"Discovered?" Verak's heart tightened, and he quickened his pace and came to Henry.
The other party's words were not very clear, but he thought of a lot with just these few words.
If Duke Hall, who was behind Henry, could use the word "discovered," it meant that the government was aware of the anomaly.
The government noticed the anomaly and had two consequences. The first was to use the camera's transaction address to uncover comrades in other liaison offices. The second was to investigate Duke Hall and finally expose the general liaison office where they worked.
.
In a word, the exposure of the camera will put the action team in great danger.
Now reporter Capa has no clue about the matter, and he has encountered such a big new trouble. Not to mention other people, Verak, as the captain of the action team, has a big head, but he still maintains his composure and asks: "
What's going on? Speak slowly and carefully."
The comrades who had been scattered reunited at the table and listened to Henry's account of the situation.
"Duke Hall was very careful. He forged an identity, used this identity to find an intermediary, and asked the intermediary to help him raise the cameras. But maybe because you wanted too many cameras, the person who raised the cameras and the intermediary were both confused an hour ago.
They were caught, and the government is investigating Duke Hall's false identity based on their confessions. I'm afraid it won't be long before Duke Hall is found, causing Duke Hall and a whole bunch of people like you to..." Henry didn't say anything.
It's all right, but everyone here knows very clearly what he wants to express.
"What do Hall think?" Verak wanted to hear how Duke Hall himself responded.
"Duke Hall knows that the government will be almost crazy about holding on to clues to investigate, so it is only a matter of time before the false identity is revealed. He wants to find a scapegoat as soon as possible and throw all the connections with the false identity to the other party.
." Henry said.
This is a method commonly used by Duke Hall, or nobles in general.
For them, the most familiar and surest thing to do is to let others take the blame. Henry himself is such a victim, but Verac and the others haven't been exposed yet, and he hasn't reached the final moment yet.
"Then what do we need to do?"
"Duke Hall said that he is not sure that this is foolproof. I hope you can come up with a more reliable backup method, which will be beneficial to everyone. Otherwise, if something happens to Duke Hall, you will be in danger if you stay here...
"Henry looked a little guilty and did not dare to look directly at Verak in the already dark environment.
Verak had foreseen what would happen if they did nothing and Duke Hall's method didn't work.
Not surprisingly, Duke Hall will immediately take the initiative to reveal their location to the provisional government in order to protect himself.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with doing this. Anyone in this position could do this, let alone Duke Hall, who only has an interest relationship with the International Equality Alliance.
It's a pity that Verak and the others are the passive party, and he will never allow the outcome of being betrayed to happen.
"How long does he estimate it will take for the provisional government to investigate him?" Verak asked after pondering.
"Maybe...a week," Henry replied.
Duke Hall will definitely consider the possibility of falling to the provisional government first when his method of finding a scapegoat fails. Therefore, the time he needs to explain to Verak is basically the time required to persist plus the time required to betray the International Equality Alliance.
To put it simply, the time left for the action team is only a short time, probably less than five days.
"Has he found a suitable scapegoat?" Sheryl asked.
"It happened suddenly, not yet, but it shouldn't take long," Henry said.
Sherrill looked at Verak: "It would be best if Mr. Hall can find a scapegoat. At worst, we send someone to pretend to maintain contact with this scapegoat for a period of time to divert the attention of the interim government away from Mr. Hall."
"Yes, yes, Duke Hall asked me to propose this method to you." Sherrill's method happened to be what Henry was about to say on Duke Hall's order.
"We can try it first and let Hall find a suitable candidate and contact us as soon as possible to finalize the details." Verak agreed.
"Okay, okay."
"In addition, we will try to think of other ways to ensure Hall's safety to the greatest extent. If necessary, we will request support from the main station." The last half of Verak's sentence was actually a secret warning to Hall.
Behind them is the International Equality Alliance. At this time, Hall's will was weak and he betrayed the action team. Needless to say, there will be consequences.
Of course, when there is really no way out, even if he knows that he will be retaliated by the International Equality Alliance soon, Hall can only choose to betray.
After all, it is better to die late than to be arrested immediately by the provisional government, severely tortured, and publicly executed to serve as a warning to others.
Verak said this to ensure that after the worst situation occurs, Hall can make a decision carefully and carefully, dragging the inevitable betrayal to the point where it can't be postponed.
"Okay, then, I won't disturb you all." Henry saw that Verak and others were not woken up by him, but that they were not sleeping, but he did not dare to ask Verak where they were so late.
What to do, after getting the needed answer, he quickly left the guest room and went to report to Duke Hall.
"I regret dealing with Duke Hall more and more now." Spencer did not hide his regret. "At first, the Provisional Government search team came, but they didn't send any signal, and now it's like this..."
"At least they helped us get the camera, right? It's a good deal for us to be able to exert such value. We can't rely on others for everything." In Murphy's view, although this cooperation is quite satisfactory, it is
It's far from a big loss.
Sherrill did not participate in the discussion and directly asked what Verak meant: "We have to move quickly, right?"
"At the very least, we need to arrange an escape route." Verak sighed, and the worsening situation made him exhausted mentally and physically. "It's best if we can come up with a safe way to survive the crisis, but we must plan for the worst possibility and beware of Hall.
To protect themselves, they sold us to the provisional government."
"How dare he?!" Connie stared.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. The Provisional Government is close at hand, and the International Equality Alliance is far away. It is inevitable for people like Hall to surrender to the Provisional Government first at the moment of life and death. Even if we will still be retaliated by us in the end, we can live a little longer now.
The time is undoubtedly worth it." Verak took a sip of water and patiently clarified the logic to Connie.
