After the investigation of the information was almost complete, Verak, Vladislav and others held another meeting. Through a show of hands, they finally decided to adopt the suggestion of the comrade from the Sder branch and set up a trap in the next city in advance, and then put Mark
Sim lured him over and completed the assassination while taking the initiative.
As for Verak's method of "setting up an ambush and assassinating Maxim on his only path", it is classified as a backup plan. Preparations will be advanced at the same time as the main plan to deal with possible emergencies.
That night, Verak, Arseny, Connie, Vikendi, August and others took the lead in leading a group of people to set off to Uno City to lay out traps and advance the two plans to the point where they only needed to 'pull the trigger'
the point.
Vladislav led another group of people to stay active around the city of Dnokov, attracting Maxim and buying them time.
August 30
Verak and others arrived in Uno City.
Uno City is close to Dnokov City. Maxim predicted that people from the Bash branch of the International Equality Alliance might come here next. Therefore, Uno City's prevention work was strong, which caused a lot of damage to the development of the plan.
Obstacle.
Fortunately, in front of the united comrades of the International Equality Alliance, no hostile forces are monolithic, and no defenses are airtight.
On August 31st, they had already infiltrated the city in large numbers and began to infiltrate the highest-standard hotel closest to the city hall. They selected suitable places for assassination on several arterial roads between it and the train station, and planned their evacuation.
route.
On September 2, under the personal supervision of Verac, they identified eleven assassination points on the three roads that Maxim was most likely to pass through. On average, there were three or four opportunities to assassinate Maxim on each road.
Increase the success rate of the action to the highest level.
On September 4th, things went smoothly at the hotel. Two comrades entered the hotel through bribery and other methods to work as chefs and waiters, and secretly transported weapons in.
In order to prevent accidents, Verak arranged for manpower at another hotel.
The city of Uno is not big, and there are only two hotels with acceptable standards. They have made preparations in both places, so there is no way Maxim can escape this disaster.
On September 6, Vladislav, who had pinned down the scavengers for more than a week, finally completed his task and escaped towards the city of Uno.
As expected, Maxim arrived in Uno City in time by train and stayed in the hotel closest to the city hall.
At the same time, the scavengers and the city's guards set up a prevention zone and issued passes and residence permits to people in the prevention zone to prevent people from the International Equality Alliance from endangering Maxim's personal safety.
That night, Verak led a small group of people to leave the city of Uno and met Vladislav's group in a secluded place outside the city.
"Finally we got him here." Vladislav couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Verak, "The next step is up to you."
"Thank you." Verak handed a cigarette to Vladislav, who had not smoked for several days. "Everything is fine here. We will wait a day or two until the comrades who have been placed there have figured out the situation. Then we can
Take action."
"What exactly do you want to touch? I think if I have the conditions, I can just kill him with a gun, and then escape through the window. Isn't the evacuation route already planned anyway?" Vladislav's idea was very simple and direct.
Verak smiled and said: "That's what you touched. If you want to kill Maxim cleanly, you have to know how many guards are at his door. If you want to poison food, you have to know whether he can do it first."
Do you want others to try it first?"
"Yes..." Vladislav nodded, smoking greedily, "Then wait for two more days. After two days, we have determined the most detailed situation of the other party, and we will take action."
"Um."
Without waiting for two days, at noon on September 8th, the people in the hotel tried to get the news out.
Outside the city, Verak, Vladislav and others organized a meeting to formulate a final assassination plan based on the information obtained.
"There are many guards at Maxim's door. Even if people in the hotel want to get close to him, they need to conduct a detailed search and have specialized personnel following him. The comrade disguised as a waiter and Maxim are currently in contact.
After two meetings, I couldn't even sacrifice myself to die with him, let alone successfully assassinate him and leave alive." Verak looked at the list of contents passed by the comrade, shook his head slightly, and chose to put this comrade aside.
.
"What about the cook?" Vladislav asked.
"That one is just an apprentice at the moment, helping others, but the poisoning problem is not big." Verak said, "But as expected, Maxim will arrange for someone to test the poison. He will only eat it after others have eaten it and there is no problem. We want
Through this method, others will inevitably be hurt. Moreover, there is great uncertainty in poisoning, and accidents can easily occur."
Vladislav frowned: "If the poisoning fails, but instead arouses Maxim's alert, then the backup plan will be affected to some extent. What is really left for us to choose now is whether to try poisoning or whether to
Simply give up the operation in the hotel and adopt a backup plan to assassinate Maxim on his way to the train station."
Arseni raised his hand: "I think it's time to give up the hotel operation. I didn't highly recommend this plan from the beginning. At that time, I considered that there were too many places that needed to be taken care of, and the risks would increase accordingly. But now, I have
An even more ominous speculation."
"Tell me about it," Vladislav said.
"It can be seen from the fact that there are many guards outside the door of the room and people will be arranged to test the poison before the meal that Maxim is very vigilant and almost eliminates all methods that can assassinate him. Do you think that such a degree of precaution is necessary
, would he not have thought that we would see through his occupancy pattern and set up an ambush in the next city in advance?" Arseny questioned the hidden dangers.
"This is exactly what I intend to mention." Verak and Arseny looked at each other, "Comrade Arseny's analysis is very reasonable. Maxim cannot leave omissions in such a critical place unless this is the case.
It was his intention. Moreover, the two comrades we sent in were both new faces. He even had the right to control who entered the hotel, so how could he not cross-examine the two newcomers? I also know now
They tend to suspend operations in the hotel completely and wait for the opportunity to assassinate Maxim when he goes to the train station."
"These things together are indeed very suspicious, but the question is, if this is really what Maxim did on purpose, but we did not take action, will it make Maxim again suspect that we have made ambushes in other places?"
