The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and the reporter who was being interrogated obviously had no way to satisfy those outside the room.
Her answer was equivalent to clearly telling the other person that she was hiding the truth.
"Please elaborate on your answer again, Miss Herman."
"No...no use..."
Abigail covered her throat and had no intention of letting go.
"I hope you know what you are talking about." The interrogator was still trying to persuade her. "Everything you say will become evidence in court, and it will directly affect the judge's verdict against you."
Abigail lowered her head and said nothing.
The person outside the room sighed and continued: "Okay! Let's change the topic, Miss Herman, we all know that you used to work at the Xinxing Newspaper in Velen, and you came to Yodun to collect newspaper article materials.
Right?"
Abigail didn't want to speak and nodded slightly.
People outside the room could see her movements and asked: "Is this why you found Professor Carmen?"
Abigail nodded again.
"Did you know Professor Carmen in the past?"
Abigail shook her head.
The interrogator chuckled softly: "Miss Herman, I am curious about your motives. You were working well in Velen, but suddenly you came to Yotun to meet a university professor you had never met... Who introduced you to him?
?Or, how do you know Professor Carmen."
Abigail raised her head, opened her mouth slightly, and said something intermittently - bookstore... Miss Moran.
The interrogator continued to inquire in detail, and finally found out the detailed address of the bookstore and who the owner was.
Next, the interrogation was temporarily suspended, and investigators from the Velen Inspection Bureau should have sent a telegram to Velen to verify the situation of the bookstore.
……
Dardaniel had been observing this interrogation. He was silent from head to toe. When he saw his colleagues temporarily leaving their posts, he felt a move in his heart and actually took the place of the departing interrogator and spoke to Abigail. p>
"Hi! Miss Herman, we meet again."
Abigail recognized his voice and suddenly became excited.
Daniel can see Abigail's condition clearly through the special wall in front of him, but Abigail cannot see him.
He calmly reassured the other party and said: "Don't get excited, Miss Herman, I know you have a lot of difficulties in your heart now, and I also believe that you are innocent, but the premise is that you must tell us everything you know.
”
Abigail's expression froze, and under the light, the bandage on half of her body could already be seen to be stained with a lot of filth.
"Miss Herman, what is your relationship with Professor Carmen?"
Daniel began to ask questions.
Abigail could almost hear her restless heartbeat, and she tried her best to prove to herself: "No...it doesn't matter...I only found him for writing..."
"Why did you appear at the professor's ceremony that day?"
"It's... because... I... I found his... his notes..."
"So, did you know in advance that he was going to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people on the night of Samhain?"
"Yes...yes...no...I didn't know he would kill so many people..."
"Then why not notify the police station? When ordinary citizens encounter such a thing, wouldn't the first thing they think of be to call the police?"
Abigail was stunned by Daniel's question.
She thought about calling the police at the time, but on Samhain Day, it was impossible for the Harbor District to allocate extra police force to investigate such groundless things.
Moreover, she herself is still unclear about Professor Carmen's true purpose, which directly affects her judgment.
Dardaniel was still waiting for Abigail's answer. After waiting for ten minutes, the other party did not speak. However, the colleagues who had sent the telegram had already returned and brought the results to Dardaniel.
After hearing this, Daniel raised his eyebrows and said to Abigail: "Sorry, Miss Herman, you still don't trust us and are still lying. The news from Velen's side shows that there has never been anyone in that alley.
In any bookstore, there is no Sepji female owner named Moran."
As expected, the mysterious bookstore had long since disappeared from Abigail's life.
The current situation can be said to be hard to explain. Nothing she says can be confirmed, and she has to keep the secret with Mr. Yi.
"Miss Herman, the telegraph is really a great invention. We will get news from Velen soon. If you want to get away by making up lies, you have miscalculated!"
Daniel lit his long cigarette rod and then interrogated.
"Let us boldly imagine that Professor Carmen has actually known you for a long time. This Blackwater disaster was your joint plan. Regardless of whether the ceremony was successful or not, the mysterious statue must be the object of your ceremony.
Necessities needed.”
"In order to complete this grand sacrifice on Samhain day, you have almost blocked all your escape routes. For example, Professor Carmen ordered his servants... or maybe cultists, to give up his house that night.
It was completely ignited with the purpose of destroying all evidence."
"You were afraid that if the statue fell into the hands of the Inspection Bureau, the secret between you and the professor would be exposed, so you were eager to get it back. My subordinates were right across from your house and saw what you did... Well,
Thinking about it this way, your ceremony probably wasn't completely successful."
"So now you'd better tell me, where is Professor Carmen?"
"Don't tell me that he died in the prayer room. There are so many dead people in that guild hall. They are all like charcoal. Who can tell them apart? Or do you want to bear the blame for the Blackwater disaster alone? That makes more sense.
!"
This series of conjectures and reasoning hit Abigail's heart like a heavy hammer.
Even though she had more than 10,000 words to defend herself, the burning sensation in her throat kept tormenting her, making it difficult for her to express herself, and her mood became more and more irritable. This was in the eyes of the interrogators.
Inside, it became a feeling of panic after being exposed.
"No...no...I didn't...I was..."
Before Abigail could say a complete sentence, an agent from the Intelligence Bureau suddenly came to the interrogation room and brought a piece of news to Daniel.
Dardaniel was still admiring the "prisoner's" bewildered expression. He was always intoxicated by such scenes, so much so that after hearing what his colleagues said, his whole face suddenly became tense.
"What? Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes, the culprit responsible for the Blackwater Disaster is Secred..."
Secred?
Daniel's eyes showed surprise, and his colleagues around him could even hear his clenched fists.
"Miss Herman!"
He reorganized his thoughts and stared at the reporter behind the wall with a smile.
"It seems your lies are even better than I thought..."
Abigail swallowed the unsaid words and froze.
Dardaniel then asked: "We got news that the evil ritual that led to the Jotun disaster was actually only half, and the other half was carried out in Secred... What a wonderful plan. Professor Carmen's whereabouts are unknown, but the culprit is unknown.
On the other side of the ocean... Miss Herman, in order to cover your accomplices, who are you trying to frame next?"
