The government forces' search plan has undergone a major change. They no longer insist on repeated searches, but have reduced their troops. At the same time, they have issued high bounties against the International Equality Alliance, and they have shielded the members of the International Equality Alliance and concealed all their movements and information.
Penalties for those who fail to report.
From the afternoon to the evening of the same day, a total of seventeen citizens came to various garrison points of the government troops, submitted the information they had, and received generous rewards. This information helped the government troops capture 31 international equals at the first time.
Members of the Alliance Action Team destroyed seven secret sites of the International Equality Alliance Action Team.
In addition, 77 citizens who did not report the incident were arrested.
November 24
The 'public executions' that had prevailed during Francois's tenure as President of Bressy were revived.
The execution place was selected in the North District, and the first batch of people to be executed were the forty members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team that the interim government claimed to have recently captured, and the ten civilians who had harbored the members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team.
Because the action team was stationed in Lezein secretly and did not reveal its identity to civilians, many people had to alienate themselves from the people around them in order to ensure the safety of themselves and their families.
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Lezein, South District, in an apartment in a certain neighborhood
Evans put away the telegraph machine, stood up and opened the curtains, standing by the window and repeatedly reading the messages sent by the general liaison office of the action team.
[To all liaison offices:
At present, all liaison offices have normal communication, which means that those arrested and destroyed by the interim government are fake comrades and fake sites. Comrades, please pay attention to safety and do not engage in any dangerous activities before the next task is issued.
General Liaison Office of the International Equality League Lezerin War Action Team]
This telegram made him relieved, because the contents of the telegram made it clear that their comrades had not been arrested and everyone was safe.
But something made him unable to relax.
Since all the comrades in the action team are safe, who are the fifty people executed by the provisional government today?
Government people? How is that possible!
It can only be ordinary people.
Their lives are the least valuable.
Fifty? Five hundred, five thousand, fifty thousand, those people can be executed without blinking an eye.
Therefore, this is just a big show directed and performed by the Provisional Government.
While they pretended to have received the so-called reports, they arrested many innocent people and identified them as members of the International Equality Alliance. Then they arrested another group of people and said in a serious manner that they did not report the information and they must bear the responsibility.
Corresponding responsibilities.
In the end, the provisional government effortlessly created a great situation, but under this, countless innocent souls were covered up by lies and died in unclear circumstances.
Evans tore up the paper and threw it into the stove. Watching the stove suddenly boom, his heart sank to the bottom.
How many more people will be killed next?
Will there be deceived people who panic and expose the people around them indiscriminately?
When the people themselves are falling apart, how can Lezeinli create a powerful force that can compete with it?
It's a pity that Evans doesn't know what he can do in this situation.
The main reason why he was selected as a member of the wartime action team was that he was senior enough and was familiar with Lezein's environment, which gave him considerable advantages in investigating situations.
But the problem is that this advantage, which is favored by the captain of the action team, Verak, does not give him the ability to change Lezein's current situation.
All that can be done now seems to be to wait, wait for the General Liaison Office to negotiate a feasible response plan, and then implement it without hesitation.
How long do I need to wait?
No one knows.
All that is known is that waiting one more day will mean that dozens or hundreds of people will be innocently executed in the name of members of the International Equality Alliance.
"Dong-dong-dong-"
The bell rings.
It's already seven o'clock in the evening.
When it was time to eat, Evans walked out of the rented room wrapped in a coat, pretending to have an old disease in his left leg, and limped downstairs to have dinner with the apartment owner and his family.
This series of performances were all ordered by Verak himself in advance.
Being lame, one can stay at home for a reasonable period of time and is not likely to arouse suspicion.
The experience of business failure can reasonably enable him to afford renting a house, but only one house.
By paying an extra sum of money to the apartment owner and letting the apartment owner be responsible for your daily meals, you can have more contact with more people, learn about the outside world through them, and further protect yourself through them.
The careful arrangement and Evans' good acting skills made the apartment owner and other tenants never doubt him, and they felt a little pity and regret for him every time they dealt with him.
