"What Morais said makes sense. If you take this matter on your own, you have to solve the first problem, who should be the person exposed under the government's nose." On the way back, Keating mentioned Morais again.
The question in question is, "Your and my identities are too sensitive. We can only choose from three people: Diaz, Nord, and Murphy."
Verak said nothing.
How does he choose?
No one is stupid, and they all know very well that if they do this, they will almost die.
Whoever he picked might mean someone's death, so how to arrange it? He couldn't bear it, let alone think about how the person he picked would feel.
Seeing that Verak was silent, Keating knew that he was hesitating. If Verak had the chance to go up on his own, he would definitely go for it, but fate only gave him the right to choose someone, so he was in trouble: "This is the case.
Let’s think about it later.”
"This matter is related to the master plan of the Equality Society. We have to do it." Verak finally said, "But no matter what choice I make, I am generosity to others. I can't do it just by talking and letting others take risks.
Risk your life to do something."
"So if you insist on a stalemate, then there will be no solution to this matter." Keating patted Verak on the back, "Morais' final meaning is already obvious. This matter can be done or not. According to our principles,
It’s no big deal to plan and act. Anyway… the choice is yours.”
"Let's perfect the plan first." The choice Verak made was to avoid the most difficult problem to face first.
Keating knew that he would have to face it eventually, but he didn't make the matter too clear, leaving Verak with the time and space to weigh it: "Well..."
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Government Building, Ministry of Security Interrogation Room
Rock Shriver's face looked less lazy today. He put his hands in his pockets and sat patiently in the interrogation room with several subordinates, waiting for Dawn, who had been transported to Lazerin, to complete the formalities and meet directly with him and Ross.
"Is he here?" This was the only time in these days that Ross took the initiative to ask Rock Shriver.
The interrogation room was quite quiet. Rock Shriver had stumbled in front of Ross many times before. This time he also wanted to let Ross experience the feeling of torture, so he pretended not to hear, closed his eyes and waited for others to come over.
Rose's words were like pebbles thrown into the water in the silent interrogation room, and were quickly swallowed up by the calm.
After a long time, there was a commotion outside the interrogation room. A tall, strong man was tightly handcuffed with chains and escorted in by four soldiers.
Seeing the person coming, Rock Shriver raised his lips, feeling confident that he would learn the secrets of Chris and the Equality Society.
As soon as the man was escorted into the interrogation room, he paused and could not move no matter how hard the soldiers pushed him. His face, which was originally dispirited and with dull eyes, looked at Ross who was hung up and covered with bruises.
Finally there was a fluctuation.
Rose's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Dawn, who was being escorted in and was stunned on the spot.
Both of them were the last to be separated from Verak and Keating. They each fled to different places, but in the end they met again in chains.
Rock Shriver noticed their reactions and smiled even more. He deliberately arranged for the two to meet, hoping that they could break each other's psychological defenses: "Hang him up."
The soldier pushed Dawn up harder: "Hurry up!"
Dawn came to her senses and was pushed to Rose's side and hung up.
"Dawn." Rock Shriver looked at Dawn with a smile, which made Dawn shudder. "You two should be old acquaintances. Don't you have anything you want to talk about when we meet again after a month?"
"Why were you brought here?" After Dawn was caught, he and his family were immediately taken to Lezein without explanation. He wondered why he shouldn't be taken directly back to Damans Prison. "I am a prisoner.
It's a sin, but it has nothing to do with my family."
When Rock Shriver heard Dawn talking about family as soon as she opened her mouth, she became more confident about the matter: "Whether you have family or not depends on your choice."
"My choice..." Dawn glanced at Ross next to her.
Rose's appearance made him extremely frightened. When Verak endured inhuman torture in prison, he was almost like Nord. If it was just a matter of escaping from prison, why would the government need to go to great lengths to bring them to Lezein for such torture?
"It's Wei——" After seeing Ross, Dawn had a rough idea. Verak's status was far more special than theirs, and it was only because of this incident that they were paid so much attention by the government.
