Tranxending Vision - Chapter 376

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Lee Sungil was an excellent agent and him avoiding detection by Xia Lei during his time having him under surveillance was proof of this . This was also why Ahn Geungan had looked favourably upon him and sent him to China .  

Lee Sungil was also happy to sell his services to Ahn Geungan . There was a chance of promotion in addition to the high salary, and more importantly, Ahn Geungan was likely to be the next President of South Korea . How could he not do his best in his work for the future President? 

But this all ended an hour earlier and the situation for him made a turn for the worse .  

Lee Sungil opened his eyes an hour later to discover that he was in a dimly-lit room . He was on a chair and his arms and legs were tied to it; he could not move .  

No one lived in this room and spiderwebs hung all over the walls . There were a few posters on the walls and they looked to be 20, 30 years old based on the pictures of workers, farmers and soldiers; big brother workers holding hammers, women holding sickles and soldiers with their guns held high . There was a door opposite where he sat and it was tightly shut . He could not see outside the room .  

“Damn it!” Lee Sungil struggled, trying to twist out of the ropes but was unsuccessful .  

The door suddenly flew open and a man wearing a baseball cap and a blonde-haired, blue eyes beauty walked in . She was in tight-fitting leather and her breasts and buttocks were packaged tightly, the lines of her body seductive . Her face was expressionless and cold; she seemed mysterious . She had a black leather case in her hands and it was unknown what was inside .  

The man wearing a baseball cap took his cap off and sat on a chair opposite Lee Sungil .  

Lee Sungil saw his face and he was stunned . The man in front of him looked very similar to Xia Lei - he looked like a Xia Lei who was 30 years older .  

“You are…” Lee Sungil was nervous and said probingly, “Who are you to Xia Lei?”

“Xia Changhe . ” The man’s voice was deep . “I am Xia Lei’s father . ”

“What do you want?” Lee Sungil struggled to hold the fear in his heart at bay and show a strong front . “I am an employee of the South Korean government . Let me go now and I’ll pretend nothing happened . ”

Xia Changhe spoke evenly, “I know you’re Korean . I also know that you’re a Korean special agent named Lee Sungil, thirty years old . Last year during your mission you gunned down youths fleeing from the North . There was also a girl, just 18 . You violated her, then killed her . Am I right?”

Sweat dotted Lee Sungil’s forehead and his voice started to tremble . “Wh, Who are you?”

Only Lee Seungil and the Heavens knew what he had done - or so he’d thought . This person whom he’d never seen before in his life knew about this too - it was just too strange!

Xia Changhe’s tone did not change . “Didn’t I already tell you? I am Xia Lei’s father . ”

“Xia Lei’s father has been missing for six years!” said Lee Sungil .  

Xia Changhe ignored Lee Sungil’s outburst and kept talking . “Ahn Geungan is a father . He’s a good father . He built an empire for his son, Ahn Suhyeong . He has billions . I cannot compare . We are both fathers but I cannot give my son much . But there is one thing Ahn Geungan cannot compete with me for, and that is my willing to do anything for my son and daughter, including killing people . ”

Lee Sungil’s face had drained of colour .  

Xia Changhe went on . “The grudge between you guys and my son should have ended when Ahn Suhyeong was released but you guys couldn’t leave it be . You just had to keep going after him . Couldn’t wait to start moving against him right after Ahn Suhyeong was released . We’re both fathers . Ahn Geungan sent killers and agents for his son’s sake, so how can I do nothing as a father myself? I can’t just watch you people hurt my son, can I?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Lee Sungil yelled, “Let me go! I am a South Korean agent! You should know what will happen if you kill me!”

Yelena opened the black leather case, revealing its contents .

The leather case held torture instruments - pliers for cutting off fingers, a small flamethrower, scalpels, nylon thread, a saw, a hammer and a few one-time-use syringes . All these things were kept spotlessly clean and they gleamed with a coldness; the sight of them made one’s skin crawl .  

“Can I start now?” asked Yelena .  

“No, it’s better to let me do it . ” Xia Changhe stood and casually picked up the pliers from the leather case . He walked to Lee Sungil .  

Lee Sungil was already full of terror but he was an agent who had undergone professional training after all and he did not show it . He held onto his last facade of calm . “You cannot do this . I am a South Korean agent!”

“I do things in a simple, direct way . You tell me what other people Ahn Geungan has hired and what his plan is and I’ll let you go . If you don’t, you’ll suffer . Let me warn you - don’t think that you can hold out just because you had some torture training . The training you’ve done is juvenile and laughable . I’m done talking . Do you want to live, or die?” said Xia Changhe .

Lee Sungil clenched his jaws and said angrily, “You think I believe you? You’ll kill me anyway . Don’t take me for a fool!”

A cold smile appeared on Xia Changhe’s lips . “Looks like you’ve made your decision . All right then . I’m also rather curious about your tolerance level . Let’s begin . ”

“You fucker!” Lee Sungil struggled madly but was unable to get himself out of the ropes .  

