#576 - Prison on Fire (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

The next day, inside the warehouse prison.

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Nathan squatted in the corner of the cell with a depressed look as usual. These wizards from the breeding park had been in this closed prison for more than half a month.

For such a long time, they had been enduring the dirty environment without being able to wash themselves. Now, wherever they went, they could smell a disgusting, sour stench. It wasn't until one day when they discovered that they seemed to have lost their sense of smell and couldn't detect the stench at all, that they realized people had passively become accustomed to this environment.

Besides that, the monotonous food of boiled potatoes day after day also drove everyone to the brink of collapse. Even when they received their only apple each week, many people shed tears mixed with emotion and grievance.

Only at that moment did they truly feel the preciousness of freedom.

Apart from the despairing environment, the entire prison had maintained a relatively peaceful atmosphere, but of course, only relatively.

After staying here for a long time, the wizards and Muggles gradually noticed the characteristics of the guards. As long as they didn't make any inflammatory remarks, or make loud noises, fight, or argue, these Silver Spear guards who were always hidden wouldn't excessively restrict people's speech.

Because of this, after many days of communication, everyone in the various prison cells became basically familiar with each other, and at the same time, they understood the whole story of what had happened to them.

Their past experiences were very similar. They were basically ordinary wizards making a living in various wizard gathering areas, with no background and varying levels of spellcasting ability.

The common point was that everyone was quite familiar with those folk groups in the gathering area, and later they were bewitched by these people to join the breeding park and become an employee.

However, those who had excellent grades in Magical Creature Protection would become veterinarians in the park after training, while the rest were mostly assigned to the maintenance team.

At the same time, they also learned that although they belonged to different parks, the internal configuration, layout, and even personnel salaries were very consistent.

This also confirmed one point for them, that all the parks belonged to the Silver Spear Club, which meant that the various folk groups that introduced them had unclear connections with the club.

And this led everyone to have many associations. You should know that in Germany, many folk groups are at odds with each other.

But what was the result? They all had the same superior, which was the Silver Spear!

Among these wizards, there were also some smart people, and they quickly associated it with the division events that had occurred in the German wizarding world in the past ten years. And their current findings all pointed to the same result.

That is, the entire division of Germany was caused by the Silver Spear controlling those folk groups!

And the most hateful thing was that the patrol team members, who were also collaborators of the club, admitted this without any concealment. Many of them even ridiculed them for being stupid and being so easily led by the nose, becoming the Silver Spear's accomplices in secret.

Perhaps in the hearts of these collaborators, they were never on the same side as these commoner wizards from the beginning. Maybe when the time came, they would be released by the Silver Spears and become 'noble' collaborators again!

Because of this, the conflict between most of the commoner wizards and the patrol team wizards in the prison became increasingly intense, and several conflicts even broke out in these short ten days.

Of course, similar verbal altercations or fights would soon be stopped by the Silver Spears, and after each side received fifty lashes, they would be thrown back into their original prison cells.

But even after encountering such a situation, those patrol team wizards would still regard themselves as members of the club and make things difficult for the other commoner wizards everywhere.

Although most wizards didn't care about this, and even broke out in conflict again, there were still many cowardly commoner wizards who chose to submit. Perhaps in their eyes, they had no hope or future, and it would be better to rely on those collaborators, so that their situation would be better in the future.

But Nathan couldn't accept this result. It was also the experience of these many days that made him more determined to escape.

At the same time, after many days of effort, his and Bob's progress was very considerable. Now they could cast the Disillusionment Charm through wandless magic, and the progress of Transfiguration was also very fast. Escaping from the current prison cell could basically be said to be a sure thing for them.

But the problem now facing them was how to approach the fireplace without alarming the Silver Spears. These Silver Spears basically remained invisible except when distributing food, which always brought them a kind of invisible pressure.

Nathan silently raised his head from the corner, then casually glanced around, and finally fixed his gaze on Bob.

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And Bob also felt his gaze at this time, and after looking at Nathan, he shook his head with a frown.

Still can't make up his mind? Nathan sighed secretly. He had been trying such probing for many days, but he and Bob still couldn't determine the opportunity to escape. After all, such an opportunity might only come once. Once they failed, what awaited them was probably death.

