Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 305 Sincerity for Long-Term Cooperation

12 month 24 day.

In the early hours of the morning, the first thing Xin realized when he woke up was that he was in some unfamiliar place.

He was completely bound and unable to move.

"woke up."

Guan Tong's voice rang out.

Xin looked up and saw that the guy was standing not far in front of him.

Standing next to Guan Tong was Shang Yuanzi.

And Suzuki, who was staring at him with eyes full of hatred.

Xin's heart sank as he quickly recalled what had happened.

He was preparing to deal with Guan Tong's teleportation attack, but something happened in between. It seemed that the timing was off, and by the time he realized what was happening, he had already been hit.

“If you’re smart enough, you’ll cooperate,” Guan Tong said. “Otherwise, you’ll just be asking for trouble.”

"..."

Without saying a word, Xin suddenly bit his tongue.

With a "plop," he bit off his own tongue, and his mouth was immediately filled with blood.

Guan Tong, Shang Yuanzi, and Suzuki were all taken aback, not expecting this guy to be so ruthless.

"Boom!"

Guan Tong couldn't let Xin die, so before he could harm himself in another way, she immediately struck and knocked him unconscious again.

“It seems he won’t say anything.” After saying that, Uehara Yukari turned to Suzuki and asked, “Can you get any information using your [Profiling]?”

Suzuki shook his head: "He won't say anything, and my abilities aren't of much use anyway."

The two looked at Guan Tong, wondering what his plans were in this situation.

Even torture would probably be ineffective against such a ruthless person who bites off his own tongue as soon as he wakes up.

“This man certainly has backbone and isn’t afraid of death. But this isn’t the old days,” Guan Tong said coldly.

As long as a person is alive, they can speak.

In the era before the rules of the apocalypse, there was a suspicion that something called "truth serum" existed.

Moreover, even after entering the post-apocalyptic era, abilities and items related to "hypnotic questioning" still exist.

As long as you get one of their assistance, you won't have to worry about not being able to get information from them.

“Even if he doesn’t say anything, at least the Divine Child is indeed dead…that’s certain, right?” Shangyuan Zi guessed.

Guan Tong looked at her: "What? Didn't you think the Divine Child wasn't dead before?"

"Since this person was the prince's personal bodyguard, if the prince hadn't died, why would he abandon his duty of protecting him and go to the prison below the official residence?"

"Um……"

Guan Tong felt that Shang Yuanzi's words made sense.

If the divine child hadn't died, this guy, as the personal guard, really shouldn't have left his assigned person to act on his own.

If the Divine Child is dead, why was the snake servant still captured and treated? Does this mean that the gene mixing experiment led by the Divine Child is still continuing?
Guan Tong is currently unable to make a decision and needs to obtain more information.

At this moment, the two noticed that Suzuki was staring fiercely at the unconscious Shin, and they were somewhat eager to try their luck.

Suzuki had previously told them that after she was released, she was first interrogated at the police headquarters, and then taken away by the priestess for a second interrogation by her guards.

The injuries on her face and body were inflicted by this person during the second interrogation. The cruel interrogation methods still make her shudder when she thinks about them, and it's perfectly normal for her to hate him to the point of wanting to kill him.

“Now is not the time to kill him,” Guan Tong said to Suzuki. “He is going to die, but we need to extract valuable information from him before he dies.”

Suzuki nodded silently.

Uehara Zi asked, "Are there any items sold in the terminal market that can make him reveal information?"

“I just checked, and it’s not there. If this kind of prop were put on the market, it would definitely be bought up by a large organization.”

"Then what should we do? You don't have the ability to hypnotize or anything like that, right?"

"Just because I don't have it doesn't mean I can't find someone to help me."

……

Before six o'clock in the morning, an employee in the data department of the Countermeasures Research Office suddenly shouted "Ah!" startling the other employees on the early shift in the office.

Before his colleagues could even voice their complaints, the employee quickly said, "Shadow contacted us!"

Oh? !

Everyone in the office was surprised.

Shadow's account is constantly monitored by dedicated personnel around the clock to ensure that any posts or messages he makes can be checked and reported immediately.

It has been a long time since the last communication between the Shadow and the official account. This sudden new message is worth noting.

The employee quickly reported the message, waking Zhang Minglu, who was still asleep. Knowing that Shadow had sent a message, he immediately went to his computer to check it, without even washing up. Shadow: "I have an important and confidential matter to explain to the authorities. This matter involves many aspects and requires the head of the research lab to intervene."

The Countermeasures Research Office had dealt with Guan Tong several times, and the latter had a certain understanding of the former's organizational structure, knowing that Gao Liangwei, as the person in charge, held great power.

Zhang Minglu replied: "I am Zhang Minglu. The person in charge only went to bed at 1 a.m. and is still resting now. You can explain the situation to me first."

Shadow: "It's related to what happened to Sakura Inori recently."

Sakura Inori...

