Chapter 105 – Whatever


“Increase the fault tolerance of the plan and formulate the action route after seizing the ship?”

On the observation deck, Igura listened to Asho’s request and felt somewhat strange. “Shouldn’t your immediate priority be to think about how to survive the Blood Moon Judgment in a few days? Don’t tell me you think you won’t be selected as one of the Lucky Eight, or that you believe only one person will die in this extra Blood Moon Judgment.”

Not only Igura, even the ordinary death row inmates had a premonition that the upcoming Blood Moon Judgments would result in heavy casualties – because the prison was almost full.

As the number of people increased, the prison could not expand, nor could it reduce the per capita living space for the death row inmates, improve living conditions, or convert other facilities into dormitories.

The environment in Broken Lake Prison had already reached the limit set by the “Guidelines on Prisoner Living Conditions”. If the prison dared to lower the living conditions in order to increase the capacity, the Human Rights Association would definitely come and accuse the prison of mistreating the inmates.

Therefore, the only and best method for the prison was to create a “reasonable attrition” among the death row inmates, while also increasing the revenue from the Blood Moon Judgments – because the prison couldn’t force the executioners to attack non-targeted death row inmates. Therefore, in order to maximize the casualty rate, the prison had to design a game element of “total annihilation” and “no one can escape”, so that the live broadcast effect would naturally be explosive.

The Blood Moon Judgment on the 15th was a vivid example. The judgment process was complex and exciting, and the death row inmates could even kill each other. Moreover, when Wakas was being tortured, as long as he had the thought of “if I’m not doing well, none of you will do well either”, he could bring the other death row inmates to kowtow to the Blood Moon Supreme Master.

Speaking of which, it was interesting that the prison was not allowed to lower the living conditions in order to increase the capacity of death row inmates, but the Human Rights Association thought it was acceptable for the prison to design Blood Moon Judgments with high death rates in order to reduce the number of death row inmates.

Although there was no evidence, Igura felt that a portion of the advertising fees for the Blood Moon Judgments must have turned into political donations for the Human Rights Association.

“So, how do you think I should safely survive the Blood Moon Judgment?”

“Well… pray to the Four Pillar Gods behind you? Or abandon the darkness and seek mercy from the Blood Moon Supreme Master?”

“If Broken Lake Prison is a cage, then the judgment list is the butcher outside selecting the slaughter targets.” Asho sighed, “We beasts in this cage cannot influence what happens outside, unless there is a butcher outside who is familiar with me, but unfortunately there isn’t. However, there may be many guests who covet me.”

“So instead of worrying about whether we can survive the Blood Moon Judgment, it’s better to assume that I can survive and come up with a more detailed escape plan.” Asho held his hands and leaned against the railing of the observation deck. “After all, there are still nine days until the next transport ship arrives, and we can’t waste this time.”

“It sounds like a waste of time.” Igura shrugged.

“No, Asho is right!” Ronald, who was beside them, said excitedly. “Even if we can reduce the danger rate by 1% and increase the success rate by 1%, it’s worth spending time to try. Friends, our time is very precious. If you want to enjoy it, wait until we return to the free world to continue enjoying it. Now, let’s wholeheartedly prepare for the escape, okay?”

“That’s right. We’re just idle in the prison anyway.” Lana said, “And, I believe Asho won’t die easily in Broken Lake.”

With a vote of 3:1, Igura naturally had to obey the majority. But he himself was not against improving the plan, he just wanted to argue with Asho.

Perhaps he knew that Asho was someone who could never be his target for fraud, so Igura didn’t want to waste his emotional intelligence on Asho.

It should be noted that when facing clients, Igura was a beloved and considerate person. With the ability of the Sorcery Spirit, he could easily open the hearts of clients and make them talk for a whole day without feeling bored. Many people would rather be cheated by Igura for money than not talk to him.

“Because of the limitations of the chip, my plan has many loopholes.” Igura said, “And the most vulnerable loophole is the time after ‘taking the clothes of the medical staff’ and before ‘boarding the transport ship’.”

“If the unconscious medical staff is discovered early, or if our actions take more than ten minutes, or any unexpected incidents that may occur along the way, it will alert the prison guards that we have removed the chips. Once they send a warning to the transport ship, we will never be able to board the ship, let alone escape by seizing it.”

