Most Wanted [Interstellar]

Chapter 45

Schlieffen was so tired that he never woke up. In his dream, he walked through a long corridor, and the sound of glassware colliding could be heard from time to time in the empty corridor.He wasn't sure where this place was, he just thought it was familiar.He walked slowly because the end of the corridor was in front of him, and he didn't want to go to the end because there was a door at the end.

In this hallway where the walls were cleaned to reflect the light, the old, dirty door was unsettling, as if he knew what was inside, and as if he knew he was going to walk in eventually.

He deliberately slowed down, but his legs would not give in, and brought him all the way to the door.He raised his hand to hold the door lock, only then did he realize that his hand had no fingers!

"Have a nightmare?"

Schlieffen opened his eyes. The light was dim, but he could clearly see the person in front of him. This person was—Charles Fernan.

Charles was eating a piece of cake, he took a piece from the plate and fed it to Schlieffen: "Strawberry muffin cake, would you like a bite?"

Schlieffen hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth.This cake has a lot of cream, and there are almost no muffins. It tastes sweet and feels greasy when swallowed.

"There's bad news and good news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Good news." Schlieffen said weakly.

"The good news is that I'm not going to 'treat' you anymore."

Schlieffen looked at his body, and he found that his wounds had been bandaged.

"The bad news is——you're back." Charles shrugged at him. The cake on his plate was empty, and he cut some from the box next to him.

It was the same iron room, the same interrogation chair, and even the handcuffs that bound him remained the same.

"Four years ago, when you were an infantry soldier in the Army Commando, you were captured alive by militants from a galaxy far away. The report said that a squad of you were ambushed and captured alive. In the end, only you were rescued. I am so curious, How did you survive."

"Because I was a recruit at the time, I knew the least."

"..." Charles reached into his bag and took out a small package, "It's a good way to survive, but you really know too little this time." He put the little thing on Schlieffen's lap , "Up to now, Alvin Hellman has directly or indirectly killed as many as 4000 people. Even if you count the war, this number is very staggering. In the prison where you work, you encounter Has anyone ever killed more criminals than him?"

Schlieffen shook his head.

Charles opened the package on his lap, which contained an old photo. He picked it up and held it up to Schlieffen: "He is an elegant scientist..."

There are three people in this photo, a tall alpha with light blonde hair, a female beta with brown hair, and a man with black hair and black eyes with omega features.

"...but also a murderer."

"I've seen his picture on the news, and he's the one with the black hair." This time, Schlieffen didn't seem to deliberately avoid talking about him.

"Well, I wish I had such gentle black eyes," Charles said, rather self-deprecating, "I even read his thesis after taking over this case. Objectively speaking, he is really a talented and practical man." Good man. I'm not going to comment on his scientific views, probably because I'm not qualified to, but what I'm trying to say is that, for whatever reason, he killed too many people."

These words made Schlieffen shiver unconsciously. He only heard a few words in the police station. He didn't know exactly what Erwin Herman did and how many people he killed.

"He may be a good person in front of you, and he may behave as his students and colleagues commented: kind and polite. But seeing these news, I want to say, he killed people! Really! Too many! !During the time we are talking, the death toll is still increasing. Mr. Schlieffen, you are not a criminal, you are a normal person with an orthodox education, don't you feel at all when you hear such things Is it the pressure? It is because you are not the one who will die, so you are going to stand by like four years ago?"

"I didn't stand by!" Schlieffen suddenly became very angry, "Isn't what you did to me cruel? Don't you feel pressure? Don't you think you are a good person in my eyes?! But now! Although I am angry! Although I am afraid! But I am still communicating with you! Prosecutor Fernan! Because I know something now, I understand what you are doing now! I... I am also a policeman!" Schlieffen paused , closed his eyes in pain, "As you said, during the time I was missing... too many inexplicable things happened to me... Now it's not just you who suspect, even I begin to suspect that I am Not knowing anything! But I can't remember... I just can't! All I have in my head are those three months of experience, which are so vivid day by day! I can't remember anything else!"

Today, the iron room is empty, the equipment is not turned on, and the 'doctor' is not there. There are only the two of them in this room, and now they are looking at each other.Charles stared into his eyes as if he could see right through him.

"If I don't want to cooperate with you, I will apply for a lawyer now."

The look in Charles' eyes made Schlieffen very angry.

"You are a witness, you are not eligible to apply for a lawyer."

"After the police department took me there! Mr. Fernand!"

"Although they are stupid, they will not make such low-level mistakes. What they gave were interview transcripts, not interrogation transcripts. I have specifically confirmed this."

"Really?" Schlieffen moved forward, and the iron chain in his hand immediately made a harsh sound, "Do you think the judge only looks at the form for writing the transcript, and no longer looks at the video of my interrogation? Does the judge Can’t tell if the video is questioning a witness or a prisoner? You are not a militant from a galaxy far away. You can’t cover the sky with one hand. Are you sure that after my application for a lawyer is successful, my lawyer will not take the ‘treatment’ I received? File lawsuits one by one?" He sneered, "But I didn't!"

He didn't, and he could do it now if he wanted to.

"I have reason to hate you because you didn't intend to find the truth in the first place, you just took a chance and hoped that I really knew something. If I happen to know nothing, I will stay here until I lose value So far! As for how painful I will be in this process, you don't care at all!"

Hearing the other party's words, Charles was silent for a moment.

"Why don't you want to believe me?"

"..."

"Even now, my attitude of voluntarily deciding not to apply for a lawyer can't express my sincerity to you?!"

"..."

Both of them may be aware that their emotions are a little agitated, so they choose to calm down for a while.

"You are a very smart person." Finally, Charles came to a conclusion.

"You are also very smart. You know that I will be caught by the actions of the police department. You guessed that I would say these words, so you sent everyone away." Schlieffen also said frankly.

This made Charles feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't refute.In the dark room, he just looked at the guy in front of him while eating the cake.He knew that the warden was useless, and he was wondering what bargaining chips he had.

"Why do you insist that that person won't erase my memory?" Schlieffen suddenly raised his head, "I'm really curious about this."

"Because I have encountered the same case." Charles smiled at him, "That omega let the other party go, he didn't erase the other party's memory."

"That omega is also a pervert who killed more than 4000 people?"

"No, but he is by no means a good person. I also asked him the same question you asked me, and he told me: after all, he was reluctant to part with that memory."

It's ridiculous, a crazy criminal would be reluctant to part with a memory... If he hadn't experienced it himself, Charles wouldn't have believed such a thing.

"You mean, this scientist, this Alvin Herman and I have a good memory?" Schlieffen felt incredible, "Ao will indeed be attracted to each other, but if this attraction is really so strong, It's so violent that it doesn't need any emotion, then we don't need the help of the Omega Promotion Association to make it right."

"How do you know there is no relationship between you?" Charles asked.

Shilieffen was taken aback by what he said, and he suddenly looked down at the photo on his lap.

"There may be feelings between us...?"

"..."

"It's unbelievable," Schlieffen smiled and shook his head, "What kind of feelings would this be...'After all, life is a claustrophobic world'."

"What did you just say?" Charles felt as if he had seen this sentence in Alvin's paper.

He also looked at the photo on his lap, and he remembered the little lie he told when he first met him - if there are traces of some information in the brain, are these traces really undetectable?Forensic doctors can't do it, but now, it seems that there is an expert who can provide some help... According to his understanding, the other party must be willing to provide this help.