"There is at most one month left." Verak lay on the bed depressedly, and summed up the approximate time he had left through various factors. "If you don't go out by now next month, you will never go out again in this life."
I hope.”
In the days since he came here, his body has endured too many tests, and his spirit has never been truly relaxed. He has been running in order to live and to go out and pursue the light in an upright way.
From surviving nine days under Lecter to miraculously standing up in about a week, he has created too many impossibilities, but he knows in his heart that when he does these, he doesn't know if he can do it.
, even survived with self-doubt, and there was some luck in it. If Equality had not negotiated with the government in time, he might have been tortured to death by Lecter.
Nowadays, jailbreaking is much more difficult than everything he has done before combined. He only knows that he can only do this, but whether he can succeed is still unknown.
Seeing Verak's appearance, Keating thought that the problem was too difficult and that he was too tired and had to rest for a while before facing it again. But within ten seconds of lying down, Verak sat up again and held the
I looked at several maps without saying a word for the entire noon.
Lecter specially gave Ross and Ennio, who had been rehearsing and playing all night, a day off to let them have a good rest, so Verak was still alone when he worked in the afternoon. While he was working, he was thinking about possible omissions in the map.
This prison has been established for eighty years. During this period, countless escapes have occurred. So many prisoners have failed. Verac, who thinks that he is nothing different from ordinary people, has no idea of formulating a plan that is feasible enough.
No clue.
When he returned from work until nine o'clock in the evening, Verak unexpectedly did not take the initiative to mention the plan, the problems he faced, or the gains of the afternoon. Keating also tacitly agreed not to interfere, and in order to make Verak feel more relaxed, he talked about his own experience.
"It seems that I haven't told you much about my past." Keating was always so peaceful and kind, "My parents were both doctors. When I was young, they wanted to train me to be like them, so they passed away early.
It paved the way for me. But I was very rebellious at that time. I was passionate about literature and the wider world, so I just became an adult.
I went to Wellland to study alone. It was also there that I met Ravel, who was as rebellious as me. We had similar interests and often read poetry together all night long and studied classics. Later, we traveled around the world for more than ten times before graduation.
The country, through life and death, became the best friend. Later he returned to Bressey and I returned to Dunman."
Verak, who was sitting on the bed with his head down in a daze, was distracted by Keating's past.
"I have been separated from my parents for many years, but when they came back, they were still stubborn and wanted me to inherit their knowledge, connections, and status. Due to pressure, I had no choice but to give in and live a life dominated by me that I didn't like.
"Keating recalled the past, and what happened decades ago made him particularly nostalgic. "At that time, Ravel and I had been exchanging letters. I was always complaining to him, and he was always sharing himself and them with me.
Family matters. He yearns for me
In an ordinary life, I longed for him to reach such a high position step by step. A few years later, he overthrew the old dynasty of Bressey and established a new empire. I congratulated him immediately, and he
I was immediately invited to go to Bressy to assist him in governing. I was already tired of my life and wanted to leave, so after receiving his letter, it only took me three days to rush to Lezein.
He has always lived there and been his right-hand man."
"No wonder Ravel would entrust the gold to you for placement." Verak was quite puzzled before as to why Ravel would hand over such an important thing to someone from another country.
Keating lowered his eyes, then looked at Verak: "Child, do you know what decades mean?"
This question was too profound, and Verak, whose knowledge was far less broad than Keating's, shook his head.
"It's a complete change," Keating said. "In his last days, Ravel had almost become estranged from his family, and our relationship was no longer harmonious. But he had no choice. Shipping gold abroad was a waste of time.
It’s the safest, so I entrusted it to me.”
"You and Ravel were such good friends..." Verak thought of himself and Nord, Dempsey.
"Life is very long, and it's hard to end up with anything." Keating sighed with emotion.
Verak took a deep breath. He has not yet come out of Dempsey's betrayal: "I understand."
