"I want him to live long enough to tell me everything."
William cast a glance at Carl, who was staring back at him with a grave expression, clearly wrestling with various schemes to deal with him. Leaning in close to Carl's ear, William murmured, "Whatever you're plotting right now... it won't work."
Carl, startled by William's sudden proximity, instinctively lunged at him, but instead of inflicting any harm, he was met with a jolt of electricity. He screamed in agony.
"Ahhhhh!"
As the shock subsided, Carl's body slackened, though faint tendrils of smoke still rose from his clothes. William, smiling at the sight, said, "Are you really that foolish? I just told you I'd take every precaution necessary to safeguard myself from your hands and you still do this."
