I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72

“….”

The Red Chain this bastard had placed on me was a powerful Psychic-type Kia Ability.

An ability that could track my location wherever I went, and let him see me whenever he wanted.

The reason it didn’t work was simple.

Because I’m stronger than this fucker.

“Won’t you take my hand?”

“Y-yes…!”

The moment I pretended to be honored and took his hand, tremendous power struck my body.

‘I knew this would happen.’

Feeling mild boredom and considerable annoyance, I casually accepted the force invading my body.

My Unique Kia sensed the intruder and thrashed about alertly, but I skillfully suppressed it.

‘It’s okay. Calm down. Bixby. Siri.’

In the future, Helios would become the strongest among Material Kia ability users.

Even including ability users from other types beyond Material Type, he would become one of the top three strongest.

The bastard before me was a powerhouse from a different type.

Mental Type, to be precise.

He was even someone who could use all Mental Abilities.

His specialties were Mind Reading ability that read thoughts and memories, and Brainwashing.

And Control. Suggestion.

Finally, inducing Confusion and Madness.

His Red Kia finally invaded even inside my head.

He was clearly trying to read my memories.

‘Not a single expectation goes astray.’

I sneered inwardly.

This fucker was practically overpowered in the Mental Type.

However.

“Ugh, uugh….”

“Oh my, just bear with it a little.”

I deliberately didn’t suppress my voice and waited quietly.

I let him stir through my mind.

From when I infiltrated as a Guard, even when I fell from Guard to Prisoner.

I had anticipated meeting this bastard.

I anticipated it and separated my mind, so he could only learn about ‘Garret’.

Since my power made such things possible.

‘You think you’re the best, don’t you.’

This bastard had placed a Red Chain on me, and showed ecstasy every time he came to visit.

While confirming I couldn’t escape anywhere. While confirming I was helplessly caught by the chain.

Completely unaware that I had deliberately left him alone.

I was waiting for an opportunity that would come someday.

He doesn’t know that my ability can surpass his.

Because I hid it properly.

“Haha, Mental Realm Kia doesn’t grow if you don’t use it, miss.”

“I have no intention of using it. Get lost.”

“Oh my, you’ll regret it.”

Overwhelming talent sometimes surpasses experience.

* * *

‘Hmm.’

Hades Pailuto. The 2nd Prince of this Empire and currently the Guard Captain, slowly rubbed his chin.

His pale skin quickly turned red from just pressing his hand firmly against it.

His grip being stronger than usual was probably a reflection of his subtle impatience.

‘What could it be.’

As Mint had expected, he thought ‘Garret Binson’ was the identity Mint had infiltrated under.

Though the question remained of how she could possibly disguise herself as a new guard.

The Mint he knew was a woman who could do anything.

That’s why he wanted her.

A woman he wanted to keep in his hands for life, and never show to anyone else.

An emotion that could be called attachment or obsession.

Yes, he had been certain it was Mint.

‘Clean.’

Garret’s mind was clean.

He could only sense what Garret had experienced. There were no traces of ‘Mint’ anywhere.

Though she was powerful, there was no way Mint could surpass his ability when it came to Mental Realm Kia.

The conclusion narrowed down to one.

‘Garret Binson’ was not the Mint he was looking for.

‘But…’

Hadn’t he appeared with incredibly good timing?

A new guard who appeared along with Mint’s disappearance. And he was said to possess quite powerful Kia too.

Everything fit together. But there was no evidence.

Moreover, things fitting together too perfectly also aroused suspicion.

Was this the Warden’s trap?

Hades was someone accustomed to problems riddled with suspicion.

He finally reached a conclusion.

This person was not Mint.

“That was quite a long handshake.”

As he withdrew his Kia, Garret let out rough breaths and coughs as if he couldn’t bear it.

“Cough cough, keh-lok! S-sorry, keh-lok!”

“Are you alright? There must be a lot of dust. I’m sorry about that.”

He looked without emotion at Garret pathetically sprawled on the ground.

It was the aftereffect of having his mind scrambled.

Looking at him this way, he was really just ordinary. Just a guard who could use Kia fairly well.

Hades slowly tilted his head.

