On a very slim chance, Cozmo really happened to be standing across the way and didn't eavesdrop on their conversation?
"What are you doing alone in a cubicle?" Quentin asked.
"I wanted to find a quiet environment to think about things, so I came here. What about you? Were you here just now?" Cosmo's expression and voice were normal.
"Yes, we are discussing the follow-up development in the cubicle opposite you." Verak observed Cosmo's eyes, "Want to chat together?"
"Okay." Cozmo turned sideways and asked Verak and Quentin to enter the cubicle.
Seeing that Cozmo was a little defensive, it was clear that he wanted him and Quentin to sit inside, so he sat near the door to make it easier to leave. Verak did not go in first as he wanted, but instead invited him to come to the next door where he was.
Jian: "Come over here, come on."
Cozmo also declined: "Sit nearby, it's the same everywhere."
"We just prepared some materials, which are in the cubicle." Verak probed and walked towards his cubicle.
If Cozmo really eavesdropped on their conversation, he must have known that they did not have any information, and then stopped in his tracks because he doubted the reason why Verak said so.
If Cozmo had not eavesdropped on their conversation and was really thinking about the problem alone in the opposite cubicle, he would have followed Verak there without hesitation.
"Really..." Cosmo hesitated.
"Come on." Verak made a decision in his mind. Without waiting for Cozmo to judge the situation, he pulled him into the compartment, then pressed him from behind and shouted at Quentin, "Close the door!"
When Quentin heard that Verak was looking for reasons to insist on bringing Cozmo over, he was already prepared. After Verak overwhelmed Cozmo, he quickly locked the door and stepped forward to help Verak subdue Cozmo.
Cozmo's face was ashen and he was twisting and struggling wildly on the ground: "What are you doing?!"
"Hide it deep enough, Cozmo." Verak took off Cozmo's belt, pulled his hands behind his back and tied them with the belt.
"What are you talking about?! What is hidden deep enough?! Do we have any misunderstanding?!" Cozmo knew that once he admitted to betraying the revolution, he would definitely not end up well in the hands of Verak and others, so he tried his best
Earn trust.
Verak also wanted to create the illusion that Cozmo had already known about Cozmo's rebellion, and that his team came to Bash with the real purpose of eliminating the traitors, so as to obtain important information. However, Cozmo had just eavesdropped on their conversation.
Not only did they learn that they had just learned about Cozmo's rebellion, but they also learned that they had great suspicions about others.
Now many rhetoric methods cannot be used. The only verification method left is to see the reactions of Vladislav, Arseny, and Victor. If they are innocent, they will only help Verak control Cosmo.
Get up and discuss the next steps together.
The problem is, if they are with Cozmo, then there is no need to continue the drama at this juncture. They can work together to subdue Verak and Quentin and silence them, and wait for Stuart and others who are out on a mission to come back, and then one by one
Get rid of them.
Finally, when the war is over, the sub-station will be officially eradicated!
"There must be some misunderstanding between us! Let me go first!" Cozmo tried to argue without violent resistance, "Tell me what you know first, and I will explain it to you later, okay?"
"You have eavesdropped so much, why do we need to waste our time talking about it again?" Verak said coldly.
"I didn't eavesdrop! I didn't even know you were here! I am the sub-station chief, don't you even believe me?! If I did something that was sorry for the sub-station and the revolution, do you think you can still survive?
Until now?!" Cosmo asked.
Verak had no time to talk to Cozmo, he was thinking about what to do next.
Stuart and others are still performing their missions. If Vladislav, Arseny, and Victor really betray the revolution, their own numbers will not be superior. As long as they are discovered, a fierce and desperate battle will inevitably happen, and it will be huge.
There is a probability that you will not be able to defeat the opponent.
The most important thing now is to make the best choice while you still have the initiative, not only to ensure their safety, but also to identify the authenticity of Vladislav and others.
"Quentin, bring the gun." Verak said.
