translator: loop
Chu Si did not look at Sa’e when he asked this question, but lifted his feet and walked to the nearest cage.
Half a meter from the cage, he frowned and stepped back a step, probably because the rancid smell of the prisoner surged over his head. “Tsk— pardon me for asking, but how long did it take for you to ferment to this flavor?”
The prisoner: “…”
To be sent to the Space Prison, all of them were on the government’s key defense list. In a sense, he could be regarded as a well-known figure in his field. Not to mention scaring children to tears, he could probably scare adults to tears as well by just declaring his name.
Even though they were locked in a cage at the moment, and it was funny to describe them as embarrassed, in the eyes of ordinary people, they were still wolves that could fight back at any time. Leaving a wide berth around the cages and stepping far away like the mop was the reaction of an ordinary person.
This was probably the first time the prisoner in the cage had experienced something like Chu Si’s direct provocation, and for a moment was so damaged that he couldn’t answer, staring blankly.
The mop huddled in the corner and couldn’t help but interject: “If I remember correctly, when you pointed that gun at me, you said you would rather starve to death if you couldn’t find meat cleaner than mine… so now you don’t care anymore?”
Chu Si turned his head to look at him: “You seem to be filled with regret?”
Mop: “No! I’m not! You continue, I’ll shut up.”
As he spoke, he made a cross in front of his mouth.
Sa’e looked around. “There’s water and electricity in here, after washing them seven or eight times, we could probably choke them down.”
Prisoner: “…”
He struggled violently, his fist slammed hard on the side of the cage, and opened his mouth to curse. From the rippling veins at the side of his neck, the force he used was not small. But even Chu Si, who was nearby, could not even hear half a word.
The prisoner finished cursing silently, then stared at Chu Si, and opened his mouth to speak.
There was still no sound.
Chu Si loosely clenched his fist against the tip of his nose, to barely block a little of the rancid smell. He looked at the prisoner’s mouth and read his lips. “You say you recognize me?”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Bullshit! I’ll be damned if I don’t recognize you!
Ktf qglrbcfg uglaafv tlr affat jcv wbeatfv rlifcais: P gfmbuclhf sbe, sbe jgf Szfmealnf Yoolmfg Jte, tbk mbwf sbeg biv klcafg wfibc reybgvlcjaf vlvc’a obiibk sbe, ft?
Qtfc atlr abqlm kjr ygbeuta eq, Jte Vl’r wbbv lcrajcais ofii.
Ktf qglrbcfgr lc atf Vqjmf Uglrbc vlvc’a pera rajgf ja wfaji kjiir jii vjs ibcu. Coafg jii, la kjr lc cb bcf’r lcafgfra ab vglnf atfw mgjhs.
They had a set amount of time every day to use some simple equipment, and each cell block had a giant screen that showed some things that the government wanted them to watch in rotation with innocuous entertainment programs.
Commonly known as— brainwashing by giving a slap then gifting a jujube.
The screening and scheduling of these shows was handled by the Publicity Officer at Office 5 of the Security Building. The propaganda officer was Zilder Feng, an old man of mixed race. Although he was a subordinate of Chu Si, he was double Chu Si’s age, and he helped Chu Si twice when he first joined the Security Building, so Chu Si had a slightly higher tolerance for him.
But the little bald old man turned up his nose and often did things that made Chu Si very unhappy—
For example, on the 150th anniversary of the Space Prison, the old man proposed to create a video in commemoration, and to give a warning to all those dangerous variables in the prison. Claiming that “good-looking people aren’t easy to hate,” he slipped a clip of Chu Si’s speech at a security conference into the dumb video.
The unlucky clip was a full hour long, taking up four-fifths of the entire video, leaving one-fifth for the opening and closing credits.
The old man let the video rotate on the Space Prison’s broadcast screen for a whole day without saying a word, but the content of Chu Si’s speech was about “improving the encryption system of prisoner controllers”.
This was like advocating reinforcing collars and chains in front of a pack of captured wolves, what the hell was it if not provocative?
The old man even went to Chu Si’s office for praise. After he stepped foot through the door, Sa’e Yang broke into the communication channel of Chu Si’s office, not a step behind.
Chu Si had to thank the old man’s eight generations of ancestors, and booted him out the door.
Although Chu Si was in charge of the Space Prison, the inmates were only familiar with his name and not his face.
But since that video aired, thanks to Zilder—bald— Feng’s blessing, the whole prison had firmly remembered his face, and would probably not forget even in their next lives.
The unreasonable Executive Chu had a principle: It was fine for him to hate the heavens, but if anyone tried to help him with this hatred, he would find them and tidy them up.
After all, he wasn’t a monster.
