As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 275 Quick Interrogation

"……I have no idea."

Xu Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "I did want to monitor the elite team of the Black Dream organization all the way to try to find their hiding place in the city."

"However, just as they were preparing to leave, I suddenly sensed an exceptionally sharp and terrifying killing intent."

"I... I don't know how to describe that feeling. It was as if someone silently appeared behind me and blew a cold breath on my neck. I could even feel that person's sharp gaze, like a scalpel, penetrating into the gaps between my cervical vertebrae."

"To be honest, I have encountered countless terrifying ancient monsters in the depths of the wilderness. On the way to Rolling Stone Fortress, I even used a trap to kill a giant earthworm that had been possessed by the remnant soul of a magnetic field warrior and had become deformed and mutated."

"However, faced with this unknown killing intent, I not only couldn't muster the slightest will to resist, but I didn't even have the courage to stay there any longer."

"I... I chose to flee in panic."

"I jumped off the rooftop in the opposite direction without looking back, and then ran as far as I could—running for seven or eight blocks before the murderous intent that was almost stuck to the back of my neck gradually dissipated."

"I'm sorry, Captain Long, I'm not aware of the latest situation of the Black Dream Organization's elite squad."

"However, on the way to escape, I seemed to hear continuous gunshots and faint explosions behind me, and sensed the ripples of psionic energy when my guardian spirit was torn apart. I don't know what happened."

Long Jianhuan was greatly surprised.

He immediately said, "No, no, no need to apologize. Your choice is absolutely correct. Dawn City is in a precarious and dangerous situation. Countless demons and monsters have already infiltrated this place, preparing to stir up trouble."

"Your duty wasn't to fight. Since you sensed danger, retreating immediately was the right choice. If there's a next time, never try to be a hero. Trust in our strength!"

She paused for a moment, as if lost in thought.

"Perhaps it's 'The Undertaker'."

She murmured, "Since the Undertaker sent me the initial clue, he was obviously also secretly watching how I planned to use it. When he discovered that the Black Dream Organization was also investigating this clue, he helped us out."

"possible."

Xu Yan smiled bitterly, "If the other party really harbors malice, I don't think I can escape the range of his killing intent."

"But why are the undertakers secretly protecting us like this?"

"It does not matter."

Long Jianhuan said, "The undertaker certainly has his own purpose. Perhaps he also wants to know what kind of huge and ugly thing is hidden behind Sheikh Krat's blood-stained crystal coin. Unfortunately, he cannot find out the truth in a short time by his own strength, so he uses us to help him investigate."

"This is a race against time, a race against death. We, the Undertaker, and the Black Dream organization all want to know the truth. We have the upper hand for now, after all, Jean-Jacques is already in our hands!"

"Then we need to force him to reveal all his secrets as soon as possible."

Xu Yan said, "The news of Jean-Jacques' disappearance can't be kept secret for long. In addition, the two fierce battles in the underground arena and Mole Street have already caused a great stir in the city. I'm worried that the big shots on Jean-Jacques's side will soon suspect his whereabouts."

“Once these bigwigs realize that Jean-Jacques has fallen into our hands, they will definitely cut ties immediately and wipe out all evidence linking him to Jean-Jacques. Then, all our hard work until now will have been meaningless.”

"rest assured."

Long Jianhuan said, "I will begin the interrogation immediately."

"Captain Long, how do you plan to interrogate him?" Xu Yan asked.

"What do you mean?" Long Jianhuan asked, puzzled. "I don't think conventional interrogation methods will be able to get this guy to talk in a short time."

Xu Yan said, "Jean-Jacques is a mining engineer by training. He is also a meticulous and intelligent criminal. He has been running the Golden Iris Entertainment Center for so many years and has many connections with the big shots in Dawn City."

“I’m worried that once he finds out he’s been secretly arrested by the Security Bureau, he won’t be afraid at all. Instead, he’ll be emboldened to ask us for the arrest warrant.”

“If we can’t produce the relevant documents, this guy will have something on us and will be even less likely to talk—he knows very well that as long as he keeps his mouth shut, we can’t do anything to him, and the big shots behind him will try every means to get him out. We can hardly keep him for even 24 hours.”

"At that time, he will be able to walk out unscathed and swagger out."

This is also the problem that Long Jianhuan is most worried about.

After all, if the Security Service could really conduct a high-profile investigation into the shady business network and criminal organization behind Jean-Jacques, they would have done so long ago.

The reason why Long Jianhuan, the "Deputy Captain of the Rolling Stone Fortress Patrol Team," was sent to do this task with a group of outsiders who weren't even official members of the Security Bureau, was that the Dawn City Security Bureau was finding it difficult to withstand the pressure from the major forces that dominated Dawn City, including Dawn Heavy Industries.

"Jean-Jacques may very well know me."

Long Jianhuan said, "Perhaps we can let Gao Ce preside over the interrogation."

“Gao Ce is a well-trained mechanic and firearms expert, but I’m afraid he doesn’t know how to extract all of a person’s secrets.”

Xu Yan said, "Captain Long, I have an idea. Perhaps we can pry open Jean-Jacques' mouth and extract all his secrets within 24 hours, no, within 12 hours."

"Oh?"

Long Jianhuan was very interested in Xu Yan's suggestion.

After all, it was thanks to Xu Yan's reminder that they were able to catch this high-IQ criminal in time before Jean-Jacques could slip away undetected.

Long Jianhuan had a vague feeling.

Xu Yan's help to the team went far beyond the scope of a card maker's responsibilities.

"Tell me."

She looked forward to Xu Yan's ingenious ideas.

"The appearance of the Black Dream Organization's elite squad gave me the inspiration."

Xu Yan said, "Jean-Jacques might not be afraid of the Security Bureau, but I wonder if he's afraid of the fanatics of the Black Dream organization?"

……

Jean-Jacques slowly woke up.

I felt as if I was being dragged out of a stinking, rotten swamp by chains deeply embedded in my flesh.

My eyes still felt so heavy, as if they had been injected with liquid alloy, that I couldn't open them.

His mind was also foggy, and his brain cells were still spinning, screaming and trembling wildly, making it impossible for him to concentrate on thinking.

After catching his breath for a while, he regained some of his senses. The only image he could recall was of those guys wearing black hoods who roughly dragged him out from under the car and injected him with a murky, yellowish-brown liquid using a large syringe that looked like it had been stolen from a veterinary hospital.

(End of this chapter)