Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 144 The power of unity

   "Of course it is to leave here." Verak said.

  Getting out of prison and regaining freedom is the most difficult thing to achieve, and it is also his first need. Compared with this, no matter how good the treatment is, it is not worth mentioning.

   "Lecter promised to let you go?" Adel raised his eyebrows and stared at Verak with a mocking and disdainful expression.

"right."

"What is your identity, don't you know yourself?" Adel didn't give Lecter something better than him immediately after learning about Lecter's actions, but shook his head, "Anyone in this prison Prisoners, including Keating himself, can leave as long as they can find out the whereabouts of the gold. But you are the only one who can't."

Verak knew the reason why Adel said this. He and Keating never planned to tell the whereabouts of the gold, and they didn't hope that Lecter would let them go, but he couldn't say it openly: "Lecter's My father was the Minister of Justice."

"Oh." Adel was amused by Veraker's words, "As far as I know, Lecter told you about the situation outside. Your rebellious party and the government have reached peace talks. Before everything is settled, you have to decide An important person who is capable of moving the entire peace talks. If you are released and affect the government's arrangements, even Lecter's father will not be able to bear the responsibility at all."

  Verak didn't speak.

  Adel's eyes were sharp, as if he could easily see through Veraker's mind: "It's impossible for you not to know this, but you insist on doing this, I think, there must be other plans."

"Any other plans? Tell me?" Veraker instinctively wanted to change the subject, but his rationality told him that once he changed the subject and avoided this sensitive issue, it would be tantamount to confirming that he and Lecter had other plans for cooperation , "I'm also curious, what other plans do I have besides leaving here."

   "Continue to talk, what else can Lecter give you." Adel didn't want to go deep into this topic to break the business, and took the initiative to return to the main topic, "This is the business."

   "I don't have anything else to say, I just want to leave." Knowing that his mind is not as good as Adel's, Veraker stopped thinking and worrying so much, and just kept in mind that it was Adel who wanted something from him.

Adel returned to his expressionless face: "I don't care if you are really stupid or fake, that kid Lecter, no matter how crazy or unscrupulous he is, he still has a sense of proportion. He won't really let you out, and you don't have to do unnecessary things anymore. Fantasy. The most important thing is that his father’s background is indeed deep, 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 superior In Lecter."

   "By the way, I want to ask you something." Veraker said, "Lecter said that he promised you a lot of generous conditions, but you are unwilling to leave here no matter what. Why?"

   There was a silence in the warden's office.

Adel's eyes became a little more terrifying, staring at Verak's scalp numb: "No reason, I'm just used to staying here, and I don't want to leave. I have reached this age, and I have lived here for so many years. I don’t know how to live here. So there is no need to speculate too much about me staying here, if it were you, you would not be willing to be kicked out of your home by a brat.”

   This reason is both plausible and unreasonable. Veraker is very clear that even Lecter has no idea, and the possibility of asking himself is very slim: "Okay, understandable."

"Your status is very special at the moment, you don't have to think about cooperating with anyone, how the other party will hurt you, no one can touch you now." Adel patiently explained the situation, pros and cons to Verak carefully, " You don’t have to think too much about going out. You should pin your hopes on the rebellious party. If the peace talks go well, you should be able to be released intact. Now, on the bright side, only Lecter and I are What can I give you, I think this matter is very obvious, and any consideration is superfluous."

  Verak planned to hang around for a while, but Adel directly and decisively pushed the negotiation to the last step. At this time, what was left to Verak was to choose to help Adel get the whereabouts of the gold or to help Lecter.

  Verak and Keating have only one purpose to stir up the prison situation, 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 I can’t take advantage of Adel’s side, and Verac didn’t bother to talk about it anymore, leading to the serious matter in his heart: “Cooperation is not a trivial matter, and there is no reason to only listen to one side of the story when doing business, so you have to When you give me some consideration, give Lecter and I a chance to talk again."

"Yes." Adel agreed readily, "You and Lecter usually meet in the infirmary at noon, right? How about this, I will give you a chance to meet him, and I will give you a day to think about it. Tomorrow's Time, let's talk again."

   "This is the best." Verak stood up, "I will tell Lecter what you can promise me."

   What Verac showed in front of Adel was the image of a businessman who was sitting on the ground and raising prices. Although such people are annoying and disgusting, it is better than exposing their true purpose to arouse their vigilance.

   "Then you can go." Adel also stood up, returned to the work area by himself, and sat down at the desk.

   "I would like to ask you a question, how did you manage to make such a miserable place your home?" Before Verak left, Adel, who was about to handle official duties, asked the last question.

  Adel and Verak were separated by more than ten meters, and his voice was low: "The water is in dire straits? Have you ever seen a battlefield? Compared with war, this is heaven."

  Verak has never been involved in a war, so he cannot personally understand Adel's state of mind: "According to this, isn't Laizein the heaven of heaven?"

   "Lezein is no different from the battlefield." Adel said, "I think you are very clear about this."

   "... also, especially now and in the future. See you tomorrow, Mr. Adel." With a deeper understanding of Adel, Verak pushed the door and left.

  After returning to the work area, I don’t know why Verac was called. Rose, who was waiting anxiously, immediately asked: "What happened? Why did the warden call you over? Are you not injured?"

