A few people took some time to temporarily block the windows in the dark, lit a candle and looked at the environment in the billiard hall through the weak light.
The billiards hall is neither big nor small, with three tables placed in the center.
In addition to the lobby for guests to play billiards, there are also utility rooms and bathrooms.
The utility room was transformed into a place for them to rest, but because of the small space, it could only accommodate a bunk bed.
Dai Qian, the deputy station director who stayed with them, originally wanted to allocate this relatively good living condition to new comrades like Oscar and Stuart who had not suffered much. However, everyone considered that there are always some problems in the lives of men and women.
It was inconvenient, so I left it to the two lesbians Dai Qian and Connie to rest.
"Are we going to live here from now on?" Stuart spread a quilt on the table.
He didn't mind that the lesbians had beds to sleep on, but he could only sleep on the table, but everything was a little different from what he expected.
Before setting off, he imagined that he would pull together a team of comrades, integrate the funds and all resources of the branch, and become the most powerful pillar of the branch. Just like Laize Yin, the revolution against the same enemy would eventually succeed.
What he didn't expect at all was that it took half a month just to travel. After finally meeting the comrades at the Bash branch, he hid outside Winterfort for more than a week before doing anything.
Then, after finally being dredged and infiltrated, I entered the Winterfort, but I was still hiding in a room where I couldn't even turn on the lights and couldn't even leave the bed.
How long are you going to hide like a mouse like this?
When can I use my strengths to contribute to the sub-station?
He was a little impatient.
"It will take at least half a month." Verak estimated the time it would take for progress to be made elsewhere.
"Then when can our work begin?" Stuart couldn't help but ask.
"If you are asking about the implementation of the plan by the comrades of the joint branch, I don't know the specific time. If you are asking about the preparations, I think you can start preparations now." Verak helped put the other two balls
The table was cleared, Oscar was greeted, and Quentin went to rest.
Stuart was not in a hurry to lie down, but came to Verak: "Comrade Verak, what I mean is that the people who came to Zein have high hopes for us. We have been out for more than half a month, so what else can we do?"
Not even done, this..."
"The Equality Society has been on the run for two years just to avoid the crackdown. Except for the half-month journey, we have only been here for a week. Why are we so anxious?" Verak patted Stuart with a smile, "What's more,
, it’s not like we haven’t done anything this week, isn’t the sub-station gradually infiltrating the government in order to create a safe zone and eliminate undercover agents?”
"I feel that no matter what, I can't stay in the house forever..." After staying outside the Winter Castle for a week, Stuart could hardly bear it. The living environment now is worse than before, and the time may be longer.
He didn't want to go on like this.
"I completely understand how you feel." Verak said more seriously.
Oscar, who took off his coat and lay down on the table, interjected: "There is nothing we can do about this. All we can do is wait and wait for the next station to get out of this difficult period."
"I know the conditions here are quite difficult -" Clark also came over and said.
"No, no, I'm not afraid of hardship. I can persevere no matter how tough it is. I like to go straight. What I want to express is that I want to get down to business earlier, instead of being locked up in the room every day with no end in sight."
Stuart quickly explained, fearing that he would be misunderstood as being hypocritical.
"Hardship can be divided into subjective and objective aspects. Although I have been in prison, to be honest, I also feel that it is not good here. The simplest thing is that there is no place to sleep. But there is no way, the patrol in Winterfort is too strict.
Hotels and the like are key areas for inspection. Even if you don't go to a hotel but live in an apartment, it's hard to guarantee that you won't be reported by your neighbors. Instead, stay in
The billiard hall will catch those who want to capture us by surprise, so we can avoid hidden dangers as much as possible." The first half of Verak's words was used to answer everyone, "Let's go back to what Comrade Stuart wanted to express.
I still say the same thing, I don’t think that being locked up here means we are doing nothing. The body can be imprisoned, but the mind cannot.”
Daisy and Connie stood in front of the utility room door, listening to Verak, like Clark, Oscar, Stuart, and Quentin.
