He lowered his voice, and the extremely cautious suggestion and invitation sounded in the iron box, and then disappeared quickly.
With the same situation, similar experiences, and almost the same desire to "become stronger", the two boys seemed to have no reason not to collaborate.
"Are you stupid? Or do you think I'm a fool?"
Richer social experiences have made mixed-race children have no extravagant expectations for the so-called "humanity" and "goodwill", and Roland unthinkingly satirizes and proposes unrealistic utopias.[
Complete security arrangements, thoughtful imprisonment and restraint measures, the absolute gap in number and physical strength between children and adult guards - the guy who ignores the above-mentioned insurmountable restrictions and proposes "escape together" is not out of his mind.
Just have ulterior motives.
The mixed-race boy tried to escape from prison three times. The closest he came to success was only 5 meters away from the door to freedom. With his jumping power, he could reach the distance with another leap. It was only that small distance away from the prison that he could escape from.
But I can no longer move forward one millimeter.
An arm that was about the same age as him stretched out from the cage fence where he was standing, and grabbed his ankle as he prepared for the final jump.
The brief delay dashed the tiny hopes, and the closest escape to success was shattered by an action of a human child who was both a [prisoner] and a [commodity] out of unwillingness or to seize hope.
Every child in the cage longs to escape, but if the person who escapes from this [warehouse] is not him, and the figure of freedom gradually disappears from his eyes, hope will turn into the worst kind of loss. He will be held back, framed, etc.
Actions immediately follow as jealousy explodes.
In a desperate situation with no hope in sight, this kind of thing is absolutely normal.
He has a sense of justice, compassion and kindness, but Roland's proposal was only laughed at in the small iron box.
"I'm serious, no matter what. If two people cooperate with each other and act together, they can disperse the security more and the possibility of escape will be greater."
"you……"
The little surprise came from the bottom of his heart, but he was not angry or discouraged when he was treated like a fool, and continued to prove himself with reasonable proposals. The mixed-race man readjusted his inner evaluation of Roland.
【This guy is not simple.】
"The chances will indeed increase, but that's just more beneficial to me, right? No matter if you run or jump, you can't be as fast as me. It won't take long for you to be caught. This kind of thing is not good for you.
Any proposals of benefit ok?”
He is 2 years older than Roland, and has seen all kinds of tricks of fraudsters and gangsters. The mixed-race boy understands the truth that "free things are the most dangerous", and his triangular pointed ears that have always been half drooped stand up. He is not too subtle in his vigilance and
The threat came out of the boy's mouth, which calmed his surprise.
"If you let me be the bait..."
Everyone can lie. People who have been deceived once will not only be more wary, but also have a dark psychological component of compensating for their own loss and anger by deceiving others.
"Then do you have a better choice? Didn't all the previous jailbreaks that relied on you alone fail?"
The obvious fact put him in the dilemma of not being able to speak again, but Roland's mood became even worse.
Using clear facts as a shield and negotiable logic as a sword, finding out the tiny loopholes in the opponent's words and striking them hard - these are not things that the stupid Roland, who has always lost to Chloe in terms of eloquence in the past, can do.
.
Imitating the language skills that someone within my cognitive scope who is good at [persuading others] might use under such conditions, what I was running through my mind was sometimes eloquent, sometimes concise and horrifying sneers, and more often, how to do it.
I can’t forget the humiliating look after being punched by that guy and being severely scolded until I could only yell and resist.[
It was really embarrassing to be lectured like that. But having to imitate Li Lin's high-pressure attitude to convince others was even more humiliating than that.
"[Hey]! Stop talking nonsense! I could still find a way to break the lock of the small cage before and get out, but now this iron box can only be opened from the outside, so you don't have any chance!"
The fact that his whole body was carefully tied up and he could only squirm like a taro worm was already very inappropriate for a child. It was even more exaggerated and terrifying for two boys to be squeezed side by side in an iron box and unable to move. Such treatment
Even adults are not confident that they can survive. No matter how courageous the person is, they will gradually become mentally disturbed in the extremely poor lighting and immobile iron box. If these two children had not experienced hellish and tragic events,
I'm afraid it has already collapsed and gone crazy.
There is no possibility of a successful jailbreak, and their power is not enough to change their tragic fate of being sold as commodities and playthings.
"My name is Roland! Roland D'Arc! Not [Hello]!"
"Huh? Why is it a girly name? No matter what it is, your brain must be flooded, and I am helpless. What can you do, a fool like you who was defrauded of everything he owned and sold here?
?It’s really…”
"It's just a temporary restraint. You didn't give up on escaping."
"...!!"
"If you have to escape, you must survive to be able to do something."
"What the hell..."
"Me too."
I don’t want to die, I don’t want to be sold, I have to live no matter what, and live with dignity.
Until you surpass that guy - you must not die.
The agitated mood increased the speed and pitch of his speech. The small voice filtered by iron disrupted Vince's vulgar snoring, and the warehouse immediately returned to the midnight sound. When the prison head turned over, he took the key in his waist, and there was a creepy crisp sound.
After the sound, Vince smacked his lips a few times, and his noisy and muffled snoring increased from low to high again.
"Your name is Roland...right."
The boy with beastly features moved his lips, taking off his protective look of contempt and arrogance. The sound of thirst, so weak that the air could hardly vibrate, was not missed by Roland.
"Aren't you worried that I'll sell you?"
"……Worry."
It is impossible not to worry, and it is impossible not to be vigilant and aware of this.
There is no hiding or evading, and you can express your answer frankly.
When betting on what may be a lifetime stake, you must be surrounded by trustworthy companions who can safely trust you, otherwise even the last bit of expectation and hope will disappear with crazy betting.
"But it's useless to worry. No matter what you said or what you promised, you will always worry about being betrayed by others, right?"[
Even if you have only been betrayed once and experienced heart-piercing pain, you will no longer trust others easily and learn to use suspicious eyes to guess what people close to you say, do, and what kind of plans are behind them.