Chapter 46
Brute-forcing my way out is naturally one option to consider.
But I have to take into account the unpredictable factor of supernatural abilities, as well as modern firearms.
Even I don't have a supernatural ability that lets me weave between a hail of bullets.
And finally,
“If I escape secretly, my grade goes up, right? Then it starts at Grade S, goes up from the solo-play reward, and goes up again from the true-ending reward, right? Then in theory, I can get another Grade SSS reward.”
I, Lee Do-hee, cheated once, but I'm going to cheat again.
- Whoa, lololol
- Forget a week—if she gets another SSS here, it'll be chaos.
- I'm scared now.
- How overpowered is she trying to become...
- I'm scared of Lee Do-hee now.
- So you're going to escape secretly?
“Yes, this is worth trying. I already have the decisive information that women aren't killed even if they're caught, so there's no need to hold back.”
The extremely important information I obtained by selling my pussy.
Wouldn't it be a waste not to use it?
“Right now would obviously be difficult, so I'll try once later tonight, around dawn. So I'll take a nap.”
- Ah, sure. Sleep well.
- Get some deep sleep; we'll promote your insanely broken stats for you.
- But Do-hee, you're not planning to get caught on purpose, are you?
- Upvote if you're curious what punishment Lee Do-hee gets lololol
- What punishment do you get if you're caught escaping?
[tilmn donated 50,000 won]
Do-hee, you're not trying to escape just to get punished on purpose, are you?
“What? No way~ I'm not that much of a pervert! I'll turn off the chat and donation alerts and get some sleep. Thanks for all the support, everyone.”
***
Time passed, and evening arrived.
The three people, including the blonde delinquent girl, also recovered and returned to the room.
“Ugh... I can't sleep.”
The reason I woke up.
“Sniff... Sob...”
“Waaaaah... Mommmm!!”
Two crazy women were hugging each other and bawling their eyes out.
The blonde delinquent girl at least seemed to be stewing in anger alone, while these two clung tightly to each other, pouring out tears as if comforting one another.
I was just about to say something because they were so noisy, when—
- Clank!
The iron bars opened, and the blackout curtain was drawn aside.
Through the opening, I saw a guard pushing in a food-serving cart.
“It's dinner. Eat, then put it back here, and I'll come collect it within an hour. Don't cry, eat your food.”
The guard said that indifferently and left.
‘Right, I should at least eat.’
Everyone else sat still, so I alone searched through the serving cart and took out the food.
‘Oh-ho... Pork cutlet!!’
The plastic container, like a delivery-food lunchbox, held a pork cutlet along with rice and side dishes.
Without worrying about what the others thought, I took out the pork cutlet, sat at the table in the center, and started eating.
“Mmph, nom nom...!”
Perhaps it knew how hard I'd worked today, because the portion was quite large. It still wasn't enough for me, but it was better than nothing.
“Mmm...!! It's delicious!!!”
It's even a cheese pork cutlet.
The cheese stretches in long strings, releasing a light, nutty flavor in my mouth.
A crisp, refreshing salad flavor spreads across my tongue.
And hot, chewy white rice, too!
“This is it!!!”
“……”
I could feel every gaze in the room focusing on me.
They looked as if they were thinking, ‘Even after what happened to you, you can still get food down?’
Especially the two women who had been crying until just now looked at me with mild disgust.
“What? You two should take yours out and eat, too.”
When I replied casually,
“What...? You can actually think about eating right now? You don't know why there are only four of us?”
‘Huh? Come to think of it, one person is missing.’
“She's dead... She was strangled to death miserably while being raped!! And now you... can you really eat?”
She vented her feelings at me, nearly in tears.
“That's unfortunate. But what can you do? Those who are alive have to keep living. Aren't you going to eat? Then I'll eat it.”
There were four lunch boxes in total.
No wonder one was missing.
“You crazy psychopath...”
“No, I'm not that bad...”
I ignored their comments and continued devouring my pork cutlet with gusto.
“Nom nom nom~~!”
The blonde delinquent girl glared at me too, but eventually came over and ate.
‘Yeah, this one's the most useful of the bunch after all.’
For them, today would probably remain a scar they could never erase for the rest of their lives.
But in the end, they had to get back on their feet themselves.
Even if no one reached out a hand, they had to be able to stand on their own before they could take revenge or find happiness.
Another hour passed in silence, and the time for the evening head count arrived.
We weren't given a separate head count.
A guard came by and explained the rules of this detention center, what we had to observe, and tomorrow's schedule.
Then, looking at the empty lunch boxes we'd eaten from,
“You ate all the food? What a surprise.”
"Uh... I ate the other two's as well."
Embarrassed, I quickly confessed under their sharp glares.
“Aha? So you're the type who eats a lot? I'll report this separately. I brought snacks, so those who haven't eaten, make sure you eat plenty.”
He took out four small pieces of strawberry cake.
“Oh!! Thank you!”
“Hey, you can't eat them all by yourself, okay?”
“Hahaha...”
I naturally thought I'd get all three for myself, but these bitches couldn't resist the strawberry cake and ate it.
‘You fucking bitches…'
***
Bedtime finally arrived.
Looking at the chat by myself, I found that time passed very quickly.
“Heh-heh...!”
Sometimes I laughed at funny jokes from viewers,
“Ah...!”
