Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ The Lynching Game (part 8)

[Dunhill] - "Great job there, McCree. You made that traitor confess in record time. All I can is that I now no longer doubt why Sir Mike sent you here to work with us. Great job, buddy. "

Said Dunhill as he walked with McCree down the hall.

[McCree] - "It's my duty after all. I was given the chance to make things right, so I'll do my damn best to make it right. "

Said McCree in a disgruntled voice.

Despite the blood and bruises on McCree's hands, the only thing that occupied his mind was the fact that he failed to get a confession out of the first guy.

[Dunhill] - "You don't seem happy with what you've accomplished today, friend. "

Said Dunhill as he noticed McCree's frustration.

[McCree] - "The bastard earlier. I knew he was hiding something but I just couldn't make that son of a bitch confess... "

[Dunhill] - "He'll talk eventually, I'm sure of it. "

[McCree] - "No! You don't understand! I saw firsthand what kind of consequences this kind of stubborn bastard could bring upon us! The longer the truth stays hidden, the longer his associates could regroup and hide... or even plan something new! "

Yelled McCree with a deranged expression on his face.

[Dunhill] - "I understand your dedication, my friend. However, you must rest now. I'll have Agent 11 handle things with that man. He has a reputation for making people talk, so rest easy now. Tomorrow, I can guarantee that stubborn son of a gun will spill all the beans. "

Said Dunhill with a few friendly pats on McCree's back.

*In a flashback

[Jagger] - "Dunhill, I have a new guy I want you to take care of. He'll be representing the Blue Guards as their poster boy. "

Said Jagger as he looked down at Dunhill from his throne.

[Dunhill] - "My lord, do you have any specific instructions for me about this new person? "

[Jagger] - "Very simple, my friend. I want you to radicalize him. He's the kind of oblivious meathead who has a good heart. People like him will believe things as they are fed to him without question. In his mind, as long as he believes in something, nothing else will matter. It's like taming a dog. Make him believe no one is the good guy except us. "

[Dunhill] - "I've looked at his files, my lord. So you are confirming to me he's just the average roadside redneck I believe him to be? "

Said Dunhill with an amused smirk.

[Jagger] - "Precisely, my friend. Make him understand the scale of things... "

As McCree met Dunhill for the first time, Dunhill quickly greeted him warmly before offering him some fine cigars and liquor as a friendly gesture. After gaining McCree's trust over a few days, Dunhill quickly began presenting McCree with classified documents which revealed the horror behind the scenes that wasn't available to the public. With the shock factor present, Dunhill quickly began shifting the blame onto all the supposed enemies of the Allied Forces.

[Jagger] - "...Then make him believe in our cause and justify what we do... "

Dunhill then began to present McCree with the invented crimes and affiliation of totally innocent individuals while constantly referring McCree back to the initial horrors he presented him with. With the fake pieces of evidence, Dunhill was quick to twist the narrative and present his organization as a bastion of hope in a society filled with traitors.