After a morning of detailed investigation, Kellogg and Kane discovered that Leonard was not a careless person. On the contrary, he was afraid of death and was very cautious in life. Even if no abnormal signs were found at the scene of his fall, it would still be hard to convince people by explaining it as an "accident", and the possibility of "homicide" could not be completely ruled out.
The only guides the deceased had contact with before his death were Mor and Yu Ran. Mor was a very powerful healing guide, and Kroger was very familiar with him. His white elk had no attacking ability. The biggest suspect at present was Yu Ran, who appeared on the deserted planet and was very unfamiliar to everyone.
What is Yu Ran's origin... Kellogg has his own way of interrogation.
As the ace interrogator of the Investigation Department, his interrogation methods were not gentle, and most of the sentinels would be exposed under his mental interrogation. Relatively speaking, the guide's mental barrier was more difficult to break through than that of the sentinel, so he would suddenly attack Yu Ran when he was unprepared, so that he could see Yu Ran's more real spiritual world.
In front of him was a clear lake the size of a football field, surrounded by thick white fog. This was a common mental image for C-level guides, and they could see the end at a glance.
The little fox was so frightened when he saw the dense swarm of butterflies approaching that he huddled up and trembled. The colorful butterflies quickly surrounded him. The little fox wanted to escape, but there were too many butterflies, surrounding him from all directions, leaving him with no way to escape.
In a blink of an eye, the butterflies carried the fox high into the sky like a tornado.
As the spirit body separated from the original spiritual picture, a strange world appeared before Yu Ran's eyes—
It was a closed interrogation room. Yu Ran sat alone in the middle of the room. A beam of light shone on him, which was extremely dazzling. Looking around carefully, he could vaguely see some strange torture instruments hanging on the wall, with blood stains on them.
The little fox was suddenly brought to a completely unfamiliar spiritual world, and even its fur stood up in fear.
People are more relaxed and easier to disguise in familiar environments, but they will become nervous involuntarily in unfamiliar environments and are more likely to be exposed.
Kellogg's interrogation method of forcibly taking the suspect away from his original spiritual world and locking his spiritual body into a small dark room can easily cause people with poor psychological quality to collapse.
A voice sounded in the house: "What's your name?"
Yu Ran was so scared that his voice was shaking: "My name is Yu Ran."
"What is your relationship with Leonard?"
"I don't know him, I just know he's the commander of the base."
"Why did you go to the hospital at 9am this morning?"
"To say goodbye to my cousin."
"Did you use your mental tentacles to touch Leonard at the hospital?"
"No, I don't know how to use mental tentacles."
The wall in front of Yu Ran suddenly changed into another scene—on a high-rise building, an obese middle-aged man suddenly fell from the window, his eyes widened, staring straight at Yu Ran, and then, the man's head hit the ground with a "bang" in front of Yu Ran, his skull shattered, and rich blood spurted out.
"..." Yu Ran covered his eyes in fear. The visual impact of the bloody scene made the boy tremble all over.
"You are a family member of the victims of the mining accident on November 21. Leonard is related to the mining accident. You have a motive for committing the crime - you want to avenge your parents, right?" The voice in the interrogation room became sharp and cold.
"Yes!" The young man seemed unable to bear the mental pressure and finally choked up and said, "I want him to die. All of us here want him to die! A beast like him doesn't deserve to live! He killed 127 people, and he also embezzled the compensation money issued by the federal government. We, the families of the victims, didn't get a single cent!"
Intense negative emotions surged in the interrogation room. Was this his true thought deep in his heart
Seeing that the interrogation was effective, Kellogg immediately asked, "So, you killed him?"
Yu Ran was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, his voice a little hoarse: "I want to kill him, but there are many sentinels protecting him, and I can't get close to him at all... I hate that I am just a C-level guide and I can't control my mental power! If only I were an S-level guide, I could use my mental power to mess up his emotions and make him die in the most painful way! Oh, by the way, he should spit out the money before he dies! The compensation for the families of the 127 victims is tens of millions of star coins!"
"..." Kellogg frowned. The boy's words sounded childishly naive.
He was indeed a victim of a mining accident, and he really wanted Leonard to die. This secret dark thought was revealed during the interrogation.
—But he is not the murderer.
He had the motive but not the ability to commit the crime.
Kellogg fell into deep thought as he looked at the trembling boy in the interrogation room who had revealed his deep negative emotions.
Even an S-level guide couldn't use mental tentacles to control Leonard in the office building from a hospital two kilometers away. Moreover, Lu Zexuan was right next to him at the time. Once he used mental tentacles to control other sentinels from a long distance, he would have to concentrate his mental power, and Lu Zexuan would definitely discover what he was doing.
While dragging Yu Ran and Bai Hu into the "small black room" for interrogation, Kellogg was also carefully observing Yu Ran's original spiritual world.
The thick fog surrounding the lake had not changed at all, indicating that his mental image was indeed only as big as the one before his eyes.
However, there were many negative emotions above the lake, all of which were what he saw at the mining accident site at that time—the bloody faces of the dead, the pregnant woman crying while hugging her husband's body with a big belly, the child who collapsed and screamed after losing his mother, and the old man who collapsed on the ground after seeing his daughter's body...
