I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

Brett’s words weren’t wrong.

Haira felt a splitting headache. It was because Ged was being held back from doing anything.

‘Damn bastards, if you’re going to decide, hurry up and pick either way!’

“Brett, you, killing the kid, think again, huff…!”

Helios tightened his grip on his spear.

Think. Think.

Finally Haira staggered, and Ged’s Blind Axe turned toward Haira.

Brett emerged from beneath her shadow and caught the staggering Haira.

“Right, haha. Seth. You won’t be satisfied until everyone dies because of you, will you?”

“Th-that’s not it…!”

The predetermined split. Haira firmly grabbed Brett’s collar.

“Don’t say anything to Seth. You damn bastard.”

“Haha. I just saved you though. Haira?”

“That’s one thing. Haa, ugh, why are you getting angry at the kid…”

Blood trickled down from Haira’s nose. Surprisingly, even while collapsing, she was still holding Ged back with her ability.

‘She’s at her limit now.’

Mint also noticed Haira’s limit. No, she noticed it even faster than Haira herself.

‘Soon Haira will be out.’

Once Haira became unable to fight, the tide of battle would shift dramatically. What decision would Helios make?

“Boss, decide quickly. Haha. If the Boss decides, won’t that damn brat Seth accept it too?”

Brett finally turned the arrow toward Helios.

“If you’re going to kill your son, I’ll buy you just one moment. It might be possible if I lose an arm.”

“My son…”

Right, he had to kill him.

Doing so might cause fatal problems for this party though. Brett’s eyes darkened.

Mint looked at Helios’s profile and prepared to use her power at any moment.

Whatever happened, she had no intention of letting Helios die.

“I think. Is there really always only one correct answer?”

He seemed to hear the voice of his younger self from long ago climbing the Tower.

“Why do you think there are only two answers? Kill Ged. Or kill my son.”

“Ha, what are you talking about?”

“Th-then is there another answer besides those…?”

Helios’s eyes revealed a clear light. Like a lighthouse in the darkness.

“I won’t kill anyone.”

Like a light of hope visible from the distant sea.

“If there’s no answer, I’ll just destroy the problem.”

“I’ll just create a new correct answer.”

Mint understood Helios’s words as she recalled the choice she had made.

It was amusing.

The meaning of the words seemed different, but in the end, they had chosen the same path.

“Haira, can you use your ability more?”

“Wh-what are you saying? We don’t have time, so understand, cough.”

“I’m asking you to help Ged come to his senses.”

“What…?”

Helios thought about the root of the problem. Ged had become like this because of the Tower.

Then what ability did the Tower use to make Ged like this?

The clue was the scarecrows they saw in the 20th Floor area. They were surrounded by ‘Bewilderment’ ability to make them look human.

And if here too, Ged was bewitched by an ability related to Mental Realm Kia?

“You who can use Mental Realm Kia should be able to make him come to his senses too.”

Haira opened her mouth while being supported by Brett.

…It wasn’t wrong.

But.

“Cough! You see me in this state and say such things?”

“Still, do it.”

“…”

“You’ve been holding on because you don’t want to kill either of them, haven’t you?”

It was the correct answer. Haira’s face, who didn’t like having her expression and intentions seen through, crumbled.

“Instead, I’ll buy you as much time as you need. Brett will too.”

“Hahaha, me?”

Brett shrugged his shoulders.

Because Haira lost her grip in surprise, Ged moved once again, but his shield struck the ground.

Telekinesis.

“I’ll, I’ll help somehow too. Sister, so… You can do it.”

“…”

“I, I awakened healing ability too!”

Did he think awakening new abilities was as easy as naming someone’s dog?

Haira was dumbfounded.

Of course, she who had to awaken the same Mental Type was better than Seth who had awakened a completely different healing ability. Still…!

‘I have to do it.’

The battle had already begun. An unstoppable flow was before Haira.

“Challenging and everyone dying isn’t failure, it’s trial and error.”

Haira let out a hollow laugh. What kind of nonsense was that supposed to be?

She had to do it.

Haira bit her lips tightly as she looked at her colleagues in battle.

Yeah, let’s try it.

