Episode 374 Sucker Shark (2)
The third way prisoners get food.
It was just ‘begging’.
Some of the guards were sitting on a rock and having lunch.
While the prisoners eat a piece of black bread with pickled sardines, the guards eat better food.
A piece of salted pork, a large boiled fish roe, a bottle of manatee’s milk, fresh seaweed, and, on rare occasions, carrots or spinach potatoes.
High-ranking guards above the rank of major were sometimes given fruits such as apples and oranges.
Compared to the food on earth, it was insignificant, but at least from the eyes of the prisoners, the guards’ meal was the most delicious food in the world.
So, guards sometimes used this food as bait to lure prisoners.
“Hey sucker shark~”
As one guard waved his hand playfully, a prisoner waiting in the distance jumped to the point where his soles were sweaty.
“Get down.”
When the jailer said, the prisoner immediately fell to the ground and showed his stomach.
“wake up.”
“sit down.”
“Raise your legs.”
“Open your mouth.”
“hand.”
The prisoner performed all the movements that a pet dog would do, following the guard’s orders.
Then the guard finally giggled and threw the leftover piece of pork to the prisoner.
“Do you work well in the future? Don’t cause trouble.”
“Yes! Warden! It’s an honor!”
The prisoner waits drooling with his head on the ground.
Like the ‘sucker shark’ that eats up leftovers from large fish.
Eventually, the jailer gave permission to eat it.
“Enough. Eat.”
Then the prisoner picked up a piece of pork with trembling hands and sniffed it for a long time.
Then, he licked the white hardened fat on the outside of the pork with his tongue.
The prisoner savored the salty and bitter taste for a long time, even with tears in his eyes.
Little by little, little by little, taste the taste with the tip of the tongue and nibble on the pieces of pork with the tips of the teeth.
The prisoner was eating the pieces of pork that he had put in his mouth, almost melting in his mouth like candy.
The other prisoners who watch it just gulp their saliva.
“Okay, if you guys finish your work this month, I’ll let you eat the leftovers!”
“Work hard! Then I’ll give you my stationary sucker shark!”
“Cheer up!
The guards threw leftover fish eggs, pieces of meat and sea milk on the floor.
It was only natural that the eyes of the prisoners, who had been unable to eat because there were no rotten sardines and stone bread, would roll.
“Oohhhh! Let’s work!”
“Did you hear it? It’s called ice cream!”
“It’s mine! I’ll work the most!”
The morale of the prisoners soared. They were now confused whether they were human or not.
Hunger is such a scary thing, regardless of gender.
They were tamed to the bone like this.
……but.
Not all prisoners dreamed of being suckers like this.
“hey.”
In some cases, the relationship between the guard and the prisoner was completely reversed.
Level Eight’s inmate Shigeul. Aka ‘Plague leper’.
He was currently sitting on a rock and showing off his arrogance.
Other prisoners do not even go near him for fear of spreading the plague.
“Hey- can’t you hear me? Is the liver so swollen that it’s sticking out?”
And it was not the prisoners who were calling out now, but the guards.
“…”
The one who hesitates after receiving the call of Sikkeot is a low-level guard with a large burn scar on his face and unkempt hair.
It was Lieutenant Garm Nord.
As if it was natural, he held out his palm toward Gareum.
“Give me your meal.”
“…”
Gareum looked at the guards around him.
Unfortunately or fortunately, the fellow guards had no idea that Gareum was receiving such an insult.
This was possible because Gareum was in a position where he was not noticed by his colleagues at all, rather than that Sigkeot’s actions were secretive.
With a smile, he snatched the meal from Gareum’s hand.
“I said this knowing that I don’t see any other guards. Thank you.”
“…”
“I’m grateful that I’m just going to pass on this much of a meal, okay?”
He threatened Gareum in a low voice.
“You know if I put my mind to it, right? That Kiriko or whatever girl will get the plague right away. She will die a very miserable death.”
“…”
“You have a crush on that bitch, don’t you? You don’t want to see a girl you crush on spit on and get dry like jerky, right?”
