This time,
the woman on the ground no longer had the strength to resist as fiercely as before.
Forget lunging forward to struggle with the investigator in front of her.
Even the simple act of standing up took a great deal of effort to accomplish.
By the time the middle-aged woman managed to shakily stand up against the wall behind her,
Nicole raised her pistol and spoke coldly to her,
"Corona, you should know what your actions mean, so I won't bother explaining."
"Now, you can either keep resisting and I'll shoot you dead right here, or you submit and come with us peacefully to be locked up by the warden and be properly punished. At least you'd still be alive."
"Choose. This is your last right."
"..."
"Gag, gag, gag—"
The woman on the ground fell silent for a full three or four seconds, then suddenly bent over and began to dry heave, looking as pained as if she were suffering from a severe case of gastroenteritis.
Nicole, watching her quietly, frowned slightly,