Chapter 371: Interrogation

Chapter 371: Chapter 371: Interrogation

The Monarch was in no mood to play with these two any longer. He turned, pressed a section of the wall, and quickly entered a secret chamber, vanishing before their eyes.

Ye Ming immediately rushed over to search, but despite running his hands over the entire wall, he couldn’t find the mechanism.

He could only give up.

The director put away her gun. Seeing him like this, a hint of worry appeared in her eyes.

However, now that mother and son finally had a chance to be alone, the director found herself at a loss for words.

It was Ye Ming who broke the silence. "So, why did you divorce him?"

The director lowered her gaze, her tone chilly. "Because he killed his brother."

That was the same year she had accidentally found his notebook and learned that he had devoured his own brother’s spiritual power.

"Then why didn’t you fight for custody of me? Why didn’t you tell me sooner?"

Hearing Ye Ming’s questions, the director didn’t know what to say.

The air was stagnant for a dozen seconds before she spoke softly. "I’m sorry, Ming’er. Because you are the heir and your spiritual power is so high, the Empire needed an heir like you."

"But I never imagined... even the most vicious tiger doesn’t eat its own cubs, yet he actually developed the intent to kill you."

After hearing this answer, Ye Ming felt a pang of disappointment, but he was in no position to condemn his mother’s decision.

He pursed his lips and finally just said, "Alright, I understand."

"The important thing now is to find the Monarch and kill him."

"Right."

The director nodded slightly. Ye Ming then asked, "Is Lanlan at the hospital?"

"She is. What’s wrong?"

Upon hearing this, a worried look entered Ye Ming’s eyes. "I need to go check on her. The Monarch is after her."

With that said, Ye Ming left in a hurry. The director, seeming to have guessed something, followed close behind.

The two of them rushed to Zhenxin Hospital. Fortunately, ever since the kidnapping incident, Yan Huoshui and the other two had been protecting Shi Lan without leaving her side, so she was unharmed.

Ye Ming told them that the Monarch had escaped.

In truth, since they were both 3S Spiritual Power Beastmen, if the Monarch was determined to flee, there was really no way for Ye Ming to catch him.

But right now, there were more important things to do than just catching him.

They needed to interrogate the criminals, compile the evidence of the Monarch’s crimes for a public announcement, capture the remaining members of Chao Si, and deal with the children.

With one task after another, Ye Ming was quickly swamped. Of course, Shi Lan first treated his high collapse value before letting him go.

As for Shi Lan, to guard against the Monarch causing trouble, Yan Huoshui and the other two protected her even more closely. Even when she slept, three beastmen would lie on her bed. Sometimes, when Ye Ming returned home late, he would silently transform into a Black Panther and gently rest his head beside her pillow.

With a tacit understanding, the four of them guarded their shared partner. He Hanshi also wanted to protect his wife, but unfortunately, as an Admiral, he couldn’t get away at the moment.

But after successively dealing with all the members of Chao Si, he noticed the frequency and number of Insect Clan attacks were gradually decreasing. The peak of the invasion was likely over; the Energy Ball inside the Insect Mother had probably been depleted, and the Insect Clan’s strength had returned to normal levels. He finally managed to find some time for a vacation.

After all, with a 3S Spiritual Power Beastman like the Monarch lurking in the shadows, He Hanshi couldn’t rest easy. As soon as his leave was approved, he immediately returned to the Capital Star.

「Thirteen days had now passed since the Monarch’s disappearance.」

Within those thirteen days, Ye Ming had captured the remaining members of Chao Si and interrogated people like Captain Xing, even managing to arrest Wen Sen.

Jiang Xia never imagined his great-uncle was the mysterious person who had killed Fang Yuan. If he hadn’t seen him use his Instant Teleportation Talent Skill in a panic, he still wouldn’t have believed what was right in front of him.

Du Yi and Mr. Jiang had no idea Wen Sen had done these things either.

After Wen Sen’s arrest, he adamantly denied everything. However, a pregnant female recognized him by a scar on his arm and by his eyes, immediately pointing him out as one of the men who had raped her.

Ye Ming had brought the female victims to the prison because genetic testing revealed that some of the children there were their offspring. These children were still minors, but their minds had been warped. The military tribunal’s ruling was to imprison them at least until adulthood, at which point their potential release would be judged based on their attitude.

However, there was a second option. For offspring conceived through rape, the mothers held the ultimate power of life and death. These females could choose to end the lives of these children themselves.

So, some of the females were there to carry out that very sentence.

Some of these females had been held captive for seven or eight years, the longest for fifteen. They had endured too much suffering and were utterly unwilling to accept these children, so they acted decisively. But there were still some who couldn’t bring themselves to do it.

Conceiving children was already incredibly difficult in the Empire. They had been forced to take fertility drugs, which drained their own vitality to create a new life—it was equivalent to giving up half their own life for each child born.

Some females died after giving birth to just one or two. Others, with stronger constitutions and higher spiritual power, endured it, forced to give birth time and time again.

And though the process was agonizing, a few of them had still harbored the dream of having a child of their own.

They couldn’t bring themselves to do it for now, and Ye Ming didn’t force them to decide. But at any point before the children reached adulthood, the mothers could come and carry out the sentence.

Because of this, many females had been coming and going from the prison lately.

Wen Sen hadn’t expected to be recognized so suddenly. He was about to argue, but the female became so agitated she nearly shot him with the gun in her hand.

That gun was meant for carrying out an execution later. Since Wen Sen couldn’t be allowed to die yet, Ye Ming kicked him aside and intercepted her.

The female was disappointed she hadn’t hit him. With reddened eyes, she cursed, "You animal! The child in my belly is definitely yours! If you’ve got the guts, just wait! I’ll go back and cut this baby out of me to get a genetic test to prove it!"

Wen Sen was terrified. He swallowed hard, losing all courage to argue further.

Because the female was right. The child in her belly was definitely his.

During the period of her pregnancy, he was the only one who had been granted the "exclusive privilege" of access to her.

Ye Ming looked at the female and had a subordinate lead her away. Then he turned to Wen Sen, his eyes dark with a mixture of anger and bewilderment. "You have a wife. Your relationship seemed very good. You even have your own son. Why would you do something like this?"

At the thought of Du Yi, Wen Sen felt a flicker of guilt.

But it was probably jealousy. He was jealous of how lucky Jiang Hua was. Despite only having Spiritual Power A-level, she had given birth to a 2S cub. Meanwhile, he was an S-class Spiritual Power Beastman, yet his own son was merely A-level.

That was why, when he heard the Monarch’s method for devouring spiritual power to upgrade oneself, he developed the ambition to take a gamble. He also wanted to prove that an S-class Spiritual Power Beastman like him couldn’t possibly keep producing ordinary A-level males.

Knowing there was no way out, Wen Sen’s face turned ashen as he confessed everything.