Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 291 Interrogation and Planning

Beneath the ruins of Basong's manor, Guan Tong looked at the four unconscious people in front of him, thinking about the questions he would have to ask them later.

Shangyuan Zi stood aside, still somewhat shocked by the outcome even though the battle had ended some time ago.

She wasn't surprised that Shadow could defeat the action team sent by the God Child. After all, his title of "World's Number One Ascendant" wasn't given lightly; it was earned through countless battles.

To her surprise, the shadow won too easily. These official Ascendants of Sakura Inori were like toys he could manipulate at will.

How did such a huge gap come about?
Shang Yuanzi felt a little curious.

She didn't know that the reason Guan Tong was able to win so easily was because he had stored up a lot of mental energy.

And the key is that this mental energy can be converted into combat power.

He might still win if either of the two conditions is not met, but it's impossible to win that easily.

Putting everything else aside, without a large reserve of mental energy, he simply couldn't unleash his Shadow Domain, giving himself a huge environmental advantage at the start of the battle.

"I need to interrogate these people separately," Guan Tong said. "You'll be in charge of questioning your two team members first."

Shangyuan Zi nodded and asked, "After you've asked them, should we let them go back?"

Guan Tong looked at her in surprise: "What? Of course not. Have you forgotten that they came to kill us?"

"..."

"I will show no mercy to those who want to kill me and have already taken action."

After Guan Tong finished speaking, she led the action team commander and Suzuki, who had the ability to profile, to another room.

He took a bucket of water from his storage ring and splashed it on the two of them.

The cold water caused the two to shiver and regain their senses.

Upon realizing their predicament, their faces immediately turned deathly pale.

The commander looked around and, seeing that the only other prisoner besides himself was Suzuki, asked with trepidation, "Where are the others?"

“They’re dead,” Guan Tong said. “You’re still alive because I still have questions for you.”

The commander paused for a few seconds, then stiffened his neck, closed his eyes, and adopted an uncooperative attitude.

Guan Tong wasn't in a hurry to resort to any methods, and looked at the other woman: "What about you?"

"me……"

Suzuki stared at the person in front of him whose face was shrouded in shadow, never expecting the outcome to be like this.

Even now, she is still somewhat dazed, wondering how she, who was only seconded to the General Administration to handle a case, ended up in this situation after all that.

"You're not going to tell me either?"

When Guan Tong asked him a question, Suzuki shook his head: "I don't know what to say... Is there a problem?"

"Suzuki!" The commander beside him roared, his eyes wide. "I will never allow you to betray Sakura Inori, to betray the Divine Child—"

Boom!
Before he could finish speaking, Guan Tong kicked him away, sending him crashing heavily into the wall. He then lost consciousness again.

Suzuki was startled. Guan Tong said, "My question isn't urgent. Tell me about your team first."

"..."

Suzuki looked conflicted, seemingly unsure whether he should cooperate with Kantou. He also wondered if speaking up would mean betraying the Divine Child.

But if I don't say it...

She admitted that she was very scared.

Although she joined the police department as a sheriff after gaining the ability of profiling, she usually did clerical work and rarely went out on field missions or dealt with any vicious criminals.

Now, facing Shadow, even without uttering any threats, just his mere presence exerted immense pressure on her.

In particular, the scene in the forest that she can picture every time she closes her eyes, and the image of the action team members being pierced through the body by sharp shadow spears, has become her nightmare.

"I...I said."

Fear triumphed over loyalty.

She recounted everything that happened: she was originally working at the Antu Police Station, then went to the headquarters with her superior Yoshino to report, and was kept at the headquarters and joined the special task force because of her abilities. She then used the power of the spores to profile the image that confirmed the shadow's identity... and so on.

Guan Tong listened silently.

The bombing case that Suzuki previously investigated at the Antu City Police Department and the intrusion case at the headquarters that he investigated were both related to him.

Moreover, she achieved results; her profiling ability actually reconstructed parts of the scene. However, she herself said that she initially had no ideas, but after receiving the spores, her thoughts suddenly became clear.

More spores.

Guan Tong thought to himself that he had been ignoring the existence of this thing for the past few days, not wanting to develop any dependency on it.

If I can maintain this state, I might be able to pass through this rule smoothly.

But after listening to Suzuki, he realized that the spores were indeed quite useful in certain situations. They weren't just a bonus; sometimes they could even turn the tide.

"I've told you everything I know... I haven't hidden anything."

After Suzuki finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Guan Tong's face, which was covered by shadows.

She still experiences occasional throbbing pains in her brain because she tried to conduct a live profiling of him in the forest, which resulted in a severe backlash.

Guan Tong didn't say anything, leaving her aside, and went to wake up the action team commander.

"Give up! I won't say anything!" The commander, having regained his senses, still refused to give in.

Guan Tong would not be polite to this kind of person.

He took out the corpse whistle, blew it once, and three undead immediately crawled out from underground.

