Early in the morning, Verak specifically told him that no matter how busy he was, he had to eat enough, and no matter how anxious he was, he had to ensure safety first. After that, Diaz, Nord, and Murphy left one after another.
With yesterday's experience, Verak was more confident that they could handle the problem well. He did not watch them go away uneasily. Instead, he said goodbye to each other and went to join Keating and Piaf to prepare for the training together.
The fourth training session of the class.
Because Keating and Verak's faces were too sensitive, they could not accompany the students to conduct combat training outside the city of Lezein, so they spared more time and completed three training sessions in just half a month -
—This is the result of slowing down the speed of theoretical training in consideration of the training pressure on combat training.
There are still a little more than three weeks before the end of the World Expo. At this rate, they should be able to train four to five phases of trainees. By then, the total number of trainees will reach 1,200 to 1,400, which is much higher.
Compared with their previous estimates, it will also fully meet the needs for attacking government buildings.
They had already prepared the preliminary preparations for the training three times, so they were already familiar with it. It only took half a day to implement all the matters, and left half a day for handover time for the two hundred trainees in this training.
During lunch, as soon as the three of them entered the dining hall, Morais came out of it.
"Have you finished eating?" Morais usually followed the meal orders, but today he finished them before them, which made Verak a little curious.
"Yes, I still have some things to go out to deal with, so let's finish lunch first." Mores paused, "By the way, there will be a cadre collective meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon. Remember to come on time."
The last group meeting was when Verac officially joined the Equality Association, and they jointly decided on the time to attack the government building. Now that about twenty days have passed, something big must have happened again.
"Okay, we'll be there on time this afternoon, so hurry up and get going." Morais finished his meal early just to deal with things in a hurry, so Keating didn't let Morais stay and explain the specific situation to them.
"Well, see you in the afternoon." Morais left quickly.
"Did something big happen again?" Verak asked while eating.
Keating held a different opinion: "Looking at Morais's performance, there should be nothing wrong. It may be a routine meeting."
"That's right." Piaf followed, "We will hold regular group meetings to conduct phased summaries, and then make real-time adjustments to subsequent development."
"That's good." Verak breathed a sigh of relief. If something happened at this juncture, it would most likely affect a series of plans of the Equality Association.
After dinner, time flew by to two o'clock in the afternoon.
Verac, who had taken a rare lunch break, followed Keating and Piaf to the conference room on time, went in and sat down in the vacant seats one after another.
Within two minutes after they sat down, all the cadres on Morais' side arrived.
"Everyone, let me report on the work situation first." After watching everyone sit down, Morais began to listen to the work report.
The members of the Equality Association in the West and South districts where Morais was responsible seemed to be influenced by his style. He spoke simply and clearly, and it took less than five minutes to report on the work situation.
"How are things going in the intelligence department?" After listening to the work report, Morais asked about several projects that the Equality Association is currently running at full capacity.
"Progress steadily and ensure it is completed within your expectations." said the person in charge of the intelligence department.
"Training class." Morais looked at Keating.
Keating said: "The fourth class will start tomorrow. It is estimated that at least 1,200 people can be trained with high quality and quantity before attacking the government building."
"Very good." Morais lit a cigarette and pointed to a cadre while smoking.
The cadre knew that Morais wanted to ask him about weapons preparation: "Weapons preparation is still being resolved."
"You." Morais pointed to another person.
"Same."
"you."
"I don't have a clue yet..."
"Verac." Morais pointed to the fourth team responsible for weapons preparation, that is, the person headed by Verac.
Verak was quite surprised that the first three lines were either standing still or groping hard: "I am also making steady progress and will give you a clear result within five days."
Morais took a deep breath of cigarette with an expressionless face. As he exhaled the smoke, the conference room became quiet for a moment: "There are only three weeks left. The success or failure of attacking the government building depends on all of you."
Can we find a way to solve the shortage of weapons in time?"
