"Let's begin!"
Thomas had grown tired of wasting time on emotions and dialogue with Song Heping.
He realized he simply couldn't impose psychological pressure on Song Heping.
The most effective way to conduct an interrogation was to break the opponent psychologically.
Even if you couldn't do it at first, it was necessary to exert pressure through speech, creating a mental burden for the other person.
It was akin to placing a giant stone on the opponent's nerves first; using torture later would double the effect.
The dialogue with Song Heping made Thomas feel as if he were inadequately trained.
It gave him an illusion—
that he was the one being pressured.
Several strong men dragged Song Heping up from his chair and, like on an airplane, carried him to what they called a "massage bed." They then laid him face-up, and quickly bound his limbs securely.