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"Is the result good or bad?" Macquarie recalled the names and information of several people that Li Suman told him a few days ago, and asked about the most important thing.

"Well... that's good." The nonchalant and lazy tone meant that there weren't many things that could interest Li Suman, and this matter was not in her mind at all. I barely paid attention to it a few days ago. After spending some time looking for it, Li Suman never asked again and let a few of her lieutenants handle it. "The most important two are still there, and there are many others." To serve as a foil, I must gather a sufficient number of actions.”

"Are we going to start taking action? Is it too early?" Li Suman said in a tone that she just reacted to. After finishing speaking, she felt inappropriate. After thinking for a short time, she figured out what everyone was currently preparing for. , "Are you going to the border area? The chance of conflict there is not very high. A bunch of people ran over just to make the number look large and lively. It's not like I haven't told you about the photos and information in the black market. Obviously It's the stand-in 'Soriatu' in Hongmang and I's plan. Who knows where the real Cassia is hiding now? I don't understand why you would hold such a grand welcome ceremony for a stand-in."

"Whether it is now or in the future, there will always be situations where truth or falsehood will not be important. Many people just want to find a rational fuse. As long as they are sure that it was ignited, as for who ignited it, It is no longer important. The situation in the border areas is very likely to become like this, which is what I am worried about. Indeed, no one knows where Cassia is hiding now, but he will definitely take action again." Regarding Li Suman Before contacting her, Macquarie thought about what he needed to ask and what he wanted to tell Li Suman.

Li Suman usually makes reasonable judgments on some situations, but Macquarie also feels that she has had too much fun with the substitute matter, so that she will definitely devote herself to it without paying attention to herself. With the plan she had made not too long ago.

It is useless to remind you that among the many people Macquarie has come into contact with, almost all of them have changed over time in terms of their work style and personality. Only Li Suman was a special case in his understanding. It seems that during the decades when she went to the tundra, the environment turned into a refrigerator, keeping Lisuman "fresh and quality" for a long time, or perhaps there was too little communication with the outside world, causing Lisuman to live in her own mind. The time in the world is much longer, so the term "change" does not apply to her at all.

Perhaps this is why Li Suman's current impression on him can still overlap with that of his student days, McGregor thought.

"Remember to ask those people to set off for the border area. After ten days, I will send them the address via contact form, and Miss Hilda will pick them up."

"Miss Hilda?" Li Suman suddenly became interested as she spoke, "I thought you were going to the border area. That woman is too boring. I saw her in the cemetery, holding a third Holy Spear, a group of people at that time could only watch blankly."

Macquarie really wanted to say, "You are also one of those people." After thinking about it, this would just make Li Suman extend the topic to additional topics, so he pursed his lips and did not answer the question.

"Since you are not leading the team, then I will stay in Manoma. There are already enough people there, and I couldn't find any fun places in the past." Li Suman was completely unaware of the movement on Macquarie's side. "What's going on here? I have a lot of time after that. I want to go to the Qilaandi family to meet you for coffee."

"Don't come." Li Suman's next words seemed to come out subconsciously, because Macquarie instinctively felt something was wrong, but he still had to say something to make up for it, "Miss Hilda led the team because of my hand." There are indeed many things here, and you really can’t spare much time when you come to my place. But in a few days, when the substitute is approaching the border of the empire, I will go to the Knights of the Round Table to have a look. I want to invite you to this matter Going together seems more reassuring.”

"Is the Knights of the Round Table station?" Li Suman's interest began to fade. "I thought you stayed in Manoma because of more interesting things. But I have no impression of the Knights of the Round Table station and Ye Jielin, so I can follow you to see it. Look. Is the situation here more important than in the border areas?"

"Ye Jielin is currently the only clue that can lead to Cassia's appearance. If the enemy wants to be safe, they will put a lot of effort into her."

"The only clue..." Li Suman pondered, but it gave Macquarie a bad feeling. These things should be information that everyone knows, but in Li Suman's case, Macquarie had the illusion that she didn't pay attention to other information at all except the matter of the substitute. Even if you pay attention to it, it seems to be forgotten soon.

"The suitable person you mentioned was yourself?"

"At the beginning, it was the two brothers on the left and right, but taking the Holy Emperor's Hall into account, the strength is still not enough. Tovellest plus the people of the Holy Fathers, especially the few priests from the far frontier who were recalled with you, let me Somewhat worried.”

"I'm very familiar with those people's words." Li Suman said, and at the same time the sound of her opening a wine bottle was heard. "Let me know when you are about to take action, and I will meet you at your place in advance. I got a lot of free time, but Recently, everyone is just busy preparing various things, which seems very boring.”

"Fifteen days later." Macquarie thought for a while, "At that time I will prepare coffee beans grown in the northern part of the empire. I heard they are good."

The communication was cut off soon after. Li Suman, who was sitting by the bed, drank the wine in her glass, looked at the communicator in her hand, and fell onto the bed with a bang, knocking down the fashion impurities piled up on the cabinet beside her: "It's so boring. ,,," She looked at the ceiling and entered her imagination again, as if time would pass faster in this way.

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After the train incident, Cassia will no longer regard any suspicious situation as a coincidence. Encountering too many abnormal situations over a period of time can already explain the problem. Among the small countries, the status of the intercontinental train is similar to the retraining within the empire. For a long, long time, except for the powerful people within the big forces, no one else will touch it. Actions such as attacking and intercepting, or destroying orbits. If you do these things in the empire, the consequences will not be as simple as dispatching special operations agencies.

