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00:00Halfway through his meal, the prisoner suddenly dropped the spoon he was holding.
00:03He noticed that half of it had fallen into shock.
00:05Mike paused thoughtfully, then kicked the spoon back toward the door and quietly covered it with his foot.
00:10Soon enough, the guard came to collect the meal trays.
00:12The careless guard didn't even glance down before gathering up the dishes in order to
00:15walking away.
00:15The moment the guard left, Mike snatched up the spoon and began grinding it repeatedly against the
00:20rough floor.
00:20Before long, he tested the sharpened utensil's effectiveness.
00:23To his surprise, with his hands, he was able to get the knife out of his hand.
00:25As just a gentle pry, the wooden plank on the cell door immediately loosened, seeing the
00:29enormous gap that's sitting there.
00:30suddenly appeared before him, Mike made a bold decision on the spot, but realizing it was
00:33still daylight and guards couldn't get it.
00:35If he could come by at any moment, he didn't dare act rashly.
00:37He could only hide the metal spoon for now.
00:40When night fell, Mike resumed his plan.
00:42Using the sharpened handle, he gradually widened the crack between the doorplans.
00:45To avoid detection, he stopped every two minutes or so to listen carefully for any sounds outside.
00:50With the slightest hint of anything unusual, he'd immediately freeze, and only after confirming
00:54it was safe would he continue.
00:55After two solid days of scraping, the wooden plank had clearly begun to loosen to get his body through.
01:00He'd need to remove three planks, as the gap became more obvious, Mike rolled blackened bits of paper into
01:05thin strips and stuffed them into the cracks to block the light.
01:07He handled every detail with extreme caution.
01:10During the day, Mike acted as compliant as any other prisoner while secretly
01:12observing the layout of the first floor guardroom.
01:15At night, he continuously scraped away wood shavings.
01:17Finally, one evening, he determined the crack was large enough.
01:20to remove the planks.
01:21Mike inserted the spoon handle into the gap and pressed down hard, but the spoon snapped
01:25clean in two.
01:26Mike grabbed a rag and wrapped the spoon tightly, but aside from making a harsh creaking sound,
01:30the plank showed no response.
01:32Clearly, he needed another spoon.
01:33The next day at mealtime, Mike
01:35Mike acted quickly, smoothly snagging one from the windowsill.
01:38Back in his cell, he didn't hesitate for a second.
01:40He immediately inserted both soup spoons into the gap and pried with all his strength.
01:45As the plank was already weakened, a large chunk broke off completely.
01:48Mike instantly replaced the fallen piece of wood.
01:50Mike then gathered up the scattered splinters and filled them back in, determined to leave
01:53no trace that the guards might notice.
01:55Next, he carefully colored over the exposed white scrape marks with pencil, and finally
01:58hung a towel over the upper part of the door.
02:00Until his plan succeeded completely, he wouldn't allow a single flaw to remain.
02:03After days of repeated attempts, Mike
02:05Mike finally removed the wooden planks from the cell door completely.
02:07But he didn't rush into action.
02:08Instead, he immediately reinstalled
02:10the planks and replaced all the loose wood chips.
02:12Only after repeatedly calculating the time needed to remove and reinstall
02:15them, did he take the planks down again.
02:16With no guards in the hallway, Mike grew bolder.
02:20Mike took the steel bars up to the skylight and hauled himself onto the roof.
02:22Since his cell was on the top floor, this was his own
02:25only way out.
02:26However, escaping from such a high roof required a rope long enough and strong enough to survive.
02:30to support him.
02:31And that presented a problem.
02:32Mike had no idea where to get rope.
02:33One day after washing up and returning
02:35to his cell, he stared at the bed in front of him
02:37and a sudden thought flashed through his mind.
02:39Mike immediately threw back
02:40the bedding and got to work.
02:41He carefully twisted and extracted the steel wire from inside the mattress,
02:44then tore it apart.
02:45a piece of fabric into long strips and wrapped the straightened wire inside.
02:48Next, he stepped on one end of the fabric.
02:50strip with his foot, gripped it tightly with both hands,
02:52and kept twisting until the strip was wound into a sturdy rope
02:55like form, then wound the wire back in the opposite direction to reinforce it.
02:58Mike then looked up at the light fixture
03:00on the wall, propped the entire bed at an angle against the wall,
03:03carefully climbed up, and easily removed the lamp.
03:05He used the spoon to unscrew the screws holding the lamp cover one by one,
03:09ultimately obtaining four
03:10metal frame pieces.
03:11Mike didn't waste any time.
03:12He immediately secured the metal bars against something hard and
03:15bent them with all his might, shaping them into hooks.
03:17Then he pulled out a steel wire from under the mattress,
03:19a line of steel wire from under the mattress.
03:20He pinned a straight metal bar with the hook,
03:21and wrapped them tightly together with the wire,
03:23adding extra reinforcement at the base.
03:25In this way, Mike pieced together a steel wire rope
03:28strong enough to bear weight.
03:29After testing,
03:30the rope could fully support his weight, but the length still wasn't enough.
03:33Just then, a package arrived from his
03:35family, and the clothing inside was like a gift from heaven.
03:37Without hesitation, Mike tore all the clothes into his
03:40fabric strips to continue making rope.
03:42Before long, all the preparations were finally complete.