And at this moment, those invisible Silver Spears suddenly revealed themselves. Nathan was not surprised by this. It was time to distribute food again.

However, this time most people in the prison stood up, as if expecting something.

At this time, Nathan also reacted. Today seemed to be the day for the weekly distribution of fruit. No wonder everyone was so excited.

Since when did an apple affect everyone's heartstrings? Looking at the absurd scene in front of him, Nathan couldn't help but shake his head mockingly.

Sure enough, today's meal, in addition to those disgusting boiled potatoes, also had a small basin with exactly ten apples. This kind of yellow-red, extremely poor-looking, and even not washed clean, inferior fruit was simply more fascinating than Galleons in everyone's eyes at this time.

A group of prisoners watched as the Silver Spears sent the wooden basin containing the fruit into the prison cell, and everyone rushed up to it, as if it would disappear if they were late.

Nathan swallowed as he looked at the apples. He hadn't tasted anything other than potatoes for a long time, but at this time he still knew to be orderly. Anyway, the Silver Spears distributed it very evenly, so there was no need to rush to grab it.

And Nathan suddenly saw Jimmy, who rushed up first, coming to him with two apples with a smile on his face, "Captain, I grabbed your share too. I guarantee they are the two biggest in the basin. Here, this bigger one is for you."

"Thank you, but everyone has a share, there's really no need to do this." Nathan said with a wry smile as he took the fruit Jimmy handed over. Jimmy was still like before, both reckless and very loyal.

"Although everyone has a share, the size is still different. You also know that in this damn place, let alone meat, it's rare to taste anything other than potatoes. I guarantee I'll swallow even the core of this apple." After Jimmy cursed and complained, he took a big bite of the apple in his hand, without even wiping off the dirt on it, and then showed an intoxicated expression.

Looking at Jimmy's optimistic appearance, Nathan also smiled self-deprecatingly. What exactly was in this kid's head? How could he entertain himself wherever he went?

And just as Nathan was about to taste this hard-won delicacy, he suddenly heard a sob in his ear. After he and Jimmy looked around, they found an elderly old man sitting on the ground covered in dirt, crying with a bitter face.

Having lived together for so long, Nathan naturally knew this old man. He was a Squib from the eastern park, and was considered a good person in their prison cell, polite to everyone and never causing trouble.

"What's the situation? Why is old Willie suddenly crying?" Nathan approached another wizard next to him and asked strangely.

"What else could it be? Sico just snatched old Willie's apple. You also know old Willie's personality, he doesn't know how to react when someone snatches his things." The wizard next to him shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Nathan understood what was going on. That Sico was a patrol team member who used to be in the same park as him and Jimmy. He had almost had a conflict with Jimmy before, but Nathan stopped him.

And at this time, that Sico was eating the apple in his hand, taking a bite from the left and a bite from the right. When he saw Nathan and Jimmy looking over, he glared at them provocatively.

"That bastard, he only knows how to bully people!" After Jimmy saw the other party's hateful face, he was immediately furious and rolled up his sleeves to go forward.

Seeing this, Nathan naturally stopped Jimmy immediately, "Don't be impulsive! Jimmy, there's no good in starting trouble."

"But you also saw that kid's face. We're all prisoners locked up together, and he still wants to bully his fellow inmates. He's simply inhuman!" Jimmy complained to Nathan with an angry face, while also trying to break free from the other party's obstruction.

"Jimmy!" Nathan didn't dare to let him act recklessly, and quickly hugged Jimmy and dragged him back, "Even if you go up and fight him now, you won't be able to help old Willie, will you? You'll also get punished yourself. Don't mess around, listen to me!"

Jimmy found that he really couldn't break free, and immediately cursed dejectedly, "Then are we just going to watch him act recklessly? It's not a solution to keep going like this!"

"Hey… we're all prisoners locked in cages now. It's good enough to take care of ourselves, don't meddle in other people's business. That guy will be punished sooner or later." Nathan sighed helplessly.

And as if in response to Nathan's words, a Silver Spear suddenly appeared in the aisle of the prison center and shouted loudly, "Everyone listen up!"