If you want to do it, you must first jump out of the world, jump out of the rules, and stand outside the world, or above the world. Only in this way can you have a different perspective from others, think about things that others cannot discover, and then open up and lead the world.
"I will." Verak said solemnly.
Before he was reborn, when he was living a life of taking pictures for people, he would never have had the confidence to do what thousands of people couldn't do.
It's different now.
He was involved in the torrent of the times, intentionally or unintentionally affecting a life, a thought, a country, and even an era.
After being pushed far enough and high enough by the brave and fearless waves, he had confidence, and more importantly, he wanted to be such a person.
"Then I look forward to your performance." Keating's eyes really contained expectations. "It's useless to talk about this kind of thing. It is innate and will be stimulated by people and things. And I believe that what you lack is just
Be inspired."
"Thank you, teacher." Verak felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. He couldn't believe that he would become such a person one day.
Keating changed the subject: "Have you figured out how to contact them tomorrow? Since Lecter wants something from us, we can be more bold in doing things."
"Yes, such a good opportunity cannot be too conservative. No one can say for sure how Lecter will treat us if we help Lecter stay in seven days." Verak also feels that he should try to use more direct means to seize it tomorrow.
Take the initiative, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"I do have an idea. It's very risky, but I'm full of expectations for it just like you." Keating seemed to have been brewing this idea for a long time, and he felt like he was winning when he revealed it. "I want to
Let me ask you a question first, what is the most important thing for us to do when we go out for a walk?"
"Contact and cooperate with other prisoners." Verak said.
Keating asked again: "Then how do we cooperate with other prisoners? How do we contact them safely, how do we make them trust us, and how can we truly strengthen our hearts and fight for freedom together at all costs?"
"Isn't this the problem we are struggling with? I remember that what you suggested was to find people who are prone to jailbreaking." Verak just finished asking, his eyes brightened, "You... have a better way, right?"
"That method was the only one we could do before. It's different now." Keating looked at Verak with a half-smile, "Do you still remember what you used to impress me?"
Verak looked at Keating's pillow.
Keating picked up "The Theory of Equality" next to the pillow and handed it to Verak: "This book can give you power, so why can't it give power to others? It can make you and other people in the Equality Association sacrifice their lives.
Then why can’t others find something higher than their own lives?”
Verak swallowed his saliva and held up the "On Equality" handwritten by Keating: "What you said makes sense..."
"According to your Equality Association, there are still many people who have not yet awakened." Keating's back ached after sitting for a long time, so he simply lay down, "As the president of the Equality Association, you cannot give up spreading the word just because your body is imprisoned.
Thought. Such a good opportunity, go for it."
"Huh..." Verak's mind was opened, his eyes flickered, and he opened "The Theory of Equality" again.
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October 5th, nine o'clock in the morning
Verak and Keating were taken to the square for the third time, and the prisoners turned a blind eye to them.
"It should be no problem." Verak observed the prison guards standing guard. The guards paid less attention to the two of them. They must have received Lecter's order and acquiesced to Verak and the others to move around and communicate as they pleased, "I
Find someone to try."
"Yeah." Keating sat in the wheelchair and listened to Verak's arrangements.
Verak looked around and spotted the only person he knew. He pushed the wheelchair over and said hello: "Ross!"
Ross, a musician who was squatting on the ground watching others playing cards, heard someone calling his name. He looked up in the direction of the sound. First, his legs became weak and he sat down on the ground. Then he immediately got up and ran away in panic.
go.
The prisoners still don't know that the prison guards will no longer interfere with Verak and Keating communicating with them from today on, so they are worried that when Verak and the others come over to talk, they will be shot dead by the guards standing guard.
"No need to run, Lecter allows us to move freely!" Verak shouted loudly.
Rose ran nearly thirty meters away from Verak before he stopped and looked at Verak in shock: "What?"
"We can talk now, Lecter gave the order himself!" Verak slowly approached Ross while pushing the wheelchair.
Ross looked at the prison guard standing guard, still worried.
"Trust me." Verak pushed the wheelchair closer and closer.
"You really didn't lie to me?" Ross moved back instinctively.
"Do I need to lie to you?" Verak glared at the prison guard standing guard, "Put down the gun! If anyone gets in the way, I will contact Lecter as soon as possible to hold him accountable!"