Sometimes I got embarrassed when they sexually harassed me,
“Hey!! Shut up!!! Is that bitch just crazy?”
And sometimes I listened to the blonde delinquent girl's nagging as I passed the time.
2 a.m.
The hour when everything grew quiet.
The guard who used to patrol hourly no longer came by.
‘He’s probably slacking off.’
He must have been asleep somewhere.
I quietly rose from the bed and headed toward the iron bars.
I gripped the middle of the iron bars and gently pushed them apart to either side.
- Squeeeak... Creeeeak!!
‘Damn...’
The grinding sound of bending metal rang loudly through the now-quiet detention center.
“……”
I froze in place in case something happened, but fortunately, nothing did.
‘Phew…’
I sighed inwardly and slowly slipped my body between the bars.
I pressed my breasts down to pull them through, then restored the bars to their original position.
I looked around.
I was on the third floor. Looking down, I saw a guard dozing in a large chair in the central plaza, while the door leading outside was firmly closed.
First, I quietly walked along the corridor toward the stairs.
‘Phew…'
I passed by, ignoring the CCTV.
‘Please let that guy have been telling the truth…’
It was half a gamble, but the payoff for success was just as big.
Low risk, high return.
Even if I got caught, I wouldn't be killed, and chances to raise my reward grade by one more tier didn't come along easily.
I passed through the suspiciously quiet corridor and took the stairs down to the first floor.
I tried opening the main entrance in the direction we had come from,
- Rattle.
As expected, it was locked.
If I broke it recklessly, not only the guard but all the other prisoners would wake up.
Naturally, the door's locking mechanism wasn't a normal one.
It was a steel electronic device that required an authentication key.
‘I need a key... Could it be…?’
I slowly approached the dozing guard.
“Kooooo...!”
I looked over the guard's body as he dozed with that peculiar sound.
“Kooook!”
Every time he stopped snoring, my body stiffened before I knew it.
‘Damn... What a distinctive snore.’
The key wasn't difficult to find. He was sleeping with it clutched in one hand.
So he wouldn't wake up in surprise,
I choked him from behind!!!
- Squeeze!!!
“K... Kooooook!!! Ook!!!”
He couldn't even struggle properly before passing out.
“Phew... There's no need to take an unnecessary gamble.”
Since I had a safe way to take it, there was no reason to risk waking him by messing with him.
As long as I escaped quietly without anyone getting hurt, I'd receive a true-ending rating.
- Ding~ Click.
With a small alert sound, I held the key precisely against the slot, and the door unlocked.
‘Now, it begins.’
A long corridor, easily several hundred meters long, stretched endlessly before my eyes.
Every route to the second floor was blocked by iron doors, and here on the first floor, several barred partitions in the middle were firmly closed as well.
Getting through all these paths was realistically impossible. Unlike the bars on our cell, these were made of material that wouldn't bend and could only be broken.
Even if the guards really were asleep, there was no guarantee they'd keep sleeping after hearing the sound of a steel door being smashed.
'Is that really the only way...'
It seemed there was no answer other than forcing my way through with brute strength.
I tried the key I had brought first, but this partition must have required a different key; it wouldn't open with the one I'd stolen either.
'Should I trust what that guy said...?'
[For your information, the ventilation fan in the guards' bathroom is connected to the outside, you know? If you do it just right, you might be able to escape through it~]
Those were a guard's words—I couldn't tell whether they were true, a joke, a lie, or a trap.
But at least he had been right about the CCTV.
'I'll go check it out first.'
There was nothing to lose by trying.
I found a nearby bathroom and went inside.
Perhaps because it was for the guards, it had the feel of a very clean, well-maintained public restroom.
And...
‘There it is.’
Above the partition of the last stall, I spotted a vent large enough for a person to fit through.
I slowly looked around to see whether anyone was in the bathroom, confirmed that no one was, and headed to the partition beneath the vent.
- Tap tap!
I tapped it lightly, and sure enough, it was hollow inside.
But it was more sturdily sealed than I'd expected.
All its edges were completely sealed, as if welded shut, and since it was entirely made of steel, it didn't look easy to break.
But,
“Hup...!”
- Craaack...
‘I guess you didn't expect me to have regained my strength?’
I gripped the opening in the vent and pulled it apart by force.
The frame was steel, but this section had been made thin, so it bent easily.
‘Heh-heh-heh... Once I escape this, I'll get an SSS-grade reward right away...!’
Imagining the happy outcome, I hoisted myself up; all I had to do was get my butt, which was caught slightly, through.
‘Phew, it's okay. Slowly...’
But just then,
- Bzzzzzt!!!!
“Gaaaaah!!!”
Along with a powerful electric shock,
- Wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo!!!!!!
a siren began to sound.
‘What the hell is happening all of a sudden...’
My body stopped with half of it stuck in the vent.
“Ghk, damn it...! Why won't I come free...!”
I hurriedly tried to retreat inside, but the sudden electric shock left my muscles unresponsive, and the vent closed again.
‘Aah.....'
Then I heard multiple footsteps.
- Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud.... Bang!!
“Hahahahaha!!! Guys, I told you I was right, didn't I? Buy me dinner tomorrow.”
I heard dozens of people pouring into the bathroom behind him.
Only then did I realize what was happening.
Yes, this was a trap.