"Comrade Quentin is quite right. What you want to do when you go out is, to put it bluntly, to observe and understand Winterfort and the Bash people. In this regard, the immigrants who have lived here for several years and decades must be the best.
Clearly." Verak admired Quentin more and more.
As expected of someone who came from the Intelligence Department, everything he says and does is carefully analyzed.
"I heard that when you were carrying out the revolution in Dunman, you had a lot of dealings with immigrants." Quentin said.
"Yes, that's why I have a clear understanding of the immigrants and how clever it is for you to choose to go to the Brexi gathering area." The trip to the Old South York was a failure on the whole, but it also made Verak feel happy.
Not a small gain.
"Then let's go too?" Oscar was shaken.
"Let's go too." Stuart decided to go to the Brexi gathering area with Quentin to spend some time.
According to the current situation, of course, we cannot put the entire sub-station at risk, just to provide ourselves with the most comprehensive protection. If we want to get out, the only way out is to follow Quentin to the immigrant gathering area.
Verak looked at Connie: "Connie, you should follow and protect their safety."
"I..." Connie needs to protect Verak first, so according to the order, she should stay with Verak.
"I won't be in danger by hiding here, but they may not be in danger. If I happen to be caught by the patrol team, I will need a helper." With Quentin and Connie on this trip, Verak can maximize his effectiveness.
Don't worry. As for himself, he thinks that after going through so much, even if there is an emergency, he can resolve it.
"Yes." Connie obeyed Verak's instructions.
"Clark, do you want to follow?" Verak turned to ask Clark about his wishes.
Among the people who came with them this time, Clark was the only one who did not have a higher-level mission. He was simply here to act as Verak's translator and teach Verak to further master the Bash language.
Nowadays, Verak's Bash language is not proficient, but it is passable, so Clark's biggest goal of this trip is almost achieved, and he urgently needs a more suitable position.
"It's up to you." Clark himself didn't care, he would just go wherever he was needed.
"Then go. I know you have studied in Winterfort and know more about this place than others, but the current environment is very different from before. It is good to treat it as an exercise." Verak
Made the decision for Clark.
"Yes." Clark accepted happily.
For a moment, except for Verak himself and deputy station chief Daisy, the other five people will go out.
"There are only two of us left." Dai Qian smiled.
"Well." Verak was quite envious that these young comrades could move around freely, unlike him who had so many restrictions. "It's getting late. Let's all rest first. We'll decide on the specific matters during the day."
"good."
"Good night."
"Good night everyone."
Daisy and Connie went back to the utility room to sleep.
Oscar, Stuart, and Quentin were assigned to rest on the table, while Verak and Clark, the two most senior ones, went to the side to make a bunk on the floor.
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July 16, 9 a.m.
The street outside the billiard hall was very lively.
Most of the people were woken up by the shouts of the vendors.
"Good morning."
"Good morning."
Verak and his party got up to greet each other, and then washed themselves one by one.
"I'm going out to buy some breakfast." Dai Qian was the only one here who could travel easily. Although it was a little late, she still needed to eat something.
"If you buy food for so many people, will the inspection team be suspicious?" Verak was very wary.
"There may be questioning, but since our comrades are in the patrol team, there shouldn't be any problems." After that, Dai Qian went out.
While waiting for the meal, Verak organized others to remove all the things blocking the windows.
It's okay to cover these things at night to prevent the light from leaking out and attracting attention, but it's not okay to block them so tightly during the day, and it will look abnormal.
Daylight shone into the billiard hall, and Verak even opened the windows to allow air to circulate.
"I used to think that Bash was a cold place. Looking at the snow-white place, I didn't expect that the temperature here was a little hotter than that of Lazein." Connie stood in front of the window to breathe in the fresh air.
"The place further north is what you imagine. In addition, Winterfort is also very cold in winter, much colder than Lezein." Clark said.
"Let's play for a while." Oscar put away the quilt on the ball table and planned to use the ready-made things to relax.
"Come on." Stuart stepped forward to be Oscar's opponent.
Verak and Clark gathered around with great interest to watch the two play pool.
Stuart placed the ball and Oscar took the lead.
"Crack!"
The crisp sound of billiards sounded, and the white ball first hit another white ball, and then hit the last red ball at a clever angle.
"Awesome." Stuart clapped.
"Can you play?" Verak asked Clark.
"I've seen it, but I've never played it," Clark said.
"Let's play for a while, and I'll teach you if you don't know how." When Verak was in the slums, he often played billiards with Nord and Dempsey. Billiards originated in Bressy. Although billiards in Bash
There are some rule changes based on it, but the table is still fixed and will not affect their use of the original rules.
"Okay." He didn't relax much along the way, and it was good to play pool. Clark readily agreed and followed Verak to another table.
This is exactly what Verak thinks. Every day high-pressure work does not allow people to take a breath. Even if they are engaged in a great revolutionary cause, few people can bear it. Since there is a chance to play, it should be used to let everyone relax.
, and then complete the work with a more energetic attitude.
"Quentin, do you want to play?" Connie had never played before, but it was quite interesting to Verak and the others, so she extended an invitation to Quentin, the only one left.
"Okay." Quentin nodded.
Ten minutes later, Dai Qian came back with two bags of food and drinks: "The food is back, let's eat first."
"Eat first, and then play afterward." Verak put down his cue and helped Daisy put the food on the counter aside. "I bought so much."
"Everyone was very tired last night. Eat more." Dai Qian said, "By the way, as you expected, when I came back from shopping, I ran into the patrol team. They saw me taking so much food and beat me.
Check and ask if I am giving it to some strange person."
"Then what?"
"Then I explained casually, and the comrade who was undercover in the patrol team provided me with cover, and the matter was resolved."