Xia Changhe grabbed Lee Sungil’s left hand and slowly put his index finger in the pliers . He clamped down . Blood spurted and a finger fell to the floor .  

“ARGH!” Lee Sungil let out a scream . The pain was so great he was left sucking deep breaths of air .  

Before he could catch his breath, Xia Changhe put his middle finger in the pliers and clamped down right away .  

“ARRRH!” Lee Sungil’s middle finger fell on the floor too and pain sprang down his every nerve . He was about to faint .  

“Just this level? And you’re not embarrassed when you say you’re an agent who has completed torture training?” said Xia Changhe softly .  

“Ptoo!” Lee Sungil opened his mouth and spat at Xia Changhe .  

Xia Changhe nodded . “Now this is more agent-like . ” So saying, he cut off Lee Sungil’s thumb and ring finger .  

Lee Sungil could not take it anymore . He was going to pass out cold .  

Yelena picked up a syringe from the black leather case and said, “This is the company’s new product . It can keep a man conscious . ” 

Xia Changhe accepted the syringe and casually pierced Lee Sungil’s neck with it .  

Lee Sungil was soon brought back to alertness thanks to the drug . “Who the fuck are you people?” he screamed .  

Xia Changhe did not say a word but he cut off the last finger on Lee Sungil’s left hand .  

“Bastards! You’ll regret this!” Lee Sungil was being driven mad by the pain . He was experiencing indescribable pain but he could not escape it .  

“Lee Sungil, I’ll give you one last chance,” said Xia Changhe coldly, “Answer my questions or I’ll start the real torture . You’ll feel like death is a release from your pain then . ”

Removing all five fingers from his left hand was not real torture? Was that just an appetiser? 

Lee Sungil took great gasping breaths, trying to internalise his body’s pain . His psychological defences were crumbling fast .  

Xia Changhe put down the pliers and took the scalpel and a bundle of nylon thread . His voice was ice . “In ancient times there was a torture method known as ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’* . Only the best executioners can do it and I just so happen to be one . I rarely do this myself but for my son, I shall let you taste lingering death . ”

“I, I don’t know…” Lee Sungil held on to this last bit of hope .  

Xia Changhe wrinkled his brows . He wound the nylon string around Lee Sungil’s body . He did it skillfully and the thin nylon string tightened across Lee Sungil’s skin, closing around him like a fish net .  

The scalpel descended a few minutes later and cleanly cut out a piece of Lee Sungil’s flesh .  

“Ah…” Lee Sungil screamed . He crumbled .  

Xia Change was focused as the scalpel met flesh, and his expression frighteningly serene . He was like an artist, turning a shapeless block of wood into a work of art . His indifference and practiced moves made him look like a master executioner of ancient times .  

Lee Sungil could hold on no longer at the tenth cut . “Stop! I… I’ll talk, I’ll talk!” he wailed .  

Xia Changhe stopped and looked silently at Lee Sungil .  

Lee Sungil cried and spoke tremulously, “Ahn Geungan has a collaborative relationship with the CIA . He used money to hire some people to keep watch on Xia Lei and the people close to him, and collect every bit of information on him . Ahn Geungan also offered the CIA an astonishing amount of money . The CIA started a program called ‘The Fisherman’ . They plan, plan to… to capture Xia Lei in Russia . ”

Xia Changhe spoke softly, “The look in your eyes tell me that you haven’t told me everything . Are you testing my patience? I have no more . Let’s continue . ” He moved the scalpel to cut at Lee Sungil again .  

“No, No…” Lee Sungil took huge gulps of air . “I also know that Ahn Suhyeong found a team of killers himself and hired them to assassinate Xia Lei . ”

“What team?”

“I don’t know, I really don’t know . Let me go . Don’t kill me… Don’t kill me…” Lee Sungil cried . He’d never been so weak in his life .  

“All right . I’ll release you . ” Xia Changhe went to Lee Sungil’s back .  

“Really?” Lee Sungil saw a ray of hope .  

“Really . ” Xia Changhe’s scalpel suddenly ran across Lee Sungil’s neck .  

Blood spurted out like a fountain . Lee Sungil’s body jerked a few times, and was properly still .  

Xia Changhe tossed the scalpel in the black leather case and sneered, “The Fisherman? They’ll get a shark . Clean this place up . We’re going to get ready to go to Russia . ”

Yelena nodded and started on disposing of Lee Sungil’s corpse .  

Xia Changhe took out Lee Sungil’s phone and scrolled to the last number Lee Sungil had called . He typed a message in Korean: President, all goes well . Xia Lei is very alert . I’ll contact you immediately when there’s new information .  

He threw the phone at the feet of the corpse when he was done sending the message .  

Yelena splashed petrol on Lee Sungil’s corpse and it crackled with flames a minute later…