North Tivian, Enchante Hospital.
In the underground corridor of the Department of Extraordinary Injuries at Enchante Hospital, Edmund, wearing a black short hat and a thick overcoat, walked quickly. His eyes were serious, and his steps were swift. Several Hunters followed him in a hurry. As they walked, Edmund asked questions to the subordinates beside him.
"When did that guy wake up?"
"Not long ago, about ten minutes ago. I notified Captain as soon as he woke up," the Hunter replied to the Captain beside him, who immediately spoke again after hearing this.
"You just said he has amnesia? What exactly happened?"
"It's like this, as soon as Davik woke up, he had a very confused expression and asked where this is and who we are. He showed no excited reaction upon seeing us in Hunter uniforms. Afterwards, we asked the doctor, who said it's possible he has amnesia."
The Hunter continued to explain to Edmund. Upon hearing this, Edmund's brows furrowed slightly.
"Amnesia... Are his injuries likely to cause amnesia?"
"Uh... According to the doctor, the human brain is where the spirit and soul reside, and it's the most unclear and unpredictable place. Davik had head injuries before and lost too much blood, affecting the blood supply to his brain, so this situation is possible."
The Hunter reported to Edmund. Edmund didn't respond immediately after hearing the Hunter's words but continued to walk quickly.
"Let me go take a look first."
"Yes, Mr. Edmund."
After walking for a while longer, Edmund arrived at an open iron door. Looking into the ward inside the iron door, he saw Davik sitting on the hospital bed, wearing a patient's gown and eating simple food. Beside Davik stood another Hunter, a doctor, and a Sister. That Sister was Vanya.
Entering the ward, Edmund looked at Davik with a scrutinizing gaze. Davik, who was eating, also looked at him with a hint of confusion. After they looked at each other for a while, Edmund spoke.
"Do you really not remember anything? Davik Jones."
"Uh... Davik Jones... Is that my name? It seems to have some impact, hiss... I seem to vaguely feel someone called me that? Excuse me... Do you know me, Mr.?"
With confusion and bewilderment, Davik spoke to Edmund. Edmund saw no trace of nervousness or fear in him. Seeing this, he turned to the doctor and Vanya and spoke.
"You two go out and wait by the door first. We have some things we want to ask him."
Following Edmund's words, Vanya and the doctor nodded and left the ward. After the iron door was closed, the small ward space was only occupied by Edmund and a few Hunters, along with Davik sitting on the hospital bed.
Suddenly, Edmund's eyes became fierce. He lunged forward, grabbed Davik's collar tightly, and then gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"You blood-food scum, don't think about playing tricks on me! I know what you're thinking! You want to get away by pretending to have amnesia? No way! If you honestly confess everything today, maybe you'll have a way out! Otherwise, I'll make sure you don't even know how you died!"
Lifting Davik by his collar, Edmund threatened loudly. Davik, who was suddenly treated like this, now had an expression of extreme fear.
"Mr.! Please calm down, I, I don't know what you're talking about... I don't know what I did... Please don't be like this, okay?"
Under Edmund's threat, Davik said in fear. Edmund didn't stop his actions but took out a small knife and held it in front of Davik's eyes. He held Davik's eyes open as if to stab the blade of the small knife into his eyeballs.
"I'll give you one chance, don't pretend with me, honestly confess the problems, otherwise you'll have a good time..."
"I... I'm really not pretending! Mr.! I really don't remember anything!" With a hint of a crying voice, Davik said innocently to Edmund. Seeing that this was not working, Edmund began to use other interrogation methods.
For the next period of time, Edmund and his Hunter subordinates began a double interrogation of Davik in the ward, both physiological and psychological. The focus of the interrogation was to confirm whether Davik was pretending to have amnesia, but no matter how they interrogated him, Davik maintained the posture of a frightened, amnesiac ordinary person, showing no flaws.
Essentially, interrogation is about subjecting the interrogated person to double pressure, both physiological and psychological, to make them unable to bear it and collapse, but this is based on the interrogated person being truly in a desperate situation and under immense physical and mental pressure. However, the person being interrogated there was not Davik, but a puppet, a Living Puppet manipulated by Dorothy.
