Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 569 - 133: Motive (2)
While being fitted with the restraints, Yao Yu was extremely cooperative and not only was there no resistance, but there wasn't even a verbal complaint. He even proactively suggested that the agents from the Field Operations Department inject him with a muscle relaxant to ensure he wouldn't escape.
The agents from the Field Operations Department naturally refused his request.
Muscle relaxants are not administered to those being interrogated unless absolutely necessary... especially to non-infected individuals.
Once injected, it can cause anything from weakness in the limbs and incontinence to cardiac arrest or respiratory failure. The dosage is strictly controlled, and even a slight mistake could lead to severe consequences.
It is known that in some countries, this kind of drug is used for lethal injection execution.
Sitting on the interrogation chair, Yao Yu was illuminated by four high-intensity incandescent lamps directly aimed at him. The sleeves and collar of his restraint clothing were fastened with bundles of cables—one end of the cables was connected to electrodes attached to his body, and the other end was connected to life signs monitoring equipment nearby.
Apart from ensuring that Yao Yu's life signs always remained within a safe range, these things were also used to some extent for "lie detection"—people without professional anti-interrogation training often show slight changes such as accelerated heartbeat, rapid blood flow, elevated skin temperature, or wandering eye movements when lying. These transformations might be hard to detect with the naked eye, but the most subtle changes would be recorded with precise instruments, then processed and analyzed by artificial intelligence... The researcher responsible for operating the equipment told Sun Hang that the accuracy rate of artificial intelligence analysis was at least over eighty percent.
Although he didn't say how this data was obtained, nor who the data samples were... Sun Hang believed him anyway.
Because Sun Hang didn't care.
Eighty percent is eighty percent; it wouldn't matter if it encountered the remaining twenty percent either.
What the machines couldn't handle, Sun Hang could.
"So, you don't know what the 'organization' tasked you with?" the interrogator sitting opposite Yao Yu, almost completely hidden in shadow, asked. "Is it that you were only given the first phase of the mission, is that right?"
"Yes." Yao Yu calmly replied, "The organization only instructed Wen Ya and me to participate in the selection plan for PFDA testers and required that Wen Ya must be selected to gain access to the 'Ark of the Covenant'—that is, Chimera 17."
"But after approaching Chimera 17, you have no further instructions from the 'organization'?"
"Correct." Yao Yu continued nodding, "According to the organization's usual practice, the complete mission content is only notified to first-line executors like Wen Ya and me the day before the mission is officially executed."
Right after he asked this question, Yang Qi's voice came through the communication channel: "The Field Operations Department was a step late. The secret liaison point in Tianfu City disclosed by Yao Yu is already deserted, and the person he met at the liaison point is also dead. The body was found in a landfill in the eastern part of the city, cause of death was cardiac arrest."
"The trail's gone cold." Song Yarong concluded, "They were too slow. During the time we were hunting Yao Yu, they had plenty of time to handle these matters."
"Do you think Yao Yu is telling the truth?" Yang Qi suddenly asked.
"The truth." Sun Hang nodded, "He has no reason to lie, lying serves no purpose."
"I think so too... But in this case, don't you find it rather meaningless that we captured Yao Yu?" Song Yarong muttered, "Most of what he disclosed, we had basically already guessed. Yet what we want to know, he is equally unaware of..."
"The most suspicious thing is his motive for joining the Cult Organization..." Yang Qi stressed, "He clearly only interacted with a few characters who weren't very high-ranking within the 'organization,' yet just based on the few words of those minor figures, he joined this Cult Organization... It's a bit too reckless, don't you think?"
"It feels like those old folks getting tricked out of their pension for a basket of free eggs by those health product salespeople." Wang Xiyi ridiculed, "A bit too gullible."
"No, it's not being gullible." A figure Sun Hang hadn't seen in a while pushed open the interrogation room door, carrying a stack of paper files.
It was Ye Jiu's younger sister, Ye Xuan, who had been at the military command's headquarters during this time.
"I had people search Yao Yu's residence in Chunming City, check his browser history and all device communication records, and all documents and storage devices at his home... The search personnel found that before joining the Cult Organization, he was already searching everywhere for information related to these organizations..."
Ye Xuan paused, then continued, "In other words, it wasn't the Cult Organization that found him, but he who found the Cult Organization."
Sun Hang and Wang Xiyi exchanged a look, and at the same time, following Yang Qi's instructions, the interrogator asked Yao Yu, "Why did you join the Cult Organization? What was your motive?"
Yao Yu suddenly looked toward the one-way mirror—even though from his side he could only see a layer of silver-white coating, Sun Hang still felt as though his gaze seemed to sweep across him and Ye Xuan.
"You searched my place in Chunming City, didn't you?" Yao Yu asked.
"Answer my question," the interrogator insisted. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"I admit, it was indeed me who actively sought out the organization's members, and I actively requested to join the organization... Initially, they even regarded me as a mole planted by the Federation Government, until I accomplished several major tasks and even brought in a competent, useful yet brainless guy like Wen Ya. Only then did they gradually recognize my value."
"Several major tasks?" Sun Hang looked at Ye Xuan, "Did this guy do anything else?"
"He leaked many internal secrets of the Dubhe Tower, and even stole strange object samples cultivated in the labs..." Ye Xuan flipped through the files in her hands, cataloging Yao Yu's crimes with familiarity, "According to Chunming City's law, these crimes are more than enough to sentence him to death ten times over."
"Did he kill anyone?" Sun Hang asked again.
"That, no... But because of what he's done, indirectly, quite a few people died," Ye Xuan said, "If it weren't for the fact that he still had some value, I would want to shoot him right now."
"Please directly answer my question," the interrogator said gravely, "Why did you join the Cult Organization, what was your motive?"
"Motive?" Yao Yu retorted, "Does it need a motive?"
"This is the first time he's being uncooperative in the interrogation," Yang Qi whispered, "Previously, he answered whatever the interrogator asked."
"This just shows that the question hit a nerve," Sun Hang shrugged, "Good."
"Please directly answer my question," the interrogator repeated mechanically, like a recording, "Why did you join the Cult Organization, what was your motive? If you refuse to answer, we may use coercive interrogation... we have obtained the highest level of authorization, and any interrogation methods are permitted as long as they do not endanger life."
"The motive... is simple." Yao Yu suddenly seriously fixed his gaze on the interrogator in the shadows, and slowly said, "Because I think that with the development policy of the Federation Government, human civilization will soon disappear from this planet. I joined the organization just to find an alternative possibility..."
"An alternative possibility? Please elaborate."
"Do you mean the possibility of coexistence between humans and strange objects?" Song Yarong mumbled, "This guy doesn't seem to be out of his mind. How could he believe in such rhetoric?"
"The possibility of humanity surpassing strange objects," Yao Yu articulated each word slowly.