Verak's roar once again attracted the attention of all the prisoners in the square.
They didn't understand how Verac dared to scold the prison guard on guard, knowing that they risked being shot if they even looked at the prison guard.
But what surprised them even more was that within a few seconds after Verak finished shouting, the prison guards actually put down their guns!
"Damn, I really want to shoot him. Who does he think he is talking to?" A young prison guard was dissatisfied with Verak's unkind tone.
"Don't be impulsive." The old prison guard came over and patted him, "Don't forget the deputy warden's instructions."
"Damn it, I'm waiting to see him beaten to death by Lecter!" the angry young prison guard cursed in a low voice.
Nearly forty prison guards put down their guns one after another. Verak calmed down and pushed his wheelchair to the stunned Rose: "Don't worry, they don't dare to take action."
"What, what is going on?!" Ross asked.
How could Verak be qualified to order the prison guards?!
"This is the right we deserve. Which law stipulates that prisoners don't even have the right to communicate with other prisoners?" Keating spoke first, establishing the image of Verak's heroic and very effective fight.
"No, no, no." Ross shook his head, "The question is, how could Lecter listen to you? He just listens to you when you ask him to? How is this possible? I know who he is very well."
When Ross asked, other prisoners saw that there was no danger and gathered around him.
"If there is really nothing, of course he will not listen to us or care about what we say." The matter was so important that Keating took the question and responded to many unreasonable things in person, "But Chris is different, he is
The president of the Equality Society, the Equality Society has just reached peace talks with the government in Lezein, and Lecter cannot ignore his demands."
"What is equality? What peace talks? What is happening outside?" After Keating explained, Ross became even more confused and asked three questions in a row.
Keating said nothing more and left the matter of the Equality Society to the core figure Verak to answer.
Lecter is now asking for help from him, so the prison guards in the square do not dare to act rashly. This is the best time for Verak to spread the ideals of the Equality Society.
"Equality will..." Verak's mood was complicated. This was the first time he formally preached equality to everyone. It was the first time he firmly believed and longed for it. "It is a group that strives for everyone to get what they deserve."
An organization of respect and equality. We fight for equality and for every civilian at the bottom who suffers injustice..."
"What's going on..." The old prison guard on guard frowned when he heard Verac saying something he didn't understand to the prisoners surrounding him.
"Is this also approved by the deputy warden?" The young prison guard felt something was wrong.
The old prison guard didn't dare to make a conclusion. He listened for a while and bumped into the young prison guard: "Do you understand what he is saying?"
"What equality..." the young prison guard said to himself.
"Go and notify the deputy warden." The old prison guard ordered.
"Okay." The young prison guard left quickly.
"...This is the Equality Society." Verak did not speak too carefully, as that would make the prisoners unable to understand. I wanted to truly understand the Equality Society, and I was infected by the philosophy of the Equality Society and the reasons why members of the Equality Society gave their lives.
, What is needed is time and practical action, "As for peace talks. More than a year ago, the Equality Association organized a workers' march to protest, forcing the government to issue the first decree on workers' working hours, cutting workers' working hours by one hour.
But this is not enough, and it has not fundamentally changed the current situation of workers being exploited, so we have been fighting hard and finally reached peace talks with the government not long ago."
Immediately, a prisoner popped up and questioned: "We have reached peace talks, so why are you still locked up here?"
"The peace talks do not mean that everything is over. At least I am still a prisoner and a hostage." Verak answered directly, "I was arrested before the peace talks between the Equality Association and the government, and you have seen with your own eyes what happened to me.
What kind of inhuman torture I endured. Fortunately, I held on, and soon the situation outside became better, and I was able to avoid the threat of death and gain some convenience here."
"I don't know what to say, Chris..." Ross opened his mouth, "But at least I want to congratulate you."
"Thank you." Verak nodded slightly.
"You are so powerful and so many prison guards listen to you. Can you help us get a better living environment? For example, like you and Keating, we can share a cell." A prisoner asked.
As soon as he said this, other prisoners followed suit.
"Can you please let us work less? We are so tired every day."
"Can the meal be changed? I haven't even had hot soup since I was imprisoned."
"I want to contact my relatives outside. Chris, please talk to Lecter and let me send a letter."
Lecter rushed over and did not show up openly. Instead, he sneaked up to the sentry post and observed Verak and Keating. When he heard a group of prisoners asking them for help, he looked puzzled: "What is going on?"
