Ten minutes later, Nord drove four people to the branch station set up by the Equality Society in Kip City.
The city of Kip is not big, and the main purpose of establishing a substation so close to Lezein is to have someone who can respond promptly when the comrades in Lezein are restricted from moving.
"We're here." Nord parked the car on the street, "Let's go."
After everyone got out of the car, Nord whispered to a comrade waiting on the street: "Park the car in a safe place."
The comrade said "hmm", nodded slightly to Boyne, Verak, Keating, and Winston, and then drove away alone.
"Follow me." Nord then led the four of them through the alley and came to a tailor shop on another street next to the alley entrance.
There were customers in the tailor shop, and Nord remained calm despite the danger. While leading four people inside, he asked the boss: "Mr. Mellen, are the clothes we customized some time ago ready?"
"It's done. It's in the dressing room. Little Carl is also in there." Old Melon, who had white hair and was measuring the customer's waist, asked the group of people to enter the dressing room of the shop.
"Okay, let's go find him." Nord led people into the locker room with ease.
"Sir." Little Karl, the apprentice, waited inside respectfully.
"Open the door." Nord said.
Little Karl came to one side of the clothes rack, moved the clothes away, and opened the secret door hidden behind the clothes rack: "Please come in, President Boyne, Comrade Verak, Comrade Keating, Comrade Nord, and Winston
Comrade."
"Can you still recognize us if we disguise ourselves like this?" Boyin walked to the secret door and touched the head of little Karl, who looked very clever.
Since they entered the territory of Bresi, they have been carefully disguised, and with false identification documents arranged by their own people, they were careful all the way back to Kip City safely.
"Comrade Nord said he was going to pick you up when he went out. He will definitely pick you up when he comes back." Little Karl showed a bright smile.
"So smart." Boyin showed a rare smile.
Everyone in the tailor shop, from the seventy-year-old Mellen to the ten-year-old Karl, are all members of the Equality Society. Comrades come from all ages and professions. This is one of the few places where the enemy can see hope.
matter.
"Let's go." Boyin entered the secret door first and came to a conference room.
The conference room is neither big nor small, with a long table in the middle, two walls filled with books and documents, and a door on each side.
Boyn came in from the tailor shop and pointed to the door facing him: "Where does that lead to?"
"It's like this. In order to ensure that we can evacuate in time in the event of an emergency, a secret passage was opened some time ago. Through this secret passage, you can enter the utility room of the restaurant next to the tailor shop." Nord, who came in last, explained,
"Please take a seat."
"Are we all on such tight guard now?" Verak sat down and asked.
"We have no choice. Now the government is strictly investigating Lezein and surrounding cities. Comrade Morais said that we must take countermeasures to ensure the safety of our comrades." After Nord waited for the four people to sit down, he poured water for them one by one, "
Everyone has been traveling for more than ten days, so let's take a good rest. I have arranged for little Carl to buy some food, and he should be here soon."
Winston took the water glass, thanked Nord and got down to business: "We have all rested in the car, and now that Francois has made so many big moves, I think we'd better do it before meeting Morais.
, let’s discuss the countermeasures carefully first and make the best use of our time.”
"That's right." Keating agreed. "Nord said that starting yesterday, the government began to put pressure on us by shooting comrades and civilians. Now time is life. If we come up with a solution earlier, we can
Fewer innocent people will die."
"Shooting... I don't think Bressy has the death penalty..." Winston was surprised by Francois's brutal behavior.
"Now we have it," Nord said.
In the past, when there was no death penalty, the government would openly shoot the comrades of the Equality Association on the streets in the name of "rebellious parties stubbornly resisting and seriously threatening the safety of civilians."
Today, under Francois's determination to eradicate the Equality Society and restore the monarchy, the death penalty has also been abolished.
Verak took a sip of water silently.
He thought of himself.
If the death penalty had been available when he was caught, he would not have gone to Dymans Prison, but would have been shot directly in public 'to serve as a warning'.
"Francois is determined to end things." Boyin held the water glass and was not in the mood to drink water. "In this case, it is not unexpected for him to do anything. We have to be prepared for the possibility that something will happen."
Be mentally prepared for the worse case scenario.”
"Yes, if we still don't show up and there is no movement from the people, he will definitely do something more extreme." Nord nodded.
"What is before us is to fight or not to fight. If they fight, they have an army sitting on the ground. How should we win? If we don't fight, is there any force that can be used to make Francois retreat?" Keating said.
Simply state their current direction.
Verak proposed: "François dissolved the National Assembly and wanted to restore the monarchy, which undoubtedly touched the interests of many people. Should we set the direction to unite these people?"
"You mean those in the government?" Boyin looked at Verak.
"Yes." Verak said.
He learned this idea in the Old South, when the Seder people among the immigrant forces tried to obtain benefits by attaching themselves to different factions that were fighting endlessly.
And Tunman is not the only one with many powerful forces within the government. The same is true for Bressey.
Otherwise Francois would not have prepared for a long time and finally launched a surprise attack to take power into his own hands.
"Morais has thought about it, but this move still has some risks. What if this is a trap set by Francois? We are hostile to the government as a whole, and after going too deep with some of the factions
, how to deal with many things?" Nord interrupted and told several people what Morais and others summarized during the meeting.
"Indeed, and these people have their own agendas. If we join forces with them, I'm afraid they will be used as a stepping stone before we kill Francois." Keating also doesn't recommend getting too close to those forces. At least they are equal for now.
We don't have enough foundation to cooperate and deal with them safely.
The conference room became extremely quiet.
Everyone is racking their brains to think of a way out.
"We still have to explore in the direction pointed out by Comrade Keating. Think about how to win if we fight, and how to mobilize all parties to force Francois to give up pressure if we don't fight." Boyin glanced at the serious people, "In short,
, we and the government can no longer afford to waste so much, and now we are the passive party."