Hospital 444
Chapter 571 - 33: Psychological Game

Chapter 571: Chapter 33: Psychological Game

Qiao Qiao was her most trusted friend, so Hai Yunlan could trust her.

And Lin Yan was already dead.

Therefore, she didn’t need to worry about knowing the identity of this person named Dan Cha.

Now, she was in the dark, Dan Cha was in the light. As long as the other party didn’t know her name and appearance, she could find a way to use this person.

But even so, her situation was still very risky, the other party was a cadre of the Wumianhui, capable of mobilizing countless subordinates. Not to mention the members within the Wumianhui, he himself could mobilize numerous townspeople for his own purposes if he wished.

She spent enough effort to get a phone card that would not show the caller ID and could not be traced, then she called Dan Cha (the number was given to her by Qiao Qiao).

"I know you are a cadre of the Wumianhui."

She used a voice changer to make the call.

After all, there was no need for evidence.

She only needed to confirm that the other party was a person from the Wumianhui, and she could immediately carry out a curse assassination.

"What are you talking about? I don’t understand."

"No need to pretend, Mr. Dan Cha. I know your appearance and name, so I am certain of your identity. Don’t even think about finding me, and don’t tell anyone. I am aware of your every move at all times. If you dare to mess around, I will curse assassinate you immediately. If you continue to play dumb, I will also curse assassinate you, and you can wait to become a black skeleton."

Of course, "aware of your every move at all times" was merely bluffing.

However, killing a cadre of the Wumianhui was not an easy task.

If a member of the Wumianhui were killed, the organization would immediately investigate the person’s network of relations to find those with a possible motive for murder. All suspects would be subject to a curse assassination.

Therefore, she had to convince the other party that there was an undercover agent beside him. At the very least, the leak of his identity information would indeed make him paranoid.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Undoubtedly, if Hai Yunlan’s identity could not be traced, Dan Cha would be put at a disadvantage, and the other party could threaten him for life.

"I want the list of Wumianhui members."

"I don’t have that..."

"Since you don’t have it, what use is keeping you alive? I might as well just curse assassinate you."

"Wait a minute... How much money do you want? I can give you money!"

"I don’t want money. I only want the list of Wumianhui members."

"I really don’t have it..."

"So you don’t care about your life, do you? If you can’t produce what I want, what use do I have for keeping you alive?"

"Give me two days... I can get you a part of the member list..."

"No."

The Wumianhui is an organization, and who is Hai Yunlan? Someone who, because of her father’s status as a "criminal," couldn’t even get into the police academy despite applying. One of the unwritten rules of the police is never to antagonize the Wumianhui, and correspondingly, the Wumianhui members also would not arbitrarily attack the police.

Therefore, the Wumianhui could easily have the police help with investigating her.

What does the existence of this ghostly entity mean? A single misstep could doom me forever. And Hai Yunlan, contesting the Wumianhui with his own strength alone, was risking his entire life and fortune.

However, the Wumianhui must disappear completely from Heisong Town. As long as they exist, this town is a living hell.

"I’ll give you one hour. In one hour’s time, my ghostly entity will question me about today, and then I will tell them your name. In one hour, you will either give me a complete list of Wumianhui members, or a list of other Wumianhui senior members, or... tell me the identity of the Faceless Leader. If you can’t provide any of these three, I don’t care whether you can’t or won’t, I assure you, in one hour, you will definitely develop a black omen! I swear!"

Then she immediately hung up the phone.

Even for a Wumianhui senior member, one hour is not enough to mobilize people for a counter-investigation to find out their own identity.

The essence of Heisong Town is a dark forest. She knows Dan Cha’s name and appearance, yet Dan Cha doesn’t even know who she is. Unless he is truly loyal and willing to die for the leader, he will surely compromise. Among the three lists she proposed, he couldn’t possibly have none of them.

Which will he choose?

If he betrays the first two, those responsible for keeping the lists will be held accountable by the leader. The Wumianhui is not a court; they don’t ask for evidence; they execute whoever is suspected.

And if he betrays the leader... those who know the leader’s identity are also known by the leader and can be retaliated against. Like the nuclear deterrent systems between modern major countries, if a black omen appears on the leader, he might immediately arrange to assassinate all those who know his identity. That way, no one would dare betray the leader.

It would be good to obtain the leader’s identity, but just getting the senior members’ information or some members’ identities is a significant gain. She must use the threat of death to force the other side to make the most sincere concession.

She judged that within one hour, Dan Cha wouldn’t dare to contact others. Contacting subordinates wouldn’t help him in such a short time. Contacting other senior members might result in being reported to the leader and silenced for his exposed identity.

But, Hai Yunlan also had to consider one problem: the possibility that the list Dan Cha gives her could be fake. After all, she doesn’t have a lie detector, and if given a fake list, she can’t verify it. After giving a fake list, he would make every effort to discover her identity.

To prevent this, she must disrupt Dan Cha’s judgment. He knows nothing about her, so he doesn’t know whether she has accomplices, whether someone is behind her, whether she is being watched, or whether she already has some Wumianhui member lists. In short, during the one hour he is most uninformed, playing psychological warfare will maximize the chance of receiving true information from him.

Whatever information he gives in one hour, whether true or false, she must kill him immediately to silence him. This person cannot be left alive; as long as he is alive, he could likely trace back to her through Lin Yan.

This mobile phone can only be used by her to call him; he has no way to contact her. When she dialed his mobile phone again in one hour, his tone had become much calmer.

"Lin De, Zhang Hua, Long Man..."

He reported a list of names in one breath.

"Hold on, is this the Wumianhui member list?"

"No. These are the names of people who have recently been in contact with me and their families and friends, which I’ve already investigated."

He continued to read, and notably, Lin Yan’s name came up!

"Are you on the list? Or not? Hmph, I can tell—your breathing has quickened. Even if your name is not on the list... probably includes your accomplices, right? I will focus on investigating those who have recently gone missing or died since you might have killed your accomplices. If you dare curse me to death, before I die, I will instruct my subordinates to assassinate everyone on the list and all their social connections. The Wumianhui has plenty of assassins to curse people for us. Just in the casinos alone, we can grab a bunch of people willing to kill to write off debts or borrow gambling funds."

Hai Yunlan was still too young, after all.

"You also know I’m a Wumianhui senior member, so I naturally keep a careful record of who I come into contact with every month. So, do you still dare to threaten me?"

Hai Yunlan took a deep breath and said, "You wouldn’t dare. Killing that many people at once would cause too much commotion, and the leader would question your reasons. Would you tell him that your identity has been exposed? Would the leader let you off?"

"If I tell you the leader’s identity, I will die too. If it were that easy for the leader’s identity to leak, could he still be alive today? Besides, are you confused? If a black omen appears on me, I’m as good as dead. What do I care about the leader’s retribution?"

Only then did Hai Yunlan realize that she was indeed completely confused.

After all, her psychological strength was no match for that of a Wumianhui senior member!

"As soon as a black omen appears on me, I will immediately give the order to find you. You and your immediate relatives will be cursed to death by me. Conversely, if no black omen appears on me, to avoid the leader’s questioning, I indeed wouldn’t arrange such a large-scale massacre. Listen well, I will soon tell you the identity of someone who is a somewhat famous foreign internet celebrity. I want you to curse him to death. Once he dies and turns into a black skeleton, and the news reports on it, I’ll know you’ve lost your ghostly entity and no longer need to kill you. Everyone will be fine. How about that?"