"I really just wanted to make money."
In the interrogation room filled with bright lights, the artist Fang Yue sighed and repeated.
"The fox gave money and black silver, and I just followed along." He thought for a mont, then said with conviction, "I dislike the fox as much as you do—the guy’s all mystical and cryptic."
B: But he really gave too much.
In the observation room, Jiang Shu looked at Wolf with a hint of helplessness, "It’s been half an hour, and it seems we can’t get anything out of him."
"I think..." Wolf hesitated for a mont, then scratched his head, "If you weren’t here watching, the preliminary examination staff might have gotten sothing by now."
"Oh, great, are you saying the mont I leave you’ll resort to torture?" Jiang Shu exclaid dramatically, his tone slightly pretentious, "Do you still see as an outsider? Aren’t the police and public supposed to be family?"
"..." Wolf felt he was getting used to Jiang Shu’s occasionally erratic thinking, and he simply asked, "Would you stop it if you saw it?"
"No," Jiang Shu nodded on his own.
"There you have it," replied Wolf, managing a gruff response.
Jiang Shu shook his head again, then gestured with his mouth towards the artist Fang Yue in the interrogation room behind the glass, "He’s different, he really isn’t part of the Deception Group, at least not yet."
"Do you actually believe this guy’s nonsense?" Wolf looked at Jiang Shu in surprise, "It’s obvious he’s not part of the Combat Sequence, and he’s no rcenary either. By saying that, he’s clearly trying to lessen his guilt."
"Huh? Would being a rcenary actually lessen his guilt?" Jiang Shu was puzzled.
"rcenaries, Bounty Hunters, all these titles, they’re a strange bunch in Lonely City," Wolf explained, "As long as it’s a job recognized by Lonely City, to a certain extent, it is also acknowledged by us. Whether they’re rcenaries, Bounty Hunters, or private detectives, these are professions recognized by the Main Brain."
He paused for a mont, "So to a certain extent, they can be exempt from guilt, as long as these rcenaries don’t do anything extra, we just pursue the employer’s responsibility."
"This..." Jiang Shu thought it strange, but ultimately didn’t comnt further.
"Of course, there are so restrictions when they’re doing these ’jobs’," Wolf continued, "For instance, they still must adhere to the no-gun laws between districts, and the employer and them must absolutely have no connection, etc."
"Is being a rcenary considered a legitimate profession?" Jiang Shu was still sowhat doubtful.
From any angle, rcenaries were unstable elents in society, easily inciting cri or revolts.
Perhaps the Main Brain ant that these rcenaries were just tools, and that the real criminals were their employers.
But obviously, that’s just an ideal state, and even in that ideal state, these rcenaries are undeniably exacerbating conflicts and raising cri rates.
"Not a conventional profession, I also think it should have been abolished long ago. In my view, they’re no different from robbers and the like, all scumbags who profit from cri," Wolf frowned at the thought.
In Lonely City, robbers and such could of course not be counted as professions; typically, these characters making a living from cri would only have "Wanderer" written on their Character Cards.
But rcenaries were indeed recognized as a profession by the Main Brain.
"Are there many of these rcenaries?" Jiang Shu asked again.
"Very few. After the wars, there’s basically no existence of rcenaries, because the conditions for the Main Brain to stamp ’rcenary’ on your Character Card are not simple," Wolf continued, "Generally, rcenaries are those who transition from Combat Sequence, and only those who strictly maintain neutrality can beco one. The private armies bred by various groups can’t beco rcenaries."
"I understand," Jiang Shu nodded, as if he had grasped so of the logic behind the Main Brain’s professional differentiation.
By this logic, it seed one could still transition jobs on the Character Card, but both professions typically required a high degree of relevance.
For instance, a technician like Kirie could easily switch to a related profession like scientist, but if she were to take on a job like head of public relations, that would clearly go against the will of the Main Brain.
"Anyway, rcenaries and such haven’t been seen for ages, they’re a relic of a bygone era, so nobody bothers to make relevant legal explanations against rcenaries anymore," Wolf went on, "And the most crucial point is... rcenaries always appear in the form of squads or legions, this person..."
"Can’t one man be an army? What narrow thinking," Jiang Shu said seriously.
From what Wolf had said so far, one could basically infer that Wolf didn’t know that this artist, Fang Yue, was the Key Master; he also wasn’t aware of any setting of the Key Master, otherwise he would’ve guessed in this direction earlier.
Or perhaps he was concealing it from himself, but if it was Wolf...
He probably wouldn’t.
After all, he was soone who truly wanted to capture the Deception Group. Jiang Shu already considered himself half of his secret weapon duo, and withholding such crucial information from him would create a significant intelligence gap, severely impacting the capture effort.
"Tsk, whether he’s a rcenary or not, just let him show his Character Card and we’ll know," Wolf snorted disdainfully.
Jiang Shu nodded in agreent, but he knew that Fang Yue definitely couldn’t reveal it.
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