Wake up--"
I tie the slender man near the wall, and splash him with water from the bucket below.
The slender man who's woken up is overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the torture room and looks like he's going to faint anytime.
"You're awake. If you're going to make this hard, I'll let a pervert muscle man to turn your body into something that isn't appropriate for a groom you know?"
It was just a light joke, but the slender man nods buzzingly.
"Answer my questions, do not question back. Nod for 'yes'. Also nod for affirmation. I do not permit any other answer."
I threaten the slender man with the lines of an interrogator from some movie I've seen before.
I ask the first question while the slender man is affirming his will to answer.
"Talk about the pills. Your life will be prolonged the more you talk. Keep that in your mind while you're talking."
It seems my kind persuasion is having an effect, the slender man talks obediently.
"T-the pills were first brought by a suspicious guy called Po-Propor. He said it was a medicine for epidemic disease."
"Medicine for epidemic disease?"
Propor and the green demon can't be ones who do charity.
I take out some pills from the bag that the slender man was carrying.
A lot of them are jintan-sized but there are also some that are as big as a pachinko ball.
The pill's name is [Reborn Seed].
According the information from the AR reading, "Absorb the surrounding magic essence, increase physical strength and resistance."
The, "Medicine for epidemic disease" part is probably not a lie, but the "Absorb the surrounding magic essence" part sounds dangerous.
Expecting the slender man to know something, I decide to ask a leading question.
"--And the true effect of the pill is?"
"....You knew already right?"
It seems he knows.