JOJO hiding in the hunter world
#183 - :brainwashing
Greenlandta Prison was similar to the prisons Jon had seen in spy movies in his previous life, with designated open-air time every week.
It even had priests and ministers of the world's most widespread religions, just like the Green Dolphin Street Prison. Every week, inmates had the opportunity to confess their sins to these ministers.
Moreover, there were deeply moving, tear-jerking speeches or various other kinds of speeches every week, all containing strong emotional inclinations.
Many people cried on the spot.
Just a few days ago, several escapees had fled from this supposedly impregnable prison.
Because this was considered a stain, the Hunter Association and the country imposed a news blockade, so only a small number of people outside actually knew about it.
But it couldn't be hidden inside the prison. Such a big commotion would make anyone who wasn't an idiot realize something had happened. Instead of suppressing it, they might as well announce it directly, since the prisoners here couldn't get out anyway.
Now, the most important thing was to prevent another jailbreak. The Phantom Troupe wouldn't publicize their escape, so all the criminals here knew that nothing would happen as long as they couldn't escape.
"Our Greenlandta Prison is known as an impregnable prison. Since ancient times, no one has ever walked out of the prison alive. Everyone who tried to escape died.
Even if they escaped from the prison, they couldn't withstand the freezing seawater and would freeze to death, or they would be eaten by those fish..."
Hey, hey, according to what you're saying, what about the Phantom Troupe members who escaped before?
The orator seemed completely unaware of this matter and continued his speech. Of course, Jon knew better than to call him out in public.
"Everyone who tries to escape will die. Why not stay in prison and repent properly...
Those who escaped have already died on the way. If we encounter this kind of situation again in the future, we should dissuade them even if it's for their own good..."
This was all nonsense, but he heard a key piece of information: those who escaped were dead.
Jon didn't believe this. They were definitely lying through their teeth. The Phantom Troupe's strength was still very powerful.
It was very possible to kill some members, but to kill them all at once, with no one escaping, was impossible even if Netero personally took action.
Dealing with the entire Phantom Troupe would require at least three Zodiac members specializing in combat to cooperate.
After all, they could still run if they couldn't win, right? Even powerful individuals like Netero and Ging couldn't keep the entire Troupe at once.
He was taking advantage of the fact that the people here had no way to know about the outside world. In fact, even in the outside world, only a few relevant personnel knew about this news to prevent leaks.
These clichés were repeated every week, constantly explaining the difficulty of escaping from prison, in order to deepen everyone's concept that this prison was inescapable.
It was like how Indians in his previous life tied elephants to a pillar from a young age that they couldn't pull. By the time the elephants grew up and could pull the stakes, the elephants themselves wouldn't even think about it.
However, the Phantom Troupe's breakthrough some time ago undoubtedly gave them hope, the thought that they might actually be able to escape from prison.
Therefore, these speeches and broadcasts have been very frequent in the prison recently.
Then there was the radio, with two hours of broadcasting every day, which was the only entertainment for the prisoners in this prison.
The radio, of course, was not a normal broadcast receiving outside signals, but was specially organized by the prison. This was also the main way for people in the prison to understand the outside world.
The constantly operating monitors and those slogans, the persuasive speeches and broadcasts, seemed like a cage surrounding all the prisoners in the prison.
This was a mental cage. They monopolized the prisoners' knowledge, thoughts, and spirit.
Jon felt deeply afraid. During the morning speech, Jon also felt sadness, and his nose was slightly sore. He didn't feel it at the time because so many people around him were crying.
People have a herd mentality. Many people are guided into that wonderful atmosphere, becoming his puppets and hijacking the prisoners' will.
This is also known as brainwashing, repeating their doctrines over and over again through broadcasts and speeches, so that everyone agrees with their doctrines.
In his previous life, those cults, pyramid schemes, and the world-famous ***** all used similar methods of brainwashing. Under normal circumstances, an ordinary person can be brainwashed in just over ten days.
People with strong wills and clear beliefs may be able to last a little longer, but Jon did not belong to this category.
He didn't think he could maintain his thoughts under this intensity of brainwashing.
However, he found that Kutaku and Ambrose, who were in the same cell as him, didn't seem to be brainwashed.
According to Jon's understanding, the bald strong man Ambrose and the white-haired Kutaku had been in this prison for more than a month, especially Kutaku, who had been here for at least a year.
Jon tentatively used some of the latest international situations to test Kutaku. Ambrose was a simpleton who seemed to know nothing and was unwilling to talk to Jon much.
However, Kutaku didn't seem to understand the recent international situation very well, and his knowledge still seemed to be stuck a year or two ago.
They may not have noticed this themselves. It was abnormal that they hadn't been brainwashed for so long.
Of course, it was also possible that they were just putting on a show to deceive Jon.
However, Jon wasn't without a way. He could deepen his beliefs through meditation and Zen practice. But there was an even simpler way, which was to cultivate Nen to strengthen his beliefs.
Nen and the power of belief were closely related. Long-term practice of Nen could stabilize one's beliefs. Belief and Nen were more like complementary existences.
Fortunately, the prisoners in this prison were unable to condense Nen after taking drugs, so Jon's half-baked Zetsu should be enough to deceive Kutaku, who couldn't use Gyo, right?
However, he couldn't be impatient and had to see what kind of trump cards Kutaku had.
"Kujo-san, I suggest you plug your ears and not listen to these broadcasts. They're all deceiving people," said the white-haired Kutaku with a smile as he broke off a small cotton ball from the side of the bed and handed it to Jon.
Jon: ...
ps: Today, when I wrote over a thousand words, I chatted on QQ and returned to the word processing software, and all my drafts were gone. Crap. I have to start writing from scratch.
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