NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Hearing Bill's thoughtless remarks, even the good-tempered Cansey couldn't suppress her impatience. So she wrinkled her nose and let out a rare, delicate shout.

"He has a girlfriend, can you guys watch your mouths?"

If this gets back to Ingrid's ears, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Meanwhile, our other elopement protagonist, "Xiao Fei," doesn't seem to be in a hurry. After all, what's one more problem than another? He might as well take the opportunity to see how Cansey plans to deal with the prisoners' obstruction.

After all, it's obvious to anyone that, apart from Jason, the reason the others don't want Cansey to leave is more because their own interests have been severely damaged.

The loss of the prison break master at the rehabilitation center is like the loss of Jerusalem in the West—unacceptable.

"first."

The girl, having calmed down after her initial anger, gave a disgruntled snort and said:

"The Ark is only so big. If I want to come back, it's not like I can't. What I said was 'I need to leave for a while.' Did you all hear me clearly? It's for a while."

Secondly,

I've done plenty of prison break smuggling! And I'm the only one doing it. If it weren't for the fact that today is my fifth anniversary, I wouldn't bother going out to buy so many things to celebrate!

At last,

As for me, I know we're all good friends in the same boat, or as the elders would say, "like grasshoppers on the same line," so I would absolutely not...

Ok?

Wait a moment."

As she spoke, Kancy seemed to suddenly realize something, as if she had just thought of a certain possibility. She immediately puffed out her cheeks, swept her scrutinizing gaze across everyone present, and said quietly:

"You guys...you don't secretly think I'm the kind of heartless girl, do you???"

"..."

Faced with the girl's questioning, Bill and the other prisoners seemed to have their throats grabbed at the same time, unsure how to respond.

The four sentences offer comfort and hope to the prisoners; the second confirms the identities and status of both sides; the third reminds them of their respective allies and interests; and the fourth eases the tension while seizing the moral high ground.

Cansey successfully demonstrated to Phoenix how to use an innocent tone to deliver lines that resemble workplace PUA tactics.

For a fleeting moment, someone even saw the shadow of a venomous snake in the girl's back.

However, compared to the blatant and ruthless schemes of the "sour grapes" (a derogatory term for those who are overly envious), the "Prison Break Master" prefers a more conservative approach that combines gentleness with firmness, and uses diplomacy before resorting to force.

However, just as Kansi had finished demonstrating his skills, a rough voice followed.

"Xiao Fei..."

Kancy: "..."

Phoenix: "..."

Uncle Jason, still unaware that he had set a record, maintained his elder-like demeanor and earnestly said:

"We're all in jail, there's no need to hide anything or beat around the bush. I don't know what you just said to Cansey, and I'm not interested in knowing what you said."

But I hope you understand one thing.

This is the rehabilitation center. Don't be fooled by our friendly demeanor; we're all bad people here. Take me, for example. I've killed four people, including a thirteen-year-old bastard.

Bill killed his wife and her whole family, as well as Mark, Danny, Rosens, and a few others. They looked respectable, but they weren't much better than us.

So, Xiaofei, we brothers have no objection to you asking Kansi for help, and there's nothing we can do about it.

but,

You also need to remember, we guys are all fearless, so you have to be nice to Kansi, understand?

Logically, Jason's words should have been a blatant threat. But for some reason, after hearing them, Phoenix and Cansey inexplicably felt a sense of pre-marital warning from a father-in-law/father to his son-in-law.

However, the person who extracted the linguistic information quickly dismissed this strange feeling, frowned, and asked in return:

"You killed a thirteen-year-old child?"

"No, not a child."

In response to Phoenix's question, the middle-aged man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and smiled with a cruel yet somewhat naive air.

"He was a thirteen-year-old beast. The Supreme Court of the Central Committee declared him innocent and released him, so I killed his entire family of three that very night, and also hanged that son of a bitch judge."

