Something Was Wrong with Nisilei

To soothe the crew's nerves, Caleb gave them three days off, so Mark had time to do his own things over the next few days.

The following afternoon, Mark and Rosalie went to the CBS building under the escort of bodyguards.

"Welcome, both of you!"

Nisilei greeted them with a professional smile.

She shook Rosalie's hand, then handed her a document. "Ms. Rosalie, please take a look at the interview questions and answer outline first. If you have no objections, I'll follow the questions in the script during the interview."

Rosalie took the document and looked it over together with Mark.

The questions were not difficult. They merely asked about their identities and professional backgrounds, their family circumstances, and the course of events from Mark's kidnapping to his rescue.

They only needed to answer truthfully, then express their gratitude to Mayor Raymond, the New York police, and the citizens at the end.

"We have no objections."

Rosalie nodded. She had no issues with the interview script.

At six in the evening, the interview officially began.

Aside from the host, Nisilei, and the interviewees, Rosalie and Mark, there were over a hundred guests in the studio.

"This little boy, Mark, was the kidnapping victim rescued through the Amber Alert Emergency Plan. The woman beside him is his mother, Rosalie."

Nisilei introduced the two to everyone.

"Clap, clap, clap..."

The guests applauded, and quite a few even cheered excitedly.

New York citizens watching the program from in front of their televisions also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Mark was safe and sound.

After learning that such an adorable child had been kidnapped by criminals, many people had been worried about him!

"Rosalie, may I ask what your profession is, and why you brought your child to New York this time?"

"I'm an actress. This time, I came to New York with the crew to film a movie..."

Rosalie first introduced herself and her background, then talked about the film's title and plot, effectively giving the movie a bit of publicity on the program.

Next, the two answered the questions from the script they had reviewed earlier. Nisilei occasionally asked Mark a question or two as well, and the filming went smoothly.

But just as Rosalie thanked Mayor Raymond for activating the emergency plan, the New York police who had searched for Mark, and the kindhearted citizens who had cared about him, an unexpected incident suddenly occurred as the interview was about to end.

A female assistant suddenly rushed into the live studio, handed a newspaper to Nisilei, and leaned close to whisper something into her ear.

After the assistant left, Nisilei's expression turned serious, and the atmosphere in the studio seemed to change with it.

"According to the latest information obtained by our station, the police found an illegally modified high-powered Electric Shock Gun in the vehicle used to kidnap Mark. It bore only Mark's fingerprints! And the kidnapper who abducted Mark died from that very Electric Shock Gun!"

Nisilei turned to Mark and asked solemnly, "Did you kill that kidnapper? And where did that illegally modified Electric Shock Gun come from?"

Hearing Nisilei's words, the guests below and the viewers watching television were instantly thrown into an uproar.

They had never expected that the vicious kidnapper had been killed by the seemingly obedient and adorable Mark!

Although Mark killing the kidnapper had been an act of self-defense, he was still only a five-year-old child.

Killing someone at such a young age would naturally draw strange looks from everyone.

Moreover, illegally modifying an Electric Shock Gun was also a serious crime.

"Ah, this..."

Rosalie immediately panicked, not knowing how to defend Mark.

But Mark remained unhurried, his face still calm.

Ever since the Electric Shock Gun had fallen into the hands of the police, Mark had known that these matters could not be concealed.

But he had not expected Nisilei, the host, rather than the police, to be the first to question him.

"Miss Winters, I did kill that kidnapper. As for that Electric Shock Gun, I modified it myself."

Mark admitted it frankly.

After all, he was too young for the police to do anything to him.

At most, Mark would face some public pressure, and he did not care about that at all.

"Mark, are you joking? You're only five years old. How could you possibly know how to modify an Electric Shock Gun!"

Nisilei could not believe it and continued pressing him. "Was this Electric Shock Gun modified by someone else, and are you taking the blame to cover up that person's crime?"

As she spoke, her eyes kept flicking toward Rosalie beside him. Her implication was obvious.

Mark caught her hint, and his guard immediately rose. Something was wrong with this woman!

From bringing the mayor to the hospital room yesterday to force him into this interview, to the assistant suddenly rushing in just now, everything seemed to have been arranged in advance by her.

And the person she appeared to be targeting was Rosalie.

No! Her real objective may be me, just like that Mutant!

Mark quickly realized something else. It looks like Nisilei and that Mutant are backed by the same person, or belong to the same organization!

If Rosalie was sent to prison for illegally modifying a weapon, he would lose his guardian and could only be sent to an orphanage, making him much easier to control!

Fortunately, Mark really had modified that Electric Shock Gun himself.

"Isn't it just modifying an Electric Shock Gun? What's so difficult about it? You only need to increase the number of turns in the transformer coil to raise the voltage, then replace the resistor with one of lower resistance to increase the current..."

Mark spoke confidently, describing in detail how he had modified the Electric Shock Gun.

"Gasp... That Electric Shock Gun really was modified by this boy? How did he know so much!"

"He's only five, yet he can do all this. He's a genius!"

"..."

The viewers and studio guests did not fully understand, but the string of technical terms spilling from Mark's mouth sounded impressive.

Nisilei clearly understood. She knew that Mark's method for modifying the Electric Shock Gun was correct.

While she was shocked by Mark's intelligence, she could no longer use this matter against Rosalie.

"Mark, you're truly a genius. No wonder you're Tony Stark's son!"

After calming down, Nisilei spoke as if she were praising him.

"What is the host talking about? This boy is Tony Stark's son?"

"Could that be possible? Tony Stark doesn't seem to be married yet!"

"..."

This time, the guests below and the viewers in front of their televisions were genuinely shocked. They had never expected Mark to have such a background.

Some people finally seemed to understand why Mark's kidnapping had caused such a huge commotion.

"Everyone, please take a look at this newspaper..."

Nisilei unfolded the newspaper the assistant had just brought over, revealing the information on its final page.

It included a photograph of Rosalie reclining on a hospital bed, with Mark lying beside her as an infant.