"The result is really not that bad, no matter how bad it is. I was wondering if it would be possible for us to play the trick well and use Porfirio and Gonzalez to strengthen the revolutionary power of Monlego." Verak was coming from
Searching for the possible within the impossible.
"You still want to cooperate with them?!" Connie asked in surprise.
"At present, cooperation is not advisable, but I still hope to find a feasible way out of it."
The main station is under pressure from the Bressy government troops, and other sub-stations are also fighting their own battles, so the help they can give is very limited.
Verak didn't want to have to wait for their support to open up the situation, nor did he want to miss the ever-changing opportunity.
"There are only eight of us, how can we act without being spotted? What's more, we don't have any money now. We even rent a car and a place to live, so we can't pretend even if we want to." Murphy shook his head slightly, feeling from the bottom of his heart that this road would not work.
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"Let's discuss it carefully when we get back." Verak sighed and closed his eyes to rest.
Not long after, Murphy drove the car back to the car rental agency, got back the deposit, and then met up with Lopez and his team who were responsible for performing other tasks at a hotel they rented in the outer city.
"How's it going?" It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when they came back. Lopez and others had not even eaten lunch because they were worried. When they saw the three of them finally coming back, they couldn't help but swarm up to ask about the situation.
"The charity dinner should be fine, but..." Murphy told the five people what happened in the morning.
"Then what should we do now?" Lopez didn't expect so many things to happen in just half a day.
Murphy looked at Verak who was hanging his coat on the hanger: "Comrade Verak wants to try to find a way to be more effective in acting and use those people to strengthen us."
"But we..." Lopez looked left and right, "There are only eight of us. When dealing with them, how can we pretend that there are many of us and a deep layout?"
"Why do you have to pretend? Where is the overall strength of our International Equality Alliance? Even if the Mongolian sub-station has just begun to develop, it will not be ignored, right?" De felt that there was no need to go around these detours.
"It won't take long for the warlords to capture the city of Monrego, so there is not much time left for Porfirio and Gonzalez to make a choice. If they know that we have no foundation in Monrego, that's all.
Individuals cannot grow into their strong backers in a short period of time. They will never choose to seek refuge with us, but will return their targets to the major warlords. When the time comes that we cannot cooperate, we will become enemies, and they and
The warlords will definitely join forces to target us, and our situation will become even worse as a result." Murphy said.
"I see……"
"What Comrade Verak wants to solve is to prevent this situation from happening, and to find a way to trick them through acting, so that they can temporarily surrender to us, and then we will use their power to step up our expansion in Monlego City, and wait until we really develop
Get up, when the matter is a foregone conclusion, even if they know that we lied to him, it doesn't matter." Murphy patiently explained the situation, "The problem is that no one has a clue at the moment, and Comrade Verak plans to hold a meeting to discuss it later.
"
"In other words, Comrade Verak wants to turn the situation that is most unfavorable for us into the situation that is most beneficial to us."
"Yes." Murphy nodded.
"Okay, have you eaten yet?"
"not yet."
"Neither do we. Let's chat while we eat." Lopez asked De and Muschis to buy food.
Soon after the food was bought, eight people gathered in a room, either sitting at the table or standing on both sides because there were not enough chairs.
Verak took a sip of water and asked, "Have you explained the situation clearly to them?"
"Make it clear." Murphy replied.
"Everyone, this matter can be seen as a crisis or an opportunity. My experience tells me that since difficulties are unavoidable, the best way is to face them decisively and overcome them. I hope
We can brainstorm, overcome difficulties, and turn all challenges into our stepping stones..." Verak faced everyone, "As usual, I will first put forward some of my ideas to help everyone broaden their thinking..."
After chatting while eating, it took an hour to finish the postponed lunch.
Unfortunately, after everyone spoke freely, they still could not formulate a feasible plan to accept the surrender of the Guard Corps.
After all, it is the largest armed force in the city of Monrego. Porfirio and Gonzalez cannot be fools. As long as their performance is slightly omitted, the other party will have a great chance of seeing through the scam.
Failure to take advantage of it only angered these two people even more, and their life in Monrego City will be even more difficult.
