Abashiri |
"Utter idiocy... This idea is so sloppy that it can't even be called a jailbreak plan... How long does she even think it would take to dig a tunnel leading to the outside, and not even hiding the work, in broad daylight --" |
Hearing Roswell's recollection, Abashiri looked utterly flabbergasted. |
Abashiri |
"How can such a thing go unnoticed by the guards...? The chances of a successful jailbreak are completely zero..." |
Roswell |
"Yes, so the plan must have been to get 'caught' on purpose. That seems to be this Roswell's guess." |
Abashiri |
"Wait, what do you mean...?" |
Conductor |
Perhaps Volklingen was going to yell 'Guards, there's a jailbreak!', or something while she's working halfway through. She can then call the guards over and denounce Jeran for blatantly trying to break out of prison. |
Abashiri |
"Oh, I see what you mean... And if she pretends she doesn't know about it - the guards will see Volklingen as the clever one who 'discovered the escape plan and took the initiative to prevent it'..." |
Abashiri |
"I wonder if she was planning to sell out the other prisoners so that she could gain a reputation as a 'model prisoner' and get her sentence reduced..." |
Abashiri |
"It's the most despicable thing a person can do, but, well, it works... She can get out of prison early by legitimate means, without getting her hands dirty and likely without suspicion--" |
Conductor |
And no matter how much Jeran claimed she's 'doing it for Fetchy' or such, as long as Volklingen herself doesn't admit it - it'll be thought of as nothing more than a jailbreaker's excuse. |
Abashiri |
"Even if she's suspicious, if there's no evidence, it's hard to charge her with a crime here, too..." |
Abashiri |
"I think you said it was, Roswell who happened to witness it... I'm not sure if eyewitness testimony of such a strange child like you will properly be treated as evidence..." |
Roswell |
"Yes, this Roswell seems to have a reputation for not having her statements believed very often. We're still trying to make her statements clear and understandable to your intelligence." |
Roswell |
"More importantly. The problem is what happened afterwards. Jeran suddenly fell while she was just digging away at the ground..." |
Abashiri |
"She fell...?" |
Roswell |
"Yes. There seemed to be a mysterious cavern under the courtyard, and Jeran crashed headlong into it. Surprised by this, Volklingen turned pale, went to check on her, and --" |
Roswell |
"After that, we don't know what happened inside the underground cavern, but from there, one by one, swarms of demihumans sprang up. Alongside Jeran, who was fitted with a collar and was being controlled by someone." |
Roswell |
"They attacked us without question, and Roswell nearby, fought back as quickly as she could... she was outnumbered, overpowered and knocked down, and fitted with a collar." |
Roswell |
"As mentioned earlier, Roswell was able to remove her collar via our long distance manipulation, so she was not dominated like the other inmates." |
Abashiri |
"Hmmm... After that, the demihumans attacked prisoners in the prison one after another and fitted them with collars - I guess... And as all prisoners are unarmed while inside the prison, they couldn't have fought back if they were attacked by a lot of people..." |
Conductor |
Seems like we have a general idea of what happened. What I'm interested in is the underground cavern. |
Roswell |
"Yes, we can guess that's the cause of this anomaly. That is why Roswell is bringing us towards the courtyard where the entrance to the underground cavern is located, while explaining the situation." |
Abashiri |
"Ah... I was wondering why we went deeper inside the prison instead of heading out to escape..." |
Abashiri |
"But. If I remember correctly, all the entrances and exits leading to the courtyard should be sealed by sliding doors..." |
Roswell |
"That is not a problem." |
Roswell unexpectedly reaches straight up and begins to chant a mysterious incantation(?). |
Roswell |
"vENTURA vENTURA, sPACE pEOPLE... vENTURA vENTURA, sPACE pEOPLE..." |
*RUMBLE* |
In an instant, a shockwave rattled the entire Oshioki Prison. |
Abashiri |
"...Wait, what? You, what did you do?" |
Roswell |
"We've initiated communication with the mothership to have them send out a heat ray from above the atmosphere. This should have vaporised all the sliding doors in front of the doorway leading to the courtyard where we're headed." |
Abashiri |
"But the sliding doors in this prison are strong enough to withstand any possible attack..." |
Roswell |
"They are, by your standards. But what you know is not the whole truth of the universe." |
Very unusually, Roswell smiled proudly. |
And then... Just as Roswell said, all the sliding doors in our way had disintegrated and we reached the courtyard without difficulty. |
Abashiri, the chief administrator of the facility, grumbled about how easily the security doors for the prison just melted though. |
Abashiri |
"Dear me... I am not qualified to call myself a warden chief after I have caused a situation like this... Aaah Darling, please don't abandon me like this... Please don't hate me." |
Conductor |
You are not the cause of this incident, Abashiri. I'm not going to hold you responsible, so you can be rest assured. |
Abashiri |
"Does that mean, you still love me...?" |
Roswell |
"Blaming you won't solve anything, so let's get on with eliminating the cause of the incident - or so Space Brother seems to be saying." |
Abashiri |
"Why, are you interpreting Darling's opinions...? Are you trying to say that you two have feelings and affections for each other, implying you love each other...?" |
Roswell |
"Hmmm. It certainly seems that regular Iron Injections between this Roswell and him could be described as a form of love." |
Abashiri |
"Why you, I too...! I too...! I'm so frustrated, I knew I wasn't the only one, but I didn't want you to remind me of it..." |
Conductor |
This is no time for internal squabbling. Look, you two... There's what look like ruins at the bottom of this unnaturally empty cavern in the courtyard. |
Abashiri |
"Ugh... What exactly is this, why are these things underneath the prison...?" |
Conductor |
Even you, the warden of Oshioki Prison, doesn't know what this is, Abashiri? |
Abashiri |
"It wasn't me who built this Oshioki Prison, it was the upper echelons of the SSS... I do recall there was a vacant plot of land that had been unused for some reason since ages ago, so they took the opportunity to build a prison there..." |
Roswell |
"Hmm. They were careless, things always have a cause and effect. If this land has been unused for a long time, there must have been an ancient 'reason why it shouldn't be used'." |
Roswell |
"The 'reason why it shouldn't' must have been lying deep within this underground cavern. It was inadvertently awakened by excavating this part of the ground..." |
Roswell |
"How intriguing, it appears that this Roswell seems to be very interested...♪" |