"We don't know for sure. Anyway, it was Chris who said something to them, and they started asking for this and that like crazy." The prison guard who had been watching was also confused.
"Call them both out, Keating will be taken back to 208, and Chris will be taken to the interrogation room." Lecter got off the guard post with a cold face, the noise of the prisoners echoing in his ears.
Faced with numerous inquiries and advice, Verak replied: "If you put all your hopes for change on me, then I'm sorry, I will never be able to help you. This kind of thing cannot be solved by one person.
Yes, everyone needs to make their own struggle. All I can do——"
"Bang!" A gunshot interrupted Verak's plan.
The prison guard on guard who had noticed Verak's displeasure shouted: "Robin Keating, Thomas Cleese, leave the square immediately!"
Verak first looked at the prison guard, and then looked at Keating.
"Bang!"
Another shot.
"Immediately!" the prison guard urged.
The prisoners who had just felt relieved were frightened by two gunshots and dispersed again.
"See you tomorrow." Verak knew that the prison guards did not dare to shoot him and Keating. He said goodbye to everyone before pushing Keating towards the exit of the square, "Teacher, something is wrong."
"Normally, the prison guards should have informed Lecter." Keating expected that this might happen.
"Then I'm afraid Lecter will see me again." Verak thought about how to explain to Lecter.
Keating patted Verak's hand pushing the wheelchair: "This is something you must face if you want to take the initiative within eight days. Just adapt to your circumstances. As long as your reasons are sufficient, Lecter will not be able to stop you no matter how dissatisfied he is."
"Understood." Verak nodded and pushed Keating to the exit of the square.
There were already prison guards waiting at the exit. As soon as he came out, a prison guard took over the wheelchair and pushed Keating back to cell 208. The other two prison guards escorted him to the interrogation room.
In the interrogation room, Lecter had been waiting for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Verak pretended not to know.
"What did you do in the square today?" Lecter asked.
"What did you do?" Verak looked confused. "I also want to ask you, Mr. Keating and I were chatting with other prisoners. Why did the prison guards suddenly shoot us and take us out? Now Mr. Keating is very unhappy.
, the prisoners have also become wary of us and do not dare to contact us easily. What if it affects the plan? You said yesterday that you would fully support it, but within a day, you changed your mind again? "
Lecter took a deep breath and paced back and forth in the interrogation room: "Did you talk about the rebel party?"
"Equality Society? I mentioned that someone asked me how I was arrested, so I briefly explained it." Verak acted very innocently, "Is there a problem with this? I just mentioned it casually.
, what more can I say to these people?”
"Then explain to me why there were so many prisoners surrounding you in the end, asking you to help fight for better treatment?" Lecter said.
"They are envious that Mr. Keating and I enjoy such good treatment and don't need to work, so they want to fight for it through us. We still have to thank you for this. If you hadn't called us out in time, we wouldn't have known how to answer them.
Verak turned from passive to active, "But I think the method you took is too radical, and you scared them."
Lecter was a little irritated: "That's the prison guard's business, it has nothing to do with me."
"Then you can remind them not to do this in the future." Verak said.
"Chris." Lecter said with a sullen face, "Do you think you are the only one in this prison who can find out the whereabouts of the gold?"
"Of course not." Verak would not admit it confidently, and he broke his face to prevent Lecter from stepping down. "I just think what happened today is very strange. Everything was going smoothly, but you suddenly made such a fuss, how much time will be wasted? Of course you don't
Anxious, but I'm different. If I can't do it within eight days, God knows what you will do to me."
"You know exactly what you have done." Lecter's face was very ugly, "Don't play tricks under my nose."
Lecter looked very angry and seemed to be threatening him with all his teeth and claws, but in fact he was completely helpless, which made Verak even more firm in his suspicion.
He briefly tested it out, felt a little confident about what was going to happen next, and felt relieved.
"What I have to do is to find out the whereabouts of the gold in exchange for freedom." Verak looked calm, feeling happy to have found Lecter's weakness. "What about you? Will you support me and provide me with help, or will you continue in the future?
Are you causing trouble today?"
"Of course I will help you." Lecter stared at Verak, who was sitting in the interrogation chair, contented. "You'd better know what the consequences will be if you don't ask for the golden clue before noon on the 12th."
