I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87

The 42nd Floor Owner’s team consisted of eight members. It was a number that would be difficult for Ged’s Group to subdue all at once, no matter how skilled they were.

In the end, before they could subdue everyone, someone hastily shouted out, causing Helios and Ged’s Group to face the Floor Master’s proposed game for the first time.

‘To think they’d underestimate the organizational power and intelligence network of major Fams.’

According to human society’s nature, groups where the absolute majority bands together are always dangerous.

And when the game event was revealed, Helios and Ged’s Group showed reactions indicating they never thought they’d be analyzed.

“C-Cape Roulette!”

Cape Roulette.

If I were to dig through the now-faded memories of the old world and translate it into those terms, it would be something like ‘Russian Roulette.’

Placing one bullet in the six cylinders of a pistol and firing until it goes off.

One of the two participants must either die or become unable to fight.

Moreover, with the rule that the winner continues to face opponents, the first team to be eliminated loses.

It was understandable that Ged’s Group, who had only thought of frontal combat, would be flustered.

Except for one person.

“I’ll do it.”

“Ha! This is a game where all team members have to participate anyway.”

“Says who?”

And Haira defeated six people alone.

Bang!

“Uhahahaha! What a bunch of rookies.”

Her Illusion Kia showed her opponents the fantasy of victory.

Scenes of themselves winning triumphantly.

Thus, they aimed the gun at themselves and pulled the trigger until the bullet fired.

While showing the waiting colleagues the sight of their teammate winning.

Haira had properly demonstrated her ability.

“Wh-what? A demon? A w-witch? There’s trickery involved, this can’t be! It’s invalid!”

“What nonsense is this?”

To those who denounced her as a fraud, Haira answered without batting an eye.

“When you proposed this game intending to cheat from the start.”

“…N-no!”

“Really? Then there was no rule saying Kia couldn’t be used. The end?”

“….”

Ged’s Group, who had mainly seen Haira capture or incapacitate non-human bosses until now, became dumbfounded as if they had made a promise.

Among them, only Brett couldn’t stop laughing with an “Ahaha,” as if finding it amusing.

They must have prepared thoroughly in their own way, but in the end, the other side had also underestimated Haira.

‘So, in this Prison, the higher the floor, the more you need to be careful of people who look fragile.’

Mental Realm Kia becomes considerably more versatile as its grade increases.

Haira, who had shown her potential, was calm, but.

“Sis, really, th-that was really amazing. Even thinking about it again, it’s really…!”

“I get it, so stop talking about it. My ears are going to get calluses.”

“Then can I do it?”

“Ged, your voice is loud so I hate hearing it even more.”

Thus, even until today when they were going up to the 43rd Floor, Ged and Seth couldn’t hide their excitement whenever that day’s events came up.

“Aren’t you going to join them over there?”

“Not particularly. I don’t want to join in.”

“You shouldn’t exclude your friends.”

“…Who’s excluding anyone.”

Helios looked at the two men who were still making a fuss, then seemed to look at Haira.

“Certainly, Mental Realm Kia has high versatility. Various Fam and Teams would welcome it.”

“Right. It’s a double-edged sword.”

“….”

“The more perfect and strong an ability is, the more they fear that sword might turn toward them. That’s the psychology of those in power.”

And this Prison would be the place where such psychology is revealed more uglily and nakedly.

“So, for Haira, now is the most comfortable Hell.”

“Not Heaven?”

“My goodness, could there be Heaven in a Prison? If there is, please let me know. I’ll take Master there first.”

Saying that, she lifted her head up. Her head naturally tilted loosely.

It’s annoying.

On Helios’s face, which had been fine until just a few days ago.

Scabs were sitting all over it.

* * *

“Go get some healing.”

At Mint’s indifferent voice, Helios’s shoulders flinched.

They say the flower that loved the sun eventually became a sunflower that only looked at the sun, always knowing where the sun was.

Without realizing it, he had fallen in, and his affection that he eventually acknowledged gradually made him understand the person called Master.

