"What should we do? The question is what should we do now? They are not sure whether Speaker Fulin has gone out..." The guard captain grabbed his hair and looked at Lawrence.
Lawrence firmly believed that the information was correct. Speaker Fulin must have rushed to No. 51 Heller Street: "Speaker Fulin must have gone out! Otherwise, he would not have sent a servant to attract our attention! From Speaker Fulin's perspective, if he
If you want to send someone to drive us away, it is definitely best to lead him in the opposite direction, so he may be heading west, and if we chase him now, we should be able to catch him in time!"
The captain of the guard had some doubts: "What if he didn't go out? Or what if he went in another direction?"
"Then we should leave a team of people here to keep an eye on the mansion, just in case Speaker Fulin has not left. Then we will chase to the west. If we can't catch up, there is nothing we can do. At least we tried our best." Lawrence advised.
"...Just come here!" The guard captain couldn't think of a better solution, and said fiercely to the other guards, "Lawrence, Vader, and Tyron are following me. The others will keep an eye on this place and must not let anyone out!
If your omissions cause any impact, I will be the first to take your heads!"
"Yes..." a group of guards said tremblingly.
Time was running out, so the captain of the guard did not warn the guards any more and quickly led Lawrence and others to chase west.
Lawrence panted heavily and followed the eager guard captain to track down Speaker Fulin without stopping, thinking secretly about the next countermeasures.
In such a large direction to the west, they haven't seen Speaker Flynn yet, so how can they be led to No. 51 Heller Street without seeming to be intentional?
"Do you feel something is wrong?" Just as Lawrence was thinking hard, the captain of the guard suddenly stopped and looked around.
"What's wrong, captain?" one of the guards asked.
"Isn't there a curfew at night? Are there night patrols by troops from an independent mixed division? Why have we walked for so long without seeing anyone?" The captain of the guard felt that there was an indescribable weirdness everywhere today.
"Yes...that's strange..." The guard was also confused.
Lawrence was sweating profusely, half from exhaustion and half from the nervousness caused by the planned trip: "Captain, do you think this is related to Speaker Fulin's matter? It's too coincidental that we just happened to bump into each other.
…”
"It's possible." The captain of the guard looked at the branch road ahead, "We have to hurry up and find Fulin..."
Fulin's mansion is not too far from Heller Street. Generally speaking, it can be reached on foot in twenty minutes. They ran and chased for ten minutes, and then they could reach Heller Street after crossing two streets.
"Captain, there are too many side roads. It's far less efficient for us to search together than separately. Or should we each search in a separate block?" Lawrence suggested again.
"That's the only way." The captain of the guard glanced at Lawrence. The guard was quite smart. "If I remember correctly, there are Monument Street, Heller Street, and Tenth Street."
Lawrence didn't want too much suspicion on himself, so he tried to preemptively say: "I'll go to Monument Avenue."
"Then I'll go to Heller Street, and you two will go to 10th Street. If you find Speaker Fulin, don't alert him. Follow him secretly and look for opportunities to contact any of us." The guard captain quickly completed the assignment, "Okay.
Hurry up and get going."
The four soldiers divided into three groups and rushed towards Monument Street, Heller Street and Tenth Street respectively.
When Lawrence arrived at Monument Street, he knew that Flynn would not come here, so he did not search at all and quietly went to the adjacent Heller Street.
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9:58 p.m.
bruce street
Morais and several ambushed comrades held loaded pistols and hid in the darkness, silently watching Captain Dana and Lieutenant Bunier sitting smoking and chatting at the street corner.
"At ten o'clock, get ready for me. We must kill them all at once and evacuate as quickly as possible." Morais carefully warned several comrades in the combat department.
"clear."
"clear."
The comrades raised their pistols one after another and pointed their guns at the two officers who were not far away from them.
Nine fifty-nine.
Morais' eyes flickered back and forth between Captain Dana, Lieutenant Bunier and the watch.
Thirty seconds left.
Twenty seconds.
Ten seconds.
Five seconds.
One second.
"Hit!" Morais roared as he fired, followed by dozens of "bang bang bang" gunshots.
Seeing Captain Dana with his own eyes, Lieutenant Bunier fell to the ground after being shot several times. The night patrol soldiers of the Light Infantry Regiment on the street rescued the two men while following the sound of gunfire and muzzle flash.
