Unlike other institutions, the Great Labyrinth City Prison was already infamous for the madness of its Soul Returner.
As early as the first exchange between the two sides, three envoys from the Second Holy See were unwittingly arrested, imprisoned, and interrogated.
Although the warden was indeed too ruthless, it was also related to the madness of the Soul Returner themselves.
After all, anyone who sees a prisoner constantly mimicking the interrogator's speech while being interrogated would be completely blushing from the inside out.
Regardless of whose fault it was, the Second Holy See did provoke the inquisitors, and the Graycast Corridor did indeed inflict severe torture.
While it's difficult to compare whether the physical injuries suffered by the three messengers or the psychological injuries suffered by the interrogators were more severe, the scarred warden has already been transferred out because of this incident.
Now that the relationship between the Theocracy and the Corridor is getting better and better, the new warden naturally wouldn't want to provoke them.
"Sir, are you really going to let that Soul Returner interrogate Suolaer?"
"A man next to the warden asked."
"Then why don't you go and replace him?"
The warden snorted:
"You're not happy that someone's doing the work for you?"
After a few casual reprimands, the warden returned to his room upstairs to await the outcome.
He never doubted that the Soul Returner would fail, because a madman of that caliber would succeed at anything.
The Great Labyrinth City Dungeon.
This place is called a dungeon, but it's not actually underground.
After all, the Great Labyrinth City is essentially an aerial city built on an open-pit mine; everything here is actually located on the real ground.
Upon entering the cell, [ Aluode ] casually leaned against a small table, brazenly placing half of his buttocks on it, forcing the recorder behind him to hold the record in his hand.
It's quite simple that [ Aluode ] would proactively apply for this task that wasn't on the list.
To ensure a successful arrest, he had previously contacted the renowned " Ginseng Rooster," specifically asking him to review his script and offer guidance.
[ Ginseng Rooster ] did not participate in this mission because he was currently acting as a strategist on the Empire- Alliance battlefield, busy advising one side.
After seeing the arrest list for this mission, [ Ginseng Rooster ] was most concerned not with anything else, but with the fact that Suolaer Aoermo, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, was actually a traitor?
When I spread rumors, I only said that the other party might be colluding with the enemy. Strictly speaking, it can only be considered suspicion, not a rumor.
But now that this has clearly been confirmed, it has caused [ the Ginseng Rooster ] to fall into a state of slight self-doubt.
So after reading the script for [ Aluode ], [ Ginseng Rooster ] asked the other party for a favor, which was to find out the whole story of Suolaer Aoermo's betrayal.
After all, it's quite astonishing that something made up on the spot actually turned out to be true. [ Ginseng Rooster ] really wants to know the truth and Drain from it so that he can continue to make accurate predictions next time.
With this request in mind, [ Aluode ] looked at Suolaer Aoermo before him:
"Are you going to tell me yourself, or should I ask you first?"
He was met with Suolaer's silence and sharp gaze.
What are you still hoping for?
[ Aluode ] shrugged:
You were there the whole time in the banquet hall, so you know what happened.
"What does it mean that all your plans have contingency plans in place?"
[ Aluode ] didn't give Suolaer a chance, and answered his own question:
"There has been a traitor among you long ago."
"Within your group, some people outwardly pledge allegiance to the Graycast Corridor, but have actually been bought off by the Skeleton Alliance, while their true loyalty remains to the Graycast Corridor."
At this point, [ Aluode ] couldn't help but click his tongue:
"Double spies, ah, how I miss them."
"With that person's existence, you should know—we already know most of the important things; the only value of your confession is that it can be used as a reference."
He took two steps forward and looked at the rising adventurer:
" Suolaer, tell us, why did you betray the Graycast Corridor?"
As he said this, [ Aluode ] took a seed the size of a peanut from his pocket and gently placed it into Suolaer's ear:
I know you don't want to say it, but you'll have to sooner or later.
"So you can think about it in your head first, and I'll pretend to interrogate you a bit."
"When you can't take it anymore, you can say what you've prepared beforehand."
[ Aluode ] gestured to the two recorders behind him:
"Speak more fluently, so it'll be easier for them to take notes, right?"
Regardless of Suolaer's changing expression, [ Aluode ] took two steps back and sat back down on the table after speaking, then pointed to Suolaer's ear.
At the same time, the adventurer suddenly noticed that his ear canal was beginning to swell, accompanied by an unbearable itch that spread from his ear canal to his limbs and bones.
His body convulsed violently, his face contorted in pain yet also bearing a resolute expression.
[ Aluode ] ignored all that, simply closing his eyes slightly and carefully manipulating the growth of the seed.
Because of the Psionic Energy, many of the cybernetic bodies and equipment in the Graycast Corridor are actually quite powerful and can easily cause damage.
But precisely because of this, if we're purely discussing the precision of the machinery, the Graycast Corridor certainly can't compare to the world where [ Aluode ] lives.
Therefore, when it comes to reaching deep into the ear canal, the free-growing root system of plants can certainly do many things that Graycast Corridor machinery cannot.
It's not that the machinery in the Graycast Corridor lacks this capability, it's just...
No one here would build a machine specifically for this kind of thing.
[ Aluode ] sat motionless on the table, but the roots of the seed were surging forward in Suolaer's ear.
After blocking the entire ear canal on one side, the tiny hairs on the surface of the root system begin to work together.
The roots even squeezed into a passage at the front, beginning to grow into other spaces.
If this continues, it won't be long before the seed's roots spread everywhere, from the Eustachian tube to the nasolacrimal duct, from the ear canal to the sinuses.
The slightest movement of a tiny hair can make Suolaer wish he were dead, and the source of all his suffering is nothing more than a plant seed known among players as the " Green Tooth Headphones ".
"Aaaaaaah!"
On the other side, Suolaer's suppressed cry of pain could be heard. This scene gave the two recorders behind [ Aluode ] goosebumps and they even leaned against each other unintentionally.
[ Aluode ] pinched his earlobe, and a voice sounded in Suolaer's mind through the Green Tooth Headphones:
"If you want to confess, just say so. Don't hold back."