*Good grief, I just wanted to 'return a favor' and try to get the usage rights to the Anomalous Object, but it turns out you're even interested in my people...*
He reached out to check the female prisoner's soul status, finding her invitation genuinely sincere, Leon couldn't help but say,
"Forget it, I'm really not interested in the Rebels. Your ways are just too extreme."
After hearing Leon's words, another person in the interrogation room also became speechless.
We're too extreme? We've carried out over two hundred attacks over the years, and the number of high-ranking officials we've killed doesn't even match the number you knocked off in one night! How dare you call us extreme?
After both parties silently sat facing each other, Leon eventually broke the silence first,
"Since you already know what happened with the Ryan Family, I'll be direct... I'm very interested in that bandage and want to gain your approval to obtain its usage rights!"
The female prisoner was slightly taken aback upon hearing this but did not get angry, nodding instead,
"As long as you can get me out, I'll immediately relinquish the usage rights of the bandage and hand it over to you."
Leon shook his head upon hearing this,
"Setting aside the charge of attempting to assassinate the Princess, Yisha showed me some of your files. In the years you've been associated with the Rebels, you've participated in numerous attack actions, resulting in at least dozens of innocent deaths…"
"So... are you saying I deserve it?"
Hearing Leon's words, the female prisoner's eyes instantly sharpened as she stared coldly at him,
"Fine then, if you're going to settle things this way, why not grab the Kingdom's noble register and start checking one by one according to the laws enacted by the Kingdom! If there's a major noble whose crimes are less severe than mine, I'll bash my head on the spot!"
"You've misunderstood. I didn't mean to accuse you, and that's also beyond my work's scope."
"What I'm trying to say is, collectively, your charges already amount to a death sentence, so I don't need to rescue you. I can just wait until you're hanged for those crimes, and I'll still get the ownership of the bandage."
After hearing Leon's earnest explanation, the female prisoner's face turned blue with anger.
She originally thought Leon would be like the female officer, discussing how once you start harming innocents, the victims become the new perpetrators, and she'd long prepared counterarguments for such claims.
She didn't expect the person in front of her to be so shockingly practical, dismissing her questioning without a word, making her feel like she'd just tried to flirt with a blind man.
"Then why did you come to me?"
Seeing the slightly lean, handsome man in front of her, the female prisoner asked irritably,
"If I'm set for a death sentence sooner or later, why don't you just wait for me to die?"
"Because that would still take some time."
Leon calmly answered,
"You're one of the criminals in the attempted assassination of the Princess case. You wouldn't die before the case is completely closed, and right now, those who could decide on closing the case are all entangled with the Ryan Blood Night and probably won't remember you anytime soon, and I don't want to wait that long."
"So whether I agree or not, it just comes down to whether I can save you some time, correct?"
Looking at Leon, clearly younger than the female officer, yet having an "impervious to reason" demeanor, a deep sense of helplessness surged in the female prisoner's heart.
After staring at him for a while, she snorted heavily,
"I admit, you killed Bobby Layne and destroyed the Ryan Family, which counts as avenging me, but I'm not someone who repays kindness with kindness!
Besides, if you hadn't interfered, I could've taken out the female officer in the carriage back then, broken into the Ryan Family, and personally strangled that bastard Bobby Layne!"
At this point, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Fixing an angry gaze on Leon, she bellowed,
"If you calculate it , you're even my enemy. Why should I help you? If you want my bandage, then just patiently wait for me to die!"
*It really isn't that simple, huh... Looks like I'll have to use some tactics!*
Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but shake his head, then he asked,
"Your daughter... is still alive, right?"
Seeing the sudden vigilance in the female prisoner's expression, Leon spoke softly,
"Although your daughter's file states she's dead, with the cause of death being hunger and illness, whenever you talk about revenge, you haven't really mentioned avenging her, always about 'my husband,' 'our family's fate,' etc.
So I figured, either in your heart, your love for your daughter doesn't surpass your husband's, not even worth a mention, or your daughter's not dead at all, which is why you instinctively leave her out when you speak about revenge. Am I right?"
*This damned bastard!*
Knowing it was impossible to hide from Leon's "interrogation," the female prisoner gave up on the futile struggle altogether. After glaring sharply at Leon, she straightforwardly nodded and admitted,
"You guessed right. My daughter is indeed still alive, but since the day I joined the Rebels, I've managed to send her away without even leaving an address.
So you can never find her, let alone use her to threaten me! If you join us, I might give you the bandage directly. Otherwise, wait for my death!"
"Fine, let's just assume I can't find her."
After exchanging a meaningful glance with the determined female prisoner, Leon nodded silently and continued gently,
"What about your spy in the Secret Investigation Bureau? Do you think I can find him?"
"Don't bother denying, you already sold him out the moment I walked in."
Taking out the "Blood-Polluted Plague Belt" from his pocket and placing it on the table, Leon stated calmly,
"When I first tried to inform you about Bobby Layne's death, you said, 'The Ryan Family has fallen into chaos, nearly all the core members are dead...' Correct?"
After repeating her words, Leon lightly tapped the bloodstained bandage on the table and said suggestively,
"I admit I was forced to eliminate some members of the Ryan Family, but even I only found out afterward that most of those I eliminated were core members.
So can you tell me how you knew, while being locked up, with only a bandage as your 'eye,' that those who died in the Ryan Family were not ordinary members but rather core members?"
"Your flaws are so obvious that even without checking your soul's state, I could guess a rough area."
Pressing the Yang Jiao with his little finger secretly, Leon calmly watched the female prisoner's soul, which was churning violently,
"As a significant criminal in the attempted assassination of the Princess case, anyone contacting you requires registration, and someone must accompany them. Solo interrogation isn't allowed.
Given it's certainly not easy to slip a spy into the Secret Investigation Bureau, to avoid suspicious behavior that would lead to his exposure, the spy wouldn't dare contact you unless he were part of the investigation team himself."
"Oh, and since he informed you of the Ryan Family's situation, his contact time with you was definitely after the Ryan Blood Night, further narrowing the timeframe.
I peeked at the interrogation registry just before I came in and noticed that you've been interrogated roughly thirty times by four teams involving eight names. Excluding Yisha, who couldn't possibly be a spy, the remaining people are…"
"Stop! Stop talking!"
Realizing that the name was on the verge of leaving Leon's lips, the female prisoner, whose mental defenses crumbled completely, screamed,
"Shut up! Isn't it the bandage you want? Take it! Take it all!!!"