I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 146

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Chapter 146

 

Four prisoners, each serving as challengers, emerge from the four doors.

 

Helios was among them.

 

“Marry me.”

 

While reflecting on that shameless proposal again, Mint sensed a presence approaching her.

 

– There you are. I’ve been looking for you for quite a while.

 

A familiar voice.

 

Mint ignored the voice echoing in her head and fell into thought for a moment.

 

While Mint had found this seat and sat down, Deril had come to see her.

 

Deril was also planning to watch the match today, but she said she had things to do and was thinking of leaving in the middle.

 

She said she wanted to have a conversation.

 

Mint hadn’t said anything.

 

She had simply requested that no one come near her, and Deril had said she would make sure of that.

 

Or so she thought.

 

Someone was standing where Mint had shifted her gaze.

 

A bright smile appeared on what had been an expressionless face.

 

It was an innocent smile like a child’s.

 

It was the ‘Twins’.

 

“Big sis…”

 

“No, you can’t.”

 

Mint subdued the Twins with Kia alone. Then she patted the empty seat next to her.

 

“Sit down first.”

 

The Twins quickly took a seat. Dark gray hair fluttered about.

 

Their face was excited like a child before a picnic.

 

“Why are you there?”

 

A familiar sewer rat was sitting on the Twins’ shoulder. It was Clark speaking into her mind.

 

– That’s how it turned out. A temporary alliance, you could say.

 

“You sure like alliances. You must have lured them with food.”

 

– Are we back to informal speech? Well, fine. And do you think the Twins is someone who can be lured with just food?

 

“…”

 

– I lured them with you.

 

How truly shameless. Mint chuckled while resting her chin on her hand.

 

“If you mess around using the kid, you’ll get your wrists cut off.”

 

She was serious. Despite having this innocent face that didn’t match their appearance or age, the Twins was by no means an easy opponent.

 

In a place where the formula of ‘naive, weak, and good gets you beaten’ was natural, they were someone who had survived to reach the top floor.

 

For some reason, unlike when she was there, it seemed they had descended to the 80th Floor rather than staying at the top floor.

 

That wasn’t her concern.

 

– Do you really think of him as a child?

 

“Stop picking fights and say what you want to say.”

 

At Mint’s words, Clark fell silent for a moment.

 

Below, the battle was in full swing.

 

– What exactly are you thinking?

 

Clark’s words continued. He seemed somewhat lost in thought, or perhaps hesitant.

 

The Sewer Rat also gathered its front paws and seemed to be reading the mood.

 

– I cannot understand your thoughts, Boss.

 

“…Why are you still calling me Boss.”

 

I gave that up ages ago.

 

And I’ll give it up forever.

 

Bang!

 

At the same time, a tremendous sound echoed from below in the arena.

 

As the dust settled, someone stood tall.

 

And someone lay collapsed on the ground.

 

[No way, one person is eliminated just 5 minutes after the start! The one who brought him down is Helios! A rookie prisoner who appeared like a comet!]

 

Clang.

 

The sound of coins clashing could be heard from somewhere. Someone seemed to be placing bets.

 

In this space that felt vulgar to the core, Mint thought that Helios, covered in dust, paradoxically looked the most noble here.

 

Ah, was she being blinded by love?

 

A total of five prisoners participated in the arena battle.

 

The composition of the four prisoners who advanced from the tournament was as follows.

 

Helios and one prisoner from Deril’s side.

 

The other two were prisoners following Ramona.

 

Thus, including Ramona, the five prisoners seemed to form a 3-to-2 situation.

 

But Ramona just crossed her arms and watched.

 

Naturally, the fight became a 2-on-2 battle, as the prisoner following Deril helped Helios as if it were obvious.

 

Most surprising of all, even though the prisoner following Deril was clearly someone who had been in prison longer and possessed considerable power.

 

It was Helios who gave the orders, and the other followed like a subordinate.

 

‘He doesn’t know it himself, but he has the qualities.’

 

It wasn’t for nothing that she had assigned colleagues to him and made him take the leader role, giving orders every time.

 

That was a kind of simulation.

 

If you really become the boss, don’t fumble around when the time comes—remember this moment.

 

Surviving in this prison was ultimately no different from surviving the trials the Tower gives.

 

– Will you use that Helios as a weapon?

 

“…”

 

– I’m curious whether you’ll make him the starting point of your revenge.