No matter how Edmund and the others interrogated Davik, the physical and mental pressure could not be applied to Dorothy, who was already outside the situation. The pain on Davik's body could not be transmitted to Dorothy's body, and how they scared Davik had nothing to do with Dorothy. Dorothy, acting as a complete third party, could manipulate Davik with absolute rationality to deal with the interrogation. The result was that after a long time of torment, Edmund and the others finally gave up the interrogation. They were almost certain that Davik's amnesia was not faked.
'Huh... Most people are groggy when they first wake up, and it's indeed unlikely they would come up with a method like amnesia so quickly... It seems this guy really doesn't remember anything.'
Standing in the ward, Edmund looked at the frightened and uneasy Davik sitting on the hospital bed and thought with a frown. At this time, he was very conflicted. He had finally caught a member of the Wolf Blood Society who seemed to have a special status and was about to force information out of him, but he didn't expect the other party to have amnesia.
Obviously, Edmund would not easily let go of this opportunity. After the interrogation failed, he took out a photo from his pocket and approached Davik again. Davik couldn't help but shrink back in fear when he saw Edmund approaching.
"Don't be nervous, Mr. Davik, I apologize for my previous overly aggressive behavior, but you need to realize that before you lost your memory, you were a criminal. Even if you have lost your memory now, it doesn't mean you are exempt from guilt. You need to cooperate with our work and try your best to recall the details in your memory and provide us with information. In this way, your crimes can be partially exempted."
Softening his tone, Edmund spoke to Davik. Listening to Edmund's words, Davik's expression seemed to ease slightly. He nodded at Edmund, and Edmund immediately showed Davik the photo he was holding.
"Do you have any impression of this person?"
Edmund asked Davik. Through Davik's perspective, Dorothy saw the photo in Edmund's hand. The black and white photo was of a middle-aged man. Dorothy recognized him; he was the Werewolf Alex.
'These guys... It seems they located Davik's residence through the clues found at Alex's house...'
Looking at the photo Edmund showed, Dorothy in the carriage thought to herself. Then she manipulated Davik to show a painful expression of a headache, making him cover his forehead and say.
"Hiss... I have an impression... I seem to have some impression, wolf... Seeing this photo, I feel like I saw a very, very large Black Wolf..."
In the ward, seeing Davik react to the photo, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement, and then continued to speak.
"Think carefully, Mr. Davik, see if you can remember anything. We need your memory. If you can provide enough valuable memories, I guarantee your guilt can be reduced."
"Hiss... I'm thinking... I'm thinking... I thought of... I seem to be doing some research... I thought I seemed to have read a lot of books before... Through these books, I was researching something... I saw that I still have a lot of research materials... Not just books, but also Stone tablets and the like..."
Covering his head with both hands, Davik recalled with a pained expression. Seeing that Davik couldn't remember anything, Edmund furrowed his brows and let out a sigh of relief, then he left the bedside, opened the iron door, and walked out of the ward. At the door, he saw the doctor and Vanya who had been waiting.
"I would like to ask, is there any method in the hospital now that can help the patient recover his memory?"
Edmund asked the doctor for advice, and then described some of the patient's conditions inside, to which the doctor shook his head in reply.
"I don't think there is any conventional method, Captain, sir. Matters of the spirit and soul must rely on specialized Extraordinary items or Extraordinary individuals to solve. These are extremely rare as they often involve 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment). We don't have any means to resolve symptoms like amnesia here."
The doctor replied to Edmund like this, and just as he was feeling disappointed, Vanya, who was beside him, suddenly seemed to remember something. After adjusting her glasses, she spoke up with a suggestion.
"Captain, sir, didn't you just say... he had an impression of photos of acquaintances... and even recalled something? Then why not let him see more items he was once familiar with, and use these familiar items to stimulate him to regain his memory? I just heard you say that he was particularly impressed with the things he researched, would showing him these things make him remember something?"
Vanya said to Edmund in a suggestive tone. Listening to Vanya's words, Edmund's eyes lit up.
'That's right... That guy reacted to the photo, he might also react to other things. Judging from what he just said, he cares a lot about the things he researches. Showing him might really make him remember something.'
Edmund thought so in his heart, and then immediately thanked Vanya.
"Thank you, Sister, your suggestion is very good."
Then, Edmund walked into the ward again and asked one of the Hunters.
"Have all the things searched from this guy's house been photographed and archived?"
