In order to scare the demon hunter in front of him, Lann tried hard to recall the lines and expressions of the villains in his previous life.

Then the captured witcher saw that as the little noble imp in front of him got closer and closer, a smile that almost tore the corners of his mouth apart gradually appeared on his face, a smile that the little noble imp would never be able to produce.

"Don't be so serious... If I really want to talk about it, what follows is actually the 'academic discussion' phase, because I need to verify the authenticity of the knowledge I learned about forced confessions. Since this is my first time practicing, it is inevitable that I will be a little rusty, and I would like to trouble you to remind me in time."

"Now you seem to feel that your hope is shattered - it doesn't matter, because next I will help you put it back together, so that I will have the opportunity to break it again."

…

"What do you want to know? What do you want to know?"

It was not known how many times that he had woken up from the feeling of drowning. Judd had never felt that the cheap air of the past had become so precious. In order not to return to that suffocating world, Judd had to seize the only opportunity to speak and shout loudly.

"What the hell do you want to know? Just ask!"

"Hush... don't worry." Lann said as he covered Judd's face with a thick cotton cloth again, picked up the old and dirty wooden bucket and began to pour water on it. As the witcher breathed rapidly, the cotton cloth seemed to become a tight mask that adhered to his face and outlined his facial features.

"If you confess everything now, I'm really worried that you'll lie to me, so... ten rounds, not less. Then I'll start asking questions."

"Don't worry, I've already started to become proficient, and I have you to thank for that."

“Mmmmm…Mmm!”

The volume of the blocked roar was not high, but it was loud enough for people outside to hear in the cell where there was no other sound.

Several jailers and interrogators sat outside, eavesdropping on what was going on inside.

"It seems that only a few pieces of cloth and a few buckets of water were sent in at the beginning. Why do I hear that yellow-eyed guy confessing everything as if he had been tortured for three days and three nights? He looks like a tough guy."

"And I didn't hear any whipping or branding sounds." The interrogator nodded solemnly, "That swordsman is not an ordinary tough guy. He didn't even tremble when I treated his wounds."

A jailer carefully stuck his head out and then retracted it: "It doesn't seem to be bloody... It's very clean."

Another interrogator nodded more solemnly: "And the Earl seemed to not allow the other party to speak, and continued to torture him by blocking his mouth."

Several people shuddered at the same time.

It turns out that there is a reason why waterboarding is so famous around the world and frequently appears in various American TV series, movies and novels.

For people without professional training, it is really great.

He asked the jailer outside to put the wooden frame back up, and Lann grabbed the witcher's hair and forced his half-open eyes to look directly at him.

"Congratulations, you have passed the ten rounds of the preliminary test. If you are still conscious now - and you must be - please listen carefully to my next questions.

First question: Who are you?

The demon hunter's name was Judd Carradine. After Lann listened carefully to his biography and his ideals and ambitions for the future, he finally remembered that he was actually a well-known character in the original game.

According to a side storyline in the game "The Witcher 3", in the future, he will be approached by the protagonist because he ordered his assassin team to assassinate a cat-faction demon hunter friend of Lambert, the protagonist White Wolf's old comrade.

Well, a cat-faction witcher killed another cat-faction witcher and was beaten up by two wolf-faction witchers. This is another proof that the cat-faction is full of crazy people.

At that time, Judd had already fulfilled part of his life ideals, lived a wealthy life, had a wife and adopted two children. The player operating the game can choose whether to kill him.

Of course, there is another theory. That is, the harmonious family scene is just a false appearance made by Judd to confuse the demon hunter. Judd's "wife" is at home but carries a sword with her, and the two children play freely but are unusually restrained. It seems to be another trap set by the assassin, which is difficult to prove.

Anyway, judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Judd to meet his wife, who he is not sure whether she is real or fake.

"Next, the second question." Lann took out the magic source crystal that had previously provided him with a skill point. "Where did you get this from?"

"This is not mine. It's just a smuggled item. I got it from an abandoned wizard's tower. Some other wizards want it. I want to take it out and sell it for a good price, so that I can get away from this damn life."

"I'm sorry to have hindered your last business deal and blocked your steps towards a new life." Lann apologized insincerely. "Then the next question is the third one."

Lan took a deep breath and asked the question that concerned him the most, which was also his ultimate purpose of capturing the demon hunter.

"Tell me - the process of the Demon Hunter Trial!"

Judd, who was already dying, suddenly looked up after hearing this question, and at that moment his dim amber pupils sparkled again.

"What do you want to do? Train witcher soldiers?" Judd looked at the boy's face in doubt.

"No, that's not right. You seem very nervous... It's you who wants to become a demon hunter!"

"That's not it," Lann said expressionlessly, "Wrong answer, another round."

Lane ignored Judd's struggles and pleas for mercy, knocked him down, covered him with cotton cloth, and started pouring water into him again.

After another round of desperate suffocation, Judd, on the verge of collapse, took a deep breath of fresh air.

"Let me ask you again, what is the content of the Demon Hunter Trial? If you don't know, you can just answer that you don't know."

"I... know." Judd lowered his head and murmured, "Of course I know, and of course I can tell you. But noble boy, you don't know the price of becoming a demon hunter, let alone the price after becoming a demon hunter."

"Every demon hunter will learn how to create new demon hunters and take on the mission of increasing our population. Because our number is too small, and it is getting smaller and smaller. If you can become a demon hunter, the crazy people in the cat faction might be ecstatic."

"And if you die," Judd's eyes widened, "I'll be ecstatic!"

Lann opened his notebook and looked at the demon hunter in front of him indifferently: "You can start now."