Leaving prison and regaining freedom is the most difficult thing to achieve, and it is also his primary need. Compared with this, no matter how good the treatment is, it is nothing.
"Lecter promised to let you go?" Adel raised his eyebrows and stared at Verak with a look of mocking disdain.
"right."
"Don't you know who you are?" Adel did not give him anything better immediately after learning about Lecter's actions, but shook his head, "Anyone in this prison
The prisoners, including Keating himself, can leave as long as they can find out the whereabouts of the gold. But you can't."
Verak knew the reason why Adel said this. He and Keating never planned to tell the whereabouts of the gold, nor did they hope that Lecter would let them leave, but he could not say so openly: "Lecter's
My father is the Minister of Justice."
"Ha." Adel was amused by Verak's words, "As far as I know, Lecter told you about the situation outside. Your rebel party and the government have reached peace talks. Before everything settles, you have made a decision.
He is an important figure in the direction of the entire peace talks. If releasing you affects the government's arrangements, even Lecter's father cannot bear the responsibility at all."
Verak said nothing.
Adel's eyes were sharp, as if he could easily see through Verak's mind: "It's impossible that you don't know this, but you insist on doing this, I think you must have other plans."
"Other plans? Tell me?" Verak instinctively wanted to change the subject, but his reason told him that once he changed the topic and avoided this sensitive issue, it would be confirmed that he and Lecter had other agendas in cooperation.
, "I'm also curious about what other plans I have besides leaving here."
"Go on, tell me what else Lecter can give you." Adel didn't want to delve into this topic and ruin the business, so he took the initiative to return to the topic, "This is the business."
"There's nothing else to mention, I just want to leave." Verak knew that he was not as smart as Adel, so he no longer thought so much or had so many worries, and just kept in mind that it was Adel who wanted something from him now.
Adel returned to his expressionless face: "I don't care if you are really stupid or pretending to be stupid. That kid Lecter, no matter how crazy or unscrupulous he is, he still has a sense of control in his heart. He won't really let you out, and you don't have to do anything unnecessary."
Fantasy. The most important thing is that his father’s background is indeed profound, but I am the warden of this prison. Except for the condition that even the government dare not let you out, the other help I can give you must be excellent.
Yu Lecter.”
"By the way, I want to ask you something." Verak said, "I heard from Lecter that he promised you a lot of generous terms, but you are unwilling to leave here no matter what. What is your reason for?"
There was a silence in the warden's office.
Adel's eyes became a little more terrifying, staring at him and making Verak's scalp tingle: "No reason, I'm just used to staying here and don't want to leave. I have reached this age and have lived here for so many years. I have only learned
I don’t know how to live here. So there is no need to speculate too much on my staying here. If it were you, you wouldn’t want to be kicked out of your home by a young boy."
This reason is both justified and unjustifiable. Verak knows very well that even Lecter has no clue, and the possibility of asking himself is slim: "Okay, that's understandable."
"You have a very special status right now. You don't have to think about cooperating with anyone or how the other party will hurt you. No one can touch you now." Adel patiently explained the situation, pros and cons to Verak in detail, "
You don’t have to think too much about going out.
I'm pinning my hopes on the rebels. If the peace talks go well, you should be able to be released intact. Now, on the surface, only Lecter and I can give you something. I think this matter
It is so obvious that any consideration is superfluous."
Verak still planned to negotiate for a while, but Adel directly and decisively pushed the negotiation to the last step. At this time, the only thing left for Verak was to choose to help Adel obtain the whereabouts of the gold, or to help Lecter.
Verak and Keating have only one purpose in stirring up the situation in the prison, which is to make Adel and Lecter fight more and more fiercely for the position of warden, and then take the opportunity to find opportunities to escape from prison. Now they can't occupy Adel's side.
Verak didn't bother to talk about any advantages, and brought up the business in his heart: "Cooperation is not a trivial matter, and there is no reason to just listen to one side of the story when doing business, so you have to give me some consideration, and also
Give me and Lecter a chance to talk again."
"Okay." Adel agreed readily, "You and Lecter usually meet in the infirmary at noon, right? Well, I'll give you the opportunity to meet him, and I'll also give you one day to think about this tomorrow.
We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”
"This is best." Verak stood up, "I will truthfully tell Lecter what you can promise me."
What Verak presented to Adel was that of a businessman who sat down and raised prices. Although such a person is disgusting and disgusting, it is better to expose his true purpose and alert them.
"Then you can go." Adel also stood up, returned to the work area, and sat down at the desk.
"Let me ask you a question, how did you manage to call such a troubled place your home?" Before Verak left, he asked Adel, who was about to handle official business, one last question.
Adel was more than ten meters away from Verak, and his voice was low: "The water is in dire straits? Have you ever seen a battlefield? Compared with war, this is paradise."
Verak had never participated in the war, so he had a personal experience of Adel's state of mind: "In this way, isn't Lezein the paradise of paradises?"
"There is no difference between Lezein and the battlefield." Adel said, "I think you know this very well."
"...Yes, especially now and in the future. See you tomorrow, Mr. Adel." Verak had a deeper understanding of Adel, opened the door and left.
After returning to the work area, I didn't know why Verak was called. Ross, who was waiting anxiously, immediately asked: "What happened? Why did the warden call you over? You weren't hurt, were you?"
"I have nothing to do. Adel called me over. He just wanted to talk about Keating and gold." Verak comforted Rose, who was worried about him. "I am just an ordinary prisoner. He will not target me for no reason. Don't worry.
"
"That's okay." Ross breathed a sigh of relief.
Verak quickly got back to work: "Ross, do you know about the Peace Festival?"