"Not yet. Some of those things have Spirit Sight. So the preliminary preparations for photographing Spirit Sight items are still underway, and we haven't started taking pictures yet."
The Hunter team member replied to Edmund like this. Listening to the Hunter's words, Edmund paused. No photos meant there was no way to directly bring the photos here for Davik to see. And there were quite a lot of things searched from Davik's house, and it would be troublesome to get them out of the Evidence Department. In that case, there was only one way to let Davik see those things again.
"You guys, prepare an escort carriage for me and escort him to the An-Yin Main Bureau. Also, notify the An-Yin Main Bureau over there to prepare to receive evidence identified by the suspect and have them prepare the items."
Edmund ordered like this. He planned to send Davik directly to the An-Yin Main Bureau's Evidence Department, so that he could identify his things on the spot and see if it could make him remember something.
"Yes."
Obeying Edmund's words, the two Hunter team members immediately left the scene quickly. At this time, the doctor who was originally waiting at the door walked up to Edmund and said.
"Captain, sir, are you taking the patient out?"
"Yes, he is not only a patient but also a suspect. I need to take him out to identify some things. Is that a problem?"
Edmund explained to the doctor, and the doctor nodded in reply.
"Of course, that's not a problem, but I want to point out one thing. This patient has just woken up, and his body is still very weak. If you take him out like this, and something unexpected happens to his injuries along the way, it will be difficult for you to handle."
The doctor said this to Edmund, and Edmund nodded silently after listening, then spoke.
"You have a point, but we'd best take the person out now."
"Hmm... In that case, I suggest Sister Vanya goes with you. Although Sister Vanya hasn't been promoted for long, her healing ability is used very well. If anything unexpected happens to the patient along the way, she can provide treatment and stabilize his injuries."
The doctor suggested this to Edmund. Listening to the doctor's suggestion, Vanya, who was beside him, showed a surprised expression.
"Eh... Me?"
"Yes, after all, it's normal for the patient you've been in charge of recently to go along." The doctor said to Vanya, and Vanya nodded understandingly after listening.
"Mmm... I understand."
Seeing this scene, Edmund nodded slightly and then spoke.
"Alright, then I'll entrust that guy's health status to Sister Vanya. Without further delay, let's prepare to depart."
Soon, the Hunter's escort carriage was ready. Davik, who was on the hospital bed, was unchained. After being put in special handcuffs, he was helped by the Hunters to leave the underground dangerous patient treatment area and the Extraordinary Injury Department. At the entrance of the Extraordinary Injury Department building, the trembling Davik was dressed in thick clothes and sent into the iron carriage. Vanya and Edmund also followed and sat opposite Davik.
Then, the steel carriage was closed, and the windows were completely sealed. With no view of the outside world, the entire carriage began to move. Driven by the Hunters, the entire escort carriage quickly headed towards the An-Yin Main Bureau, located in an unknown direction.
In the slightly shaking carriage space, Vanya nervously looked around, while in her carriage far away, Dorothy smiled slightly.
"The plan is going smoothly. I didn't expect to be able to determine the location of the An-Yin Main Bureau this time. It's an unexpected gain."
Inside the carriage, Dorothy murmured. Her carriage sped towards the distance under the control of the Corpse Puppet coachman.
...
East Tivian, Silver Road.
On the bustling streets of the East District, countless pedestrians came and went. By the side of Silver Road, in a department store named Donald's Department Store, the middle-aged, slightly overweight owner, Donald, was sitting behind the counter, looking at today's Tivian morning paper in his hand.
The Eight Point Nest member, disguised as an ordinary store owner, was learning about the city's news information through the newspaper. Just then, he felt a sharp pain in his calf.
Feeling the pain, Donald's expression froze. He then looked down towards the counter and saw a large, colorful spider with a huge body crawling on his calf. It had bitten through his pants and into him with its fangs. But after sensing Donald's gaze, the patterns on the large spider's back began to rapidly deform, turning into a human face.
Then, the human face opened its mouth and spoke.
"Next time Yadlin comes here for the rendezvous, tell him that the task of finding someone in the Black Dog's den doesn't need to be carried out. We have already learned about his situation through other channels, and the information has been sold to the Wolf Blood Society. Tell Yadlin that the key now is to hide himself, get through the promotion, and not be suspected..."