“…”
“Then take care of yourself and bring me lunch like this every day. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, err
.
Right then.
“hey!”
A shrill cry echoed throughout the workshop.
It was such a loud shout that even Shigetsu, who was about to swallow the food, was startled and hiccupped.
A female guard was standing where she turned her gaze with wide-eyed eyes.
Ensign Kirko Grim. He was an elite junior guard who was about to be promoted to lieutenant.
She was staring back and forth with her eyes narrowed.
“Does the jailer give out food to the prisoners? Are you crazy?”
Kirko’s gaze, which boldly argues, does not dare to meet.
The prisoners who saw it clicked their tongues.
“Is that annoying couple again?”
“A smart woman and a stupid man.”
“It’s a waste of a woman.”
“Gig gigg kik- it’s hard to get the motive wrong.”
The reactions of the prisoners showed that this happened quite often.
Kirko strode forward and snatched the food from Shigeot’s hand.
And he said with a sharp gaze.
“If you crave food presumptuously as a prisoner one more time, you will be beheaded on the spot. I’ll report it to my superiors right away.”
“Kreurreu- Why is our pretty female guard being so picky today… 100k!?”
He tried to escape the situation with a smirk, but it was impossible because of Kirko’s footsteps that followed.
Chakang!
Kirko quickly drew a knife and cut off the tip of Sigkeot’s beard.
As she blinked her eyes with a fish-eyed expression, Kirko snorted once and looked at Gareum next to her.
“Disgrace your motives… No, don’t embarrass the jailer, you idiot.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t even say sorry. Are you really an asshole?”
There was even a slight sense of contempt in Kirko’s gaze as she glared at Gareum.
“……If you can’t work, there’s even a gang.”
Soon, a cold wind blew in and she left.
Gareum couldn’t answer any more and lowered his head, and the prisoners laughed at him.
“‘Stupid Gareum’ is still stupid today.”
“What a pathetic guy. How can a guy like that be a jailer?”
“If you join that kid’s group, you say you can steal his meal?”
“That bastard honey. He doesn’t even work and distributes meals.”
“To be able to eat delicious food without having to work. I want to work under that guy next month too.”
There were various nicknames that followed Gareum.
‘Stupid Gareum’, ‘Dogs that ate rainwater’, ‘Walking Bread’, ‘Idiot’, ‘Hogu’, etc… All of them were negative.
And surprisingly, the nickname was used much more frequently by fellow guards than by prisoners.
“Hey, have you been robbed of your meal by a prisoner again? This bastard is really stupid.”
“It’s good to prevent trouble by giving meals as bribes… but if you do that, you’ll spoil the other prisoners as well. Don’t harm your classmates.”
“Oh hey, are you okay Kirko? Don’t worry about that guy. You’ll ruin your pretty face from being stressed out.”
“You idiot. See you later tonight after roll call.”
The motives intimidate Gareum with grim expressions.
The more he did, the deeper and deeper the face of Gareum, who was stained with burn scars on his unkempt hair.
Kirko, who glanced at it, completely turned around with a light sigh and soon left with her classmates.
“Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr., I’ll take care of that damn bitch today, but not tomorrow. Don’t forget. Bring all your lunches. Otherwise, as I said earlier, that Kirko girl will become the second plague leper. I will make it.”
He quietly whispered in Gareum’s ear once again and left.
While humming a song.
“…”
Garreum, who was left alone, was receiving the contemptuous eyes and ridicule of the surrounding prisoners and guards with his whole body.
Even in the midst of this, his gaze is directed towards Kirko, who stands in the center of his comrades in the distance.
…
And there were eyes that silently watched all this series of events.
“……Hmm.”
It was Bikir.
After much deliberation, he came up with a plan.
‘If I’m good at this, I might be able to use it?’
Garum. and Kirko.
Maybe the relationship between these two young men and women can help.
‘In the moment of the prison break coming soon.’
Vikir was now making plans to leave Newvag.
This plan will probably be put into action as soon as humanity finds ‘Poseidon’, the hope.
……and.
‘That moment’ came much sooner than Bikir expected.
