"Whether we have any way to solve the trap Adel set for Lecter or not, we have to understand that time is running out. Even if we can help Lecter resolve the crisis, we won't be able to buy much time." In the cell, Ji
Ting and Verak discuss further developments.
Verak thought that the Equality Society might end negotiations with the government at any time, and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Yes... there must be progress."
Keating was about to continue speaking, but when he heard the approaching footsteps outside, he decisively shut up and winked at Verak.
Verak nodded slightly and lay on the bed.
"No. 8196, Thomas Chris." The moment Verak lay down, a prison guard walked to the door of cell 208 and looked inside, "Come out."
"What's the matter?" Verak sat up.
"The deputy warden wants to see you and asks you to go to the infirmary." He said and opened the cell door.
Verak glanced at Keating, stood up and walked out: "He's awake, right? How is he injured?"
"I don't know." The prison guard didn't answer Verak's question. After locking the door again, he was escorted directly to the infirmary.
Lecter and the doctor were the only ones left in the infirmary. After Verak entered, he directly focused on the bandaged Lecter.
Looking at Lecter, who was injured and unable to move on the hospital bed, Verak thought of himself who was abused a month ago: "How is it?"
"It's okay..." Lecter's voice was weak.
"When will he recover?" Verak asked the doctor.
"It will take a few days," the doctor replied.
Verak sat on the chair next to Lecter's bed, crossed his legs and joked: "It seems that the injury is not serious. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"Get out." Lecter sent the doctor away and stared at Verak with an indescribable look, "Why are you working so hard in this game?"
"Everyone is working hard, including you. I think that only if everyone goes all out, the competition will be more intense and exciting, and will be more in line with your requirements. You definitely don't want to spend so much effort organizing a mediocre event.
.Now it seems that the final effect is still very good, but it is a pity that you spent most of the time in the infirmary and could not feel the atmosphere on the field." Verak said matter-of-factly, making Lecter feel like doing this
There is some truth to that.
Lecter, who hurriedly called Verak before his injury healed, did not intend to ask about something that was meaningless now. He opened his mouth slightly, hesitated and said: "Remember what I told you on the field?
If so?"
"Are you saying that you have no intention of fulfilling the reward?" Verak planned to calm Lecter down now.
"Yes." Lecter said, "I lied to you. In fact, I will fulfill the reward. I said that on the field at that time to get you to stop so that we can win the game. We agreed before the game that the game will not matter.
It will extend beyond the competition, so...you don’t mind my lying, right?”
Verak didn't expect Lecter to say this when he called him: "But I thought about it, as the deputy warden, you shouldn't have the authority to do this, right? Everyone in this prison is not simple. They are allowed to write letters and send them
Go outside, you can't afford the consequences."
"Don't forget who my father is." Lecter followed the old rules and brought out his father. "With my father here, this matter is not as difficult as you thought. And I remember I told you that sending
I will arrange for someone to check every letter you receive to make sure there is no danger before sending it out, so nothing will happen."
"but--"
"Do you think I will really break the contract? Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. Besides, how could I find trouble to set a reward for the prisoners that I can't achieve?" Lecter interrupted Verak, "I'll pass.
You can start making preparations when the time comes, and then just wait for the ship to arrive on the 12th of next month to send the letter out."
Verak felt that the matter was not that simple. Lecter was probably worried that he had not kept his promise many times and both parties would completely lose trust, leading him to turn around and cooperate with Adel.
"In addition to telling you this, I also want to ask you why Adel suddenly chose to help you? Did you make a deal?" Lecter probed carefully.
"No." Verak said simply and honestly. Anyway, he had guessed Adel's real purpose of helping them win, and he did not intend to reveal his cooperation with Adel in any unnecessary way. "I didn't say anything to him.
, he came to me on his own initiative and said he was willing to help us win. Of course it would be great to win, so I agreed without much thought. Now that I think about it, it is indeed strange, why would he help me for no reason? "
"It's very simple. In order to please you, I want to cooperate with you." Lecter didn't think it was abnormal to ask this question with Verak's mind, so he used an even worse reason to appease Verak, "It's just a game, he just wants to cooperate with you."
