"This is Consultant Xia. He's here to see how things are going."
While Xia Xu was thinking, Zhang Qun introduced him to the man in charge inside the interrogation room.
"Consultant Xia?"
The man looked briefly surprised and puzzled, but still stood up to greet him cordially. "Hello, Consultant Xia. My name is Chen Xiao. I'm temporarily in charge of interrogating this Beastman. Just call me Old Chen."
"Hello, I'm Xia Xu, a temporary consultant helping the Special Operations Team track down these Beastmen."
Xia Xu smiled mildly. "I came to get a more detailed understanding of the situation. I hope I'm not interrupting, Chen?"
"You're not interrupting, but I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, Consultant Xia. This man's tight-lipped. I haven't managed to get anything out of him yet."
Chen Xiao shook his head with a wry smile and pulled out the empty chair beside him, inviting Xia Xu to sit.
The interrogation room was actually divided into two halves. They were in the outer section, which had tables, chairs, and other furnishings for everyday use. Farther inside was an interrogation chamber partitioned off with high-strength glass. Yu Zhengqing was inside, strapped to a specially made restraint chair.
More precisely, it should have been called a restraint bed. The chair had clearly visible telescoping and folding mechanisms. Bent upward as it was now, it was a chair, but laid flat, it could probably become a restraint bed. Metal bands locked all four of Yu Zhengqing's limbs to the metal bars along its edges.
"Would you mind if I took over for a bit, Chen?"
Xia Xu sat in the chair beside Chen Xiao, then turned toward him with a smile.
"Of course not. I'd love that. It'll give me a chance to rest, haha."
Chen Xiao gestured for him to