"If you go out one day and you have a disagreement with the colleagues you work with and part ways, what will you do?" Keating asked.
"I can't imagine..." Verak could not imagine in his mind that when he went out to fight for equality with Boyin and the others, he suddenly faced some changes, and this group of people who were willing to sacrifice their lives changed.
"If such a day comes, I just hope that we will not become enemies and we can each continue to fight for our own ideals."
"That's the best." Keating finally got down to the topic, "You haven't figured out a way to escape from prison yet, have you?"
"Yes..." Verak said.
Keating pointed to the notebook beside Verak's pillow that was used to record Dunman grammar: "I haven't figured it out either, so I feel the same way. Since I can't think of it, let's put it aside for the time being and do something else meaningful.
things, such as continuing to learn Dunman language.”
Verak slowly picked up the notebook and opened it. Inside were the study notes he had carefully written down: "I haven't listened to your lecture for several days."
"Where are you talking?" Keating leaned forward, "Let's continue."
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October 14
Because of the heavy rain, the prison canceled the prisoners' release today, but coincidentally, Verak and Dawn were assigned together when they had lunch. When he came out of the prison, Dawn noticed Verak, so he went to the cafeteria and sat down.
, deliberately leaving a seat for Verak at his table.
Verak saw that only Dawn's table had an empty seat in the crowded cafeteria. He immediately understood what he meant and sat down after getting the meal.
"How's it going?" Dawn lowered her head and stirred the food, her mouth just moving slightly.
"It's not optimistic. The security mechanism of the prison guards you marked on the map is very mature. I haven't found any omissions yet." Verak shook his head and frankly told Dawn his dilemma. He had no urgent need to cooperate with Dawn.
, and pretended that everything was going well to seduce Dawn.
This move made Dawn feel that Verak was quite reliable, and he did not pay attention to the dilemma raised by Verak: "Of course, after every escape, the prison will improve the loopholes in the mechanism. To this day, you still want to find faults.
Totally impossible."
"Do you have any ideas?" Dawn, as a senior jailbreaker, Verak hopes to gain some experience from him.
"No, I have never successfully escaped from prison." Dawn answered simply, "I can only tell you, don't expect a head-on confrontation with the prison guards. We can't defeat them. Even though our number far exceeds the prison guards, but
Usually, as long as there are more than ten casualties during a prison break, no matter whether it is hundreds of people breaking out or thousands of people breaking out, they will immediately lose their fighting spirit and be easily suppressed."
This is human nature. No one is willing to sacrifice his or her life to fight for the freedom of others, so once danger arises, they want others to be at the forefront. When everyone holds this idea, the only way to successfully escape from prison is
Arabian Nights.
"In other words, it is difficult for us to take advantage of our numerical advantage unless we always have the upper hand during the jailbreak." Verak quickly digested Dawn's words, "This is very troublesome. There will inevitably be sacrifices in the jailbreak. If we don't even have this
Even if I want to avoid it at all, there is nothing I can do about it.”
"Anyway, it's impossible to go out alone. We can only act collectively, but collective action faces various difficulties. You have to solve this problem at the beginning, otherwise no matter how much you think about it, it will be in vain."
En started eating the meal with big mouthfuls.
Verak ate slowly, focusing entirely on thinking: "I only have one month."
"What?" Dawn asked vaguely while chewing her food.
"Time is too tight now, and I don't have time to explain this matter to you in detail. You just need to know that I only have one month, and my escape plan must be implemented within one month no matter what." Verak said.
"It's too tight." Dawn swallowed the food, "Even if your reason is that you will die in a month, it is more feasible to delay the time of death than to successfully escape in a month."
Verak also wanted to extend the time. If there was enough time, within a year and a half, he could consider the idea of digging a tunnel that Keating had proposed earlier, but Equality could not wait that long.
Before the end of the World Expo, the Equality Society is likely to break the balance of the peace talks, launch an attack on the government, and spread the concept of equality to the world through the huge influence of the Expo. When the two sides are at odds, the government will have no need to ensure his safety.