"I won't tell anything about Chris." Ross reacted very quickly. When Dawn was about to ask Rock Shriver about his purpose, he immediately interrupted him loudly.
Rock Shriver gave Ross the cold shoulder.
His subordinates understood this, picked up the whip from the torture rack, and struck Ross hard on the body.
"Pah!" The clear and loud sound of slapping made Dawn tense up.
He knew that Ross had just spoken to Rock Shriver, but he was actually speaking to him.
Chris…
Ross used the false identity of Verak, which means that the people in the government do not know the inside story. Combined with the fact that Ross was tortured, it is obvious that the government arrested them to find out the specific situation of Verak.
"Is it about Chris?" Dawn stared at Rock Shriver and asked.
"That's right." Rock Shriver sat, but exerted a sense of oppression on Dawn, "This matter is not worth going around the bush, let's just talk about it directly."
"Uh...hiss..." Ross moaned softly after being whipped, and his body couldn't stop shaking.
Dao En secretly screamed that something was wrong, the situation here was too complicated.
"It's actually very simple. If you tell me everything about Chris, I can pardon you on behalf of the government and let you and your family live peacefully and openly anywhere in this country."
"What if I don't say it?" Dawn asked knowingly.
Rock Shriver maintained great patience: "If you don't say anything, both of you, including your family, will die."
"He doesn't dare...to touch us..." Ross said with difficulty, fearing that Dawn would give in.
"How dare you say that!" Rock Shriver's subordinate immediately whipped Ross several times, knocking Ross out to death after he was already in a very bad condition.
"Don't pay attention to him." Rock Shriver smiled, looking both ruthless and gentle, "The reason why I kept him alive is just to wait for you to come. Once you come, he will have no need to live."
As soon as Rock Shriver finished speaking, his subordinate grabbed a knife and planned to kill Ross.
"Wait!" Dawn stopped him.
"What?" Rock Shriver asked with a half-smile.
"Killing him will do you no good." Dawn had just arrived and didn't understand anything. He could only try his best to maintain the original situation and protect Rose, who was on the same front as him.
Rock Shriver raised his eyebrows and spread his hands: "Then what's the benefit of keeping it?"
The execution of Ross was not Rock Shriver's impromptu decision, but something he decided after learning that Daughn had been arrested.
After Dawn arrives, if Ross is still alive, he will only silently declare that it is no big deal even if he bites and refuses to let go. But if he is executed in front of him, everything will be different.
This means that when you are the only one of value, we can leave you alone, but when there is a replacement, you will definitely die.
At that time, there is only one situation left for Dawn: either speak out quickly, or hold on like Ross and wait until the next prisoner is found and his family is silenced by the government.
This is the only value Rose has left.
Force Dawn to make a choice.
"You give me some time to sort these things out, okay?" This choice was very difficult, and it was difficult for Dawn to make a choice. All he could do was delay time.
"Why bother? If you say it now, you can leave right away." Rock Shriver stood up, with a puzzled look on his face, "Why do you have to waste time? Can you bear it here, can your wife and children bear it? They
What if I'm cold, hungry, scared, or something happens?"
Faced with Rock Shriver's threat, Dawn became more cautious when speaking: "My mind is in a mess right now. These things are so sudden. If you ask me to talk about Chris now, I don't even know where to start.
, I can’t even think of many things at once..."
"Then how long do you want?" Rock Shriver put his hands behind his back, walked to a position less than half a meter away from Dawn, raised his head and asked calmly.
"I don't know..." Dawn naturally wanted it to be as long as possible, so she refused to give an exact number.
"Two hours is long enough, right?" Rock Shriver said, "If you haven't figured it out clearly after two hours, you'll have missed your meal."
Dawn shook her head: "It's too short, give me at least two days..."
"I don't want to see this be the first meal for you, your wife, and your children to go hungry." Rock Shriver said to himself, "Okay, I'll arrange a quiet enough place for you so that you won't be disturbed.
Convenient and clear room.”