There was a heavy pressure in the conference room, which made people feel breathless.
The closing time of the World Expo is getting closer and closer, but the most critical part of their plan has not yet been implemented. One can imagine the pressure on those responsible for this aspect.
"In addition to listening to your routine work report today, there is another very important thing." Morais quickly finished smoking a cigarette. He casually put the cigarette butt in the ashtray and glanced at it without saying a word.
Everyone asked, "Do you think it is necessary to advance the plan to capture the government building?"
in advance?!
The matter of weapons has not yet been discussed. Everyone is wishing that the closing ceremony could be later to give them more room to prepare. Why would Morais suddenly want to move forward?
Immediately there were whispers in the conference room.
"Actually, our plan has two dates to choose from." Morais's voice spoke over the whispering cadres, "One is the closing day of the expo on January 5th, and the other is New Year's Day on January 1st."
Verak and Keating had a tacit understanding and made eye contact.
"If it is chosen on New Year's Day, our planned action time will be five days ahead of schedule. There is no doubt that shortening five days compared to the original plan will make our preparations somewhat inadequate, and the comrades responsible for solving the weapons shortage will be under greater pressure. But
The benefits it brings are also significant. The whole country celebrates on New Year's Day, which is our best cover. And when we finish the retreat, because the World Expo has not yet ended, the government will have to mobilize forces to protect delegations from various countries and also
We have to think carefully about whether to hold subsequent exhibitions. This will give us a relatively safe expansion period of no less than two days."
Morais gave a long speech and carefully explained the benefits of choosing New Year's Day to attack the government building.
The most important thing is that if the World Expo ends according to the original plan, and they declare war on the government, the government will attack them with all its strength. If the action is taken on New Year's Day, because the Expo is still going on, the government will have to consider everything, and it will give
They set aside some time.
"I think the idea you proposed raises a new question, which is whether the time set aside is more worthwhile than five extra days of preparation for the operation." A cadre expressed his opinion, "
This has to be weighed very carefully.”
"Instead of considering whether to strive for a few days of safety period after officially declaring war, it is more important to improve how we can develop openly after the government building is destroyed."
"It's not a conflict."
"But these need to be carefully crafted."
…
Debates continued in the conference room.
"Teacher, what do you think?" Verak asked Keating what he thought.
Keating observed Morais who was listening silently to everyone's conversation: "New Year's Day is indeed a good day. We can use the festival as a cover to attack the government. Later, because the expo has not ended yet, Lezein will become very chaotic, and the government will not be able to do anything for the time being."
Declare war on us with all your might."
"Then you support Morais's view?" Verak asked.
"What do you think?"
"I think both options are fine. If we can really get everything ready before New Year's Day, there is no need to wait. After all, the government is also looking at the closing ceremony eagerly." Verak did not find any obvious shortcomings in the two options, "Look.
Look at other people’s opinions.”
After Morais listened patiently for a while, he discussed some new issues that came up with the cadres present, and finally began to vote: "Of course I alone can't say this. I really have to choose to act on New Year's Day, which is extremely challenging.
All departments collaborate, so voting is carried out and the minority obeys the majority."
The conference room fell silent, and after some discussion, everyone had a decision in mind.
"If you support the plan to move forward to New Year's Day, please raise your hands." Morais said.
As soon as he finished speaking, three people in the conference room raised their hands.
"If you support maintaining the original plan, please raise your hands."
Five people raised their hands this time.
In addition to these eight people, the other four abstained, including Verak, Keating, and Piaf. They all agreed that both options were acceptable.
"Then keep the original plan." Morais did not hesitate. Facing the results of the cadres' vote, he immediately gave up the idea of taking action on New Year's Day. "Okay, let's adjourn the meeting."
Verac, Keating, and Piaf left the conference room and walked toward the hotel.
"Why do I feel that Morais is a little disappointed?" Piaf, as a woman, has a keener perception. She felt that Morais was disappointed after seeing that the vote did not approve his proposal.