Then there's Bill, whose wife filed for divorce on their fifth wedding anniversary. Afterwards, his in-laws gave false testimony, claiming he was abusive and raped during their marriage, and should be convicted of intentional assault.

Divorce settlement, sexual assault, and abuse—the guy ended up having his house auctioned off by the court, and still owed the woman 200,000 yuan in compensation for emotional distress.

You can probably guess what happened next: Bill not only killed that bastard's whole family, but also burned down the foreclosed house.

So, Xiaofei—

"We're a bunch of hardened criminals, not some young punk like you who can't even play poker properly."

After speaking, the middle-aged man raised his right hand and walked towards a young man, seemingly intending to pat him on the shoulder. Seeing this, Kansi, already exasperated, quickly grabbed the young man's forearm, his helpless tone tinged with embarrassment.

“...Uncle Jason”.

"Ah."

"This shoulder is not something an ordinary person can pat, Uncle Jason."

"Ok?"

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Jason isn't stupid.

Or rather, those who are imprisoned in reformatories are mostly evil people, but rarely fools.

Therefore, when the girl, with a strange expression, tried to dissuade him from patting the young man on the shoulder, Jason finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Kancy, who had free access to the rehabilitation center, was far more knowledgeable about information than the other prisoners. Since she said it couldn't be filmed, it probably really was.

As for why, that's not important.

"Can I take this to mean that you all were forced to take your own actions by the court's outrageous rulings?"

After hearing Jason and Bill's motive for the murder, Phoenix raised an eyebrow, glanced past the two men at the other men present, and said with slight surprise:

"Even killing a judge didn't result in a death sentence, so it seems that Ark treats everyone equally in abolishing the death penalty."

The lieutenant's words were more of a sarcastic remark than a point of discussion.

But some people are just too serious, so in the farthest corner of the gathering, a melancholy-looking young man put down his Sudoku book and listlessly provided Phoenix with a solution:

"It's just some troublemakers fighting amongst themselves. They don't care who lives or dies. The target users of the law banning the death penalty were never us from the beginning."

If the death penalty is abolished, even if the sons and daughters of those in power commit crimes that should be punishable by death, they will at most be sentenced to life imprisonment.

A life sentence for the poor is indeed a life sentence of forced labor in prison until death.

As for life imprisonment for the rich...

Ah. "

As the melancholy man chuckled seemingly indifferently, Phoenix keenly sensed an opportunity within the laughter—not only the outer fringe, but even the civilians of the Ark had long suffered under the Ark's oppressive atmosphere.

Those were tiny sparks that appeared to be extinguished, but in reality, they still retained a high temperature. Just a little bit of fuel poured on them would ignite them immediately.

"I see."

The unexpectedly positive poll results failed to stir Phoenix's calm mind; the various crises he had experienced over the past year had made it difficult for the man to feel surprised or delighted by anything significant.

"Let's go, Kansi."

After saying this, the man nodded to the crowd in a friendly manner, and then turned and left into the underground tunnel of the rehabilitation center under the gaze of Jason, Bill and the others.

Our escape master waved lively to his fellow inmates, then playfully stuck out his tongue before jogging after the lieutenant's retreating figure.

……

……

"Do you know her?"

"I don't understand."

“Is he reliable?”

"Unreliable."

"..."

pat!

The footsteps stopped there.

After two seemingly unconvincing but ultimately unconvincing answers from Cansey, Phoenix silently turned his head and calmly gazed at the girl's face beside him.

"Why...why are you making that face..."

Seeing the lieutenant's expression, Kancy, who had been quite defiant, immediately shifted his gaze, avoiding the man's eyes, and let out a guilty hum.

"I think it's unreliable because Sen is always all smiles when he meets ordinary people, and eleven out of ten of his sentences are lies. As long as you can help her take off the mask on her face, Sen will agree to anything you want."

Whether or not the agreement will be fulfilled after it is taken down is another matter entirely.