"Ah, if you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten that there is such a festival. What's wrong?" Ross asked.
"I got a tip from Lecter that he wants to do something on Peace Day. Today is the 16th and the 20th is Peace Day. It's only a few days away."
"Lecter? That must be up to no good." Lecter was notorious, and as soon as Ross heard that Ross wanted to take advantage of the Peace Festival to cause trouble, he knew that he definitely had no good intentions.
Verak felt a little strange when he heard Ross decisively finalizing the matter. Because Lecter was apparently in charge of Rose's performance. Ross was extremely pessimistic when they had a quarrel before, and Verak thought he was
I would tend to side with the prison, but I didn't expect that the difference is actually very clear.
"It's hard to say whether it's good or bad. He wants to organize a football match between prisoners and prison guards. If the prisoners win, all the prisoners will have an opportunity to send letters to their relatives and friends."
Ross is a big mouth, and Verak wants to spread the news through Ross. On the one hand, the prisoners can make some preparations. On the other hand, after everyone knows about the football game and the corresponding rewards, even if Lecter wants to change his mind temporarily,
It's not that easy to implement.
"What?!" Ross was shocked, not caring about operating the machine.
Verak quickly took over the job from Ross: "But it's not that good. You also know that Lecter can't think about the prisoners, so when the game comes, the prison guard team has the right to attack the prisoners during the game.
, but the prisoners have no right to fight back."
"It's not important, Chris. Are you sure that as long as we win this game, we can send letters to the outside world?" Rose's eyes widened and he tugged on Verak's clothes. Every second of Verak's response every night made him feel tortured.
.
"Yes, I happened to hear that they were arranging this matter when I went there today." Verak said, "I guess they will announce it soon. Even if it doesn't work, I should be able to take a day off if I don't win the game on the 20th."
.
"I have to participate. I must win this game." Ross took a deep breath and slowly digested and accepted the great news.
"There's no rush. You can inform others first so that everyone can prepare." Verak didn't think Rose's physique was suitable for participating in such a cruel competition. "The prisoners will have unlimited substitution rights at that time, even each of us."
Everyone has a chance to play.”
Ross felt that this thing was like a dream, more unreal than being able to play the piano again: "Chris, I found that this prison has become different since you came."
"where?"
“I can’t even describe it, but I feel like life has become more promising.” As one of the biggest beneficiaries of Verak’s many plans, Rose was extremely grateful and touched. “There are so many things that I didn’t even dare to think about.
Because you made it happen.”
"This is only temporary. I said, sooner or later, I will leave here one day, and I will take you with me when the time comes." Verak smiled and patted Ross, urging him to work hard and "take a long-term view."
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When working until dinner, Verak was lucky enough to be assigned to the same batch as Dawn again. This time, Dawn's table deliberately left an empty seat for him. He sat down and shared the football match with his classmates.
The prisoners at the table, waiting for them to spread even more.
"You took care of this, right?" Dawn asked on the way back.
"Why do you think so?" Verak asked.
"Although the prison guards have the right to attack us in this game, it is still worth doing for us. If Lecter had planned it himself, he would not have made such a big concession. Moreover, although you just talked to other prisoners
I’m talking about this information that you overheard, but I know that you and Lecter are inextricably linked, so I guess your thoughts are also involved in this game.” Dawn said her analysis.
Verak simply told Dawn what happened: "...it was probably a coincidence. I happened to have such an opportunity, so I fought for it for everyone. If I couldn't leave within a month, I don't know.
I can only find a new way to leave here by sending letters."
"Whether you can escape successfully or not, you have done us all a big favor this time, and I thank you on their behalf." Dawn thanked Verak, and then muttered, "If we can win this game... no matter what your
If there is any new progress in the jailbreak plan, I will do my best to help you."
"...Thank you...I also promise you that whether I can go out or not, I will try my best to ensure the safety of all of you." The unexpected surprise left Verak speechless.
Dawn was so impressed that she didn't expect that the football match actually made Dawn willing to cooperate with him in depth.
"Come on, I'm looking forward to it." Walking to the work area, Dawn and Verak said goodbye.
After working until nine o'clock, Verak returned to cell 208 and told Keating all the miscellaneous things that happened in the afternoon.
"It seems that Lecter has great confidence in you, otherwise he would have called you to understand the situation as soon as you finished talking to Adel." The situation opened up bit by bit, and Keating's smile became even stronger. "
I'm also surprised about Dawn's incident, but it's a reasonable thing. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the interests of the prisoners, and is unwilling to cooperate with us in depth to ensure the safety of the prisoners. Now you have won the rights for the prisoners.
The huge opportunity he has never had before is exactly what he wants."
"Yes, the most important thing when dealing with people is to know what the other person needs." Verak sighed sincerely.
Today, because he knew that Adel needed something from him, he acted calmly and successfully completed the task.
Dao En was unexpectedly moved, and the matter of in-depth cooperation was promoted.
This is all due to him understanding what the other party needs and the other party's weaknesses.
"The next step is to see if we can win the game." Keating said, "If we don't win, not only will we not be able to cooperate in depth, but it will also cause the prisoners a huge sense of frustration."
"I think the competition is a sure win." Verak was quite confident. "The prisoners are locked up here with no hope at all. Being able to write letters to relatives and friends is probably more important than life. No matter how hard the prison guards beat them,
We also have two thousand people here."
"Then we'll wait and see." Keating recalled the scene when the Ravel dynasty was overthrown by a united people, and he also did not dare to underestimate the power of the prisoners.
Verak lay on the bed, his body rested after a hard day's work, and soon became numb. He nodded, closed his eyes and yawned: "Teacher, we'll see."