Chapter 78 - Oddity.

The lady was shocked pale from fright when she heard Shi Lang dragging her family in between and he even laid down a strong accusation of conspiracy against a senior officer. Shi Lang did not only read the dossier but also used his communication to check a few details of her family. His clearance was not high enough but he was able to check the details but he could see that the people of her family were servicemen. 

The lady said, "Do not drag them into this. I did nothing wrong." her tone was harsh and she would not hesitate to kill Shi Lang this very moment. 

If the family was dragged in and smeared with dirt in front of the circle they will not be able to tolerate this. Shi Lang said, "Oh, and what is your defense?" 

The lady did not say anything and Shi Lang smiled and wielded his knife. The next minute a scream rang out from the lady's mouth. The boy had stabbed her again. The stab was very painful, it made her lungs burn when she gasped. 

Shi Lang chuckled and said, "The third stab will act as a catalyst, every time you breathe your lungs will burn and it will make your body more sensitive to the pain. Now, what is your name?" 

The lady was scared by his chuckle. She realized that this kid was a demon from hell. She replied in a groaning tone, "Captain Loius Lampard." 

Shi Lang smiled and said, "I am a captain as well you see." then he pointed at the stars on his lapel. 

The lady did not know what to say. Shi Lang asked, "So, what can you tell me about Brigadier Jun going on such a crime spree, Captain Louis." 

"I do not know, I was not beside him all the time," replied Louis.

Shi Lang smiled and walked forward with a smile on his face, he said, "You looked sideways, your killing intent for me wavered. You lied." 

Louis was about to say something when the knife again sunk in her body and she wailed harder. Shi Lang did not stop at one stab but continued to make five more. Captain Louis was hanging from the ceiling and her wails had become hoarser with every passing second. After ten minutes of pain, her body was hanging from the hook with no strength left in it. 

The blood from her wounds stained her torso and her skirt but Shi Lang pressed a few acupoints around her wounds and it stopped. The boy clamped her chin between his thumb and index finger and asked, "Do you feel your lungs burning and your body itch more with every stab? Do you want to end this misery? You heard what LC Gamma told me right? I cannot let you die before you let out the intel. 

Is it really worth it for you to tolerate such pain for someone? Do you really not care about your family's reputation?" 

Louis raised her eyes and gazed at him. The boy noticed a struggle in her eyes. She was holding back. He pressed an acupoint on her neck and the lady fainted. The boy smiled and said, "Ma'am, was her body frisked before she came here?" 

Gamma nodded. Stephan also said, "Yes, she was checked thoroughly, why do you ask?" 

Shi Lang said, "Sir, I mean medically? Did you give her a complete check-up?" 

Gamma looked at Stephan, and the man shook her head. He said, "She was at the peak of her fitness a few minutes before." 

Shi Lang shook his head, "Did you not see her struggle when her family was mentioned? That was her real reaction. The one we saw just now, defending herself, was a different person altogether. She is affected by either a drug or under the effect of a manipulation ability." 

Stephan was surprised and asked, "What do you mean? How can you be so sure?" 

Shi Lang said, "The signs of struggle she showed just now, they were not simple." 

Gamma nodded and said, "The effects of the ability cannot work here. She is alone here, and the person who took control of her can not affect her at such a distance. So, it must be a drug." 

Shi Lang shook his head and said, "It has been three days since she has been arrested. Any drug would have worn off by now. However, the ability also cannot affect her like this. There must be something else." 

As he was speaking the boy had his gaze locked on the lady hanging from the ceiling. His gaze fell on her wounds. Then it clicked, he said, "Send her to the infirmary, tell them to put her inside a healing pod and initiate a simulation in there. We will interrogate her inside the simulation realm. That way the control will be rendered useless. Also, the doctors will be able to notice anything unusual happening to her body when we interrogate her." 

Gamma was surprised and asked, "Why do you come up with this? I will not allow you free rein." 

The boy said, "Healing ability of a four-star Terran should have made the bleeding stop by itself after thirty seconds. However, I had to plug it up. That is enough to state that something was wrong with her body. Second, she will not have a controlled reaction inside the simulation realm, it will be all her unconscious brain. Things will be fast." 

Stephan nodded subconsciously at this remark and Gamma said, "Very well, you will carry her to the infirmary, rookie. This is your idea." 

Shi Lang stood up in attention and said, "Yes, Ma'am." 

The lady nodded and then Louis was taken down the hook and the trio rushed to the infirmary. The people on the way did cast them a few odd gazes but that was normal, who did not do a bit weird stuff inside the secret division. 

...

Louis opened her eyes and found herself hanging down the same hook and the three people were sitting on chairs around her like before. She cast her gaze upon Shi Lang and shivered a little. The boy seemed to have sensed her movements and raised his head to look at her with a smile. 

That smile sent shivers down her spine.. She could have sworn that this smiling boy was a demon incarnated.