Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 397 Infiltrating Winterhold

   "I stayed in a cell of a few square meters on the basement floor of Daimans Prison for more than half a month."

   "Stay in that place all the time?"

   "No. I can leave the cell for a while when I go to the toilet and change the dressing for the wound, but I'm still on the basement floor, and I haven't even seen the light of day."

   "How did you manage to stay in such a small place for half a month?"

   "Actually, I wasn't very calm, and I couldn't bear it anymore. In the end, my injury didn't heal much, so I just tried to find a way to leave the cell."

   "The cell is so small and there is nothing there. How do you usually pass the time?"

   "I was tortured for the first half of the time, and basically I didn't wake up very much. In the second half of the time, Mr. Keating, who is knowledgeable and experienced, gave me lectures. Every day was quite interesting."

   "Comrade Keating is not here, or can you tell us something?"

   "Me? Let me think about it..."

   July 15, morning

  Bash, in a small town outside the capital Winterhold, the secret site of the Bash branch of the International Equality League

   Comrades from the substation and Oscar, Connie, Stuart, Quentin, Clark and others surrounded Verac, waiting for him to tell something interesting to pass the time.

   Today is full of plans, it is the eighth day they came to the sub-station.

  At present, except for Quentin and Connie who went out to perform a mission, the others have not even stepped out of the town, so they can only go out quietly in the dead of night to get some air.

   "Or should I tell you the story of Mr. Keating when he was young?" Verac thought for a while, speaking dryly, not very good at telling things that can arouse everyone's emotions, or telling some simple things suits him.

   "Well, Comrade Keating is a legend." Oscar was always the most active one, and he didn't let him wilt after staying in the house for so long.

   "I would like to hear more about Diaz's story, such as how he became an underground boxer, how he met you, and joined the Equality Association." Connie is more interested in people like Diaz.

   "I want to hear from you specifically, how did you help the Equality Society obtain the first critical development funds?" Stuart focused on money.

  Vickenji and Augusta immediately proposed to tell other stories.

"Uh...well, let me tell you one by one. Anyway, I have plenty of time, and I can probably tell you all until you get impatient." Veraker decided to start with the story of Mr. Keating's youth, "Mr. Keating is from Dunman, His parents were well-known doctors in the Old South York Times—"

   "Boom—boom—boom—boom—boom—"

  At this time, a regular knock on the door sounded.

   "It's Station Master Cosmo and they're back!" The comrades at the sub-station heard that the frequency of knocking on the door was their secret signal, and hurriedly got up and went to open the door.

   "Station Master."

"Deputy chief."

  In an instant, most of the people around Veraker left, leaving only Quentin, Clark, and Connie sitting still.

  The besieged Cosmo, Daisy, Arseni, and Vladislav sat down surrounded by comrades.

   "Comrade Verak, good news!" Cosmo said to Verak.

  Verak basically guessed the content of the message, so he didn't speak, just raised the corner of his mouth.

   "The comrades we arranged have successfully broken into the guards in the two inspection areas. With their cover, you can all move into the corresponding inspection area." Cosmo said.

   "Really? Can we enter Winterhold?"

   "Can I leave now?"

   "Great! Finally I don't have to stay here, I'm almost suffocated!"

  Oscar, Stuart and others cheered in low voices.

   "But the current capacity is limited. You can enter, but you can't move freely." Cosmo added.

   "That's enough." Verac spoke now, "It's much better to stay where everyone is fighting than here."

   "Well...then pack up and leave tonight." Cosmo set the time for Verak and his party to enter the city.

  The inspection station at the entrance of the city has not been infiltrated yet. If they want to enter the city, they can only sneak in at night, and then they are safely settled in the inspection area with the support of comrades in the guard.

  Oscar and Stuart couldn't help hugging, almost weeping with joy.

  After traveling for half a month and staying here for another seven or eight days, they finally officially entered Winterhold to carry out the tasks assigned to them by their superiors!