03:45Mike planned to find the right moment in the near future
03:47to officially execute his escape.
03:49He then hurried to check on his
03:50fellow inmates' progress,
03:51only to find that his cellmate had run into trouble.
03:53The man said he couldn't pry open his cell door
03:55using Mike's method,
03:56so he'd come up with an alternative plan
03:57and written it on a slip of paper.
03:59However, Mike immediately
04:00he rejected his cellmate's idea.
04:01The next day, he was horrified to discover
04:03that the inmate had been taken for interrogation.
04:05When the man returned,
04:06whenever Mike tried to approach and talk,
04:08he was immediately chased away by guards.
04:10The two could no longer communicate.
04:11The situation with his cellmate
04:12had become a complete unknown,
04:13and Mike was powerless to
04:15do anything about it.
04:16During one yard time,
04:17Mike suddenly noticed his cellmate's demeanor
04:19was clearly off and
04:20and a strong sense of unease washed over him.
04:22He decided to act alone within the next two days.
04:24But just then,
04:25Mike was suddenly called
04:26to the warden's office.
04:27The warden coldly informed him
04:28that his case had been closed
04:29and he would
04:30soon face execution by firing squad.
04:32Hearing this news,
04:33Mike felt extremely anxious.
04:35He was worried that
04:36all his careful preparations
04:37would come to nothing.
04:38He resolved to act immediately.
04:39But when he returned
04:40to his cellmate,
04:40cell, he was shocked to discover a stranger, a new inmate in the room. His escape plan was completely
04:45derailed at that moment. With only days left until his execution, Mike hadn't even finished the rope
04:49he needed to escape.
04:50And now, there was another cellmate in the way. Mike even suspected the warden had deliberately
04:54planted this purpose.
04:55So he didn't dare reveal even a hint of his escape plans. But time was running out and Mike's
05:00options were dwindling. Either eliminate John, or find a way to convince him to escape together.
05:05Mike began making conversation with John, probing to find out why he was imprisoned. After several
05:09exchanges, he had to find out why he was imprisoned.
05:10He'd basically determined that John was just an ordinary prisoner. But he still couldn't
05:13be sure whether the man could be trusted.
05:15If John really was the warden's informant, then months of planning would go completely
05:19down the drain.
05:20At that thought, Mike gritted his teeth and made an almost insane decision. The next
05:24day, after returning to the hospital, he was in the hospital.
05:25After returning to his cell, he quietly hid the iron hook under the bed, then stared coldly
05:28at the sleeping John.
05:29But when it came to the hospital, he was in the hospital.
05:30When it came to actually doing it, he hesitated. Mike, who had planned to strike while the opportunity
05:33was there, ultimately couldn't be.
05:35With the execution date drawing closer, Mike had no choice but to go all in.
05:40He decided to lay out his entire plan, but after hearing it, John thought it was impossible
05:43to succeed.
05:44If they failed, he would have failed.
05:45Not only would they not escape, they might be executed on the spot.
05:48Mike had prepared for this.
05:49Today, Mike had prepared for this.
05:50To dispel John's concerns, he demonstrated what he'd accomplished over the past days on the
05:53spot, and had even worked out a couple of days.
05:55clear action plan for after the escape.
05:56When John saw those tools with his own eyes, he immediately committed to joining the hospital.
06:00plan.
06:01To be safe, the two tore apart all the bedsheets and made several extra ropes.
06:05After
06:05nightfall, they finally began.
06:06When everything around them had gone completely quiet, the two removed the door
06:10planks and climbed onto the roof, even taking off their shoes to avoid making noise.
06:13Soon, they reached the edge of the roof.
06:15Below, only one guard paced back and forth on patrol.
06:18Mike had already figured out the man's routine.
06:20The guard only moved in areas covered by light and never approached the corners.
06:23Taking advantage of the guard's break, Mike
06:25signaled John to secure the hook and slide down the rope, reaching the corner first.
06:29When the guard approached again,
06:30Mike acted decisively and took care of him before signalling John to continue.
06:33He had John step on his shoulders to climb the high
06:35wall, then followed up the rope himself.
06:37Outside the wall was an internal prison corridor.
06:40He was also the prison's last line of defense.
06:42Although there were no fixed posts here, a guard would patrol on bicycle at
06:45regular intervals.
06:46Mike timed it perfectly.
06:47The instant the guard left, he swung the hook toward the eye.
06:50the opposite wall and pulled repeatedly to confirm it was secure.
06:53If they could just climb across the rope, they'd be free.
06:55But at that moment, Mike hesitated.
06:57He worried the rope couldn't bear the weight, worried the iron hook would suddenly
07:00come loose.
07:01And feared the patrolling guard would suddenly turn back and catch them red handed.
07:04All sorts of possible decisions.
07:05Mike's disasters flashed rapidly through his mind.
07:07Just then, the prison bell rang four times, reminding him that time
07:10was running out.
07:11Mike finally made his decision.
07:12He'd risk everything for freedom.
07:14Mike quickly climbed across the rope.
07:15Fortunately, the rope made from bedsheets was strong enough.
07:17He reached the other side safely and successfully climbed over.
07:20The final perimeter wall.
07:21Mike forcibly suppressed his inner excitement.
07:23After helping John down, the two didn't stop to
07:25celebrate.
07:26They immediately ran toward the distance, soon disappearing into the
07:28boundless night.
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