Four soldiers on the side stepped forward and put Dao En down.
Dawn saw that she and Ross were about to be separated, losing the opportunity to understand the situation and communicate with each other, and immediately pleaded: "I can also talk to Ross here and recall the past. I can also help you.
Try to persuade him, maybe he knows something that I don't know either."
Rock Shriver had already seen through Dawn's ploy: "Take it away."
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Lezein West, Edsa Hotel, Verak's Room
"Then we will follow this path. We must explain everything before being exposed to the government's sight." Verak and Keating discussed the specific plan of action.
"Well, we have to deal with different situations and formulate different rescue plans at the end of the plan." Keating held a hot water cup in his hand to keep warm.
Verak was convinced. With a mature rescue plan, others would be more willing to take risks and do it, and he would be more willing to assign it: "For me, this is the most important thing, to ensure that I am alive."
When I come back, the obstacles in my heart will be over."
"Then do you have any ideas?" Keating asked.
"Not yet." Only a few hours had passed since the idea was mentioned and they reported it to Morais. Verak was not yet capable of planning the plan in detail in such a short period of time.
"Don't worry." Keating couldn't help but persuade, "I know you are a stubborn person and can't listen to what others say, but you still have to stop and slow down appropriately."
Verak was not as perfunctory as Keating expected, but accepted it sincerely: "I know how to take a break, teacher, so that I can better solve the problem."
"That's good if you think so. Okay, you can relax and have a rest first. I'm going back." After chatting for a long time, Keating basically told Verak everything he could think of.
"Okay." Verak did not get up, but leaned on the sofa, rubbing his temples to soothe his nerves.
Keating held the water glass in one hand and went out, but within two seconds of leaving, he stood half-length into Verakdan's room: "Come out."
"Huh?" Verak was stunned for a moment, then slowly walked over, "What's wrong, teacher?"
Keating said nothing and just made way for him.
After Verak went out, he found Nord, Diaz, and Murphy standing in the corridor, shivering from the cold.
"What are you doing standing in the corridor in the cold weather?" Verak felt chilly just after going out, so it was difficult to understand what the three people were gathering outside for.
"We..." Diaz was speechless.
"Let's go in and talk." Nord shrank his neck and walked past Verak without any explanation and entered his room.
Verak understood that the three of them were coming for him, and called Diaz and Murphy to come in: "Come in, everyone."
After the two of them entered, Verak and Keating, who were about to leave, also returned together, and the five of them sat around the living room again.
"Tell me what's going on." Verak poured a cup of hot water for the three of them.
Nord picked up the water glass, took a big sip, and then his body trembled from top to bottom: "The three of us discussed something outside."
"What can you three discuss?" Verak asked.
"I know what concerns you have." Nord, who was much better after drinking water, said seriously, "This task is very dangerous. Your identity is too sensitive. You can only choose one of the three of us to do it that will be exposed under the eyes of the government.
piece."
"It's not a chess piece..." Verak didn't expect that they would have thought of this before he explained it to them in detail.
"That's not important." Nord didn't care whether the description was correct or not, "In short, among the three of us, one of us has to do the least talking, right?"
Verak said nothing.
"That's right." Keating said for him.
"What a great performance opportunity. The three of us all feel that whoever you choose will be unfair to the other two, so we want to compete fairly and whoever has the most ability will do it." Nord pretended to be relaxed.
He said, "This is the result of our discussion outside."
"It's not your turn to think about it yet, I will arrange everything." Verak was very moved by the choices made by the three of them, but he instinctively wanted to postpone the matter until the situation was better.
More to come later.
Diaz also participated in the fight: "I know you are embarrassed, but I am not doing this entirely for your consideration. It is up to you to select people, and those who are not selected will feel sorry for themselves and will be burdened with as much pressure and guilt as you."
.”
Verak had not thought about this issue for the three of them.
"We are fighting with you, we want to make our internal decision, and we also hope to gain your respect and each other's respect." Diaz said, "I think... with this arrangement, no matter what the final result is, each of us should be able to