She is obsessed with him.

To the extent that it could be called terrible for someone detached from everything to go this far.

However, it’s neither affection nor attachment.

The destination he discovered after countless attempts was obsession.

He couldn’t understand the reason.

However, it was clear that it had started with a promise to somehow keep him from dying and to help him reach the Summit.

Just like now, her eyes were staring at his wounds with persistent intensity.

Did she even realize her eyes were slightly furrowed?

Was he normal for feeling ecstasy just from seeing those detached eyes furrow?

…What’s wrong with being abnormal?

No, so what if he was abnormal.

In This Place, being normal was actually more abnormal.

“Healing isn’t necessary.”

As expected, Mint’s reaction was exactly what he had anticipated.

A clear and elegant smile appeared on Helios’s face.

I hope you keep worrying about me. Even if it’s not pure concern.

“I didn’t allow you to fight so you could show off your wounds.”

“Strange. Considering the number of fights and opponents, this is pretty good. Wouldn’t it be wasteful to use Seth’s Ability for every little thing like this?”

“That’s for me to decide.”

Helios flinched.

Whenever that obvious gaze was directed at him, he couldn’t help but blush. It was beyond his control.

He couldn’t even tell her to stop staring at him anymore. No, he didn’t want to.

He was already severely afflicted, considering even the time when her gaze fell away as precious.

“I should teach whoever did this to you a lesson, so they’ll listen.”

“…When Master says it, it doesn’t sound ordinary.”

Even as he said this, Helios quietly grabbed Mint’s shoulder.

Somehow, he felt that if Mint really stepped in, things wouldn’t end well.

“You know it’s unavoidable.”

Helios carrying wounds around lately was literally unavoidable.

This was directly connected to how they had climbed to the 43rd Floor only after several days had passed since clearing the 42nd Floor.

And for good reason, after breaking through the 41st and 42nd Floors, tremendous attention had poured in.

It was attention they had neither thought of nor expected.

The Prisoners’ attention wasn’t just ordinary interest. Within it lurked envy, malice, desire, proposals, discord…

This was especially concentrated on Helios, who was uniquely not part of any Fam.

Unfortunately, it was mostly malicious provocations.

His ruthless rejections during the scouting period had worked against him.

Having wounded the pride of proud Fams, they openly picked fights with him.

This led to countless conflicts.

Taking advantage of this, the number of places making underground proposals also increased.

“Wasn’t it Master who said if I’m going to fight anyway, I should fight properly?”

“Fine, keep going.”

“…”

“Just a little more and I think you’ll be able to regret it.”

Mint nodded her head.

Helios shut his mouth tight like a clamped shell.

If he made even a single mistake while breaking through the floor, he felt a sense of crisis that he’d get beaten up under the pretext of collateral damage from fighting.

And surprisingly, his thoughts were quite similar to Mint’s.

“…I’m really fine enough that healing isn’t necessary at all. Somehow… I’ve been feeling a bit uncomfortable with healing abilities lately.”

“Uncomfortable?”

Mint pondered for a moment.

‘Could it be that receiving countless healing kia in that space created by Mental Realm Kia left some aftereffects?’

I might not remember it, but it could have remained in my body.

Helios’s attempt to receive even a little more of Mint’s attention only led to Mint’s deepening misunderstanding.

“By the way, Master seems to acknowledge Haira quite a bit.”

Mint stared at him with a ‘suddenly?’ expression. Since it wasn’t particularly false, she shrugged her shoulders halfheartedly.

“And… did you happen to notice?”

Helios briefly covered his lips with his hand and fell into thought. The time wasn’t long.

“Brett is acting a bit strange.”

Helios, recalling Brett’s behavior over the past few days, spoke to Mint.

Of course, he didn’t expect Mint to give any meaningful advice.

Since Mint had no interest at all, she would often make objective remarks, so he was just asking to organize his thoughts.

Perhaps Ged’s Group might be feeling it too.

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