"Mr. Keating and I were locked up in a cell of a few square meters, but we were still able to find a way to escape and finally put it into practice. Our current conditions are much better than the situation we were in then, so we should be more confident and calm.
." Verak said, "Daisy can help us contact the comrades hiding in Winterfort. Kang
Ni continues to protect everyone's safety. Oscar and Stuart can first understand the situation in Winterfort and formulate a plan that suits the situation here. Quentin continues to help infiltrate, and Clark does his best... There are still many things that everyone can do,
The branch station also needs us to help it rebuild its situation in such an environment."
"That's right, everyone can put forward their own ideas first, and I will be responsible for liaison and preparation. Once Winterfort is further safe and we have eliminated the traitor undercovers inside, various plans can be launched immediately," Dai Qian said.
"You may not believe it, but I am actually more anxious than you. It is for this reason that I had a meeting with you some time ago to discuss how to enter Winterfort as early as possible. So please believe that I will not miss any opportunity and I will do my best as soon as possible.
Let everyone leave this place and start a revolution." Verak assured several people.
Seeing that everyone was gradually gathering around him, Stuart felt a little embarrassed: "I understand that everyone, like me, is eager to go out for activities now and lead the comrades in the sub-station to get things done... I have a
I don’t know if the idea is feasible or not.”
"Tell me about it."
"I know that the current environment is very harsh, and comrades are scattered and hiding in order to avoid being betrayed by undercover agents. It is difficult to integrate them to carry out tasks. It is unrealistic to ask comrades from the sub-station to get things done now." Stuart.
Speaking of the idea that he had been brewing for a long time, "Well, since this doesn't work, can we go out for other purposes?"
"you mean……"
"The reason we stay here is that the comrades at the sub-station are currently unable to integrate and mobilize under safe conditions. It's not that we can't get out, right?" Stuart asked.
Verak pondered for a moment: "It is certainly dangerous to go out, but it is not absolutely impossible to go out."
"Then we can go out first and take a closer look each other. This is also part of the preparatory work and will be of great help in formulating plans." Stuart suggested.
"Eh? That's right. We don't have to go out to mobilize the comrades at the sub-station. It's not impossible to understand the situation on our own, right?" Oscar came back to his senses.
Verak looked at Daisy.
Dai Qian understood it and immediately took a few steps forward to answer everyone including Verak: "Yes."
"That'll do!"
“I can finally go out and take a look!”
Stuart and Oscar said excitedly.
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Dai Qian motioned for them to calm down, "This is feasible, but there are a lot of troubles that need to be solved. First, wanted people like Comrade Verak are absolutely not allowed to travel.
Wait for quite some time. Secondly, you are all Brexi people, you will be easily recognized when you go out, and you will be "specially taken care of", so you must
You must be accompanied by comrades from the sub-station, and you must also fake your identity. Thirdly, the inspection team is very strict. If they target you and are not fooled by your identity, they have the right to come to your residence to further verify the situation.
This means that we need to prepare a new place for you, with an impeccable background, and the neighbors must also take care of it..."
"Hiss..." Oscar felt like a basin of cold water was poured on his head, and he was immediately discouraged.
In a nutshell, what Dai Qian said is that it is feasible, but the cost is too high.
The sub-stations are now in dire straits, and it is definitely not easy to prepare everything for them.
"Then... let's forget it." After weighing it, Stuart decided to give up.
He is just anxious, not that he has no sense of right and wrong and cannot distinguish priorities.
Verak unexpectedly supported their idea of going out to have a look: "Comrade Daisy, do you think we have the ability to do this for them now?"
"It's not difficult to say, but it's not easy either. The main reason is that there are undercover agents in the dark now, and we can't be exposed at will now, so we try our best to gather and meet as few comrades who are scattered as possible. At present, we have only contacted a few
Ten of them have all been used to investigate government information and other matters. If you want to mobilize people to help, you have to contact comrades from one or two offices..."
"That is to say, there is currently no manpower available. If you want to do it, you have to contact a few more hidden comrades to help. But the more comrades you contact, the more likely you are to contact the undercover, which will lead to the overall exposure?"
