Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 68 Prison Warden

11:40 a.m., Aido Prison.

This is one of the largest prisons in Japan, housing nearly 500 inmates and more than 70 prison managers.

According to the cause of the case, sentence, age, and physical condition of the prisoners, they are held in separate areas, with an average of nine people living in one room.Prisoners have one and a half hours of correctional time and two hours of free activity time every day.

——The above is limited to ordinary prisoners.

Prisoners with special status do not need to perform labor services and will be sent to single cells with better treatment.

At this time, in a single cell, Congressman Kawajiri, who was sentenced to five years in prison for taking bribes, wiped his hands and came out of the bathroom.

Except for the bathroom, the cell itself is about ten square meters. There is no bed. The floor is covered with tatami mats. A set of folded bedding is placed against the wall. It is kept clean.

There is a round table for eating on the tatami, with cushions next to it, and there is a TV in the room.Shelves were installed on the wall, and the window that could only accommodate a small child's escape was open, bringing in the breeze from outside.

In the eyes of ordinary people who are not very picky, this room can be used as a bedroom.

——But for Representative Kawajiri, who only experienced hardships as a teenager and whose quality of life has soared after getting married, every day is unbearable.

He sat down on the cushion, picked up the remote and turned on the TV.Seeing the beautiful host on the screen, he couldn't help but swallow, and his mind jumped out of the window again.

I don't know what's going on outside.

A few weeks ago, he found a relatively reliable prison guard to secretly pass on the news to the outside world. Later, the police actually sent someone to see him once. He didn't know whether they were sincere and didn't dare to reveal too much.

Moreover, he had to be wary of people from the organization.

When it comes to this, Representative Kawajiri feels regretful.

He came from a poor family, and he was able to turn over after marrying into his wife.However, his father-in-law died early, before he had time to completely pave the way for him, making his road to advancement difficult.

At that time, a mysterious organization and a man who called himself "Goldwasser" came to him and said that they could mutually benefit from him.

——They help him eliminate certain political opponents, or provide some private information that can be used to blackmail political opponents, and he wants to give them the green light after taking office.

At that time, Representative Kawajiri was worried about the fighting within the party. Hearing this temptation, he agreed almost without hesitation.

After that, he flourished in the political arena, and many people who opposed him either died in accidents or were exposed to scandals. He reached a high position that was unimaginable before, and was even expected to participate in the next election.

Everything is so beautiful.Until a year ago, one of his enemies suddenly reported him for taking bribes.

Congressman Kawajiri asked the organization immediately. He had helped them a lot over the years, both covertly and overtly, and they quickly found out that the account books were forged.

However, the evidence was found, but Goldwasser said that he had completely lost public support and asked him to give up the appeal and go to jail for the time being, waiting to use the false accounting as a leverage in the next election.

——"Appropriate forbearance can lead to greater victory, and inappropriate anger will only make you lose everything before the game starts."

Congressman Kawajiri only met Goldwasser once 15 years ago. This is what he told him at that time, and they communicated on the phone afterwards.

At that time, the mixed-race man was less than 30 years old. He was very young, but he was full of the aura of a superior. The cold and gloomy look in his eyes made Congressman Kawajiri dare not say a word "no" to him.

At the beginning, Congressman Kawajiri came in honestly. Goldwasser had given him many opinions in the past ten years, and they were never wrong. This time, he chose to believe him.

But the sudden illness changed his mind.

Congressman Kawajiri has encountered assassinations in the past few years. With the help of the organization, those guys disappeared before they got close to him. It was that serious illness that really made him realize the threat of death.

He wants to go out.

He doesn't want to stay in a crude prison with poor medical care. He wants to return to the outside world, which is freer, more comfortable, and has better medical conditions.But he knew very well that the organization would not tolerate betrayers. Even in this prison, there were members of the organization secretly monitoring his every move.

"Click."

The cell door was suddenly pushed open, and Councilor Kawajiri, who was immersed in thought, was frightened and looked up at the other party.

It was an unfamiliar face. His face looked gray, with some incompletely trimmed stubble on his chin, and obvious dark circles under his eyes.

Representative Kawajiri met his eyes.He discovered that this strange prison guard had a pair of brown-red eyes.

"Special Prisoner No. 444, it's lunch time."

His tone was cold, and he looked at him like he was looking at an insufferable piece of garbage.

The prisoners in the special cells will not go to the restaurant to eat together. Their three meals will be delivered by the prison guards themselves. Some of the rude guys will come in without saying hello like now.

"……let it go."

Representative Kawajiri did not stand up, but raised his chin and motioned to the table.

The prison guard walked in. He didn't seem to understand Japanese etiquette, so he stepped onto the tatami with his shoes on.

Representative Kawajiri was about to scold him when he saw this scene, but the prison guard had already bent over and placed a dinner plate on the table.The moment he got close to him, a light word came to him.

"My personal suggestion is to switch to channel 13 now."

Representative Kawajiri's eyes widened for a moment.

The prison guard's expression did not change at all. He stood up straight again as if nothing had happened. Suddenly he turned his head and looked at the shelf by the window, and his eyes fell on one of the medicine bottles.

"What kind of medicine is that?"

The frightened Congressman Kawajiri followed his gaze and replied hesitantly: "That's just a painkiller... I got a serious illness this year. Sometimes my body suddenly hurts and I need to take medicine to fall asleep..."

"Made in Japan?"

"……America's."

Representative Kawajiri doesn’t understand the reason for asking this.

He just finished his painkillers yesterday, and this morning the doctor in the prison gave him a painkiller imported from the United States.It is said that the effect is better, and there is an endless stream of buyers in the United States.

"Is there any problem?" he asked uneasily.

The prison guard looked away and left the cell without answering his question.

Click.The cell door closed again.

……

Outside the cell window.

A small snake, whose color is very similar to the wall, pokes its head out of the window.

It wasn't until he was sure that he hadn't been discovered that he slipped into the cell.

(End of this chapter)