City Station,West Wing, Cell Block A3,The room was filled with the nauseating smell of urine and feces. The room only had one light bulb so it was dimly lit.Two huge inmates with tattered and old clothes sat at one end of the room playing cards. Their last inmate was all curled up in another far end of the room.His eyes were closed and his physical condition looked terrible. He was only wearing torn shorts. His body was designed with bruises. Some purple and some red indicating they were freshly inflicted. His face was swollen and one part of his mouth had a stain of dried blood. If one didn't know better, they would think he was unconscious with the way he closed his eyes. But his eyelids shook following the jingling of keys. Two prison wardens approached the room.One stood by the door side and called out,"Mason Briggs!"The unconscious man's eyes flew open and he tried to speak but he couldn't get anything out of his mouth which ached like hell.His colleagues sneered at this
[Boss, someone tried to have Irwin abducted earlier. The assailants are currently undergoing investigation and I've ordered the company's security to be tightened.]Jed's eyes narrowed. He had suspected something was wrong with Irwin but never for once did abduction cross his mind.He texted Johnny back shortly. [Have the entire employees section interrogated and sacked those who should be sacked. If possible, change the company's staff.]"Boss, isn't it strange?" Adam suddenly called for his attention. He looked up."We have been searching the entire footage system now. We have evidence of Mason being detained. But there are no traces of him leaving the station."Jed looked closely at the screen as Adam flipped through the evidence he had managed to collect. "It's as if... He never left," Adam said nonchalantly as he showed Jed footage of prisoners that were freed during the duration of time Mason was meant to be in prison."But the commander in chief confirmed it himself that they
When Jed walked back to the room with an occupied tray, Adam had only gotten the footage of the first three cell rooms in East Wing Block A. There were a total of four rooms in this block and he was currently checking through the last one. When he looked up and saw that Jed was about to serve him.He hurriedly stood up. How could he let the young master do this?"I'll do it myself. Have a seat young master," He collected the tray before Jed could protest. While he was setting down the contents in the tray, Jed took over his seat and looked at what he had been doing.He took control of the mouse beside the computer and said,"Have your meal. I'll join you later."Adam didn't respond as he had begun digging into the meal with a satisfied look on his face.Jed looked at the scattered data on the screen and frowned. 'Vendetta, can you help out here? If Mason never really left the station, he must still be somewhere there.''Okay,' Vendetta replied. It fused with the computer because the s
These words startled Jed that he sat up with a start. 'Vendetta, wait, I can't comprehend all these,' he was overwhelmed.Before Vendetta could reply, he suddenly remembered something and asked grumpily, 'I remember the first time I transmigrated, you said minimal tasks don't have a deadline. Why does this task have a penalty? Besides, what do you mean by jailbreak?''User, this task isn't a minimal task,' Vendetta explained. 'User doesn't know what advantage accomplishing this task would bring but all I can say is that once this task is completed, you would have gone halfway through your ultimate task.'Jed paused still feeling skeptical so Vendetta continued,'You see, this task isn't a minimal task at all. It is related to your ultimate task thus the penalty attached to it. However, you can choose to accept this task or reject it.'Jed's spirit lifted. So he could reject this task? But then he thought of something and asked, 'What happens if I reject this task?''If the user rejects
An hour later, Jed was reading the information Adam had gathered on the screen meanwhile the latter was fidgeting."Boss, you don't have to do this," Adam was still reeling from shock at what Jed told him earlier.How could the young master say jailbreak so easily? This isn't a movie! This is reality. Does he know the term one would be given if caught for jailbreak?"I don't have to but I must," Jed answered without looking up. He was checking through the list of the prison wardens Adam laid out for him.He has to go to college tomorrow so it would be better to implement his plan now and besides, his time was counting.Indeed, the virtual timer was making a distant 'tick... tick... tick' sound in his head as if to serve as a reminder."Boss, we can easily call the commander in chief and threaten him to release Mason or we could ask for Mr Jordan's help," Adam panicked. Was the young master losing his mind?Jed's fingers paused. He finally looked at Adam. "Mason has something they want
He has lived two lifetimes. The first one, he was lonely, miserable and alone with no family and friends. People he could try to make friends with went out of their way to make his life a living hell.But this life? Only if the original Jedidiah knew how lucky he was. He didn't have a mother. His father doesn't want him, his half-brothers consider him to be a stumbling block in their paths.But his friends... They were his family—"This is crazy!" Adam interrupted his thoughts rudely. "Young master, I'm sorry but I don't agree.""Does your opinion count?" Jed gave him a ruthless reply. Adam was left antsy. How does he dissuade his stubborn young master?Yes, he could contact Mr Skye. Mr Skye would be able to make him come to his senses!"Don't make a move," Jed looked at him and he froze. "Come and stand here."Jed directed him to stand in front of them so he couldn't make a call sneakily even if he wanted to. How did the young master even know what he was planning to do?"I have some
Tap.Tap.Tap.In the silent hallway, only the sounds of footsteps belonging to the prison guards coming behind Jed resounded.Jed looked ahead. The exit door was only a few steps away from him. His eyes dimmed and his head lowered.The prison guards surrounded him. They were four in number. One stepped forward and tried to catch a glimpse of his face.But because the boy's head was lowered and Mason's body was weighing on him heavily, he couldn't see the warden no matter how he tried.But one other prison guard recognized Jed through the uniform and said,"Old Six... I thought you called in sick.""I caught a flu but it wasn't serious so I came," Jed's voice sounded even more hoarse.The prison guards exchanged a look. "A flu is a flu. You know how contractible that disease is. You should have stayed at home or headed to the hospital."They subconsciously moved away, unwilling to accidentally contract this disease."What are you doing with him?" Another prison guard asked, obviously r
Silence filled the car as Ben turned in the direction of a nearby hospital. "No, head to a nearby pharmacy," Jed immediately protested. "Going to the hospital would warrant unwanted attention which isn't what we want now." Ben didn't argue. He simply swiped the car's GPS and found there was a pharmacy not far away from where they were. When they got there, Jed moved to carry Mason. Ben didn't even flinch as he got a whiff of the horrible stench on Mason's body. Even when Jed carried him, the former remained expressionless so why should he? But the pharmacist reacted differently. He hurriedly put on a nose mask and gave them a curious look. Jed's uniform and Mason's clothes piqued his curiosity. But Jed's cold eyes didn't give him a chance to ask any insensitive questions. He hurriedly led them to an inner room and attended to Mason. Thankfully, his pharmacy was particularly empty at this hour or customers would definitely have been scared away. As he stitched the wounds on Mason