"Aaaaaaah!"
Morris, Half-Treant Aggregate, let out a mournful roar:
"Mean!
Shameless!
"You're all animals!!"
As he shouted, his body continued to struggle, the immense force he unleashed almost causing the two three- or four-meter-tall Treant Aggregate on his body to bounce up and down.
However, the Soul Returner to their deaths were not at all alarmed by this.
A player pointed a dagger at Morris's back:
"Keep a close eye on your family members, this is how you use a traitor!"
Another player pointed a dagger at Morris's elderly father:
"Keep a close eye on the traitor; this is how the family uses him!"
The third player searched for a long time but couldn't find the unclaimed hostage. He brandished his knife at the air for a while, then said in a muffled voice:
"Keep a close eye on the traitor. It doesn't matter what you're looking at, just keep a close watch on him..."
[ Aluode ] sensed the serious atmosphere rapidly shifting towards a 30-minute variety show, so he immediately tried to pull it back:
I advise you not to struggle anymore.
He held a knife to an old woman's neck, using only the back of the blade, but Morris clearly couldn't see it:
"Mr. Morris, you wouldn't want your family to get hurt, would you?"
He asked in a provocative tone:
"Or are you the kind of guy who would rather abandon his family than give up his mission and still insist on defecting?"
Upon hearing [ Aluode's ] words, several players behind him began to whisper among themselves:
Why not say, "I'd rather persist in my defection than abandon my family"?
Why not say, "He was willing to abandon his family and persist in his defection"?
"I think it should be 'Only by abandoning their families can they persist in their defection.'"
"No, is there a timeline where family members survived?"
"Hey, hey, hey, can you guys stop talking about your families of origin? We're not done here yet."
[ Aluode ] looked back at the group with a hint of helplessness:
"Be serious."
"Oh, okay..."
The players fell silent again, and a (temporary) chilling atmosphere Spread from their formation.
If the earlier teasing and banter made Morris feel humiliated, then at this moment he felt that the enemy in front of him was a group of ruthless killers, and if he said one wrong word, he would have to watch his family members' heads roll on the ground.
This is terrifying... It's not even as good as before!
Just then, the old man who was being held down on the ground started shouting at Morris:
"Run! Don't worry about us! Just get out of here..."
"Hey, hey, you old geezer over there."
[ Aluode ] twirled the knife in his hand, pointing it at Morris's father:
Do you know what your son has done wrong?
The old man raised his head from the ground and looked in [ Aluode's ] direction:
"My son is a law-abiding citizen, what crime could he possibly commit?"
[ Aluode ] tilted his head upon hearing this:
"So what exactly did he say to you just now that made your whole family willingly go with him?"
The old man, who was being held down on the ground, was stunned for a moment:
"There was an accident at the banquet hall, and someone wants him to take the blame."
"Oh, so you guys didn't know anything."
[ Aluode's ] tone became playful again:
" Morris, Xiao Mo, would you like to tell your dear family about your great achievements?"
Upon hearing this, Morris's struggles immediately lessened, and the third Treant Aggregate that rushed over immediately restrained the last remaining part of his struggle.
The three Treant Aggregate then began packing up the Middle Tier prisoner, while Morris, exhausted, became unresponsive.
"Speak up! Why won't you tell me? I want to hear it."
[ Aluode ] looked at Morris with a mocking expression:
"Is it so difficult to talk about what you've done?"
Morris remained silent, and [ Aluode ] grew bored, placing the back of his knife against Morris's younger brother's neck once more.
"Don't push your luck, I'm warning you."
Looking at the scene before him, Morris, who had been wrapped up like a dumpling, finally gritted his teeth and spoke:
"I... I cut corners during the construction of the banquet hall."
That's it?
Upon hearing this, a group of Soul Returner burst into laughter. Dozens of laughs merged together, echoing repeatedly in the underground passageway personally opened by the Great Labyrinth City, creating a sound that was somewhat terrifying.
At this moment, Morris also looked at [ Aluode ] with a pleading expression, as if to say something like, "Please leave me some dignity in front of my family."
Why didn't you do this sooner?
[ The Shit Appraisal Master ] snorted coldly:
"Now you're thinking about saving face? When you were plotting to assassinate the Grand Foundry Master, why weren't you thinking about your family?"
"What?"
Upon hearing this, seven or eight gasps of surprise rang out in the underground passage, all from Morris's family members.
"Brother, is what he said true?"
" Morris, really?!"
"No, that's impossible!"
Familiar lines from crime thrillers began to flow from the mouths of the NPCs, while Morris, the person involved, was now utterly despondent and had no choice but to give up and remain silent.
The mechanical tunnel deformed and turned on its own ahead, and with the help of the Blue Dragon Navigation, the group finally arrived at a dungeon.
Here, the [ Aluode ] squad also encountered other recruited Soul Returner. Most of their teams had suffered losses and casualties, and their mission did not seem to be going as smoothly as theirs.
After handing over the captured criminals and their relatives to the actual Corridor Guard, the Soul Returner received several optional missions for the next phase.
Looking at the men tasked with maintaining order or assisting in combat, [ Aluode ] rolled his eyes and asked the highest-ranking member of the Corridor Guard beside him:
"This general..."
Obviously, the warden of the Graycast Corridor is not at the general level, but who wouldn't like being elevated like this?
The warden immediately smiled, looking at this returning Soul Returner acted with an almost absurdly swift and decisive manner:
"Thank you so much for your help. Is there anything else?"
[ Aluode ] nodded, pointing to a lone man who had been captured:
"If possible, I would like to participate in the interrogation of Suolaer Aoermo."
The warden paused for a moment upon hearing this, then forcibly suppressed the delighted smile on his face and instead said seriously:
"Yes, but a recorder from the Corridor Guard must be present to document the interrogation."
"That's natural."
[ Aluode ] nodded, then bid farewell to his companions who were preparing to do other things, and entered the cell where Suolaer Aoermo was being held with the two recorders.
Seeing the Soul Returner finally leave, the warden breathed a sigh of relief and then beamed with joy.
The reason is simple: with so many Middle Tier spies arrested tonight, interrogation is a major problem.
Among this group, Suolaer Aoermo was the most difficult to interrogate.
Unlike the other spies who were captured along with their families, Captain Suolaer Aoermo's background was actually somewhat similar to that of the Grand Foundry Master Gray Griss.
He was also an orphan.
Orphans may receive little help, but they also have no weaknesses.
Furthermore, Suolaer Aoermo is unmarried and has no children, making him seemingly an "invincible person" often mentioned online.
Interrogating someone like that won't be easy.
Especially with the crude methods used in the Graycast Corridor, it's not easy to do, so it's better to let those madmen from the Second Holy See, no, from the Theocracy, give it a try.