I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 128
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Chapter 128
“Thank you, Pakha.”
Jiho said that was friendship.
Sometimes she also said that sharing even half a bean was friendship.
Pakha still didn’t understand, but she accepted it.
If you say so, then it must be true.
“Pakha, read this! It’s my absolute favorite.”
Jiho’s favorite novel became Pakha’s favorite novel.
And unfortunately, she awakened in that book and learned she could never return to the Original World.
Even as her memories of the Original World disappeared one by one while climbing the Tower, leaving only knowledge behind.
Even as the common sense she had barely learned vanished in exchange for growing stronger.
Pakha never once forgot Jiho or resented her.
“She must have been precious?”
Pakha became Mint. And Mint met someone like Jiho in This Place.
Though their speech, personality, and unconventional aspects were all different. Looking at someone who was ultimately like Jiho, the Girl slowly opened her mouth.
“She was precious.”
“….”
“Precious enough that I came to love the book she loved most.”
“Is that so?”
“….”
“Then you should continue to cherish her.”
Mama lightly tapped the back of the Girl’s head. The Girl said nothing, but her silence was affirmation.
…Helios, who had been listening to this entire conversation, hesitated a little.
Was it okay for him to be hearing this?
But he couldn’t help focusing with frightening intensity.
About his Master, and traces of what kind of past she had lived.
Though he felt sorry toward her, his heart fluttered and pounded. Was wanting to understand the person you love something sinister?
“Oh, come to think of it. Kid. Keep your body safe for a while? Another ‘Rift’ is coming.”
“It’s coming rather quickly this time.”
Meanwhile, the topic of conversation between the Girl and Mama quickly changed.
Helios tilted his head.
‘Rift?’
It was a topic he couldn’t easily dismiss either.
How much had he suffered dealing with That Guy’s rifts during every special examination?
No matter how much his Master was by his side, she wouldn’t step in unless it was truly a life-or-death situation.
The number of times they had overcome crises was countless.
But what on earth did it mean that a ‘rift’ was coming?
“It’s incomprehensible. Using the tower’s power to drag a ‘rift’ straight into the prison cell.”
“The tower is a kia mass, right? Didn’t Mama say so?”
“Yes, that’s the problem, little one. The ‘special examination’ is wrong from the very method.”
After listening to their conversation for a while, Helios was able to roughly understand the story.
Moreover, he could piece together several facts.
So, the current time period was several years in the past from when he was.
The ‘special examination’ of this time wasn’t a method where prisoners went outside like Helios had done…
It was a method of using the tower to drag rifts into the prison and eliminate them.
Even to Helios who didn’t know much, it seemed like an extremely dangerous method.
Perhaps he wasn’t the only one who thought so.
The conversation content was quite shocking.
The special examination of this time couldn’t even be called an ‘examination.’
“But can you call it an examination when they throw in prisoners who don’t even match the level for each rift? That’s a sacrifice.”
“…”
“The guards were rolling dice. To decide which floor’s prisoners to take and throw in.”
The prisoners here weren’t just ordinary prisoners. This was a place where only the most vicious prisoners gathered.
It could be seen as a den of villains.
“Anyway, since low-grade prisoners can be replaced even if they disappear, they said, and threw them in. But they brought prisoners with too much of a level difference.”
“You mean the rift almost exploded instead?”
“Yes. You understand well, Boss. That’s why intermediate and high-grade prisoners started getting dragged in too.”
“…”
“I don’t know when my turn will come.”
The more he listened, the more it sounded like they were treating criminals not as criminals but as parts that couldn’t speak or think.
“Whether this is a prison cell or a garbage disposal site.”
“…”
“Why do you look like that?”
At the girl’s words, Helios, who had been lost in thought, also looked toward Mama.
“Little one, don’t you feel this is wrong?”
“What? The rift? Capturing and throwing people in as sacrifices?”
“…”
“By the way, don’t ask me about good and evil. You know best how selfish I am. I don’t care about anything as long as I’m safe and alive. It would be different if I became a sacrifice target, though.”
“…”
“Oh, it won’t happen, but bosses are excluded from sacrifices, right? Then that’s fine.”
“Wow, Mama has never seen such a selfish little one like you. But you’re worried about me in the midst of all this? How touching.”
“Who said I was worried?”
“But what if among those offered as sacrifices, there are wrongfully accused prisoners like you? If they die, they can’t even get out.”
“I’m grateful that you believe I’m wrongfully accused. But how many people like me could there be?”
The girl said bluntly.
“Don’t do anything foolish for the sake of maybe one person out of a hundred.”
“….”
“Mama, even if you step forward for everyone’s sake, I guarantee no one will thank you for it. What do you expect from this prison cell?”
Instead of answering, Mama laughed.
“That’s right. What can you expect from selfish bastards.”
“If you’re the Boss, just wield your power and live.”
“Well, that’s not my hobby. Mama lives for the fun of watching our Pretty One.”
“Stop saying disgusting things.”
Mama grinned and stroked her chin despite the Girl’s scolding.
“Anyway. This is still a place where many humans are gathered… I don’t know how long they’ll believe rifts will be handled ‘safely.'”
“Do you think a rift might go wrong someday and explode here? That everything might be blown away at once?”
“That’s right.”
“The Guards will handle it properly. The Warden is here too.”
The smile disappeared from Mama’s face.
“That complacency is dangerous. Just because there haven’t been any mistakes so far doesn’t mean there won’t be any in the future.”
Helios thought the same.
It was dangerous to think there would be no problems.
Most organizational problems always started with Upper Management’s complacency.
Nevertheless, Helios felt that conversation was remarkably peaceful, unsuitable for a conversation taking place in this prison cell.
It was probably because of his young Master’s appearance, looking uncharacteristically very comfortable.
…And it was probably because of the cozy atmosphere of those two people who looked like family.
Unfortunately, Helios couldn’t listen to this conversation any longer.
‘Cloud?’
The gray cloud-like Kia that had first engulfed him covered him once again.
Helios was helplessly restrained once more while caught in the cloud.
His vision was blocked.
For a moment, Mama’s voice was the last thing he heard.
“The problem will eventually happen.”
* * *
‘Is this how it normally works?’
Helios opened his eyes again. Do Mental Realm Kia spaces normally move around like this?
‘Who knows.’
He saw a familiar floor.
Isn’t this the Prisoner Rest Area?
He looked at the rough floor then raised his head.
Chills.
And he witnessed a spine-chilling sight.
A massive whirlpool was floating in the sky. Just looking at it made him feel dizzy.
Thanks to the dark clouds covering the Sky, it seemed as if the entire Sky had been devoured.
‘What is that size…’
The vortex stretched from the Sky all the way down to the Earth. Even this alone was an enormous size.
A familiar churning sensation.
That thing where massive Kia was writhing. There was no mistaking it.
It was a ‘Rift’.
And it was the largest size Helios had ever seen.
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