If they wanted to discuss a practical solution, they could only wait until the discussion with Lecter was finished, so Verak and Keating did not make any unnecessary plans before the matter became clearer.
After the lunch break, not long after the other prisoners left, Lecter personally came to the door of cell 208, waved his hand with a sullen face and ordered the prison guards to open the door.
After the prison guard opened the door, Lecter walked straight towards the interrogation room.
It seemed that Lecter was in a very bad mood, so Verak went out and quickly followed him.
The two of them didn't say a word before arriving at the interrogation room. It wasn't until Lecter entered the interrogation room and closed the door himself that he spoke: "Tell me, what did you talk about?"
"Adel asked me what we talked about every day when we met. I assure you, I didn't say anything, and there was no need for me to say anything. Adel easily guessed it. He was obviously prepared."
Verak didn't talk about trivial matters and asked Lecter the biggest problem at the moment, "The main purpose of him calling me over was to hope that I would ignore you and cooperate with him."
"You agreed?" Lecter was not surprised that Adel guessed his purpose. He was concerned about Verak's choice.
"Not yet. I have given him half a day to think about it, and I will give him a reply tonight." Verak said, "He said that if I reject him, the consequences will be very serious."
Lecter was silent.
Seeing that Lecter did not express his position on this for a while, Verak knew that the situation was more serious than imagined.
"What do you think?" Lecter asked after a long time.
"Of course I will listen to your opinion first and then make a plan." Verak looked forward to Lecter's solution. After all, only if Lecter stayed could they have any hope of escaping from prison.
"My opinion..." Lecter walked to the torture rack and looked at the torture instruments with fascination. "You also know that your rebellious party and the government have reached peace talks. Adel and I can't touch you now, so no matter how serious the consequences are,
It’s not that serious.”
Verak shook his head: "If you can only make such an opinion, then I can only cooperate with Adel."
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Lecter turned his head, "It is undeniable that, as the warden, Adel has a greater say than me and is more qualified to deal with you, but this is limited to the present. As long as you do it before noon on the 12th
If you find out even just a partial clue about the whereabouts of the gold, I can immediately report it to my father, and then I will be fully responsible for you and even be promoted to the warden."
"What if I don't ask for clues about gold?" There will definitely be clues about gold, but Verak still has to pretend that he is not completely sure.
Lecter reassured: "Even if you didn't ask, based on my ability, there is no problem in protecting you in front of Adel. What's more, your life is not in any danger."
If Verak didn't give Lecter a clue about the gold on the 12th, Lecter would have to leave, so the so-called guarantee of him was just a blank check. Fortunately, Verak was just going through the motions, not wanting to take a reassurance.
"Then I want to ask another question. If I choose to side with Adel, what can you do?" Verak asked boldly.
"I can't do anything." Adel can give Lecter everything he can give, so he doesn't have much confidence to threaten Verak under Adel's protection. "All I can do is what I'll give you when the thing is done."
The benefits will definitely be better than Adel’s. We can definitely discuss this, and you can put forward your requirements.”
Lecter's concession in interests plays into Verak's hands.
No matter what, in order to escape from prison, he has only one choice from beginning to end, and that is to side with Lecter. The biggest question, "whether he can find out the golden clue" is completely within his control. The protection proposed by Lecter
His method is basically feasible, and there is no need to hesitate in making this choice.
After it was feasible, Verak did not end today's conversation.
Originally there were no competitors, and Lecter could do whatever he said. Verak could not expose the truth, break up with each other, or win more things. Today was different, he became the two biggest talkers in the prison fighting for each other.
The partner has capital waiting to be sold.
Verak seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and took advantage of Adel's threat to Lecter to strive for greater benefits.
"My request..." Verak has no idea yet, "There is nothing really needed yet."
"Then you can mention it to me at any time." Lecter said sincerely, "How about it? Cooperate with me."
That arrogant madman suddenly became so well-behaved. Verak was very uncomfortable with it: "What should I say to Adel?"
"You don't need to go over, I'll just talk to him in person." Lecter was worried that Verak would regret it after meeting Adel at night, so he decided to use some means to prevent the two from contacting him. "During this period, I will continue to ensure your safety and respect for each other."
With all your support, you just need to deal with Keating with peace of mind and find out the whereabouts of the gold."
"Okay." Verak just didn't want to see Adel, "Then I'll leave the rest to you."
When Verak said this, Lecter knew in his heart that their cooperation was preserved and there was hope for him to stay.
"Don't worry, I will take care of it." Lecter asked Verak to sit down, "Sit down. Standing as soon as you come in will make us look more interesting."
"Besides, I have one more thing to tell you." Verak sat on the very familiar interrogation chair, "In terms of setting up golden clues, I have some more risky but perhaps more useful ideas.
idea."
"Tell me about it." Lecter's mind was filled with golden clues. When he heard that Verak had new ideas, he couldn't wait to listen.
Verak's mouth opened slightly for a few seconds.
Lecter thought he was thinking about what to say, but in fact Verak was hesitant to do so.
After a few seconds, he made a decision: "I think the relationship between Keating and I has stabilized. If there is nothing special, it will be difficult to find clues in a short time. Since the time you gave me is so tight,
, I think we can only take some extraordinary measures to stimulate him and see what happens."
"How exciting?"
"Continue to abuse me." As soon as Verak finished saying 'abuse', he quickly explained in detail, "This abuse is not what you understand, nor is it what I experienced some time ago. Let Keating see that he is not
If you reveal the whereabouts of the gold, my friend will suffer a lot. Even if he is still clinging to you, there is still some hope that he will reveal it to me."
"Be more specific." Lecter knew that since Verak was willing to propose it, he must have a detailed plan, so he was not in a hurry to make a decision.
