"Who the Hell Said My Waist Was Weak?"

"Where the heart leads?"

Lu Mi gave a mocking laugh. The old penetrating wound in his lower abdomen seemed to ache faintly again.

"Cang Qi, I don't believe that kind of crap."

He was someone who had died once at Yu Tu's hands.

Lu Mi hugged the iron box and turned to leave. The moment the workshop door closed behind him, a storm gradually brewed in his pitch-black eyes.

Lu Mi suddenly curled the corner of his mouth.

The energy patterns on his face faintly emerged, and the two canine teeth in his mouth grew longer and sharper.

He licked his fangs, his expression somewhat obsessive.

"But it doesn't matter if I don't believe it."

"He's already in my hands. It doesn't matter whether I'm in his heart."

"As long as I'm inside his body."

Lu Mi arrived at Cell 05 with a cold face.

Yu Tu was drinking directly from the faucet.

His face darkened. He yanked Yu Tu backward and shut off the water. "Don't you have purified water?"

Water dripped from the corner of Yu Tu's mouth. He licked it away and pointed pitifully at a dented stainless-steel cup on the floor.

"Too little."

The drinking water First Prison provided to serious offenders was limited—just two cups a day, with cups that small.

Lu Mi said, "That still doesn't mean you can take your anger out on the cup. Article 68 of the First Prison Rules: destruction of public property is prohibited."

"So you're going to punish me again!"

Yu Tu's eyes lit up. He pressed closer against Lu Mi, full of anticipation.

"Can we do it like before? Warden Lu, you're amazing. It feels so good."

Lu Mi snorted. "What kind of dream are you having?"

He turned and walked out of the bathroom. "0456, get over here."

Yu Tu walked over. He did not roll.

"If you're not punishing me, then I'm not listening to you either."

Lu Mi: "..."

This wasn't some childish squabble!

Lu Mi opened the iron box and took out the Energy Lock Ring, explaining how to use it in front of Yu Tu.

"Put this on, and try not to take it off."

The Energy Lock Ring could suppress Yu Tu's power. After it had been removed yesterday, the strength he unleashed had been terrifyingly astonishing.

He did not resemble an Energy Master who had lost his Energy Crystal at all.

One had to know that an Energy Master's power was rooted in the Energy Origin and Energy Crystal. Only by combining the two could one use Source-Energy Power.

Without either one, an Energy Master would become an ordinary person incapable of using any power.

But Yu Tu was the exception.

And since he was an exception, no one could be allowed to discover it.

Lu Mi had to hide him well.

Lu Mi said, "The power you displayed in the Special Interrogation Room—don't use it in front of anyone else unless it's absolutely necessary."

"What if I use it?"

Lu Mi's expression turned cold. "Then kill everyone who won't keep your secret."

Yu Tu raised a hand and made an "OK" gesture.

Lu Mi turned to leave, but Yu Tu reached out and grabbed his wrist. "You're leaving already?"

"Otherwise?"

Yu Tu scratched at his palm.

Lu Mi looked up and smiled, shooting Yu Tu a sidelong glance that was both arrogant and disdainful. "What, 0456? Haven't I fed you enough yet?"

Yu Tu lowered his head, his long hair falling against both sides of his face, making him look very obedient.

The way he spoke made it sound like he was acting cute.

"No, it wasn't enough. Didn't I call for a stop only because I was considering that Warden's weak waist of yours?"

...If only he really were acting cute.

Lu Mi's face darkened to the extreme. "Who the hell said my waist was weak? Lie down!"

Yu Tu obediently lay down on the bed.

"Close your eyes."

Yu Tu obediently closed his eyes.

Lu Mi snorted coldly. "Fine. Now you can dream."

Lu Mi turned and strode away.

The moment the cell door shut, he could not help raising a hand to rub his waist again.

Well, damn it.

His waist still hurt.

With a miserable expression, Lu Mi took two prison officers and Black Shadow and headed aggressively for Second Prison.

Second Prison had also endured the sandstorm's ravages.

White was Second Prison's signature color. Whether prison officers or prisoners, everyone here wore white.

The prisoners currently out in the yard all looked listless.

At the sight of Lu Mi, no one found it strange anymore.

"The First Prison Warden is here to quarrel with the Second Prison Warden again!"

"Hey, what kind of bitter rivals are those two? Ever since the First Prison Warden took office, they've argued as easily as they eat."

"Officer, should we ask the Third Prison Warden to mediate?"

"We're sick of watching it. Do you think the Third Prison Warden isn't sick of mediating?"

Ignoring the surrounding chatter, Lu Mi stepped into Second Prison's main building. "Where is Ming Qiuxue? Tell him to get his ass over here and see me."

Lu Mi sat down on a nearby sofa, his leather-gloved fingers interlaced over his lower abdomen. Black Shadow yawned and lay down by his feet.

Before long, an ordinary prison officer dressed in white came to deliver a message.

"Warden Lu, Warden Ming said—he's in the warden's office. You can come if you want, and get lost if you don't."

Lu Mi gave a derisive laugh and rose to his feet.

"He tells me to get lost, and I'm supposed to get lost? Who does he think he is?"

Lu Mi familiarly pushed open the door to Second Prison's warden's office.

When the door opened, Ming Qiuxue's desk stood directly ahead.

Although the overall layouts of the three major prisons were largely similar, their interior styles were still different.

White was the dominant color in Ming Qiuxue's office.

Lu Mi's office felt like being amid the stars, while Ming Qiuxue's office felt like standing in a snowy field.

Black Shadow lay down at the doorway, and Lu Mi closed the door behind him.

Without even looking up, Ming Qiuxue stared at the computer screen before him, his white-gloved fingers tapping at the keyboard. "Spit it out."

Lu Mi's expression was solemn. "I agreed to that matter you mentioned."

Ming Qiuxue's fingers did not pause. "Sure. Send Yu Tu to Second Prison."

"Impossible."

Ming Qiuxue stopped typing, leaned back, and sneered.

"Lu Mi, I truly never expected you to be this bold. You actually tampered with things to get Yu Tu sent to your place. Is an ex-boyfriend who left you half-dead really worth it?"

"He is. There's no room for negotiation on that matter, but we can discuss yours."

Ming Qiuxue lightly tapped his fingers against the desk. "How do you want to negotiate? I trust you, but I don't trust him."

An icy gleam flashed in his golden eyes, and Ming Qiuxue's face was filled with hostility.

"Yu Tu, the First Commander personally promoted by His Majesty Blue River. You've already experienced how loyal he is to that man, haven't you?

"Now he has suddenly committed a First-Degree Treason offense and been sent to Calamity Planet for questioning. It's hard not to suspect that he deliberately entered the game himself."

Ming Qiuxue rose to his feet, his long golden hair sweeping in a perfect arc behind him.

His white boots stopped before Lu Mi. Golden eyes collided with black ones, faintly revealing a trace of bloodlust.

"Lu Mi, you know I can't lose—and I can't afford to!"