Because the door lock was broken, there was a certain crisis of trust with the patrol team and Capa. After the editor-in-chief Byron confirmed that the important documents in the chair were still there, he asked others to avoid them first, and secretly took out the documents and put them in his briefcase and left.
Newspaper agency.
After witnessing this scene, Capa couldn't help but feel grateful that he had made the right choice.
If he hadn't forced the officer to break down the door, he would have never had the chance to quietly take photos of the important evidence. When Byron came and took all the confidential documents home, he would never have the chance to see those things again.
.
After all, he had no legitimate reason to go to Byron's home, let alone a suitable opportunity to go to Byron's home to look for documents and evidence.
"You still want to work overtime?"
After the officer arranged for a group of soldiers to escort Byron away, he came back and looked at Capa and said.
After such a big incident, it was a bit unreasonable for him to stay here peacefully. Capa simply packed up his things and deliberately asked: "Is it safe here, or is my home safe?"
"Everyone is safe. You will know by looking at today's results. We did not lose any soldiers." The officer said.
"Then I'll go home."
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November 26, early morning
Lelist City, at a work site of the International Equality Alliance
Clementine handed the application for membership of the International Equality Alliance, which she had written overnight, to the comrades inside.
"You finished it so quickly?" Comrade Comrade was surprised by Clementine's speed.
"I have decided to work in the International Equality Alliance. Of course I want to write this as soon as possible, pass the review earlier, and enter the International Equality Alliance earlier." Clementine said.
"Don't worry, a dedicated comrade will contact you within three days to arrange follow-up review matters. You only need to wait for the news at your residence." The comrade solemnly put away the application form.
"Okay." Clementine walked out of the work station and looked around in confusion.
How to safely get in touch with Piaf?
She still has no clue.
After standing for a while, Clementine decided to send Dorothy and Matt to school first. This would not only allow the two children to have serious things to do, but also free up more private time for herself to deal with problems.
It was busy until the afternoon, and the admission procedures for the two children, one old and one young, were completed.
The schools controlled by the International Equality Alliance provide free teaching, accommodation, three meals, as well as additional nutritional supplements, regular physical examinations and other benefits. After a brief understanding, Clementine couldn't help but think of what her husband Capa said to her before.
Capa believed that the new world opened up by the International Equality Alliance was a more suitable place for children to survive and shine with their own unique brilliance.
Now she is gradually coming to terms with it and is convinced of it.
After the formalities are completed, what really takes time is the psychological work on the two children.
When they first arrived, they had to live in a strange school, so they naturally felt resistant.
But Clementine had no choice. It would take too much energy to keep them by her side, and there might be many dangers in the future. If she 'tethered' the two children to her side, she might bring danger to her.
Give it to them.
November 27, morning
After Clementine's coaxing, the two children finally accepted this arrangement and were sent to the nearest school.
Seeing the two of them being led into the school by the teacher, Clementine couldn't bear to leave and went straight to the office building of the Propaganda Department of the International Equality Alliance.
Time is passing little by little, and she still has no idea of a good way to contact Piaf.
If this continues, Capa's life and safety and the outcome of this public opinion battle will become extremely uncontrollable.
Standing under the building again, Clementine made a decision in her mind. If there was no way to safely contact Piaf within two days, she would have to take the risk and force a meeting with her.
The reason for setting it to two days is very simple. After two days, the International Equality Alliance will review and train her after reading her application. It will be difficult for her to find time to come back. Once the time is extended to a week, it may
Even if she saw Piaf, it would not help.
——
Same day
Lezein, General Liaison Office of Lezeine Wartime Action Team
"The combat team's attraction plan has been successfully implemented, and the interim government has not taken any further action against the Martyrs Cemetery. It seems that we have indeed reintroduced it," said Cyril, the leader of the combat team.
"The intelligence team is not going well. A group of comrades sent to the newspaper office to inquire about the situation early yesterday morning were ambushed and wiped out. As of today, there are still two lurking comrades who were caught by the interim government's search team." The intelligence team.