“The risks involved are too great, with too many unpredictable factors. If the plan fails, it will most likely fail at this stage.” Igura looked at everyone, “Do you have any ideas?”

Asho racked his brains, Lana remained silent, but Ronald raised his hand and said seriously, “Why don’t we just kill all the prison guards?”

“Unless we can kill all the guards at the same time, as long as one escapes, they can sound the alarm.” Igura sighed, “And the guards work in shifts. There are always some guards in the guard living area that we cannot enter, so we won’t have the opportunity to eliminate all of them.”

Ronald said earnestly, “Then let’s find a way to make them gather together!”

“What way? Have Asho pray to the Four Pillar Gods? Why not just have Asho pray for the guards to drop dead at the same time-“

“If we find someone, purify their chip, and then let them kill other death row inmates and guards, will the guards gather together to chase after him?”

Igura was about to deny this idea, but he swallowed his words. He paced back and forth subconsciously, biting his thumb and lost in thought.

Asho blinked, “It sounds… more reliable than purely relying on luck!””Ronald is really impressive.” Langna patted Ronald’s shoulder, laughing.

“Although many details still need to be perfected, it’s indeed feasible!” Igura’s eyes brightened, “Using bait to attract the attention of the prison guards, whether it’s ambushing and killing the guards or seizing the opportunity to escape by boat, it’s much better than my original plan. Moreover, we can prepare more backup plans, such as letting Asho remove more people’s chips, and incite a major riot in the Shattered Lake Prison!”

“Right under the nose of the prison, right under the watchful eyes of the guards, we’ll turn Shattered Lake upside down!”

Thinking about how the play he directed could become grander and more exciting, Igura couldn’t help but feel exhilarated, his long-lost passion for work revived within him!

Asho excitedly said, “Let’s not delay, let’s go pick a lucky death row inmate to be our bait!”

Igura had no objections, and the four of them headed towards the Death Fight Club.

Their requirements for the bait were bravery, hatred for the prison, obedience, and gullibility. People who met these conditions were mostly concentrated in the Death Fight Club.

In the past, Asho leaned towards Igura and whispered, “Ronald is acting strange today.”

Today’s Ronald was full of smiles, active in speaking, and his expression was sunny and passionate, which was a stark contrast to the withered Ronald of the past few days, which made Asho feel scared.

Igura also whispered back, “This indicates that the ceremony has reached its later stages. If Ronald’s room is vacated tomorrow, I wouldn’t be surprised.”

“I should have mentioned that I’ve enhanced my hearing with Sorcery Spirit, right?” Ronald turned his head to look at them, shaking his head, “Unless you use Sorcery Spirit to cover it up, I can hear whispers of this level!”

Asho and Igura both stopped, both of them wearing innocent expressions as if ‘nothing had happened’. In terms of thick-skinnedness, the two were surprisingly consistent.

“You don’t have to worry about me, I’m sure I’ll live until next month.” Ronald patted his chest, “What’s happening between Langna and me won’t affect the plan. If anything needs to be resolved, it will be after the prison break, don’t worry!”

Asho couldn’t help but ask, “Then why have you changed so much these days?”

Ronald put a finger to his lips, “Secret.” After saying that, he extended his elbow outward, allowing Langna to hook his arm. Looking at their intimate backs, no one would think that they were in a life-and-death relationship.

Igura, however, was thoughtful. He wondered if Langna had intentionally made Ronald like this to cooperate with the prison break plan. After all, this sunny, cheerful, and proactive Ronald naturally facilitated the progress of the plan, and even proposed useful suggestions as soon as he arrived.

If Langna did this on purpose, it meant that he had great confidence in this prison break plan, so he would rather change the process of his own ceremony to make way for the plan.

But even Igura, the proposer of the plan, didn’t have much confidence in the prison break. According to his estimate, their chances of successful prison break were less than 10%, and even after perfection, it was less than 30%.

Where did Langna get his confidence from?

Igura knew that what he believed in was definitely not himself.

With this thought, Igura subconsciously turned his head and stared at the heresy leader next to him. Asho was a little puzzled by his gaze, hesitated for a moment, and also extended his elbow outward, showing a disgusted expression of ‘I can’t do anything about you’, “I didn’t expect you to envy this, I’ll just put up with it…”

Ah, he really wanted to hit him, really wanted to scold him.

Igura was so angry that his rational thread was about to snap.


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