"That's it for now. We'll pay for the children to settle down tomorrow." Verak waved his hand, indicating that everyone could go about their business.
"Then let's continue to investigate the situation outside." Lopez felt ashamed that he could not provide any useful advice and took the other four people out.
"Let's go with the worst-case scenario. If we can get the money from the charity dinner, we have already made money. From now on, we will just have to face the pressure of the Guards Corps and the warlords at the same time. But we never thought that we could win over each other at the beginning.
Either of them can just develop according to the original goals." After a long silence, Murphy suggested.
"Let's see again." Verak is a person who never gives up until the last moment. "When will the next time you try to contact the sub-station?"
"The day after tomorrow, the afternoon of the 25th, the third attempt."
Verak lit a cigarette, frowning and puffing frequently: "Regardless of whether we can get in touch with the sub-station on the afternoon of the 25th, we will go to the casino to visit Gonzalez on the 26th. If we can think of disguise before that,
Of course, the best way is to delay the event as long as possible. Once the charity dinner is over and we get the money, we will withdraw."
"Okay." Murphy said, "I feel like I can get in touch the day after tomorrow. The letter should have been delivered after such a long time."
"Well." Verak suddenly stood up, picked up the clothes from the hanger and put them on his body, "Let's go out and investigate the situation in various areas. You can't just sit in a daze."
"Okay." Murphy and Connie put on their coats, followed Verak and left the hotel, and went to an untouched area to investigate.
In the evening, the eight people returned to the hotel one after another. Seeing that no one else took the initiative to put forward ideas, Verak did not organize another meeting to discuss how to contact the Guard Corps. He just arranged for himself, Murphy, Connie, and Off to organize the meeting tomorrow.
Radore went to settle the children.
The next day, in the early morning of October 24th, the four of them went to an area that they had investigated before and found to be more suitable for children to live in. They rented two large houses, bought some daily necessities, and then bought
He bought some cheap clothes and found the children still hiding in the corner of the alley.
This was their third meeting, and the children were already pretty sure that Verak and others were not bad people, so they didn't show much fear.
Jose, the king of children, was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Verak would actually fulfill his promise. He brought someone here on the 24th: "Have you... found a way to help us?"
"We currently have limited funds, so we can only temporarily rent a house for you in a relatively safe and relatively cheap place to help you spend the winter. You don't have to worry about food and clothing during this period, we will provide it unconditionally." Verak
Let Murphy translate, "It's hard to say what the situation will be in the future. What I can tell you now is that we are working hard to accommodate more homeless children in time for the winter."
"...Thank you." Jose didn't know how to express his gratitude.
This move by Verak and others saved all of their lives.
"These are some clean clothes. You all need to change into them. After you finish changing, in order not to attract the attention of people outside, we will take people away in batches and send you to the resettlement place." Verak brought the clothes.
, handed the biggest piece to Jose first.
"One batch at a time..." Jose took the clothes and hesitated a little.
"If you still can't trust us, I can take you to have a look first." Verak saw through Jose's concerns at a glance and suggested generously.
"...Okay." Jose originally wanted to be completely relieved when he saw Verak being so frank, but as the biggest supporter of these friends, he still had to be cautious and eliminate all hidden dangers, "I'll go talk to them.
"
"Yeah." Verak and the other three stood aside and waited.
"I'll go over and take a look first to confirm if it's true. Don't believe anyone before I come back. You must not leave here. Remember this?" Jose put on clean clothes and rushed to the most reliable people.
said the companion.
"Let me go, I can run fast and I will definitely be able to escape if there is any danger."
"No matter how fast you run, can you outrun those adults? Let me go. I have nothing to worry about. Even if there is real danger, it doesn't matter. Jose is different. If something happens to you, what will everyone do?"
"It's me. I'm the most useless among us. If something happens to me, you won't lose much."
His companions came forward one after another. Jose was moved in his heart, but his face remained cold and resolute: "Stop talking nonsense and protect your brothers and sisters. If nothing else happens, I will be back within an hour."
After saying that, he followed Verak and Murphy out of the alley without looking back.
