"Oh! Mr. Zhao, let me remind you, the security personnel and enforcers here are very fierce. If they catch you trying to escape, breaking your limbs would be the lightest punishment!"
"Don't do anything foolish, otherwise even if I wanted to help you because we're compatriots, I wouldn't be able to. After all, here, rules are rules!"
Upon hearing the man with gold-rimmed glasses speak with both kindness and authority, Lu Ting couldn't help but sneer inwardly. These fraud and kidnapping criminals were truly adept at speaking different languages to different people!
They'll release me once they get the gambling debt and ransom? Then why hasn't Wang Tianyu been released after all this time?!
Obviously, everything this man with gold-rimmed glasses was saying at this moment was nonsensical! Anyone who believes it is a complete idiot!
But unfortunately, at this moment, Lu Ting still had to pretend to be moved, trying to use monetary temptation to impress the man with gold-rimmed glasses, who claimed to be "Zhao Ting's" compatriot.
Although this hypocritical facade might reduce the physical suffering for Lu Ting, it wouldn't achieve his true purpose!
Lu Ting needed to find a way to provoke the pseudo-gentleman in front of him and get himself sent to the place specifically used to detain kidnapped individuals.
He had to first ascertain whether Wang Tianyu was here or not!
With this in mind, Lu Ting's eyes revealed a cautious and probing expression.
However, he didn't immediately speak but glanced at the young man who had been following the small boss all along.
From this young man, Lu Ting could sense a very fierce and bloodthirsty aura. He was probably one of the enforcers who dealt with disobedient individuals in the park!
Sensing Lu Ting's vigilant gaze, the small boss immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, just say what you want. He doesn't understand Chinese."
Can't understand Chinese?
Such blatant nonsense might only deceive a three-year-old child!
After silently ridiculing this in his mind, Lu Ting looked at the small boss and tentatively asked, "Will you really let me go if I pay off the gambling debt and ransom?"
"Of course."
The small boss answered with a hypocritical smile, his response quick and full of assurance.
But the next question Lu Ting asked made the small boss pause.
After a half-second pause, Lu Ting asked again, "Through the pig-killing scheme and kidnapping me here, how much bonus can you get from me?"
Upon hearing this question, the fake smile on the small boss's face stiffened slightly. Instead of directly answering the question, he countered, "Why does Mr. Zhao ask this?"
Hearing this, Lu Ting glanced around to ensure nobody else was present and then adopted a tempting tone to negotiate, "As long as you agree to let me go secretly, I will give you all the gambling debt and ransom. How about it?"
The gambling debt accumulated by Zhao Ting in that casino's pig-killing scheme amounted to a staggering 1.1 billion dollars. Furthermore, the ransom demanded for his release from this kidnapping added up to an easy 1.5 billion dollars.
If it were some other fraud and kidnapping criminals elsewhere, they might not be able to resist such temptation. After all, with Zhao Ting's background, this money was indeed substantial.
However, in the electronic fraud park, inciting betrayal or instigating the small bosses to turn against their superiors was simply impossible.
Despite seeming to have control over many "pigs" and "pushover" underlings, these small bosses were also under threat! To prevent situations where someone like Lu Ting tried to bribe them or in case any of them weren't sincere and harbored thoughts of escaping or betraying their duties, the lives of their families were all held in the hands of the top boss!
If any of these small bosses were found to betray the organization or the boss behind the scenes, the result would be the complete annihilation of their families!
So, when Lu Ting said these words, the expression on the small boss's face immediately became unpredictable.
The chilling coldness in his eyes, hidden behind his gold-rimmed glasses, couldn't be restrained.
Clearly, what Lu Ting had just said had triggered a minefield in the small boss's mind.
Fortunately, there were no other people present at the moment. Otherwise, if any rumors spread because of what he had just said and reached higher-ups' ears...
Even if the small boss didn't agree verbally, he would probably still be called over for a "wake-up call"!
Unfortunately, after reaching his current position, anything that could harm the interests of the park was intolerable to the boss behind the scenes, even if it was just a small seedling.
This guy wants to harm me?!
But looking at Lu Ting's sincere questioning expression, the small boss was also a bit uncertain at this moment. Was he really trying to buy him off, or...
In an instant, countless thoughts raced through the small boss's mind, and his face no longer showed the same amiable and accommodating "good gentleman" expression as before.
In fact, Lu Ting deliberately said these words to achieve his goal!
Because before coming here, he had done sufficient preparatory work and understood the situation of every level of personnel in this electronic fraud park very clearly.
The reason for saying this was simple: to use the most taboo matter in the other party's mind to break through his own superficial insincerity and thoroughly provoke him!
As for the things he just mentioned, like betrayal and so on, which were taboo in any organization, it was absolutely intolerable.
At this moment, judging from the ever-changing expression on the small boss's face, Lu Ting knew that his plan had succeeded!
Sure enough,
The next moment, when the small boss spoke again, he had already lost the initial kind and affable demeanor and become icy cold.
He saw that Mr. Zhao still hadn't learned his lesson over there. He tilted his head slightly towards the subordinate beside him and ordered, "It seems Mr. Zhao needs another reminder, Ah Cai, take him for a 'bath' to reflect on his actions!"
