"You... you..." Gustav's lips trembled with rage. He pointed at Nie Yun, unable to get a word out for a long moment.
"Ahem! We'll continue investigating this matter. The truth serum only lasts so long, so let's get on with the questioning!" the committee leader said with a cough.
By now, he bitterly regretted his decision. What possessed him to use truth serum in the first place?
Now his scheme had backfired spectacularly. If another Sea Race commander got dragged into this, it would be an enormous scandal for the Sea Race!
A legion commander plotting to ambush and kill the chairman's son? That would amount to an outright declaration of hostility! How much would they have to pay to smooth things over?
"Heh! Get on with the questioning? How many more big shots are you planning to implicate, Committee Leader?" the deputy leader sneered.
"Uh..." Cold sweat began beading on the committee leader's forehead.
They had actually asked everything they needed to. The "facts" proved that Alsace hadn't lied, and he genuinely feared that, just as the deputy leader suggested, further questioning might reveal more "inside information" and blow this incident up even further.
This had been a complete disaster of a game of "truth"!
"Ugh..." Just then, Nie Yun clutched his head and groaned in pain. His eyes gradually cleared.
The truth serum's "effective duration" was up!
He looked around in bewilderment, then spotted Gustav glaring at him with bloodshot eyes.
"What... happened?"
While truth serum was in effect, the subject's subconscious supplanted their conscious mind, leaving them with no memory of anything they had said.
The deputy leader immediately waved a hand and had the recording they had just made played for Nie Yun.
"Ah! So I actually... said it..." Nie Yun shook his head and sighed.