So the next day, Zilder—bald— Feng received an official letter of assignment, and was forked into the Space Prison to live with the terrorists “happily” for ten days. After everyone remembered his face, he was transferred back in tears.
But in the blink of an eye, something like that was now fifty-two years in the past, and Chu Si didn’t know where the old man who rushed to make trouble was now.
The building where they worked was also within the protective circle of a dragon pillar, but he didn’t know which corner of the stars he had wandered to, how far it was from here, and whether there was any possibility of meeting again…
But Chu Si had no time to think about this kind of uncertainty for the time being. He raised an eyebrow at the prisoner and said: “Thank you for your concern. I haven’t seen that old winter melon subordinate for a long time, but he should be doing well. At least he didn’t get stuffed into a cage.”
Prisoner: “…”
“My dear, if you speak two more words, half the people here will kneel over.” Sa’e casually found a table and leaned on it, two hands resting on its surface. He watched the drama with a relaxed posture. “How could I eat dead fish and dead shrimp?”
It was rare for Chu Si to feel that Sa’e was right, so he condescendingly accepted this sincere suggestion. He sighed and reached into the cage without hesitation.
The prisoner instantly glared and opened his mouth to yell silently: If you come one centimeter closer, I will make you regret walking through this door.
Chu Si tried to hold back, but couldn’t, and calmly said, “If your hands weren’t cuffed to the side of the cage and your knees weren’t cuffed to the bottom, I could barely take that as a threat.”
The prisoner’s high blood pressure was getting the better of him.
Chu Si didn’t do anything to him, just picked away at his long, tangled hair with a disgusted look, revealing the upper part of his neck.
There was a thin metal wire around it, like a delicate, low-key collar.
At the joint of the collar, there was a small piece of metal with a red light flashing quietly on the edge.
This thing was indeed a device equipped in the Space Prison, called the sound-absorbing ring, used to limit the roars of prisoners.
But according to the rules, the sound-absorbing ring was only a transitional device as a last resort to avoid endless yelling and mass agitation. Once the ring was put on, the prisoner should’ve been immediately sent to a special confinement room, and medical and psychological devices should’ve been used to calm him down. Generally speaking, in half an hour, it could’ve been removed.
The situation at hand was clearly out of order.
Chu Si’s thumb touched the metal piece. The red light darkened for three seconds before suddenly turning green. The interface issued a click, automatically unlocked.
The prisoner did not expect Chu Si to unlock the device, and froze for a moment, opening his mouth with a face full of suspicion: “What are you trying to do?”
After yelling for a long time, the prisoner’s voice became hoarse like sandpaper.
Chu Si didn’t withdraw 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 your smell. It’s just convenient to have someone who can explain the facts.”
As he said this, he turned his head and raised his chin at Sa’e, “Come, I’ll interrogate suspect No. 1 first. Tell me how much trouble you made when you escaped from prison.”
Sa’e did not care at all about his tone, and smiled a little. He did not feel the least bit self-conscious about being interrogated, leaning lazily on the edge of the dining table and saying, “Executive, you’ve wronged me. I left low-profile, didn’t even alert the guards, and only took a leap pod with me.”
He liked to squint his eyes slightly when he talked, and as he tapped his fingers on the edge of the table, like he was playing the piano, it was as if he was really recalling the process.
Chu Si wasn’t convinced. “That’s all?”
Sa’e thought for a moment and stopped tapping his fingers. “That’s all.”
Chu Si raised his eyebrows. “Really?”
Sa’e nodded with an innocent expression, “Really.”
Chu Si’s face was expressionless: “…who the hell are you trying to deceive?”
Sa’e suddenly laughed again, raised his hand and made a very small gap between his thumb and index finger, narrowed one eye, and said, “Before I left, on a whim, I engaged in a small— a small prank.”
Chu Si: “What kind of prank?”
“Hacking into the fuel tanks and turning off the master valve and power,” Sa’e replied.
Chu Si: “…” You call that a small fucking prank?!
“Of course, they reacted after I left.” Sa’e spread his hands, “And then after that I’m not sure, but it’s not a big deal, after all, I’ve only been away for a few days.”
Chu Si listened and subconsciously wanted to continue on to interrogate suspect No. 2 in the cage, but he suddenly remembered the information he received, and could not help but ask a question to Sa’e: “What did you say? Only a few days? What do mean you’ve only been away for a few days? Didn’t you break out of prison 27 years ago?”
Ooooops, seems both of them ended up waking up a little later than they thought
Asking the prisoner how long he’s fermented to get his smell us just 😭✋ I love our sassy Chu Si
Everyone in this room except our couple is like air, lol
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