Zhao Douan glanced at his female colleague and smiled, "It's just a prisoner's dilemma."
He briefly explained the concept and then added, "So the purpose of the first round of interrogation is to make this group believe that others might shift the blame onto them to get a lighter sentence. Another purpose..."
Haitang's eyes lit up, and she interjected, "Another purpose is to use interrogation to identify who is more susceptible to being broken. Sun Honglin is the most timid, so he serves as the breakthrough point. Once he speaks out and provides evidence, you use half-truths to further convince others they've been betrayed... Like a snowball effect, the more evidence you accumulate, the higher the chances of successful deceit, resulting in more testimonial evidence in your hands..."
