Want to Go Out?

"Alright! Alright! I was just scaring you. You say that as if you wouldn't drink the wine I brought!"

Regarding Little Jack's dissatisfaction, the man called John chuckled, looking quite indifferent. Once he finished speaking, he even waved the bottle in his hand in front of the other man.

"Of course I'm going to drink it. You've already brought it over, you don't expect to enjoy it all by yourself, do you!"

Hearing John's words, Little Jack snatched the bottle John was waving in front of him and took a long, hearty gulp.

"Don't be in such a rush! First, check if the prisoner inside shows any signs of waking up. If he has, we need to change his medicine!" John blocked Jack, who was preparing to keep drinking, and leisurely fished a key from his waist before opening the room's door.

"I don't know what the Captain is so afraid of. Even if the guy is a prisoner with a two-hundred-million bounty, he hasn't eaten in over ten days. Plus, we just gave him a dose of sedatives an hour ago; there's no way he'd wake up this fast. Even if he did, he wouldn't have the strength to break through so many Seastone chains!"

Although Little Jack said this, he still followed behind John into the room to check on Chen Qiang and see if there were any signs of him regaining consciousness.

"You can't say that. You have to remember, this guy has a two-hundred-million bounty. If someone like that gets away, we won't be able to handle him, so being careful is the right thing to do!" John pulled a small knife from his person and stabbed it through the gap in the chains into Chen Qiang's body. Finding that Chen Qiang didn't move, John withdrew the blade, wiped the blood off on Chen Qiang's clothes, and then answered Little Jack.

As for Chen Qiang, he had closed his eyes the moment the two entered, pretending to still be unconscious as he lay there, ensuring the two didn't notice anything amiss.

"Alright! He's not awake, and the medicine has only just started to wear off a little. Let's go drink!" Little Jack also pulled out a knife and stabbed Chen Qiang twice in succession. After confirming the man truly hadn't woken up, he spoke to John.

"Right! Let's go drink. The guys on the ship went to sell the cargo, and once they're done, they'll go off to have some fun, leaving us two unlucky fellows stuck here on watch. That won't do; we need to have some fun too!" John tightened the IV drip in Chen Qiang's hand, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile.

Once the two left, the room fell back into silence, though one could clearly hear the two men sitting by the door outside, drinking and chatting about topics men usually discuss.

Lin, inside the room, didn't try to talk to Chen Qiang again, but simply watched him quietly, lost in her own thoughts.

As for Chen Qiang, he was indeed waiting—waiting for his body to develop antibodies to the current poison so he could recover his strength and escape.

Listening to the two men's conversation earlier, he had been locked up here for over ten days. Since the sedative currently being used was clearly one they had used before, Chen Qiang's body had already developed a certain level of immunity, which was why he was able to wake up early.

Now, Chen Qiang only needed to wait until he was completely immune to the poison, and his strength would return. When that time came, it would be his turn to put on a show.

The waiting time passed slowly. He didn't know how much time had elapsed, but the voices of the two men drinking outside grew quieter, and the strength Chen Qiang could exert began to recover rapidly.

"Lin, do you want to get out of here?"

Once his strength had fully returned, Chen Qiang turned his head with a smile and asked the little girl.

"Don't talk, you'll be discovered! Do you want to get stabbed again?" The little girl didn't answer Chen Qiang's question, but instead reminded him in an even lower voice.

"It's fine! Don't worry about them, you just need to tell me if you want to get out or not!" Hearing Lin's words, the smile on Chen Qiang's face grew even wider as he asked again.

What a sweet little girl; even while locked up here, she still had the heart to worry about him. It made Chen Qiang feel an obligation to protect her and prevent her from suffering the fate of a slave.

Although Lin didn't know why Chen Qiang was suddenly asking this, she still nodded, indicating that she did indeed want to leave, and also hoping that by giving him an answer, Chen Qiang would stop making noise.

"Alright then! I'll take you out!"

After receiving the little girl's answer, Chen Qiang smiled again, and a massive surge of blood-colored energy erupted from his body.

"Bang!"

With a tremor of the blood-colored energy, the wooden bed frame beneath Chen Qiang was shattered into pieces.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter!"

A sound of chains sliding echoed through the room. With just a slight exertion, Chen Qiang broke free from the chains and stood before Lin.

"What was that sound?"

"Oh no, the prisoner is awake!"

"Little Jack, hurry to the Underground City and find the Captain! I'm going in to see what's happening!"

When Chen Qiang broke free from the chains, the two guards outside, who had been slightly tipsy, sobered up instantly. One ran off, while the other quickly threw the door open and rushed inside.

"Clatter!"

With another rattle of chains, Chen Qiang, as the man rushed in, picked up the fallen chains from the floor. He coated them in his blood-colored energy and gave them a slight flick. The chains seemed to grow eyes, shooting straight toward the incoming John.

The flying chains acted as if they were alive, automatically coiling around John's body. With a sharp tug, Chen Qiang pulled John right in front of him.

"Don't! Don't kill me!"

The process was incredibly fast. By the time John reacted, his head was already being pressed into the floor by Chen Qiang. Seeing Chen Qiang's face—full of smiles but appearing quite sinister under the blood-colored glow—he became terrified and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"The key!"

Chen Qiang wasn't in a rush to finish him off; he just kept the man's head pinned to the floor and spoke.

"Key? What key?"

Hearing Chen Qiang's words, John was bewildered. What was this guy talking about? He had already broken out, so why was he asking him for a key?

"Her key!" Seeing the confusion in John's eyes, Chen Qiang realized his way of asking might have been wrong, so he pointed at Lin with his other hand and asked again.

"She's a special slave. All the keys for special slaves are with the Captain! Don't kill me, I can take you to find the key!" Once Chen Qiang put it that way, John understood and hurriedly spoke, offering to lead the way.

Chen Qiang hesitated for only a moment before hauling the man up from the floor and saying coldly, "Lead the way!"

"Okay! Okay!"

Facing Chen Qiang, who had subdued him in a single move, John didn't dare to resist at all. He nodded frantically and led Chen Qiang out of the room.

"Stay here and wait obediently. Big Brother will come back to save you in a little while!"

Just as he was about to leave, Chen Qiang turned back and gave a charming smile to Lin in the corner. After saying that, he followed John out of the room.

However, as Chen Qiang left, he didn't see the look of disdain that appeared on the face of the little girl in the corner after he had added the title of "Big Brother" for himself.