127 human bodies were laid out side by side at the scene of the accident; the scene was like hell on earth.
Suddenly, the lake in front of him began to shake violently, and the entire spiritual world shook like an earthquake. There were even obvious cracks in the sky. Kellogg immediately took back the butterfly and released the little fox. At the same time, he shouted to the two guides beside him: "Moir, Joseph... Quick, save him! His spiritual picture is about to collapse!"
Joseph was horrified and asked sternly: "What did you do to my Yu Ran?!"
More and Joseph immediately came to the bedside and stretched out their spiritual tentacles at the same time. The two white spiritual tentacles carefully reached into Yu Ran's spiritual world. The boy's spiritual picture was indeed shaking violently, and countless negative emotions almost swallowed and drowned him completely.
The spiritual world of a guide is usually much more stable than that of a sentinel, but Yu Ran is different. He is a newly awakened guide and he cannot control his mental power yet. His mental picture is not stable enough. Kellogg also uses the method of "interrogating cunning criminals" to deal with him, forcing out all the negative emotions deep in his heart, causing the poor boy to almost have a mental collapse!
Damn it, Kellogg!
At this moment, both Joseph and Moore hated the interrogator from the Investigation Department.
How could they treat our little guide so violently!
Fortunately, both Joseph and Mor had healing abilities, and they worked together to help Yu Ran sort out his spiritual world. The white spiritual tentacles moved flexibly, quickly dispelling the negative emotions one after another, and the violently shaking lake gradually calmed down under the careful soothing of the two.
Yu Ran's mental picture returned to its original state, but the little white fox was seriously injured and lay dying by the lake.
The two withdrew from his spiritual world.
Joseph turned his head with a sullen face and stared at the blond young man in front of him: "Kellogg, are you satisfied now? You almost killed my little guide! If Mor and I hadn't been there, he would have been mentally broken and turned into a madman by your interrogation today!"
Moore also criticized: "Are the methods used by your investigation department too violent?"
Lu Zexuan looked at Yu Ran who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. The young man was covered in cold sweat and his clothes were soaked with sweat. His lips were as pale as paper and his face was bloodless, as if he had a serious illness. He looked so weak that it was heartbreaking.
Lu Zexuan frowned, looked at Kellogg coldly, and said, "Have you finished the interrogation? If you have nothing else, please leave."
Kellogg, who was hated by a group of people, had a bead of sweat on his forehead. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean it. I'm glad Yu Ran is okay. Next..."
Lu Zexuan said coldly: "Don't worry about it from now on, we will take good care of him."
The order to expel guests has been made very clear.
Kane tactfully pulled his companion Kellogg's sleeve and said, "General Lu, excuse me for interrupting you. Let's go back and write the investigation report first."
The two men fled from the Falcon starship.
Yu Ran was still in a coma. Joseph patted his head with a distressed look on his face. "Poor kid, it must be painful for a C-level guide to have his spiritual world forcibly invaded by an A-level guide. Don't be afraid, I'm here. From now on, that Kroger won't be able to get close to you."
Lu Zexuan whispered, "Madam, he needs to rest now, give him some time."
The Josephs stood up and said, "Okay, let's all go out and let him have a good rest."
The three of them walked out of the room one after another, and Moore closed the door considerately.
Not until everyone had walked away did the "sleeping" boy on the bed frown slightly and begin to repair his spiritual world.
The A-level guide with professional interrogation skills was indeed difficult to deal with and consumed a lot of his mental energy.
Yu Ran stood in the middle of the primeval forest, looking at the devastation around him, and thought of a saying - when one day you fall into the hands of the enemy and face the most rigorous interrogation, if you want to hide your true purpose, then you should "show weakness to the enemy" and give the interrogator a little sweetness, so that he will think he has obtained effective information, and he will let you go.
Kellogg thought that he had forced out Yu Ran's negative emotions and knew the boy's true thoughts deep in his heart.
However, he didn't expect that Yu Ran took the initiative to show weakness and deliberately let him know.
The lake shook violently, and the mental picture almost collapsed. This was also a false impression that Yu Ran deliberately showed him in order to drive away his flock of butterflies.
In the primeval forest that stretched beyond the border, many trees withered and collapsed. It was obvious that Yu Ran had consumed a lot of mental energy this time. The little white fox was indeed too tired and needed to sleep to recover his energy. The nine-tailed fox was hiding well in the depths of the forest and was not exposed.
Yu Ran gently stretched out his hand, and healing green tentacles spread from his fingertips. Those green tentacles were like wildly growing vines, moving quickly in the depths of the forest. Wherever they passed, the originally collapsed and withered trees seemed to be injected with powerful vitality, and they magically stood up and became full of vitality again.
This is the powerful healing and repair ability that Yu Ran possesses.
The boy repaired his mental image faster than More and the Josephs combined.
The author has something to say:
The Sentinel Guide's ability system in this article is complete, and the guide's abilities are divided into two major directions: "healing" and "attack".
World Background: Guides and Sentinels have equal status.
(End of this chapter)