The commander's heart skipped a beat when he saw their blood-red eyes.

“It seems you’ve already recognized them,” Guan Tong said. “That’s right, these are the undead that appeared in the rule of the Night of the Living Dead.”

"You, what do you want to do?!"

"What do you think?" Guan Tong commanded three undead to surround the commander.

"If you don't talk, I'll let them devour you alive."

"!!!"

The commander was actually prepared to be tortured, but he thought that Shadow was not a professional after all, and the methods of torture were nothing more than beatings, which he could withstand.

To his utter surprise, the shadow actually conjured up several undead... The pain and fear of being bitten to death by these zombie-like creatures was unimaginable.

Not far away, Suzuki, sitting on the ground, was also trembling all over. Even though the three undead were not surrounding her, she was still terrified.

"Have you thought it through?" Guan Tong asked.

"..."

The commander was torn between his inner demons and his own. He looked at the three undead men staring at him with their mouths agape, and his mental defenses were rapidly crumbling.

Many warriors in ancient times preferred to die on the battlefield rather than be captured, because they feared being tortured if caught.

And right now...

The commander clearly remembered what happened after the so-called reward rules for "Night of the Living Dead" were released. He personally witnessed many people being mauled beyond recognition by the living dead.

The horrific scene was too unbearable for him to recall.

"Looks like you've made up your mind." Guan Tong ordered, "Go."

The three undead immediately roared and pounced on the commander.

This caused the latter to completely break down, yelling, "I'll talk, I'll talk! Keep them away from me!"

Guan Tong ordered the undead to retreat and asked expressionlessly, "Answer whatever I ask next."

……

After Yueming and Wuyan regained consciousness, they immediately saw Shangyuan Zi in front of them.

Although the two were not bound, they had little mental power at the moment, making it impossible for them to resist or escape.

Upon considering the situation in the forest, they immediately changed their original attitude.

“Team leader, I’m willing to continue working for you,” Yueming said first. “If you want to deal with the Divine Child, I will also help you.”

Wu Yan also said, "Me too."

"..."

“I know the team leader may find this despicable, but that’s how the strong prey on the weak. If we had known how powerful the Shadows were, we would never have chosen to be your enemies.”

"We hope the team leader will give us a chance, considering our past relationship."

Shangyuan Zixin said that it was meaningless whether she gave him a chance or not, because the shadow was the decision-maker in this matter.

However, she can ask about the situation first.

"I have some questions for you."

"Team leader, please speak freely. We will answer all your questions to the best of our ability."

ten minutes later.

Guan Tong personally interrogated Yue Ming and Wu Yan Shi again, and then went outside with Shang Yuan Zi to exchange intelligence.

The information he needed was primarily related to the Divine Child, including his location and the extent of his security detail.

Of the four, only the action team commander, who was a confidant of the Divine Child, knew something. As for Yueming and Wuyan, apart from revealing that the Divine Child promised them they would atone for their crimes by capturing Shangyuan Zi, there was no other valuable information.

Aside from meeting Shinji once and receiving a verbal word of encouragement from him, Suzuki knew nothing else about her.

“They begged me for mercy,” Uehara Yuki said, “saying they were willing to follow your orders.”

Guan Tong said, "As I said before, they came with the intention of killing us, and they did it. This is intolerable. Besides, I don't trust such a two-faced person to be my subordinate."

"...Let's leave those three aside, but I don't think Suzuki deserves to die."

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong glanced at Shang Yuanzi and said, "If you want to let her go, fine. But her fate after returning home won't necessarily be much better than death."

Shang Yuanzi nodded silently.

She knew that everyone else was dead, and only Suzuki was going back; she could imagine that he would be subjected to a rigorous interrogation.

"As long as you're alive, there's hope," she insisted.

Guan Tong was somewhat surprised: "This doesn't sound like something you would say."

"..."

"Never mind. I've already gathered some information about the Divine Child. This person must die. I plan to eliminate him before this rule ends."

Shangyuan Zi asked, "Aren't you worried about the consequences?"

"When he sent people to kill me, did he care about the consequences? Strangely, when people of high status and power bully others, people think it's justified. But when the bullied person tries to fight back, people will bring up things like the consequences or that they can't afford to offend him to dissuade him... Times have changed, Uehara Yuki."

"...I understand. I will fight for you as promised."

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong looked at her for a while, and a vague idea popped into her mind.

This idea had been brewing for a long time, and it was related to the large amount of Ascended Coins he had accumulated. The fact that he hadn't used these Ascended Coins was actually a kind of waste.

Just like in peacetime, when the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars of wealthy merchants lie in banks earning interest instead of circulating in society, it will eventually lead to an economic winter of inflation at the top and deflation at the bottom.

What Guan Tong wanted to do was to get his stagnant Ascension Coins flowing, helping more Ascensioners strengthen themselves.

"Perhaps this is an opportunity."

"Chance?"

"Hmm. I'm still thinking about it, and I'll let you know later."

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