Chapter 189 - Warden Thorso (1/2)

“There is nothing wrong with your review. You’re free to leave.”

Gu Ding pushed the door open after hearing this. He knew that he should leave the planet as soon as possible because the longer he stayed, the more likely his identity would end up being exposed.

Gu Ding walked briskly along the corridor toward the exit.

He was less than twenty meters away from the door when a figure suddenly stopped in front of him.

It was a tall man who was more than two meters in height. He looked about forty years old and had a tough-looking face. He was wearing a different uniform than the other prison guards. He had a white cloak that fluttered in the wind on his back. Gu Ding could vaguely read the word on it that said, “Warden”.

The man had to be the superintendent of Leoben Prison, Thorso.

Thorso was a legend in Faye Cosmic Nation. At one thousand and three hundred years old–according to the lifespan of a Rank-13 Gene Body which was two thousand and five hundred years–he was still in the prime of his life. Nevertheless, he had already managed to make his mark in prison at the age of twenty.

There were many stories about him. However, the most impressive one was the incident when he was first appointed Leoben’s Deputy Warden. He was only a Rank-12 Gene Body at that time, and a fugitive had successfully broken through to become a demi-powerhouse. The warden at that time was killed by the demigod. Hence, Thorso fought the fugitive in the prison alone for fifteen minutes until reinforcements arrived. Later on, when his body was examined, it was discovered that he did not have a single bone left, and all his internal organs had shifted. The only thing he had left was his heart. He had managed to hold on with his willpower until reinforcements arrived.

The moment Neptune saw his name while looking through the prison register, he wanted Gu Ding to give up.

Gu Ding was well aware of the horror of the man in front of him.

Thorso held out his large hand to Gu Ding which contained an intelligent wristwatch. “You forgot something.”

Gu Ding looked at Thorso for a moment before walking over to him.

Just as Gu Ding was about to retrieve the wristwatch from Thorso’s hand, the latter suddenly closed his fist. “Gu Ding, do you really think you can leave Jerr so easily?”

Gu Ding stopped in his tracks. Standing less than a meter away from Thorso, Gu Ding looked up at him. “You’ve got the wrong person.”

“Your disguise is so perfect that even after we traced it back to more than one hundred and seventy generations of ancestors and relatives, we still couldn’t find anything. Being able to hack data to such an extent, I’m having some doubts that you’re human. Nevertheless, even though data is perfect, you have a fatal flaw–you’re not nervous enough. Throughout this whole thing, you never once showed any feelings of uneasiness; even during the interrogation. The only reason why you weren’t nervous was that you knew the prison wouldn’t be able to catch you.” Thorso deduced.

“A lack of tension can also be the result of pathological reasons, such as a lack of adrenaline or mental illnesses that block such emotions. Maybe you’re like me, you were born with great psychological quality. Therefore, you don’t get nervous very easily. Isn’t it rather presumptuous of you to infer my identity from that alone?” Gu Ding retorted.

“You’re from Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation. If you aren’t, you wouldn’t have visited Perrett. You grew up hearing stories about Perrett. The only place that tells stories about Interstellar Pirates is a tavern, just like Rose tavern, where you grew up in. Not to mention, you appeared at about the same time Gu Ding arrived on this planet. Furthermore, when Perrett saw you, he called out that you were Gu Ding. Are you going to tell me that it was all just a coincidence?”

“Although Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation is not as big as Faye Cosmic Nation, it’s at the very least a Cosmic Nation with a population of over one hundred trillion people. No one has ever counted the number of taverns, but surely, there are too many to count. Is my time of arrival a coincidence? I’m not the only one visiting Jerr today, am I? I saw more than three hundred people on my cruise ship alone. As for your fat, ugly colleague, he’s clearly having a nervous breakdown. It’s possible that he would’ve called anyone Gu Ding,” Gu Ding refuted all of Thorso’s arguments.

“No matter how much you deny it, it won’t change the fact that you are Gu Ding.” Thorso was still certain of Gu Ding’s identity.

“If you’re so sure, come and get me.” Gu Ding spread out his hands.

“I’d love to, but I can’t.” Thorso shook his head at Gu Ding’s words. “If you’ve been to a military academy, you know very well that a prison functions differently from the Army. A prison functions to hold and manage those sentenced to imprisonment by the federal court. I am the manager of this prison, and my powers do not extend beyond that. In short, I can’t attack someone who hasn’t been sentenced to prison by the federal court. When Federation Law was written, it defined the roles of each department. I respect Federation Law, so I will not trespass beyond my authority.”