Whether I die this way or that way, I won’t really die inside the Tower anyway.

Haira focused on her eyes.

A hand landed on her shoulder.

“That won’t work if you want to awaken—don’t focus on your eyes.”

“…Sir Garret?”

Mint chuckled softly.

“You always call me ‘Sir’ with a voice that shows no respect whatsoever.”

Speaking indifferently and leisurely, Mint gripped Haira’s shoulder firmly.

“Close your eyes. Breaking that thing is high difficulty.”

“What exactly…”

“Hurry up.”

Haira hesitated. Right, I need to ask just this one thing.

“Why are you helping me?”

You weren’t interested. You always stayed in the back like usual, didn’t you?

“Because Boss looks like she’s going to die?”

“No, she can probably hold out for 10 minutes with that much?”

“Then why…”

“Because you’re admirable.”

Mint smiled.

“Haira, how many people do you think there are here who seek answers that no one else looks for? Those who will reach the Summit must be crazy enough to be born for it.”

A strange heat flickered in Mint’s eyes.

“…”

Somehow, Haira felt like she was seeing another side of Mint for the first time.

Because it was a smile she’d never seen before.

The strange feeling that came from the obvious fact that this person was also human.

There wasn’t much time to feel it.

Because the situation was urgent.

“Close your eyes.”

Haira closed her eyes.

“To dispel Mental-type Kia, understanding must come first.”

“Understanding?”

“Right. Understanding of your opponent.”

A leisurely voice.

‘In this situation, it must be Ged, right?’

The carefree voice, as if it wasn’t her business, actually brought focus instead.

“Mental Realm Kia feels different. Focus on the flow.”

How do you know such things?

The question was consumed by darkness. Mint invisibly guided Haira’s Kia.

Opening it up just slightly without being noticed.

It was the minimal kindness that Mint had shown.

“Look into the opponent’s unconscious.”

Though it was a completely incomprehensible request, strangely, Kia instinctively found its way and moved.

Soon, the ‘unconscious’ that Mint had mentioned came into view. The target was Ged.

“Please. I beg you. Please, please, please…!”

In the darkness, Ged wearing a military uniform could be seen. A face of the same age as the one visible now. A desperate expression.

The space was soon revealed.

It was inside the military barracks.

“I didn’t know. I had no idea my son had become a ‘Hummingbird’…! This can’t be! I’m not complaining about that. But!”

Ged’s son Sammy had awakened Kia early, and unfortunately awakened telekinesis, which was useful in war.

Even when he belatedly learned that his wife had died and his son had been conscripted.

Ged held no complaints. He firmly believed this was the way to protect the country.

He was a loyal soldier. One who loved his country dearly.

“Please, let me alone go to save my son! The place my son went to, isn’t that the bombing target zone!”

However, faced with his son’s predetermined death, his loyalty wavered precariously.

The superior in front of Ged shook his head with a cold face. Ged ultimately was not granted permission to deploy.

Instead, he had to choose.

“Then would you abandon hundreds of unit members who would die without you and go alone? Without you, the operation will fail.”

“…”

A massive and important operation that could end the war if successful. The lives of hundreds of unit members that depended on him.

And the life of his one and only son.

That day, Ged abandoned his son.

For the sake of his country.

“I will render judgment.”

“The criminal ‘Ged Satein’ disobeyed orders during wartime, causing the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, and violated prisoner transfer rules according to military law.”

“I sentence him to 30 years.”

What returned to Ged, who had sacrificed everything, was the shackle of guilt.

Despite succeeding in the operation, he failed at walking the tightrope and was made to bear all of his superior’s crimes.

The only ones who defended him were his unit members. All the survivors were commoners.

It was natural, since most of those sent to death zones and deployed in high-risk operations were people who needed money and had no tomorrow.

Their testimonies were not accepted as evidence.

Moreover, his achievements were divided up and taken by the superiors who had been standing behind with their hands clasped behind their backs.

When he came to his senses, he had become a criminal being sent to the Empire’s worst prison.

Ged laughed.

A prisoner sent to the worst prison.

It was the medal the country had given him.

How truly honorable.

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