Chapter 1728: NO．342：Not good at interrogation either

NO．342：Not good at interrogation either

People should be greedy.

This is both ambition and resolve, furthermore drive, it is the foundation of desire for something stronger and better.

But if one's rationality is shaken by excessive indulgence in greed, then the result is undoubtedly this very scene.

"Surrender now, but it's probably already too late."

Standing in the corridor where emergency gel was hastily linked to regulate pressure and drain accumulated water, the puppet Aomo sighed, looking at the somewhat hunched officer.

Under the gaze of countless security personnel and the company executives who had stepped forward, Aomo also discarded the telepathic frankness that could easily be overheard here: "Your cooperation video with those people has already spread online, but perhaps more important is the loss you've caused to your company."

Although the one who shook the company's building was none other than Hapa Jiedun, the officer merely contracted his pupils at the words, turned his head to glance at the distant director, then sighed:

"Yeah, I spaced out, but at least I need to stay alive."

"You should be grateful I gave you a chance to make a comeback, after all I've already restrained myself enough."

It caused no greater corporate property loss; honestly, it merely destroyed three sections of the air corridor and led to the flushing away of six related sections by high-pressure water, totaling 221 meters.

——This detailed data appeared on the screen shown to the director by the Haiyuan Engineering Group's team leader not far away; Little Aomo only needed to manipulate the puppet and glance up to know it.

The humanoid flesh-and-blood puppet constructed from Aibulong cells also possesses extraordinary quality, not inferior to the original in sensory performance.

But having said that, such limited damage indeed reduces the liability of being held accountable; this officer's main punishment should obviously be colluding with outsiders and embezzling company property—namely demotion, suspension, dismissal, and compensation, likely also a stint behind bars, since the monster ranch also incorporates some government projects.

Indeed, possibility is just possibility; before taking a crucial step, a person's future already contains many possibilities, and what ultimately determines the actual future is concrete action.

But you cannot deny that a person's actions depend on personality, yet even more so on their vision.

A vision of how much one can see and how far.

This is also why, at many times, when onlookers of a tragedy say, "He could clearly be smarter," "He could clearly do that," the tragedy's protagonists instead choose the option that makes people sigh.

The onlookers' god's-eye view can survey the whole picture, but what the parties concerned see is merely the extent of their position's energy.

Little Aomo understood that the officer held power; even if he couldn't overpower Aomo by force, he could put on a show of desperately guarding company property, and then, by leveraging authority and connections, could turn Aomo into a criminal.

As a company executive, blaming others when trouble arises is practically an occupational instinct; the Little Devil understands this well.

Don't think that everyone Aomo has met so far looks like a good person just because he's always been in the position of collaborator, ally, or strong enforcer, and rarely had the chance to see how they handle employees and business rivals at work. On the contrary, traveling around for the development of monster-related industries gave Aomo insight into this; frequenting teahouses and banquets, he occasionally witnesses the 'unexpected developments' facing those corporate executives and how they respond.

One can only say that handling choices is routine, the handling methods are common; Little Aomo can understand these coercive inertial choices, and better understand that such inertial choices are actually based on 'they haven't yet realized what the person before them is capable of.'

It can be combat power or destructive power, but placed in this monster ranch, both performances are somewhat weakened.

Although Little Aomo feels the other side should also have contacted his intelligence and known he could easily break through the monsters' protection and crush them, the other's decision instead points to the possibility that 'the other side would also be convinced they wouldn't go all out, lest the whole ranch be buried together.'

You also have constraints; then you should be deceived by yourself—if this initial falling-out was because you realized that, Little Aomo would even praise you for having a broader view.

Then he'd complain about the error in that judgment.

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Finally, he continued with his original regret.

If that were the case, he should have voiced a more direct threat.

Let him know that what you truly intend to produce is the ability to destroy everything he currently possesses, even to destroy his future, and easily provide evidence to utterly doom him.

One can only say that Little Aomo's actions are indeed efficient.

Although he often spoke to the lovelorn Aimu Zhiji and Zhenjiling, that was merely out of a habit of liking to teach.

Otherwise, whenever he could act covertly, he would do so directly, never revealing any possible flaw outwardly.

Such a behavioral style habit, when trying to save effort, actually becomes somewhat redundant, after all it's tantamount to being a riddler.

If key information isn't released, the other party still isn't fearful enough—how can one save effort?

In the end, one still can't get past the threat of force, resulting in a spectacle with dozens of onlookers.

Fortunately, thanks to the earlier video of the Witch Beast spreading across the local network, at least there's no need to rush to have the director seal the ranch and investigate those teams illegally cooperating with monster power—the security department here has already, following the director's swift orders, detained those people.

But……

"Let me go! What right do you have to arrest me? I haven't stolen or robbed anything here!"

"Can't you give me a bit of freedom? Being stuck in this lockdown box is too unbearable."

"Give it back! Return my badge!"

"My brothers will definitely come back to rescue us! Then I'll kill you all!"

Just as their attire is unconventional, so are their remarks, each with its own style.

There was even someone paying tribute to the legendary civilization's self-destruct player Saireiburo, wailing with heart-rending cries.

But after Aomo had looked around at those immobilized in the lockdown boxes, able only to glimpse a side view through the transparent face, his first words were indeed: "Are his brothers not caught, or did they escape?"

He also didn't let the Witch Beast out for fresh air, giving the ranch folk a chance to bring up the 'illegal network intrusion' matter.

"Not caught," said the security department chief, sweating under the gazes of several, yet not forgetting to save face: "They from the start recklessly built a breach for that man, already reckless to the point of being incomprehensible, letting that fellow escape via data channel and veer toward the urban area."

"Data channel?"

Although using network transport routes these days isn't strange, Aomo still furrowed his brows.

The network environment of Heaven Gate City is far more perilous than that of the Border Gate District; just from the fact that the member of the Royal Knight Corps responsible here is a Jieshou Beast, one can tell a thing or two.

"Any analysis of data residue?" he asked.

"The officer in charge of this is still on the way."

"The interrogation as well?"

"Yes, yes, we have no right to conduct private interrogations."

"... If so, please wait a moment."

"Huh?"

"Five minutes, I'll immediately bring three police officers straight here, and also request permission to question that officer, or rather the former officer?"

"That's naturally fine, but at the same time… is this about doppelgangers or something?"

"Pretty much."