LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 441: Encountering Madam Tree Again
Chapter 441: Encountering Madam Tree Again
Loose ends often appeared in unexpected places.
Just as Adam had anticipated, the more of these operations he carried out, the more his enemies would have to scramble to cover their tracks, and the more loose ends would be exposed, just like what was happening on this occasion.
He had come to investigate this high-level collaborator of Kim Media Corporation without any warning, and prior to this, there hadn't been any negative press about him at all.
This was only to be expected. As such an important figure in such a major news media corporation, even if some negative information were revealed about him, it would've been immediately discovered and filtered.
Only after coming into contact with the Dataist Union did Adam learn that all of these major news corporations had their own private bots that were constantly monitoring the world's internet, and as soon as any sensitive words were detected, it would immediately be submitted to the processing center in an extremely fast and efficient process.
Hence, it would've been very difficult for anyone to suspect Makenna or wrongdoing.
Adam was only stuck on the 10th floor for less than a minute, yet during this brief window of time, Makenna's psychic world had been cleansed, and there was only one possible explanation for this, which was that someone had already implanted a special seed in his mind that could forcibly cleanse his memories at any moment.
Narr's psychic body was presented in the form of a massive octopus with hundreds of tentacles and a head that was as tall as a two-story building. It was hovering in mid-air, putting on a formidable display.
Adam had seen similar psychic bodies on more than one past occasion, and he knew that every single one of Makenna's tentacles represented the control that he held.
Makenna was gleefullying waving his tentacles around as he cackled, "I already told you that you won't be able to find any dirt on me! As soon as my lawyers get involved, you'll be forced to release me the same way you arrested me!"
Adam paid no heed to him as he released Ogress, and it flew up into the air and explored Makenna's psychic world for a while before returning to him.
Through his shared perspective with Ogress, he was able to see deep into Makenna's memories, and there were some occasional discrepancies, but for the most part, his memories detailed a motivational story of his rise up the ranks.
"Are you impressed? I was just an ordinary person without any special background or connections, yet I was able to climb to my current position purely through my own efforts. I think I should write a book or have a movie made about me. That will be sure to resonate with countless people and be a resounding commercial success."
He was completely immersed in his own psychic world, blurting out some things that he definitely would've never dared to say under normal circumstances.
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This was a clear sign that he was losing control of his own mind, and it indicated that the caution and wariness that he had meticulously curated over the course of many years was unconsciously unraveling.
This confirmed Adam's theory, which was that the emergency cleanse had been too rough and direct, to the point that it had harmed his psyche.
"Do you still recall why you jumped off the company building?"
This was seemingly only a casual question from Adam, but Makenna's psychic body shuddered upon hearing it, and it shrank down to only less than three meters in height. At the same time, most of its tentacles also instantly vanished, leaving only around a dozen left.
"Why did I jump? I still have such a bright future ahead and so many more years of my life left to enjoy. I have so many kids who are about to start school and countless beautiful women fighting to curry my favor..."
These errant ramblings were an instinctive reaction that came straight from Makenna's soul, and it was something that couldn't be erased through a simple psychic cleanse.
Adam already knew the answer to his question. Makenna had heard that he was about to be arrested by Adam, who had been renowned for making waves of late, and he had immediately been overcome by panic and anxiety.
The seed planted in his mind had immediately taken effect, cleansing his incriminating memories and damaging his brain in the process while simultaneously releasing the pre-implanted psychic suggestion, leading to him unconsciously smashing open his window to jump to his death.
However, there was a problem with this theory, which was that the windows of these highrise buildings were similar to bulletproof glass, so it was impossible for the average person to shatter such a window in less than a minute.
The building's security center has to have been compromised. There must be tapping devices in the offices of these people, as well as remote-controlled miniature destruction devices.
As these thoughts sprang into Adam's mind, Makenna's psychic body was becoming more and more shriveled up, and he knew that if he were to wait any longer, there was a good chance that another case of accidental death in an investigation target could take place.
With that in mind, he invoked Mummy and Angel simultaneously.
Ever since obtaining Angel, he had visited many retirement homes and fed it virtually all of the anomalic power that he had devoured from those institutions, returning it to the height of its powers.
Perhaps it was because he wasn't sufficiently deranged, but under normal circumstances, Angel was only displaying the power of a level eight anomaly. Its upper limit was definitely beyond the 10th level, but some form of special catalyst was required for it to fully tap into its latent potential.
Even as a level eight anomaly, it was still the most powerful anomaly that Adam currently possessed, but he hadn't used it up to this point as he hadn't encountered any worthy opponents.
As soon as Angel appeared, Makenna's psychic world immediately turned dark, and a majestic angelic projection appeared in the sky. The area enshrouded under the shadow of the projection's spread wings had been cast into a special domain of judgment.
The angel was wielding a morningstar mace in its left hand, while a scale had appeared directly in front of it, and the latter was steadily absorbing psychic power from Makenna.
Good and evil, light and darkness, joy and pain... These sets of opposing extremes were being weighed on the scale.
There was no doubt that the process of Makenna's rise was one that was full of positive energy, but at the same time, he had also done many putrid things. At some point, good had outweighed evil in his life, but ever since he began working at Kim Media Corporation, he had completely lost his sense of morality, resulting in a rapid descent into depravity.
Makenna began to scream in horror and despair as it attempted to struggle free from Angel's judgment, but to no avail. The outcome of the judgment was that Makenna had to die.
His psychic body was becoming feebler and feebler, and it looked as if it could perish at any moment. Adam hurriedly intervened, preparing to withdraw Angel, but right at this moment, a green shadow abruptly emerged from the octopus's head, transforming into a tender seedling before undergoing rapid growth.
Immediately thereafter, all of the octopus's tentacles transformed into tree roots that plunged into the ground before rapidly absorbing nutrients from Makenna's psychic world, allowing the seedling to grow into a massive tree in the blink of an eye.
The tree had an extremely strange appearance, and its bare canopy resembled a massive tumor, trailing down from which were hundreds of aerial roots that were swaying in the air. Countless human faces were surging over the tree, all of which had their mouths open in silence screams.
These were most likely the projections of the human trafficking victims that were manifested by Makenna's guilt.
So Madam Tree is the one behind this. You really are everywhere, aren't you?
Adam couldn't help but heave a faint sigh. What a small world this was.
Then again, this was only to be expected. Herman Glenn was responsible for the transportation of blank slates, which was another form of human trafficking, which was an illegal industry that the Kim Group had direct participation in, so it made sense that they were connected.
As the strange tree continued to grow rapidly in power, it seemed to have noticed Angel's domain, and it suddenly let loose a strange roar, following which the head of Makenna's psychic body split open to release a jet of putrid black liquid.
"Those who have sinned must be punished!"
An authoritative voice rang out in the air, and countless black feathers came fluttering down, forming a shield that intercepted the jet of black liquid. The explosion from the resulting impact formed a giant black hole that almost sucked in Mummy in the blink of an eye.