"Well... if we don't have people, the patrol team will have to follow you back to see who you are buying things for, which will be troublesome. Look at this, we still have to increase our penetration of the patrol team."
The rigor of the Winterhold patrol team was several times higher than that of Blessy at the time. When Verak heard Daisy talk about her experience, he couldn't help but worry about whether more dangerous situations would occur in the future.
Dai Qian laid out everything in the bag: "The government gave the patrol team an order. Whoever can catch someone from the International Equality Alliance will get a large reward. Because of this, they issued
He's so crazy that he doesn't bother to solve other security issues and is busy catching suspicious people all day long..."
"No matter what, it has created an effective trouble for us. Apart from infiltration, we have no other way to reduce the hidden danger for the time being." Verak said, and everyone else gathered around, "Come, one person, everyone.
Take it and eat it.”
"You all know how to play pool?" Dai Qian asked while eating breakfast.
"You should be a little bit savvy. We happen to have something ready-made here, so let's have some fun and don't sit tight all the time." Verak ate very quickly, and in less than a minute, most of the breakfast had been eaten.
"Everyone will go to the immigrant gathering area to exercise by then. What are you going to do?" After the others left, only Verak was left in the billiard hall. Daisy secretly hoped that Verak would come with her to work with the station again.
Chief Cozmo and the others met up.
Verak swallowed the food in his mouth: "I can only meet Cozmo and the others, right? I can't stay here alone. I bother you to bring food and water every day. It's really no different from Ji Ji."
"Okay, I guess Cozmo will come over today. When he comes, let's finalize this matter and we can divide our forces into two groups."
"Well, okay."
After dinner, the group played billiards for about half an hour. After relaxing, the group sat together and made detailed plans for their trip to the Bressey immigrant gathering area.
The people who went out to exercise were: Clark, Oscar, Stuart, Connie, and Quentin.
It is expected to stay in the gathering area for ten days and a half, and then return when the work at the branch station makes progress.
At that time, Verak and Daisy will join Cozmo and the others to sort out the government's intelligence, formulate a plan to eliminate undercover agents, and counterattack the government.
As soon as they had planned what they were going to do in the next half month, Cozmo, the sub-station director in disguise, and Arseni, the captain of the sub-station combat team, came quietly.
At first, they left Verak and his party here so that the two groups could spread out. Even if Cozmo and the others were exposed, it would not directly affect the safety of Verak and his friends. After that, the two parties kept communicating in two places until it was safe.
Once you can get some protection, you can consider joining together and working together.
But after Cozmo understood the ideas discussed by the new comrades last night, he had no choice but to agree to their new arrangement, allowing Verak to stay with them while the others went to inspect the immigrant gathering area.
After all, the sub-station is still busy clearing out undercover agents, and these new comrades cannot use their abilities for the time being. Rather than letting them wait, it is better to respect their ideas and let them do what they can.
After further discussion, the plan has reached a point where it is almost ready to be carried out.
Cozmo decided to send someone tomorrow to arrange for Clark, Oscar and others to live in the immigrant gathering area. After they left, Verak would be escorted to the secret site where they were now.
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July 17, ten o'clock in the morning
The two comrades from the sub-station and Cozmo came to the billiard hall again, preparing to take the five people out.
Oscar, Clark, Quentin, Connie, and Stuart also made their clothes look more downtrodden, pretending to be desperate immigrants who had come here to make a living.
"Comrade Verak." Cosmo nodded to Verak.
"Will the five of them disperse by then?" Verak asked.
"Actually, I wanted to arrange for them to stay together and have someone to take care of them in the gathering area, but they had their own ideas and wanted a chance to exercise alone, so I arranged them in five different places in the gathering area." Ke
Zmo said.
Verak was still somewhat worried in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He faced the five people who had packed up and were waiting to set off: "I've said some things many times, and you may not like to hear them anymore.
But even if you don’t like to hear it, you should know the importance of these words.”
Clark and Quentin were relatively calm, while Oscar, Stuart, and Connie were eager to try.
"After you go, keep a low profile, don't cause trouble, and remember your purpose. I know that some of you are still young and impulsive, but this does not mean that you are fools. You know the consequences of impulsiveness." Verak gave a few words of warning.
, his eyes swept over the faces of the five people one by one, "Everyone is living a difficult life. If you are arrested for provoking the patrol team, people in the gathering area will just stay away, without thinking about who will come to help...
…Do you understand everything?”
"Understood." Quentin said.
"Understood." Clark puffed out his chest.
"clear."
"clear."
"clear."
The other three people answered one after another.
"Okay, let's go." Verak shook hands with the two comrades responsible for escorting the sub-station and watched them leave.
"You don't have to worry about us, we will be back in half a month." Oscar comforted Verak before leaving.
Verak smiled and said: "What I am most worried about is you. After you go, based on your identity, you have to know what to say and what to do, so as not to reveal your secrets. Don't let the patrol team catch you. First
It was reported by residents in the gathering area."
"Don't worry!" Oscar went out.
"Don't worry, I will take care of them." Clark walked past Verak and assured him.
Clark is senior compared to these comrades, so he should be able to solve some minor problems.
"Well, you too, please be safe." Verak patted Clark, said goodbye to the other three people one by one, and watched them go out and walk to the side.
"I'll take them there first and come to pick you and Comrade Dai Qian up in the evening." Cozmo, who was at the rear, said hello to Verak and left quickly.
After the people walked away, Verak closed the door and went aside to pack his luggage.
"Are you worried about them?" Dai Qian was playing pool randomly with a cue.
"Most of them are new comrades who have not experienced much hardship. Just riding the train for a few days when they came here was too much for them, let alone now they have to enter a harsher environment to perform tasks." Wei Wei.
Luck turned his back to Daisy, opened the suitcase, and put books and information inside.