Moore's face revealed a hint of ashen despair.
He hadn't expected that, from the very beginning, An Nishang never chose to believe him.
Persisting now indeed served no purpose.
Moore took a deep, fierce look at Chen Che, his eyes filled with a vicious intent to kill, not expecting to fall at the hands of a pretty face in the end.
He finally turned slowly to face An Nishang, fell to the ground, and kowtowed heavily to her.
"Director... it was I who lost my mind, I who betrayed you. It's not Natasha's fault; she's just an ordinary woman! I was stupid; I fell for a honeypot!"
Chen Che smiled and said, "So Captain Moore admits he's a traitor."
Moore gritted his teeth: "Yes... Director, I didn't expect their ambitions to be so big, that they would target your arms... they forced me to reveal your arms transport routes. If I didn't comply, Natasha, under their control, would suffer a fate worse than death..."
"I really... I really couldn't watch Natasha endure such suffering... she's just an ordinary woman, like a small white flower growing in this land of extreme evil!"
"I'm guilty, I deserve to die, I betrayed the director, I failed your trust, kill me, rip out my heart and liver if you must! Natasha is innocent! I only beg you to spare Natasha!"
As they say, the onlooker sees clearly, but the participant is lost.
Everyone could see that Moore's state was not right.
Even as the deputy following An Nishang for so long, how could he be so obsessed with a woman.
"Captain Moore, instead of saying all these useless things, why don't you tell us how you framed me."
Moore's eyes were bloodshot, and he sneered: "That's your own stupidity, insisting on being this wronged leader..."
"I don't know where they got the confidential message about the director needing to transport this batch of arms. They were very interested in this batch and wanted me to provide detailed transport routes and plans.
But this was a top-secret mission, and once it leaked, my investigation was almost a certainty.
They both wanted this batch of arms and wanted to keep me as a pawn, so they had to find a scapegoat, and who knew you would appear, asking me about the casino's information.
And you just happened to overhear me discussing the arms with the director once.
I smoothly introduced you to the Tasting Commerce Association's casino, and then everything happened..."
"Originally, everything was going according to plan.
You lost money at the casino. The Tasting Commerce Association could let you go, plus my hints from the side, which almost confirmed your title as a fool and a spy.
But I didn't expect, hahaha... that you fool, would suddenly become smart one day, and who could have thought, the director valued you, her bed toy, so much?
She actually didn't kill you... actually let you come to your senses."
Chen Che touched the faintly aching strangulation marks on his neck and said: "That's just my good fortune."
Chen Che immediately turned his head with a fawning smile to An Nishang and said: "You see, leader, I told you I was loyal to you and wouldn't betray you, right?"
His utterly shameless demeanor caused many onlookers to cast disdainful glances.
Chen Che didn't care; integrity? Is integrity more important than life?
"Leader, can I leave now?"
Proving his innocence, Chen Che didn't want to stay here; if he accidentally heard something he shouldn't, it could be fatal.
"Stay quietly on one side."
An Nishang merely glanced at Chen Che, her alluring peach blossom eyes filled with immense authority.
Fine, Chen Che didn't want to provoke An Nishang's killing intent again, obediently leaning against the wall, while next to him, Xia Na's beautiful purple pupils glanced at him, rolling her eyes with a hint of disdain.
Hmph, acting all high and mighty, can you hold her waist and enjoy yourself like I can?
Chen Che unceremoniously glared back.
"Where are my arms?" An Nishang asked calmly.
An Nishang's calm demeanor startled the rest, it seemed that just as Chen Che, the pretty face, said, An Nishang knew long ago that Moore was the mole but had no direct evidence.
Otherwise, there would be no way she had such a matter-of-fact expression.
Moore shook his head: "I don't know, Director, I really didn't lie to you. I only gave them the information. I don't know who they sent to ambush your arms or where the ambushed arms are."
At this point, Moore didn't need to lie.
"Then you don't even have the last bit of value left." An Nishang spoke coldly.
Everyone present knew the outcome of betraying An Nishang, and the other three captains maintained indifferent expressions.
Moore's downfall was already set the moment he betrayed.
Moore didn't show much fear, looking up at An Nishang: "Director, Moore deserves to die. Moore has no other request, just begs the director to spare Natasha considering my past merits. She truly is a simple girl..."
Chen Che couldn't bear it: "Captain Moore, you say I'm a fool, but now I find you seem to fit the definition better. Even I know that in the Ninth Special Zone, a place full of deceit, how could there be an innocent little white flower?"
"What the hell do you know!" Moore glared angrily.
An Nishang appeared to sense something was off and calmly said: "Moore, you don't lack women. What kind of honeypot would make you betray me."
"Director, Natasha is really different.
The real honeypot isn't a stunning beauty stripping to seduce you.
It's when the person imprinted in your memory returns.
As a child, I struggled to survive with a girl. She gave me her last bite of food and starved to death herself. Natasha looks exactly like that girl, even their names are the same. It's heaven giving me a second chance!
It's heaven letting me repay that girl, allowing me to have Natasha!"
Hmm? A white moonlight, definitely high-lethality, but why does it feel so weird?
Chen Che noticed that everyone else's expressions were off.
Angduo strode in front of his friend, grabbing Moore by the collar and pulling him up: "Moore, what the hell are you talking about! Your father was a mercenary, your mother an administrative officer in the Night Empire's Ministry of Finance.
You damn sure aren't from the lower class, where the hell did you get starving, where did you struggle to survive as a child? Or nearly freeze to death in ice and snow?!
What kind of joke is this?!"
Moore was dumbfounded, "Impossible, I remember it clearly! Her name was Natasha, almost starved and froze to death. She gave me her last piece of bread..."
An Nishang seemed to comprehend something, closed her eyes, and said: "Xia Na, get the tester."
Xia Na strode out of the dungeon, returning moments later with a weirdly shaped tester resembling a syringe.
Seeing the tester, Moore's eyes filled with fear: "Impossible! Impossible! This memory feels real; how could I have been bewitched?"
An Nishang grasped the tester with her slender hand, came beside Moore, and calmly said: "Testing will reveal everything."
Thunk!
The sharp end of the tester's needle plunged into Moore's chest, his face contorting in agony.
This tester drew heart blood, a process almost akin to extreme punishment.
Chen Che saw pink mist spraying from the other end of the needle.
A number nine appeared on the display screen.
An Nishang remained calm, as if she had anticipated this.
The other subordinates had solemn expressions.
"Witchcraft Delusion."