CHAPTER 398: CHAPTER 398: INTERROGATION OF DU GUANGYUAN (PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

Gu Shenghui mentioned that special training was necessary, and Pei Yan agreed, even though he desperately wanted to quickly find Vlad and finish him off. Both he and Ye Ruozai Xia Yu understood that their strength was vastly inferior to their adversaries. For the moment, Ye Jiumu’s life wasn’t in immediate danger, and both the Investigation Bureau and the Superpower Special Forces were in active pre-war preparations. Once the Vlad family retreated back to the Magic Realm, this matter had to be temporarily set aside.

It’s uncertain whether Bai Ze and his team felt a sense of crisis after being hit or were terrified by the Investigation Bureau’s near-maniacal search mode following the incident. The night after, Bai Ze and his team evacuated Huaxia territory overnight, fueling Pei Yan’s intense hatred as he had been prepared to make them his first target.

Although this large-scale cleanup failed to capture Bai Ze and his team, it brought unexpected joy by uprooting the remnants of the Divine Desire People scattered everywhere. Moreover, it captured two stragglers—Su Xiang and Du Guangyuan.

Faced with a Heaven and Earth Net set up by the entire elite squad of the Investigation Bureau, Du Guangyuan gave up on escaping and chose to surrender, whereas Su Xiang, upon learning the conditions set by Lin Junzhao and the Investigation Bureau, voluntarily surrendered with two subordinates after meeting them.

Seeing Du Guangyuan sitting on the other side of the interrogation table, Pei Yan was clearly upset. If it hadn’t been for the trap this man set, his squad wouldn’t have suffered such calamity and the captain might not have died. Were it not for the important intelligence he sought from him, he’d have been tempted to just kill him right then.

Glancing at Pei Yan, who sat beside him with increasingly heavy breathing, Mei Simiao coughed twice, lifted his head, and addressed Du Guangyuan, "Go ahead, we know the ins and outs of things, just tell us about your relationship with the Vlad family. And what about your abilities?"

"You weren’t able to rescue her, were you?" Du Guangyuan, locked tightly by multiple confinement rings, raised his head and leaned back in his chair, questioning back.

"No, that woman wasn’t even at the scene. She’s already fallen into Vlad’s hands. According to the Divine Desire People, she’s probably suffering a fate worse than death."

Upon hearing this, Du Guangyuan let out a long sigh, his face filled with sorrow as he spoke solemnly, "I knew it. Falling into your hands, I wasn’t expecting to survive, but I beg you not to kill me! I’m not afraid of death; I can still be of use to you, my revenge isn’t complete! You’ll need my help."

"Cut the crap! You say you’re not afraid of death! If you’re not afraid of death, why don’t you save your woman personally! Stop spewing nonsense! Tell me, what’s your relationship with Vlad!" Pei Yan, already impatient, slammed the table and roared.

Du Guangyuan raised his eyes to glance at Pei Yan and sneered, "You ask what’s our relationship?" With that, Du Guangyuan shrugged and scoffed, "I have his blood flowing in me, that’s our relationship!"

"You’re his son? You’re not from this world?" Pei Yan asked in surprise, exchanging glances with Mei Simiao.

"Who said that just because I have his blood means I’m his child? Although his blood flows in me, I have no blood relation with him, and we even have deep-seated hatred!"

Watching Du Guangyuan, who was close to flying into a rage and struggled several times to stand but was securely chained to his seat, Pei Yan and Mei Simiao remained silent. After a while, as Du Guangyuan calmed down, he quietly began to speak, "I used to be just like you, possessing supernatural abilities, similar to the abilities I’m showing you now. My abilities are related to the blood of all things; I can freely control the flow rate of blood and slow down my enemies’ healing process. Even those with super-strong self-healing abilities can be made to fail by me causing blood loss if they have even a single wound."

After saying this, Du Guangyuan gulped, licked his dry lips, and continued, "I was still young back then. Anyone wielding such power would be intoxicated by its strength. Indeed, I committed many illegal actions using these abilities. After liberation, society was still quite chaotic. I amassed a lot of antiques surreptitiously and sold them abroad through certain channels, earning a lot of money."

"You said after liberation? How old exactly are you! Aren’t you fifty-six?" Mei Simiao interjected, gesturing to the guards beside him to give Du Guangyuan a glass of water.

After receiving the water glass, Du Guangyuan sipped it and placed it on the table with a sneer, "Fifty-six? If you count my real age, I’m already seventy-two. My real name isn’t Du Guangyuan. I’m Du Sanshan, and Du Guangyuan is the identity of a distant nephew of mine. I killed him and took his name and identity."

"You’re ruthless enough, not even sparing your own nephew!" Pei Yan coldly remarked in mockery.

"My own family was dead; why would I care about a nephew who’s not even remotely related? Back then, I thought once I had saved up enough money, I’d smuggle my family to Hong Kong so they’d have a wealthy life until I met him, everything was ruined!" Du Guangyuan finished by downing the water in front of him and smashed the cup on the table into pieces.

Mei Simiao raised an eyebrow, "Vlad?"

"Yes, it’s him! A middleman named Zhao Dejun, who dealt in smuggling antiques abroad, introduced him to me. You don’t need to investigate this person; he’s long dead." As he said this, Du Guangyuan brushed the shattered glass on the table to the ground, placed his hand on it, and continued, "At that time, Zhao Dejun said this person was an antique collector with a lot of money but picky tastes, and wanted me to fetch some good items. I thought it was a big deal and hastily agreed to it. I went to a lot of trouble, and on the delivery day, Zhao Dejun told me the buyer wanted to inspect the goods personally. This was rare at the time as foreigners rarely did business internally. For the money, I didn’t think much of it but who would’ve thought that on the day of the transaction, I was directly detained by him."

Saying this, Du Guangyuan sadly pulled his hair and said hoarsely, "I was too careless! At that time, I was young and uneducated. I thought having this power made me invincible, so I acted recklessly, without hiding my strength. Vlad wasn’t after antiques at all; Zhao Dejun leaked information leading him to me! That day, I truly learned there are always higher mountains and greater people. I wanted to resist, but my power was easily crushed by him like a child."

Looking up at Pei Yan, Du Guangyuan sneered, "Seeing you gritting your teeth like that, I assume you’ve also encountered Vlad, right? How were his skills? How many people did you lose?"

Bam! Pei Yan slammed the table, glaring angrily, and Mei Simiao grabbed his sleeve, turning to scold, "If you want to live longer, answer the questions properly! Stop dodging the subject and saying irrelevant things, or we have many ways to pry open your mouth! You should understand the situation now better than anyone!"