Episode 403 Prison Break (1)
Meal time.
Bikir had a meal at a restaurant on a day off from work.
The menu is black bread, pickled sardines, and wilted greens. No corrosion. That was all.
Despite being a meal distributed to major-level guards, the composition was quite poor.
‘These days, the supply of supplies seems to be unsatisfactory.’
The major could afford to eat like this, but what about the lower guards?
At this point, I can’t even imagine what the prisoners are eating.
When I went to the workhouse these days, there weren’t many prisoners with familiar faces, so I wondered if they all died of starvation.
When Bikir was sitting alone and eating.
“Is it really?”
“Yes. Because it is.”
I could hear the conversation of the lieutenant colonel-level guards sitting at the table in front of me.
Bikir’s hearing reached the level of a superhuman, and he could overhear every conversation even at a distance.
“They said the whole land was in an uproar. Demons and demons appeared en masse.”
“I heard that a big gate or something opened?”
“That’s right. They say monsters are pouring in there.”
“The security must have collapsed. That’s why the number of prisoners increased exponentially.”
“Is public security a problem right now? The entire empire will be in danger.”
Most of them were whispering about earthly matters.
Among them, there are those who do not believe at all that it happened on earth.
“I am. How old are you and do you still believe in demons and all that stuff? All of those things are fictional beings created by Quo Vadis religious people.”
“That’s right. I can’t believe I haven’t seen it with my own eyes. But since it’s 10,000 meters deep, I can see it myself. Hahaha-” “Hmm, by the way, I heard that all the new prisoners have seen demons or monsters? Gates, too
. ”
“Do you believe the words of the prisoners who come to this place? They are all freaks out of fear. They’ve sunk 10,000 meters while being trapped in the Iron Maiden, and they can’t help but go crazy.”
Meanwhile, there were those who took the rumor seriously.
“No, it’s strange. I’ve never seen so many prisoners in the New Wave before. There must be something wrong on the ground.”
“That’s right. If Director Orca, Colonel Dordium, and Colonel Suware went to the surface to escort the prisoners, something really happened.”
“That’s right. Not only did the Warden, the symbol of New Wave, leave his seat, but two of the 5 Wardens went up to the ground at once. This is unprecedented.”
“Isn’t the ground already fucked up? I heard that the gate opens and a lot of demons come out from there. And the heads of the 7 families of the savior also suffer from assassination threats.”
however. Most of the guards were not very interested in this topic.
“Well, can’t we just manage the criminals well here?”
“That’s right. It’s an outside affair, so I don’t know.”
“Since when have we been involved in earthly affairs?”
“If demons and monsters are playing their game from above, wouldn’t it be safer here?”
“No matter what happens on the ground, there’s no way the aftermath will reach this place.”
The guards of the New Wave were mostly relegated and isolated from society and had little affection for the world or loyalty to the Empire.
It had been so long since they had been outside that they had little curiosity about what had changed outside.
Because it was obvious that I would not be able to adapt to it no matter how it changed.
……but.
Bikir, hearing all this, had a slightly different idea.
‘New Wave will not be free from the aftermath of the War of Extinction.’
In the original history Bikir lived in, Newvag was safe for a while even after the War of Extinction began.
The geographical factor of being located at 10,000 meters under the sea was rather an advantage, allowing it to avoid the aftermath of the war.
However, the demons noticed the existence of the New Wave and sent an army to this harsh place.
Orca Javert, the war hero of the previous generation who had quelled the ’47 Unrest’ and the current prison warden of Nouvelle Vague, and the 5 chief wardens under him fought hard, but the power of the demons could not be stopped.
And while the defeat was growing, the New Vague fell for a reason that had nothing to do with the demons.
Most of the guards and prisoners died in this process, and those who survived came up to the ground with a hatred of demons and joined the human allied army or fought the demons on their own.
‘That time will come a little earlier.’
Bikir thought as he chewed on the crumbly withered greens.
The fact that the vegetables supplied from the ground are already in this shape means that the situation is deteriorating faster than expected.
at that time.
“Here you are.”
