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"Lord Lin Ruo, after interrogation, I have basically confirmed that Miss Hazel should be an innocent victim in this matter. She was deceived by that parasite..."
Outside the interrogation room, the man who had just finished interrogating Hazel reported the results of the interrogation to Lin Ruo.
This was unavoidable, after all, the three major churches and the military were jointly investigating this matter. Lin Ruo, due to her status as a favored of the Evernight Church's goddess, was also a high-level figure responsible for the investigation, so after Lin Ruo inquired, the man had to report what he needed to report.
Of course, the useful information obtained after interrogating Hazel was not much. After all, the Rat demigod was clearly raising Hazel as a tool and a snack, and he hadn't even told her the common sense of the Beyonder realm.
In this case, it was obviously impossible for her to tell Hazel her true origin or important purpose. After an interrogation, besides confirming that Hazel herself was a Sequence 9 Marauder and that she was just a pitiful girl deceived by the Rat demigod, there was almost no gain.
It must be said that this still made the man from MI9, who was responsible for interrogating Hazel, somewhat depressed.
After all, before interrogating Hazel, they had already confirmed that Hazel's parents and her family's servants knew nothing about the Thief demigod. Since Hazel, the person most "close" to the Thief demigod, didn't know anything, then the investigation of this incident had reached a stalemate again.
"Look on the bright side, at least Hazel's matter has confirmed to us that the parasite is not a good thing, right? Any Beyonder with slightly better character would not fail to teach their 'student' even the most basic common sense."
After hearing the man's slightly depressed report, Lin Ruo said with a smile.
"You're right." No matter what he thought in his heart, the man from MI9 could only agree with Lin Ruo's words.
"Go and do your work. I'll go see Miss Hazel." Lin Ruo didn't care whether the other party sincerely agreed or not, and then said with a gentle smile.
"Then I'll take my leave first." The man from MI9 bowed politely and left. He did have other things to do, such as summarizing the series of interrogation results and reporting them to the other bigwigs.
Lin Ruo then walked to the interrogation room and gently knocked on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
Along with the low knocking sound, Lin Ruo softened her voice as much as possible and said, "Miss Hazel, may I come in?"
After all, Hazel had just learned the true face of the teacher she had always trusted, and should be very traumatized now. Lin Ruo felt that it was necessary to protect the child's fragile heart.
After all, Hazel was not old. In modern times, she would be of school age.
The interrogation room was silent, and there was no response immediately. Lin Ruo was not in a hurry and waited quietly. Just when she thought there would be no answer, she heard a voice from inside.
"Please, please come in."
Compared to when she questioned the interrogator before, her voice was obviously much weaker.
"Excuse me." Lin Ruo said this, pushed open the door, and swept her eyes across the room, taking in the situation inside.
The interrogation room was undoubtedly very small, with only a small table in the middle and chairs on each side.
Under the illumination of the elegant gas lamp on the wall, Lin Ruo could clearly see Hazel sitting on the chair near the inside, drooping her head. Her dark green wavy long hair was scattered messily on both sides of her body, and her dark brown eyes were not as bright as before. To describe it in a more anime way, she had lost her highlights. Lin Ruo could even reasonably guess from some details that this little girl might have cried just now.
Of course, this was normal. After all, anyone who knew that the teacher they had always trusted was actually just raising them as food probably wouldn't be in a better state than Hazel.
The horror was probably equivalent to Amon disguising himself as harmless and becoming Klein's teacher, and finally being revealed!
Thinking of a certain mischievous child, Lin Ruo couldn't help but frown, and then expressed her contempt for the Thief in her heart.
The Marauder pathway, always a pleasure offender!
Always doing inhuman things!
Of course, except for a certain old angel who can be called the conscience of the Marauder pathway.
Slightly shaking her head to pull back the stray thoughts in her mind, Lin Ruo glanced at Hazel, thought for a while, then exited the interrogation room and found a cup, poured a glass of water, and then sat opposite Hazel with the water, pushing the cup in her hand in front of Hazel, and said gently, "Perhaps, you need a glass of water to calm your nerves?"
"Tha-thank you." Hazel was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Lin Ruo to do this, but she still took the cup and took a small sip of the water inside, and asked, "Sir, are you here to interrogate me too?"
"Not really, I'm just here to see how you are. After all, in this incident, you are strictly speaking an innocent victim." Lin Ruo's smile was still gentle.
Hazel seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard this. The "proud sewer queen" in the original book was not proud at all at this moment. She seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still asked, "My parents, how are my parents?"
"They really don't know anything. Teacher... she didn't let me tell my parents about her."
Hazel's emotions were obviously a little excited when she said this, after all, she still cared a lot about her parents.
"Don't worry, they're fine, even safer than you." Lin Ruo comforted her, and then asked:
"Miss Hazel, relax a little. Not only your parents, but in fact you won't have any big troubles, after all, we can confirm that you are innocent. Of course, considering that you used to be the so-called student of the Thief demigod, your actions may be restricted for a long time to come, and observation of you will be indispensable, which is also for your safety."
Hazel didn't speak, just took another sip of water, and after a long time said:
"If... if she hadn't suddenly died, would she have harmed my parents after eating me?"
Lin Ruo looked at her and replied, "Possibly, and very likely... Your teacher is obviously not a good person. If she really ate you, she might indeed attack your parents in order to erase the traces."
Hazel's hand holding the cup suddenly tightened, and she didn't speak for a long time.
Lin Ruo was not surprised to see her like this, and just said, "Beyonders like your teacher are not exceptions. The world of Beyonders is like this, sometimes cruelly unreasonable... If you need it, I will have someone give you some basic information about Beyonders. You can take a look." Although the man who interrogated her just now had given Hazel some popular science, it was obviously not enough.
If Hazel was not a Beyonder, Lin Ruo would naturally not give her this information, but since she has already embarked on this path, it is necessary for her to understand some things.
As for joining the Nighthawks—Lin Ruo will tell the Nighthawks about this later and ask them if Hazel is willing, after all, joining the Nighthawks is no small matter for Hazel herself.
"Thank you..." Hazel said in a low voice, but her tone was very sincere.
"Don't thank me. You should need to rest now. I will explain to them. After the subsequent interrogation is completely over, let them arrange a place for you to rest, but you can't go home for the time being, because there will be some reviews later." Lin Ruo said this and stood up. She was actually just here to see Hazel, the sewer queen, today. Now that she had seen the person, she should naturally leave.
Just as Lin Ruo was about to leave the interrogation room, she heard Hazel ask:
"Sir, can you tell me your name?"
Lin Ruo looked back at her, nodded, and said, "Lin Ruo, just call me Lin Ruo."
"Goodbye, Miss Hazel."
After speaking, Lin Ruo completely walked out of the interrogation room, looked at the Nighthawks waiting outside, waiting to re-examine Hazel, and smiled.
Next, let him continue to find a way to lead the official Beyonder's investigation astray!
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