Section 09: The Difficult Interrogation

  The interrogation room was too simple, with four people squeezed behind a small table. Mishka, who was in charge of recording, had to sit on a small stool, using his knees as a desk, and made a gesture of writing quickly.

  The two German lieutenant generals sitting on both sides of the table comforted each other. The division commander comforted Byron: "They are Russians, and it's more convenient for them to interrogate Russians than us."

  Byron comforted himself: "The other is at most a captain; why should our general trouble himself to interrogate him?"

  "Name." The Kalmyk man took his place as chief judge unopposed.

  "It was all her who made me do it, I didn't want to." The man's face was terrified, he shrunk back, even though his back was already against the wall.

  "Take him away."

  The man was dragged away, with a lewd expression on his face, at most just an extra.

  The Kalmyk man turned to the woman and asked: "And you?"

  The other party remained silent.

  Repeated questioning was met with continued silence from the other party.

  Kalmukov flew into a rage, or rather pretended to: "Guards, light the lanterns and let's take a look at this woman. See if she's deaf or dumb. You know her too; if she doesn't cooperate, I'll make you taste the whip."

  "Yes." The Tartars and the Grubbs hastily turned all the spotlights on the woman, and at the same time, a sincere exclamation filled the room: under the spotlight, the young woman had a beauty that could sink fish and geese, and a face that could shame flowers. If she were any plumper, she would be fat; if she were any thinner, she would be skinny - like a figure in a painting. Her fluffy eyelashes might even be longer than Renya's by a millimeter. Her eyes were almond-shaped and her lips were rosy, but instead of shooting out love, they shot out hatred, and instead of speaking sweet nothings, she spoke curses and hatred. The girl's skin was not just white, but had the thin, translucent whiteness of a woman from Central Siberia - like the wings of a cicada. She tried to block the strong light with her hands, making one think of the phrase: "cherish fragrance and pity jade."

  "Bang----" The book in Misha's hand fell to the ground, he quickly picked it up and fiddled with the pen in his hand.

  The monarch who was eavesdropping in the small room was also stunned by her beauty, muttering to himself: "Russia has a beautiful woman, unparalleled and independent. One glance can overthrow a city, another glance can overthrow a country."

  The Kalmyk man swallowed a mighty gulp of saliva, and muttered slowly: "How young you are, how lovely you are! At your age, it's the perfect time to enjoy beautiful love, then live with the one you love, get married, have children... Just imagine yourself lying in the delivery room, next to your newborn baby, so small, so lovely, their little feet almost as big as your thumb, kicking their little legs and wanting milk from mom... I'm sure that with how beautiful you are, your son will be handsome and your daughter will be stunning."

  The Kalmyks suddenly switched from muttering to shouting: "But do you know what your sons will say? My mother is very beautiful, but very cruel, because she mercilessly carries out the evil 'Scorched Earth Decree', setting fire to and burning down her own people's houses, killing women and children, poisoning wells, looting and raping..."

  "So, what will your son say about you? I'll speak for him: My father is a thoroughbred German fascist running dog." The woman retorted with hatred and a hint of sorrow. This hint of sorrow caught the attention of the Kalmyk man, who remained calm and continued to persuade her: "Miss, I am also a Soviet person, I know that the peoples of all nationalities in the Soviet Union should have a better government than they do now..."

  "That's enough." The young woman's sharp voice even made Li De tremble next door, and Miss Adelheid was so frightened that she rushed into the president's arms.

  "You're a traitor raised by a bitch, don't you dare sully the Soviet Union with your filthy mouth." The young woman's eyes blazed with anger.

  The attack on Kalmucks had been almost to the point of extremity, but he was not angry; he knew that they would have liked to kill him, so he remained calm: "I have a sister..."

  She immediately interrupted: "How can dogs have sisters."

  It seems that this guy is not interested in women, Grubbs picked up the whip, Misha stood up, the Kalmyk's face turned iron blue, just about to make a move, Byron made a "please" gesture to him, and he went down the slope, muttering and scolding as he walked.

  The short-statured Byron was bombarded as soon as he sat in the main trial position: "The disobedient dog is gone, and the dog's owner has come up, but how can a Pomeranian with its tail between its legs hold up the table?"

  Byron left, and only the master was left behind the table. He had long been taught her stubbornness and ordered the use of torture instruments.

  "Please wait." Misha hesitated and stood up, smiling ingratiatingly at the instructor, "Let me try it, okay?"

  Misha walked over to the table and sat down on the edge of the chair, his voice trembling as he said: "Lida, it's me, Misha."

  The young woman's eyes flashed with tenderness, and her downy eyelashes made her look even more beautiful. However, all this only lasted for a brief second. She immediately turned cold: "What, do you also want to abandon the Soviet Union?"

  Misha patiently coaxed, from the "human shield" of the Leningrad front to the happy life of the German people, from the beautiful memories of school days to the current "incendiary order", and finally called out with deep feeling: "Dear Lyda, turn back, think about our good days at Kazan State University..."

  With a "clatter", the cup in Li De's hand fell to the ground, splashing water onto Miss Adelaida's feet, and she jumped up again in fright.

