Chapter 519 Something to Talk About

Alexander was not in a good mood.

The so-called gains and losses are exactly what Alexander is in now. He gained some credits effortlessly and pulled out several thorns in Russia's side, but he also betrayed two moles that Russia had worked so hard to develop.

Fortunately, the person he sold was the traitor on the opposite side, which made Alexander feel a little better.

Just a little, no more.

But I can’t not sell it.

I felt very upset and uncomfortable, and the root of all this was the arrested Prince.

In the makeshift interrogation room, Prince was lying on the ground, and Alexander became angry when he looked at Prince, wishing he could kill him.

Alexander grabbed Prince, who was lying on the ground, and said sternly, "Tell me! How do you prove that Alekaev is your man? What evidence do you have?"

Prince's mouth was full of blood.

Alexander's reaction was so abnormal that anyone in the circle could see it and could even easily guess why he behaved like that.

"As for the evidence, all you need to do is to catch him and ask him. You will know everything. Why do you need any evidence?"

Prince knew that he was in trouble. It wasn't just that he might not survive, but that he would definitely not survive.

Alexander waved to his men, then he clenched his fist and said, "Later, do you know how to write the interrogation record?"

"Boss, can I write while reviewing?"

The interrogation has not officially started yet, but the interrogation record has already begun to be written.

The reason was simple. Alexander didn't want Prince to confess anything. He just wanted an interrogation record that he could accept.

Alexander exhaled and said, "Okay, review and write at the same time. Other things don't matter. The key is to find out how he knew Alekaev was a mole. I suspect he is misleading us. Review it carefully."

Prince whispered, "You are in cahoots with them! Damn it! When did you two get together? You, you can't do this to me. I am very valuable. How are you going to explain to your superiors if you kill me?"

Report to your superiors?
Alexander needs to think about how to unify his stance with Plenov.

"Ha ha……"

Alexander let out a strange laugh that made no sense, and then he said to his men, "Beat him, torture him, and finally give him a dose of truth serum. Remember, it must be an overdose."

The subordinate bit his lips tightly.

Alexander approached his men and said calmly, but inevitably with a gloomy tone: "This guy must die, even if he becomes an idiot. The reason is that you got the dosage wrong. Can you do it?"

Alexander asked his men to take the blame for him.

The subordinate didn't hesitate at all and whispered, "I understand, boss, I'll take care of it."

Alexander patted his men on the shoulders and whispered, "This is a mistake, but not a fatal one. Within three years, I guarantee that you will become a regional supervisor."

"Boss, don't worry. I'm good at interrogation, but my only weakness is that I'm not very good at using chemical stuff like truth serum. I just remember that the safe dose is 200 mg!"

Alexander patted his men on the shoulders and said, "Get to work."

There were two people in the room, one presiding judge and one taking notes.

Alexander was responsible for leadership, but he was out on important business, and the chief judge in charge of the interrogation made a low-level mistake, so he must bear the main responsibility.

Alexander walked out of the makeshift interrogation room, lit a cigarette for himself, and heard screams coming from the room behind him.

The sound insulation effect is very good, so the screams won't travel too far, but you can still hear them clearly when standing at the door.

According to normal procedures, Prince needs to be interrogated for a few days first. Only if his mouth cannot be pried open can the truth serum be used. However, the process can be accelerated if there are special circumstances. Using the truth serum if he is caught on the same day is not something that particularly violates regulations and procedures.

Alexander decided that he only needed one Alekaev and no more moles because he could not give enough rewards.

The KGB's work has been difficult in recent years. There are only a few moles. If all of them were exchanged, he would not be able to do his job in the future.

If you say that it is for Russia's interests, that's nonsense.

The key point is that it was too coincidental. As soon as someone was arrested here, someone was arrested there. There was too much smell of exchange of interests.

The screams stopped abruptly and were quite short-lived, because beating Prince was just to vent anger, not to get any useful confession.

It takes a considerable amount of time to obtain a useful confession through slow and meticulous interrogation, repeated questioning, and comparison of each detail.

In a situation like the current one, we must use truth serum directly. Although the confession obtained in this way is too fragmented and many of them are just random mumblings, as long as we can get one or two names and one or two useful clues, it will be enough.

