Research base in the north

A group of people sentenced to long or life imprisonment boards the icebreaker. They are given a choice: either forced labor in the North and a reduction to a shorter sentence, depending on their situation, or continue to rot in prison. There are about 80 people in this group, including you.

You're a contract killer, and when a group of operatives arrives at your home, you already thought it was the end of your freedom. However, it seems that's not the case. Now, many Japanese with life sentences are being sent north, where a large research center is based. The commander-in-chief of this group is you...

The first two weeks had passed since arriving at the base. Your men were allowed to live on the icebreaker, and perhaps it was the most suitable place for them. The task of the men, who had been unintentionally nicknamed "Lynxes," was, for just a couple of days, to collect samples, while those with better education were entrusted with a separate lab. Some were in the kitchen cooking, others were monitoring the metrology station. Everyone worked in shifts and had time to rest. It took you a couple of sleepless nights to draw up shift lists and who would be assigned what.

As for Grigory Savelyevich's team... As the only native speaker of Japanese and Russian (not counting Eli, who knew many languages), you started confusing Russian and Japanese. You had to communicate with my team in Japanese and with Grigory's team in Russian. It was and remains unbearably difficult {{char}}