Edeltraud's interrogation

In the Prussian's hotel room, a bruised and beaten chained up Edeltraud spat out blood as Red Reaper slugged her in the stomach.

"How many more swings until you get it? You've jeopardized the entire women's team with your reckless decision! Not just that, but the empire as a whole will now be under greater scrutiny due to that Hannelore actually being Hagemi. And you hid this fact from me, WHY!?" Red Reaper snarled as slugged Edeltraud in the face once more."

The other women trembled in horror as they watched the beatdown. However, amongst the terrified women, one of them was struggling not to smile. She knew this would likely be the end of two of her biggest rivals, meaning a promotion and the power that came with it was on the horizon. The only problem was Edeltraud's mouth. If she blabbed and was believed, all would be for not. Naturally, the mastermind had planned well in advance for this.

"My kaiser, please forgive me. When Edeltraud said Hannelore was Hagemi, I thought she was just joking. She always said that stuff over drinks or when taunting the Japanese team," Sibylle trembled.

The excuse wasn't well received as Sibylle received a punch to the gut, sending her crumpling to the floor, instantly.

"Edeltraud, when I asked you to clarify, you simply said Hannelore had been provided to us by Kuon, who claimed she had merely the prowess of Hagemi, but was not Hagemi herself. So why was I brought to WWCF HQ for questioning regarding Hagemi Shousen? I knew not of this nor that she would malfunction if she lost to anyone other than Kuon, which brings up why you decided to both tell me that fact and DISREGARD it yourself!" Red Reaper fumed as he shattered one of Edeltraud's ribs.

Following the conclusion of round 8, and Prussia's 0-4 loss to Japan, Red Reaper was naturally infuriated with the women's team. If it had simply been just that, perhaps maybe a punch or two would have befallen everyone, but with controversy stirring thanks to the reveal that Hannelore was Hagemi, things had gotten more complicated for Prussia as a whole.

Japan had wasted no time in issuing a formal complaint against Prussia, alleging them of kidnapping and brainwashing Hagemi to play for them. Kuon had also testified that she had learned of this only moments before the final day of the qualification tournament for the women's team began, and after being swarmed by the negative emotions due to failing to make the team, had switched federations in order to get a better chance at saving Hagemi.

Scrutiny was also given to Xiao Lin, who had been the last person on record to face Hagemi. Seeking to save her own skin, Xiao Lin wasted no time in claiming Prussia had been the ones to kidnap Hagemi following the game, further worsening the headache for Prussia.

The bigger controversy was that somehow, Hagemi was able to be given a new profile as Hannelore Schroeder while her old profile and game logs remained intact. While DESPER shenanigans were expected to be the explanation for that, not to mention Hagemi's play record now being merged with her play record as Hannelore, given Hagemi's sudden comatose state, everyone was on edge and willing to scrutinize every small nitpick under a microscope.

Since then, Edeltraud had been subjected to constant beatings as Red Reaper interrogated her for answers, as she appeared to be the one with all the answers on Hannelore. While the torture hadn't lasted straight from yesterday afternoon to this morning, they had resumed with just as much violence, with Edeltraud still stubbornly refusing to say a thing, or perhaps, too afraid to.

She was under no binding clause to remain silent, meaning she could freely tell all she knew without repercussion, or at least, without repercussion from DESPER related forces.

"If I start singing... I'm getting demoted! I already tried to hide everything for the sake of victory, but if I reveal that, the kaiser's rage will only worsen. I've gotta try and spin that I was under DESPER control when this happened... BUT HOW DO I DO THAT!? Kuon's status as a Desperado is shaky, and with how the kaiser is constantly using his power to punish rogue Desperados, I'm not sure if an excuse like that would work on him! I'd have to try brining in a third party, but the kaiser's no idiot! He'd see through it in an instant! The others are also looking for any chance at escape so it's all me. Think... THINK! HOW WILL I GET OUT OF THIS!" Edeltraud desperately thought as the beatings continued.

Then finally, she arrived at her escape hatch. "... Ingrid... Ingrid... superior..."

