Chapter 60: Appearance and Truth
"Name?"
"Dragon Clumber Haisen."
"Cadet number?"
β30177γβ
"Age?"
"Two months away from turning 20."
"Family situation?"
"I come from the Chlumber-Heisen family in Somsonas, Federal State of Lorraine, with a father of Lord Klumber-Haisen and a mother of Lord Klumber-Haisen, and the family business is dominated by traditional handmade guns."
"Tell me about yesterday morning, what you know and what you see."
"Yes, sir. In this artillery live-fire training, I was assigned to the 9th Artillery Brigade ......"
For the next quarter of an hour, Weiss unreservedly recounted what he had seen, heard, said and done during the training session.
In this small interrogation room, Weiss stood in a momentary posture, and behind the only desk sat a red-haired and white-skinned young gendarme, who spent most of his time taking written notes, and Weiss was questioned by another gendarmerie officer who was constantly pacing the room. The man looked to be in his early thirties, with brown hair and wheat skin, tall and tall, wearing the red collar badge of the gendarmerie unit and the epaulettes corresponding to the rank of lieutenant, with a straight face from beginning to end, and a posture of interrogating prisoners.
"That's all?"
"That's all!"
When answering this question, Weiss had a clear conscience, but he was not completely down-to-earth. After the Battle of the Snow Forest in the Monamolin Mountains, as the only survivor of the Free Federation, he should have reported the incident to the Free Federation military as it was, which could not only provide first-hand information for the military top brass to judge the situation, but also justify the victims, but thinking that his situation at that time would be full of mistakes and omissions in this kind of interrogation, it would be self-defeating, and after a painful ideological struggle, he finally chose to "escape......
"Well, then, Mr. Long Clumber-Haysen, your situation is basically the same as what your classmates say, but your situation is different from others, eh?"
Weiss replied, "Because I initiated the vote, the 8th Artillery Brigade got the box of shells, and one of them accidentally exploded, causing the tragedy of yesterday morning." β
The gendarmerie officer walked up to Weiss and stared down at his eyes, the kind of cold gaze that longed to see through a person's soul, which sent chills down Weiss's back and made him uncomfortable.
After a long while, those eyes finally looked away from Weiss.
"You know who Nikola Leiboyd's father is, right?"
"Of course, there are not many people at the Barston Military Academy who don't know." Weiss replied.
"Because of this relationship, most students deliberately keep their distance from him, and you are an exception, why?"
Weiss took a deep breath: "This is a question that I find very embarrassing. First, I had few friends at the military academy because everyone looked down on me and thought that I had come in through the back door through the Grumman Group, but Nikolai didn't care about that. Second, we have a lot of common interests, so we are able to talk happily. You can do some research and find out that I have been interested in these interests for many years. β
The gendarmerie officer smiled coldly: "Many years? How old are you? Well? β
Weiss did not answer.
The gendarmerie officer then asked: "As far as I know, just two months ago you went on a solo trip to the Monamolin Mountains and something interesting happened to you?" β
When Weiss heard this, his heart suddenly chuckled. Although there are no witnesses to the battle of the snow forest in the Monamolin Mountains, the time of his trip and the established route are not secrets.
"This is a multi-generational tradition of the Klumber-Haysen family...... Weiss argues.
"Yes, I've investigated, your family, each heir has to complete some specific tasks on their own, including hunting down a rare number of snow stalks, so it makes sense for you to climb over the Monamolin Mountains on your own, deep into the Lost Snow, as well as Devil's Canyon, the Death Swamp, Selby Caves, ......"
Speaking of this, the gendarmerie officer suddenly changed his words: "How much do you know about your brother, Yul Clumber Haysen, who disappeared nine years ago?" β
Weiss opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Don't want to say? Then let me tell you! He went to the Norman Empire to help the Norman army develop new weapons, and was admitted to the Royal Army Academy, the most prestigious in the Norman Empire......"
Weiss seemed to hear a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the whole person was stunned.
The young gendarme, who was in charge of recording the conversation, also stopped his pen.
The gendarmerie officer stood aside, observing Weiss's reaction with great interest, and seeing that he was shocked by the news, he said in a relatively relaxed tone: "Of course, we got this news four years ago, according to the system of the Royal Norman Army Academy, he graduated a year ago, and as for what happened and what he did, we still don't know anything about it. β
Weiss turned his head, stared straight at the gendarmerie officer, narrowed his eyes, and said word by word: "Why have I never heard of this?" I only know that he is missing, most likely at the hands of Xue Zhen, I don't believe that he will defect to the Norman Empire, what evidence can you prove in your so-called news? β
The imaginary frame that jumps in front of him not only reveals the combat effectiveness of the gendarmerie officer, but also reveals his attitude towards Weissβwhite, which means neutrality, not hostility. Does this mean that he is at least on an impartial stand?
"Do you think if we had proof, you would still be able to get into Basston and get close to Nicolas Lebold?"