If you stay longer: "Withdraw!"
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ten o'clock sharp
Lezein, West End, Hellerstrasse 51
The night training troops in the area from Fulin Mansion to Heller Street were transferred out by Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey. In order not to be noticed, the two of them stayed in the pawn shop at No. 51 and waited patiently to meet them.
Meeting with Fulin.
"Why haven't you come yet?" Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey couldn't sit still and looked at the time frequently.
Colonel Benson sat steadily with a serious look on his face: "There are guards watching over him. It won't be easy to get out. Just wait."
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey stood up and paced back and forth: "In order to create an opportunity for him to come here, I transferred all the night patrol troops that he must pass through. If such a transfer is discovered by Joseph, he will definitely become suspicious, so
The longer it takes, the greater the risk to me."
"Didn't you say that if we couldn't reach an agreement, we would just arrest him?" Benson raised his head and looked at Jeffrey walking around.
"But what if the negotiation is good? Then there must be no clues left." Jeffrey said.
"You have the final say in this area. As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know what happened here." After arriving at the meeting place, Benson, who was unable to make a decision at first, became calm and relaxed.
"Even I wouldn't dare-" Halfway through Jeffrey's words, he vaguely heard footsteps coming from outside, and immediately silenced himself and looked outside.
Seeing this, Benson cautiously touched the gun at his waist with one hand.
"Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey? Colonel Benson?" A probing inquiry came from outside.
Jeffrey, who was the first to look outside, smiled: "Mr. Fulin."
"Mr. Flynn." Benson stood up quickly to greet him.
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Grain owed
The captain of the guard responsible for tracing Fulin's whereabouts was groping carefully on Heller Street, when suddenly a figure appeared from one side and made him jump.
"team leader!"
The captain of the guard was about to draw his gun when he heard a familiar call and took a closer look. It turned out to be Lawrence: "Lawrence? Why are you here? Aren't you responsible for patrolling Monument Street?"
"I'm a fast runner. I ran around for a while and couldn't find it, so I thought I'd come over and look for it with you." Lawrence told the captain the reason he had just made up.
"He shouldn't be able to run far, let's look for him together." The captain of the guard did not doubt Lawrence's words. After calming down his frightened heart, he prepared to take Lawrence with him to continue searching.
Lawrence glanced at his watch. It was already 10:03. According to the intelligence revealed by his superiors, the operation on the other side had already begun and would soon affect them.
Sure enough, before they could take two steps forward, a car sped up in front of them and stopped in front of No. 51 Pawn Shop.
"Close to the wall!" The captain of the guard pulled Lawrence against the wall to avoid being discovered by the other party.
"Captain, he seems to be from the independent mixed division!" Lawrence leaned against the wall, staring intently at the soldiers who got off the car.
The soldier was some distance away from them. He seemed to be carrying some important information. He parked the car and quickly entered the pawn shop without having time to check the surroundings.
"What is going on..." The guard captain was completely confused.
First, Fulin sent a servant out to attract their attention, and then he escaped from his shell. Then, the night patrol troops in nearby neighborhoods disappeared out of thin air, and soldiers in cars suddenly appeared on Heller Street.
This is so weird.
"Could this have something to do with Speaker Fulin?" Lawrence pretended to guess, "Speaker Fulin escaped today, and the night patrol troops just disappeared? How could it be such a coincidence? It looks like the night patrol troops deliberately gave Fu Lin
Speaker Lin, give way..."
"Don't talk nonsense." The captain of the guard wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, not daring to follow Lawrence's thoughts and speculate about things in the independent mixing division. "Once such unfounded things are spread, we will all die."
"Yes..." Lawrence swallowed.
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"It's an honor to meet you." In the pawn shop, Benson, Jeffrey and Fulin shook hands, "Please take a seat."
"It's an honor to meet you two." Fulin sat down at the warm invitation.
Jeffrey was a little too anxious. Benson was still pouring water, so he couldn't help but ask first: "I want to know your specific thoughts."
"What are my specific thoughts? I think that since we are all here, we must have reached a consensus on this matter." Fulin raised his eyebrows and prepared to find out the true and false of the two.
"I admire both of you for your foresight and for not following Francois's mistakes again and again."
"Today's meeting was also something we didn't expect. I have to say that you gave us a brand new choice. But whether this choice is attractive and worth the risk, I think we still need you to clarify." Benson said.
