Hearing the oddly obvious question, Drai truly wanted to say, "Duh, I was the one who caught the culprit," but instead, he politely replied, "Yes, I was involved."
Instantly, the metal stakes binding him tightened, forcing him to augment himself a few levels to ease their pressure. Luckily, the chair he was sitting on was extra sturdy, otherwise it would've been crushed by his magnified weight.
"That's it. You heard him loud and clear, colonels," Lugos said before tightening his stakes a bit more since Drai didn't seem that fazed. He then added, "I thought it would be a hassle to force a testimony out of him—turns out we have a coward here."
"Stop provoking him too much, Lugos. What if he explodes like his comrade?" the man beside him said.
"I doubt he has the balls to since he just confessed in record time," a woman with purple blemishes in the middle row remarked.
At the same time, a few colonels seated at the left end of the rows were having a different discussion.