Clearly, the 'bath' mentioned by this small leader was not the usual bath understood by normal people!
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man who had been standing silently behind the small leader all this time stepped forward swiftly and quickly grabbed Lu Ting by the arm.
Seeing this, Lu Ting's face immediately showed a look of surprise. He looked incredulously at the young man who grabbed him, called Ah Cai, and then turned to the small leader with gold-rimmed glasses, saying, "Didn't you say he doesn't understand Chinese?"
"Hehe."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Lu Ting's words, the small leader burst into a mocking chuckle from his chest. Under the gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes gleamed cunningly.
Then, he said, "Did I say that? I don't remember."
At this point, the small leader paused and turned to Ah Cai, the subordinate who had grabbed Lu Ting, asking him, "Did I say that? Ah Cai?"
At these words, Ah Cai also smiled and shook his head.
Seeing these two acting in harmony, Lu Ting, playing the role of 'Zhao Ting', looked dumbfounded, as if he was greatly shocked by their actions.
Immediately after, the small leader decided not to waste more words with Lu Ting. He glanced at Ah Cai, indicating that he could take Lu Ting away.
Upon receiving the boss's order, Ah Cai nodded slightly and proceeded to lead Lu Ting away.
Seeing this, Lu Ting's first reaction was definitely resistance. But as the other man drew a pistol from his waist and aimed it at his head, Lu Ting wilted like a frostbitten cabbage!
Soon after, Ah Cai, with rough movements, dragged Lu Ting all the way up to the top floor of this educational building.
As he was dragged upwards, Lu Ting could observe the surroundings changing with the increasing height.
However, due to the short duration of the movement, he could only glimpse some aspects of the school directly opposite.
All were buildings of equal height, with guards at the front and back doors of each building. Moreover, every floor window of these buildings was tightly welded with steel bars!
If nothing unexpected happened, each of these buildings housed thousands of victims who were deceived, kidnapped, or sold here to work for these fraudsters and kidnappers.
Inside, they didn't even have a name of their own, all referred to as piglets or dog pushers. Compared to Lu Ting's current situation, they were truly in despair.
After all, Lu Ting still had great value. No matter what these fraudsters and kidnappers did, they wouldn't go too far with him.
But they were different, facing the constant fear of impending death had become an indispensable part of their daily lives!
Clack—
At this moment, a door opening sound interrupted Lu Ting's thoughts, and his eyes returned to the environment in front of him.
He saw Ah Cai bringing him to the top floor of this educational building, then using a key to unlock the locked iron gate at the stairwell entrance with one hand.
"Go in by yourself!"
With a sudden push into the space behind the iron gate, Ah Cai was too lazy to drag Lu Ting further. Instead, he pointed his gun at him, letting him walk in by himself.
After all, watching the wealthy second-generation kids who were kidnapped walk into the unknown fear step by step was quite interesting.
The moment Lu Ting entered the space behind the iron gate, he felt like he had entered another world!
As he walked up the stairs passing other floors, those places still looked somewhat like school classrooms.
But on this floor where Lu Ting was now, the corridor was completely welded shut with steel bars as thick as two fingers. The walls and floor were covered with traces of various colors.
And at first glance at these marks, Lu Ting could tell they were bloodstains!
As for why these bloodstains on the walls and floors were of different colors, it was because they had been there for different lengths of time.
Like those that had been there longer, the bloodstains naturally grew darker, while the brighter colored bloodstains were more recent!
Seeing these bloodstains, it was clear that this floor was specially used for punishing disobedient piglets and dog pushers.
And places like this used specifically for punishment, Lu Ting believed that within this entire "KK" park, there were definitely more than just this one!
Looking at the bloodstains scattered all over the corridor, even Lu Ting couldn't help but feel somewhat heart-wrenching. Although he was a mercenary who had killed people, he had never tortured anyone.
But for these fraudsters and kidnappers here, punishing these disobedient piglets and dog pushers was evidently done in the most painful and torturous ways!
Shit.
Wang Tianming has been in their hands for so many days, don't tell me he was played to death.
Thinking of this, the expression in Lu Ting's eyes as he walked ahead suddenly became obscure and unclear.
Although during a previous ransom payment, Wang Fujun repeatedly confirmed with the fraudsters and kidnappers that his son Wang Tianyu was indeed alive, without seeing him in person, no one knew the exact situation.
After all, even hanging by a breath, that was still being alive!
But Lu Ting only needed him to be alive with a breath. The employer only said to rescue his son alive, without specifying the exact conditions for being alive.
"Stop there!"
When Lu Ting again approached a door similar to a classroom, the henchman Ah Cai behind suddenly called out to him.
At these words, Lu Ting, who was being pointed at with a gun, obediently stopped in his tracks.
Immediately after, the thug Ah Cai stepped forward and directly pushed open the door beside Lu Ting.
As soon as this door opened, a nauseating stench immediately wafted out from it.
This disgusting odor made Lu Ting furrow his brow. Even he found it difficult to imagine what kind of place it could be based on this smell!
