Upon returning to Kyoto, Si Ren was placed in a solitary holding cell by personnel from the Ministry of State Security. All his personal belongings were confiscated, and he was denied any contact with the outside world.
For three days straight, he was kept alone in the room, with no interrogation and no visitors. Had it not been for the three meals a day provided to him, Si Ren truly would have thought he had been forgotten by the world.
In truth, it would have been very simple for Si Ren to leave; breaking out of an ordinary cell like this was not difficult at all.
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