Director Hornagar had essentially told Ian everything he knew.
Whether it was about their plans, the possible reasons for anomalies, or even who "that guy" was... he had spilled it all.
Ian originally found it odd—he hadn't even begun to torture the other party yet, so how did a Second Energy Level, a perfectly fine director of the Spirit Wisdom Institute, become as docile as a dog?
No, worse than a dog... at the very least, a dog would put up some resistance.
But he quickly realized the reason.
—Because he had killed the Nightmare Spawn, some of its power now clung to him.
As the victor over the Nightmare Entity, in this Subspace Labyrinth, Ian was also endowed with a portion of the Nightmare Spawn's abilities.
And this power now seemed to be a fear-inducing spirit aura that made people unable to refuse his demands, even if the demands were outrageous, they would only comply blankly.
