"Well." Keating couldn't help but praise, "You have grown very quickly. If we use this matter properly, it can indeed not only expand our advantages, but also make up for our disadvantages."
Verak felt comfortable and stretched himself on the bed: "I hope everything goes well."
His mind is now full of Lecter's promise that "I can satisfy any request you have." Keating has agreed to reveal some golden clues, so he can make this request to Lecter in eight days.
Some things that he had never dared to think about while trapped in prison seemed to be able to be reconsidered.
For example, contact the Equality Association.
Ever since he was imprisoned, he has been trying to find ways to get information from the outside world and try to contact the Equality Society. Even when he was injured, he did not hesitate to give up the opportunity for treatment to exchange information with Lecter.
While he was concerned about the Equality Society, he was still questioning himself.
In fact, he felt very unsure, because when he was in Lezein, he had been deceiving and using the Equality Society. Although he finally told the truth when facing Boyin and tried to save him, he and Boyin
The relationship between equality associations is still very subtle.
He has thought about it many times, put himself in the perspective of Boyin and many others, looked at himself from their perspective, and thought about whether he was worthy of forgiveness and whether he would be classified as an enemy. The results were not so good. After all, trust was betrayed.
It's very difficult to rebuild again.
The Equality Society is currently in real or fake peace talks with the government, and letting a fake Chris serve as a hostage would be of no harm to them, so it is absolutely impossible to reveal his identity at this time.
"What's wrong?" Keating felt a little depressed after seeing Verak's joy.
Verak could not tell the truth about the dilemma he faced: "If I want to take advantage of the opportunity that Lecter said to meet my requirements, Heping will get in touch."
"This is a good thing. If you can get in touch and learn their true intentions for the peace talks, you won't have to think about escaping from prison. You can just wait for them to rescue you." Keating encouraged Verak to use this opportunity.
on oneself.
"Save him..." Verak really didn't have confidence that Ping Ping would save him.
"how?"
Verak closed his eyes: "It's okay."
Verak had some regrets. If he had woken up earlier, been less dominated by money, and could bravely face what he was thinking, then Colin would not have died, and he would not have to be imprisoned in Dymans Prison.
At worst, he can continue to bear the name of Chris, fight side by side with the comrades of the Equality Association, and sacrifice everything for freedom and equality in Leiser.
Unfortunately there is no point in regretting.
"Worried they failed?" Keating guessed.
"...Hmm." Verak didn't intend to explain, so he just let Keating think about it.
"It's okay. Don't worry about your companions. They have made their own decisions. Even if they are not so rigorous, aren't you determined to get out before the dust settles? You have time to help them."
If there is a day when he can go out, Verak will of course want to return to Lezein.
"I hope so." Verak hoped that Equality would be able to accept him by then, "Thank you."
"It's okay. You still have a long way to go, and there will be many like-minded friends with you. I hope you can keep going and win, and I also hope you can have 100% confidence in your friends." Keating said.
"Eat." When it was time to eat, the prison guard who delivered the meal placed the meal on the partition.
"Okay, thank you." Verak stood up, took two lunch boxes from the partition, and thanked the prison guard.
The prison guard smiled and left.
Verak gave a portion of the meal to Keating, and they sat down to eat together.
"Teacher." After eating half of the meal in silence, Verak suddenly said, "I think that opportunity was a bit wasted for the Contact Equality Meeting."
"Why?" Keating couldn't believe that Verak would say the word "waste" to equality.
Verak didn't know if he was escaping. He found a justifiable reason for Keating and himself, and just numbed himself: "It's difficult to contact them, and even if you do, there will be risks."
"Indeed." Keating chewed and swallowed the food, "You can't possibly ask Lecter to ask the Equality Council about the true intention of the peace talks."
"We'll see when the time comes. We must use the opportunity wisely." After making this decision, Verak felt a little relieved.
He felt that what Keating said was very reasonable, but what made him dare not face it even more was that even if there was no risk, would Ping Ping be willing to believe him and tell his true intentions?
not necessarily.
"Eat quickly, teacher." Verak picked up the rice.
Facing the Equality Society is still too far away, so his first priority is to escape first.
Ten minutes later, the prison guards took away the lunch boxes, and the other prisoners also came back to start their lunch break. Verak and Keating, who had been discussing the problem for a long time, both felt a little tired and took a rest.
In the afternoon, because the biggest problem in the current escape plan, 'contact with other prisoners', has been solved, and other problems may only arise after contact with them during the release tomorrow, so Keating did not discuss those problems over and over again, but taught them.
Verak stuff.
In the boring prison, Verak had plenty of time. All he wanted to do every day was how to escape from prison, so he learned very quickly.
"...In the book Origin of Species, you may feel that what it talks about is of little use to you. In fact, this is not the case. There is a lot of content in this book that can be widely used in other places. For example, 'In this era, never use the old
Use values to measure new things', such as 'natural selection, survival of the fittest'. (Note: 1)" Keating is talking about "The Origin of Species" today.
"Hmm." Verak did not write down what Keating said in his notebook this time, because everything Keating said came from "The Origin of Species", which has been subverting human cognition since six or seven years ago.
He intended to read it directly and study the arguments put forward by the Welshman that he had never thought of.
"I have finished talking about part of the content in this book. How do you think this book can help you?" Keating asked routinely after class.
Verak replied seriously: "Understand the development and evolution of all things and search for answers to other questions."
"It's too general." Keating was dissatisfied with this statement, "What I really want you to understand is a larger world, a more advanced world. If you want to be a pioneer, you must have skills like "The Origin of Species"
The author is the same, the author of "On Equality" is the same, and he has the same ability to examine the world."
"Look at the world..." Verak murmured.
This ability seems difficult for a person like him who was born in poverty and has just begun to contact the vast world.
"Must have it," Keating said.
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Note 1: From Darwin's "On the Origin of Species According to Natural Selection, That is, the Preservation of the Better Races in the Struggle for Life"