"Yes, Captain. I'll increase the strength of the hypnosis immediately."
After hearing the woman's instructions from the camera, Du Xiaohong immediately acknowledged them, then waved the Golden Pocket Watch before Wang Yu's eyes and began swinging it in a steady rhythm.
Beside her, General Wei's expression shifted slightly, but he said nothing more.
As the strange golden watch swung rhythmically, Wang Yu's gaze involuntarily shifted from the silver pen to the pocket watch.
His head remained motionless, but his eyes moved slightly from side to side with the watch. Its ticking grew loud, then soft, sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, sounding distinctly jarring.
The bewilderment gradually faded from Wang Yu's face, leaving it utterly expressionless, as though a thick mask had been laid over it.
Seeing this, the long-haired woman slowly moved the Golden Pocket Watch toward the space between her brows, and Wang Yu's eyes followed.
Suddenly, she whisked the watch away, and Wang Yu found himself looking straight into her eyes.
"No. 1, you can let go of everything now. Slowly recall what happened just before you fell asleep. Tell me everything you remember. Don't leave out a single detail..."
A fluorescent sheen appeared in Du Xiaohong's eyes, making anyone who looked into them feel as though they could never pull away. Her voice was soft and slow, filled with indescribable warmth, like a beloved relative whispering in one's ear, yet her face was ice-cold, creating an extraordinarily eerie contrast.
General Wei also turned his head aside, seemingly just as unwilling to look into Du Xiaohong's eyes at that moment.
"What happened before I fell asleep... I was sleeping when I suddenly heard a knock at the door..." Wang Yu murmured in response. His face remained utterly expressionless, but he really did begin recounting events as though talking