Cyril, the team leader, followed closely.
After listening to the two pieces of news, one good and one bad, there was no obvious fluctuation on Verak's face. He said solemnly: "Let's put aside the spying on the newspaper for now. Judging from the current situation, the provisional government is even less likely to give us a second chance."
Opportunities to break in. Since the combat team has done a good job, they can maintain a certain frequency and plan more, continue to attract the attention of the interim government, and let them ignore the role of the Martyrs Cemetery as much as possible."
"clear."
"clear."
"What we need to discuss most today is, I think, the provisional government arresting people every day, identifying them as comrades of the International Equality League, and then publicly executing them." Verak looked at a few people, "Now there are several people every day.
Ten innocent people were executed, and our comrades were also very
Unfortunately, the provisional government used this method to arrest a few of them. The most troublesome thing was that the rewards made the people panic. Everyone was afraid that people from the International Equality Alliance lived around them, and they would unknowingly commit crimes.
Therefore, they did not hesitate to accuse each other in order to protect themselves..."
Sherrill pointed to the key point: "This is an illusion created by the interim government. If we can expose it in public and make the people realize that their relatives and friends are not members of the International Equality Alliance, but are just miserable people covered up by the interim government, then
The interim government will no longer be able to carry out its duties, and the people's anger and determination to fight will be unprecedentedly high."
Cyril was convinced: "Then how can we expose it? Directly spread the news in the city, saying that our people are all safe and those arrested are innocent people?"
"I don't know." Sherrill hasn't come up with specific implementation ideas yet.
"Comrades who received two batches of cameras, how is the evidence collection going?" Verak asked.
"The interim government's behavior has restrained a lot during this period. It is difficult for us to find suitable evidence, but we have collected a batch. Now I have arranged for people to consolidate it and transport it to Lelist City." Sherrill said.
"The next evidence collection will be divided into two directions. One way is to keep the original unchanged, and the other way is to grasp the evidence that the interim government fabricated the arrests. Cooperate with us to clarify the oppression of the people, try to change public opinion, and let
They put an end to this absurd act." Verak arranged.
"yes."
Verak lit up another cigarette: "Currently what we can do is very limited. We have to try to abandon the idea of solving the problem on our own and open up the situation by cooperating with the corresponding departments of the main station."
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November 28, evening
After spending several nights squatting near the Propaganda Department office building, Clementine roughly figured out Piaf's off-duty hours.
Normally, she would leave the office building by car around 11 o'clock in the evening.
Where he went after leaving is unknown.
"Huh...hiss..." It was extremely cold tonight. Even though she was wrapped in a thick coat, Clementine still felt that her body was about to freeze.
Tomorrow afternoon, her two-day time limit will expire. In other words, if she can't think of a way and there is no improvement today, she will have to forcefully contact Piaf tomorrow night and risk being detected by spies.
, report Laizein’s situation to her.
That was the outcome that she, Capa, and the loyal comrades in the International Equality Alliance least wanted to see, but under the pressure of time, Clementine had no choice.
After all, she is just an ordinary person.
It's very rare to get to this point. If she wants to find a way to complete her important task in every aspect, she can basically rely on miracles.
Unknowingly, eleven o'clock arrived, and not long after, several figures appeared in front of the main entrance of the office building. Piaf, wearing a hat, walked out as usual, escorted by the soldiers of the Equality Army, and walked straight to the parked car parked nearby.
She was less than twenty meters away from the car.
Clementine, whose ears were red and breathing air-conditioning, stood at the intersection, looking at Piaf intently.
If he were to watch Piaf leave by car like this again today, then he would really have no way to go.
"Piaf..." Clementine called Piaf's name softly.
In the end, Piaf walked to the car, but she did not rush to get in. Instead, she seemed to feel someone staring at her and looked around.
Is she going to see me?
If she sees me, will she come over and ask me about my situation?
Clementine thought to herself.
