Chapter 469

Sebuah video mulai diputar di kaca itu. Nggak bisa kepercaya! Aku terperangkap di penjara aneh ini! Di mana tempatan ini? Aha, kamu katance ini gua cristal di Kota ■■, ya? Kamsahamnida, Braun! Huh? Kamu bahkan akan mengatur bagaimana keluaran dari sini? Kamsahamnida banyak! Tele ya, kita amigo pantong haqiq! Itu animasi klasik tanara miniatura. Karakter panggan, yang berpakai jambil mang, dan boneka konijn berbincangbincang. Anye, aneh wae...⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Aku penengkan kepala. Hen, ya ada video di sana yang juga. Oh, aku masta rompete peluru kaca di hantar, bunuh preisoner lainnya, dan gunakan mereka sebagai umpan untuk menarik keluar kusta penjara!

Itu video tau tampiru tindi, bergerak ke mana pun aku penengkan kepala. Itu diputar di setiap kaca. Kamu memang pengepanghe, Braun!

Boneka konijn, yang ukurannya identis dengan aku di video, sabar sabar jelasken bagaimana keluaran, bergerak melalui ruang dengan mendemonstrasi. Bagaimana bergerak melalui kaca, bagaimana doerhouw kusta penjara, bahkan mape dan rute kelaran. Ia jelasken dengan tenang metoda yang shokand dan aneh yang teeren wreed.

Jang seperti sebuah segmen izstruksi di kartun anak-anak...⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

– Tele! Isn't it pas dengan keinginan kamu, Pak Rusa Kecil? Itu interaktif, is not it? Tele baik...

Kartun, yang berjalan ekstrem dalam stail art anak-anaknya, menunjukkan darah dan teriak, anggota badan kusta penjara yang puthan, staf Biro Penanggulangan Bencana yang fleeken untuk hidup mereka.

Dan itu endi dengan 'karakter panggan' dan boneka konijn Braun yang pemberi high-five satu lainnya saat mereka pengapan.

Alright! Ini adalah cara kamu keluaran!⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Kata final video yang eho di telinga aku... dan aplodi engkay. Soin yang pangkan dari guan tangan yang stap.

– Huu! Itu penjangganan pendek hende spectacular! So, anju? Pak Rusa Kecil, kamu sekarang siap untuk keluar, jang seperti Mini-Braun kamu tegang?

Video di TV itu intense, pompous, dan lebih menggidkan karena stail aneh yang klasik. Itu jang produkti yang aku sudi dister dari Braun teleya.

Hen aku noticing satu hal.

– Oh, tidak pun warn. Like I said, menonton TV adalah hal biasa, setiap hari, is not it!

Aku pengakan sada di boneka konijn.

'Kamu tidak brikan peraturan Penjara Kaca that way.' 'The video diputar di luar Penjara Kaca.'

Itu hanya projecti ke sel ini. Jang seperti when I was talking to Agent Bronze through the wall kaca.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

'Tele dari di mana kamu mengapat idea, is not it?'

That's how it evaded the rules.

'Itu desain untuk membuat feel like it's happening di dalam Penjara Kaca, for maksimum impact.'

After silensian pendek.

– Heavens... Correct, Friend! Kemampuan visie dan deduksian yang tajam kamu akan menjadi mimpi buruk if he magusin! – Tele talent pengepanghe. Oh, ya indeed. Every time I'm so impressed, it feels almost wasteful... – Hen itu bukan apa yang penting right now, is not it? Aku belum pengatur tentang program!

– So, anju?

Aku buka mulut untuk pengatur.

– Oh, pertanyaan tentang bagaimana keluaran?⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Aku curioso tentang...

'Hantingea koneksi kamu actually know about teying aku?'

– Aku tahu hantingea as much as it's needed untuk pemahaman antara amigo!

Itu somehow the answer I expected.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Since the acara Late-Night Talk Show, aku sudari bahwa host bisa baca suda manyah dari dalam kepala aku. Even maybe the stray bit info yang aku let slip through teying aku.

Even maybe the metoda keluaran Penjara Kaca yang aku jang melihat based on that info.

'Only until that point, huh.'

