Face the Truth

When she heard the director's words, Hazel had an ominous premonition and became extremely tensed. No... he couldn't be... "The director hasn't finished his words... Perhaps, there's still hope," she comforted herself in her heart. With hope in her eyes, Hazel looked at the director as he continued, "Not only we couldn't find the cause of this bizarre fire, but most of the documents containing the prisoners' information were destroyed as well. Hence, we don't know who had died in the fire—in other words, their existences were truly wiped out from this world. However, when I was investigating the matter, I found a notebook that belonged to a former colleague, who would write his daily tasks in the form of a diary. In one of the pages, he wrote about a 'mute prisoner' with the code number 9760. He was sent here five years ago. According to the diary, he didn't speak a word at first, so many thought that he was mute. However, his body was examined to be healthy. In fact, every prisoner wh