I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison

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I transmigrated into a novel… but, why did I transmigrate 10 years before the original story?

To make matter worse, the place I transmigrated into was a prison, a place even more dangerous than a jungle.

I struggled and fought to survive, and after 10 years had passed, I became the leader of the inmates.

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“Hey, Mint, easy there. Do it moderately.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

I was known as a good-for-nothing leader, however, becoming the leader in this wretched place has its own advantages. That was why I’ve come to accept it as a privilege instead.

“I could declare you dead on paper. But, you have to do one thing for me.”

“I don’t understand what you mean.”

And then, a chance appeared before me like a dream.

“If you help me, I’ll get you released.”

“What should I do, sir?”

“…”

The warden suddenly ordered the prison’s craziest girl to help him.

“Make the new inmate who’ll enter soon become the leader.”

This place was a prison, a lawless zone.
If I manage to make that person a leader, I will finally be released.

“By the way, it is the men prison you need to go to.”

“…What? How could I even do that?”

“Disguise, of course!”

However…

The new inmate turned out to be the male lead.

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I Became a Dead Character in a Prison for Wastes
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피폐물 감방의 고인물이 되었다
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koco2018
koco2018 rated it
June 4, 2024
Status: c35
MC is hilarious, I always enjoy the active shameless characters with a lack of common sense but a good heart. She does injure and 'kill' but you'll see why that isn't a big deal since it's like smacking a mosquito. Also, it's a wretched prison where inmates climb a 100-floor tower to determine their rankings. Each floor's trials are more wretched than the last, it's designed to kill and bring fear to the heinous criminals who are held here. I would write more for this review but I'm tired, so... more>> I'll update this later.

Here is a spoiler that I thought was hilarious and had to share. It does spoil a fair bit of funny parts leading up to it though.

Spoiler

*Context* MC made a deal with the warden to protect the ML in exchange for her release. She wore a bracelet to change her appearance to a man, and went to the male side of the prison to become the rookie guard assigned to the prison newcomer ML. After a few months, she had a fight with a prisoner and she was demoted back to prisoner lol. This scene is after MC was demoted and she and ML were just moved to a 2 person cell, they've been talking for a bit but I grabbed this part to show you.

"... You know a lot about the Tower."

"Of course, it's because I'm a guard."

I'll give him full points for not having any complaints. Plus 100 bonus points for being handsome.

"You're being nice today, so should I tell you something more?"

"What's nice about me?"

"Despite glaring at me, you don't voice any complaints."

"..."

"Do you know what the most important thing is for a prisoner who enters here for the first time?"

Helios remained silent for a moment. At the same time as asking the question, a memory replayed itself in my mind. It was a very old memory.

'When I first entered the 1st floor, I thought I was going to die for real.'

The 1st floor was so challenging that even adults have a hard time enduring it. I was only twelve years old at the time. Somehow, I survived and made it out. In the confinement cell where I returned, I remembered something I saw for the first time- an affectionate smile from a woman.

He raised his head at the voice.

"The answer is 'backing'."

"Huh?"

"Because you're weak, quickly cling to the strong."

"..."

"It's not being a pushover. It's something necessary for survival."

I rolled my body and laid on my side facing Helios.

"In that sense, you've met a very good master, haven't you?"

"In the end, you kept praising yourself..."

Helios let out a sigh, as if losing strength, and lay on the bed on the right.

'He didn't turn off the lights.'

I stared at the ceiling for a moment and then moved my gaze.

"Helios! Something big happened."

"... What's going on?"

"It's really serious. Come over here quickly."

Helios frowned but got up and approached me. Despite his grumbling, he listens well. His appearance might suggest that he could manipulate and make others do anything for him, but surprisingly, he never asked for any favors. He was a young man with a righteous heart. However, it was said that humans like him eventually turn dark. I chuckled while looking at him.

"Turn off the lights."

"... What?"

"I'm telling you to turn them off."

"..."

"Please turn them off, my disciple?"

Helios cursed at me. It was no longer a surprising occurrence. And as he grumbled with curses and reluctantly approached to turn off the lights, I used Kia to turn them off.

"So, how's the ability of your master?"

The night ending with strings of curses.

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*More Context* Kia is synonymous with Mana/Ki/Magic it is the magical force humans can utilize as a weapon. MC can use all types of Kia, so turning off a light switch without touching it is easy.

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And. Here is a spoiler to help you smell the love between MC and ML. It's so sweet.

