CHAPTER 330: CHAPTER 210: SILENCING WITNESSES

Chen Weiyu truly wanted to dig out those three people; she’s never been at ease about it.

However, Wei Wushuang was also an A-level, and paid her no heed, simply telling her to investigate the people in the Gorge first.

In the end, she could only express with frustration, "Tomorrow a Supreme from the Gorge will arrive, and I hope you’ll still be this tough then."

Wei Wushuang nonchalantly replied, "I sincerely hope that in the time you’ve delayed, no more rebels have escaped."

Chen Weiyu could only take the person back and interrogate through the night.

Although she held a grudge against those three, she was also ruthless towards her own traitors—she just didn’t want outsiders to conduct the interrogation.

The Gorge had more advanced truth serum, even Ultimate Warriors could not withstand it.

Unfortunately, this C-level Warrior had undergone relevant training and resisted the effects of the truth serum.

When the dosage increased to a certain level, Chen Weiyu knew she couldn’t add more.

If she turned the person into an idiot, even she couldn’t escape some suspicion.

Anyway, with the Supreme coming to Central City tomorrow, she wouldn’t need to make decisions.

But she couldn’t just sit back and do nothing, so Chen Weiyu ordered measures to be taken with this guy to find a breakthrough as soon as possible.

The C-level driver was indeed tough, enduring one punishment after another.

Chen Weiyu observed until dawn, then suddenly realized an issue.

"Could it be that my presence makes some measures inconvenient to use? I’ll go rest for a bit."

She said rest, but it was impossible, as the massive rebel assault was significant and severe enough.

She and the other two A-levels from the Gorge came as the vanguard, ensuring the surrounding safety was essential.

She patrolled for most of the night, seeing dawn was near, pondering whether to nap for a while, when bad news arrived.

Bellani... who was that C-level driver, was dead!

This was really a bit much; after all, he was still being interrogated and died just like that in broad daylight.

There were two people interrogating him on site—no more, as it involved an insider, and the testimony needed secrecy.

Outside the interrogation room, there was one person on guard; though he couldn’t hear the interrogation, he ensured no one could approach silently.

Moreover, two people monitored the interrogation room through surveillance; they couldn’t hear sounds but could detect any anomalies at any time.

This meant at least five people were watching this interrogation.

Even though the rebels in Central City hadn’t been completely cleared, the Gorge sent people primarily to support.

Under such circumstances, pulling this many people for this matter showed significant emphasis.

However, even under such high attention, Bellani died!

Chen Weiyu, furious, cursed outright, "Are you all a bunch of corpses? Wait till I get back to deal with you!"

Yet when she angrily rushed back and asked for specifics, she was a bit dumbfounded.

Bellani never spoke; as dawn approached, he finally said: I’m hungry, want something to eat.

Actually, starting to speak was a good sign, but the interrogators were experienced, immediately taking advantage.

Hungry? Confess clearly and you can have food, otherwise... stay hungry.

The two interrogators even prepared some aromatic snacks and ate heartily in front of him.

Bellani merely smiled without any reaction.

Seeing this, the two understood they likely couldn’t achieve their goal and decisively changed tactics—let’s give you a share.

Interrogation is like this; threats and inducements, body torment, and mental strain can be used, but one must also play the emotional card.

The midnight snack they were eating, sharing some... shouldn’t be a problem, right?

Even the utensils were shared.

Moreover, worried about potential issues with the food, they conducted a simple poison test.

It turned out the snack indeed had no poison, and the two ate happily, so sharing some wouldn’t hurt, right?

To be more extreme, if there was slow-acting poison, they would be the first to exhibit symptoms, right?

If they showed signs, they could arrange for Bellani to be rescued while being rescued themselves... isn’t this enough?

Yet, the bizarre happened, they were fine after eating, but Bellani died bleeding from all orifices.

He died as swiftly as could be; saving him wasn’t even an option.

However, the team wasn’t clueless and immediately understood, "Damn... mixed poison!"

The snack itself was non-toxic, Bellani was healthy, but his body contained a substance no one else had!

This substance reacted with the snack to create a deadly poison, thus called mixed poison.

But mixed poison... after the incident, people could react, but who could have anticipated beforehand?

It was so rare and unlikely; it was already cautious for the interrogators to pre-test for poison!

Everything that could be done has been done; those inevitable factors... if they could be prevented, would they still be called inevitable?

When Chen Weiyu rushed back, a few people were staring blankly at a corpse—it wasn’t Bellani’s, but the chef’s.

With so many people coming to the gorge, food was a major issue. The local food wasn’t inedible, but ultimately not suitable.