"You have a sense of responsibility. Maybe you can become one of us in the future." Murphy commented as he walked.
"The best thing is to wait until he grows up, and no one will need to sacrifice his life and blood anymore." Verak said with a chuckle, "One generation is enough to experience this kind of thing."
"That's undoubtedly the best." Murphy agreed.
Jose couldn't understand the Brexi language spoken by the two of them, so he silently thought through the worst possibilities in his mind, and planned out a series of actions for himself in case of danger.
When Verak and Murphy took him to the resettlement place, when he saw the two large rooms and the prepared daily necessities with his own eyes, those thoughts suddenly collapsed: "...I misunderstood you, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, I hope you can still maintain such vigilance in the future and protect your companions." Verak was not angry at all. On the contrary, he admired this aspect of Jose very much, "Come, come and take a look at this room, this room
It is intended to be used for the girls to live in. We currently have limited funds, so we have given priority to purchasing beds for them. Yours will have to wait."
"We don't need it. It would be great to have a place that can protect us from the wind and rain. It would be even better if we could save more money and help more people. You see, there are only more than 20 of us. This place is so big, so it's absolutely fine.
If there are twenty more people to live in, if they are squeezed in, forty people will be fine..." Jose was thinking not only of his companions, but also of the people who were in the same situation as Verac said.
Hearing that Jose could say these words and think about more people, Verak liked him even more: "Leave it to us to do, you just stay here with peace of mind. If there is spare time in the future, we can also allocate manpower.
Teach you survival skills so that you can live on your own when you get older."
"Can I join you?" Jose asked. "I admire you very much. What you do is what I dream of doing."
"There is no need for you children to stand up yet. If one day in the future the world does not change and we fall, it will not be too late for you to take this road again." Verak patted Jose on the shoulder, "Let's go.
Go get the other children."
"...Hmm." Jose looked at the backs of Verak and Murphy, and was stunned for a while.
After going back to join the others, Jose told the news to his companions in person. The children who were so worried that Connie and Odraldo stayed behind and didn't dare to talk to him no matter what they said were finally relieved.
Some were dancing with joy, while others hid their faces and cried bitterly. They were not only glad that they could live well, but also felt sorry for their other companions who could not survive until today.
After being busy until the evening, the group finally settled the children. After returning to the hotel, Verak saw that several people were very tired, so he let them all go to rest after dinner, and he only counted the remaining funds alone.
Try your best to find a suitable way to break the situation.
October 25, afternoon
Finally, the third contact time that Murphy had agreed with the substation in the letter came. Lopez and others were not in a hurry to go out. Instead, they surrounded Murphy and waited for him to operate the wireless telegraph machine to contact the substation.
Murphy looked quite nervous.
If they can contact the sub-station this time, they can discuss with the sub-station and find a way to deceive Porfirio and Gonzalez. If not, they still have to rely on themselves.
Time reached the exact agreed point and began to pass minute by second again.
Murphy held his breath and concentrated, adjusting everything and waiting to receive the signal.
"Got it!" Murphy's eyes suddenly lit up, he heard the signal in the earphones, and then quickly pressed the button, "It's them! They are in contact!"
"Finally contacted!" Lopez and others seemed the most excited.
"Paper and pen!" Murphy was not a professional telegraph operator. After asking for paper and pen, he hurriedly recorded the telegraph code and pointed it at the translator, "This is the branch station of the Kingdom of Sder! They are also confirming our identity!"
"Return." Verak said calmly.
"Understood!" Murphy kept pressing the button, "Confirmation completed!"
"Briefly explain our situation to them, first see how much help the sub-station can give us, and then judge whether we have the ability to implement subsequent plans based on the help." Verak ordered.
"Wait a minute, they are sending a message." Murphy interrupted Verak and quickly memorized the code.
When less than two lines were memorized and the sound in the earphones continued, Murphy's eyes widened, his body stiffened, then his hands trembled, and he looked at the recorded code in disbelief.
Verak vaguely realized something was wrong: "What's wrong? What does this mean?"
"Bo, Boyin..." Murphy was rarely able to maintain his composure, "He passed away..."