"Intercontinental trains are something that only appeared in the past hundred years. At the beginning, it was organized and led by small countries to sign cooperation agreements, so that the railway network could be smoothly rolled out in small countries. It is said that it borrowed from many technologies used in the construction of railway lines in giant countries." Nighthawk's words rang in his ears, "The common interests of all small countries, in the first ten years, it was led by the members of the organization, and each small country sent auxiliary members to jointly manage it. At that time, many warnings were issued, with the purpose of establishing a solid foundation in those ten years. The status of intercontinental train routes in small countries cannot be shaken rashly, otherwise the price will be paid."

"The effect is very good, because even mercenaries or relatively large groups of surgeons cannot resist the organization's team. In the past few years, many of these forces that did not believe in warnings have been eliminated in various countries, and only then can the intercontinental train network be established Survive."

"I remember that intercontinental train lines operate all year round, and will only be suspended in extreme weather. We have borrowed technology from many giant countries, and the failure rate is not very high." After speaking, Nighthawk waved his hand, "Do you want to go back? It’s too hot and stuffy around here, so now we can only wait for the maintenance team to come over.”

Cassia shook her head, watched Nighthawk go back to the train, and looked back to the front. When we arrived at this section of the railway at three o'clock in the afternoon, with emergency braking, the train stopped steadily at its current location. Immediately, the announcement was heard through the loudspeaker in the car.

The railway track foundation collapsed for nearly a hundred meters. Fortunately, there is a station nearby, and the maintenance team is already on the way with materials and personnel. According to the estimates of the staff on the train, if the train wants to move forward again, it will have to wait until at least the early morning.

Cassia and the others have already gone to the front to look, and there are no artificial traces in the collapsed section, which seems to be the negative consequences of the heavy rain a few days ago. It was just too much of a coincidence in time that Cassia and the others had to doubt it.

Kasia walked slowly back to her car after walking out from the crowd of spectators. The surroundings were quiet, nothing unusual. It was in the afternoon, the sun was strong, and the line of sight was extremely wide at this moment. You could see far and wide at a glance, and the enemy would not attack the train in this situation.

The ground is still moist, and your skin can feel the heat steaming from it. The air seemed dull, and it felt cooler after returning to the car.

The owl hadn't come back yet. After getting off the train, he walked back along the track. It is to avoid the view of the members on the train and go to the far sides of the track to check the real-time situation. Black dot-like villages and towns can be seen on both sides. If there are roads connecting them, it will be simple to transport some long-range attack weapons. The small country here borders the common country on the distant sea, and it will be very convenient for the enemy to transport supplies.

Waiting always seemed uneasy. When the time came around four o'clock, Cassia closed the book and glanced at Nighthawk on the seat behind her. Thinking about how to remind her to check around the train, or dig some defenses in advance to deal with possible attacks at night. But Nighthawk noticed the sight, raised his head and glanced at Cassia, his eyes indicating not to worry.

"No abnormalities were found on either side. The ground was very soft after the rain. We haven't found any traces left by a large-scale team walking." At five o'clock in the afternoon, the communication rang, transmitting the results of the owl's detection of the surrounding area. By the time he came back, it was already evening.

As the sunlight began to fade, about forty members of the organization quietly got off the train and began to lay out some simple traps in the long strips on both sides of the track according to the temporary map drawn by the owl. It's just that in addition to the reinforced steel-cased bombs, there are also many signal flares that are triggered. And depending on the distance from the train, the colors of the signal flares are also specially distinguished.

Soon after, a double-headed train with five carriages sandwiched between them arrived at the last moment of dusk with a column of steam smoke. It was an emergency maintenance vehicle. In addition to a large pile of necessary construction materials, there were also two small construction machinery used to re-excavate the foundation.

Nighthawk and several captains got out of the car with a bunch of passengers and went to judge the status of the repairs. The full-time maintenance personnel above, as well as the internal space of the train, may hide some enemies.

Not long after, bright searchlights were set up, and the collapsed section of railway was illuminated white. Nighthawk and the others returned to the carriage to follow up on the progress of trap setting. Another group of people got off the train with simple tools and dug trenches and other defenses on both sides of the train at around 8pm. The maintenance work at the front of the intercontinental train is extremely lively, and from time to time you can even hear the unknown songs sung by the maintenance personnel.

"Could it be a code?" After hearing this, Nighthawk and Isa didn't know how to evaluate or examine Cassia. Fundamentally, Cassia's sensitivity to the environment and level of cognitive thinking are not in the same position as the two.

Insects chirped outside the car window, and squeezed into the car amid the maintenance noise ahead, it seemed distorted. Cassia finished reading another book. He closed the book and looked at the time. It was almost nine o'clock.

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"How long will it take to arrive?" The vehicle was moving very fast, and the wind made a whirring sound.

"Estimated one hour." The answer after the pause sounded tired. In order to catch up with the news target, they have not rested for a long time. But we have to do this. The physical functions of the special experimental subjects are weakening over time. The medicine can help the experimental subjects survive for a period of time, but it still cannot prevent the slow death caused by the defects. Before that, they must once again determine the target's location and identity accuracy to prepare for the next real-time tracking.