   "Okay." As soon as Verak responded, he saw other people rushing to pack their big and small bags.

"It's still a bit dangerous to enter the city tonight. Don't bring too many things with you. You can leave some daily necessities and clothes and buy them after you settle down, or we can send them in when we find a chance." Dai Qian, the deputy station manager Seeing that Connie had packed a large bag of things three times, five times and two times, and there was no sign of stopping, she reminded her.

   "Oh, good." Connie was taken aback when she heard that, then threw the big bag she had just packed aside, and lay down again in peace.

  In addition to clothes and daily necessities, there are only some weapons left on her body, and there is nothing to clean up.

  Verak was not in a hurry, he threw away his clothes and other useless things, the remaining things were not enough to fit half of his suitcase: "Then when we go in, you will return to Winterhold?"

"Of course, we are here to meet you, and we will definitely go back after you enter Winterhold." Cosmo replied, "And we will live in the inspection area adjacent to you, so that it is convenient for communication without causing trouble. When there is danger, it is taken in one pot."

   "Okay." Verak let out a long sigh of relief, sweeping away the depression accumulated in the past seven days, gearing up and waiting for the comrades who led the sub-station to reunite after entering Winterhold, and launched a counterattack against the Bash government.

"You must know one thing, but I still have to remind you. Winterhold is very dangerous, and the government treats comrades very cruelly. Once you are caught in danger, it will be very difficult for us to rescue you." Cosmo said .

  Verak was as calm as ever, and his expression didn't change in any way because of Cosmo's words: "Do you think I will be afraid?"

   "Of course you are not afraid."

   "They are the ones to be afraid of." Verak raised his eyebrows.

  —

  July 16th, 2:00 a.m.

  The town's secret site is empty.

  A total of fifteen comrades took a total of three suitcases of important personal items, quietly bypassed the checkpoint at the entrance of the city, and sneaked into Winterhold from a place that was overlooked by inspection.

  The inspection area they first stepped into was the place where comrades spent a week infiltrating.

  It was deadly dark here, few houses were lit, and no one made any noise.

"and many more."

   With the cool wind blowing, cold sweat still oozes from everyone's foreheads. Oscar, who was used to laughing and joking, now also had a sullen face, extremely nervous.

  Vladislav, who was in charge of leading the team, signaled the group to stick to the wall and hide in the darkness to avoid being discovered by the inspection team.

  Their people did break into the patrol team, but they only broke in to provide them with cover, and they were far from completely controlling the patrol team, so they could show their heads here swaggeringly.

   "Huh..." Before entering Winterhold, Stuart, who had been emphasized by Cosmo and others for safety matters more than a dozen times, breathed hurriedly, and even felt that he could not move his legs.

  —After entering Winterhold, everything is under Vladislav's command, don't make any noise, don't act without authorization.

  —Once found by the patrol team, remember not to confront them head-on. Everyone should disperse and withdraw from Winterhold as quickly as possible.

  —If you are caught unfortunately and think you can’t stand torture, give yourself a good one if you have the guts. If you don't have the guts, try to delay as long as possible and give us some chances to transfer.

  Thinking of every serious exhortation, Stuart panicked.

   It’s not really that unlucky. After half a month’s journey and waiting for more than a week, I finally got to enter Winterhold to perform a mission. Was it discovered by the inspection team?

  What if it is discovered? Where should I run from?

   What if you get caught? How can I die quickly?

   "Okay, continue to follow me." A team of patrols passed by the front intersection and disappeared around the corner. Vladislav waved his hand and signaled everyone to bow their backs and continue to follow him against the wall.

   "What's the matter?" Verak patted Stuart who was distracted standing in front of him.

   "Huh?" Stuart was thinking about how to deal with an emergency, "No, nothing."

   "Don't be afraid, follow me. If there is any danger later, remember to follow me closely, and I will take you away safely." Verak walked in front of Stuart and followed the team forward.