 

Clark and the twins here were prisoners who had entered after Mama’s death.

 

So while they knew about ‘Mama’s’ incident, they didn’t know the details.

 

“I don’t know much about it, but the prisoners on the top floor who remember that time all think you’ll get your revenge someday. Is that true?”

 

“I’m not telling you.”

 

Mint looked away from the match and glanced at the twins and Sewer Rat sitting beside her.

 

Clark looked at Mint through the Sewer Rat’s eyes, thinking that somehow she had that detached expression as if she wasn’t interested in that battle either.

 

Just like always.

 

“I’m really curious too – where exactly are you?”

 

Clark, who had become the Boss following Mint, had been abnormally defeated by Ramona.

 

After that, barely clinging to life while hiding his body, conversations like this only happened through the Sewer Rat.

 

– I’m tucked away somewhere safe.

 

“I wonder if that old Warden knows about this.”

 

– He probably doesn’t know. This prison has existed for well over several hundred years, while the Warden has lived at most 60 years.

 

“Ah, so you’re hiding in some place created by hundreds of years of history?”

 

How eloquently he speaks.

 

He doesn’t seem like a noble, but he definitely appears to be a scholar. His demeanor and the terms and tone he uses suggest that.

 

– I’ll stay like this until I recover.

 

“You’re quite remarkable too.”

 

– Well. Only the Boss would be?

 

“I said I’m not the Boss.”

 

During Mint’s brief silence, the Sewer Rat hesitated. Why was that?

 

Mint and Clark hadn’t had many conversations when she was the Boss.

 

Clark revered her but had no desire to get close to her.

 

However, was it his intuition as an outstanding Kia User? Today especially, he felt like he absolutely had to confess something to Mint.

 

– …May I make one excuse?

 

“What?”

 

– When you were the Boss, I didn’t think this place was so bad.

 

“…”

 

Even with the Tower existing, outside the Tower, whether strong or weak, at least one could breathe easily and live.

 

She was someone who had serenely established order in this place full of evil and chaos.

 

– So when you disappeared, I thought I should become the Boss.

 

So Clark had used the power he’d been hiding to claim the Boss position, wanting to carry on Mint’s legacy.

 

After becoming Boss, he maintained all the rules Mint had established exactly as they were.

 

He just wanted to do that.

 

He was a criminal, and there were countless worst criminals in this place.

 

There are humans who cannot be rehabilitated.

 

That’s a fact.

 

Even so, Clark had no regret about his wretched life or the crimes he’d committed. For the first time in such a life, he wanted to atone.

 

Just because this place had become somewhat livable. Maybe somewhere in the world, there could have been places like this.

 

“I know. I felt it directly.”

 

– ….

 

A slow mischievousness crossed Mint’s expression.

 

“Do you want some praise?”

 

It was a meaningless remark.

 

Clark swallowed his breath in the space only he knew, even though he understood.

 

– Didn’t you know? I was also one of your foolish worshippers.

 

“Oh dear, sewer rats aren’t my type.”

 

– Who’s to say? That’s good. You’re not my type either.

 

It seemed like a small sigh could be heard in her head.

 

Mint looked at the twins who were watching her as if endlessly waiting for praise rather than watching the match.

 

She could see their faces grinning foolishly as if just receiving her gaze was enough.

 

– Why do you want to make that guy the boss? Is this the beginning of revenge after all?

 

“I’m not going to tell you.”

 

The same question as before came back, but Mint didn’t answer.

 

Mint felt a gaze directed at her. It was from below.

 

Looking down, Ramona was glaring at her as if she wanted to kill her.

 

Without any of her usual composure, she looked as venomous as the poison she used.

 

After Helios had taken down one of Ramona’s followers, the remaining one was barely holding on precariously.

 

Ramona’s gaze fell.

 

At the same time, two people collapsed.

 

One was the remaining prisoner on Ramona’s side who had been hit by Helios’s ambush attack.

 

The other one was.

 

“Kugh…!”

 

The one vomiting black blood was the prisoner who had been following Deril.

 

Ramona instantly grabbed the prisoner by the throat and threw him out of the arena.

 

[Ah! Two people! Two people have been eliminated at once! An unexpected result, now only two remain – the Master of the 100th Floor and the newcomer!]

 

The excited guard’s voice echoed loudly throughout.

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