As Jonas said, Tianyu Mozhi now only serves as bait for him.
Although the plan to 'investigate the protagonist's background' sounded tempting, Jonas realized that it would only get him into trouble.
Jonas didn't try to break through the girl's psychological defenses with any more words.
Sometimes it's more effective to keep your speech short.
He stood up slowly and looked at the somewhat pale Tianyu Mozhi in front of him.
The girl bit her lip, and after a long while she finally spoke in a hoarse voice:
"What do you want to do with them?"
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," Jonas' gaze remained calm and indifferent:
"The debts of the old shire must be repaid by someone."
"This thing was planned by me. You could easily blame it on me, so why...!" Tianyu Mozhi stubbornly raised her head, her eyes showed a hint of displeasure.
"Don't you think your words are ridiculous?" Jonas chuckled and directly interrupted Tianyu Mozhi's somewhat ignorant remark. He looked the girl in the eye and spoke:
"The losses of thirteen employees in the old district can't outweigh your life alone."
With that, Tianyu Mozhi fell silent.
She dug her fingernails into her palms and realized that neither pleas nor threats had any effect on the other party. And now she could only watch helplessly as the devil in front of her gradually led her companions into the abyss.
The girl slowly sank into despair, her heart full of resentment and remorse.
"So..." As Jonas walked to the door, he looked at the girl, placed his hand on her chest and bowed slightly.
This scene seemed very ironic against the background of the desperate girl.
He grinned and said quietly:
"Miss Tianyu, I'm relying on you for the next act."
With that, the door slowly closed.
The room plunged back into darkness.
"Does Mr. Jonas already have a plan to uncover the person behind this Tianyu Mozhi?"
Eiffel from the Veiteng Consortium followed Jonas, who had just left the room, and spoke softly while watching the young heir's back.
Jonas paused at these words and then continued speaking:
"Before the prey has used up the last of its resistance, you must wear it down to the bone. Even if it seems to be at your mercy, you must not give up until its true fate has come."
He didn't answer Eiffel's question directly, but the girl still understood what he was trying to say.
Eiffel frowned and asked, "Is that what Mr. Carl taught you?"
Carl was Jonas' late adoptive father, and after realizing Jonas' incompetence, the girl subconsciously believed that this was the legacy left to him by the former controller of the Veiteng Consortium.
But in reality, this gentleman had taught Carl Jonas nothing.
Jonas smiled and said:
"Do you think I said that because I believed it of you?"
The documentary was called "Animal World", in which Jonas also learned many things about the adult world... for example, how life is created.
"You have a great talent." Eiffel commented calmly.
After the last incident, she had understood one truth... if Jonas' words could be believed in one sentence out of ten, that was a relief.
"Drip..."
While the two were talking, an electronic prompt suddenly sounded.
Jonas stopped his steps, answered the message and continued talking after a moment:
"Mr. Jonas, something unexpected has happened regarding Miss Nora Celine."
"..."
When he heard the description on the other end of the line, Jonas' slight joy at the interrogation earlier had completely evaporated.
He took a deep breath and said:
"Go to Veiteng Hospital in the Erlis District."
Eiffel was taken aback for a moment, then he replied:
"Yes."
The leather boots made a clattering noise on the tiled floor.
Jonas' mood changed from sunny to cloudy to gloomy. He had already thought that Miss Black Goddess of War was annoying enough, but her sister was even more so.
If this matter was not handled properly, all his further plans would be thwarted.
After all, Nora Essie was an indispensable part of him. In unimportant situations, he didn't want to let that trump card out of his hand.
At the end of the corridor was an independent infirmary equipped with the best medical facilities in the Erlis District.
And Miss Nora Celine was in it.
Jonas took a deep breath and placed his hand on the door knob of the infirmary.
The door to the infirmary opened slowly and a girl with long hair as dark as ink sat by the window.
Her complexion was a little pale and her gaze was extremely suspicious of Jonas.
The moment the door to the station opened, she raised a fruit knife and asked:
"Who are you, and where is this place?"
Apparently realizing that the knife posed no threat to the other party, she held the knife to her own neck.
Jonas seemed indifferent to the girl's behavior. When he came in, he spoke:
"Threatening others with your own life is a very foolish act, Miss Celine."
When the girl heard this, she chuckled coldly and said:
"I would rather die than let you use me as a threat against my sister."
Jonas' movements paused and he said:
"If I wanted to use you for something, our place of negotiation would be the interrogation room, not the hospital..."
"Besides, I didn't restrict your freedom, did I?"
Hearing this, the girl hesitated for a moment. After a while, she picked up the fruit knife again, but obviously didn't have the courage to wield it. She asked:
"You have to answer my question first... Where is this place? Who are you?"
"This is Veiteng Hospital in Erlis District, and as for me..."
Jonas paused for a moment before continuing:
"I'm your sister's master."
—Click.
The knife fell to the floor.