Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 793: 476, Executioner

Takahashi Toshiki’s body was now completely silent.

Although his physiological functions were normal, his consciousness had been fully transferred by nanorobots, rendering him a vegetative person without consciousness.

Qing Chen knew this well.

The Jindai Consortium must have conducted many clinical trials on this matter of neuron connection and seizure.

It was rumored that the longevity of the Jindai Family Head was due to his continual use of this sinister technology, repeatedly changing B-Class Experts’ bodies.

If a technology was used on the Family Head, it indicated that the technology was very advanced.

Therefore, when Jindai Yunhe saw such a high synchronization coordination rate in Qing Chen, he was very confident in stating that Qing Chen hadn’t been seized.

The behaviors of Jindai Yunhe all along the way—torturing Qing Chen, humiliating him, crushing his will—were all to decrease this synchronization coordination rate.

Clearly, people from the Jindai Consortium knew how to lower this synchronization coordination rate.

However, what surprised him was that after enduring so much suffering, Qing Chen’s synchronization coordination rate still reached 100%.

“Sir, I really am Takahashi Toshiki,” Qing Chen said anxiously, “I enlisted when I was 17. Jindai Jingchuan, the official, selected me to join the ‘Baqi’ organization. Accompanying me were Takahashi Ichiro, Zhao Kuan, Zhao Jie…”

The Qing Clan’s Spy Bureau, the Chen Clan’s Executioners, the Jindai Baqi, the Deer Island’s Isolation, and the Li Family’s Red Sparrow were all well-known intelligence agencies within the Federation.

Every piece of information Qing Chen mentioned in this statement was beyond dispute.

If Qing Chen was still himself, then he had no reason whatsoever to know that information.

So there was a problem here…

The Clinical Data Center had indeed never seen a successful case where a seizure with a ‘low synchronization rate’ occurred over a ‘high synchronization rate’.

But also, there had never been a case where, after a failed seizure, the seized could retain the memories of the seizor…

So, what appeared before Jindai Yunhe now were two unprecedented situations, and he had to choose which to believe.

One possibility was that although Takahashi Toshiki had a low synchronization rate, he did indeed seize Qing Chen.

The second possibility was that not only was Qing Chen unseized, but he had also obtained the memories of Takahashi Toshiki.

In theory, the first situation could still be explained as a machine malfunction, possibly showing incorrect values; whereas the second situation seemed even more inconceivable…

This was why Qing Chen firmly denied it because he felt that the other party could not be completely sure.

As long as he kept up his act, he could make the other party doubt their own conclusions.

At this moment, even Jindai Yunhe seemed a bit uncertain…

“Sir, could it be that Toshiki really succeeded?” someone asked quietly.

Jindai Yunhe frowned and asked, “How many more uses do we have for the nanorobots at this secret base?”

A subordinate whispered, “Sir, two more times.”

Jindai Yunhe casually pushed Takahashi Toshiki’s body off the bed and then said to another subordinate, “Zhao Kuan, lie down here and undergo the neuron connection seizure once more.”

Zhao Kuan hesitated. Looking at Takahashi Toshiki’s body, he was nervous: “Sir, Qing Chen has not reached B-Class, and one neuron connection has already caused some irreversible damage to the brain. If we do it a second time, the damage might be more severe.”

Yet Jindai Yunhe spoke nonchalantly, “Don’t worry, you can still live for at least five more years. The Clan will take care of your family for your service. But what if you betray the Clan? What about your family then?”

Zhao Kuan froze, unwilling to lie down, but Jindai Yunhe’s somber face looked particularly frightening.

At this moment, everyone in the basement suddenly remembered Qing Chen mentioning Jindai Yunhe killing his own people to silence them.

They believed him.

Zhao Kuan lay down on the bed with a bitter heart, waiting for his colleagues to attach the tubes to his body.

Qing Chen began to struggle desperately, crying out: “Sir, I really am Takahashi Toshiki, don’t overwrite my consciousness, I have already completed the overwrite! Sir, please, don’t overwrite me!”

Qing Chen’s act was so tragic that everyone felt it might really be Takahashi Toshiki…

However, Jindai Yunhe showed no emotional fluctuation: “Start.”

He silently watched the synchronization coordination rate on the device.

This time, Qing Chen’s rate was still 100%.

Zhao Kuan’s was 91%.

This time, Qing Chen saw Zhao Kuan’s entire life.

Zhao Kuan had joined the Southern Children’s Army before finishing junior high and then entered the… Executioner Organization due to his outstanding performance.

Qing Chen was stunned.

The Executioner?!

This was indeed an intelligence agency of the Chen Clan.

Qing Chen never expected that his second person to reversely devour the seizor was also a double agent.

Zhao Kuan grew up in the South, and after receiving training, was quietly sent to the North to enlist and was selected by Jindai officials to join Baqi.

When he first arrived in the North, the young Zhao Kuan did not have an easy life.

The Takahashi surname was relatively prestigious in several northern cities; even if Takahashi Toshiki’s family was in dire straits, they still received some subsidy money every month.

However, a Huaxia surname like Zhao Kuan was considered inferior everywhere in the North, even preventing him from dating girls from the Takahashi family.

In the North, surnames like Takahashi and Jindai were prestigious, just like the Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li of the Central Plains.

Qing Chen did not expect that there would be such an overt ‘caste system’ based on surnames in the North as administered by Jindai.

During his time in Baqi, Zhao Kuan had a relatively good standing, but eventually, because he had orders to deliberately court an official’s wife to gather intelligence, he ended up being noticed.

