At two in the afternoon, we began the interrogation. Xiaotao assigned two officers to test the waters, and sure enough, the Imitator repeated one of them throughout the entire interrogation. Seeing how livid the officers were, Xiaotao told them to stop.

"How is this an interrogation room?” Xiaotao laughed. “I think it’s turned into a psych ward. Song Yang, are you ready?"

I nodded, "Let's go in and meet the man!"

When we entered the interrogation room, the Imitator stood up abruptly and sat back down again after us. It seemed his performance had started again.

"Tell me your name, age, and occupation!" barked Xiaotao.

Using Xiaotao's manner of speech, the Imitator repeated, "Tell me your name, age, and occupation!"

Instead of being worked...