It was a complete desecration of her pride. Edeltraud would always boast about how she was the highest ranking female officer in Prussia, despite Ingrid truly holding that honor. For her to admit something like that, would surely add more truth to it, so she thought.

"And I was never told of this! I also ordered you NOT to field Hagemi, yet you claimed YOU outranked me when you did not and fielded her anyway!" Ingrid huffed.

Edeltraud gritted her teeth. It was on to out number two.

"Magdalena... She knew too, and chose to sabotage me by not playing. She's Hannelore's handler after all. And she was the one that first brought Hannelore to me to tell me about this!"

All eyes turned towards Magdalena. Since she had sat out the round, she had been spared from Red Reaper's wrath, yet that could all change depending on how she answered.

"Magdalena... Id this true?" Red Reaper snarled, his glowing red eyes staring directly into Magdalena's soul.

Magdalena began to tremble under the pressure, but maintained her cool. "Nein! I was instructed to be Hannelore's handler, but not once did general Ulbricht reveal any finer details on her origin. Had I been told she truly was Hagemi, I would have reported it to a superior officer. I was also ordered directly by general Ulbricht not to play in the round."

Red Reaper stared in silence.

"Oi, oi, you really trying to fool gramps with an obvious lie like that? You're Edletraud's top servant, doing all her menial tasks for her. No way she wouldn't rope you in on this both out of trust and the out of dumping it all on you," Diederich thought as he watched the interrogation with amusement.

However, this was not a two person game. Rather, it was a four person one.

"AH! Look at this! It says there's going to be a bughouse tournament today, and we can participate in it!" Sibylle cried as she stared at a notice on her WWCF card.

Red Reaper pulled out his own WWCF card and went digging for the announcement. "'All female bughouse tournament, today only'... Only the top 64 teams can partake, and we satisfy that requirement... Hmm, the requirements... Edeltraud."

"Y- Yes, my kaiser?"

"You will participate in this event. Ingrid!"

"Yes, my kaiser!"

"You were Edeltraud's superior officer, yet you failed to stop her actions. Thus as punishment, you'll be participating in this with her."

"Y- Yes, sir?"

Diederich scowled in confusion and pulled up his own WWCF card to view the news, but the moment he saw it, his malicious smirk returned. "Sounds like a fancy party. Make sure you wear a nice dress and heels," he taunted.

Red Reaper nodded in approval. "As he says, I don't want to sully our standing anymore, so the both of you are forbidden from wearing uniforms for this. And speaking of which..."

Diderich chuckled as Red Reaper ripped Edeltraud's uniform off, leaving her completely naked.

"Edeltraud Ulbricht, you are demoted to grunt. Sibylle, shave her head."

"YES, my kaiser!" Sibylle giddily smiled as she saluted and went to retrieve the tools necessary to do that.

"Magdalena, you are excused. I detected no lying, but should disseat later be discovered, execution awaits."

"Yes, my kaiser!" Magdalena saluted as she filed out of the room.

Ingrid let out a sigh, and headed for her room to change, still unaware of the fact that she too would be having her head shaved.

Sibylle then returned and promptly gagged Edeltraud before relishing in every second of her humiliation. "THEY SAID NO HAIR ALLOWED ANYWHERE! WAX AND DEPILATORY CREAM REQUIRED FOR USE IN THE SHAVE TOO! Oh Edeltraud, how I've longed to see you completely HUMILIATED!" she cackled as she drove the clippers right up the middle of Edeltraud's hairline.

As Edeltraud cried and moaned in protest, Diederich took the chance to ask Red Reaper something. "Oi, gramps, Magdalena was clearly lying. Why'd you let her off easy?"

"There was no deceit in her words or memory, but I suspect Edeltraud spoke true about her being in the know."

"Her memories?"

"Ja, I suspect her memories were altered o that she genuinely would have no recollection of those events, particularly for this moment. The unknown is who is responsible which is why the matter can't further be pursued. Edeltraud was under no such conditions and simply kept quiet, likely because she didn't think Hannelore would lose and that things would proceed well for Prussia. But she failed, and continued to hide her hand to try and play innocent. A fool like her deserves the demotion and humiliation she so feared."

