21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 489 - 485 Interrogation (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

"Who are you?" Yu Chen looked at the soul in his hand and spoke directly.

The soul of the assailant in Yu Chen's grasp still hadn't figured out what had happened, but it had a vague understanding that it was already dead.

"Am I dead? This is... you...! You fiend! You're a fiend!" Realizing that it was dead, and now in Yu Chen's possession, the soul finally grasped the fact it was captured after death.

However, it clearly fell into an even greater panic instead of answering Yu Chen's question.

Seeing such a reaction from the soul, Yu Chen wasn't surprised. For a newly deceased soul to realize it was dead and understand its situation was already quite remarkable since many people long fail to come to grips with their own death.

Still, its uncooperative attitude was troublesome for Yu Chen; after all, he captured the soul to interrogate it, not to watch it accuse him of being a fiend.

After some thought, Yu Chen lifted a finger and summoned a bit of purple flame to its tip, then placed the soul in the flame.

"Ah—!" The pain of being scorched by the Netherworld Flame was intolerable for the soul, which immediately screamed in agony.

Had Hiromi Jounouchi not put up a soundproof Barrier when she closed the door, the scream would likely have been heard throughout half the hospital.

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"Can you tell me who you are now?" Yu Chen removed his burning fingertip from beside the soul and waited for it to stabilize before speaking again.

Although Yu Chen didn't enjoy torturing, it must be said sometimes the force of questioning proved a very effective tactic, as pain could quickly subdue those with weaker wills.

But to Yu Chen's surprise, despite the trembling induced by the pain of the Netherworld Flame, the soul maintained a firm will: "Fiend! A true believer of the truth will not yield! You'll never get a single word out of me! I will return to the embrace of the truth! The glorious truth will not spare you! You fiend!"

"You sure are tough-mouthed," Yu Chen said contemptuously, chuckling. He simply didn't want to put in the effort; it wasn't that he needed to rely on interrogation. After all, for a Necromancer, unless one truly didn't know, there was no secret that could be kept.

Yu Chen reached into the Necromantic Space and summoned a Ritual candle, lighting it with the Netherworld Flame on his fingertip before placing the soul next to the candle.

The enticing fragrance emitted by the Ritual candle, under Yu Chen's control, quickly infiltrated the soul, inducing an uncontrollable desire.

The Ritual candle Yu Chen now used was no longer made from various substitutes but a special concoction containing Death Palace Rose Petal, whose fragrance upon burning was irresistible even to Transcendents.

Yet, contrary to Yu Chen's expectations, although the soul couldn't resist the lure of the Ritual candle's fragrance, it was still holding on with sheer willpower and did not reveal any information.

Chen Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. Such unwavering will was rare even among ordinary people, which inevitably made him somewhat appreciate the talent. After all, a soul with strong determination was a precious material, ideal for creating elite units of Undead Servants.

However, this only meant that Chen Yu wouldn't use techniques that might destroy the soul. In the end, it was just an ordinary person's soul; no matter how strong the will, there were limits. The individual wasn't yet capable of rewriting reality with willpower alone, turning the tide with nothing but fervor.

Just as Chen Yu was about to adopt harsher measures to make the soul speak, Hiromi Jounouchi stopped him.

"There's no need for such trouble, hand him over to the Soul Prison Blood Hunter," said Hiromi Jounouchi, summoning the Soul Prison Blood Hunter she had previously created using the body and soul of Chiyoshiro Ojisan.

Seeing the Soul Prison Blood Hunter standing next to Hiromi Jounouchi, dressed in a dark red hunting outfit that resembled dried bloodstains, wearing an eerie bird beak mask, and holding a dim lantern in hand, Chen Yu considered for a moment before nodding and handing over the soul to him.

The Soul Prison Blood Hunter was a very special type of Undead Servant. What made it special was that there was no soul inside the body of the Soul Prison Blood Hunter. It resembled more of a flesh puppet, devoid of its own will, acting solely under the manipulation of the Necromancer.

For an Undead Servant with legendary strength, lacking a will of its own was indeed very unique.

However, creating a Soul Prison Blood Hunter still required a soul matched to the body. Without a soul, the body couldn't be used to create a Soul Prison Blood Hunter, because the Soul Prison Blood Hunter's most powerful ability, the soul imprisonment, necessitated using its own soul as fuel to ignite the Soul Prison Lamp in hand. Only then, while hunting prey, could the Soul Prison Blood Hunter extract the prey's soul directly from the body and imprison it within the lamp.

The moment the Soul Prison Blood Hunter received the soul, it opened the cover of the lantern in hand. Just being touched by the light, the soul was instantly sucked inside, and both Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi standing nearby couldn't help but feel a moment of disorientation, as if their own souls were about to fly out of their bodies.

Fortunately, the Soul Prison Blood Hunter quickly covered the lantern again, blocking the light.

"Who is he?" Chen Yu directly asked the Soul Prison Blood Hunter.

"Takayama Shou, former Army Self-Defense Forces Lieutenant, special forces sniper," the voice came from beneath the bird beak mask that covered the face of the Soul Prison Blood Hunter, answering Chen Yu's question.

Though the Soul Prison Lamp's greatest ability was soul imprisonment, it could also be used for interrogation and intelligence gathering. Any soul confined within the lamp would have its secrets revealed under the scorching light, and they would become known to the Soul Prison Blood Hunter, who relied on this ability to track its prey.

"Why did he attempt to assassinate Hiromi?" Chen Yu continued to inquire, and Hiromi Jounouchi, who was also very interested in the answer, watched the Soul Prison Blood Hunter intently, wanting to know the reason.

"He is a member of the Supreme Truth Society, assigned by the leader of the Supreme Truth Society to assassinate a witch who has desecrated the truth," the Soul Prison Blood Hunter's response was within Chen Yu's expectations; the assailant was indeed an Evil JT.

The mention of the Supreme Truth Society, however, made Chen Yu take particular note, so he continued to question the Soul Prison Blood Hunter: "What is the Supreme Truth Society?"

"The Supreme Truth Society is a branch of Orm ZLJ..." the Soul Prison Blood Hunter revealed information that even Chen Yu found surprising.