Chapter 228 Immediate Persuasion Technique_1

Chapter 228: Chapter 228 Immediate Persuasion Technique_1

Aiden had just had this thought when he realized his judgment was too hasty.

The Blood Moon Cult following the Harvest Mother Cult should have at least some grasp of the latter’s movements, not to be totally ignorant.

Nos’s behavior pattern also seemed a bit contradictory if he was there to investigate clues, he should have concealed his whereabouts as much as possible.

Behaviors like feasting on human blood would surely draw the attention of the Heresy Inquisition if prolonged. Doing such things in an autonomous state with an unusually active inquisitorial apparatus, and in the city district no less...

Just sucking blood to satisfy one’s own desires, no matter how confident one is, would typically require heading to the outskirts of the city, right?

"Hey, are you capturing people to suck their blood on the Cult’s orders or is this on your own initiative?" Aiden asked.

"Eh?" Nos’s face showed a hint of surprised realization, "This... indeed, I was instructed to do this by the Cult..."

"Wow, you’re pushing this onto the Cult?" Kael’s face was full of disbelief, "It seems more like you just wanted to satisfy your own craving for flesh, huh?"

"It’s true!" Nos defended loudly, "He insisted that we stay here... to suck human blood regularly, and he would regularly check whether we had the scent of human blood on us."

"Oh? ’He’? ’We’?" Kael squinted his eyes, "So, you’re saying there’s more than just you involved in this kind of activity?"

"Besides me, I know of three others... all vampires," Nos replied.

"And who is this ’he’ you’re referring to?"

"He’s a high-ranking vampire supervising me within the Cult, definitely at least a Duke or higher. I was coerced by him to do the grunt work!" Nos answered.

At this point, Aiden suddenly had a thought: This guy might just be a decoy.

"What can you tell me about this supervisor? Name? Appearance?" Aiden asked.

"I-I don’t know," Nos said cautiously.

"Fancy trying some grilled heart?" Kael suddenly sneered at Nos’s head.

Nos was immediately scared silly, "I really don’t know!! He always covered his face, never told us his name! He just periodically visited our hideouts to make sure we were doing our jobs!"

The more Aiden heard, the more he felt his suspicions were confirmed.

The B-level wanted criminal before him was simply carrying out a task in confusion. It seemed the Blood Moon Cult never really expected him to uncover anything. Instead, they seemed to hope he would make some conspicuous moves to attract the attention of the Heresy Inquisition.

And he himself had only recently joined the Cult, lured in by the promise of rewards, and then forced by vampires more powerful than himself to do such deeds...

It seemed a bit like they were using him as a smoke bomb for some bigger action they were planning underneath... Aiden thought.

Kael tried asking Nos a few more questions, but he still had no idea.

Whenever Kael showed distrust and made verbal threats, Nos would become panicked, but still could not provide any useful information.

Finally, Aiden lost his patience, "Alright, it seems we’re not getting anything useful out of this guy’s mouth, let’s hand him over to the Heresy Inquisition."

Asking like this was meaningless; with the interrogation techniques of the Heresy Inquisition, perhaps they could pry something new out of him.

"Err..." Kael hesitated briefly, finding no further methods to extract information and agreed with Aiden’s suggestion, "Okay, then..."

He looked down at Nos lying on the floor, stretched his hand out, controlled the blood on his hand to form threads, and wrapped them around Nos’s head before yanking it back into his grasp. He then placed Nos’s head back onto the severed neck.

"There we go!" Kael looked satisfied, but then he frowned, "Something feels off..."

"You put it on backwards," Aiden reminded.

"Oh, sorry, my bad." Kael smiled at Nos, turning his head to face the right way.

Nos’s cheeks twitched, as if he was about to explode, but he didn’t dare raise any objections in the end.

"Let’s wait just a bit longer," Aiden said, glancing at the woman lying on the bed, "Once the victim recovers, I’ll go and ask someone from the inn to call for a carriage, take the witness with us, and escort the wanted criminal to the Heresy Inquisition."

"Then I’ll leave the person in your care, Warden. Please also communicate the matters regarding the Blood Moon Cult to them; I won’t be heading over tonight," Kael said with a smile.

Capturing Nos for interrogation and convincing Aiden of the Blood Moon Cult’s activities was his aim, and he had achieved it.

"You’re not planning on giving a statement with me?" Aiden looked at him in surprise, "Not interested in the reward?"

"I really don’t like entering such places, Warden. Just explaining the situation should be enough for the Inquisition. If the Heresy Inquisition needs to confirm anything, they’ll find me at the temporary residence I registered, and then I’ll cooperate fully. As for the reward... you take it, consider it a favor," Kael refused with a wave of his hand.

"It was you who caught him; I’d feel guilty taking that money. You should claim it," Aiden suggested.

"No need, no need, it’s alright!" Kael still waved his hand.

"No, it’s not alright, I mind," Aiden insisted.

"Oh come on, there’s no need to be so polite!"

"You’re the one who doesn’t need to be so polite. After all, you caught a fugitive; that’s being a good Samaritan, you deserve to be rewarded."

"Oh really, it’s not necessary."

"Yes, it is."

...

They politely declined back and forth for a few rounds, with Nos watching silently as the criminal.

In the end, Kael gave in, unable to resist any longer, and with a forced laugh said, "Oh well, I can’t beat your insistence... In the end, it turned out like this, no choice, I’ll just... stop by to cooperate with the investigation."

"Glad you understand," Aiden nodded, "Forgive my directness, but consistently refusing to assist with the inquiry inside the bureau makes you look very suspicious."

"Oh, I see, I appreciate the lesson. Then..." With a polite and embarrassed smile, Kael’s gaze moved downwards, "Could you remove the gun from pointing at me now?"

Ultimately, what convinced Kael was that Aiden had pointed the gun at him mid-sentence, which had an immediate effect.

Although he hadn’t seen any clear problems, Aiden had not yet entirely believed Kael’s side of the story, and moreover... he wasn’t sure whether the "Primogenitor Faction" Kael mentioned was involved in any illegal actions.

The most straightforward approach was still to take Kael into the Heresy Inquisition as well and thoroughly interrogate him.