Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 128 The situation is very good

   There was still nothing to gain from the day's release. After the time reached eleven o'clock, Verak went to change the dressing routinely, and Keating was escorted back to Cell 208 immediately.

   When Verak arrived at the infirmary, he found Lecter sitting inside. He didn't seem to be doing anything wrong, so he must have made a special trip to see him.

   "Good afternoon." Lecter greeted Veraker with a smile.

  Villac took off his shirt with ease, rolled up his pants and lay on the hospital bed, waiting for the doctor to change his dressing: "What are you doing here?"

   "Of course I came to see you." Lecter said.

   "What do you want me to do? Didn't I already tell you yesterday? I need time, and we agreed for three months." Veraker didn't know what tricks Lecter was going to play today.

   "Let's not discuss the matter of three months for now." Lecter looked a little tired, his tone and expression were not as arrogant as before, "Have you made any progress today?"

"No." Verak thought for a while, then he had an idea, and looked very troubled, "Mr. Keating wanted to communicate with other prisoners, and also wanted to play cards with them to relax. But the prison guards on duty in the square did not allow us to touch any People, they claim that they will kill anyone who dares to touch us on the spot, and now Mr Keating is a little unhappy."

  Lecter sighed: "So...you hope I can relax the guards' attention on you?"

  Verak's heart tightened, worried that he would be too obvious.

   "Okay, I'll inform them later and allow you to have sufficient freedom in the square in the future." Lecter agreed without waiting for Verak to say anything.

   "You agree?" Verak turned his head and looked at Lecter in astonishment.

  He never thought that Lecter could speak so well.

  According to his speculation with Keating yesterday, Lecter might know their real purpose. Then he agreed so easily, and there are different purposes in the two cases.

  First, Lecter believes that Veraker really wants to find out the whereabouts of the gold and gain freedom, so his purpose of agreeing so readily is very simple, that is to let Veraker find out as soon as possible.

  The second type, Lecter did not believe what Veraker said, and had already seen through their disguise, knowing that they were planning to escape from prison, but knowing this, he still provided them with all kinds of help.

   Having dealt with Lecter for so long, Veraker knew that he was not a simple-minded person, so the first situation was unlikely to happen to him.

  Then, the truth is very likely to be the second, that is, Lecter knew what they were doing from the beginning to the end.

  Verak and the others are still being relaxed, which means that everything is not beyond Lecter's control, and even in his opinion, it is still far away.

   "Should I disagree?" Lecter tilted his head and asked, "I have already reached a cooperation with you, but I still hinder you everywhere. What am I trying to do?"

   "It's just that you became very talkative today." Verak straightened his head, and the doctor began to change his dressing, "It gave me an unreal feeling."

   "Heh." Lecter chuckled, sitting on the bed next to Veraker and staring at him, "Actually, I'm here, and I still have something extra to talk to you about."

  Verak glanced at Lecter: "What's the matter?"

"I'll give you eight days, and I don't require you to find out the whereabouts of the gold, but there must be some substantial progress." Lecter said the main purpose of the trip, "After it's done, apart from getting out of prison, I can accommodate any request you have."

   "Why is it so urgent? It was only agreed for three months yesterday." Verak was puzzled.

Lecter said: "You don't need to understand the specific things, you just need to be clear. Now the time has been shortened and the requirements have been lowered. If it is done, I will reserve three months for you, and I can satisfy your needs." Any request. If you can’t do it, you will be transferred, and you will live in a different cell from Keating, and you will no longer have the right to be released.”

   "Eight days is too tight." Verac didn't know why Lecter suddenly changed his mind again, and he wanted to buy more time.

"No, no, no." Lecter shook his head and waved his hands, shaking his whole body, looking extremely impatient, "I only give you eight days, before noon on the twelfth, there must be substantial progress. "

"I can not guarantee."

   "That's something you should consider. What I need to be responsible for is rewarding you if you succeed, and returning you to the original point if you fail." Lecter said.

The bandage was torn off, and the new medicine applied to the wound was refreshing and stinging. Veraker was about to get used to the pain. He looked at Lecter who had been clenched for eight days without any room for negotiation: "I understand you, the government has How much I want to know the whereabouts of gold as soon as possible, the current position of gold is also a bit dangerous, but this matter cannot be rushed, if you set a final time limit for me, it may only be counterproductive."

"Enough, Chris." Lecter stood up, "I know you are the leader of the rebellion, you are very smart, and you are very good at dealing with people. But here is different from Laizein, your tricks are useless. "

   "You still don't understand what I mean—"

"Do you understand, the deadline I set for you is eight days later." Lecter interrupted Veraker with a high voice, "Instead of having a meaningless argument with me, you might as well use the time and think about how you can Get the golden thread out of Keating's mouth."

  Verak was silent for a few seconds, frowned and said, "Your statement today is completely different from yesterday. Who can be sure if you will change your mind tomorrow?"

   "No, even if you can, what can you do?" Lecter said.

"Then I can only do as you said, and can you help me in all aspects?" Lecter was surprisingly firm today, and Veraker felt that it was impossible to persuade him, so he simply agreed and fought for more by the way. many opportunities.

   "Of course, in this matter, I will do my best to help you."

  After the doctor prescribed the medicine, Verak sat up so that the doctor could wrap the bandage: "Then it's settled. If there is any situation, I will contact you as soon as possible."

   "Okay." Lecter nodded with satisfaction, "You have never let me down before, and I hope you won't let me down this time either."

  Verak shrugged: "Do your best."

