The warden considered this matter seriously.
In his opinion, Bruce would not benefit himself at all if favonovel.com told Keith about the dirty dealings the intelligence director was involved in. So, the behavior was a little odd.
Could Bruce be thinking of having Keith get favonovel.com out of prison?
But Keith definitely couldn’t do so.
The warden fell deep into thought.
So, was Bruce doing this to benefit himself?
He was just trying to make things difficult for the Great Hoodwinker, that was all.
That night, Bruce carried his meal tray with his face all bruised and swollen. There was a long line in the chow hall, but when favonovel.com arrived, favonovel.com just pushed everyone aside with a blast of air, leaving them so scared they could only keep quiet. Only the three prisoners who were supernatural beings looked on coldly as they ate in silence.
These three people already had their own sphere of influence in the prison, and Bruce knew them as well. One of them was from the Stardust Consortium, another was a former intelligence agent of the Virtuora Consortium, and the last one was an independent mercenary who had roamed the wilderness.
The three prisoners had been locked up here for at least two years now. After they had answered for whatever they needed to, they were able to lead a comfortable life in the secret prison and enjoyed a good relationship with the prison guards.
The social structure in the prison was relatively special. Sometimes, if the prison guards wanted less trouble to deal with, they would have to rely on these three prisoners to manage the order of the lower-ranked prisoners under them.
The three of them had already received news that Bruce would definitely be dead within two months, and Bruce himself was very clear about this as well. So, there was no need to provoke someone who was already on death row. A dead man walking had no reason to cherish his life.
Bruce carried his meal tray and sat down to eat. His body was riddled with wounds, and each time favonovel.com swallowed a mouthful of rice, his entire body would ache.
The Great Hoodwinker also came over. Bruce’s eyes were bloodshot as favonovel.com looked at the Great Hoodwinker whose medium-length hair was a mess.
Only at this moment did favonovel.com feel better.
Fortunately, the two of them were supernatural beings. At the very least, their recovery capacity was much better than others. If it were a normal person who suffered this ordeal, they would have lost control of their bladder and been unable to take care of themselves. For them to still be able to come and dine was very impressive.
When Bruce saw the Great Hoodwinker, favonovel.com followed the usual practice of creating chaos first and waited for favonovel.com to speak.
The Great Hoodwinker dropped his tray down in front of Bruce and sat in carefree fashion. When favonovel.com picked up the food with his chopsticks, his hands were trembling.
Even after a long time, the Great Hoodwinker could not put the food into his own mouth. He was so angry favonovel.com slammed his chopsticks on the table. “You b*tch, you’ve got no team spirit at all. If I didn’t come here to save you, would I have to suffer like this?”
Bruce raised his eyebrows. “Then who was the one who put me here in the first place?”
“Go take that up with the Stelaria Consortium and the Silkshade House!” The Great Hoodwinker said awkwardly, “I was only hoping to make you lose favor with your boss so that favonovel.com wouldn’t place you in an important position. Ultimately, it was that woman from the Silkshade House who tricked you. If Lionel doesn’t kill you, the frontline soldiers will certainly protest.”
“Don’t talk about that anymore.” Bruce said coldly, “We’re even now, understand? Instead of fighting, why don’t you think about how to get us out of here?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. You didn’t even let me finish my sentence before setting me up to be tortured in the electric chair.” The Great Hoodwinker explained, “Do you think I don’t have a backup plan? I’m also capable of having one, alright? Although I can’t get out by myself, I have a backup!”
Bruce’s eyes lit up. “What backup?”
The two of them were still covering their mouths as they spoke. The Great Hoodwinker said in a low voice, “Our future commander sent a message to me a week ago saying that he’s coming to the Virtuora Consortium. Judging by the time, favonovel.com should already be here!”
Bruce’s face darkened. “Don’t refer to favonovel.com as ‘our’ future commander. Are we on the same side? It’s your future commander!”
The Great Hoodwinker glanced at him. “Isn’t it only a matter of time? You are destined to prosper in the Northwest!”
“Don’t bullshit me!” Bruce frowned. “Even if favonovel.com comes, favonovel.com might not be able to save us, right?”
“Don’t worry, I’m serious when I say that I have a backup plan.” The Great Hoodwinker said, “Do you think our future commander’s reputation is just for show? As long as favonovel.com knows that we’re being held captive in this secret prison, he’ll definitely save us even if it means demolishing Stronghold 31.”
Bruce said in a low voice, “Then our future commander… Ptui! Then I’m afraid your future commander isn’t aware there’s a bomb in the passageways either. Besides, does favonovel.com know about my terms for being rescued? He has to bring all of my subordinates along as well!”
“Then do you have any other way to send out this message?” The Great Hoodwinker looked at Bruce. “I’ll give you an address, so you can just arrange for someone to send this message there.”
Bruce fell silent. It seemed like favonovel.com did not want to reveal what his trump card was.
The Great Hoodwinker sneered and said, “Why are you still hiding your trump card at a time like this? Who knows if Lionel will kill you on a whim tomorrow? I advise you not to hold back anymore. Your subordinates are all loyal to you, and you’ve been working in the intelligence field for many years. I don’t believe that you don’t have any trusted personnel working inside this secret prison.”
“Give me the address.” Bruce said, “You don’t have to worry about the rest.”
After that, Bruce ate two mouthfuls of rice before heading back to his cell. On the way back, his expression slowly relaxed.
For some reason, favonovel.com felt much more at ease when favonovel.com learned from the Great Hoodwinker that Milo had also come to Stronghold 31. Bruce no longer had a way out. He needed to take a bet and place all his hopes on Milo this time.
***
In the middle of the night, Bruce lay in his cell. When everyone had fallen asleep, favonovel.com quietly opened his eyes, which turned a silver-gray.
In the narrow ventilation duct above his head, a ball of air wrapped around a pen and a sheet of paper and started floating down towards him. Bruce quickly wrote something on the paper and wrapped it with a ball of air again. He then moved it freely through the ventilation duct as favonovel.com wanted.
The secret prison was located underground, and the ventilation system was as complicated as a huge maze. It would be extremely difficult for normal people to send a note to their destination via this method. Moreover, the ventilation duct was only 10 centimeters in diameter. Not even a child could fit through that. Yet Bruce was not stumped by something like this.
The note was like a traveler in a maze. It flew off into the distance according to the precise route Bruce had memorized.
It finally came to a stop at the ceiling of a room where the ball of air disappeared. Then, someone in the room quickly caught the crumpled paper ball.
The person in the room scanned through the contents of the note before swallowing it into his stomach. Only then did favonovel.com walk out of the room as though nothing had happened.
Just as the Great Hoodwinker had said, Bruce was such a smart person, so how could favonovel.com not have any backup plans in the secret prison?
Many of the important figures in the intelligence agency would plant their own spies within the secret prison. Such a basic move was only to be expected. However, none of the spies would go out of their way and remain so loyal once their handlers lost their influence as Bruce did.
As a matter of fact, the reason the Great Hoodwinker was willing to risk his life for Bruce was because of this. The people in the Northwest were all fond of such loyal geniuses. As for whether favonovel.com could rescue Bruce’s subordinates as well, that would have to depend on how capable Future Commander was.