"Yeah." Quentin opened the door and left quickly.
Cozmo did not yell to attract Vladislav, Arseny and the others while opening the door, which made Verak hesitate.
Didn't ask for help? Was it because Kozmo and Vladislav were really not on the same team, or was he deliberately behaving like this in front of Verak to create opportunities for Vladislav and the others to rescue him when the time came?
Soon, Quentin came back and took back the four pistols stored in the tavern: "All the guns in the tavern are here."
"Where are Vladislav and his friends?"
"They didn't."
"Okay..." Verak stood up and put one foot on Cozmo's back, making him unable to move. He casually took two guns, one was pinned to his waist, and the other was loaded after checking the magazine.
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"Do you think I'm a traitor?!" Seeing that the guns were loaded, Cozmo thought that Verac wanted to get rid of him immediately, and explained tremblingly, "I'm not! I really am not! I've been pretending to defect.
Maxim wants to get information about the real traitor from the scavengers! Only in this way can we have hope of reversing the situation!"
Verak put more force on his feet: "That's really it. Do you have any need to hide it from us?"
"The situation at the branch is very complicated now. I can't even tell who is one of our own and who is a traitor. What do you want me to say?!" Cozmo grinned in pain.
"Then tell me, what information have you obtained during this period?" Verak did not intend to believe Cosmo, but he was still very interested in his speech and wanted to judge Vladislav and Arseny's information from it.
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"Maxim is very wary of me. He hasn't said anything to me. I'm still fighting for it!" Cozmo couldn't make up any reliable lies at the moment, so he had to use the safest method to appease Verak.
Verak and Quentin looked at each other and said, "Then how did you join him? He can't let you join the Scavenger for no reason."
"I..." Quentin was speechless.
To surrender, one must show sincerity. As the sub-station manager, if Maxim is not informed of all the sub-station situations, how could Maxim believe that Cozmo really defected?
His clumsy lies were self-evident.
"What now?" Quentin leaned into Verak's ear and asked.
Stuart and the others don't know when they will come back. If they wait blindly, they will gradually become passive. Moreover, after they come back, their own numbers will be superior. If Vladislav and Arseny are really rebelling, but it depends on the situation.
If the disadvantage is still disguised, then it still means nothing.
In the final analysis, one has to deliberately fake it to create a disadvantage in order to lure Vladislav, Arseny and others to reveal their true colors.
"play."
Verak only quietly replied to Quentin with one word, and then kicked the tied up Cozmo hard: "Still pretending! You traitor! How many comrades have you killed!
"
"You have to believe me! I did this to steal the scavenger's information!" Cosmo curled up into a ball and wailed.
"Go! Call Vladislav and the others over!" Verak called Quentin out.
Quentin went out and went straight to the place where Vladislav, Arseny, and Victor were resting: "Comrade Vladislav! Comrade Arseny! Comrade Victor! It's not good!"
The three people who were resting sat up one after another and looked at Quentin: "What's wrong?!"
"Comrade Verac must have said that Comrade Cozmo betrayed the revolution and was a scavenger! Now he has tied Comrade Cozmo and is about to kill him!" Quentin said anxiously.
"Comrade Cozmo betrayed the revolution?"
"Comrade Verak wants to kill him?"
"What's this all about..."
The three of them hurriedly followed Quentin to the cubicle. As soon as they arrived in the corridor, they saw Verak dragging Cozmo to the door and punching and kicking him.
"Comrade Verak! Stop!" Vladislav said, coming up to stop Verak.
Verak had hidden his pistol behind his waist before they came. When he saw Vladislav coming, he clamped Cozmo's neck and pushed him to the edge of death, while making him unable to speak: "
Come here and I’ll kill him!”
Vladislav paused: "What on earth is going on! Tell me what you have to say first!"
"Quentin! Come here! Don't stand with them! Cozmo has already recruited him! They are all in the same group!" Verak called Quentin back.