"Poor Evans, come and eat." The skinny man, who paid extra like Evans, was able to have dinner with the apartment owner's family, waved to Evans.
"Here we come." Evans didn't know whether he was feeling sorry for himself or gloating about his misfortune.
A large group of people came to sit down at several tables one after another, enjoying cheap black bread and bland vegetable soup.
Evans ate slowly and carefully, listening carefully to the conversations of the other tenants.
Not surprisingly, no matter where they were before, the topic eventually fell on the government forces and the International Equality Alliance Action Team.
"Today they killed forty people from the International Equality Alliance and ten people who protected them. The blood all pooled together at that time. The smell made me almost vomit." A mustached man who went to watch the execution in the afternoon.
The tenant huddled his neck, held the soup bowl in both hands, and drank the hot soup to keep warm. His appetite was not affected at all.
"I can't even think about losing so many heads, let alone see them." Another timid tenant had already finished his bread and soup, but he still lingered on smelling the aroma of rice.
, talk to other people.
"There's nothing to be afraid of about human heads. The main thing is the smell that hits your face. It's really disgusting."
"Didn't you see that everyone is eating? Since it's disgusting, don't say anything." A tenant at the next table with his back to them said without looking back.
The tenants who watched the execution seemed to be a little afraid of that person, so they did not describe the scene in detail and naturally changed the topic: "Speaking of which, you don't know how much reward those who exposed the International Equality Alliance received, right?"
"How many?"
"One hundred gold grams? I remember when Francois did this trick, he offered a reward of that much."
People at the same table expressed their opinions one after another.
After they finished speaking, the tenant with a mustache and a strong desire to chat shook his head, and then stretched out two fingers: "Now it has gone up, it has gone up to 200 gold grams."
"That's quite a lot." Evans added.
"It's quite a lot. Now that so many people are unemployed, if you have 200 gold grams, you will be a good person immediately." The mustache tenant had envy in his eyes.
The timid tenant grinned: "Aren't those who exposed it afraid of being retaliated by the people of the International Equality Alliance? If you have a life, you will lose your life, and two thousand gold grams will be in vain."
The mustached tenant snorted, with full disdain: "Did you know? Those who made the whistleblower have been assigned to internal jobs by the government. In the future, they will not only receive stable and generous wages, but also receive special protection from soldiers. International
The Equality Alliance is now beaten to the point of panic, is it capable of retaliating against others?"
"Too……"
"Is it possible that you want to try it too?" Evans asked with a smile.
"If I know some information about the members of the International Equality Alliance, you don't have to guess. I will definitely tell the government as soon as possible, and then use the money to enjoy life." The tenant with a mustache finished the last sip of soup in the bowl and smacked his lips.
mouth and lit a cigarette.
Another tenant who knew him well said: "When the International Equality Alliance was here, it not only arranged a job for you, helped you cure your cough for free, but finally sent you to the workers' night school for free to learn knowledge. Now you
Do you treat people like this?"
The mustached tenant glanced at the other party: "If you hadn't lent me some money, do you believe that I would have dared to expose you based on your words?"
"Expose me? You pay me back the money you owe me first."
"Just kidding, the money will be paid back to you after a while, don't worry." The face of the mustached tenant changed and he became cheerful and genuine.
"Heh." The tenant didn't press any further. He knew that he would never get his money back, so he could only learn from it and never trust the other party easily in the future.
"Actually speaking, there are so many people living in our apartment. According to the proportion, it is possible that there are people from the International Equality Alliance, right?" The mustached tenant's idea of wanting to reach the sky by offering rewards became more and more intense. As he spoke, his
His eyes subconsciously scanned everyone present.
But the other tenants didn't take his words to heart. They either talked about other things or immersed themselves in eating.
Only after the boss heard what he said, he patted him heavily on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Very good, my apartment needs someone as vigilant as you. If you really think anyone is suspicious, you can inform me quietly."
"
"No problem, boss." The tenant with a mustache readily agreed, but he sneered at him in his heart.
If you really discover someone from the International Equality Alliance, can the bounty for the revelation be given to the boss? Just dream!
