Ryu's eyes slowly fluttered open.
His vision blurred as he felt his back pressed against a concrete slab. His mind was in a daze as he looked around in an intoxicated state.
He could barely make out the walls and ceilings as the two seemed to blur together.
He couldn't even smell anything other than the horrible stench of blood.
Where could he be?
Was he in his mother's courtyard?
Was he stuck in Tsunemori's hidden chamber?
He couldn't figure it out.
However, he wasn't at the Taira estate nor was he in Tsunemori's hidden underground chamber. Instead, he found himself in a new place built for his torture. He groaned as his body twitched from the immense pain of another round of poison coursing through his veins.
Since finding himself in this hidden prison, he had barely been conscious.