“I told you to be quiet. You guys aren’t here because you did anything good. If you have any shame then just stay quiet. Silence - don’t you see that word on the wall?”

The policeman stomped on the ground. The people in the holding cell competed to see who had the most desperate life but had to shut up when the policeman shouted. However, that only lasted a moment and they started talking again.

“You know… I… I mean, I lived quite a pitiful life.”

The girl that stuttered revealed that she worked at a bar. Her stuttering made her look awkward. Someone interrupted her words midway through.

“Just shut up already! I can’t sleep because of all the noise,” one of the youths, who was sleeping against the wall, suddenly shouted. His scary eyes scanned his surroundings. The other people in the cell whispered amongst each other so that the youth could not hear them.

“You’re in a place like this at your age. Don’t you pity your kids at home?”

When the youth shouted, the policeman, who was doing his work near the holding cell, frowned and stood up. He tapped on the bars of the cell with his file.

“Hey you, why don’t you stay quiet? Huh? You’re a frigging regular here. Why don’t you turn over a new leaf for your father and mother? Aren’t you tired of coming here every time? You’ll be going to the detention center at this rate, you know?”

“...I didn’t do anything that bad.”

“That’s even more of a problem then!”

The youth was a lion inside the holding cell, but was no more than a rabbit in front of the policeman. When the policeman left, the delinquent bared his fangs again, but the people inside only snorted at him. They realized the delinquent’s true nature.

“You lil’ bahstaaard!”...