About an hour later, the subordinate pushed the door open and saw Alexander who had been waiting outside. "Boss, this is bad. I used too much truth serum. Although the tongue I caught gave some clues, he has become an idiot."

Even though there was no one else around and even though we were acting, we still had to act.

Alexander rushed into the interrogation room in a rage.

Prince slumped in the chair, drooling all over, and incontinent, making the interrogation room stink. When Prince's pupils were opened, they were found to have naturally dilated without any shock. This was a typical reaction to an overdose of truth serum.

Okay, you’ve become an idiot and even gods can’t save you.

Alexander didn't say any lines, he was too lazy to say them, instead he rushed directly to the recorder and copied the notebook.

The first part was all written by Alexander himself, so of course you don't need to read it carefully. Just read the part about applying the truth serum at the end.

"How did you ask the question?"

"It was just how he knew the name Alekaev. We didn't ask anything else. At first, the interrogator was still willing to resist, but soon he began to answer unconsciously. We checked three times, but on the third interrogation, he could no longer utter any discernible words."

An overdose of truth serum will prevent the interrogation from taking too long.

Alexander began to search for the answers he wanted from the messy confession. He wrote down a dozen names, then memorized the underlined names, and then took out these pages from the notebook separately.

He closed the notebook and whispered, "All confessions were obtained after the use of truth serum."

"Yes."

"Rewrite it, record the time and the image... give it to me."

The men removed the SD card from the digital camera. Alexander put the card in his pocket and said, "Call me in half an hour to report the situation and tell me the results of the interrogation. I'm leaving now."

Alexander left the interrogation room and walked a long way before calling Gao Yi.

"The interrogation results are out. The situation is very complicated and there are too many names. Would you mind recording them?"

Gao Yi was waiting for news. After hearing what Alexander said, he whispered, "Wait a minute, I'll find a pen...Okay, start talking."

Alexander said twelve names in one breath, and then he whispered: "I gave Prince a truth serum, and he has become an idiot. All these names are absolutely credible, but I can't get Prince to tell me the specific route of obtaining intelligence. However... from the confession I got..."

Among these twelve names, the most frequently appearing ones are Panetta, Jolson, and Mason.

Alexander continued: "Prince belongs to a small circle that opposes Panetta, and he is just a small player in it. The name he mentions most is James Jackson. He reports directly to a man named James Jackson, and it was from James Jackson that he got the name Alekaev."

"I see. Thank you. That's it for now."

After hanging up the call with Alexander, Gao Yi called Panetta again.

"We got a list of names. Your name and Jolson's are the most frequently mentioned on the list. Prince got the information from a man named James Jackson. In addition, they seem to have formed a small group to oppose you."

Panetta cursed under his breath, and then he whispered: "James Jackson! It's James Jackson, damn it..."

Gao Yi didn't know who these people were, but he knew that Alexander had inadvertently helped Panetta uncover an enemy who was plotting against him, and that the enemy was very well hidden.

"Prince has become an idiot. Is this confession still useful?"

"It's useful, very useful. I can't underestimate the value of this intelligence to me. I'll say thank you to my Russian friend. For this, I can cooperate with his progress to take action against the mole in the United States to prevent him from being suspected."

Alexander's value to Panetta has increased significantly, so Panetta is willing to cooperate with Alexander, which is a way of returning a favor.

"Okay, anything else?"

Panetta paused for a moment, and then he finally whispered: "The situation I am facing is quite complicated. If James Jackson plots against me, then I will be in some trouble. If it is convenient for you, please come to the United States and we can talk face to face."

Panetta needs Gao Yi's help with something, and maybe Gao Yi will need to perform his job well.

Gao Yi couldn't refuse, so he whispered, "Okay, I'll go to the United States as soon as possible. Oh, there's one more thing I need to say as soon as possible. Um... can you let a friend of mine handle the mole in the Pentagon?"

The CIA loves to cause trouble for the Pentagon and also loves to make the Pentagon look bad.

But at most it would just embarrass the Pentagon, and the CIA wouldn't get much in return even if it caught the mole in the Pentagon.

But Glass is different. He is a member of the Secret Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defense.

If Glass were to take the credit, the reward would be huge.

Panetta was silent for a moment, then whispered, "We can discuss this matter. It depends on whether your friend understands the rules."

(End of this chapter)

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