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#266 - Chapter 266: Interrogation

After listening to the new village chief's rapid-fire speech, they roughly understood the situation here.

It was almost identical to the information they had, except that two more people had died after that household, and the deaths only stopped after the "mass living" arrangement began.

However, people were still losing blood every night, and even with several people standing guard, they couldn't see the culprit, and even those on guard would inexplicably lose blood.

So they called the culprit a monster, a terrifying monster.

With the mentality of "losing blood is better than dying," they lived together every day, not daring to separate even for a moment.

Tan Zuoyin asked, "Why don't you escape?"

"Gibberish..."

「Because escaping is too difficult. The nearest village is a seven or eight day walk away, plus the wild mountains and forests, and the roads are difficult to travel. It's very likely that you'll be eaten by monsters as soon as you leave.」

「Several people have run away from the village, but none of them have ever returned. The rest are too afraid to run.」

That's true. If their car hadn't been so fast and had hovering capabilities, it would probably be dark by the time they got here.

It's normal that these villagers can't get out, especially since almost all of them are anemic.

"What should we do now?"

According to the detective anime and movies that Qi Jing has watched, the next step should be to find the deceased's network of relationships and find the most likely culprit among these people.

Things like the time of the crime, the motive, and eyewitnesses all need to be found.

There is only one truth!

But the whole village has anemia symptoms, so it shouldn't be a revenge killing or manslaughter, and this village is too poor for a robbery killing.

Tao Xin said, "The only thing that can cause this situation is an esper, and it must be among these people. We can just ask them one by one and we'll know."

After saying that, she flipped Kirby over:

"Isn't that right, Kirby?"

Still playing the game console, Kirby didn't even lift his head and called out:

"Kirby~"

That's right.

If they have this kind of ability, why bother looking for evidence? Just ask directly.

Qi Jing asked, "How do you activate your ability?"

If she has to ask in person, the ability might be ineffective because the villagers won't understand her.

Tao Xin pointed to Qi Jing's chest:

"When the other person's heart is only one meter away from me, they will be forced to tell the truth, otherwise they will have their own heart ripped out."

So that's what "speaking from the heart" means. Ripping out the heart if they don't tell the truth, no problem.

Qi Jing noticed her hand and quickly took two steps back.

Tao Xin smiled when she saw him like this:

"Don't worry, activating my ability depends on the other person's willpower. Your willpower as the Rookie King should be quite strong, right?"

You're mistaken, my willpower is really not strong.

Qi Jing took two more steps back.

Wait, her ability is based on distance, still within one meter, so I should move two steps closer.

"Can we ask the villagers about their situation one by one?"

Hearing Tan Zuoyin's words, the village chief nodded.

Tan Zuoyin saw Tao Xin give her an "OK" gesture, and then began to ask:

"Do you know who the culprit is?"

「I don't know」

"Do you have any connection to this case?"

「Yes, I lost blood.」

"Do you have any relationship with the culprit?"

「I don't know. He might be someone from the village, or he might be a monster from outside. I don't know if there's any relationship.」

After these three questions, it was initially judged that this village chief should not be the culprit, and he doesn't know any information about the culprit, completely useless.

"Let's go, next one."

Tao Xin and Tan Zuoyin stood together, questioning these villagers side by side.

"Do you know who the culprit is?"

"Do you have any connection to this case?"

"Do you have any relationship with the culprit?"

......

But their answers were almost the same as the village chief's, and no one knew the situation of the culprit.

Moreover, most people thought it was done by a monster, and they were not as enlightened as the village chief.

Qi Jing stood in the back, watching them question them intently, preventing the hidden culprit from suddenly attacking and hurting people.

But these villagers spoke softly, and it felt like any normal person could knock them down with one punch.

It doesn't seem necessary to be so vigilant.

"Excuse me..."

Sometimes they would give some candy to some children who looked very pitiful.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when Qi Jing took out food from his space, he felt that some of the villagers' eyes turned green.

However, he didn't care. It's normal for villagers who have been eating communal food for a month to want to eat good things.

The sun was setting.

Time slowly passed, and there was only one left.

This was a very weak woman.

Her location was a bit far from others, but the bed was very large.

"Do you know who the culprit is?"

"I don't know."

Huh?

She spoke in Chinese?

Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin looked at each other:

"Aren't you a local here?"

She looked at the village chief standing beside Qi Jing, and then at the eyes of the villagers behind them, and said:

"No."

After speaking, she covered her mouth in horror, her eyes full of panic and fear.

Several of the surrounding villagers also moved slightly, but they were quickly pressed down by the surrounding people.

Tan Zuoyin saw that the situation was not right, and said:

"Don't worry, with us here, no one can hurt you."

After speaking, she signaled to Qi Jing.

Qi Jing took out the umbrella sword and released a golden primordial energy sword qi towards the sky, scaring the surrounding villagers to take a step back.

After seeing this situation, the woman suddenly collapsed on the ground and cried.

While crying, she told her story:

"I, was, was kidnapped, here......"

The words she spoke were very fragmented and slow due to constant sobbing.

But they all quietly waited for her to finish.

It wasn't until only a sliver of the sun remained that Qi Jing finished listening to the entire story.

She was a tourist who came here to play a few years ago. When she left her boyfriend to go to the public toilet alone, she was suddenly drugged and fainted. When she woke up, she found herself in the hands of a group of human traffickers.

They searched all her belongings, including her mobile phone, and then brought her to this village, sold her for some money, and left here.

Later, she learned that she had been sold to the village chief as a daughter-in-law.

She had tried to escape, but as someone who had not undergone wilderness survival training, she could not walk the mountain road alone. She fainted on the side of the road halfway through her escape.

When she woke up, she found herself back in the village chief's house.

They beat her and starved her.

She couldn't understand the people here, so she could only endure silently, forced to become the village chief's son's breeding tool.

She had wanted to escape more than once, but she failed. The villagers were all accomplices of the village chief, and they could always find her, inform the village chief, and then be beaten in public after being caught, and would also be starved for a few days.

Later, she didn't dare to run anymore, and even gave birth to a baby girl.

Until more than a month ago, the village chief's family all became mummified corpses, and even the baby girl was no exception.