"Yes."
"Forget it really, just stay here for now." Stuart didn't want to do anything yet and let the sub-station take such a big risk.
"The Bash government does have means." Verak praised.
"Having witnessed the fall of Brexi with my own eyes, Bash will naturally not take it lightly." Dai Qian said.
"It is estimated that the sub-stations in other regions are not easy now. The International Equality Alliance's occupation of Bressey has brought too much shock to all countries..." Verak thought about whether to create travel for Stuart, Oscar and other new comrades.
opportunity.
Quentin, who was standing at the edge, rarely took the initiative to speak: "I think it can be done."
Several people followed the voice and looked at Quentin.
"Tell me what you think." Verak, who was struggling, smiled, expecting Quentin to come up with something eye-catching this time.
"First of all, Comrade Dai Qian is right. Contacting several comrades for help on this matter will increase the probability of encountering an undercover agent. Then we can think about it differently. If we don't need the help of comrades at the sub-station, we can be
If everything needed is ready, wouldn't the risk be gone?" Quentin didn't get stuck in the choice like everyone else, he simply changed his mind at the beginning of the problem.
"How can we prepare on our own? We're afraid we'll be targeted as soon as we go out, and then arrested because we can't explain our origins." Oscar had no clue.
"I entered Winterfort once before, and I passed by a neighborhood mainly inhabited by Bressi people." Quentin said, "There should be many Bressi people of unknown origin working in that street. Go over there and get them."
Taking care of her is also a way."
The day after meeting with the comrades at the sub-station, Verak sent Quentin to enter Winterfort with the comrades at the sub-station, and placed his own people among the patrol team to create a safe zone.
Now it seems that Quentin gained a lot from that trip.
"There are still Bressi people living together in Winterfort?" Oscar was surprised. "Isn't it because of the war that the Bash people are very hostile to us? In addition, the Bash government has always been wary of our International Equality Alliance and is hostile to the Bressi people.
Very vigilant..."
"It's not so easy for people who have lived here for a long time to leave at a moment's notice. Moreover, they live together to stay together and to fight against the hostility of the Bash people and the frequent inspections of the government." Quentin answered Oscar's doubts.
, "But, that side of things
The situation is indeed not good. I heard from other comrades that the Bash people there were often beaten, smashed, and looted, and the Bash government turned a blind eye to this. There were even patrol teams that often went there to inspect and arrest people without any basis.
, and then released after the Brexi people paid bail."
"Isn't this just stealing money in the name of arresting us?!" Connie was the first to say angrily when she heard that her compatriots were being suppressed here.
"There is no way. They are in a foreign country and have no one to rely on. It's good to be alive." Quentin's mood did not fluctuate.
Stuart suddenly thought of something: "Then can we take advantage of the situation and develop those people into our comrades?"
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"I think they hate the International Equality Alliance more than the Bash government." Quentin shook his head, "They are all ordinary people. Do you expect them to look at things as calmly and decisively as we do? What they can see and feel
, only the International Equality Alliance caused them to be targeted by the government."
Stuart and Oscar looked at each other, a little hesitant.
When you go to the gathering area of the Brexi people, you can stay warm with your own people, and you can settle down in the name of being desperate, but at the same time, their scope of activities will be limited to the gathering area.
Can you gain a deeper understanding of Winterhold by dealing with the Bressi people all day long?
"I plan to go there."
Suddenly, Quentin, who had never clamored to go out, made a decision.
"Why?" Oscar and Stuart asked in unison.
"We have no choice." Quentin shrugged.
"But we have been living with the Brexi people and being trapped in the gathering area. What useful information can we collect?" Oscar raised his concerns.
Quentin had a different attitude: "My idea is exactly the opposite of yours. I think that if you want to understand Winterfort and the Bash people, you should go to the Brexi gathering area. Because they live in dire straits, they must be very interested in Winterfort."
, the Bash people, the Bash government has produced the most comprehensive understanding, and it is precisely because of this understanding that they can survive here until now."