The poured glass of water was pushed in front of Fulin.
Fulin thanked him. He had already expected that Benson and Jeffrey were contacting him because they wanted to obtain greater benefits. Otherwise, no one would take such a big risk and leave the party with a guaranteed victory to support them. And he knew very well that
The importance of the two regiments in this power struggle has made them ready to throw out enough benefits: "The two of them should also be very clear about continuing to stand by François.
Here, what kind of development will be achieved after he restores the monarchy? Maren Joseph has already secured his position as the commander of the independent mixed division. If Francois really wants to promote you in the future, he will not be able to work in Pisay.
You were not mobilized after I was assassinated, so if things continue to develop like this, the best outcome for you two is to maintain the status quo."
Benson and Jeffrey had no objections to this, and it was precisely because they agreed with this idea that they came to meet Fulin.
"It is impossible for us in the parliament to do this, let alone allow such absurd things as civilian major generals to appear. So if you two can help us impeach Francois, force him to step down and re-stabilize Bressey's political situation, at least independently
The positions of division commander of the formation division and the position of commander of the Lezein Guard Division can be left to you." Fulin said.
Benson and Jeffrey looked at each other.
It would be difficult to accomplish anything by staying with Francois, but their status would be greatly improved by joining the parliamentarians, and they were moved.
Fulin was keenly aware of the heat in their eyes, and chuckled disdainfully in his heart.
Compared to the parliament regaining control of the political situation, the positions of two major generals are nothing.
"Report!"
At this time, the voice of soldiers came from outside the door.
Benson glanced at Fulin, who understood and quickly stood up and hid aside.
"Come in." After Fulin hid, Jeffrey asked the soldier to come in and talk.
"Regiment commander, Colonel Benson." The soldier saluted the two men and said, "The Equality Society assassinated Captain Dana, Lieutenant Burnier, and now Major General Joseph of the 1st Cavalry Regiment in charge of night patrol on Bruce Street in the South District.
We are taking people there."
"The Equality Society appears again?!" Benson felt a headache for the Equality Society, which had frequently carried out assassinations recently.
"Why did you come at this time..." Jeffrey was annoyed.
They finally met with Speaker Fulin to discuss the benefits, but things started to happen again at the Equality Council on the other end.
"We have to go there too." Benson also felt uncomfortable, but he did not doubt that the Equality Society would carry out an assassination tonight. He just felt that it was a bit unlucky.
After all, the Equality Association has carried out multiple assassinations in recent days, so today's assassination is not a surprise.
"We too?" Jeffrey didn't say it explicitly, but his secret meaning was very clear. He also wanted to have an in-depth conversation with Speaker Flynn.
"You go to the car and wait for us first." Benson sent the soldiers away. "There is an assassination over there. Joseph is likely to check our defense work. It would be bad if he discovers that the night patrol troops nearby have made abnormal adjustments.
Already."
"We can meet again when we have the opportunity, or we can contact each other through letters instead." Speaker Fulin walked out from behind the display case, and for the sake of safety did not choose to stay with the two of them chatting all night long.
"Fuck..." Jeffrey cursed, "Damn the Equality Society!"
"Then let's leave first, and you can find a way to contact us later." Benson stood up.
Shouldn't you be the one contacting me?
Fulin was extremely confused, but he didn't say anything because the situation was urgent.
"The nearby night patrol force will be back in half an hour. You have to go back before then and be careful on the road." After reminding Fulin, Benson and Jeffrey hurried out.
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"Come out!" Lawrence raised his chin at the pawn shop No. 51.
"Don't make any sound." The captain of the guard bumped Lawrence, then stared at the door of the pawn shop without daring to blink.
Under their secret gaze, Colonel Benson, the commander of the 7th Light Infantry Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey, the commander of the 15th Light Infantry Regiment, walked out of the pawn shop, got into their cars and sped away in the direction they came.
go.
Before their car disappeared from sight, another man walked out of the pawn shop, which shocked the captain of the guard.
"It's really Fu Lin! I didn't expect them to collude together!" The captain of the guard looked at the last person coming out of the pawn shop and couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.
Different from the excitement of the captain of the guard, Lawrence no longer had surprise in his eyes, but his body went limp and he almost collapsed against the wall.