Evans heard something else from the apartment owner's words. Perhaps the owner was not so directly reminding the tenants not to get involved with people from the International Equality Alliance, so as not to drag him down in the future.
The behavior of these people is the epitome of the people of Lezein.
The International Equality League helped countless people during its control of Lezein, but when faced with life and death crises and prosperity, there was still no guarantee that some of them would not fall to the provisional government.
Many people stick to the bottom line and protect the seeds of equality, freedom, and solidarity planted by the International Equality Alliance in their hearts, while others do not hesitate to pursue the choice that is most beneficial to them.
It's hard to accept.
It's also normal.
But Evans is trying hard to accept it.
He believes that only when you can face everything calmly can you truly become strong.
After dinner, the tenants returned to their respective rooms in twos and threes, and Evans was no exception. He was reading Lezein's newspaper in his small room, and was so angry at the distorted and fabricated reports that he sometimes clenched his fists and went back and forth.
Pacing.
The situation at the Martyrs Cemetery is not optimistic.
The International Equality League's reputation plummeted.
Hundreds and thousands of people were arrested.
After seeing and hearing this, he wished he could immediately think of ways to change it.
Fortunately, this was achieved quickly.
In the evening, the General Liaison Office sent a telegram, confirming that Evans would be the second group of people responsible for photographing the provisional government's forged evidence. When Duke Hall got the camera, he needed to complete the connection as quickly as possible.
Therefore, his first task at the moment is to formulate a docking plan based on his own situation, to ensure that when he gets the camera, his whereabouts will not be discovered, and to confirm his identity - even though the other party is a partner of the action team.
It was getting late, so Evans turned off the lights and stood by the window, closing his eyes and constructing a topographic map of the neighborhood that he was very familiar with in his mind.
The safest way is undoubtedly that he will not meet the other party directly at all, so that the other party will not be able to know his whereabouts and identity. Even if the cooperation breaks down in the future and the other party defectes to the provisional government, his own safety will not be affected.
So how can you get the camera without showing your face?
Would it be safer to place the transaction on another block?
Standing dispelled Evans' sleepiness, and he was immersed in thinking.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Dong dong dong..."
Suddenly, there were dense and heavy footsteps in the corridor outside the house.
Evans was suspicious, and at the same time he opened his eyes, there was a "bang" on the door, and then a burst of crackling noise.
What happened?!
Realizing that something had happened in the apartment, Evans hid the telegraph machine and other important items and documents, then quickly came to the door and looked out through the door.
I saw a group of government soldiers breaking into the room diagonally across from him and dragging out the tenant with a mustache who was wearing shabby pajamas.
"You, what are you doing?! I didn't do anything! I support the government! I support the government!" The tenant with a mustache was controlled by a group of vicious soldiers, and his legs were shaking with fear.
"Listen up, tenants of the apartment! He is a member of the International Equality Alliance action team! He was sheltered by the apartment owner some time ago, and he hid here incognito to steal information and plan actions to shake the stability of Lezein! If you know anything else
You can report any information to us at any time! After the information is confirmed, we will pay a high reward and provide protection and arrangements for everyone!" The officer didn't care whether other tenants heard it or opened the door, he was minding his own business in the corridor.
He repeated this three times, and then escorted the mustached man and the apartment owner left the apartment.
Evans came to the window and watched the apartment owner who was still discussing exposing others during dinner in the evening. The tenant with a mustache was being escorted away by government troops, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.
After the government troops left, the tenants who were awakened gathered in the corridor and discussed in fear.
In order not to appear abnormal, Evans changed into pajamas, opened the door sleepily, and came to the corridor to listen to other people's conversations.
"How could they be taken away if they were fine?"
"Didn't you hear what they said? One of them is from the International Equality Alliance, and the other is responsible for providing asylum!"
"Ah?! Then when they were having dinner at night, they were all talking about exposing others. It turns out they were all pretending!"
"To be honest, I really didn't see it..."
Everyone was surprised by this.
Only one person looked unnatural.
Intentionally or unintentionally, Evans glanced at the tenant who looked very timid at the dinner table, and actually noticed a sneer from the other person.