Being able to use this method to seduce you means that he really has no other means, so cooperating with me is the right choice."
Verak pretended to believe Lecter's words: "Then it seems that he is really no threat to us. You will become the warden just around the corner."
"I still need your help." Thinking of becoming the warden, Adel could only pack his luggage and leave in despair. The pain in Lecter's body seemed to have slowed down a bit. "It's best to do the golden thing as soon as possible. The sooner, the better it will be for us."
favorable."
"Well, there should be some insights during this period." Verak said.
"I hope you can find out the whereabouts of the gold in one go, so that I can save a lot of unnecessary manpower, material and financial resources for investigation." Lecter couldn't help but urge.
"I also hope that I can ask you out sooner. My feelings are the same as yours, so don't worry, as long as there is an opportunity to ask everything out, I will definitely seize it."
Verak has asked two clues about gold in a row. No one in the prison has ever done this, so Lecter is willing to believe it and can only believe him: "I believe you. If you need any help next time, let me know at any time."
, I will satisfy you within the scope of my ability.”
"When you mentioned this, I remembered something." Verak remembered the incident where the prisoners were threatened by the prison guards on the field. Because they had never thought that the prisoners could fight back or offend the prison guards before, they never talked about it. "It's about the game."
Sometimes some prison guards have threatened prisoners openly or covertly in order to win. Now that the prisoners have won, I am worried that these prison guards will retaliate against the prisoners in all aspects in the future."
"You want me to keep the prisoners safe?"
"Of course. The emotions in the game should not spread outside the game. This is not just you and me, everyone should abide by it." Verak said.
Lecter nodded slightly, as if he fully agreed with what Verak said: "Indeed, revenge or something like that is something I can't afford. I lose even if I lose, and it will be even more embarrassing for me if something like this happens again. Don't worry.
, I guarantee that the prison guards will not touch the prisoners."
"What if they are moved?" Verak did not want to see the prisoners' resistance that had finally risen be suppressed by the prison guards' revenge. "Well, if there are prisoners who are revenged by the prison guards, I will personally take revenge for them."
"
"Why are you joining in the fun? What if something goes wrong and you get hurt?" Lecter thought that in the name of Verak's good deeds he would stop her from getting into this troubled waters.
"What you mean by that is that you cannot guarantee that the prison guards will not retaliate against the prisoners." Verak's face turned cold.
Realizing that Verak was dissatisfied with his words, Lecter quickly emphasized: "I can guarantee it. I am the deputy warden, and no one dares to violate my words."
"What should I do if someone violates it?"
"What do you want to do?"
"The retaliated prisoner had one of his arms crippled and then was expelled from prison." Verak proposed a punishment he was satisfied with.
The prisoner maimed the prison guard, and finally the crippled prison guard was kicked out of the prison. This kind of punishment was ridiculous. Lecter looked at Verak who proposed the punishment, and had a headache. In order to stabilize the man who decided whether he could stay, Lecter could
Since he became an important figure in the warden's life, he had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
"This is what you said yourself. I don't want you to break your promise." Verak said.
At this time, he had used the advantage of gold to control Lecter, just like how he manipulated Lecter by knowing the medical history of the butler Fletcher in Lezein.
As long as you know what the other party needs and what they are afraid of, and you master what they need and fear, you have mastered the other party.
Verak became more and more comfortable with this move.
"I said it myself, I will not let prisoners be retaliated against. Once it happens, the punishment will be as you say." Lecter didn't care whether the prison guards felt aggrieved or not. No matter how aggrieved they were, Lecter didn't shoot them.
He felt aggrieved by his own feet.
"Is there anything else?" Verak asked.
"No more."
Verak stood up: "Then I'll go back first and try to report the good news about gold to you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Lecter watched Verak leave, then called his men in, repeatedly emphasizing that there was no need to retaliate against the prisoners, "From now on, all prison guards, regardless of whether they participated in the competition or not, will
You cannot retaliate against prisoners in any form. If I hear the slightest sound of prisoners being retaliated by prison guards, I will personally chop up those who don't take what I say into consideration."
