Horizon Before Sunrise Chapter 9

When Asher asked this question, he did not look at Saer, but walked to the nearest cage.

When he was only half a meter away from the cage, he frowned and stepped back, probably because he was overwhelmed by the pungent smell of the prisoners. "Tsk - excuse me, how long did it take you to ferment to this flavor?"

The prisoner: ...

Anyone who can be sent to the space prison can be put on the government's key defense list. In a sense, they can be considered well-known figures in this field. Not to mention scaring children to tears, it is not a problem to scare adults to tears just by mentioning their names.

Even though they were locked in a cage and looked miserable and even a little funny, in the eyes of ordinary people, they were still wolves that could attack at any time. Walking around the cage like a mop and keeping to the side was the normal reaction of ordinary people.

The prisoner in the cage was probably experiencing the first time that he encountered a provocation from Asher. He was so insulted that he could not respond for a moment and just stood there with his eyes wide open.

Mop huddled in the corner and couldn't help but interrupt: "If I remember correctly, when you pointed the gun at me, you said that if you couldn't find meat cleaner than me, you would rather starve to death... Now you don't care anymore?"

Truth turned to look at him: "You seem very sorry."

Mop: "No! No! You go on, I'll shut up."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a cross in front of his mouth.

Saer looked around and said, "There is water and electricity here. After washing it seven or eight times, it's still edible."

prisoner:"......"

He struggled violently, slammed his fists against the edge of the cage, and cursed. Judging from the bulging veins on the side of his neck, he had put a lot of effort in. But even Asher, who was close at hand, couldn't hear a word.

After the prisoner finished cursing silently, he stared at Asher and said something.

I still used all my strength, but still no sound.

Truss clenched his fist and put it under his nose, barely blocking out the sour smell. He looked at the prisoner's lips and read his words, "You said you knew me?"

Nonsense! If you don't recognize me, then you've seen a ghost!

The prisoner still gritted his teeth and spoke silently: I recognize you, you are the executive officer Chu, why didn’t your old subordinate follow you, huh?

Asher felt upset when talking about this matter.

The prisoners in the space prison don't have to stare at the metal walls all day. After all, driving them crazy is not good for anyone.

They have fixed times every day to use some simple equipment, and each prison area has a huge screen that rotates things that the government wants them to watch, interspersed with irrelevant entertainment programs.

Commonly known as------non-stop brainwashing of giving a slap in the face and a date around the clock.

The selection and arrangement of these programs were handled by the publicity officer of the 5th Office of the Security Building. The publicity officer was named Childe Feng, a mixed-race old man. Although he was Chus's subordinate, the old man was twice older than Chus and had helped Chus twice when he first joined the Security Building, so Chus was slightly more tolerant of him.

As a result, this bald old man often did things that made Chus particularly upset. For example, on the 150th anniversary of the construction of the space prison, the old man proposed to record a video to commemorate it and to sound a warning to the restless elements in the prison. He claimed that "good-looking people are less likely to be hated", and he secretly inserted a clip of Chus's speech at the security meeting into the crappy video.

That unfortunate clip lasted a full hour, occupying four-fifths of the entire video, and the remaining one-fifth was exactly half of the opening and half of the ending.

The old man let the video play on the big screen of the space prison for a whole day without saying a word. However, the content of Chus's speech was about "improving the encryption system of prisoner controllers."

This is like advocating the reinforcement of collars and chains in front of a pack of captured wolves. Isn't this provocative?

Fortunately, the old man went to Asher's office to ask for praise. As soon as he entered the door, Miles was stimulated and broke into the communication channel of Asher's office.

Asher had no choice but to thank the old man and kick him out.

Although Chus was in charge of the space prison, the prisoners were only familiar with his name, and few had ever seen his appearance.

Ever since the day that video was played in rotation, Tozild Bald Von Defu, all the terrorists in the prison have memorized his face clearly, and they will probably never forget it in their next life.

The unreasonable Commander Chus has a principle: he can stir up hatred every day, but if others stir up hatred for him, they will be punished.

After all, Commander Chu is a piece of shit.

