# Chapter 28: Playing Dumb Is Exhausting
Yierduo's fingertips could feel the key around Bubu Wang's neck, and of course she could grab Bubu Wang's head, but she didn't dare try that. She couldn't be certain she could kill this dog in one strike. If she failed, that last chance would vanish like a bubble.
Don't think this good show was only at this level. For Yierduo, it wasn't thrilling enough yet.
With a clang, the metal door of the underground interrogation room was pushed open. Amu ducked to avoid the door frame and entered the underground interrogation room.
"Moo!"
Amu "roared" at Bubu Wang. Bubu Wang seemed "frightened" and immediately backed away. The "guard" had arrived.
Amu sat down in the underground interrogation room, leaning against the wall, while Bubu Wang lay on the ground not far from Yierduo, looking as if he was about to take a nap.
A dozen minutes later, snoring came. Amu had fallen asleep.
"Dog, come here..."
Yierduo called out in a low voice. With a guard present, the level of excitement had clearly increased significantly. Yierduo's nerves were now stretched taut.
Bubu Wang, lying on the ground, opened his eyes and looked at Yierduo. The thought in Bubu Wang's mind at this moment was: "Say something nice. Say something nice, and this Wang will come over."
A dead spirit girl, a Wangxingren, and a minotaur had created a very "joyful" atmosphere in this gloomy underground interrogation room. Of course, only Bubu Wang was joyful. Amu was hungry, and Yierduo was on the verge of collapse.
Five hours later, it was now around 9 PM. The underground interrogation room was brightly lit by firelight.
Bubu Wang sat crouched in front of Yierduo and let out a very long yawn.
"You! Get! Away!!"
Yierduo hung her head, speaking through gritted teeth. She had already discovered Bubu Wang's peculiarity.
Bubu Wang tilted his head and looked at Yierduo, his gaze seeming to say: "You finally noticed. Playing dumb is exhausting. How's my acting? If you're satisfied, remember to give a good review."
Since Yierduo had already discovered him, Bubu Wang stopped pretending. He showed Yierduo a smile.
Seeing this smile, Yierduo's originally numb expression became slightly dazed.
"You, you..."
She had already guessed that Bubu Wang had some intelligence, but when she saw his lively eyes, she confirmed one thing: Bubu Wang had intelligence no lower than a human's.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked. Amu, who had been beside him, stood up and trotted over to Bubu Wang, looking like a lackey, with none of the previous ferocity.
"I..."
Yierduo had completely lost the ability to speak. At that moment, Bubu Wang took out some snacks from his small storage space and offered them to Yierduo.
Yierduo tilted her head back, indicating she would never eat food given as charity. She was a dead spirit with backbone.
Seeing this, Bubu Wang imitated Su Xiao's mannerism and waved his dog paw. Amu understood immediately, reaching his rough hand toward Yierduo's face, clearly intending to "feed" her by force.
"Wait."
Yierduo's silver teeth ground together with a cracking sound. After hesitating for a moment, she snatched the snack from Bubu Wang's paw. Compared to being force-fed, eating it herself clearly had more dignity.
A dozen seconds later.
"So spicy!!"
A shout faintly came from the underground interrogation room. This was one of Su Xiao's methods for breaking through Yierduo's mental defenses: not allowing her to sleep while providing her with extremely spicy food.
Compared to torture, Su Xiao's methods seemed much gentler. But that wasn't the case at all. Simply not being allowed to sleep was enough to make Yierduo collapse, and she also had to endure Bubu Wang's mental harassment.
Bubu Wang was very skilled at negotiating with plot characters. His method of negotiation was quite special: using his relatively high charm attribute, he would try to drag the plot character's intelligence down to his level, thus having a fair contest.
Leaving aside Bubu Wang's joyful scene in the underground interrogation room for now, at this moment, in the courtyard of the Iron Hand's mansion, Su Xiao was sitting by the pond.
Dozens of ordinary guards were stationed around the courtyard, and four Imperial Guards were at the front gate. The security measures weren't strong, but they weren't weak either.
After capturing Yierduo alive, Su Xiao had left some very subtle traces along the way. The difficulty of tracking these traces was considerable, and there was a high chance of losing them.
The more this was the case, the higher the possibility that Yierduo's master would come to rescue her. If the traces were too obvious, the other party would definitely become suspicious, and they would certainly investigate whether there were ambushes inside the Iron Hand's mansion.
Su Xiao could be certain that Yierduo's master or other dead spirit powerhouses would come looking. Even if they weren't coming to rescue Yierduo, they would come to silence her.
Su Xiao hadn't killed Yierduo. For the dead spirits lurking in the royal capital, this was like a thorn in the throat. No one could guarantee whether Yierduo could withstand the enemy's interrogation. If Yierduo revealed key intelligence, it would be a devastating blow to the dead spirit clan's plan.
Whether to rescue their disciple or to directly silence her, the dead spirit powerhouses would definitely come. This was Su Xiao's opportunity.
Drip.
A sound so faint it could almost be ignored came. Su Xiao looked toward the source of the sound. A figure draped in a black robe, about 1.8 meters tall, stood on the courtyard wall.
Outside the wall, corpses lay on the ground. They had died silently, each with a blood line on the back of their neck. That was the fatal wound.
"Human, where is she?"
The figure standing on the wall spoke. His voice was somewhat hoarse. Su Xiao had heard this unique tone many times before. It was the kind of timbre produced only after throat-slitting had damaged the vocal cords.
"Qiya masanga, keke ta (Dead Spirit language: Don't waste words with him, kill him)."
Another deep voice came. The dead spirits coming to rescue someone weren't alone.
"Calm down. Capturing this human will help our plan. He is the Iron Hand of the kingdom."
The dead spirit with the hoarse voice spoke. He had been using human language, indicating he frequently operated in the Saint Sordin Kingdom.
"You, are, the, leader. Listen, to, you."
The other dead spirit also began speaking human language. Clearly, these two dead spirits were trying to put pressure on Su Xiao.
"Silently eliminating four Imperial Guards. Truly surprising."
Su Xiao had investigated the Imperial Guards' information. Those Imperial Guards had average attributes around 70 points and possessed five skills. Moreover, the Imperial Guards had a characteristic: the more of them there were, the stronger their combat power became. This was related to their abilities.
Imperial Guard Skill 2: Imperial Army (Passive) — When the number of Imperial Guards within a certain range reaches 100, all Imperial Guards within that range are immune to all damage.
Imperial Guard Skill 3: Defend Against Enemy (Passive) — When the number of Imperial Guards within a certain range reaches 100/50/20, all Imperial Guards within that range gain +8/6/3 to all attributes (except luck attribute).
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Once the Imperial Guards formed a battle formation of 100 people, the combat power they unleashed would force even Su Xiao to temporarily avoid their sharp edge, find a way to split them up, and quickly reduce their numbers before having a chance to win.
The Imperial Guards were an elite force carefully cultivated by the royal family. How could they be weak? Even if they couldn't form a battle formation, they still possessed considerable individual combat power.
Yet these two dead spirits standing on the courtyard wall had silently eliminated four Imperial Guards. This showed their strength, or rather, their assassination abilities were extremely formidable.