Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 139 Untitled

"One month left at most." Verak lay on the bed bored, and summed up the time left by him through various factors, "If you don't go out next month now, you will never go out again in this life." Hope."

  During the time he came here, his body has endured too many tests, and his spirit has never been truly relaxed. He has been running all the time in order to live and to go out to pursue the light openly.

After nine days under Lecter's hands, he miraculously stood up in a week or so. He created too many impossible things, but he knew in his heart that he didn't know if he could do it when he did it. , and even survived with self-doubt, and some of them were lucky. If the Equality Council hadn't negotiated with the government in time, he might have been tortured to death by Lecter.

  Now, jailbreaking is much more difficult than everything he has done before. He only knows that he can only do this, but whether he can succeed is still unknown.

Seeing Veraker's appearance, Keating thought the problem was too difficult, he was too tired and had to rest for a while before facing it again, but after lying down for less than ten seconds, Veraker sat up again, holding the I looked at several maps for a whole noon without saying a word.

   Lecter specially gave Rose and Ennio a day off to rest after rehearsing and performing overnight, so Verak was still alone when he worked in the afternoon. While working, he thought about possible omissions in the map.

This prison has been established for eighty years, during which there have been countless escapes, so many prisoners failed to make it, and Verak, who thinks that he is no different from ordinary people, has no plans to formulate a plan that is highly feasible. No clue.

   When returning from work until 9 o'clock in the evening, Vilak unexpectedly did not take the initiative to bring up the plan, did not talk about the problems he faced, and the gains in the afternoon. Keating tacitly didn't ask any questions, and told Veraker about his own experience in order to make it easier for Veraker.

"I don't seem to have told you much about my past." Keating is always so peaceful and kind, "My parents are both doctors. Paved the way for me. But at that time, I was very rebellious. I was keen on literature and the wider world, so I went to Wellland alone to study when I was an adult. It was also there that I met Ravel. We share the same interests and often read poetry and study masterpieces together all night. Later, we traveled around more than ten countries before graduation, went through life and death, and became best friends. Then he returned to Brecy, I'm back in Dunman."

   Sitting on the bed with his head bowed in a daze, Veraker was distracted by Keating's past.

"Being separated from my parents for many years, when they came back, they were still stubborn and wanted me to inherit their knowledge, contacts, and status. Under pressure, I could only submit and live a life that was dominated and I didn't like. "Keating recalled the past, and he missed things a few decades ago. "At that time, Ravel and I kept in correspondence. I was always complaining to him, and he was always sharing him, and their Family matters. He yearned for my ordinary life, and I yearned for him to stand up to such a high position step by step. After another few years, he actually overthrew the old dynasty of Bresci and established a brand new empire. My first I congratulated him at the first time, and he immediately invited me to Brecy to assist him in governing. I was already tired of my life and wanted to leave, so after receiving his letter, it took me only three days to go Go to Laizein, and live there from now on, to be his right-hand man."

   "No wonder Ravel gave you the gold to settle." Verac was quite puzzled before, why Ravel would give such an important thing to someone from another country.

   Keating lowered his gaze, then looked at Veraker again: "Son, do you know what decades mean?"

  This question is too profound, and Verac, who has far less knowledge than Keating, shook his head.

"It's a complete change." Keating said, "During the last period of time, Ravel has almost become alienated, and our relationship is no longer harmonious, but he has no choice. The safest one, so please leave it to me.”

   "You and Ravel were such good friends..." Verac thought of himself, Nord and Dempsey.

   "Life is very long, and it's hard to end up with one thing." Keating sighed.

  Verak took a deep breath. Dempsey betrayed him, and he still hasn't come out: "I understand."

   "If one day you went out, you and those who worked with you had differences and parted ways, what would you do?" Keating asked.

"I can't imagine..." Verac couldn't imagine 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 give their lives changed, " If there is such a day, I only hope that we will not become enemies and can continue to fight for our own ideals."

   "That's the best." Keating finally got to the point, "About the prison escape, you haven't figured out a way yet, have you?"

   "Yes..." Verac said.

Keating pointed to the notebook next to Veraker’s pillow to record Dunman grammar: “I haven’t figured it out either, so I feel the same way. Since we can’t figure it out, let’s put it aside for the time being and do something else that makes sense. things like continuing to learn Dunmanian.”

  Verak slowly picked up the notebook and opened it. Inside were the study notes he carefully jotted down: "I haven't listened to your lecture for several days."

   "Where is the talk?" Keating leaned forward, "Let's continue."

  —

  October 14th

  Because of the heavy rain, the prison canceled today's release for the prisoners, but coincidentally, Verak was assigned to Dawn together during lunch. When he came out of the prison, Dawn noticed Veraker, so after he sat down in the cafeteria, he deliberately reserved a seat for Veraker at his table.

  Villac saw that only Dawn's table had a vacant seat in the overcrowded cafeteria, and immediately understood what he meant, and took the meal and sat there.

   "How is it?" Dawn lowered his head and stirred the food, his mouth only moved slightly.

"It's not optimistic. The security mechanism of the prison guards you marked on the map is very mature, and I haven't found any omissions." Verac shook his head, and frankly told Dawn about his predicament, and there was no urgent need to cooperate with Dawn. , while pretending that things are going well, seduces Dawn.