Zhang Minglu had some guesses, believing that the Shadow's contact with the authorities could only be for two things: either related to the alien spores, or related to his assassination attempt on the Divine Child a few days ago.

Shadow: "When Director Gao has time, I can connect via video."

Zhang Minglu: "Video call?"

Shadow: "You already know my identity, don't you? Since that's the case, there's no need to hide anything anymore."

Zhang Minglu: "...I'll go and have someone notify the person in charge right away."

The matter was of great importance, and Zhang Minglu didn't even have time to let Gao Liangwei get a proper rest.

As soon as he sent the message, before he even left the house, Gao Liangwei called and asked him to go to the conference room.

Three minutes later, Gao Liangwei, Zhang Minglu, and two or three other department heads gathered in the meeting room.

The Shadow's identity has indeed been exposed, but this information is currently under strict control and has not been leaked to the point where it is known to everyone.

Apart from a few leaders and investigators, no one else in the countermeasures research office knew about this secret.

"Okay, let's get started."

Gao Liangwei gestured to Zhang Minglu, who then sent a message to Guan Tong.

Shortly after, the video call between the two parties began.

When the scene appeared, Gao Liangwei and the others were taken aback.

Instead of showing himself, Guan Tong's screen displayed a large group of people!
Most of these people were looking at the camera with solemn expressions.

The scene then flips, revealing Guan Tong's face.

“Director Gao, Dr. Zhang, and a few others. What you just saw were people we rescued from the Yuze family’s secret prison.”

The secret prison of the Mizawa family?
Guan Tong's words contained a great deal of information, and Gao Liangwei immediately said, "Please explain more clearly, what exactly is going on?"

"can."

Over the next ten minutes, Guan Tong explained the Yu Ze family's activities, including setting up private prisons, arresting dissidents, and secretly carrying out a genetic mixing and modification project.

As Gao Liangwei and the others listened, their expressions grew increasingly grave. They were utterly astonished that the ruling family of Yingqi Kingdom was secretly engaging in such an extremely wicked act.

"...Therefore, with the video I filmed and so many witnesses, the crimes of the Yuze family are beyond doubt. My purpose in contacting the authorities is firstly to hope that they can temporarily house these people in China and protect their lives."

The Misawa family must have discovered the secret prison. If these people are left in Sakura, they'll be silenced. I can't protect so many people on my own, but I can send them to the territory of Hokusei.”

"Secondly, we hope that the authorities can send an Ascended Being with hypnosis or interrogation abilities and tools to interrogate the Divine Child Guardian we captured, in order to obtain more valuable information to use in attacking the Mizawa family."

"Wait a minute," Gao Liangwei asked, "There must have been dozens, maybe even hundreds, of people just now, right? How did you rescue them and get them all to Beixing?"

"This is one of my abilities."

Guan Tong certainly wouldn't explain the characteristics of the Page Shelter in detail. Even those who were rescued didn't know how they were transferred.

From their perspective, they were enveloped in something dark, and after a while, when their vision returned, they found themselves outside the prison.

Because they were shrouded in shadows throughout the entire transfer, they were completely unaware of the existence of the shelter. The only thing they knew was that they vaguely heard a few sounds that resembled those of wild beasts.

That was naturally the sound of coal briquettes.

"……I see."

The ability to remotely transfer large numbers of people was something Gao Liangwei and the others knew how scarce it was. Although it could also be done with collective teleportation devices, even the official reserves of such devices were limited, and many had been used in the earthquake rules, making them extremely rare.

Gao Liangwei stared intently at Guan Tong on the screen.

He thought to himself that we still know too little about shadows, and it was truly unfathomable how much ability this young man could conceal himself.

"Okay, I can agree to that now."

Gao Liangwei didn't hesitate. Among the people Guan Tong rescued were Yingqi's scholars and researchers, former An Dai people, and some people who opposed the Yuze family. All of these people were of considerable value.

Especially those scholars and researchers who are willing to risk their lives to oppose outrageous gene-mixing experiments—that's a demonstration of morality. Beixing naturally welcomes such people.

“Okay,” Guan Tong said. “After I send the person to Beixing, I will send the location there. Please receive and settle them in a timely manner. That’s all for now.”

"Wait." Gao Liangwei called out to Guan Tong, who was about to hang up the video call. "Shadow, no, I'll just call you Guan Tong. You said yourself that there's no need to hide anything. The information you provided is very important. I can tell you what I'll do next."

"Oh?"

"Once I receive the personnel you sent, I will convene an emergency meeting of the Human Alliance as soon as possible to make the evidence public. Then I will call on all member states, including Sakuragi's own country, to convict and arrest the Mizawa family members involved in the case, and to establish a joint investigation team to investigate that gene mixing project."

Guan Tong listened silently, feeling that Gao Liangwei hadn't finished speaking.

"To demonstrate our sincerity in long-term cooperation, I would like to nominate you as the head of this joint investigation team. I wonder if you are interested?"

(End of this chapter)