So the next day, Childe Bald Von received an official letter of assignment and was sent to the space prison. With his old face, he "happily" lived with the terrorists for ten whole days. His appearance was remembered by everyone, and only then was he transferred back with tears in his eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, all this happened 52 years ago. I wonder how that old man who was eager to cause trouble is doing now.

The security building where they worked was also within the protection circle of a dragon pillar. It was just that no one knew where in the starry sea they had wandered, how far away they were from here, and whether it was possible for them to meet again...

Asher didn't have time to think about this kind of uncertainty. He raised his eyebrows at the prisoner and said, "Thank you for your concern. I haven't seen that old subordinate for a long time, but he should be doing well. At least he is not in a cage."

prisoner:"......"

"My dear, if you say a few more words, half of the people here will die." Sae found a random dining table to lean on, put his hands on the edge, and watched the show in a relaxed manner for a long time, "How can we eat dead fish and shrimp?"

Truss rarely felt that Sae was right, so he condescended to accept this sincere suggestion. He sighed and reached into the cage nonchalantly.

The prisoner's eyes immediately widened and he shouted silently: If you come one centimeter closer, I will make you regret walking through this door.

Asher held back for a moment, but couldn't help it, and said calmly: "If your hands weren't handcuffed to the side of the cage and your knees weren't handcuffed to the bottom of the cage, I might be able to barely take this as a threat."

He was so irritating that the prisoners were suffering from high blood pressure.

Asher didn't do anything to him. He just picked up his tangled hair with a look of disgust, revealing the upper half of his neck.

I saw a thin metal wire on it, like a delicate and low-key collar.

There was just a small piece of metal at the joint of the collar, with a red light quietly flashing at the edge.

This thing is indeed a device equipped in the space prison, called a sound-absorbing circle, which is used to restrain prisoners who suddenly roar wildly.

But according to regulations, the sound-absorbing ring is only a transitional device in a last resort, and it is only put on the prisoner to prevent the endless roaring from causing large-scale agitation. Once the ring is put on, the prisoner should be immediately sent to the special detention room and use medical and psychological counseling equipment to calm him down. Generally speaking, it can be removed in half an hour.

The current situation is obviously against the rules.

Chus touched the metal sheet with his thumb. The red light dimmed for three seconds and suddenly turned green. The interface made a click and unlocked automatically.

The prisoner didn't expect Asher to release him. He was stunned for a moment and asked with a suspicious look on his face: "What do you want to do?"

The prisoner's voice had become as hoarse as sandpaper after yelling for so long.

Asher didn't retract his hand, just leaned on the edge of the cage and said, "Don't worry, I won't eat you until you get rid of the bad smell. I just want to keep someone who can talk so that I can understand the truth."

He turned to Saer and raised his chin. "Come on, interrogate suspect number one first. Tell me how much noise you made when you escaped from prison."

Sae didn't care about his tone at all, and smiled instead. He didn't feel like he was being interrogated, and lazily leaned on the edge of the dining table, saying in a slow voice, "Sir, you wronged me. I left in a very low profile, and didn't even alert the prison guards. I just took a jump capsule with me."

When he spoke, he liked to squint his eyes slightly and tap his fingers on the edge of the table like playing the piano, as if he was really recalling the process.

Truth was unconvinced: "Gone?"

Sae thought for a moment, then stopped tapping. "That's it."

Truth raised an eyebrow, "Really gone?"

Sae nodded innocently: "Really."

Truth had a deadpan expression: "...Are you kidding me?"

Saer suddenly laughed again, raised his hand and made a very small gap between his thumb and index finger, squinted one eye, and said, "Before leaving, I was in a good mood and played a little prank."

Truth: "What prank?"

"Hack into the fuel tank and turn off the main valve and power mechanism for them." Sae replied.

Truth: ... You call this a little fucking prank?!

"Of course, they realized it after I left." Sae spread his hands, "I don't know what happened after that, but it wasn't a big deal. After all, I wasn't gone for a few days."

After hearing this, Asher subconsciously wanted to interrogate the second suspect in the cage, but he suddenly remembered the message he received and couldn't help asking Saer one more question: "No, what did you just say? Not gone for a few days? What do you mean not gone for a few days? Didn't you escape from prison 27 years ago?"