Scorpion 4

65)
#4. A Mad Reward

67)
1: Okaaay...
2: Now, those who are finished planting need to go work on the fence repairs.
3: What's this fence for, anyway?
4: To keep us from escaping, probably.
5: Are you kidding me? If someone manages to get over the prison wall, this fence would be nothing. It's for the chrysanthemums, so that no one steals 'em.
6: Huh... And I thought all the thieves were in here. Heheheh...

68)
1: Tie up all the old pieces
2: in a single stack.
3: Assholes. I can't believe they're making us do their own duties as well.
4: What else would you expect from a women's prison?

69)
SFX: crack
1: You should work on it from the ground.
2: Matsushima...
3: Since when did you become a cell leader?
4: Huh?
5: I asked you a question. Since when did you become a cell leader
6: who's allowed to order other prisoners around?
7: I... merely thought it was dangerous, since she's still young...
8: Hmph...
9: Who made you the judge of that, huh?

70)
1: The rest of you just keep working!
2: Really seems like you've got a lot of confidence... Guess it's OK to leave all the top work to you, then.

71)
1: Now, begin.
2: Make sure you stay in a straight line.
3: It's time to start the can-can dance.
4: The can-can dance... After any work is finished either inside or outside, prisoners are forced to strip and climb over a pyramid of boxes in order to check whether or not they're hiding anything on their bodies. Their armpits, crotches, hair, and the insides of their ears are all thoroughly inspected. The movements resemble the can-can dance, so that's what the prisoners call it...

72)
1: Not a single nail, a piece of earthenware, or a cigarette is permitted...
2: Nothing but the uniforms they went out with.
3: If a weapon or anything that could be used as one is discovered, the prisoner is punished. But if a prisoner turns in something like that to a guard, it gets written down on their good deeds list, which could allow them to rise in rank or even get pardoned.

73)
1: Rgh... Nngh...
2: Urrgh!

74)
1: Wauuggh!
2: Ahhh!
3: Aaaahhhh!
4: G-granny... She actually did it...
5: Aaaahh! Hey! Guards! You gotta get over here right now!

75)
SFX: clang x2
1: What's wrong? Quiet down... Ahh!
2: Yeah... G-Granny Okuda h-hanged herself...
3: OK!
SFX: brrrring
SFX: clang x2
4: What happened here?

76)
1: It looks like there was a suicide in the special cell.
2: A suicide?
3: Some granny named Okuda.
4: Okuda...
5: Yeah... She was one of the five who tried to escape and got caught.
6: Oh... That old woman?
SFX: clang x2
7: What's the status?

77)
1: It's no good... I'm not getting any response from her pulse or her pupils. It also seems like her neck's broken.
2: What did she hang herself with?
3: She ripped off a piece of her blanket and turned it into a rope,
4: then tied it to one of the ceiling beams...
5: We were afraid something like this might happen from the moment we caught them, so we put all five of them in the same cell...
6: Looks like we were still a bit too naive.
7: Inform her family.
8: She doesn't have any...

78)
1: But she said she had a son...
2: Yes... But he was in an accident a month ago...
3: Apparently he died in Osaka.
4: And no one told her?
5: No, sir.
6: No... I stopped them.
7: Okuda had high blood pressure, and a bad heart, so looking at it from a doctor's perspective...
SIGN: Warden's Office

79)
1: Warden, surely you must understand everything now. Matsushima's the one who's responsible for Okuda's suicide! She's the one who riled up everyone to escape in the first place...
2: All five of us fell right into her trap.
3: After what happened, there wasn't a day when Granny Okuda wasn't crying...
4: She was a hell of a woman, you know.
5: We've investigated that on our end as well.
6: But the fact remains that all of you planned that escape together.
7: B-but warden, Matsu was the ringleader of it all, and yet no one, no one went after her!
8: We were the only ones who got punished! And we even got thrown into special cells! You expect us to just sit and take this kind of injustice?!
9: We're discussing Okuda right now...
10: That topic can wait until later.

80)
1: Now... Toda, stay here with me. The rest of you can leave.
2: Bring Matsushima here.
3: Yes sir...
SFX: click
4: I'm the one who talked your group into escaping? You're still going on about that? Just like I said before, there's absolutely no evidence to back up that claim.

81)
1: Shut up! Matsu... Just tell them... tell them the truth!
2: Hey! Quiet down.
3: Escaping a prison is no small task. It's something that should only be done after thorough preparation.
4: And besides, even if a newbie like me tried to instigate something, who would pay me any mind? Clearly, she's just trying to frame me for something.
5: It also looks like you've overlooked
6: another important thing, warden.
7: What...?
8: You said that Okuda committed suicide...
9: But how can you be sure... that she wasn't murdered?
10: Murdered?!
11: Yes. For example... If Okuda, one of the people who was punished for escaping, were to commit suicide, it would force the case to be reinvestigated. Then, all the murderer would have to do is figure out a way to shift the blame onto me...

82)
1: Sh-shut up!
2: A-are you t-trying to say that I hanged Okuda?!
3: G-goddammit!
4: Knock it off, Toda!
5: Matsu, I-I'm gonna...
6: L-let me go!
7: Let me go!
8: Get her out of here.
9: Warden! Warden!
10: You gotta believe me! Sh-she's full of shit!
11: Take her away! Now!
12: Goddammit! I-I don't believe this!
13: D-don't tell me she's seduced you somehow?!

83)
1: Hey, look. That's Toda. She used to be a cell leader.

84)
1: I heard they're going to transfer her to T Penitentiary.
2: T Penitentiary?
3: If she gets sent there, she's done for. She'll never breathe a breath of fresh air again.
4: She got into a really bad fight with the warden...
5: First she escapes, and now this? No wonder she's being transferred...
SFX: wham
6: Aahh!
SFX: dash
7: St-stop! Toda!

85)
1: Toda!
2: Stop! Toda!
3: Aaaieee!
4: Wauuugh!
5: Matsu! I'm gonna fuckin' kill you!
6: G-guards!
7: What? Ahh!
8: St-sto... Waaaugh!
SFX: wham
9: Outta the way!
10: Aiieee!
11: Wait! Matsu!

86)
1: Matsu!
SFX: dash
SFX: crack
2: Arrrrgh!
3: Now do you get it, Toda? No matter who tries to stand in my way...
4: No matter who they are... they all end up... like...