Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1190: Section 728: Facing (Part 2)

Chapter 1190: Section 728: Facing (Part 2)

The so-called Psychic-resisting mole claims to be immune, but in truth, he is not immune, he merely holds some resistance. Perhaps the spiritual energy in their group isn’t strong enough, giving him a certain illusion. Malin understands this, since most psychics, at best, only have the strength of a four-ring mage.

When Malin made his move, he pierced through this person’s resistance directly. Unfortunately, this person was still immersed in the dream of immunity, unaware that he was already caught in a dream Malin wove for him.

However, this young man could endure torture. The deputy chief at the investigation department tried all the instruments in the basement on him, yet he didn’t utter a word.

"Seems like he belongs to Shafu’s people, but judging by how he withstands torture, he might also be among Shafu’s people," the deputy chief looked at this man cursing loudly while being tortured and glanced at Malin.

Malin, of course, understood this well—firstly, he couldn’t possibly belong to Confucius’ people, as those under Confucius are champions of Great Demons, each one of them loves bringing people to hack and slay, they certainly wouldn’t do such a thing.

Secondly, he couldn’t be one of Fatty’s people, those under him are all such a mess of intestines and guts, nobody would believe he’d be a disciple of Nagoth.

So, one has to choose between Shafu and Shafu from the eyes of the Thanans—Shafu, or Xian Liezhi, is like a Mimicking Bird Parrot, fond of all sorts of scheming and plotting. This operation, from the very beginning of swapping the plum for the peach up to now with the mole lurking, is uniquely associated with it.

But similarly, Shafu also has potential—Shashi Li, one of Sinspawn’s titles. Judging from this person’s situation in torture, one truly can’t rule out his suspiciousness.

"This can’t go on, all the instruments here have been used; he knows we won’t really dare to beat him to death before we get any intelligence," Sage Yu muttered while looking at the mole being tortured.

Malin pondered—indeed, in the Golden Ship Orchestra incident, Chaos killed all the orchestra members and disguised to infiltrate the city with the help of the mole inspector, and the mole of the investigation department was discovered.

Within this... ah, there must be another doubt previously unconsidered.

"That makes sense, Sage Yu." Malin looked at Sage Yu.

Sage Yu, who was focusing on the torture, heard Malin’s call and turned to look at him: "Has Your Excellency Malin discovered something new?"

"He is not one of theirs."

"What?" The deputy chief of the investigation department didn’t immediately understand.

But Sage Yu clapped his hands: "Right, perhaps he really isn’t one of theirs."

Only then did the deputy chief finally understand: "You mean, this mole isn’t in league with that group of people?"

"Yes, those people might be from Shafu’s faction, but this one is a follower of Shafu. In order to prove all this, I need a partner."

After Malin finished speaking, he snapped his fingers to summon Ails.

Just like before, Ails appeared in his favorite large leather coat and big gold chains, catching eyes with his arrival.

Seeing Ails, Sage Yu smiled and greeted him, but the deputy chief had never seen such a scene before, nearly made a muscle-memory prompted move for his gun.

Fortunately, Malin quickly identified the ally, stopping the deputy chief’s desperate act. The middle-aged man’s face was full of bewilderment as he looked at Malin: "Is he one of us too?"

His facial muscles twitched, evidently ready to go all out in desperation.

"Yes, his name is Ails, he’s one of us." After saying this, Malin gave Ails a faction verification.

A grey aura appeared under Ails’ feet, and Malin, with hands on hips, quipped: "How did you turn grey?"

"Recently, I handled a batch of goblins, you know I’ve got a plantation on my island. But rest assured, I’m promoting the teachings of the Goddess of Harvest; our work shifts are just 996, those goblins were so moved they almost cried."

Ails’ response left Malin stunned—ah, indeed, this fellow does have a plantation on the island. Buying slaves isn’t righteous, but at least it allowed those goblins, who were destined to be cannon fodder, a new life. Hmm... just pretend not to see it.

Deputy chief looked as though he had seen a ghost, stared at Ails for quite some time, until he heard Malin’s orders to go down and deal with the Chaos, then he looked at Sage Yu with suppressed agitation: "His Excellency, what is going on here?"

Truth be told, these days, it’s not like the Southerners haven’t seen Liches, but to the Southerners, encountering Liches usually means fighting to the death. A Lich like Ails, who can pass a faction verification as grey and still smoke positive energy cigars, he saw for the first time.

So the deputy chief asked as such.

Sage Yu carefully explained everything he knew, then looked at Malin.

Then Malin recounted his own bond with Ails once more, and upon learning that he collaborated with Malin to trick Chaos, the deputy chief finally nodded his head in understanding.

"Indeed, this world is vast with wonders beyond count. Since I was a child, I heard my father say that on one of his adventures, an entire squad died while trying to combat a Lich, three teammates lost their lives, so I always thought if I encountered a Lich, it would be a fight to the death. Who would have thought the first encounter would be like this?" While saying this, Malin heard terrible screams reminiscent of a pig being slaughtered from below.

Looking down, Ails had opened a rift, and then one of his underlings came out pushing a cart filled with surgical tools.

Goodness, even using a beauty’s guise... wait a moment: "Ails, where did this succubus come from?"