  "Kazan State University?" Li De felt a dreamy feeling, a distant dream suddenly floated before his eyes. He shook his head hard, trying to dispel this illusory bubble.

  Lida gazed intently, and the roles of interrogator and interrogated had been reversed. Lida was now lecturing Misha: "Misha, I know what you said is true, including what you saw in German villages. Just like we saw during our training in the Baltic Sea. But these bourgeoisie, although rich, have empty spirits that reek of copper. One day, the inherent social contradictions of the capitalist system will inevitably erupt, and this is not something that can be changed by human will. Because they are built on the basis of cruel exploitation and class oppression, while the communist system is the highest realm of human society..." For a moment, she forgot her own identity and the terrifying situation, as if she were standing on the podium at an excellent party worker experience exchange meeting.

  A gunshot rang out outside, followed by a burst of mournful cries, bringing the excellent party member back to reality.

  Adelaide's face changed greatly, a Kalmyk burst into the auditorium and reported to the leader: "They shot that useless scoundrel, it was no use keeping him."

  At the sound of gunfire, Lida's mouth was curled up with a sarcastic smile. She wasn't affected at all and continued to talk incessantly: "Misha, I believe that one day, the bright red sun will shine all over the world, and the revolutionary red flag will wave across the five continents and four oceans."

  "Seven continents?" Misha's persuasion turned into a discussion, and he was slightly moved by what others said.

  In the observation room, Li De lost confidence and gestured to the Kalmucks that he was about to leave when Miss Edith cried out: "Look!"

  Rania stepped up, sauntering to the front of the cage. Lida stopped lecturing and yelling, instead looking at her with a mixture of surprise and confusion: "What's wrong with you all? First my classmate was sold out by the Germans, now another female traitor has appeared. I'm warning you as a woman, leave now! Being a running dog for the Germans won't end well."

  Rania stepped on the iron cage, telling her about the atrocities of the Soviet army in Latvia. Strangely, Lida stopped making a fuss and stared at her feet in confusion.

  After a while, Lida said teasingly: "You say the Germans treat you like a human being, well, if you have the ability, let them open the door for you, how about it? Don't dare to say anything now?"

  Rania merely crooked a finger towards the door and Toltz and Grubbs rushed over to open the cage.

  Lida walked out of the cage with a suspicious look on her face, smiled strangely, and suddenly jumped into the air, kicking her legs alternately at Pochita and Grubbs. She was about to make a run for it when Renya flipped over in mid-air and landed right in front of her. Lida took a step forward and threw a bow-step punch, which Renya easily deflected with a counter-punch. Then she came at Lida with a throat-popping kick, but the latter was prepared and dodged to the side, countering with an intersecting side-kick... Renya got impatient and used the "kick crotch" technique from Chinese martial arts, taking advantage of her opponent's momentary lapse in defense. As Lida stumbled backward, she tripped over Grubbs and fell.

  Rania stood with her hands on her hips, stepped forward and pressed down on Lida's chest. Suddenly, she found that the eyes under her feet were not flames of hatred, but a dazed expectation. Her heart skipped a beat, and a wave of doubt and excitement spread throughout her body. To verify her feelings, she sat directly on Lida's neck, with her crotch almost touching her face. As a result, she was shocked to see that the previously arrogant Lida closed her eyes and sniffed hard at the smell under Rania's crotch.

  Rania was overjoyed, hastily pulling up the prey under her crotch and rushing to a room. She kicked out the deputy chief of staff who was smoking, including Bowman, "Bang" locked the door, and the two looked at each other with their chests heaving.

  Rania pushed Lida down, Lida instinctively struggled free, Rania suddenly slammed her down, then squatted on her face, rubbing her face with her buttocks, she breathed rapidly, unable to hold herself, begging Rania to take off her pants, and said, as long as she was allowed to have her way, she would do whatever...

  Rania's legs were spread wide apart, her waist bent in a standing position. Lida's tongue wandered around below her, from front to back and then from back to front. Such an ending was probably unthinkable even for the most skilled detective writers.

  It was later learned that Lida had been raised by her stepmother since childhood, and her stepmother was not good to her at all. After her father's death, she became even more cruel, treating Lida as a plaything for her arbitrary abuse, and eventually turning the beautiful and gentle Lida into a masochist under her control.

  After Lida got down from Rania, the first thing she faced east and confessed: "Father Stalin of all ethnic groups in the Soviet Union, it was not I who betrayed the party and the motherland, but the dirty demon in my body that harmed me. That female traitor grasped my weakness."

  Lida and Rania made a secret agreement: Lida followed her, on the condition that Rania periodically satisfied her special hobby. Both parties agreed - to keep it confidential.

  Rania appeared triumphantly in front of everyone, and the Kalmyk people asked her what the secret to her success was. She replied: "The secret to success is - secrecy."

  Li De clapped his hands, and the others, seeing the leader do so, also applauded. The warm applause echoed loudly in the underground room. Rania whispered to the leader: "I found the waiter you asked me to find - you said you'd pay."