When the spirit wearing blood-stained red pajamas heard the word 'bathtub', her pupils suddenly contracted, and even her shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"As expected..." Asagiri Utsunomiya noticed the change in her emotions, showed a satisfied yet savage smile, and said softly, "Since that's the case, it's easy to handle."
As the words fell, Asagiri Utsunomiya grabbed the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's wet black hair, dragged her, pushed open the stairwell door, and entered the corridor.
Seeing this, Asuna Yuuki looked up at the floor number displayed above the stairwell, confirmed that this was the seventh floor of the Hotel, and quickly followed.
Asagiri Utsunomiya pulled the female vengeful spirit's hair with one hand. After entering the corridor, he immediately found a nearby room, directly kicked open the door, and then dragged the struggling vengeful spirit inside.
"Violet, go into the bathroom and fill the bathtub with water."
Hearing Asagiri Utsunomiya's order, and seeing the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit, who was being pressed to the ground by Hitoshura, struggling non-stop, but could only make almost inaudible whimpering sounds because her mouth was stuffed with that arm, Asuna Yuuki didn't hesitate at all. She nodded directly and silently, then entered the bathroom and turned on the bathtub faucet.
Along with the sound of rushing water, the water level in the bathtub gradually rose.
While waiting, Asuna Yuuki wasn't idle. She carefully observed the environment of this bathroom, not wanting to miss any detail that could provide useful information.
Just as she had guessed; this Hotel was indeed a very high-class. Not only the suite where the Players first entered the dungeon, but even this ordinary double room had a bathroom with wet and dry separation, with three separate compartments for the bathtub, shower, and toilet, separated by opaque frosted glass.
Asuna Yuuki tried turning the faucet handle, but only cold water came out.
"Is the water heater broken?"
As the young lady of a wealthy family, Asuna Yuuki knew that high-end Hotels like the one they were in wouldn't install household water heaters in the rooms. Usually, they used large gas boilers, and then transported hot water to the rooms on each floor of the Hotel through pipes via a water tank.
Asuna Yuuki silently noted this information. After all, forty minutes had passed since entering the dungeon. If it weren't for the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit who was... uh, who was 'captured' by Asagiri Utsunomiya, this place would look exactly like a normal, operating Hotel.
The corridor lights were on, indicating that the power supply hadn't been interrupted. There was no bloodstain or anything on the carpet and corridor walls.
To be honest, the horror atmosphere was far less than the previous dungeon, 'Mount Massive Asylum'.
The only potential clue now was the small detail of no hot water in this Hotel that otherwise seemed to be operating normally.
"Is the water ready?"
Hearing Asagiri Utsunomiya's question, Asuna Yuuki turned around, looked at Asagiri Utsunomiya holding the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's long hair with one hand, and nodded with a slightly complicated expression, replying, "Yes, almost."
"Okay, then let's begin." Asagiri Utsunomiya said as he dragged the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit in first, then glanced at Asuna Yuuki and asked, "Do you want to watch, or wait outside?"
"Aren't you underestimating me too much?" Asuna Yuuki asked as she crossed her arms over her chest, frowning slightly. Then she said, "Isn't it just immersing it in water and torturing it? It's not human. Don't worry, I won't have any pity for it."
"With your words, I feel relieved." Asagiri Utsunomiya replied with a smile first, then walked to the bathtub, directly pulled the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's hair, knocked her head heavily against the edge of the bathtub, then squatted down, looked directly into her eyes which were trembling and filled with fear the moment she saw the water surface in the bathtub, and shook his head as he said, "Never mind. It has come to this point, and I won't bother to continue verbal negotiation with you, and you're not worthy of listening. After suffering a bit, you'll understand. But even if you don't understand, I don't care. It's a good opportunity for me to test if water can drown a spirit, and if it can, how long exactly it takes."
Afterwards, Asagiri Utsunomiya stood up, and Hitoshura entered the bathroom. The tall black figure was extremely oppressive. Then, under Asuna Yuuki's shocked gaze, Hitoshura tore off the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's other arm and both legs as if tearing a rag doll.
Seeing that scene, Asuna Yuuki felt some physical discomfort, but she knew this was the most secure and efficient method, so she didn't say anything. She just watched Asagiri Utsunomiya dismiss Hitoshura, then held the female vengeful spirit's hair with one hand, and slowly immersed her body into the bathtub.
"*Mumble, mumble, mumble!!!*"
The moment her body touched the water surface, the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit suddenly squeezed out a shriek from her throat, seemingly wanting to scream, but that arm was still stuffed in her mouth, so she could only make almost inaudible whimpering sounds.
"There's no pain, and it will be over soon." Asagiri Utsunomiya said this first, but then added with a smile, "Of course, even if you're in pain, I don't care. The more pain you're in, the more fun I find it, so keep up the good work."
"*Mumble, mumble, mumble!!!*"
Just as Asagiri Utsunomiya was about to press the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's head directly into the water, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Asagiri Utsunomiya held the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit, who had lost her limbs, with one hand, and took out his phone from his pocket with the other, opening the app with the eye icon.
['Job: Diplomat' passive effect has been triggered.
[Diplomacy method: Intimidation
[Diplomacy effect: Outstanding]
"The notification saved you."
After reading this notification, Asagiri Utsunomiya said with a smile and picked the Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit up again, then threw her onto the ground, reached out, removed the arm stuffed in her mouth, and revealed a gentle smile as he said, "Since that's the case, I'll give you a chance. Can you talk?"
The Bloody Pajamas Vengeful Spirit's body trembled, wanting to curl backward, but her limbs had been torn off by Hitoshura, and she couldn't even do such a simple movement.
Facing Asagiri Utsunomiya, who was looking down at her coldly, her body trembled like a sieve. After a few seconds, the bloody pajamas on her body suddenly gradually lost their bloodstain, turning into a somewhat dull yellow-white, and she said with a hoarse sound, "Yes... I can talk..."