Chapter 13: The First Meeting (2)
Soon, a nurse with a big waist and a round waist walked over, this person's figure looked similar to old Joey at first glance, and he stood in front of Ziliang like a wall.
"This is Barney......" Mr. Chilton introduced, "He can't speak, he's asking you to take everything out of your body now, it's not an offense, whoever enters the intensive care area has to be searched, and so am I." ”
Ziliang nodded casually, anyway, he had nothing on him except a notebook, a pack of cigarettes, and the case record that Will gave him.
During the body search, Mr. Chilton continued to talk to Ziliang.
"The walls of the intensive care area are made of thickened bulletproof glass, and you can see the prisoners in the cell, and Hannibal is in the innermost single cell, even if you don't know him, when you see him, you know that the person in front of you is Hannibal." Speaking of this, he paused deliberately: "You have to listen carefully to what you say next......
When talking to him, try not to look him in the eye, because there are small holes in the bulletproof glass, although it is only two fingers wide, but you still should not get too close to the glass, let alone touch the glass, do not hand him anything but soft paper, pencils, hairpins, of course, you can't bring these things in......
Items can only be passed to him through the 'slider' that contains the food, and the same is true when they come out, without exception. If he tries to hand you something through the ventilation hole, you won't be able to answer any of them, do you understand? ”
Mr. Chilton said these words very slowly, for fear that Ziliang would hear something, and during this time, the nurse Barney had also confirmed that Ziliang had nothing else on him...... He left the cigarette and lighter, and deducted the staples on the bound case file, and then nodded to the prison warden, signaling that Ziliang could pass.
"Okay, you can go in, and if you feel a little uncomfortable during the conversation with him, just come out quickly, or just call out to Barney...... Also, don't believe a word of anything he says that doesn't match what you know, just concentrate on what Will has told you......." With that, Mr. Chilton turned and left the room. It could be seen that he didn't want to stay here for a second.
In this way, Ziliang took his notes and case files and walked into the intensive care area.
......
This corridor was only about thirty meters long, and there were prisons on both sides, some of the wards had padded walls to prevent prisoners from harming themselves, and most of these cells were empty, and soon, Ziliang came to the end of the corridor.
There was only one cell here, and through the bulletproof glass, Ziliang could clearly see the inside of the cell, which was very narrow, with a table nailed to the floor, and high stacks of books and documents on the table. There was also a straight-back chair, also nailed to the floor, and on the innermost side, a bed that was stacked neatly folded.
At this moment, a middle-aged man is sitting on a chair with a book in his hand...... From the cover page, Ziliang can see the words "Italian Fine Cooking Guide".
"Wait, wait...... Please give me a few more seconds......" A somewhat deep, but magnetic voice sounded: "yes, put some pepper at 15 minutes, that's great." ”
He spoke, and then, as if he had already smelled something, he took a breath of satisfaction before putting the book down.
...... Until this moment, Ziliang finally met Hannibal for the first time.
As Mr. Chilton said just now, even a man who never knew him, as soon as he saw him, was immediately sure that he was Hannibal, and ...... Ziliang finally understood why Jack said that he couldn't find a trace of Hannibal in his body.
Not to mention anything else, at least Ziliang feels that few people can squat in prison to enjoy life elegantly.
The contours of this man's face are very distinct, even a little abrupt, but both the skin and the hair have a healthy luster, even in prison uniforms, you can clearly feel his erudition, arrogance, but with a little subtle politeness.
In contrast, the sloppy Ziliang is more like a prisoner.
"Forgive me for not being able to stop reading, the food here is so bad that I have to read it to barely eat every meal." Hannibal said with a smile.
Ziliang didn't speak, he had already taken out his notes and quietly annotated Hannibal...... However, the compass still did not give any reaction.
He sighed helplessly. Then walked to the corner of the corridor, where there was a folding chair for visiting the prisoner, Ziliang dragged the chair very close to the glass, and then sat up lazily.
Seeing Ziliang's behavior, Hannibal was slightly stunned, and stood up and came to the bulletproof glass: "You seem to be a little different from others. He said lightly.
Ziliang flipped through his notes casually: "Oh? Others? Is there anyone else who has come to visit you? ”
"There are some." Hannibal replied: "Some experts in psychology, or some newspaper reporters, will pay a lot of money in exchange for the opportunity to communicate with me, after all, my reputation in the outside world is miraculous." ”
"The outside world?"
"Yes, the outside world, don't you know about me through other people's dictations, or newspaper reports, what do they say about me? A heinous criminal? Or an ogre with a brain problem? Hannibal said, "Well, I can think that Mr. Chilton must have told you a story, and he must have said that I once bit off the face of a nurse because I wanted to eat meat, right...... You see, they're always like that, deepening the image of me as a demon...... But do you believe what they say? ”
Hannibal said lightly, a little hoarse in his cultured voice, like the scraping of metal, probably because he hadn't said so much in a long time.
Ziliang smiled: "Well, you successfully planted a seed of doubt in my brain in the first 20 seconds of meeting me, hehe, you are worthy of being an expert in psychology...... If this passage is put in a certain book, readers must have already begun to make up a conspiracy of hundreds of thousands of words. ”
Hannibal nodded helplessly: "Well, I know, they will tell you that you don't believe whatever I say, right...... Of course, they would say the same thing to everyone who came to see me...... As for the truth, it has long been no longer the truth. ”
Ziliang listened to Hannibal's words and raised his head....... He did not heed Mr. Chilton's warning, but blatantly looked Hannibal in the eye.
"Do you think I care about the truth?"
Ziliang said lightly......
Hannibal's body stiffened inexplicably, and he also saw Ziliang's gaze, which glowed with a fleeting scarlet light under the reflection of the light.
He stood there stunned for a moment...... Cai asked suspiciously......
"You...... What is it? ”