This move made Dawn feel that Veraker was still reliable, and he didn't care about the dilemma that Veraker raised: "Of course, after every jailbreak, the prison will improve the loopholes in the mechanism. Today, I still want to find out the faults. Totally impossible."

   "Do you have any ideas?" Dawn, as a veteran jailbreaker, Verak hopes to gain some experience from him.

"No, I have never successfully escaped from prison." Dawn replied very simply, "I can only tell you, don't put your hopes on confronting the prison guards head-on, we won't be able to touch them. Don't look at our numbers far surpassing the prison guards, but Usually, as long as more than ten people are killed or injured in a prison escape, whether it is hundreds of people or thousands of people who escape from prison, they will immediately lose their fighting spirit and be easily suppressed."

  This is human nature. No one is willing to sacrifice their own life to fight for the chance of freedom for others, so whenever danger arises, they want others to be at the forefront. When everyone is holding such thoughts, it is impossible to successfully escape from prison.

"In other words, it is difficult for us to take advantage of the number of people, unless we always have the upper hand during the escape process." Verak quickly digested Dawn's words, "This is very troublesome, and there will inevitably be sacrifices in the escape. If I want to avoid it at all, then I have no other way.”

"Anyway, it's impossible to go out alone. We can only act in groups, but collective actions face various difficulties. You have to solve this problem at the very beginning, otherwise it will be a waste of effort to think about it." Dao Eun gulped down his meal.

  Verak ate very slowly, all his mind was spent on thinking: "I only have one month."

   "What?" Dawn chewed his meal and asked vaguely.

   "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 death time than to successfully escape from prison in a month."

  Verak also wants to extend the time. If there is enough time, he can consider Keating's idea of ​​digging tunnels in a year or so. It's just that the Equality Society can't wait that long.

  Before the end of the World Expo, the Equality Fair is likely to break the balance of the peace talks, attack the government, and spread the concept of equality to the world through the huge influence of the Expo. At that time, the two sides will tear each other apart, and the government will no longer need to guarantee his safety. Lecter can do whatever he wants with him.

   As for the gold clues, Verac and Keating never thought of revealing them. They were just using this attractive wealth to ask Lecter for a certain amount of convenience. When Lecter finds out that he really can't ask gold clues, Verac will have no cards to protect himself.

   It was mainly because of the combination of these two points that Verac set himself a time limit of the last month.

   "Even if it can be delayed, it won't last long. In any case, we must adopt the fastest way to escape from prison." Veraker was afraid that the prison guards on duty would be suspicious, so he also ate.

"Since you insist on going out within a month, then I have nothing to say. I'll wait for your progress." Dawn never had any expectations of Verak, he just couldn't bear Verak to bother him, "I have arranged for other information to be collected, and I will give it to you in a few days."

"Thanks, but the sooner the better." Verak knew that Dawn must have not dawdled, but he couldn't help but urge him, "I need all the information you can get in this prison, even if it's just where the prison is. A brick is uneven, which prison guard eats a lot."

  Dawn took a serious look at Verak: "Is such detail useful?"

"I have to know what's there before I can be sure if it's useful." Verac felt that waiting for a few days would be a waste of time, so he suggested a way to Dawn, "If it takes too long to collect, you can give me a part of it every day. , don’t wait until everything is sorted out.”

"You are the first one to make such a request." Dawn ate all the food in the lunch box, and it was four or five minutes before they were taken out of the cafeteria, "Then I will Get started, and I will give you the first batch of materials tomorrow."

"You should also pay attention to safety. I have been working for Lecter in the open. Every step I take is on thin ice. I must never let him find any clues." Verac works under Lecter's nose. All previous efforts were wasted, he thought he was still cautious in doing things, and he was more worried about Dawn.

  Dawn snorted softly, held the lunch box and pretended not to finish his meal: "I have more experience than you in this regard."

   "Then I will trouble you." Verak started to eat.

   "Make good use of your last month." Dawn said.

"Um."

  Verak had just wiped his mouth after eating, and it happened to be meal time. The prison guards took the group of prisoners away in an orderly manner, and Verac went to the infirmary as usual to report the situation to Lecter while changing his dressing.

   "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 admitted: "His recovery speed is really unexpected. In less than a month, most of the injuries have healed. If this continues, there will be no need to change the medicine for another half a month." gone."

   "That's good, if it's not good, I'll be suffocated to death by the smell of my body." Because of the wound, Verac has not taken a bath for some days, so he can 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 this day?"

   "No." Verak said, "In addition, we will cooperate in three months, right?"

  Lecter previously agreed to give Verak three months, but because of the sudden crisis of being transferred, he shortened the time to eight days. Now that the crisis is resolved, in Verak's view, the time should be restored as originally agreed.

"Isn't three months a bit much?" Lecter didn't intend to leave such a long time for Veraker, he couldn't wait to ask for credit and become the warden, "Look at how you behaved in the previous eight days Excellent, I think it is still necessary to put pressure on you."

"Three months in itself is a lot of pressure." Veraker knew that Lecter had no major crisis now, so he gritted his teeth and made no concessions to the three months, "If you keep saying so Go on, 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 you get the gold."

   "Just kidding." Lecter hid his embarrassment with a laugh, "We agreed on three months early in the morning, and we will follow this time."

  (end of this chapter)