Chapter 2: The Best Prison

## The Best Prison

**The Best Prison** (最強の刑務所 *Saikyō no Keimusho*) is the second chapter of the Nanbaka Web Manga.

## Synopsis

Jyugo escapes, with Hajime Sugoroku and Seitarou Tanabata chasing him. Once Jyugo returns, Uno challenges Jyugo with puzzles.

## Summary

Nanba Prison is the largest prison in Japan. It is completely surrounded by walls, priding itself on its state-of-the-art security system. No one should be able to successfully escape from this prison... Jyugo escapes his cell alone, while Hajime Sugoroku and Seitarou Tanabata chase after him. Seitarou yells for him to stop while Hajime yells for Jyugo to knock it off. Jyugo then walks, and Hajime tells him to at least run. They capture Jyugo, and Hajime says that he has escaped three times today and asks him how many times he needs to escape to be satisfied. Jyugo says at least until he gets bored, sleepy or hungry. Hajime says that the prison is not a playground, but is relieved he didn't make it outside the prison complex because when he escapes, they get in trouble. Jyugo comments that he keeps covering up his escapes from his boss, but Hajime says he needs to make a living as well.

Once returned to cell 13, Uno asks Jyugo if he has any other hobbies rather than jailbreaking, but Jyugo says that he doesn't and that jailbreaking is his only hobby and skill. Nico tells Jyugo he should expand his hobbies and try out watching anime, reading manga or playing games, but Jyugo replies that he isn't interested in any of them. Rock tells Jyugo to not be so quick to judge and that he can kill time with other things as well besides jailbreaking, and hands him an object. Jyugo asks what the object is, which Rock replies that it is a Rubik's cube. Nico says that he knows what it is and that it is difficult to solve. Rock says that an inmate next-door gave it to him and so he decided to give it to Jyugo. Jyugo doesn't know how to play with it and asks how to, so Uno tells him that he needs to mess up all the colours and then group the colours back together on every side, while Jyugo thinks. Uno says that it is harder to solve than it looks and that he can barely finish two sides, before Jyugo solves it and says he is finished, much to Uno's shock. Jyugo says that it wasn't fun and so Uno gives him a wire puzzle instead. Jyugo sees the puzzle and is curious, asking what it is. Rock asks him that he doesn't even know what wire puzzles are and Jyugo says that he has never heard of them. Nico says that they are meant to be untangled and that he never figures out how to solve it and that he can't just force them apart either. Then, Uno thinks that Jyugo can't solve the puzzle in seconds as it takes him a few minutes. Jyugo "solves" the puzzle by breaking them apart and Uno screams at him, asking him why he did it, but Jyugo retorts asking if he isn't supposed to. With Nico and Rock spectating, Nico says that although Jyugo doesn't realize it, jailbreaking is a talent in its own way. Rock asks why he doesn't use it to better use. In the background, Jyugo and Uno are arguing.

Later, Hajime is walking towards the cell, telling Uno that he has a letter. Uno questions if it's really for him, before receiving the letter. Rock comments that it's unusual for Uno to get a letter, while Uno says he has no idea who it could be from. In order to scare Uno, Jyugo says that it could be a paranormal chain letter but Uno shouts for him to stop because he hates Japanese horror, then Jyugo continues saying that someone's bones could be in the letter, before Uno tells him to quit it. Then, Uno decides to read the letter. The letter is from a girl named Catherine. Catherine writes that her husband looks a lot like him, and that she has enclosed a picture for him. Uno says that he is glad that after all this time, he thinks she still couldn't forget about him. He thinks to himself, saying that he hasn't seen her since he got locked up, but guesses she felt lonely without him. He then sees the image of her husband, which is revealed that aside from her husband's hat and blonde hair, her husband does not look anything like Uno. Uno was shocked and left extremely upset.

## Character Appearances

* Jyugo
* Hajime Sugoroku
* Seitarou Tanabata
* Nico
* Uno
* Rock