Regardless of safety or decency, it’s fine with fewer people, but with more, it’s best to cook on your own stove.

So this chef was an ordinary person, and his cooking had always had a good reputation.

The two interrogators didn’t even consider safety issues when they wanted a midnight snack.

It wasn’t until they were about to give some to Bellani that they asked the chef: This energy-boosting snack, is it suitable for the weak?

Bellani couldn’t be considered weak, but being under a restriction, you could say he was a bit weaker.

The chef said it was fine for him, and that ended the matter.

When Bellani was poisoned to death, it was initially determined to be a mix of poisons, and they immediately sought out the chef.

But the chef had already become a corpse, also poisoned to death.

He was poisoned by Poison Qi, a fast-acting neurotoxin, and his death was... extremely gruesome.

The person is dead, nothing more to say about that; next, one should find out who killed him.

But... that’s impossible to investigate because the poison canister was found right in his house, hidden at the bottom of a wine barrel.

The most frustrating part is that the canister’s switch was opened by remote control, allowing the culprit to commit the crime without being present.

This situation was quite disheartening for everyone, not that it couldn’t be investigated, but it was just too difficult.

Chen Weiyu was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "There’s still a mole, huh? This time Wei Wushuang must be mocking me!"

Boss Chen was angry, exuding a strong presence, the whole room’s air became hot, as if it could burst into flames at any moment.

Someone couldn’t handle it and timidly said, "Isn’t the Supreme Council coming tomorrow? Maybe they have a way."

"Just the Supreme, not omnipotent," snapped Chen Weiyu, she knew very well what the Supreme was.

Yet, after all, it’s the Supreme; she didn’t dare speak out of turn behind their back, so all she could do was look sullen.

"Everyone directly related to Bellani, detain them all, don’t let a single one go!"

However, issuing the order was easy, but executing it brought trouble.

Bellani was conscripted, previously just a folk warrior from the gorge, had been to Central City quite a few times in recent years.

He worked with several groups, had no fixed superior, but that’s understandable... merely a C-level, after all.

His superior this time was B-level Warrior Dunkirk, but Dunkirk was injured two months ago and returned to the gorge.

Speaking of the injury, it was quite odd; he was injured at a casino, and it was the Andre Clan’s casino no less.

People from the gorge also have desires, and when coming to this rural place of Central City, they want to find somewhere "relatively lively" to play.

And Dunkirk was a bit too arrogant in the casino, got beaten up when he left.

The Andre Clan made a token payment for medical expenses, that’s all.

This was an accidental incident, no evidence showed that the Andre Clan was involved with the assailants—they didn’t even have a motive.

While Central City can’t compare to the gorge, it has sixty or seventy B-level warriors, and the Andre Clan isn’t a pushover.

Dunkirk wanted revenge, but didn’t know who to turn to.

His injuries weren’t severe, but he felt he lost face, too embarrassed to stay in Central City, so he returned to the gorge.

Without a direct superior, Bellani was just lending a hand everywhere, and surprisingly his reputation was... quite decent!

Yet someone from the interrogation team suggested, "Should we return to the gorge and investigate Bellani’s social ties and background?"

Chen Weiyu pondered for a moment and finally shook her head, "We don’t have jurisdiction to investigate in the gorge, let’s wait for the Supreme."

The sky was already bright, and nearing noon, an inconspicuous fat man dressed in black arrived outside the door.

Upon hearing of his arrival, Chen Weiyu went out to greet him with a straightforward bow, "Greetings, great Supreme."

"Let’s not be so formal," waved the fat man dismissively, "What’s the situation?"

After listening, he didn’t rush to ask about Bellani but focused instead on: Why did the rebels attack Central City?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Weiyu replied, "Perhaps it has something to do with the rebel leader, Charlind?"

Charlind, a B-level Warrior, had been captured over twenty years ago and was said to be imprisoned somewhere in Central City, the exact location a mystery.

Ordinary rebels would be executed immediately, but Charlind knew too much, it was necessary to extract information bit by bit.

The fat man wasn’t troubled and shook his head indifferently, "Just kill him and be done with it, what’s with all the fuss?"

"The rebels also want to kill Charlind," Chen Weiyu furrowed her brows, "they’ve attempted to assassinate him at least three times."

The fat man scoffed, "See, that’s the consequence of not killing... causing such a big commotion over something trivial."

Chen Weiyu wearily rubbed her forehead, everything about the Supreme was fine, just that their perspective was too high.

The fat man asked again, "Didn’t you get any confessions out of the rebels?"