Chapter 218 - 214: Illegal

"If you're going to keep me here for long, you need to let me call a friend," Ryder told Ray as he sighed.

"After we finish our question, you can call anyone. We can't let the higher-ups interfere in the question, and I already know how High your reach is. I won't let the Dream Corporation pull strings to interrupt this," Ray let out as he shook his head and refused to let Ryder call.

He already knew that Ryder had a link to the Dream Corporation. The Dream Corporation's private lawyer was handling the lawsuit on the city police for Ryder, which meant that his reach within the Dream Corp was pretty high. He didn't want to take the risk at the moment before he was done with his interrogation.

"What does the Dream Corporation have to do with me? You guys are seriously making a mistake. I'm not the one you're looking for," Ryder replied in annoyance.

He still didn't know that he had the highest reach within the Dream Corporation. The Owner of the Dream Corporation was Shu, who was like a brother to him.

Why Shu was able to roam so freely without being recognized also showed the power of the Dream Corporation.

They kept Shu's image from leaking. Shu's image was not available on the internet. No one had his image, and no one was allowed to capture his image either. Only the higher-ups within the Dream Corporation and the High-level People within the society that met him knew how he looked like.

His name on the documents was not Shu, either. Shu's full name on the documents and everywhere was Schumacher Phillip Maxwell. He used the short form of his name when introducing himself, which was Shu.

Even the Feds didn't have any image of Shu in their database.

This was clear to indicate the standing of Dream Corporation within the country. The Dream Corporation was one of the biggest organizations in the whole world. While the others of other organizations didn't mind their name and image getting out in the open and didn't make any effort to keep it a secret, Shu was different. 

Shu wanted his privacy, and he didn't want people to know who he was as he believed that the people that knew about his real identity would be the ones he would never be able to trust completely when it came to friendship since he would always have that lingering doubt that they came close to him for his wealth.

That's why, despite being rich, he didn't have any real friends until the day he met Ryder when he sneaked outside to buy the game called Divinity.

That was the day when the owner of one of the biggest organizations in the world got close to the person that was soon going to become a terrifying existence that shook the whole world and even the worlds beyond.

This unlikely friendship was something that Ryder hadn't expected, and he still didn't know who Shu was. When he met Shu and formed his friendship, he believed that Shu was just an Otaku. Even after all this time, he didn't know his real identity, and he still believed that Shu was the son of a wealthy tycoon who enjoyed the wealth of his family.

"That's not the point of focus here. The faster we finish with this, the faster we can be done," Ray told Ryder.

"Fine. Ask your questions," Ryder responded as he agreed to answer, but the answers weren't going to be the honest ones. He already had a story in his mind and a plan to prove that he wasn't the culprit. 

"Do you accept that you were that masked person that helped us before by killing the BioTerror members?" Ray asked Ryder.

"What masked man? I have no idea what you're talking about. I thought this was about some kidnapping, as you said before. How did you bring me in the whatever masked man and savior story?" Ryder asked as he acted ignorantly.

"Say yes or no, were you the masked man?" Ray asked again.

"No," Ryder replied straight away.

"Looks like we would need to do it the hard way. I wanted to do it respectfully, but the fate of the world depends on the truth, so I'll do what I have to. Jacob, call them inside," Ray let out as he sighed.

Ryder frowned as he glanced at them, wondering what it was about. 

'Are they going to torture me? I swear to god that I'll kill them all if they try to do anything like that,' Ryder thought as he clenched his fist.

The door opened, and a person in black clothes came inside with two briefcases. He placed both the briefcase on the table and opened the first one. It had some weird stuff that gave Ryder an odd feeling. 

The other briefcase was also opened, which seemed to have a machine inside.

'It's a freaking lie detector test. These bastards,' Ryder frowned as he saw the machine.

"We are going to perform a short lie detector test on you. Just be honest, and we'll believe whatever you say," Ray told Ryder with a calm look on his face.

"You need the order from the court to perform that on me. Can I see that order?" Ryder asked Ray as he frowned. He didn't want to go through it at any cost.

"We will show you the orders later. Just cooperate for now," Ray said as he shook his head.

The black-clothed man started preparing the lie detector machine. He placed some of the wires on Ryder's chest. Another wire had a clip attached to it, which he put over Ryder's forefinger.

"It's ready," The black-clothed man told Ray.

"Alright. You can leave. We'll handle the rest," Ray told the man.

The man nodded his left as he left.

Jacob brought the machine before him. Since the briefcase was opened and now the back was facing him, Ryder wasn't able to see the machine inside or the screen.

Ray and Jacob could see the screen only.

"Alright. We are going to ask you the questions now. Answer as honestly as you can," Ray told Ryder.

Ryder didn't respond as he continued frowning.

"What is your name?" Ray asked.

"I'm not going to answer. This test is illegal. I'm a respectable citizen of this country, and I pay my taxes. I'm not going to say anything. This is all illegal," Ryder let out in a loud tone as he refused to answer.

Ray couldn't help but sigh as he placed his hand on his forehead.

"Alright. Jacob, stay here. I'll be back in ten minutes," Ray said as he stood up and left the room.

Jacob sat before Ryder, keeping an eye on him.

Ryder was trying to find an opportunity to use the system to get something useful while Ray was not inside.

He started to pretend as if he was playing piano in the air with his finger and occasionally kept tapping in the air.

While Jacob couldn't see it, there was a semi-transparent screen opened before Ryder that only he could see or touch.

Ryder was in the system store, trying to see if there was something that could help him in this situation, but he didn't find anything that was useful here. All he could see were stuff that would put him in trouble in the end.

Ray entered the room with a paper in his hand. Ryder closed the screen and sat straight.

"Here, the orders that you were looking for," Ray let out as he showed the court permission to Ryder.

Ryder read through the documents and sighed.

'The feds really have a lot of power. They got the permission so fast,' Ryder thought as he gave the paper back.

"It's fully legal now. Just answer us. As long as you didn't commit any crime, you have nothing to worry about. As for the crimes that you committed, we already know about that, and you won't be in trouble for that if you decide to help us," Ray told Ryder.

"So, are you going to help us and accept that you were the masked man, or are you going to go through the test?" Ray asked.

Ryder didn't reply.

"Fine. We'll go through the test. Answer me. What is your name?" Ray asked the first question as a test.

"I'm Ryder," Ryder replied.

"Is Ryder Flynn your real name?" Ray asked Ryder.

"Yes. As far as I know," Ryder responded.

"What were you doing inside the building where you came out of," Ray asked Ryder.

"I looked at the walls. That is my building, and I gave the contract for its renovation. I checked the walls and other stuff to see how the work was going on," Ryder replied.

He didn't tell the whole truth and the main thing he was seeing, but he didn't lie either. After killing Pasher, he did see the building and noticed the work.

"Do you know who Pasher Stan is?" Ray asked Ryder.