28 Interrogation

General Ryker was in his office flooded head to toe with seemingly endless paperwork.

He was a middle-aged man with medium length black hair that went down to his nose. He had a scruffy unkempt beard and blue eyes that had a case of severe bags from exhaustion and lack of sleep that made him look straight out of a zombie movie. He was a very tall man standing at 6'6 with a broad muscular build.

'When I signed up to become general I was expecting to be on the battlefield kicking ass, not stuck in a room all day forced to slave night and day on a never-ending pile of papers,' he inwardly sighed.

'And now we have a case of murder in the school. I knew it would happen sooner or later but I did not expect it to happen this early.'

'If the noble households just allowed us to use the watches for tracking and monitoring every student at all times this would not happen! All because they fear us spying on their children! It's so frustrating! Why do they make my life so much harder!'

'We can't even use the watches to monitor their power levels in real-time. Like how paranoid can you be? All they are good for is to ping their location once they are dead which is not much help.'

'At least it was only some random F ranked nobody. If it was someone from an important family then that would have been a huge problem. If that happened I wouldn't get to sleep for another month, ' He shuddered at even the thought.

'Witnesses say they saw the victim and this Moby Kane guy enter the woods together that day. The only leads we have been: clear evidence of torture, some obscure looking black blood splattered on the grass, and finally, Moby Kane.' He thought as he took a sip of coffee and pulled up his file.

'Moby Kane'

'F rank'

'Power Level: 800'

'His parents died in the war when he was young and he has been living alone ever since'

'He has no ability and he turned down the school's offer for a basic elemental ability orb, interesting'

'He has always been a goodie two shoes in school and has no criminal background'

'He also became Jayden Griffith's pet in only the first 3 days of school'

'I don't know what his relationship with the Griffith family is but I need to know how much they value him in order to not anger them,' he thought

When Ryker got to the bottom of Moby's file he got a message.

\u003c Access Denied! \u003e

Ryker's previously dead-looking eyes lit up in surprise.

"What the fuck!" He blurted out loud, jumping out of his seat spitting his coffee everywhere.

'What kind of information about this kid would be so top secret that it would be off-limits to even a general rank in the army,' he thought.

Then a knock came from the door.

*ahem*

"Please come in."

A young handsome tanned man standing at 6'0 entered the room. He had Jet black hair with visible streaks of red, and bright green eyes that almost looked hypnotizing.

General Ryker kept on looking back and forth between the picture found on his file and the man in front of him.

'Is that even the same guy?' he thought

"Are you Moby Kane?"

"Yes sir, I am! I am here answering your summons!" Moby said with a salute.

'I guess he must have changed a lot since this picture was taken,' he thought, dismissing the matter.

"Please take a seat on the chair in front of me"

Moby went and took a seat like he was told.

"Do you know why you are here?"

"No sir."

"Well, we have many eyewitnesses testify that you and the currently deceased Eric Quinn both entered the forest together on the day he died. I need you to answer all my questions truthfully and then I will let you leave, "

Moby nodded back at the general with no sign of nervousness or fear.

"Good, now put your hand on the magical crystal in front of you. This is a lie detector. It has been proven to work 100% of the time. So, don't even try to lie because your punishment will become 5 times more severe if you do."

"Yes sir!"

Without hesitation, Moby put his hand on the crystal and waited for questioning.

"If the Crystal turns green, it means you said the truth, if it turns red, then it means you lied."

"Let's start with the big obvious question. Did you kill Eric Quinn?"

"No, I did not!" Moby answered with a serious yet almost annoyed tone.

The crystal started to glow and emanated a bright white light before turning green.

Ryker was good at reading people's emotions. He has been in the business long enough to pick up on that. What he sensed from Moby wasn't fear or anxiety. Instead, although it was subtle, he sensed boredom and annoyance with a hint of anger that was masked under a serious face.

*Ahem*

"Next question, do you know what happened to Eric Quinn and how he died," Ryker asked.

"I have no idea, all I know is he died a few days ago, " he replied.

The crystal shined green for this question as well.

"Ok final question. What is your relationship with the Griffith family?"

Suddenly, Moby's face became brighter and more excited.

"I have a very good relationship with the Griffith family. They are very nice, rich, and powerful people. Although they can be very cheap and stingy to their only daughter, I still like them very much!" Moby said with a genuine-looking smile.

Ryker could not believe his ears.

'There is no way this F class reject has a good relationship with the prestigious Griffith household,' he thought as he waited for the crystal to turn red.

To his surprise, the Crystal shined a bright green instead.

General Ryker was lost for words, he could not believe his eyes.

"Am I free to leave now sir?" Moby said impatiently.

"Yes, you are dismissed," Ryker managed to mutter still in a dazed state of disbelief.

"Then, I will be excusing myself. Thank you so much for your hospitality," Moby said with a bow as he exited the general's office.

'First, there is a locked section on his file that even I can't access, and next, he has a very good relationship with the Griffith family. At first, I thought he was just some random nobody. But now, I have to reconsider my opinion. He might be more important than I anticipated.'

'I'm going to keep a closer eye on this Moby Kane guy,' he thought while ruffling his beard.

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Moby's Pov,

Moby stormed out of the general's office with bottled-up anger and annoyance.

It was really boring and time-consuming.

It was already time for the break so he didn't have to return to class.

Instead, he marched up all the way to the school roof in anger like he was raring to give someone a piece of his mind.

There, he saw a 6'0 tall tanned man with black hair that had a few streaks of red. He was looking up in the sky with an uneasy expression like he was waiting for someone to arrive.

That man was none other than Moby.

"You better have a good explanation for all this!" Moby screamed at himself.

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