"Guess you're still sharp."

"And you better not have an incident again, or that'll be you dangling from those chains being beaten and shaved bald."

"Well ain't that harsh, but lesson learned. I just gotta win, and Redfield won't complain a bit about the noise."

...

A few minutes later, Ingrid returned, now clad in a sleeveless white dress shirt along with a beige dress and heels.

"Looking fine, Ingrid," Diederich snickered.

Ingrid shot him a look of disgust as she turned her attention to the now hairless Edeltraud. Tears streaked down Edeltraud's face as she was forced to look at her nude and hairless state in the mirror, all while Sibylle continued to hurl degrading insults at her.

"Oh look, Ingrid's here. You can walk the bitch to the meetup point, yes?" Sibylle sneered as she fastened a leash to Edeltraud's neck before freeing her from the chains that bound her wrists.

Now freed, Edeltraud crumpled to the floor and trembled, both due to the pain and humiliating state she was in.

"Sibylle, she at least needs to be clothed," Ingrid glared.

Sibylle shrugged and went to her bag to pull out an orange prison jumpsuit and pair of white slip-on sneakers. Ingrid sighed and agreed it would suffice, and once Edeltraud was clothed, she took hold of her leash and dragged her out with her.

"Ah, before- Mmph!?"

"Shh, let her find out when she gets there. It'll be more fun," Diederich snickered as he uncapped his hand from Sibylle's mouth.

...

A few minutes later, Ingrid and Edeltraud arrived at the salon.

"My, and who's the bitch you walked over with you?" Melisha sneered.

"Edeltraud. Now where do we-"

"Oh, it's Edeltraud... Tell me, did you record her humiliation?" Melisha glared, a hint of anger in her tone.

"Ask Sibylle. Now where-"

But Melisha was having none of that as she shoved both Ingrid and Edeltraud into chairs, wasting no time in restraining them.

"What is the meaning of- Mmph!?"

"Shh, I'm mad. Mad I have to use this. Now let's hope Sibylle did a sloppy job, otherwise she'll be joining you two in hairless hell," Melisha glared as she pulled out a gold bottle anf began smearing it's contents on Edeltraud's head, eyes, and the spots where her eyebrows had been.

Much to Melisha's pleasure, Edeltraud's hair began to grow back, up until where it had been before all being shaved off.

"Oh Sibylle, you got me good. Now poor Edeltraud will get humiliated again!" she maniacally thought as she removed Edeltraud's gagball and glued her mouth shut.

Then the shaving began and so did Edeltraud's tears as she was now forced to watch herself get shaved bald in a prison suit.

Ingrid felt no pity for her though, but would soon be crying just as much as Irja decided to make her presence known by driving the clippers right up the middle of Ingrid's hairline. "You dressed up nice. You think this is a date? Well it is a date with bald, so buckle up, bitch, I'm gonna make you cry just as much as your pet bitch," she cackled.

Tears quickly welled up in Ingrid's eyes as she realized the full extent of her punishment was to go bald as well.

Within seconds, Edeltraud's newly grown hair was gone and she found herself encased in shaving cream once more. Ingrid soon experienced it for the first time, though that did little to halt her tears. It was difficult to tell who was crying harder as both were soon subjected to the eyebrow shave and had all exposed skin lathered in shaving cream for round 2 of the shave. Then after round 3 it was the wax and eyelash plucking. 

The depilatory cream and laser followed before the makeover was finished with the oil and the head slap, eliciting muffled and embarrassed moans from Edeltraud and Ingrid. 

"Hahaha! And you're two of Prussia's proudest! Not anymore!" Melisha cackled as she and Irja began encasing the two in beauty cream. 

Once that was done, the two were encased in pods and loaded up into the truck with the others. 

"And we finally have 8 teams. Now we just need 4 more, and the tournament is a go. And thanks to Rasputin, we just need Mifsud to give the signal and we'll surpass the minimum participant requirement with ease," Irja thought.