In fact, long before approaching this place, Lu Ting's keen sense of smell had already detected the pungent odor pervading the air.
Before Lu Ting could react, Ah Cai reached out and grabbed the collar at the back of his neck, pushing him into the dark and foul-smelling room in front of them.
The room was extremely dark, almost completely devoid of light. Even Lu Ting, with vision far superior to normal, could only vaguely make out some objects.
And in front of him seemed to be an indoor pool?!
As if to confirm Lu Ting's thoughts, with a 'snap', the dimly yellow light filled the foul-smelling room.
As the light came on, Lu Ting also saw clearly the scene in this room.
Indeed, there was a pool in front of him, and the size of this pool could easily be considered a small swimming pool.
But the water in this pool was unusually turbid and dirty!
Not only were various unidentified objects floating on the surface, but Lu Ting could also see many aquatic insects, constantly moving up and down in the pool.
To be honest, rather than calling it a pool, it was more like a bio-tank!
Upon seeing this pool, Lu Ting instantly understood. The place the young leader mentioned earlier about "taking a bath" should be here.
Sure enough,
Just as Lu Ting stood in front of the pool, Ah Cai, the thug, immediately asked beside him, saying, "Mr. Zhao, would you like to go down on your own or should I send you down?"
For a normal person, seeing such a pool and hearing these words would naturally invoke fear and resistance.
But at this moment, as Ah Cai spoke to Lu Ting, he also aimed his pistol directly at him.
*Gulp* After nervously swallowing saliva, Lu Ting made a frightened expression, raising his hand to signal the other not to act rashly, trying to negotiate, "People will die if they go down here."
But unexpectedly, Ah Cai was not one to waste words. Just as Lu Ting started to speak, Ah Cai had already lifted his leg and stepped forward.
Still in his acting state, upon seeing his movement, Lu Ting's expression of fear and dread intensified, and his legs involuntarily kept retreating.
But at this point, he had nowhere else to retreat to. After all, behind him was the foul-smelling pool.
In just one or two seconds, Ah Cai came in front of Lu Ting. Without a word, he lifted his foot and forcefully kicked Lu Ting.
Actually, his kick didn't really hit Lu Ting.
However, when Lu Ting saw the opponent lift his foot, his body almost instinctively moved back, but one step backward, and he would fall into the pool of unknown depth!
The next moment, as Lu Ting took a step back, his feet slipped, and he fell backward!
*Splash* With a not-so-small splash, the room suddenly echoed.
Lu Ting fell into the pool and submerged. After one or two seconds, he surfaced from the water.
The water temperature in this pool was much lower than he had imagined, obviously deliberately cooled.
The depth of the pool wasn't too much, with Lu Ting's height of 1.8 meters, his feet could comfortably touch the bottom.
Although Lu Ting himself didn't feel much fear in this pool's environment, after all, as a mercenary, adapting to various harsh environments was a basic requirement.
But the role he played as "Zhao Ting" at this moment was different. How could a rich second generation who had been pampered since childhood endure such torture?
"Ahhh!"
In the pool, Lu Ting immediately burst into screams filled with fear, struggling to climb out of the pool.
But at this moment, standing beside the pool, Ah Cai, holding a phone and filming, immediately raised the pistol in his hand towards Lu Ting in the water without hesitation, firing as a warning!
*Bang* !!!
With a deafening gunshot, Ah Cai's shot was fired into the nearby water where Lu Ting was.
"Ah!!!"
Following the gunshot was Lu Ting's scream of shock.
After firing a shot to stop Zhao Ting's attempt to come ashore, Ah Cai showed a cruel smile on his face and said, "Mr. Zhao, everyone who comes to bathe in this room must stay for a full hour before they can leave."
"For the next time, you better behave and wait inside. When the time comes, I'll naturally let you out!"
"Oh, by the way! Mr. Zhao, rest assured that the bugs in here are not poisonous, but it will hurt a lot if you get bitten!"
"I hope Mr. Zhao understands and behaves well. Don't make it difficult for me, otherwise, as you just saw, bullets don't discriminate!"
After warning Zhao Ting, Ah Cai showed no intention of leaving. Instead, he turned and walked to the chair beside the pool, sitting down directly.
His eyes remained fixed firmly on Lu Ting, who was soaking in the pool.
Obviously, Ah Cai's earlier words were not a joke. If Lu Ting attempted to come ashore again, shooting to disable his limbs was not impossible!
Thinking this, Lu Ting, who thought the act had gone far enough, reluctantly abandoned his struggle, his face full of pain, disgust, and fearful expression as he continued to soak in the pool.
Sitting in the chair, Ah Cai sent the video he had just taken to his boss as proof.
The next moment, a text message from his boss appeared on his phone, [Just scare him, don't cause any trouble like the last one. This one's a big fat pig, be mindful!]
Seeing this, Ah Cai took a puff of smoke, glanced at Lu Ting in the pool, and replied by text, [Understood.]
*Ding* After Ah Cai replied, another message from the boss came through.
[When you're done, lock him up. Room 2 was just buried yesterday, so use that spot.]
(End of the Chapter)