Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 329 Deception
Michael's symptoms were all too familiar to Milo.

He was in charge of the York family's sea smuggling route, and those two cargo ships at the dock were the ones he brought back to the country, so you can imagine what the "horrible thing" he saw in the cabin was.

Looking at this guy's current state, he's a typical example of someone with extremely low sanity. Coupled with being inexplicably betrayed by Grace, his mind is starting to go haywire under this double blow.

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“You know, strictly speaking, you don’t have the authority to interrogate him right now.” Rebecca glanced at the outline of the pistol tucked under Milo’s coat and added, “You only have five minutes.”

Milo grinned: "You're getting more and more understanding."

Before she could finish speaking, Rebecca slammed the door and left.

...

Milo closed the notebook, pen between his fingers, and turned his gaze back to Michael.

"Don't worry, don't worry, you're just temporarily confused, I can help you."

In the dimly lit interrogation room, Milo's eyes began to glow with the eerie blue-green light that old Theon had seen before.

Michael was drawn to the sudden light source, and when he looked up at Milo, his expression immediately froze.

Soon, he saw the giant, pale monster he had encountered in the ship's hold during his voyage.

The difference this time was that the monster was standing on the deck of the cargo ship, with the bright moon hanging high in the sky and the sea breeze howling. Michael was forced to the edge of the deck, and the hideous eyes that covered his entire head were getting closer and closer to him.

He could even feel the foul, hot breath exhaled from the monster's mouth and nose.

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In this way, Milo easily stirred up Michael's deepest fears.

He has clearly figured out the trick to dream manipulation.

Fear is the most direct way to induce dreams in living beings, which differs from the approach of Grackhi.

...

At this moment, from Michael's perspective, he vaguely realized that he was no longer standing on the cargo ship's deck, but back in the interrogation room. However, behind the dim light, across the interrogation table, was no longer Milo, but a hunched-over hybrid monster!

Its raised spine and bone spurs almost reached the ceiling of the interrogation room, and its limbs and claws were tucked in as much as possible to fit into the narrow interrogation room.

Its arms were crossed over its chest, and all the eyes on its long-haired, menacing face were staring at Michael.

Michael felt as if he had been stuffed into a narrow little box with a monster, and the sense of confinement, oppression and fear was amplified to an unprecedented level.

...

"Great, got you, hehe."

In the real world, Milo smiled faintly.

Michael in front of him had completely entered a dazed state, or to be more precise, he had been controlled by the dream, which was roughly the same as deep hypnosis.

"Tell me everything in detail, and remember, you can't lie."

Milo reopened the notebook and spoke to Michael.

This time, Michael stopped his erratic and nonsensical behavior and nodded solemnly at Milo.

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He answered all of Milo's questions in a very fast-paced manner.

The entire process took less than five minutes, and basically all the details and clues that Milo needed to grasp were recorded.

This includes details about the York family's previous business dealings with the Solomon Islands colony, and the fact that a total of 35 hunters were on the two cargo ships used for smuggling.

All we can say is that Michael's sanity was reduced just right. He was so terrified by the hybrids on the ship that he abandoned the dock and ran away without looking back, never returning to his own estate, thus escaping a massacre. But these clues alone are not enough.

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Milo felt he should lure Michael in a dream because during the half-hour interrogation, he noticed the mixed-race people who had been lingering on the outskirts of the city were moving inland.

Just as he locked onto Grasso, as long as the Dream Link was established and never severed, Milo could find the hybrid's location, no matter where it was hiding.

And unsurprisingly, the hybrids and the hunters were together.

The hunters have clearly shifted their position; they've summoned hybrids somewhere on the outskirts of the city, and the hybrids are moving toward that area.

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Looking at the gift that Ms. Castor had delivered to his door, Milo smiled kindly.

He was just wondering how to spread the news, hehe.

"Listen, what you're about to do is very simple..."

...

Five minutes was exactly five minutes; there was no timeout at all.

When Milo pushed open the door to the interrogation room, Rebecca was standing outside the door, keeping time for him.

Seeing Milo come out, she put away her pocket watch and asked, "What do you mean?"

"After much persuasion, he finally told the truth."

As Milo spoke, he put the notebook into his pocket, showing no intention of handing it to Rebecca, and continued:
"He said he knew where the hunters' organization had moved to."

"Then what are you waiting for?!" Rebecca raised her hand and gripped the gun at her waist, about to give an order to the hall below the courtyard.

But Milo stopped him.

"My goodness, can you please calm down and let me finish what I have to say?" Milo really wanted to cover Rebecca's mouth, but he was afraid of accidentally strangling the seriously injured woman to death.

"Do you think the patrol team will tolerate you acting on your own like this? You should know that everyone there holds a higher rank than Nero. Besides, the official statement is that all the hunters have been killed, with only a few remnants still on the run. How are you going to explain this sudden action? And don't forget, the patrol team may not actually be willing to fight the hunters to the death."

Milo's words successfully calmed Rebecca down.

She's not stupid; she just doesn't want to think about these winding, complicated things.

She stared at Milo with wide eyes for a while before asking, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Milo continued his deception: "I've already said the same thing to that kid in the interrogation room once, and he took it to heart. In fact, he's more eager than anyone to kill those hunters and avenge his family. So, my suggestion is that we release him and pretend he was never here."

"Are you kidding me?" Rebecca raised an eyebrow.

Milo looked intently into her eyes and said, "If you want to solve the case, you have to force the patrol team and the hunters to fight. You should understand what I mean."

……

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Half an hour later.

Michael, the sole heir of the York family in Nanwei City, appeared at the gate of the law enforcement headquarters in a bizarre manner.

He shouted the names of county councilors and high-ranking officials from law enforcement, crying at the top of his lungs to avenge the York family. This attracted a large crowd of onlookers, and the street quickly became congested.

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(End of this chapter)