"Like other prisoners, I was assigned to work in the work area." Verak said.
This matter was a temporary decision he made.
When he comes into contact with prisoners in the morning and noon, because they enjoy certain 'privileges' in the eyes of other prisoners, the prisoners are generally hostile and alienated from him. If he wants to unite everyone and spread "The Theory of Equality", he must integrate into it.
There can be no exception among the group of prisoners.
The prerequisite for integrating into the prisoner group is that Verak must remove his privileges, such as not having to work.
When he starts working, he will be no different from other prisoners, and he will have more time to interact with everyone and observe the prison guards' information.
"It's too risky. If it doesn't succeed, a lot of time will be wasted." Lecter didn't agree with it.
In his opinion, once Verak goes to work, he will spend a lot of time on meaningless things every day. In contrast, he will have fewer opportunities to communicate with Keating, which is not conducive to asking for golden clues.
Going to work is the only way Verak thinks he can integrate into the prisoner community. He strives for it: "The reason why I proposed this method is that I feel that this method is more promising than staying with Keating all the time to ask for golden clues. Otherwise, I wouldn't have any chance."
It needs to be said.”
"There are still five and a half days. I will give you at most three days to try this plan." Lecter relaxed. He knew that he did not understand the situation as well as Verak, and his consideration was definitely not comprehensive.
"I will try my best." Three days seems a bit short to Verak, but he is not in a hurry to convince Lecter now and let him extend the time. Anyway, if everything goes well, there will be plenty of reasons after three days, "If it doesn't work.
, we will terminate it immediately and switch to something else.”
"Well... then I will arrange for you to go to work tomorrow. If you haven't fully recovered yet and you can't stand it, if you need to reduce your workload, please tell me at any time." Lecter felt tired rarely. He was not good at fighting with power.
, not to mention that the opponent is Adel, "Is there anything else? If not, you can go back first, I will go find Adel."
Both matters have been resolved, and Verak has no other problems: "No more, then I'll go back first."
"Go." Lecter stayed in the interrogation room as usual and watched Verak leave.
Compared to a magnificent office, he felt that this cold, bloody interrogation room was more suitable for his work.
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"This is the right thing to do." In cell 208, Keating listened to Verak's talk about how he and Lecter had reached a new cooperation, and affirmed him, "As long as safety is guaranteed, I didn't expect you to take advantage of it.
Our advantages expand our interests, making today’s risk worth it.”
Verak knew that this matter was not a big problem: "Well, the main thing is that they all ask for it from us, so we should be more proactive. Another thing is that Lecter and I raised the matter of my work, and he agreed."
"Why did he agree to let you go to work at this juncture?"
Verak explained the trick that was staged for Keating but actually for Lecter: "I told him that this would excite you, and he agreed."
"This is indeed the best way. There is no shortcut for us to integrate into the prisoners." Keating didn't have a better way, so he didn't criticize Verak for making this decision.
"I'll start working tomorrow and come back at nine o'clock to take you out for a walk." Verak moved his arms.
Keating was a little worried about Verak's health: "They said you have to work for thirteen or four hours at least. Can you, a kid from a rich family, bear it? Not to mention that your injury has not fully recovered."
"Okay, I will give up if I can't hold on any longer." Verak grinned.
"Give up..." Keating also smiled, "Then it seems I don't need to worry."
"We have to hurry up, because the fight between us, Adel and Lecter will become more and more intense, and many things will become out of control." After joking, Verak quickly became serious.
Keating said "Yeah": "Then let's work hard from tomorrow on."
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"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door at the warden's office.
"please--"
Before Warden Adel finished saying "Please come in," Lecter pushed open the door and walked all the way to the sofa in the living room and lay down: "Uncle Adel, good afternoon."
"What's the matter?" Adel looked at one end of the sofa, because Lecter lay down on it without taking off his shoes, causing dirt to scratch there.
"You are asking knowingly." Lecter adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable, "I saw you called Chris over at noon."
"Chris? Who?" Adel pretended to be dumbfounded.
Lecter sneered: "Prisoner No. 8196, Thomas Chris."
"That leader of the gang..." Adel looked like he suddenly realized, "I asked him to come over at noon today. What's wrong?"
"Why did you ask him to come here?"
"You don't need to know this. You will be transferred soon. There is no need to work hard in the last few days of staying here." Adel flipped through the documents and said with a deliberately concerned tone.
Lecter couldn't stand Adel's weirdness: "He told me everything."
"Really? I know you just met him in the interrogation room on the basement floor. Is that all we talked about? Talk about something else." Except for Lecter, who raised his head when he first entered the door, Adel kept his head buried the rest of the time.
Studying the document, this angered Lecter even more.
"He will continue to cooperate with me." Lecter sat up and looked at Adel, who was a few meters away from him in the office area. "I hope you will stop doing anything. If it is because of some of your inability to log in,
The little tricks that came to light caused Chris not to ask for clues about the gold. I will report the truth to my father and let my father deal with you."
"Even if I don't interfere, you can be sure that he can really ask for clues about the gold?" Adel snorted disdainfully, "You have arranged for so many prisoners to live with Keating, so you should know very well that it will not be that simple.
If that were the case, how could Keating have kept this secret for two whole years?"
Lecter's face was horribly gloomy: "You don't need to worry about this."
"Then I will wait patiently for a few days to give you a chance." Adel shared the file and finally looked up at Lecter, "You put all your hopes of staying on the prisoner, which is actually good for me.
"
"Uncle Adel, I am becoming more and more interested in the position you are sitting in." Faced with the suppression, Lecter really had the idea of kicking Adel away and becoming the warden himself.
Adel shrugged and sat firmly, but said to Lecter: "Come and sit and watch."
Lecter stood up and walked to Adel: "Then get up and leave."