saw hope but at the same time she was dumbfounded, the only way her friend could survive is by taking him urgently to the hospital or having someone with a healing quirk treat him.
"Yes, you can save him and the method is very simple, you see the man right now is choking on his blood, he has difficulty breathing, it is very painful and as the time goes and due to the loss of blood he will die, I think he will suffer for the next 4 minutes before dying, so why don't you save him by relieving him from his misery, just kill him and give him a quick death" said Reno nonchalantly.
Hearing this Shiho froze, her face turned paler than before and her heart pounded furiously.
He was asking her to kill her friend, how could she do so, but at the same time he made a good point, letting him like this will only prolong his suffering, she found herself in a difficult position and froze there unable to do anything.
"You are cruel Shiho, the 4 minutes have passed and the man had died a miserable and painful death, I thought you were a good friend to him, but in the end, you didn't save him" said Reno bringing Shiho back to reality, the 4 minutes have passed, Shiho didn't even realize that.
She looked at her dead friend and her body trembled, tears started flowing from her eyes.
'It's my fault, It's my fault, I should have saved him, I shouldn't have brought them here in the first place' Shiho fell into a state of guilt and self-blaming and she kept looking at the scene with teary eyes.
Reno moved to face the second man who was pissing himself and shaking like an earthquake.
"Now Shiho let's mov-"
"Please don't hurt me, I didn't do anything, please" Reno was about to talk, but he was cut short by the man in front of him.
"Hey, I'm trying to teach my stu-"
"I beg you please don't hurt me, I didn't see anything, I just want to go home" the man once again interrupted Reno's words and beg him with tears and snot running down his face.
"man, it's rude to interru-"
"I have a family, I beg you please let me go see them"
Reno grabbed the man's face, tightened his grip, and shut his mouth.
"Shiho, this is your second lesson so listen well" said Reno, then he activated his quirk and in two seconds the man melted, and all that was left of him is a pool of blood.
"If you have anything to say, simply say it, don't keep it bottled up in your heart, you don't need to care if your words will upset the listeners or Make them feel bad, just say what you have to say, and if you are interrupted, if someone wants to silence you, then all you have to do is silent them forever".
The two women screamed in terror and they both vomited, as for Shiho she was on the verge of mentally breaking, she couldn't help but look at Reno.
"Why? he said he had a family, so why did you kill him?!" asked Shiho.
"Because he was rude and didn't let me finish speaking, don't tell me you weren't listening to my lesson?" asked Reno, slightly narrowing his eyes.
Shiho lowered her head and clenched her fists, she gritted her teeth, the previous image she had of Reno completely vanished, and was replaced by a monster, she thought he loved her, but here he is now torturing her by killing her best friends.
Reno went behind the two women and stood between them, then he squinted and put both his arms on their shoulders.
The women wanted to plead but when they remembered what happened earlier they shut their mouths and didn't dare to speak, they just sat there trembling.
Reno slide both of his hands to their bras and started fondling their breasts.
Both of them were too terrorized to feel any arousal from this situation.
Shiho who saw this felt even worse, the number of negative emotions that she accumulate today was outrageous.
"Since your breasts make me feel good I will promise to not kill you but only on one condition, do you accept or not?"
Both the women quickly nodded without even thinking, what was there to think about when their lives were at risk! they will accept any condition as long as it gets them out of this hellish situation, they just hoped that his condition won't be an impossible task.
"Good choice, and don't worry, the condition is very simple, all you have to do is answer Shiho's questions without lying, if you lie I will kill you, but if you say the truth I will not kill you, and believe me, I know everything about you, so I will be able to tell if you lie, do you understand?"
"Yes, just... please... don't kill us we will never lie" said both of them with tears flowing.
Reno didn't know anything about them, but due to the fear and the suffocating atmosphere, plus his ruthlessness in murdering their friends, they believed that he knew everything about them, and they didn't want to gamble their lives by questioning his words.
Reno then walked and sat down beside Shiho, the latter tensed and became stiff, after all what happened she can't trust Reno anymore, today he was a monster and she didn't feel safe around him anymore.
"Shiho, why didn't your friends contact you and helped you when you were facing a lot of problems?" asked Reno calmly.
"They knew I'm strong enough to deal with it, and they didn't want to bother me" answered Shiho.
"and who told you that?"
"them, they said this when we met yesterday"
"Why don't you ask them again, I want to hear the response from them".
Shiho didn't know what was Reno's purpose in doing this, but she found no big deal in asking this simple question again, so she looked at them and asked them.
"Why didn't you contact me and tried to help me during the last year?"
Both the women had a complicated look on their faces, but gazing at Reno who was sitting next to her, their look soon was replaced by terror, and they didn't waste any time replying.
"Because we didn't want to have anything with your problems, we didn't want to be on bad terms with the loan sharks by voicing for you, and obviously we didn't want to lend you money, after all, I prefer spending that money on me rather on you" both women answered, they didn't care what Shiho will think about this, all they wanted was to get out of here.
Shiho who heard them trembled, and even tho she knew deep down it was the truth, she didn't dare to face it, and she believed in them, but hearing them now, she started collapsing mentally, these were the last words she wanted to hear.