I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 390 - 48: Crime and Punishment

"Nanometer Level Delayed Decomposition Knife Technique? What on earth is this technology?"

Yun You couldn't help but search it with her chip.

The result of this search revealed some extraordinary things.

The so-called Nanometer Level Delayed Decomposition Knife Technique initially didn't refer to a technology or a maneuver, but specifically a brutal "punishment."

In the first half of the 21st century, wars between companies were frequent, and what easily spawned from the carnage was furious hatred.

Because of this, on that battleground where no rules applied, soldiers invented all kinds of brutal punishments.

There was "fish and chips," where people were skinned alive and thrown into oil to boil to death; "combat technique training," where limbs were cut off and thrown into sandbags to be bludgeoned to death; and "work in exchange for relief," where individuals were tossed into bio-generators to be tortured while creating value.

In general, the more cruel, the better.

But these tortures combined don't come close to the cruelty of "nanometer level delayed decomposition"...

Not even by a tiny fraction.

On the battlefield, the soldiers loathed those folks most, besides the supervisory squad pointing guns at their heads, were the spies from the enemy side.

But they couldn't lay hands on the supervisory squad, so they poured all their hatred onto those spies.

Whenever soldiers captured spies, they would throw them into a specially made "nanomachine blender."

This massive machine was equipped with nanomolecular blades that could precisely slice ingredients into thousands of tiny pieces in advance.

And simultaneously, whether out of showmanship or to preserve the integrity of the ingredients, items sliced by the nanomachine blender wouldn't immediately decompose, but would stick together in a state of "appearance in union but spirit in division."

If they didn't move, the ingredients would forever remain intact.

But if movement began, the sliced fragments would slowly disintegrate and eventually turn to pieces.

Those executed spies would first endure a thousand cuts level of pain, then leave the machine, only to be told they were free and could leave.

Consequently, the spies, overwhelmed by immense terror, would inevitably try to escape immediately, yet they often wouldn't run more than a few steps before realizing their bodies were starting to slowly disintegrate... step by step, part by part.

This method is comparable to the ancient legendary torture—lingchi, but even more cruel, for it gives a glimmer of hope before crushing it by hand, greatly extending the duration of the victim's suffering.

Because it was too cruel, after the war ended, the nanometer level delayed decomposition was strictly forbidden by the military courts, and even most of those machines were destroyed.

However, precisely because of its cruelty, some ruthless individuals took the initiative to research this execution method and eventually developed the "Nanometer Level Delayed Decomposition Knife Technique," capable of achieving a similar effect without the aid of a machine.

And now, the Apprentice Death God Lynx met his end under this move.

The killer's level of ruthlessness is evident.

Still, Yun You did not complain about the killer but habitually investigated Lynx's information.

The deceased Lynx, 48 years old, born into a fallen noble family in Nest City Central City, became a Death God at 24, and worked for the Death God Organization for 20 years thereafter. Never been on the battlefield, nor had much involvement with the Death Domain incidents, one could say rather ordinary, but the family background was quite clean, and the résumé very spotless.

Due to this, at 44, Lynx was commissioned by Caliduo Hugo and officially became Mokaka's guardian.

One could say this person had almost no blemishes, aside from occasionally running red lights and speeding in the city, he never broke any rules or committed any crimes.

"This is not normal."

Yun You furrowed her brows slightly.

She felt that although the assassin's methods were brutal, they wouldn't randomly kill individuals, let alone use such a cruel technique, "Nanometer Level Delayed Decomposition Knife Technique," to execute an innocent person.

Lynx definitely has issues.

With this thought in mind, Yun You continued investigating deeper into the network.

The surface web, of course, had no relevant information.

The deep web... also couldn't find much information, only able to investigate Lynx's profession and Apprentice Death God number.

But Yun You was not discouraged.

She found a way to access the outer layer of the Ethernet, soliciting information about Lynx by offering a reward.

With the backing of money, she quickly received an anonymous message.

The message was straightforward, only recording a case.

[The F District Child Disappearance Case]

The report of the whole case was relatively short, but its content was shocking.

Fifteen years ago, in 2062, F District witnessed dozens of child disappearance cases within a few months, most of the children born from civilian families, although a few noble young ladies were among them.

The police soon had results from their investigation—a man in a black robe kidnapped the children, took them to an unmanned factory for abuse, then killed them, selling underground films of the crimes.

The one in the black robe was none other than Lynx, who appeared harmless on the surface.

At that time, the case could be said as damning, only needing a search warrant for SWAT's special forces to make the arrest.

As the nature of the issue was too heinous, even within the Apprentice Death God, no one should attempt to shield him.

Perhaps the police couldn't execute Lynx, but locking him up for life shouldn't have been a big problem. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

But eventually, Lynx's mentor stood in.

A Tier Three Apprentice Death God, who dissolved the task force with a single sentence, forced SWAT to burn the transcript, and ground those dozens of bodies that could serve as evidence into powder, spreading them across farms as fertilizer.

Since then, not a single interview detail remained of this incident, leaving only scraps of it passed amongst involved parties.

Honestly, after reading this information, Yun You found herself feeling satisfied.

Of course, not satisfaction for the case itself, but the gruesome death of Lynx brought comfort.

Truly, this scum deserved a thousand deaths, even lingchi would have been too lenient for him.

"It seems that assassin was indeed choosing targets for assassination."

Young Yun shook her head with slight wonder.

She sort of understood why that assassin, despite having opportunities to assassinate Mokaka, hadn't rushed to do so, but first executed those guardians.

For in the assassin's eyes, Mokaka might not have yet committed crimes deserving death.

Those guardians who committed serious crimes were the first to require judgment.

"As for you, Mokaka..."

Yun You turned back, looking at Mokaka with complex eyes.

"I truly don't know how the Hugo Clan chooses guardians, managing to select such a bunch of scum."

"Their judgment is absolutely terrible."

Of course, Mokaka herself certainly wouldn't know Yun You's thoughts.

At this moment, she had no mind to pay attention to these things.

"Tian En."

She ordered Tian En coldly.

"Call all the guardians back, bring the civilians to me, abandon the camp's outer defenses."

"Then, quickly set up the stage. I want to start the concert early."

"Can't delay any longer..."