### 175

After nearly an hour your efforts are rewarded and you are able to pull open the door to your cell. You enter the corridor beyond and make your way silently towards the guardroom. You are determined to retrieve your Kai Weapon and equipment, but you are also aware that you must avoid alerting the guards if you are to preserve your hopes of escaping from this gaol alive.

Peering around the door to the guardroom you discover that it is occupied by three gaolers. They are playing cards, and they are using the crate which contains your equipment as a makeshift table. In order to get at your equipment you must first lure the gaolers out of the room.

If you possess Assimilance and have attained the rank of Kai Grand Master Superior, turn to 234.

If you possess the Discipline of Grand Nexus and wish to use it, turn to 302.

If you do not possess these skills, have yet to attain the required level of Kai Mastery, or choose not to use your skills, turn instead to 130.