chapter xviii - the non-existent death row inmate

　　Fun times always go by exceptionally fast, and before you know it the night is gone. 　　...... 　　...... 　　As a newcomer, he was sent to the "infirmary" on his first day in Arkham, and had Prof. Yang personally receive him, which was almost the highest-quality welcoming ceremony in recent years. So early the next morning, the entire cellblock was looking forward to seeing how the newcomer would turn out after a night of hellish torture. 　　In fact it wasn't just the newcomer, everyone who had been to the infirmary would be the center of attention for this group of lunatic criminals, because they really didn't have anything to do every day, so getting to see their fellow inmates being scourged as if they were as good as dead every other day was even a great entertainment for them. 　　However, after the door to the prison area was opened. 　　The expected cheers didn't ring out, nor did anyone sneer, and even many of the obscenities that had been prepared long ago were held back in their throats, unable to speak at all. 　　Because everyone was confused. 　　They saw Zi Liang walking in by himself like nothing, escorted by two prison guards. 　　He wobbled into his cell, and after the guards unlocked his handcuffs ...... handed him a pack of cigarettes. 　　Yes, it is a pack of cigarettes, a whole pack, in fact, it is more accurate to be a pack of zero four, because after that the prison guard pulled out four more cigarettes and put them on Ziliang's bed. 　　Zi Liang's location is the second floor, so there are many people on the upper and lower floors were able to see this scene, most of these people are open mouth, a dumbfounded stay in place, there are a few people began to sleepwalking like began to pinch themselves, have been pinched until the face are pumped, or a little bit of disbelief, and there are a few stupidly look at this new prisoner, feel a little bit of the legs can not make the strength, and slipped down the iron railings and sat on the ground. 　　...... 　　Zi Liang's hands were shaking. 　　But of course this is not fear, but after a long time of electric shock produced by the muscle spasm, he tremblingly picked up a bed cigarette, holding it in his mouth, and then greatly gave that prison guard behind him a look ...... 　　Immediately after, what makes everyone's heart straight hairy is that that prison guard really took out a lighter ...... and lit it for him. 　　"Crap, what's the situation?" The people who saw this scene were not calm, for a few seconds, they even subconsciously felt that they had been lied to for so many years, in fact, Arkham Asylum was an incomparably free, friendly, and humane convalescent institution. 　　In fact, the inmates can have such a big reaction is not to blame them, so many years, these inmates have seen countless temperament brutal crazy people, which also includes their own, but no matter how self-righteous people, in the hands of Professor Yang has gone through a round, but also were destroyed no longer dare to be arrogant. 　　So how have they ever seen a person who can still be so calm after a night of torture? Could it be that Prof. Yang was sick and didn't come to work yesterday? 　　Just kidding, everyone knows that this is impossible, because this kind of muscle twitching aftereffects is obviously the reaction after using torture, or the most cruel kind! So ...... what the hell is wrong with this person? How does it seem like nothing has happened, and what is that expression on his face, how does it seem like a very cool look? The key thing is, where did he get his cigarettes from? 　　No one knows what exactly happened this night, even the prison guards do not know, anyway, when they went to pick up this prisoner, they were surprised to find that he did not seem to have any big changes, but on the contrary, Prof. Yang s face was a little bit bad ...... And those cigarettes, to say that you may not believe it, are all given to this person by Prof. Yang. 　　These two prison guards felt that this person was really too weird, so they hurriedly closed the cell door and left in a hurry. 　　As soon as the prison guards left, whispers began to ring throughout the entire prison area, and those inmates who couldn't see this scene due to their location began to desperately inquire with the others about what was going on, and those who saw this scene stammered and stammered, and for a long time, they couldn't even sort out how they should explain this matter. The voices began to grow louder and louder, one after another, but just about no one dared to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with this new inmate and ask what all this was about. 　　Just then. 　　"Shut up." 　　A not-so-loud, and lazy voice rang out. 　　In an instant, the clamor that had just been ignited instantly quieted down, and even some people who hadn't even heard it subconsciously closed their mouths. 　　And this voice, of course, came from Zi Liang, who leaned back on his bed with a paralyzed face, his mood seeming to have suddenly become very bad. 　　After this night's time, he has basically broken through Professor Yang's psychological defense, the specific method is to constantly lure him to torture himself more ferociously, and then in the torture after the breeze to give some with a faint taste of humiliation reviews, and by the way, then make a bet ...... This kind of seemingly simple tactics, in some of the inner darkness of the people On the body but extremely effective, because like Professor Yang this kind of person can only take the hand, is also torturing this point, he only in the prisoner's screams and pleas in order to slightly find some of the value of their own existence, and at this time you if you completely ignored the means of his torture, the stimulation of him is simply as in the bed after turning the clouds of rain and gasping for breath, that the woman or the man but gave him a scornful sneer. 　　This was something he could not accept in any way! 　　So, with this simple method, you can make the stakes bigger and bigger, from one cigarette, to two, to a whole pack, and finally ...... even the name of "Prisoner 21". 　　In fact, this set of practices is indeed very useful, Professor Yang in order to maintain their own little bit of dignity, and finally really for Zi Liang to check the 21 prisoners in the end who is. 　　However, the answer to his surprise is ...... there is no Prisoner No. 21. 　　...... 　　Originally, seven or eight years ago, Arkham Asylum carried out an expansion, after that all the inmates come in with letters and numbers to mark, like a license plate number, and there is no law between all the numbers, completely random, such as Zi Liang's inmate number is [35A51]. 　　For example, Zi Liang's prisoner number was [35A51], while the old-fashioned code name of "Prisoner No. 21" had been outlawed a long time ago. 　　This news made Zi Liang very depressed. 　　At the same time, he also naturally noticed that all the transformations in the city almost all pointed to a certain period of time seven or eight years ago. 　　"What exactly happened during that time ...... ah?" 　　Zi Liang crossed his legs and smoked a cigarette as he pondered. 　　"Hey, it'd be nice if the 'compass' was around, it's been a while since I've used my own brain to think things through, it's getting a bit uncomfortable." 　　He chortled, the lingering smoke making his silhouette appear blurry.