Now, Lecter can do whatever he wants with him.
As for the clues about the gold, Verak and Keating had never thought of leaking it. They were just using this attractive wealth to ask for certain conveniences from Lecter. When Lecter found out that he really couldn't find out the clues about the gold, Verak and Keating decided to
Lark will have no defensive cards at all.
It was mainly through the combination of these two points that Verak set a time limit of one last month for himself.
"Even if we can delay it, it won't last long. In any case, we have to take the fastest way to escape." Verak was afraid that the prison guards on duty would become suspicious, so he also ate.
"Since you insist on going out within a month, I have nothing to say. I will wait for your progress." Dawn never had any expectations for Verak. He just couldn't stand Verak annoying him.
"I have arranged for people to collect other information and will give it to you in a few days."
"Thank you, but the sooner the better." Verak knew that Dawn was definitely not taking any time, but he still couldn't help urging, "I need all the information you can get in this prison, even if it's just where in the prison
If a brick is uneven, which prison guard will eat a lot."
Dawn looked at Verak carefully: "Is it useful to be so meticulous?"
"I need to know what is there before I can determine whether it is useful." Verak felt that it was a waste of time to wait for a few days, so he suggested an idea to Dawn, "If it takes too long to collect, you can give me a portion every day.
, no need to wait until everything is sorted.”
"You are the first one to make such a request." Dawn ate all the food in the lunch box in three strokes. At this time, there were still four or five minutes before they were taken out of the cafeteria, "Then I will
Let’s get started and I’ll give you the first batch of information tomorrow.”
"You also have to pay attention to your safety. I have been working openly for Lecter now. Every step I take is on thin ice and I must not let him find any clues." Verak works under Lecter's nose. If he is discovered accidentally, he will
All his previous efforts were in vain. He thought he was quite cautious in doing things and was more worried about Dao En.
Dawn snorted softly, holding the lunch box and pretending not to finish the meal: "I have more experience than you at this point."
"Then I'll trouble you." Verak started to eat.
"Make good use of your last month." Dawn said.
"Um."
As soon as Verak finished his meal and wiped his mouth, it was meal time. The prison guards dispatched the prisoners in an orderly manner, while Verak went to the infirmary as usual to report the situation to Lecter and change the dressings.
"How's the injury?" In the infirmary, Lecter casually asked about Verak's injury.
"I feel good about myself," Verak replied.
The doctor who gave him the medicine also agreed: "His recovery speed is indeed beyond expectations. In less than a month, most of the injuries have been healed. If this continues, there will be no need to change the medicine in another half month."
Already."
"That's good. If it doesn't go well, I will be suffocated by the smell of my own body." Because he could not touch the water if he was injured, Verak had not taken a shower for some days, so he could only use a towel to carefully avoid the wound and simply wipe it.
"Okay, let's get down to business." Lecter didn't care about Verak's personal hygiene. "Have you gained anything from this day?"
"No." Verak said, "Besides, we should still cooperate for three months, right?"
Lecter had previously agreed to give Verak three months, but because he suddenly faced the crisis of being transferred, he shortened the time to eight days. Now that the crisis has been resolved, in Verak's view, time should return to what was originally agreed.
.
"Isn't three months a bit too much?" Lecter didn't intend to give Verak such a long time. He couldn't wait to claim the credit and ascend to the position of warden. "Look at how you behaved in the past eight days.
Excellent, I think it is still necessary to put pressure on you."
"Three months in itself is a lot of pressure." Verak knew that Lecter was not in any big crisis now, so he gritted his teeth and refused to give in at all for three months. "If you keep breaking your promise like this,
If we go down, I don’t think there is much need to cooperate with you. Who can say for sure whether you will not keep your promise to let me out after getting the gold."
"It's just a joke." Lecter used laughter to hide his embarrassment, "We agreed on three months early, and we will stick to this time."