After everyone sat down, Nozawa Ishian, who had been drugged, finally calmed down.

He wasn't completely unconscious; his eyes were just unfocused and lifeless.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Shen Mu Ning's hallucinogenic drug was less effective; it's just that she deliberately used only a small amount of the drug.

Only let them be captivated, not completely unconscious.

It was all so that I could take out my pendant and hypnotize them.

At this moment, Sun Wu, Ji Heng, and the others who were seated were all focused on watching how Shen Mu Ning would proceed.

Then she took out her pendant and shook it in front of Nozawa Ishian.

In fact, during this process, she was immersing her spiritual power into his mind.

After she had gathered some information, she controlled Nozawa Ishian to gradually enter a hypnotic state.

Before Sun Wu, Ji Heng, and the others could understand what was happening, they heard Shen Mu Ning begin to ask Ye Ze Shi An the same questions that Yan Bin had previously interrogated him about.

"She's already done it? The pendant just swayed twice, and you call that hypnosis?!"

"Well, although... why don't you just keep reading and you'll find out?"

The people from the Jilin Provincial Military Sub-district behind Ji Heng didn't understand what was going on.

Then Shen Mu Ning started asking questions, and those who had been questioning her couldn't hold back any longer.

Of course, they weren't targeting Shen Mu Ning, but rather felt that the hypnosis technique was too simplistic.

"Cough cough cough." Although Ji Heng also said that he didn't understand at all, why bring it up now?

Moreover, did they think that Lieutenant General Sun sitting in front of them was just for show, and they dared to openly raise questions like this?

So he covered his mouth with one hand and coughed lightly a few times, reminding the others not to make wild guesses.

His reminder was effective; those who followed realized that General Sun had some connection with this Comrade Shen.

So they all quickly shut their mouths and stopped talking.

Shen Mu Ning, who was in the same room, also heard their conversation, but she didn't react.

Anyway, they'll soon find out how amazing hypnosis is, so why waste her breath?

"Name?"

"Nozawa Ishian".

"identity?"

"The son of the Nozawa family patriarch, and a candidate for the next patriarch."

How did you get in touch with antique dealers in China six years ago?

She had asked two basic questions and also mentioned what she remembered about him—that he was a candidate for the next head of the Nozawa family.

This is information they didn't obtain during the interrogation.

The next item is related to the resale of cultural relics.

After all, she was also curious about how the Chinese managed to get the message to Japan when there was no diplomatic relations between the two countries.

"I received this news when I was studying abroad. After I returned, the news circulating in the clan was that someone came to our door and asked if the Nozawa family was interested in Chinese antiques."

"At the time, nearly half of the clan did not agree with the Nozawa family getting involved in this matter."

"But he was interested in it, so he volunteered to start preparing for it."

These are all answers that Nozawa Ishiyasu had already given during the previous interrogation.

But what Shen Mu Ning made him say next was what he wanted to hide.

It turns out that his father originally disagreed with him getting involved in this mess while he was studying abroad.

After all, no one knows whether the news is true or false, or whether the antiques that the Chinese want to sell are worth the risk.

Only his second uncle remained steadfast in his support and even helped persuade his father.

Afterwards, the antique trade brought huge profits to the Nozawa family, and his status within the family rose accordingly.

But he was always curious about how Xue Tu had contacted them.

Only after inquiring did I learn that they were simply following orders.

So all he knew was that there was a Mr. Shi in Yuwei Village who was buying antiques.

All they needed to do was transport the antiques there in advance; Xue Tu had no idea who would deliver the message or contact them.

"Afterwards, although I found it strange, I couldn't find any useful clues because he didn't have that person's contact information."

"After investigating within the clan, he learned that the person who came to his door had first contacted his second uncle."

He didn't know if all of this had anything to do with his second uncle, after all, it had been a long time, and there was only one person who had come to contact them.

He saw nothing special about his second uncle; he simply helped his father with clan affairs every day.

I only come to Yuwei Village with him occasionally, just to relax.

These are all memories that Shen Mu Ning saw in Ye Ze Shi An's memories, memories of how they made contact with the Chinese side.

After learning about her second uncle's role in it, she became even more convinced that Nozawa Shinji was the one who was hiding even deeper.

"Is...it really that amazing?"

"Could everything Nozawa Ishiyasu said be true?"

Some people whispered among themselves, constantly expressing their amazement, but Shen Mu Ning ignored them and continued her interrogation.

After she finished asking all the questions, Nozawa Ishian's statement was also reorganized.

This included information that Yan Bin had concealed during his previous interrogation.

Judging from these messages, they have a clear understanding of the entire process of their antique resale.

They also bribed the city's border guards and some people in the navy.

These people either have something on them, or they are morally corrupt and tempted by money.

The matter of these corrupt elements within the military was beyond the scope of Yan Bin's and his team's jurisdiction.

Therefore, Sun Wu immediately arranged for people to investigate the border troops based on this information.

As for the naval portion, Yan Bin, with Sun Wu's approval, directly sent it to the person in charge of the Lingbei Navy.

Afterwards, Shen Mu Ning did not rest, but continued to hypnotize Nozawa Shinji.

Sure enough, she discovered something interesting in his memories.

Actually, the person who first learned that someone was going to resell Chinese antiques was this Nozawa Shinji.

As for how he knew, it was naturally because someone contacted him via telegram.

In his memory, Shen Mu Ning learned that he had also been a soldier who invaded China.

At that time, one of his close friends from the same school also joined the army.

His good friend later joined a special forces unit, though he didn't know what they did.

However, the two remained in contact until Japan's defeat in the war.

After the Japanese Imperial Army surrendered, they were to return to Japan from China.

At that time, his friend sent him a letter containing only a set of telegraphic codes.

After returning to China, he retired from the military and went back to his family.

During that period, he frequently used this code to send telegrams, but no one ever responded.

He then stopped sending telegrams and simply kept the telegraph machine in his study.