The chair next to Bikir fell back with a gurgling sound.
Captain Kirko Grimm. She took a seat next to Bikir before she knew it.
After recovering her health, she opened her mouth in a calm voice.
“The quality of the information you get is definitely different when you’re promoted.”
“Have you heard anything?”
“The warden of Orca says he’s returning. Colonel Dordium and Colonel Suware.”
The ‘Big 3’ representing Nouvelle Vague.
They say that they are currently escorting a huge number of prisoners and are on their way down here towards New Wave.
How many of the Iron Maidens who sink innumerably under the black water will arrive at New Wave here alive?
“Do the guards come on inflatable eels?”
“Colonel Dordium and Colonel Suware will do that. Director Orca will come ‘in person’.”
“……directly?”
“Yes. As always.”
Kirko didn’t think much of it and switched to the next topic.
“There are also rumors that there is a great monster among the prisoners coming this time.”
“How is it?”
“He tried to assassinate the head of one of the 7 great families. He was sentenced to Nouvelle Bagh without going through a trial for that crime. He will probably be transferred there as soon as the Rebel Ten construction is completed.”
The arrival of a new prisoner was not particularly a concern to Vikir.
“When are Warden Orca and the other two guards coming?”
“Even if I can’t, I’d like to arrive within a week.”
“The new prisoners will arrive by then.”
Bikir’s eyes darkened coldly.
The arrival of new prisoners means that word of mouth will soon be opened.
The entrance ceremony is under the jurisdiction of Lieutenant Colonel Bastille. Perhaps Vikir, who has gained his trust, will also be selected for the entrance ceremony.
If you’re going to jailbreak, that’s the right time.
All the more so because the jailbreak Bikir is envisioning is not the usual kind of prison break sneaking through a dog hole.
“……It must be busy.”
Bikir stood up from his seat with a tray. There was a lot to prepare.
at that time.
Slowly-
When Bikir got up, Kirko, who was next to him, also got up.
There were still bits of black bread and sardines on her plate.
Bikir said.
“It looks like the meal isn’t over yet, but why don’t we finish it?”
“If a superior arises, we must rise together.”
“……why?”
“I am your lieutenant.”
Kirko replied as if it were natural.
Bikir pondered for a moment.
That day, after being thanked by the ‘black tongue’, Kirko has been following Vikir around.
We were always together on duty, and we were always together for other small additional duties as well.
Even the room was assigned to the room right next to it, so it was really just sleeping and showering and doing errands in the bathroom, but everything else was stuck together.
I don’t know who made the work schedule like this.
‘…… I have a lot of work to do from tonight, but if I do this, my plans will be disrupted.’
After thinking about it for a while, Vikir spoke to Kirko.
“So. Are you going to ask me to stay with you tonight?”
Bikir’s voice was unusually loud.
So, some of the guards who were returning the trays listened.
Kirko’s face turned red, probably because she was conscious of the gazes of the guards around her who opened their eyes wide.
“What do you mean by that?”
“That night. Don’t you remember?”
“Oh no!”
“You obviously said that that night. You don’t want to be alone.”
At that moment, Kirko’s eyes became ferocious.
She spoke clearly in a low voice and in an extremely businesslike tone.
“I hope you don’t get me wrong because I said something like that happened last time. That day was a day when I was particularly weak both physically and mentally…” “Didn’t you say you did
n’t remember?”
“…”
Kirko’s face turned red from the tips of her ears.
“I thought it was a dream!”
However, her words only fueled the misunderstanding of those around her.
“Oh no! That’s not it! It’s not that I didn’t feel like I was dreaming, I thought it was really a dream…”
Kirko, who was flustered and commented on herself, quickly disappeared from the spot.
Only then was Bikir able to cool his head.
The peaceful (?) daily life in Nouvelle Vague is now over.
‘The time for the great prison break has come.’
Time is running out.
After the emptiness. An unprecedented chaos will engulf the whole of the New Wave.
A signal flare for a counterattack sent by mankind prior to the war of destruction.
It will light up the last thorny road that the hound will walk on in the future.