"Vlatislav and the others too?!" Quentin quickly returned to Verak's side.
"What kind of gangs are there? What is this situation?! Why do you say Comrade Cozmo betrayed the revolution?!" Vladislav looked at this tense situation and became anxious.
"We did not betray the revolution!" Arseny argued.
"No need to pretend! You traitors!" Verak strangled Cosmo tightly and turned his head aside so that he could not have any communication with Vladislav and others.
Quentin gasped and asked, "What do we do now?"
"Wait until Stuart and the others come back and catch them all!" Verak lowered his voice, but deliberately kept it low enough for Vladislav and the others to hear.
If Vladislav and Cozmo are really a group, then seeing that Verak has no weapons and only controls Cozmo, he will definitely take action to get rid of Verak and Quentin in order to protect himself and prevent more people from coming back.
Lost numerical advantage.
If they were not in a group and did not understand the situation, they would definitely worry about Cozmo's life and death and freeze here waiting for Stuart and others to come back and figure out the situation.
The final result made Verak relieved.
The three Vladislavs did not rush forward desperately, but kept asking about the situation and persuading themselves to calm down.
"We really didn't betray the revolution! I don't know what Comrade Cozmo said to you! If you feel it's unsafe now or something, then wait until Comrade Stuart and the others come back, and we'll explain the situation clearly.
Okay?" Vladislav advised.
Verak basically believed that Vladislav and the others were innocent.
Otherwise, they would not miss this opportunity and have to wait for Verak's group to come back before taking action.
"You're pretending so well. If I hadn't discovered the clues about Cozmo, I would have let you fool him." To ensure safety, Verak did not believe Vladislav easily.
"My Healing Game"
"We really didn't betray!
Can you tell us the situation first?
"
"Please believe us!
"
"Stop being so pretentious!
Verak shouted angrily, "You traitors!"
"
"If you continue like this, Comrade Kozmo will die!" Vladislav reminded loudly, "Please allow us to confront each other! Instead of directly calling us traitors! He is going to die, and all this will be without evidence.
Is it done!”
"thump."
Verak let go of Cosmo, letting him collapse on the ground and gasp for air.
"Verak." Quentin knew that Verak's move represented the end of the temptation, but he was still a little worried.
"Do you have any other ideas?" Verak asked softly, looking directly at the three people in front of him.
"No." Quentin's hand slowly moved to his waist.
"They are really traitors. There is no reason to see us two empty-handed and indifferent." Verak was already inclined to trust Vladislav and others. After this trial, his trust was deepened.
Although this trust has not yet reached 100%, now that all means have been exhausted, they have no better way to continue to verify it.
"Comrade Verak! What's going on?!"
"Stationmaster Cosmo!"
"What happened!"
At this time, Stuart, Connie, and Oscar finally returned to the tavern.
At first, when they saw no one else there, they guessed that Verak and others were having a meeting in the cubicle again. Then, before they could search the cubicles one by one, they witnessed a confrontation between the two sides in the corridor.
"We don't know either. Comrade Verak suddenly beat Comrade Cozmo like this, calling him a traitor and saying that we are also traitors..." Vladislav felt relieved when he saw Stuart and others coming back.
He stood four or five meters away from Verak and said, "They are back. Can you tell me about the situation?"
"...I was testing you just now." All the clues and logic that Verak had accumulated at the moment were proving that Vladislav and others were innocent. If he continued to pretend like this, he would gain nothing, so he confessed.
The purpose of a series of crazy actions.
"Testing?" Vladislav, Arseny, and Victor were confused.
Stuart, Connie, and Oscar, who had just returned, looked even more confused.
Verak leaned over and grabbed Cozmo's clothes, dragging him towards the cubicle: "Victor, close the door of the pub, it's closed today."
"...Yes." Victor turned and left.
"Come in, I will tell you what happened in detail." Verak threw Cosmo in first, and then sat down with Vladislav and others, waiting to tell this big news.