Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 22 Stash

  After Fletcher returned to the mansion, he went to Veraker's room first. Seeing Veraker sitting at the desk and reading a book as he asked, his head, which was already a little headache, was relieved a lot: "How do you remember?"

   "This book is very obscure, but it contains Chris' notes, personal opinions, and post-reading impressions, so I can barely understand it." Seeing Fletcher coming, Verak stood up and replied.

   "This is Master Chris's favorite book during his lifetime, and he will inevitably talk about it with others in the future, so he must read it carefully and read it several times." Fletcher explained.

   "I will, Mr. Fletcher." Willak said.

  Fletcher took a deep look at Veraker: "Go ahead and write it down. I'll check it out before dinner."

   "Okay." Verak sat down and read hard.

   Fletcher saw this and went out.

   After reading for a while, Verak opened the closet and took out the file bag about the rebel organization. In terms of importance, the rebel organization is the key. If he couldn't be tied to the rebel organization, he wouldn't be able to use those handles alone, so he read the contents of the rebel organization first.

   There are more things in the file bag than bills, dozens of letters and a few notebooks.

  Verak took a deep breath and read the letter first. The time was marked on the envelope, and he opened the earliest one, the one from a year ago. There was a piece of manuscript paper inside, which was sent by Chris to someone else, but it returned to Chris for some unknown reason.

  【Dear Francis:

  Thinking of the last time we met, it was when we graduated from college. Who would have expected that just one year later, the whole Brexi would change drastically. Whenever I suffer from insomnia, I always recall the time when we were students, the issues we discussed together, and the future we envisioned together. We vowed in the long night to work for a more equal world. It's a pity that after graduation, I started to follow my father to manage the company. Only you still uphold the beliefs of the past and do things like dreams.

  I heard about your organization of workers' strike march in Leizein. Brother, you are changing the world! You will be entered in the history books! Although it only shortened the working hours of workers by one hour a day, this is undoubtedly a great progress for mankind! I envy you the freedom to do these things. I know you've been struggling with cash flow lately, and I'll give you a check that will cover your immediate needs.

  Hope I can help you in more places, my admirable friend, I will always be by your side.

  Thomas Chris

  April 5, 1432]

   From this letter, it can be seen that although Chris had an idea a long time ago, it was only after contacting his friend Francis a year ago that he formally contacted the rebel organization. Moreover, it seemed that the rebel organization was not just trying to usurp power as Verak imagined, but was striving to improve the treatment and status of the workers.

   There was one more thing that surprised Verak. The movement that broke out in Leizein a year ago and actually improved the treatment of workers was originally organized by this young man who is two years younger than himself.

   While admiring him, he continued to read other letters. The other letters were all sent to Chris by Francis without exception. Although the content of Chris was missing, it was still possible to roughly sort out what happened in the past year.

  Francis has been committed to improving the treatment of workers and improving the current flawed system. He organizes more and more influential movements and publishes theories that impact the existing rulers of Bresci. Then, the letter disappeared, and the last letter sent to Chris stayed four months ago.

  Villac frowned, stacked up the letters, and opened the first notebook. The first page of the notebook contains only a handwritten note: To my dear friend, Francis Leroux.

  On the second page, there are only three words: Theory of Equality.

  Starting from the third page, the notebook densely recorded Chris' investigation and discussion on the historical development of equality. Many of the opinions and theories refer to the contents of Francis' letters. It can be said that this book was jointly written by the two.

This book is called "On Equality", the last one is called "Three Possibilities of Inequality". He should still be writing, but he unfortunately committed suicide before he finished writing this political book that may have shocked Brecy.

  Villac just glanced at it and put the unfinished "On Equality" aside, and flipped through the other two notebooks.

  One of the two books contains Chris’ plans for the future development of the rebel organization, as well as his own record of secretly supporting the rebel organization in various forms. Another book records the list of members of the organization. The list has almost filled the entire notebook, and it is roughly estimated that there are thousands of them.

  In Verac's view, the priority of these things should be: list book, planning book, "Equality", and letters from Francis.

  There are too many people involved in the list, and Veraker can't write them down in a short time. He also thinks that it is impossible for Chris to maintain close contact with all of them. Therefore, the most urgent task is to screen the people in the list. Based on the existing information, screen out the core members and members whose apparent identities are related to Chris, and focus on understanding these people at the first time.

  Then it was a detailed study of the planning book. After all, Chloe passed him a note, which stated that the rebel organization urgently needed to formulate a development direction. The next time we meet, the other party will definitely ask this question, and Verak must be able to answer it.

  In the future, because Chris has passed away for a while, and an undercover purge has been carried out in the rebel organization, Verak will have to update the current list, and the development plan may also need to be changed accordingly.

  After arranging the tasks for the next three main stages, Verak repacked the things into the file bag and began to consider where the file bag was hidden.

  After Carmine discovers that something has been stolen, although he will suspect the rebel organization first, as an outsider, Verac will definitely turn the room upside down.

  Hiding in the dark compartment of Chris's bedroom?

  In the bathroom?

  Verak feels that as long as it is the room he lives in, there is no absolutely safe place.

  There is only one safest place—Julia's room.

  Carmine would not suspect that his daughter who was still in school stole the file, and Julia's room is currently the only place Verac can enter, so this is the best choice.

  Time is running out, and Julia will come home from school soon. Verac gets up and rushes to Julia's room, and stuffs the portfolio under Julia's bed.

  (end of this chapter)