Hearing Veraker's instructions to him, and the back with a sense of security, Stuart's fear dissipated a lot, and he was so moved that he pursed his lips and rushed ahead of Veraker stubbornly: "What really happened? matter, you go first, I will cover."

   "Heh." Verak let out a faint chuckle.

  Sometimes he was quite dissatisfied with these new comrades, because they were too immature, Boyin arranged for them not to help Veraker relieve his worries, but to let Veraker train them.

  Verak came here to do a big business, not to drag a few children.

  But sometimes, he can find bright spots in these new comrades and young people. They are still immature, but the starting point is much higher than when they were themselves.

  Now Verak believes that they will soon grow into independent people, be the mainstay of the sub-station, and pull up Bash's revolution.

   "Stop." After walking through another intersection carefully, Vladislav stopped again.

   Cosmo, who was following him, looked forward and saw two guards smoking lazily under the streetlight tens of meters ahead.

   "Back back." Cosmo sent a message to the comrades to hide more concealedly. If the two guards happen to walk this way after smoking, they will have enough space to circle around.

  The people behind didn't know what was going on in front of them, so they followed the order and retreated, murmuring in their hearts.

  Verak changed positions one by one, and leaned behind Cosmo: "What's wrong?"

"There are two guards smoking and chatting in front." Cosmo whispered to Veraker, "If they continue to stand like this and block our way, another patrol team will turn back again. At that time, we can only retreat , recalculate the time, and come back tomorrow night.”

   "Don't force it, safety first, withdraw if it doesn't work." Verak gave instructions.

  Rather than have to take this day's time to take risks, it's better to wait.

   "Yes." Cosmomo counted the time.

   After two minutes, the two guards finished smoking, threw the cigarette butts on the ground and stomped them out, and then left together to the other side.

   "Let's go! Let's go too!" Vladislav heaved a sigh of relief and hurried forward.

   "Let's go." Cosmo wiped the sweat from his forehead. If the two guards stayed for another minute, he would have to lead them back the same way.

  The team crossed an intersection again, hiding in the shadows near the guards smoking.

  The next step is to wait.

  Wait for the comrades they placed in the inspection team to come and respond.

One minute.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

  Finally, two guards walked towards their hiding place with obvious purpose.

   "Stationmaster? Stationmaster?"

  One of the guards asked in a low voice.

   "It's me." Cosmo stepped out of the shadows and met the two comrades who were responsible for meeting them.

   "Have all the comrades come?" asked the comrade disguised as a guard.

   "They're all here," Cosmo said.

"Now the two inspection teams in charge of this area are taking a rest and smoking. We came here under the guise of going to the bathroom." The disguised comrade said, "We don't have much time, so we must hurry up and arrange Comrade Veraker here, Then send you and the deputy station master to another inspection area."

   "It's not too late, let's go." Cosmo called the others, and followed two comrades guards to the door of a billiard hall.

  The door of the billiard hall was not locked, and the guard comrade pushed it lightly, and it opened.

"This is your foothold. There are food and drinks in it. We told the captain of the inspection team that this is a store opened by our family. They usually don't search carefully even if they come here. You can rest assured. Every night from now on We will all come over to send you things and pass on information..." Comrade guard quickly finished his explanation, and it was too late to get to know Verak and others, and when they all went in, only a few cadres and comrades of the sub-station were left, and then it was closed Door.

   "An, are you safe?" Oscar stammered in the dim billiard hall.

"Well." Verak stood in front of the window, watching Cosmo, Vladislav, Arseni, Vikenj, Augusta and others leave under the leadership of comrade guards through the faint light, " Clark, Stuart, Quentin, Oscar, you block up the windows with me, and then we light a candle to see the environment."

  The billiard hall was very dark, and they couldn't even see each other's figure clearly, but they were afraid that after lighting the lights, the patrol team outside would notice and come to the door.

   Just to be on the safe side, first block the windows, and then light a candle with low brightness to understand the layout of the billiard hall.

  (end of this chapter)