"Yes." The prison guard responded.
In order to prevent the prison guards from getting used to tampering with prisoners and including behaviors that are not revenge, Lecter specifically warned: "During this period, let everyone correct their bad habits. Even if it is not revenge, those who used to be beaten at every turn will
The prisoners' behavior has also stopped, I don't want to hear any news that any prisoner has been harmed."
"Yes." The prison guard responded again.
He listened to the whole process incomprehensibly and aggrieved.
The warden blatantly favored prisoners during a football match, causing the guards to lose the game and injuring dozens of people.
The deputy warden's front foot was thrown away by a prisoner with a stick, and his back foot was lying on the hospital bed, stressing that no one was allowed to touch the prisoner, and that anyone who touched him would be in trouble.
Why did these two ruthless men in the prison, who didn't take prisoners seriously yesterday, suddenly rush to give preferential treatment to prisoners? Are they not worried about their own people being injured or wronged?
"Why are you standing there? Pass it on quickly! I want every prison guard to know what I said! If there is a retaliation incident after I emphasized it, I will not only deal with that prison guard, but you, who is responsible for notifying them, will also
Take part of the responsibility." Lecter urged loudly when he saw the prison guard Ying Wan was stunned and motionless.
"Yes!" The prison guard who was wondering what was going on in the world suddenly became excited and quickly left the infirmary, spreading Lecter's order throughout the prison.
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After returning to the cell, Verak and Keating told Lecter about Lecter's initiative to explain the rewards of the competition.
"I think he really doesn't have the ability to fulfill it, otherwise Adel wouldn't take action." Verak didn't think Lecter had this ability. After all, Adel must know better than him the feasibility of sending letters from prisoners, and Adel even thought it was impossible.
, then it should be impossible. "The purpose of calling me over was to appease me and make me think that what he told on the court was a lie, so that we could continue to maintain cooperation."
"Didn't you make it clear to him that you didn't care?" Keating asked.
Verak shook his head: "No. I played so hard. If Biwan told him that you didn't want to fulfill the reward and lied to me, it doesn't matter. It would be unjustifiable and conflict with my behavior. I need to find a more suitable opportunity.
, resolve the matter in terms that will not arouse his suspicion."
Keating felt that Verak's concerns were reasonable: "Then wait a little longer."
"Well, in addition, I guess Adel will make some moves in the next few days, either to see me or to put pressure on Lecter." Verak combined various factors to speculate on Adel's next move.
"Their conflicts have further intensified, which coincides with our demands." Keating believes that the next step will be to enter a critical period.
While chatting, it was time for dinner. The prison guard who had helped Verak many times came to the cell door and placed two meals on the partition.
While Verak stepped forward to get the lunch box, he warmly greeted the prison guard.
The prison guard did not attend the football match or watch it, but he heard a lot of news. As a prison guard, he did not say much to the victorious side. He simply congratulated Verak and went to do other things.
Verak brought a lunch box to Keating, sat down and opened another: "It's been a long time since I had dinner with you."
Since Verak started working all day like everyone else in order to integrate into the prisoner group, he and Keating had much less time to communicate. He had no time to take care of Keating's daily life, and no time to eat together. Keating's teaching to him
It was basically put on hold.
"Yeah, it makes me feel a little lonely." Keating smiled and took a spoonful of vegetable soup.
"It's a rare day off. I want to listen to your lecture." Verak was extremely eager for knowledge. He spoke a few words of Dunman while eating and showed Keating his learning results.
Keating was very pleased to hear Verak's Dunman language.
It is very meaningful to see a young man with lofty ideals grow up little by little.
"That's very well said." Keating affirmed Verak.
"I've been too busy with work recently, so I haven't reviewed much. I've even forgotten how to spell some words." Verak said with some shame.
"This is normal. You are so busy with work every day and have to make plans. It is very rare for you to be able to maintain your learning results." Keating said.
"Thank you." Verak sincerely thanked Keating for giving him so much help.
Keating smiled, grabbed the spoon, and looked at Verak who was devouring his meal for a long time: "Do you want to know... the whereabouts of the gold?"