Chapter 868: 435, Small Meeting Room_2

At the other end, in the small conference room of “Perfect Escape”, there was a small meeting room less than 15 square meters in size, noticeably different from other meeting rooms. Upon entering, you see a table that can seat two people, with paper and pen, a desk lamp, and a computer on it, making it very simple and practical. Opposite this two-person table, there is a single seat without a table. At first glance, the layout of this meeting room exactly reflects the structure of an interrogation room, conveying a serious and tense atmosphere.

At this moment, in the interrogation position, there was only a woman in a professional suit sitting there. Her expression was cold, with an abstinent style outfit, showing a very sophisticated demeanor. Just sitting there quietly, she exuded an aura of authority that made people afraid to approach carelessly.

Soon, the door of the small conference room was pushed open, and several staff members brought in the elementary school student Kudo and Lin Mo. The middle-aged man walked up to the woman and respectfully said, “The people have been brought here, they didn’t say anything on the way. There are still staff members conducting inspections in the dormitory, but so far nothing has been found. In addition, we have dispatched more personnel, expanded the search scope, and are doing our utmost to find the two missing staff members.”

The cold woman didn’t say a word, not even a slight change in her expression. She slowly raised her head and looked at Lin Mo with a cold gaze, speaking unhurriedly, “Have Kudo wait outside, I want to talk with Lin Mo alone, it’s not convenient for him to hear some things.”

“Yes.” The middle-aged man immediately obeyed, and decisively took the staff members and the elementary school student Kudo to wait outside, also considerately closing the door to ensure that the conversation in the meeting room wouldn’t be overheard from outside.

After doing all this, the cold woman spoke again: “Mr. Clown, please sit down.”

The woman was indeed stunningly beautiful, with delicate features and outstanding demeanor, even Lin Mo, upon seeing her, couldn’t help but have a surge of desire to conquer her, this is a normal physiological reaction of a person, nothing peculiar about it.

Lin Mo walked directly to the chair opposite the woman, and sat down quite casually, not at all intimidated by the woman’s chilly aura. Although the cold woman exudes a strong sense of pressure, obviously she had no effect on Lin Mo at all, he still appeared calm and composed.

“Mr. Clown, let’s not beat around the bush, just tell me where you’ve hidden those two staff members? Stop beating around the bush.” The cold woman stared at Lin Mo unscrupulously, and her aura all poured out at this moment, her eyes showing an unyielding majesty.

“Is this… an interrogation?” Lin Mo’s expression was a little disheartened, he said with a wronged tone, “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about, nor do I know any staff members. I feel that after what happened yesterday, your program team has not learned the necessary lesson. A completely new day has started, yet you are still slandering me, which makes me feel very unfair.”

If one ignored everything before, and Lin Mo’s odd attire, anyone seeing Lin Mo now would think that he certainly suffered a great injustice, his expression and tone seeming so innocent.

“Mr. Clown, you must remember, I am giving you an opportunity, an opportunity to confess for leniency.” The cold woman stood up, looked down at Lin Mo, and continued, “Now tell me where the staff members are, it would be best for you to confess truthfully, remember, I have the capability to unveil all your lies at any time, you cannot escape my eyes.”

“I haven’t lied.” Lin Mo shrugged, he made a look of disbelief and said, “I have never lied, I am only speaking the truth, believe it or not.”

“Is that so?” The cold woman stepped forward, getting closer to Lin Mo, while her tone became unpleasant, saying, “You should know about the thing yesterday where we drugged the water cups of you and Kudo, and you didn’t drink that cup of water, hence your ability to overpower those two ‘Perfect Escape’ staff members.

“So, if I conduct a drug test on you and find no trace of any drug components in your body, then it would be serious. It would be enough to prove that you deliberately deceived and disrupted the normal operation of the program, these actions constitute a crime on a legal level. At that time, your consequence wouldn’t just be program elimination, you’d be transferred to the judiciary, very likely facing imprisonment, life behind bars wouldn’t be as relaxed as in the program.”

The cold woman’s eyes were sharp like an eagle’s, her face wearing an arrogant expression of assured victory, she took another step forward, her powerful aura almost completely enveloping Lin Mo. At this moment, the distance between her and Lin Mo was close enough to feel each other’s breath, she used an undeniably cold tone, speaking word for word: “I give you 5 minutes to weigh things properly. In these 5 minutes, you may weigh the pros and cons repeatedly in your mind, think clearly how you should respond to me.” She paused slightly, then suddenly raised her voice and sternly questioned: “I’m asking one last time–where did you hide those two ‘Perfect Escape’ staff members? Stop having wishful thinking, attempting to muddle through!”

In the initial plan, Long Yun was to arrange for two staff members to enter the dormitory to “take care of the aftermath” after making sure that Lin Mo and elementary school student Kudo had drunk the water with the mesmerizing effect. However, the staff members mysteriously went missing now, with only two who had the chance to tamper–one was Lin Mo, the other was the elementary school student Kudo. But an 8-year-old elementary school student clearly doesn’t have that kind of physical capacity, unable to overpower two relatively capable staff members within less than 3 hours and hide them without a trace. So, there’s only one truth: Lin Mo was behind it! He has such physical capability, the ability, and more importantly, the audacity, and it is very likely that those two staff members are now in grave danger.

The only current challenge is the lack of direct evidence. How to prove that Lin Mo hid the two staff members? This is a big question that urgently needed to be solved. But in Long Yun’s view, perhaps there was no need to directly prove what Lin Mo did to the staff members, as long as it could be proven he was awake that night, with no drug residue in his body, it would be enough. After all, can be proven that Lin Mo was in a waking state, given his usual vigilance, it’s unlikely anyone could enter the dormitory without him noticing. In this way, it could be inferred indirectly, confirming Lin Mo as the culprit of all events. By then, once the chain of evidence is formed, whatever Lin Mo says or doesn’t say would matter not at all.

Towards ordinary contestants, the “Perfect Escape” program team can’t go too far, but against possibly vicious “criminals”, the Safety Bureau has its ways. Long Yun originally thought that after she laid out the condition for drug testing, Lin Mo would hesitate, or perhaps directly confess. But an unexpected scene soon appeared–Lin Mo didn’t intend to wait for those 5 minutes at all, he simply and neatly answered: “Testing? No problem. Real gold fears no fire, if I haven’t done anything wrong, then I haven’t, I can cooperate with your test at any time. But… what if it turns out I’m clean?”