?" Vladislav worried that the backup plan would still be affected.
"...It's possible." Verak could not deny this possibility.
Maxim has a very smart mind. If he knew the movements of the comrade who wanted to assassinate him in the hotel, then after the other party gave up the assassination, he would naturally guess that this might be the International Equality Alliance knowing that this was a loophole he deliberately left, and then
Beware of other aspects.
"Then what should we do...is it possible..." Vladislav did not say the next words.
In fact, he didn't say it, but others knew it well.
If you want to reassure Maxim, you have to pretend that you don't see anything unusual and let the two comrades in the hotel continue to assassinate. After their assassination failed, Vladislav and others withdrew to other places, and Maxim was relieved to pursue them.
The moment is the best time for them to implement their backup plan.
"We haven't reached that point yet, not to mention there is not enough evidence yet to prove that the flaws in the hotel were deliberately left by Maxim." Verak did not want to see this scene happen. He thought it was completely unnecessary and it was not
As long as Maxim doesn't die now, all substations will have to be played the next day.
"You mean, we should try to confirm Maxim's situation now before making any plans?" Arseny didn't have a clue at the moment and wanted to hear Verak's opinion first.
"How to confirm Maxim's condition?" Verak himself had a headache.
He has never met anyone so difficult to deal with.
As expected of Maxim, he had conducted in-depth research on the International Equality Alliance. He knew very well what methods Verak and others could come up with to deal with him, so he was prepared to do everything in advance.
After a while, Comrade Hogan said: "Maxim's threat is still too great. If we can seize the opportunity, even if we have to make some sacrifices, I think it will be worth it."
"To give up so easily is to give up on the two comrades placed in the hotel. Their lives are also lives, and we need to discuss it further." Someone objected.
"I don't mean to underestimate them. If I could, I would like that person to be me." Hogan defended, "I think that through so many things, it is enough for us to see how difficult Maxim is to deal with. If we delay it any longer, what?
Anything can happen. Perhaps making an early decision now can prevent greater losses in the future."
"Comrade Hogan is right." Verak agreed first, then added, "But I have a new idea."
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Uno City, Luxury Hotel, Maxim's Room
Classical music was playing in the room, and Maxim lay naked in the bathtub and took a nap.
In the month since he came out, his thoughts have changed.
From the beginning, his biggest goal was to climb higher and higher in Winterhold. Sooner or later, he would stand on the top of the mountain, where everyone would respect him and he would have wealth that he could never spend no matter how much he squandered.
But after leaving Winterfort and staying away from that place where people could not breathe and felt that life would be hopeless if they didn't climb up, he actually felt that it was quite good to swagger outside and be leisurely like this.
No one can stand on top of you and order you to do this or that, and no one can interfere with your various bold ideas.
This kind of freedom is priceless.
Gradually, he became much more relaxed in his pursuit of the International Equality Alliance. He no longer ignored any clues and ran around day and night. Instead, he used lazy methods to predict where the International Equality Alliance might go.
, we will notify you where to take precautions.
Wait until the International Equality Alliance really shows up, then take the train there.
He didn't do anything after he went there. Apart from eating big fish and meat in the hotel, he ordered people to guard the three floors of the place where he lived, and there was no other arrangement.
When the superiors asked about the situation, they said that they had helped various cities resist the infiltration of the International Equality Alliance. The International Equality Alliance has not yet formed a climate anywhere. Not only has it not been punished, it has been repeatedly praised.
If this continues, Maxim feels that he is about to become a complete waste.
But what's wrong with such a relaxed waste?
He was very satisfied.
It's just that he hasn't really fallen into drunkenness and dreaming all day long.
Ever since a character like Verak appeared in the Bash branch of the International Equality Alliance, causing his months-long layout to be burned down, he has regained interest in this organization that he had never paid attention to.
Although he didn't press hard everywhere and exhausted himself to death, he also deliberately left omissions, waiting for Verak to take the bait and taste the defeat.
Today his mood was at its peak because Verak took the bait.
The Bash branch of the International Equality Alliance really thought that they would forget about the safety of the hotel, so they sent a few people to rush before him to the hotel, sneaking into the hotel and pretending to be waiters and chefs, waiting to spy on information or simply assassinate him.
They thought they were pretending well, but in fact their every move was under Maxim's surveillance.
"Alas..." Maxim sighed while taking a bath.
The moment Verak took the bait, his pleasure rose sharply for a while, and then suddenly dropped to an unprecedented low.
According to his previous style, he would rely on these two people to follow the clues to secretly find out the location of Verak and others, then seek support, and eliminate the rebellious gang with absolute military superiority.
But now, he actually felt a little reluctant to give up.
Is this person who disrupted his layout really going to be dealt with like this?
Is my happy life of hunting outside really going to end like this?
Maxim wanted to keep fishing with these people for a while, and when he had enough fun and got tired of staying outside, it would not be too late to get rid of them and return to Winterfort.
"Dong dong dong."
"Enter."
"Sir." A confidant came in and stood a few meters away from the bathtub. "That waiter secretly contacted suspicious people outside today. I suspect that the information in the hotel has been passed on by him."
"It doesn't matter, what can they do if we let them know? Do you dare to attack us forcefully?" Maxim snorted disdainfully, "How is the investigation of the person who contacted the waiter doing?"
"That person is still checking."
"This matter is not urgent. Don't alert them. We finally waited until they took action, but now they are scared and hiding away again. In the end, it is us who will be in trouble." Maxim warned.
"yes."
"Turn off the phonograph for me."
"yes."
The music stops.
Maxim opened his eyes, put on a bathrobe, walked to the sofa in the living room, sat down, and poured a glass of wine by himself: "Go out, everything will be as usual."