Suddenly, she saw a gun slowly being drawn out of the window of the building directly opposite the office building.
Because the floor was quite high, Piaf and the soldiers of the Equal Army who were directly below did not notice it immediately. Instead, Clementine, who was standing at the intersection, easily discovered the strangeness with the advantage of her angle.
Is someone trying to assassinate Piaf?
The possibility is great!
Clementine's neck felt cold, and she hurriedly shouted in the empty and lonely street: "Hide quickly! Someone is going to assassinate you!!"
Not two seconds after the sound started, there was a "Bang!" sound, and the roof of the car in front of Piaf was scratched by bullets. Some of the soldiers of the Equality Army who reacted quickly formed human shields and escorted Piaf back to the office building.
, some raised their heads to determine the approximate location of the assassination, and began to suppress fire.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Someone really wants to assassinate Piaf!
Clementine didn't know if her shout just now saved Piaf's life. In short, Piaf's life was not in danger, which was the most important thing.
She started to run forward.
But before she could pass by, nearly a hundred soldiers from the Ping Ping Army poured out from both sides of the originally peaceful street, surrounding her.
"Don't move!"
"Hand over your weapons! Hand over your weapons!!"
"Hands up! Obey the order! Otherwise we have the right to kill him on the spot!"
"I, I'm not!" Clementine didn't know how these Equality Army soldiers appeared, so she could only raise her hands in the air and shake her head in defense, "I just found out that someone wanted to assassinate Comrade Piaf!
I am not the assassin!"
"Catch him!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
The soldiers of the Equality Army did not listen to Clementine's explanation and simply escorted her into the office building.
What surprised Clementine was that Piaf had just suffered an assassination, but most of the comrades in the office building looked calm, as if nothing had happened.
"Comrade Piaf! The men have been brought! The rest are still being arrested!" After the soldier escorted Clementine to the office, he saluted Piaf.
"You——" Clementine raised her head with difficulty and exclaimed in disbelief.
In front of her, Piaf was sitting peacefully on the sofa, and beside her stood a slender man wearing a hat and the same clothes as her!
At this moment, Clementine understood.
The person who was assassinated outside just now was not Piaf herself, but her double!
This also means that everyone is aware of the assassination. They are most likely deliberately luring the other party to take action, and their own shout disrupted their plan!
"This is her identification." A soldier found Clementine's identification and handed it to Piaf.
"I have met her. She has been wandering around in the past few days, saying that she wants to join the Propaganda Department of the International Equality Alliance." Another patrol soldier who had dealt with Clementine added the information.
Piaf looked at her identity document and looked at Clementine: "She warned you of the danger before the assassination by the agents of the provisional government?"
"Yes, but she came from Lezein not long ago. I doubt..." the gay man pretending to be Piaf guessed.
"You suspect that she is also a member of the provisional government and wants to gain our trust by betraying her companions, right?" Piaf said.
"Yes, it's better to be careful."
"Tell me about your situation." Piaf raised her chin at Clementine.
Clementine had imagined the scene of meeting Piaf, but she didn't expect it to be like this. She looked at the people around her warily, always feeling that they were all spies of the provisional government: "I...I am
Came from Lezein..."
"It's written on this ID. Tell me something we don't know. For example, why do you stay around here so often?"
"Because I want to join the Propaganda Department of the International Equality Alliance in the future." Clementine looked directly at Piaf and said.
"Have you submitted your application?" Piaf asked again.
"The application has been submitted and is just waiting for review and training."
"Then why don't you just stay at home and wait for the staff to find you, instead of staying near the building?"
"I……"
"She must have something going on in her heart." When the gay man pretending to be Piaf saw this, he became even more sure of his suspicion.
Piaf didn't think so. She felt that Clementine's delay in speaking was not because she couldn't speak out, but because she had something to hide: "Don't be afraid, it's safe here. Say whatever you want."
"I..." Clementine didn't dare to think so, but at this point, she could only start exchanging top-secret information with Piaf, "I want to talk to you alone."