"It's normal." Keating didn't think there was anything strange. "The fact that Moles proposed it shows that he thinks the matter is feasible. But in the end it failed. He was optimistic about the New Year's Day action and he will naturally be a little dissatisfied."
Verac also noticed this, but his concern was different from Piaf: "Even if things did not develop as he wanted, Morais did not force his influence and respected the opinions of the vote. I think this is
It’s the most important thing.”
"Yeah." Piaf agreed.
Keating said nothing.
He knew that Verac had been cultivating his confidants recently because he was worried that one day Morais, who had absolute leadership in the Equality Society, would go down the wrong path, and he wanted to equip himself with the ability to stop Morais.
Morais' performance today reassured Verak a lot.
Morais respects everyone's opinions and deliberately decentralizes power so that equality is not just his words, but a common choice for everyone.
This is very different from Chloe.
After entering the hotel and saying goodbye to Piaf, who had recently become very close to them because of work, Keating said at the top of the stairs: "Morais has no problem with being a human being."
"Yes." Verak has not doubted this, he is just worried about the future, "I am also very satisfied with his behavior today. Maybe it is not so necessary for me to improve my voice. Judging from his behavior, equality will be in the future
One day power will sink, and the voting system will minimize the risk of making wrong decisions."
"There's no telling that new factions will be born." Keating smiled and predicted a bad outcome. "I can only say that both leadership methods have their own advantages."
"Then I don't know what to do." Verak shook his head, he had no clue, "I want to wait until the government building is attacked and the area stabilizes, then I will go to Dunman with you to determine the whereabouts of the gold.
Then we go to Pruman, find that organization that is more advanced than us, and learn their ideas and systems."
"good."
The two went upstairs and came to the door of their respective rooms.
"Then I'll go back and rest first." Keating returned to his room first.
Verak also went back to study the map drawn by Diaz and Murphy yesterday.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Verak went to the cafeteria to finish his meal, packed three more portions, and waited in the room for Diaz and the others to come back.
The three of them came back a little earlier than expected today, and the food was still hot, so they knocked on the door.
Verak opened the door and let the three people in. As usual, he let them eat first and then began to report the situation.
"I observed some things and redrawn the floor plan of the military warehouse according to the sample drawing you gave me." After eating, Nord wiped his mouth and handed a notebook to Verak, "These are organized in the notebook."
"Very good." Verak opened it and looked at it. After his guidance, Nord's records became more detailed and organized.
"We have completed the investigation of three blocks in the four directions radiating from the military warehouse." Murphy said, "But we haven't had time to draw the map yet. I will go back to prepare it later and give it to you as soon as possible."
Today, Murphy's workload has increased by more than half. It is normal that they did not have time to draw a map. Verak nodded: "Okay."
"There was no danger today and the scheduled mission was completed. Tomorrow is the last day you set. I plan to let Nord try to enter the military warehouse tomorrow, or continue to improve the information. Murphy and I expanded the scope of the investigation to determine the latest support from the government
Find out the location, time and troop strength of their support." Diaz made a final summary and explained the plan for tomorrow.
Three days was the time limit proposed by Verak after his initial rough estimate. Looking at it now, it was still a bit too late for them with only three people, but they still gritted their teeth and got to the last step. Verak had nothing to say, only admiration and appreciation.
: "We must complete the task tomorrow while ensuring safety."
"Understood." Diaz nodded solemnly.
"Morais held a group meeting today, and I personally promised him that we will give him the results within five days." Verak took the initiative to pour a glass of water for the three of them, "If you can get the final information tomorrow, we will have
It will take four days to complete follow-up inspections to determine whether this plan is feasible."
"Promise to complete the mission!" Nord assured Verak after taking a gulp of water.
Verak chuckled lightly, stood up and took out half of the map drawn by Diaz and the others: "As I said before, keep it safe. Okay, Nord goes back to rest, while Diaz and Murphy draw the remaining map."