"I understand." Verak nodded.
Lecter was very unhappy with Verak's behavior.
More than ten days ago, Verak was sitting here being tortured and tortured to the point where he couldn't say a word, but now he was able to provoke him unscrupulously.
The desire to kill Verak became stronger and stronger.
"You go out." Lecter calmed down his emotions and drove Verak out to prevent him from losing control and killing Verak and causing a catastrophe.
"I will give you good news." Verak stood up and left.
"Bang." The interrogation room door closed.
Lecter kicked the interrogation chair down, his eyes full of murderous intent, he loosened his collar and shouted: "Call any prisoner from the solitary room."
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Cell 208
Because Lecter called them away at short notice, it was only ten o'clock when Verak returned to the cell and missed the second batch of released prisoners.
However, the news will still spread after eating and washing and resting at night. Even if it does not, Verak can say what he said again tomorrow when the second batch of prisoners are released.
"How was it?" Keating asked after Verak came back and the prison guards walked away.
In fact, he probably saw the answer from Verak's relaxed expression before asking.
"I tested him several times, and he was very angry but never broke up with me. It was completely different from his previous behavior. Even if he wasn't about to be transferred, I guess something big must have happened to him. I had to ask
Only the golden clue can solve the problem." Verak said his analysis, "You can do it more boldly next."
"This is the best." Keating was very satisfied. "We must seize the opportunity. When eight days pass, without the means to control Lecter, our life will be very difficult."
"But he probably won't retaliate against us twice as much. After all, when I give out certain clues, he will definitely still hope that I can ask for complete information." Verak held a different view.
Keating was silent for a while and then laughed: "What you said makes sense."
"Have you thought about what clues to reveal? Not only can you find the gold by knowing these clues, but you also have to make them find it useful." Verak asked about the gold.
"Hmm...still thinking about it." Keating thought for a moment and asked Verak an interesting question, "What would you do if you got this gold?"
"I don't know exactly how many there are yet," Verak said with a smile.
Keating groaned: "About 200 million gold grams."
"So many?!" Verak exclaimed in surprise.
"Otherwise, what do you think it is?" Keating was not surprised by Verak's surprised performance. "If the government hadn't collapsed too quickly, Ravel would have taken away all the wealth of the national treasury."
"I, I don't know." This amount is beyond Verak's cognition. Even though he defrauded Colin from 550,000 gold grams and helped the Equality Association get nearly 10 million gold grams, it is still different from Verak's.
Compared with this amount of gold, it is still not enough.
"It's really too much." Keating sighed.
Verak really couldn't figure out how to spend his 200 million gold grams: "Ravel asked you to transfer this gold, haven't you been moved?"
"I was heartbroken," Keating admitted. "It was just too much. Even if I had some ideas, I couldn't put them into practice. It was too late. When Ravel died, I hid in the Nile, but I was still attracted by Bresci.
The person was arrested."
"If we really go out one day, what will you do with this gold?" Verak is very curious. If it were him, he would not dare to move. This is even more hot than the identity of the president of the Equality Society. Once someone is
You know, the consequences are disastrous.
"To be honest, I don't know. Maybe never touching it is the best way." Keating smiled helplessly, "This is not one million gold grams. Two hundred million is equal to endless wealth, and it is also equal to death.
disaster."
Verak nodded in agreement: "No wonder the government attaches so much importance to it."
"This gold is very important to them. Even if they don't get it, they don't want it to fall into Dunman's hands."
"When I was talking to Lecter, I lied to him that you told me that the location of the gold was not safe and could be discovered at any time. He immediately became serious." Verak thought of the time he lied to Lecter.
"If it really falls into Dunman's hands, he and Warden Adel will be dead." Keating thought for a while, "The reason why his father was so anxious to transfer him is probably not just because he didn't want his children to degenerate.
, I am also afraid that something will happen to Huang Jin, and we will hold him accountable. If anything happens to Huang Jin, his father will not be able to protect him."
"So they don't dare to force you." Verak himself was still frightened when he thought about it. "You are not only a great opportunity for them to make meritorious deeds, but also a bomb that can plunge them into a place of no return at any time."
Keating took a sip of water: "That's right. Dymans Prison is the nightmare of the prisoners, so it's not the prison guard's or the warden's..."