"We are not friends in the first place. We have cooperated because of interests. It is best not to expect that such a relationship can withstand the test of life and death." Cyril followed up and then went to the bathroom and lowered his head. "It shouldn't be difficult to arrange an escape route. Don't forget
Except for a few of us, no one knows that this guest room is connected to the guest room directly below. With the support of the comrades in the guest room below, we can easily disappear from the world."
Murphy shook his head: "If it really gets to that point, the entire building will be searched from the inside to the third floor. How long do you think our trick can be hidden under that level of search? If you want to be truly safe,
, you have to be able to leave the hotel without anyone noticing.”
Nizam didn't look too nervous, but said in a joking tone: "Rather than finding a way to secretly disappear from the hotel, I think it would be easier to help Hall resolve the crisis."
"The main reason is that we are too busy, right?" Cyril explained the current situation of the action team.
More than fifteen comrades from the action team have died.
The remaining comrades of the intelligence group and combat group were responsible for tasks such as photographing evidence, spying on newspapers, investigating reporter Capa, infiltrating the interim government, planning harassment operations to attract the attention of the interim government, and ensuring the safety of the Martyrs Cemetery.
Now when it comes to cameras, there are two directions.
First, they sent people to pretend to cooperate with Duke Hall's scapegoat, successfully attracting the attention of the provisional government, and keeping Duke Hall safe at all times.
Second, the plan failed. The provisional government found out that the smuggling of cameras was related to Duke Hall. Duke Hall had to betray the action team in exchange for a chance to survive.
No matter which one it is, it will take a lot of energy from the action team to deal with it. The former requires an additional team of people to cooperate with the performance, while the latter requires all members of the action team to change their hiding locations and change their active identities.
When these things piled up, the action team was completely in chaos.
"It's true that there are too many things going on, and now the manpower is stretched thin. I'm worried that if this continues, there will be oversights." Murphy agreed.
"We now need to reorganize our work arrangements, prioritize tasks, remove unnecessary work and reduce the burden, and maximize the efficiency of the action team." Verak lit another candle and looked through their work during this period.
Meeting minutes.
Others waited silently.
Ten minutes later, Verak closed the notebook and said: "The camera has been shooting for a while. It has almost captured everything that should be photographed and what can be photographed. From today on, we will suspend the work arrangements in this area and at the same time remind all those who continue to take pictures."
Comrades with cameras, if the worst happens, as people who have come into contact with Duke Hall's men, they will be the first to be searched by the provisional government. They must be prepared and leave no trace of their address, identity, camera, etc.
There is a flaw."
Everyone took notes.
"Except for the two groups of comrades with cameras who only need to eliminate hidden dangers in the next period of time, the rest of the combat team kept the original plan unchanged and continued to steadily carry out harassment and sabotage the plan. Not only did it become bigger and bigger, but the frequency also increased.
We must get up quickly. We must fight back effectively against the provisional government and let the revolutionary momentum in Lezeinli grow stronger." Verak looked at the three combatants on one side.
"Does the combat team only need to do this one thing in the future?" Cyril, the leader of the combat team, confirmed.
"Yes." Verak replied, then looked at the three intelligence team members on the other side, "The intelligence team canceled all tests on the newspaper and all infiltrations into the interim government, and concentrated all its efforts on verifying reporter Capa's information.
In terms of identity, as long as the journalist Capa and his family are sincerely investigating evidence on their own initiative, then the subsequent arrangements can be centered around him."
"Is it okay to just do this one thing?" Sheryl looked up and asked after remembering.
"Yes."
Murphy didn't write anything. After listening to Verak's words, he frowned even more: "Comrade Verak, I have a problem. The work has been assigned, but who will solve the problem of Hall's imminent exposure?"
Verak said: "Remember what I just mentioned about 'reducing the burden'? Giving up helping Hall is reducing the burden. Based on this, I simply dealt with the worst consequences. After Hall was exposed,
There are two parts of the action team that will be affected. One part is us.
Some of them are the comrades who received the cameras. We live in Hall, and the comrades who received the cameras more or less exposed some of their information in the process of receiving the cameras. So just let these comrades be transferred in advance, that is
It can solve half of the trouble caused by Hall's exposure."
"What about us?" Connie asked.
"We will be helped by Hall to evacuate." Verak said something almost unbelievable.
"We gave up helping Hall and asked him to help us evacuate? It doesn't make sense. If he helps us evacuate, doesn't he still know our location? Then he can still expose us to the government." Spencer didn't.
Understand Verak's intention.
"Let me ask you a question first. Since Hall will betray us when he has no choice, then if we create a plan that offends no one, will Hall adopt it, or will he continue to betray us?" Wei
Lack uses questions to help people understand his ideas.
Sherrill was the first to see through Verak's mind: "You want Hall to pretend to be a traitor, inform the government of this location, and then ask him to arrange us to another safe place. In this way, Hall will
The interim government has not even made an apology to us, but it has not made any enmity with us."
Verak showed a slight smile: "Yes, this is the best way I can think of. We have eliminated a lot of complicated work and can focus on one or two things more without distraction."
"Didn't you say that we can't put our hopes in others? If we do this, if Hall doesn't do what we expect, wouldn't we all be doomed?" Connie questioned.
"That's a good question." Verak saw Connie's progress and confirmed her idea first. "First, Hall is very reluctant to offend the International Equality Alliance. There is a way to avoid offending both parties. He has no reason not to
Accept it. Secondly, after being arranged to a new place, we will still secretly prepare an escape route and take the initiative just like the guest room directly below."
"Then I have no problem." Connie no longer had any worries.
"I remember Henry Horto came forward to do the camera thing, right? This way, once discovered, the responsibility of the camera and the hotel can be passed on to Henry." Spencer recalled.
Verak said "Yes": "Yes, Henry is Hall's last trump card. This time he was forced to move the location and deliberately exposed it, so this trump card has to be used."