"I have nothing to do, Adel asked me to come over, just to talk about Keating and gold." Verak comforted Ross who was worried about him, "I'm just an ordinary prisoner, he won't target me out of nowhere, don't worry. "

   "That's fine." Rose breathed a sigh of relief.

  Villac quickly got back to work: "Ross, do you know about Peace Day?"

   "Ah, if you don't tell me, I'd almost forget that there is such a festival, what's wrong?" Rose asked.

   "I got some information from Lecter that he wanted to do something on Peace Day. Today is the 16th and the 20th is Peace Day, and it's only a few days away."

   "Lecter? That must be nothing good." As soon as Ross heard that the notorious Lecter wanted to take advantage of Peace Day to make troubles, he knew that he had absolutely no good intentions.

  Verak felt a little strange when he heard that Rose had so simply determined the nature of the matter. Because Lecter was clearly in charge of Rose's performance, and Rose was extremely pessimistic when the two had a fight before, Verak thought he would be inclined to side with the prison, but he didn't expect that the distinction was actually very clear.

   "It's hard to say whether it's good or bad. He wants to organize a football match where the prisoners and the prison guards each form a team. If the prisoners win, all the prisoners will get a chance to send letters to their relatives and friends."

  Ross is a big mouth, and Verac wants to spread the word through Rose. On the one hand, let the prisoners make some preparations. On the other hand, after everyone knows about the football game and the corresponding rewards, it will not be easy for Lecter to change his mind temporarily.

   "What?!" Ross exclaimed in surprise, ignoring the operation of the machine.

Verac quickly took over the work in Rose's hands: "But it's not that good. You know that Lecter, he 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 outside?" Rose widened his eyes and pulled Verak's clothes. Every second of Verak's response every night made him feel tormented. .

"Yes, I happened to hear that they were arranging this matter when I went there today." Verac said, "It probably won't be long before they will announce it, no matter how bad it is, you should be able to rest for a day if you don't win the game on the 20th. "

   "I have to participate. I must win this game." Rose took a deep breath, slowly digesting and accepting the great news of the day.

"No rush, you can inform the others first, so that everyone can prepare." Verak didn't think Rose's physique was suitable for this kind of cruel competition, "When the time comes, the prisoners have the right to change unlimitedly, even each of us Everyone has a chance to play.”

  Ross felt that this incident was like a dream, more unreal than he could play the piano again: "Chris, I found that this prison has become different since you came."

"where?"

"I can't say it, but I feel that life has become hopeful." As one of the biggest beneficiaries of Veraker's many plans, Rose was extremely grateful and moved, "There are so many things that I didn't even dare to think about before, because You made it happen."

   "This is only temporary. As I said, I will leave here sooner or later, and I will bring you with me." Verac patted Rose with a smile, urging him to hurry up and work, "Take a long-term view."

  —

When working until dinner, Verac was lucky, and was assigned to the same batch as Dawn. This time, Dawn deliberately left him an empty seat at the table. He took advantage of the opportunity and shared the football game with his colleagues. The prisoners at the table, waiting for them to make a bigger spread.

   "You handled this matter by yourself, 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, to be honest, no prisoner would think that this game is a bad thing. If Lecter had planned it himself, he would not have made such a big concession. Moreover, Although what you just said to other prisoners is the information you overheard, but I know that you and Lecter are inextricably linked, so I guess this game also has your thoughts in it." Dawn said with his own analysis.

Verak simply told Dawn what happened: "...It's also a coincidence. I happened to have such an opportunity, so I won it for everyone. If I can't leave within a month, I might just I can think of a new way to get out of here by sending a letter.”

"Whether you can escape successfully or not, you have done us all a great favor this time, and I thank you on their behalf." Dawn thanked Verak, and then pondered, "If we can win this game...regardless of your escape If there is any new progress in the 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 keep all of you safe." The unexpected joy made Verak a little speechless, and he had tried his best to not be moved before. Well, I didn't expect Dawn to cooperate deeply with him because of the football match.

   "Come on, I'm looking forward to it." Walking to the work area, Dawn said goodbye to Verac.

  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 should call you to find out the situation as soon as you finish talking with Adel." The situation was opened up bit by bit, and Keating smiled even more, "Dawn I was also surprised by the incident, but it is reasonable. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the interests of the prisoners, and he is unwilling to cooperate with us in depth to ensure the safety of the prisoners. Now you have won for the prisoners unprecedented The huge opportunity that he had, just met his demands."

   "Yes, the most important thing in dealing with people is to know what the other person needs." Verak sighed sincerely.

  Because he knew that Adel needed something from him today, he acted calmly and successfully completed the task.

  Accidentally touched Dawn again, which made the matter of in-depth cooperation advance.

   This is all thanks to his grasp of what the opponent needs and the opponent's weakness.

   "The next step is to see if we can win the game." Keating said, "If we don't win, it is estimated that not only will we not be able to cooperate in depth, but it will also cause great frustration to the prisoners."

"I think the game is pretty sure." Verak was quite confident. "Prisoners are hopeless here. Being able to write a letter to relatives and friends is probably more important than life. No matter how hard the prison guards beat, We also have a full two thousand people."

   "Then we'll just wait and see." Keating recalled the scene where the Ravel dynasty was overthrown by the united people, and he didn't dare to underestimate the power of the prisoners.

  Wilak lay on the bed, rested after a tiring day, and soon became numb. He nodded, closed his eyes and yawned: "Teacher, wait and see."

  (end of this chapter)