Enforcer Manual
Chapter 534: Watch Out for Electric Shock!_1

Chapter 534: Chapter 534: Watch Out for Electric Shock!_1

"I never expected you’d find a way to control the subconscious."

As the girl’s consciousness plunged into complete darkness, an unusual gleam flashed in the teacher’s eyes.

Rather than anger at the disobedient students, his face betrayed a curiosity toward the unknown—the academy was particularly strict about managing students who explored off-campus, and each time they returned, they had to undergo pinhole detector tests.

The outside of the campus was the place closest to secrets, and they had to ensure that none of these were leaked.

How exactly had these students fooled their own subconscious, providing answers during every return test that sufficed to deceive them?

If it hadn’t been for their team leader brazenly violating the school rules today and exposing clues, they wouldn’t know when they would have discovered the students’ abnormalities.

However, the pinhole detector was only a rudimentary device.

The company was never content with just that, and after developing the detector, they continued to delve deeper into the exploration of the human brain, and this metal helmet, akin to an exoskeleton, was the fruit of their years of research. Even if the subconscious could lie, human memory would display their experiences in full detail.

The teacher put on the glasses that came with the device and soon, the girl’s memory projection appeared before him.

It was a scene outside the campus, and what he needed to do now was to find the truth within these fragmented memories.

Regrettably, this device was still in the testing phase, and it came with a few minor side effects.

As the teacher activated the device, the girl, restrained and bound, suddenly trembled, clenching her fists involuntarily as she was tied to the chair. Despite the effects of the drugs, the electric current still brought her immense pain.

Her pupils dilated, and biting her lip was the only thing she could do at the moment.

The continuous and intense pain caused her to bite her lips until they bled.

The teacher, of course, was aware of everything that was happening, but the electric current was indispensable—not only could it cause her Spiritual Energy to stagnate, but it also rendered her brain in a more active state.

Soon, the teacher’s expression darkened again.

He entered the girl’s memory, but the honour student had set up a second line of defense in her memories—they were looking for something important outside the campus, but every time they found the location of the information, he would have his teammates stay outside while he went in to check.

This scenario appeared numerous times in the fragmented memories.

He didn’t know if the student was guarding against his own teammates, or if he didn’t want them to be drawn into deeper trouble, but either way, the outcome was not satisfactory for him.

So, the teacher vengefully increased the intensity of the electric current.

This device in the experimental stage was dangerous—the more severe the electric shock, the easier it was for him to penetrate the student’s mind, and the easier it was for the important memories in the student’s mind to become apparent before his eyes. On the other hand, an overly strong current could lead to the user’s shock or even death.

However, for a student who didn’t follow the school rules, any punishment was reasonable.

The girl soon lost consciousness under the torment of the electric shock, her clenched hands relaxed, and her legs, thrashing with pain, ceased to struggle; eyes open, she stared blankly ahead as if her gaze was drawn into an endless void of darkness.

And the teacher finally found some valuable parts from those fragmented memories.

He learned the reason behind the students’ violations of school rules, but the reason made him both laugh and cry—they were all because of a ridiculous agreement.

After an exploration outside, the team leader had gathered them and said he was tired of living like a lab rat.

A simple statement like that resonated with the other two.

According to Purple Wisteria Academy’s rules, upon their graduation as top students, they would be directly assigned to important departments in companies or the United Government. This was both a significant opportunity given by the Purple Wisteria Group to chart their lives and a return on the investment made in them.

The abilities of the three were extremely special, especially one who had a certain connection with the most mysterious aspect of time; hence, as early as their second year, the Purple Wisteria Group had already extended an olive branch to them.

An opportunity that made countless students envious became a curse in their eyes.

They were doomed to dedicate their lives to the company.

What an immature thought this is!

The teacher couldn’t help but sneer.

From that memory, he saw the agreement between the three of them: first, they had to free themselves from the control of the academy and the company. After graduation, they planned to live together in a border city, and if the United Government pursued them relentlessly, they could escape to the "outside world."

However, all of this was still in the planning stages.

Since the first day they stepped into the academy, they realized that everything there was like a shadow enveloping them. Until they shook off this shadow, wherever they fled to and whatever they did would be known to the academy.

Even though the captain always asked the other two to wait outside, the teacher still deduced an extremely important piece of information from this memory.

They were looking for ways to break free from the academy’s control, and the methods to control the subconscious and deceive the pinhole detectors must have been found from those pieces of information!

In other words, someone had left information on the outside, guiding them.

Upon this discovery, the teacher became extremely excited, removed his glasses, and glanced mercilessly at the unconscious girl.

"Border... city, must..."

Her mouth opened and closed, uttering something intermittently.

Knowing the secrets deep in her heart, it was now time to correct the immature ideas exhibited by the students at this age. He needed them to understand that serving the company was not a career choice but their duty. The moment they were cultivated as outstanding students, the company’s brand was already seared on them.

They were valuable assets of the company.

The teacher sneered and reached for another button on the device.

This device also had the function of thought correction. According to the researchers’ studies, a strong electric shock could not only cause humans’ thoughts to become confused but also reshape them after the confusion, which was precisely their job—teaching students to understand the true meaning of their growth, that every second spent at Purple Wisteria Academy was to enable them to serve the company better in the future.

However, the thought-correction cycle was much longer than memory probing, with the recommended treatment lasting a week.

Therefore, in the following week, this bad child who had violated school rules must stay here to receive his guidance.

He considered himself merciful for leaving the girl a minute to rest, then he pressed the button on the device.

Immediately after, he saw a trail of faint blue electric currents flickering at his fingertips.

There was a sensation from his fingertips as if they were pricked by a needle.

The teacher was puzzled; if he remembered correctly, the manual for this device did not mention that he, too, would be shocked during the course of thought correction.

As he stood bewildered, more electric currents emerged from the device.

He heard the crackling sounds and smelled the acrid scent of something burning.

He wanted to move away from the malfunctioning device, but his body tensed up in an instant, as a strong current surged through him, swirling his consciousness into the vortex.

The device malfunctioned.

He finally confirmed what he had suspected, but beyond that, he could no longer make any movement.

Did this insignificant malfunction mean his life was coming to an end?

Crackle—

His last bit of consciousness disappeared.

After the buzz of electricity, the "Interrogation Room" returned to silence.