The Unique Kia still surrounding him rippled like red mist, waiting in his grasp.

If he wanted, he could turn that pitiful ‘Garret’ into an idiot who couldn’t even think forever.

The charge would be, yes, the crime of daring to make him suspect our young lady, even briefly?

Violent imagery flashed through his long eyes.

‘No.’

He changed his mind.

There was no need to waste Kia on such a worthless person.

‘The young lady is definitely somewhere in this prison.’

There’s one rule in this ‘Niflheim’.

That rule, which Mint is probably hiding somewhere and will use, is precisely this.

If a prisoner’s whereabouts are unknown for several years, their records are erased.

It’s usually a rule made because of prisoners who die and disappear without anyone knowing.

But the Mint he knew was a woman who would use any means to become the first escapee in this prison’s history.

He was speculating that Mint was targeting this and hiding somewhere.

The place she’s hiding is most likely the ‘Tower’.

That place, being a massive chunk of Kia, is somewhere that even he, and even the Warden who reigns like an emperor, doesn’t know everything about.

So ‘Garret’ was one of several possibilities.

The highest possibility he had been certain of until meeting this guard directly.

But now it seemed he’d have to change that.

To the idea that Mint was hiding somewhere in that tower.

“You can go now.”

Hades, having completely withdrawn his Kia, smiled leisurely.

Behind the staggering Garret as he got up, he planted some Kia like a prank that would activate in about an hour and make him faint for a while.

He let Garret go.

But it wasn’t complete abandonment.

‘For now… as a backup candidate.’

Yes, if it’s not this and not that either. Something to poke at again, like leftover ashes.

Thinking this way made him a little interested.

Could it provide some brief entertainment?

“Actually, there’s someone I’m looking for in this prison lately.”

Garret, who had barely stopped coughing, struggled to lift his head.

A face full of fear and pain.

His distorted features were so utterly ordinary that it was boring.

“…Ah, if you let me know, I’ll also look for it when I get the chance.”

Oh my, quite perceptive, isn’t he?

Unaware that Mint was sneering inwardly, the man smiled like a snake.

“Would you do that for me?”

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‘Ah, damn.’

I walked down the corridor rubbing my neck. My throat, lungs, windpipe – there wasn’t a place that didn’t ache.

It couldn’t be helped.

It was impossible to protect my mind while also protecting my body.

He may be weaker than me, but he’s still overpowered.

If I had shown even the slightest sign of trying to protect my body, he would have immediately figured out the truth.

‘Well, the result was good, so it’s fine.’

If I need to take injuries to make him chase false leads, I’m prepared to endure it as much as necessary in the future.

‘I just need to be able to get out of prison.’

I stopped walking for a moment.

Beyond the prison, a massive Tower was visible.

The damn prison, and the Tower.

I walked with my expression composed for a moment.

“Oh, you’re Steven’s successor, right?”

A guard who recognized me greeted me familiarly.

Looking at his face, he was someone Sergeant Steven had once introduced as a colleague.

“Yes, that’s right. Nice to meet you.”

I saluted politely.

“Wow, look at that military discipline. It’s fine, it’s fine. Hehe.”

Perhaps because Sergeant Steven was quite the slick rogue, the colleagues he introduced had similar personalities.

“Be comfortable. Be comfortable.”

“No sir.”

When they told me to be comfortable in the Lowest-Level Guard Break Room, I thought they really meant to relax and acted accordingly.

‘A leg came flying at me.’

I’m a guard with good learning ability.

“Hey hey, I’m not that uptight.”

The man who approached insisted on grabbing my hand and lowering it. With his hairy, bandit-like face, he looked kind for a guard.

But given his rank, he absolutely couldn’t only do kind things.

“By the way… if you’re coming from over there.”

The guard’s eyes suddenly sharpened as he looked in the direction I had come from.

As expected, they’re all guys hiding their fangs.

“…Did you meet the Guard Captain?”

“Yes, that’s right. He called for me, so I had the honor of meeting him.”

At that moment, a sneer and bitter smile crossed the Guard’s face together, though only briefly.

‘What glory,’ he muttered quietly enough that I supposedly couldn’t hear, but I caught every word.

I pretended not to notice.

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