Takatsukasa Eiko was secured in an intricatedevice. Forced into a bent position, her waist strapped down tightly, her upper body was held upright, unable to lower her head. Her breasts were pushed through two circular openings in the front of the device, propped from below by a wooden frame that left them nowhere to hide. Her feet were locked in iron cuffs on either side, the soles exposed, together with her rounded buttocks, in a humiliating display. She was pushed into an empty room, and there she saw her daughter—Takatsukasa Shiori. Shiori was tied to a chair, completely naked, her face twisted with terror as she struggled helplessly. Her feet were secured in a heavy steel pair of leg irons placed in front of her, allowing no movement. Her normally immaculate hair now stuck out in messy tufts, strands falling across her forehead, making her young face look even paler. The two were placed side by side. Eiko, still strapped into the device, was pushed alongside the chair where Shiori sat bound. At first, Shiori didn't recognize her. Her mother's hair was disheveled, her face smeared with exhaustion—a far cry from the composed, elegant woman she remembered. But then those familiar eyes turned to look at her, and Shiori's breath caught in her throat. "…Mom?" Her voice trembled, barely a whisper forced from her throat. Eiko's lips parted, but no sound came out; only her eyes reddened instantly. "Mom! Mom!" Shiori finally broke down completely, thrashing violently against the ropes, her naked body twisting on the chair. The steel leg irons clanked a harsh, metallic sound. "How did you… you've been missing for weeks… I thought you were…" "Shiori…" Eiko's voice was hoarse, almost inaudible, as if summoning her daughter's name took every ounce of strength she had left. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" Before they could say another word, two hands lunged at them. One rough hand pressed directly against Shiori's exposed soles. The other reached for Eiko's breasts, which protruded through the wooden frame. Almost without pause, both of them burst into laughter. It was a sharp, breathless sound, forced from deep within their throats, utterly beyond control. Shiori's eyes were filled with confusion and terror—she didn't understand why she was laughing, nor what this laughter signified. But Eiko knew. She knew all too well. This uncontrollable, throat-tearing laughter was part of the torment. She had endured it for weeks and understood exactly what was coming next. And now, all she could do was watch as her daughter's laughter grew louder, unable to offer even a single word of warning—because she was laughing too, tears streaming down her face, barely able to breathe. Shiori still had no idea what being here truly meant for her. Shiori's laugh came as a shock. The moment the hand touched her sole, a tingling, unbearable sensation shot up her spine, and she let out an involuntary "Ah—ha ha!" Her body jerked like she'd been zapped. She had never even considered whether she was ticklish—the question had never crossed her mind—but the feeling from her soles answered it for her. Eiko was different. She started laughing before the hand even reached her breasts. Her lips twitched, her shoulders tensed and rose, as if making a final stand. She knew what was coming, and her body responded faster than her mind. When the fingers finally landed on her sensitive skin, she almost sighed with relief as she burst into laughter, tears welling up at the same time. "Stop… ha ha… please…" Shiori tried to speak, but the laughter chopped her words into pieces. She bit her lower lip, trying to hold it in, but only produced a stranger, choked sound. Eiko, meanwhile, had already given up. She just tilted her head back and let the laughter pour endlessly from deep in her throat. Almost simultaneously, more hands joined in the torment. Before Shiori could even recover from the assault on her soles, another pair of hands found her armpits. Fingertips traced lightly across the soft hollows. She tried to clamp her arms down, but the ropes held her fast against the chair—there was nowhere to hide. Then the hands moved upward, brushing against the edges of her breasts. Her cries became tangled in her laughter, into a strange, broken moan. Meanwhile, Eiko faced a different kind of despair. A pair of rough hands covered her buttocks, fingernails grazing across the rounded curves. At the same time, someone crouched down and began to tickle her upturned soles. Two of her most sensitive spots were under attack at once. Eiko's body went rigid for an instant, then collapsed into limpness. Her laughter became nearly silent—nothing more than a hoarse, breathy rasp from deep in her throat, as tears and drool streamed down her face. Shiori had completely lost control. Her laughter no longer sounded like laughter—it was a sharp, ragged scream forced from deep in her throat. Her head thrashed from side to side, her disheveled hair, soaked with sweat and tears, plastered against her cheeks and forehead. Her consciousness seemed to have detached from her body; her eyes stared vacantly at the ceiling, her mouth repeating the same words over and over: "Stop… ha ha… please… ha ha… stop…" She no longer seemed human—more like a small animal tortured past its limits. On the other side, Eiko was being pushed into an even more frenzied abyss. A small device was brought out. It was about the size of a fist, its surface covered with soft, subtly vibrating nubs, clearly designed specifically for tickling the anus—both the sensitive external folds and the inside. A gloved hand brought it slowly toward Eiko's anus, first letting the vibrating nubs circle around the opening, then gradually pushing it inside. Eiko's body arched violently, like a fish thrown onto dry land, a nearly silent scream escaping her lips—her voice had been completely worn away by weeks of torment. Once the device was activated, the tickling sensation from both outside and inside came simultaneously, like countless tiny insects crawling and gnawing at that most private, most defenseless place. Tears and drool streamed uncontrollably down Eiko's face. Every muscle in her body convulsed, but she no longer had the strength to cry out. All that came out was a hoarse, thread-like laugh—one after another, like a toy running out of battery. The torment had no end. Each second accumulated, every inch of skin screamed. Shiori's body began to tremble with a fine, deep tremor—not from the laughter itself, but from a deeper exhaustion settling into her nerve endings. Her laughter weakened, shifting from raw screams to broken sobs, then to barely audible gasps. Her consciousness had grown hazy, but her body still responded faithfully—toes curling, back arching, abdomen twitching. She began to understand something she had never considered before: her body no longer belonged to her. It belonged to the hands, the machines, the people watching her laugh. Eiko, the former Public Security Chairperson (Minister), had crossed that line much earlier. Her eyes no longer held defiance, not even fear. As the small device worked both outside and inside her, her body convulsed reflexively, a hollow, dissociated smile forming at the corners of her mouth. She understood. This was their new "place." Not investigators. Not mother and daughter. Not even prisoners. They were playthings—objects to be watched, to be amused by. Her body was learning to accept this fact, little by little, even as her mind still tried to deny it. The laughter in the room continued, but it no longer sounded human.