The dark and confined space is most likely to provoke unease in the heart, especially when sitting across from you is a KGB agent, with a grim expression, staring at you without saying a word.
This kind of scene would unsettle not just an ordinary person; even if placed a hundred years ago in all of Europe, maintaining a calm expression would require the mindset of the top of the top.
For Karelinna, there's now one good news and one bad news.
The good news is that the KGB disbanded eighty years ago, just like the photo behind this agent that should be hanging in the interrogation room.
The bad news is that the Soviet Petrochemical Security Bureau, which replaced the KGB, doesn't believe the docunts she reported, and they executed a large-scale mory restoration on her. Setting aside issues of loyalty and enthusiasm, their thods of torture are absolutely no weaker than the KGB.
They would not hold back, even when dealing with their own people.
Drug interrogation, mory search, record detection, lie detectors, water torture... every technique available was used.
Karelinna is still alive now only because the people from Soviet Petrochemical don't want her dead yet.
The sternly perched agent from Soviet Petrochemical repeated that question, already asked more than five tis.
"Karelinna, repeat again what happened in Night City."
"..."
The disheveled woman hung her head, her cracked and bleeding lips slightly moved but uttered nothing, her whole body devoid of a single piece of good flesh, nothing like the capable agent she was in Night City.
Her mind had been tortured into a blank slate, at this mont like a stuck machine, unable to function properly, even unable to think.
It wasn't that she didn't want to speak; back during the second round of interrogation, she had already wanted to spill everything she knew, even just to beg for a quick death—she simply couldn't withstand the torture.
But when she opened her mouth, she found that she couldn't say anything.
It was that line of channel codes sent to her by Lin Miao...
How does a corporation ensure the loyalty of its employees, especially its top agents?
You should know that employees are only there for the pay; today, they work for you for money, and tomorrow they might sell you out for the sa reason.
And a corporation is not a country, not a nation or family. To weaken governntal powers as much as possible, they can't promote or glorify nationalism or patriotism internally, only ntioning such things externally.
Especially for a company like Soviet Petrochemical, which took over the Soviet Union, it's even less plausible to train agents using the old thods. Should they dare try, the first people those agents would kill would be the Soviet Petrochemical board mbers.
So, either train them like Huang Ban from childhood in a brainwashing manner, making them loyal to an individual or family.
Or, highly modify their brains, requiring mory searches after every mission to check for gaps or collusions with others, thereby controlling their life and death.
This highly digital brain thus gave Lin Miao a chance to exploit.
On the day Karelinna returned, her mory bank was already pulled by the Security Bureau for a comprehensive search.
Yet, they found nothing.
The mory displayed that Karelinna had discovered a transaction between Horizon Corporation and the French through surveillance, but the distance was too great, and the equipnt's functionality limited, so she couldn't hear what was being said—she could only barely see the two sides seemingly reach an agreent before leaving.
The Cleaner's core stronghold was soon raided by Horizon Corporation's rcenaries, and the battle was fierce. Boris went out to fight the enemy and was defeated, while she was also attacked inside the stronghold. After an explosion, the scene went black, and it was a long ti before Karelinna woke up, climbed out of the rubble, and escaped.
The issue arose during this blackout period, which the Security Bureau suspected was caused by soone deliberately deleting or sealing Karelinna's mory.
But the other party's technology was highly advanced, leaving no trace.
Seeing Karelinna too weak to speak, the Security Bureau agent took out a section of a syringe, preparing to give her a harsh wake-up call.
But a rapid knock on the door interrupted his action.
The door of the interrogation room was pushed open, and another agent, dressed similarly, quickly stepped in and handed over a terminal.
"Anqiluo, this is the latest intel from Night City. Horizon Corporation's people and the French made a trade in Dog Town, and over twenty containers of unknown cargo were shipped, conservatively estimated at over a hundred tons."
In the footage on the terminal, a convoy of trucks carrying containers stopped on a clearing at Dog Town Spa, then unloaded the entire trailers, which were transferred to the rear of the French convoy's vehicles by crane and transported all the way to the Orbital Aviation port for shipnt.
They are smuggling sothing.
Anqiluo inquired,
"Did you find out what's inside?"
That agent shook his head.
"They are tightly guarded. We can only search related information on Orbital Aviation's official website; the cargo list shows that the containers hold Chun Er products. Soone ntioned hearing the sound of liquid sloshing."
Chun Er...
Chun Er couldn't possibly be transported via airship—it's too costly; there must be sothing hidden within the Chun Er.
Anqiluo: "Have you identified which company's people are involved?"
"It's soone from Alstom's diplomatic departnt. He went to Night City to discuss the South Arican transport security issue with Huang Ban. Suddenly, he got involved with Horizon Corporation's people. Should we...?"
The agent made a gesture implying assassination.
"Wait a mont."
Anqiluo didn't want to target the French company at this ti. The two matters may not be related, indiscriminate killing might lead to troubles.
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