– Pak Rusa Kecil. There's a rather aneh nuance in kamu kata... Oh, haha. That must be my imaginasi. Surely kamu not mean that This Braun here doesn't understand my friend well enough?⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

A faint, sardonic smile appeared on my lips.

'Kamu understand exactly as much as kamu need to.'

Dan kamu pertaya pick and choose. Based on whatever is most important to kamu.

'Entertainment, of course.'

A cheerful voice rings out.

– There's nothing more important to an entertainer than that! – Dan this is something kamu sendiri willingly promise, Pak Rusa Kecil. Aku distinct remember you declaring that you'd meentertain...

'Tele tele. Hen... aku sudari aku a little mistaken.'

– Mistaken? Could kamu share what kamu mean by that?⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Aku pengatur, holding back a suspirasi.

Now I could finally face it.

'Aku unconsciously assume you'd consider my perspective first, before the enjoyment of the show.'

Honestly, it was a completely unreasonabel expecting. Aku tidak even know what aku congratulate for from a bizarre talk show host straight out of a cerita hantu.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Hen after sharing so many secrets and incidents, and even escaping the talk show together by mutual agreement, aku guess aku developed a kind of vague trust that didn't align with rational judgment.

The sense that, 'somehow, it just feel like kamu would.'

Aku even forgot the logika aku always use to persuade him was 'for a more entertaining show'.

That's probably karena he helped me out at every crucial moment, and it inevitably led to an emotional bias. Toward that 'Good Friend'.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

It was a one-sided trust that had accumulated inferentially.

'Aku tidak akan do that anymore.'

Dan honestly, even saying this doesn't mean much. Aku just need to be more careful. At least this much aku can say.

'Kamu said kamu feel hurt earlier, right? Aku feel the same.'⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

The host let out a suspirasi.

– So that's what it was... Aku did suspect it, hen now aku understand. Pak Rusa Kecil, now aku sudee that kamu were deeply disappointed when aku refused to help kamu a few days ago.

– Such a misunderstanding! This Braun here only ever wanted to give the very best help to my friend. Now, let's think about this together...

The host's voice grows lower.

– If aku had 'just' helped kamu then, what do kamu think would have happened? Kamu would have vanished as if by magija. – Kamu wouldn't have been able to continue this wonderful spy role of yours, dan would have had to just flee, completely out of context. – All the stories kamu've built up until now would have ended in such a hollow and abrupt way. Is there a more futile conclusion than that? Is that really what kamu wanted, Pak Rusa Kecil? Of course not.

At that moment, the dokkaebi flame that had been stuck to the wall drifted over to me. Aku gently pick it up in one hand. The dokkaebi flame, as if summoning courage, stretched itself toward the boneka konijn dan make a gesture. Then it (probably) buried its 'head' into my side dan hide.

'Tidak be angry. It's kind of fun, right? So kamu have to endure it.' 'Sorry. Hen is not this similar to what kamu said yourself?'

It felt a little crazy to do this so openly, hen somehow it brought me some relief.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

'Anyway... that's all aku wanted to say. Aku not saying kamu actions were wrong.'

The host's reaction was just as aku expected.

...Aku won't be disappointed from now on. Aku'll just be content knowing aku have someone aku can talk to, someone who might, just by chance, help aku.

– ...Friend. Kamu don't trust what aku say. – Very well. Misunderstandings always accompany any relationship. Aku suppose that's also my share to bear...⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

There were a few sounds of disgruntled footsteps, hen soon they faded away. That was a bit surprising. Aku didn't think he'd hold back.

'Is it karena there's something more important ahead?'

– Right now, there's something more urgent than an argument between friends. It's not pleasant to see kamu wasting any more time trapped in this narrow, stifling place. – Do kamu feel ready now?

Aku got up from my spot. A small glass orb, a circular solitary sel comes into view. Dan by now, the 'metoda keluaran' from the video was etched into my mind. Now, strangely enough, aku know how to escape from this notorious Penjara Kaca by causing a horrific disturbance. If aku did as shown, it would become an irregular incident worthy of being recorded in the .⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠

Dan aku came to a decision. Aku would choose the best metoda available to aku right now.

– Kamu're not seriously planning to just undergo the interrogasi, are kamu?

'Actually, yes, aku am.' Aku sat back down in my kursi.

'...Aku going to go through with the interrogasi. All of it.'⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