My Counterattack System After Reborn

Chapter 20: The Interrogation Game

Todd watched as Caleb’s men cleared out. He waited for an additional half-hour, and then he led Fatty out of the building. He would have preferred to have the situation rectified, but he was glad that no blood had been shed. He had been just about to give up and leave, but then Caleb had beaten him to it. If he had been forced to leave first, he would have run to his car and sped away. Under no circumstances would he have been willing to take on Celeb’s entire crew.  At least now that Caleb was gone, there was less trouble.

On his way home, Todd remembered the men that he had tied up that morning, and he stopped at a McDonald's. They still needed to be interrogated.

After Todd parked his car in the garage, he went inside, dropped his schoolbag on the floor, and carried the food to the backyard, which was where he had left the intruders.

When the intruders saw him, they began to groan. They had all pissed and s**t their pants, but when they smelled the French fries, their eyes lit up. They were all extremely hungry. Todd walked over to them, smiled, and dangled the bag in front of them. He saw hope in their eyes, and the expressions on their faces seemed to say, “Take the tape from my mouth and give us a Big Mac!” 

Todd could hear their stomachs growling. He looked from one man to the next. “Eanie, meanie, miny, moe,” and when he reached “moe” for a second time, he said, "Well, you are the lucky one.” He chuckled. “I cho-cho choose you!” He violently tore off the tape from the chosen man's mouth. The severe pain caused him to take a deep breath, but his frown quickly turned to a smile as Todd hand-fed him a handful of fries. 

The man was tall and strong. He was over 1.8 meters tall, and he weighed close to two hundred and fifty pounds. Because he had not eaten for a day, though, he was half crazy. Once he finished the fries, he looked up expectantly. He could tell by the bulge in the bag that Todd had brought a lot of food, and he wanted more.

"Do you want more?" Todd asked. He took out a Big Mac and opened the box so that he could see the burger. The scent of it was so overwhelming that the invader began to cry. Meanwhile, his companions were going out of their minds as they whined and begged with their eyes.

The first invader leaned forward to take a bite, but just as he reached the burger, Todd retaped his mouth, pushed him away, and ate the burger himself. When the burger was done, he opened a box of chicken nuggets and ate those too. Finally, he drank from his Coke. He moaned with satisfaction, and he acted like the other men were not even there.  

Once he was satisfied, he lined the invaders up against the wall. Next, he took out a chair from the villa and sat in front of them. Then he threw the McDonald's bag on the grass and said, "Next, we are all going to play a game. It is very simple, and the prize is...food."

The invaders sat up straight when they heard that.

“Listen closely so that you don’t miss any of the rules,” Todd continued. “First, I will ask you a question. If you know the answer, bang your head against the wall. If you are the loudest, I will call upon you to answer my question.  I will take off the tape, and if you answer correctly, I will give you food.”

The invaders began to give each other dirty looks. Their intense hunger made them forget their allegiances to each other, and to the cause which was bigger than all of them combined.

“Do you all understand the rules?” Todd asked.

Everyone nodded.

“Alright.” Todd smiled. “This should be an easy one. Do you know who pays you?"

The invaders were stunned when they heard Todd's question. It was the man who had eaten already that came out of the daze first. He bashed his head against the wall, and he did not stop until Todd had stepped forward and removed the tape. 

Todd patted him on the head and smiled. “Well, what are you waiting for?” he asked. Who is your boss? Who pays you?"

The man swallowed hard, and it took a moment for him to find his voice. Finally, he said, "We are all members of the Double Dragon Club. Recently, our boss received financial help from a mysterious rich man. He was able to use some of the cash to start a security company. We are all employees of the security company. The mysterious rich man is the one who sits on top of everything, but we still receive our salary from our boss."

While no one had been noticing, the lead invader had been quietly working at the tape with his tongue. Finally, he was able to get it off, and the first thing that he said was, "You f*****g i***t! Have you forgotten who your boss is? How dare you betray him for so little?!?! Would you..."

Before the man could finish speaking, Todd kicked him in the mouth. The man fell onto his side and Todd stomped on his head. “Who said that you could speak?!?!” Tom shouted. He looked at the other invaders as he stomped on his head again. “This is such a simple game! There are so few rules, but apparently, this sad excuse for a human could not manage to keep up! Well, f**k him!!!”

Todd looked down at the man with disgust. His face was ruined. Almost all of his teeth were gone. His jaw was destroyed. There was blood coming out of his mouth, nose, and ears. If he survived, he would need multiple surgeries.  

Todd forced himself to calm down, and then he casually wiped the blood on his shoes off on the man’s shirt. He turned back to the intruders and said, “New rule: If you give me the wrong answer or act in any way that isn’t completely compliant, you will be punished. I would have thought that it went without say, but apparently, this jack-off isn’t familiar with the whole Good Cop/Bad Cop routine.”

***

Once Todd had gotten everything that he needed from the home invaders, he went back inside and called the police. Of course, he did not expect much from them. They hated rich people, and they never did anything to help them unless they absolutely had to. In this case, that would be enough. Todd just wanted the men off his property. He was a little worried about getting in trouble for how harshly he had treated their leader, but not overly. If it were questioned, his security camera would show that they had broken into his home, and once they had stepped inside, he had been well within his rights to do whatever he wanted to them.