Dungeon Raider System

Chapter 130 Interrogation

The woman placed a small folder in the table in front of her and opened it, then she started turning the pages in the most dramatic way possible, only to be embarrassed after realizing it was just three sheets of paper. She hurriedly looked at the floor thinking that maybe she dropped some of the files, but that wasn't the case.

"How is this possible!? There's no information about this guy!" Seiren exclaimed.

"Are you dumb? He's obviously from the slums, do you think even the Mapple corp. has enough resources to investigate everyone in there?" The man mocked her.

"No, but... he doesn't have any online presence up to this year. Aren't kids obsessed with social media?" She was flabbergasted.

"I didn't have a phone." Uriel shrugged.

"Just ask the questions, would you?" The man scoffed at the woman.

Even though it was Uriel the one being interrogated, the only flustered person in the room was Seiren. Both Uriel and the man were amused by her embarrassment, especially when she flushed in bright red, though she quickly composed herself and proceeded with her job.

"Are you an ascended?" She asked after looking at the files.

"Yes."

"Did you participate on the expedition to Chichén Itzá funded by the Mapple corp?"

"Yes."

"Did you kill Flanagan?"

"Yes." Uriel replied just like the other times, only now her reaction was different. The woman's ears twitched, her eyes widened but then became sharp as daggers.

"That was a lie. I don't care why you lied about it. One more lie and you're done."

"Hey! You called me in here because this was supposed to be an emergency. If this kid is not dangerous then I'm out." The man said as he intended to leave, but the woman stopped him. Stay updated through empire

"You're an archaeologist? What is your book about?" Uriel asked with curiosity.

"It's too complicated for a kid like yourself, but if you have to know, it's about material culture in archaic settlements as an effect of the linear and appositional growth of their youth."

"I see... so you're claiming that the size of a culture's artifacts depends on the development of their children, which would imply that most civilizations made their utensils smaller to accommodate them. In short, you think they made their kids work and that's why artifacts became increasingly smaller with time."

"Now I see why that old fart took you on his foolish expedition." Jon said with a smirk that triggered Uriel.

"Foolish? I think it's more foolish to write a book about something that can be easily explained by the change in population stature due to environmental factors." Uriel scoffed.

"That's pretty rich coming from someone who got themselves arrested. There's nothing wrong with my hypothesis, there's a lot of evidence supporting it. The only explanation to utensils being made smaller is infant labor."

"That's stupid. Maybe humans just used to be taller."

"Alright, I got it. Stop calling me names for a second and let's have a civil conversation. Why do you think humans used to be taller?"

Uriel realized to late his blunder. He couldn't say he thought so because he'd seen how tall some members of a civilization that preceeded the archaic era were because that would expose him, but he also couldn't lie because Seiren was still present. Before falling into panic, he realized something.

The man he was talking to thought of him as nothing but a child and that gave him the chance to act like one.

"I just do."

"Hahaha, just as I expected." He laughed as he patted Uriel on the back prompting him to exit the room. Both Jon and Seiren accompanied him to the exit but before parting ways Jon addressed him again. "Hey kid, if you're interested in archaeology maybe you could stop by the national museum to have a chat."

"I don't even know your name." Uriel replied.

"Right, sorry about that. My name is Jon Hunter."

"Jon Hunter!? 'The' Jon hunter!?" Uriel asked so loudly he was almost yelling.