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The guards are being punished because K mentioned how they treated him and how they were going to take his clothes and had eaten his breakfast.
K does want to help the policemen but everything he does makes it worse and eventually he just wants to leave them to their punishment so no-one notices what he is involved in.
K does want to help the policemen but everything he does makes it worse and eventually he just wants to leave them to their punishment so no-one notices what he is involved in.
This was a strange chapter. A bit shocking with the beatings and a strange ending with K. just closing the door.
Why are the two guards that K. finds in the “junk room” of his bank being punished? Does K. want to help the guards?