Spoiler

*Context* Following the previous spoiler, this is the first night MC, who just got demoted from guard to male prisoner, and ML spent the night together in their 2 person cell.

"It's a beautiful morning, so wake up."

"How do you know it's a nice day when there are no windows in this room?"

"It's just a feeling, a hunch."

A moment later, the wake-up alarm echoed throughout the prison.

"The day is finally here, the day~"

What a strange person.

'He didn't seem like this when he was a guard.'

When he was a guard, he dressed neatly and although there was something strange about him, he tried to imitate the behavior of a proper guard. Of course, he seemed to believe that he was an excellent guard himself. But now, his rumpled clothes remained disheveled as he had just woken up. He didn't pay any attention to it at all, even though it happened only moments ago. And his way of speaking seemed different too. The more he saw him... He seemed to have a screw loose.

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Can you smell the love? That's our MC, the one described as having a screw loose by ML LMAO. Well, MC grew up in the prison so this is her daily life. She came in 10 years before the ML when she was age 12, so she's 22 years old welcoming her normal day.

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Kurangnyataaja
Kurangnyataaja rated it
March 20, 2025
Status: Completed
Do you know that feeling when you've read like 50+ romance fantasy stories with the same old reincarnation, villainess, or cold northern duke type of plot and you start getting tired and wish for something different?

Well congratulations, because this novel is a double edged sword. It can either make you feel like it's a breath of fresh air, or make you feel out of breath gasping for air. Wait I think I'm being dramatic it actually wasn't that bad. Personally I think the setting, the story, and the characters were... more>> decent and I liked them. Okay I lied, I loved it. In fact this review may be too biased because I have a literal crush on the MC.

Let's start with the FL. She's a menace to society, literally one of the most overpowered, badass, but crazy female leads that I have ever read. She's the leader of the prison, in other words THE STRONGEST PRISONER. She already climbed 100 floors of the tower and now she's accompanying the male lead climb from the first floor. Bruh, I mean- just imagine how unserious and laid back she was the whole time.

Spoiler

The male lead and his team were dying most of the time. Meanwhile, she was casually sitting in the back, cheering for them... And even in one of the floors, the boss was too strong for the male lead and his team to defeat, so she killed the boss, disguises herself, and then she starts attacking them... lmao

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She's not a villainess, let alone a saintess, good or evil doesn't apply to her, she just does whatever she wants, and forget the fact that she was reincarnated, she doesn't care about the og plot. She only cares about things that interest her, so you know it's serious when she starts taking interest on the male lead, you gotta love an obsessive FL that would kill for her man.

And then there's the ML, that surprisingly isn't just there for the sake of a love interest, isn't some stoic cold duke with only two expressions, actually has a lot of personality, character development and even friends??? (I was being sarcastic, sorry...) Well either way you have to like him, because forget the FL, he'll be the one you'll see fighting and struggling for more than half of the story, I sometimes forgot the actual MC was the one chilling in the back. Oh and tags don't give him justice because wdym he turns into a yandere?!

Spoiler

Well suprise suprise, he actually does...

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But as much as I would recommend it, my biggest issue with the novel is the author's writing. I read his previous works and they all suffer from the same problem. Also the female lead is so "uninterested in anything" that she rarely asks questions or gets curious, and the author doesn't bother to explain so you sometimes have to turn off your brain. The novel's pacing itself wasn't slow, but it can sometimes feel dragging because more than half of the novel's plot was about the tower, each floor has different trials so it didn't really feel boring but I was getting tired. They only really started to explain stuff after 100+ chapters so it took me long enough to connect the dots, but if you can survive 150 chapters in prison then you'll survive the next 64 chapters of even more pure chaos after the FL escapes. This was by far one of the most exciting and frustrating reads I had in a while.

Yeah I know it's not for everyone, there were plot holes and the FL might feel like a marry sue but overall it was a really fun read, it's the type of novel that keeps you hooked until the end. Well at least I got hooked up until the end... (I binge read this in like one week so RIP my money). The story started interesting so I thought it would get boring as the story progresses but surprisingly it did not. I do hope they do better on the manhwa adaptation, since it is an action fantasy and I'm not really visually imaginative myself, and with the author's writing it just made things worst but still 9/10 would highly recommend for anyone looking for something new that doesn't fit in your typical otome isekai. Just try a few chapters first, if it doesn't suit your taste you can drop it.

*Also big thanks to the translator, I already finished reading it on kakaopage but I'm re-reading because your translation makes much more sense :) <<less
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