   "Then take your medicine and don't bother you." Lecter was extraordinarily polite, and specifically told the doctor to take good care of Verak before getting up and leaving.

   "Chris." When he walked to the door of the infirmary, Lecter stood still without looking back, "I don't care if you are real or fake, within eight days, you only have one last chance."

   After finishing speaking, Lecter left quickly.

  Verak stared at the door of the infirmary and meditated.

  Lecter's words have clearly revealed that he has doubts about Veraker. What Verac did, regardless of the final truth, was a good thing for Lecter.

  Verak really found out the whereabouts of the gold, and the credit will be accumulated on Lecter.

  Verak wants to escape from prison, just so that Lecter can justifiably tease and torture them.

  Because the results are all good, there is no need for Lecter to think.

  After the medicine was ready, Verak returned to Cell 208, and told Keating what happened just now before lunch was served.

   "No matter how strange he is, I don't think he will change his rhetoric every day." Keating analyzed Lecter's purpose for doing so, "Something must have happened."

"What do you think will happen?" Verak also considered this point, "I think at least it wasn't caused by us, since we talked with him yesterday, we haven't done anything that can irritate him. Moreover, he agreed to my request very happily today, and promised to do his best to help in the next week, which doesn't seem like we provoked or offended him."

   "What you said makes sense." Keating nodded, quite approving, "Then it can only be within them."

  Verak thought: "Inside... Could it be that the government suddenly became anxious about gold?"

"If the government puts pressure on you, it won't be Lecter who came to talk to you. As we all know, although he is the second in command in the prison, he hardly interferes with prison administration." Keating thought thoughtfully, "It should be the prison. The matter over there with Chief Adel."

   "The warden Adel urged Lecter to ask about the whereabouts of the gold as soon as possible?" Verac followed Keating's analysis and concluded, "Why is this something wrong? Adel should personally ask about the gold matter?"

   Keating remained silent for a long time: "...Lecter and you emphasized that the time limit is a week, that is, there must be progress at noon on the twelfth, right?"

"Yes."

"Why eight days? Not a week or ten days? Setting an eight-day time limit seems very deliberate and intentional." Keating and Verak looked at each other, "There will be a ship at noon on the twelfth of every month. The transport ship came to deliver supplies and a new batch of prisoners, and this is usually the only opportunity for Daymans Prison to communicate with the outside world every month. It is too coincidental that Lecter set the time here."

"It should have something to do with this." Verak also felt strange, and racked his brains to think, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he grabbed Keating's arm, "Could it be that Lecter is going to be transferred?! "

When Keating heard Veraker's bold idea, he didn't rush to express his opinion. Instead, he carried out inference verification according to this possibility, and said after a while: "It's possible. Lecter's father is the Minister of Justice, and his future should be smooth." Smoothly. Any father, if he has the ability, would not just watch his child degenerate, so it is very likely that he will pick a time to transfer him back."

"That's right." Veraker felt more and more that his guess was correct. "He has been here for half a year, and it is indeed the time when he will be transferred away at any time. His father probably didn't expect to bring him here. Instead, they sent their children to heaven."

"So according to this logic, his actions are not difficult to understand." Keating connected the clues together, "His father wanted to pick him up when the No. 12 transport ship was delivering supplies, so he In any case, something has to be done before the transport ship comes, only in this way can he hope to convince his father to let him stay."

   "This is my guess." Verac said.

  Keating patted Verac on the shoulder approvingly: "This idea is very good. It is no surprise that he changed his mind within a day because of this."

"If this is the case, it also means that we are in control of Lecter's fate." Verak came to the most critical conclusion, which determines whether they can take advantage of this huge benefit, "On this point, you Any ideas?"

   "Do you think it's better for Lecter to stay here or leave?" Keating also paid attention to Veraker's thoughts.

After careful consideration, Veraker said: "Although this is a complete lunatic, there is absolutely no benefit in dealing with him for a long time, but he should be the only variable in the heavily guarded Damans Prison, and we need this variable in order to escape. "

"I think so too. If he leaves, Adel, who is determined to do things, will overwhelm the sky, and he will not leave us a chance, a little room for maneuver." Before Lecter came to take office, Keating was already under the leadership of Adel. He has lived under the full supervision of Del for a year and a half. He is very clear about the difference between Lecter and Lecter. Regulatory relaxation."

   "Then let's keep him." Verak said.

   After saying this, he himself felt a little funny. Constrained by others for so long, finally one day he can also control Lecter's life path, although at the same time they are mainly thinking about their own future.

   "He told you that he would do his best to help you in these eight days, and after the completion, he would satisfy any of your requirements as a reward, right?" Keating smiled.

"Yes, teacher." Verak couldn't help smiling, "that is, within these eight days, as long as it is in the name of trying to trick you, and it is logically reasonable, he will support anything. can make additional demands.”

   Keating sat on the bed and closed his eyes in thought: "I will tell you the whereabouts of some gold in eight days, which should be enough for him to fight to stay."

   "Well, I believe you will be very thoughtful about this." Verak was not too worried about the golden clue.

   Keating should be able to give an intelligence that is reasonable and will not affect the threat to the safety of gold. Helping Lecter is also helping them through the crisis.

   "It's time for us to think about what kind of convenience we can strive for when the situation is so good." Keating skipped over the matter of gold and returned the topic to the most urgent arrangement at present.

"The most important thing is to make sense logically. Even if he has already guessed that we are planning to escape from prison, he can't let him have a full grasp of our movements." Verak's thinking became more and more active, "We can even take this opportunity to confuse the public. , make more fake moves to paralyze his judgment."

  (end of this chapter)