The gendarmerie officer's rhetorical question left Weiss speechless.
"We have brought in the best military experts who will conduct a technical survey of the explosion site yesterday morning and determine the cause of the explosion so that we can judge the cause of the incident. If it is true that you have done something in it, I swear, no one will escape the judgment, no one! β
By the end, the lieutenant of the gendarmerie had gritted his teeth and looked fierce. It seems that he also has a story in him......
"There was something really wrong with that shell." Wei Sidao, "If it's just an ordinary training bomb, it's not that powerful at all, so it's right for you to start with this aspect!" In addition, I feel the need to remind you that the box of shells was taken from the armory and never opened in the middle of the way, and all the cadets of the 9th Artillery Corps can testify to this. β
Far from being surprised, the gendarmerie officer snorted coldly: "We can think of this without you saying this!" As for you, Mr. Long Clumber Haisen, who is a major suspect, will be suspended from attending the courses and training of the military academy until the investigation is completed, and will stay in the temporary accommodation arranged by us. We will provide you with study materials, books, materials, and anything else you can ask, but don't try to escape our sight, our sentries have the right to shoot you! Of course, if you have enough evidence to clear your name, you can always ask the sentry on duty to report it to me! Do you understand? β
Weiss shrugged: "Do I have any other choice?" β
When it was over, the gendarmerie officer examined Weiss again with his cold gaze, as if trying to dig out some hidden information from his expressions, demeanor, and body movements, but he could not succeed, so he put his hands in his trouser pockets and ordered the soldiers outside the door to escort him away.
After going out, Weiss was taken by two military policemen with five big and three rough to a remote courtyard located in the Bathton Military Academy, and directly locked up in a "small black room". There was a fixed bed, a washstand, a squatting pit, a dim chandelier, and that's it.
The gendarmerie officer did not break his promise, and Weiss was soon provided with a pile of textbooks, books, materials, and an unlimited supply of paper, pen and ink. For the next few days, Weiss never saw anyone's face again, and his three meals a day were stuffed through the cracks under the door.
One night a few days later, as soon as Weiss fell asleep, he vaguely heard someone calling his name, and listened with his ears pricked up, it was clearly the voice of the baby-faced brother!
Follow the sound to the only small ventilation window in this room, and with great difficulty, I can only see a few fingers outside the window.
"Hey, Nikolai, is that you?" Weiss lowered his voice.
The person outside the window was also whispering: "It's me, Dragon, are you okay?" β
"I'm okay, how are you?"
"I'm still me, nothing has changed! It's you...... Lieutenant Leibold didn't do anything to you, did he? β
Hearing this surname, Weiss's jaw almost fell to the ground: "Lieutenant Leibald? You're talking about the gendarmerie officer who was in charge of interrogating me? That guy with thick eyebrows, small eyes, and a slightly collapsed nose? β
"Oh my God! If he hears you describe him like that, he's going to have to duel with you! The baby-faced little brother said.
Weiss hurriedly asked, "This Lieutenant Leibald...... What does it have to do with you? β
"He's my cousin."
The Lebold family is really talented! Weiss muttered to himself.
"Hey, Dragon, you have to be careful, this cousin of mine is a psychologist, no one can lie to his face without being detected, and besides, he can also hypnotize!"
Hypnotism? Weiss chuckled in his heart, if that guy really succeeded in hypnotizing himself, wouldn't he be able to extract many secrets from his mouth......
"I talked to him twice after you were locked in, and I felt that he had no ill will towards you, he was just worried that I would be hurt. I've explained to him again and again that this has absolutely nothing to do with you! β
The sound outside the window made Weiss's heart well.
"Thank you, Nikolai, for your trust." Wei Si said, "No matter what happens, I will not do anything to hurt you, and I will not allow anyone to hurt you!" β
"Cut! Are you embarrassed to say that? I've been protecting you all along, okay! β
Instead of arguing with him as usual, Weiss asked, "How are they, Maren?" β
The voice outside the window did not answer immediately, and the atmosphere suddenly changed from warm spring to cold winter.
After a while, the baby-faced brother whispered: "Ronna, Mitchell, and Kevin failed to be rescued, Mullen, Bedi, and Cabella underwent amputation because of their serious injuries, and Majon, Purzer, Bolley, Martin, Geog, Mahim, Andre, Floan, Carrington, Manuel, Boris, and Yule are not seriously injured and should be discharged from the hospital soon." β
At the scene of the explosion that day, the students corresponding to these names were basically bloody people, at least half of them were unconscious, Weiss thought that few people would survive, and now this result was much better than expected, but listening to the baby-faced brother report their names coherently, his heart was very heavy. If it weren't for their own relationship, how could they have suffered this calamity?
But then again, assuming that the shell in question was going to explode, either the 8th Artillery Team would have suffered or Weiss's 9th Artillery Team had a tragedy, and in any case, the bleak situation of casualties would have occurred......