After being discovered by the official, that official arranged for him to be transferred to the southern front lines to join the infiltration mission into the Central Plains as a final mission.

Wait a second.

Qing Chen discovered a crucial piece of information.

Zhao Kuan had received the task to cooperate with the acting before Jindai Yunhe arrived.

He had already passed the message to the Chen Clan!

Qing Chen pondered, not expecting that devouring Zhao Kuan’s consciousness would bring such an unexpected surprise.

However, he didn’t know whether the Chen Clan learning of Jindai Yunhe’s arrival was good or bad for him.

This ever-silent consortium… no one yet knew what they truly intended to do.

Meanwhile,

Zhao Kuan finally understood what Takahashi Toshiki had gone through as he stared at the vast Memory Palace, feeling like a tiny ant under its enormity.

So, Takahashi Toshiki’s consciousness was erased by this massive will, right?

Zhao Kuan cursed Jindai Yunhe in his heart.

How the hell do you cover that up?

Huh?

Using sesame seeds to cover a watermelon? His own consciousness wasn’t even as big as their seeds!

Impressive that you guys could think of that!

When Jindai Yunhe and the others saw Zhao Kuan’s body start to tremble violently, it didn’t last long before it quieted down.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Qing Chen, who opened his eyes with a hint of fear and hesitantly said, “Inspector, it’s done…”

As he spoke, his fingers nervously clenched the bedding,

In Qing Chen’s view, this matched Zhao Kuan’s initial reaction perfectly, including some subtle details in his acting.

Zhao Kuan’s memories, combined with Qing Chen’s acting, were flawless.

Jindai Yunhe: “…”

He too was at a loss about what to do.

The current situation was that Jindai Yunhe did not believe the possession had succeeded, but he had no evidence of failure!

While Qing Chen was pondering,

He had never imagined that someone else possessing him could bring him so much information.

It was like he had experienced Zhao Kuan and Takahashi Toshiki’s lives, though not complete, important people, events, and places were all familiar to Qing Chen.

These two spies’ contacts, friends, relatives, hierarchical relationships, as well as Yamata, Chen Clan Children’s Army, and Executioner’s internal operations, even the missions they had carried out, who from this group came to Central Plains were all completely exposed to Qing Chen.

The only regret was that these two had a low rank, the information Qing Chen grasped was useful, but not useful enough.

At most, he could destroy several of Jindai and Chen Clan’s strongholds and capture a few relatively important people after he got out alive.

If it were Jindai Yunhe possessing him, Qing Chen felt that if he could master the information known by him, he probably could wipe out Jindai’s intelligence agency in the south…

Honestly, Qing Chen was even considering whether to advance to B-Class and then ask the Jindai Family Head if he was interested in his body, which was very healthy, a delight to feed, and could sprint up five floors without breaking a sweat!

Jindai Yunhe probably didn’t know that while he was agonizing over strategies, Qing Chen had already begun to fancy his future possibilities…

Of course, Qing Chen wasn’t certain if he could survive.

At that moment, Jindai Yunhe suddenly laughed, and told his subordinates, “Take Inspector Qing Chen with us to the equipment room.”

Qing Chen’s heart sank, and he immediately realized what the other party was planning to do.

Once several people escorted Qing Chen over and opened the equipment room, it revealed the true Producers who were bound inside.

These people were the real Producers in the production bases, Federation civilians.

After Jindai’s intelligence personnel infiltrated, they restricted these people’s freedom and left them in the cold, dark equipment room.

The most outrageous thing was that these Producers lived in the production bases with their families; among the 14 detained Producers, there were two little boys and two women.

In Zhao Kuan and Takahashi Toshiki’s memories, there were too many unbearable scenes.

At one moment, Qing Chen thought that in this era, small figures really were like weeds.

When the door to the equipment room opened, everyone inside fearfully shrank back.

Their mouths were gagged, only able to emit feeble whimpers.

Jindai Yunhe handed a pistol to Qing Chen, “If you are truly Zhao Kwan, then shoot them dead. If you don’t kill them, your family in City 21 will all die. As far as I know, Inspector Qing Chen in the Outer World is relatively principled, at least his reputation during the day isn’t too bad.”

The gun was loaded and had bullets. Once Qing Chen held it, he knew Jindai Yunhe truly intended to kill these Producers.

He could take the opportunity to shoot at Jindai Yunhe and his men, but even if he remained unharmed, it was impossible to shoot and kill someone in front of an A-Class.

The opponent’s speed was fast enough to prevent him from acting.

He could also kill these people to continue disguising himself, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it; his principles did not allow him to do such a thing.

Qing Chen was very clear about the pros and cons and knew what the right choice was, but he couldn’t pull the trigger.

Qing Chen was silent for a few seconds.

“Don’t bother, I am Qing Chen.”

Jindai Yunhe burst into laughter, “Inspector Qing Chen, you do surprise me a bit. You’ve been in the Inner World so long, haven’t you learned how a consortium should deal with the riffraff? Their lives, even if tens of thousands combined, aren’t as valuable as yours. Why risk exposing yourself for a few insignificant people? If you hadn’t admitted it, but had simply killed them neatly, you might have actually caused me some trouble.”

Qing Chen looked up calmly at Jindai Yunhe, “I once lost my way and thought one could use any means to achieve an end. But lately, you all have reminded me who I really am, and how I should face this world. I am not the same as you beasts.”

Jindai Yunhe was not angry and curiously asked, “I am puzzled, why couldn’t you be possessed?”

Qing Chen pondered for a moment, “I don’t know either, maybe the attempts were too few. Why don’t you let others try?”

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The next chapter is at 11 PM.