novelhk Chapter 495 What? A group of people came to the prison for a vacation?
Chapter 495 What? A group of people came to the prison for a vacation?
The locust tree leaves had mostly fallen, leaving bare branches reaching towards the sky. A thin layer of brittle fallen leaves covered the ground, swirling in the wind. The four men squatted in the shade, knee to knee, the rough fabric of their prison uniforms chafing their skin, but none of them seemed to care about the discomfort.
The noise from the basketball court drifted over from a dozen meters away. Some people were banging against the backboard while fighting for the ball, and others were arguing heatedly about fouls, but none of this noise bothered them.
"Director Huang's move is quite underhanded. He claimed it was for infiltration training, but we didn't even see a manual after we got in. What's the point of just sitting here watching other people play ball all day?"
Huatabing picked at the pebbles on the ground with his fingers, speaking in a low voice, but his eyes kept glancing at the guard at the entrance of the playground.
The guard, carrying a gun, stood as straight as a telephone pole. When his gaze swept over, he quickly lowered his head and swallowed his words.
Luo Han Guo touched his chin, the cuff of his prison uniform brushing against his skin, leaving a white mark:
"I think he did it on purpose. He locked us up first to test our tempers, and then he'll make demands when we get desperate."
As he spoke, he looked up at Rhino Skin and saw that the other person was staring intently at the basketball court. He then added, "Rhino Skin, you should come up with something. We can't just sit here all day."
Rhino didn't speak immediately, but just stared at the figure jumping on the basketball court, his knuckles unconsciously clenching.
He recalled the smiling face of Director Huang when he said "training is in prison" in the detention cell a few days ago, and his heart felt like it was stuffed with a wet cotton ball.
He was jolted back to reality when a series of heavy footsteps came from behind him, the grating sound of shoes crunching over fallen leaves particularly jarring. His shoulders tensed instantly.
"Something's wrong..." Hanatamochi's voice was even lower than before, his brows furrowed so tightly they could trap a mosquito. He quietly nudged the big fresh ground next to him with his elbow and gave a signal to the side behind him.
Da Shengdi followed his gaze and saw three men dressed in identical gray prison uniforms walking towards them. The tall man in the lead had a shaved head and a hideous scar on his forehead, running from his brow bone down to his jaw. He walked with his shoulders sloping to one side, looking like a wild boar walking sideways.
His two henchmen were no pushovers either. One had a face full of menacing features, and the other was missing two fingers on his left hand; when he clenched his fist, the exposed finger bones were bluish-white.
Rhino Skin took a deep breath and slowly stood up from the ground.
He tried to stand up straight, attempting to appear more fierce, but the prison uniform didn't fit properly; the trousers were too short, and his exposed ankles turned white in the cold wind, adding to his disheveled appearance.
He raised his hand to wipe his face, pulled his sagging cheeks back, and lowered his gaze, trying to project the ruthlessness he used to have in the underworld.
Da Shengdi and the others quickly got up as well, but their movements were somewhat flustered.
When Dashengdi got up, he almost tripped over a pebble on the ground and staggered before regaining his balance.
Luo Han Guo subconsciously touched his pockets, only to realize that they had been emptied when he entered the prison. He could only awkwardly move his hands behind his back and clutch the hem of his prison uniform.
Huatabing imitated the rhinoceros hide, squinting at the newcomer, but his lips trembled uncontrollably, clearly lacking confidence.
"New here?" The tall, scarred man stopped three steps away from them, his voice rough and grating, like sandpaper scraping against wood.
He sized up the four men in rhinoceros hide, his gaze sweeping over the numbers on their backs. Suddenly, he sneered, "Consecutive numbers? What, are you here on a prison vacation as a group?"