Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 398 Untitled

   Several people took some time to temporarily block the windows in the dark, lit a candle and looked at the environment in the billiard hall through the faint light.

  The billiard hall is neither big nor small, with three billiard tables placed one after the other in the center.

  In addition to the hall for guests to play billiards, there are also utility rooms and toilets.

  The utility room was transformed into a place for them to rest, but because of the small space, only one bunk bed can be placed.

Dai Qian, the deputy head of the station who stayed with them, originally wanted to assign the good living conditions to new comrades like Oscar and Stuart who hadn't suffered much, but everyone considered that there are always some differences in life between men and women. It was inconvenient, so I left it to the two lesbians, Daisy and Connie, to rest.

   "Are we going to live here in the future?" Stuart asked as he spread a quilt on the table.

  He doesn't mind that lesbians have beds to sleep in, but he can only sleep on the ball table, but all this is a bit different from what he expected.

  Before he set off, he imagined that he would pull up a team of comrades, integrate the funds and all resources of the sub-station, and become the most powerful pillar of the sub-station, just like Laizein, and finally succeed in the revolution with the enemy alone.

  What he didn't expect at all was that it took half a month just to travel, and after finally meeting the comrades at the Bash substation, he hid outside Winterhold for more than a week before doing anything.

   Then, after finally clearing and infiltrating, I entered Winterhold, but I was still hiding in the room where the lights couldn’t be turned on, and the bed wasn’t even prepared, so I couldn’t go out.

  How long will I be hiding like a mouse?

  When can I use my strengths to contribute to the sub-station?

  He's getting a little impatient.

   "It will take at least half a month." Verak estimated the expected time for progress in other places.

   "Then when will our work start?" Stuart couldn't help asking.

"If you're asking about the implementation of the plan by the comrades of the joint sub-station, then I don't know the exact time. If you're asking about the preparations, I think you can start the preparations now." Verak helped put the other two **** After clearing the table, they greeted Oscar and Quentin to go to rest.

Stuart was not in a hurry to lie down, but came to Veraker: "Comrade Veraker, what I mean is that the people at Laizein have high hopes for us. We have been out for more than half a month. What are you waiting for?" It didn't work out, this..."

"The Equality Society has been running away for two years from the beginning, and it took half a month to travel. We have only been here for a week. What's the rush?" Verac patted Stuart with a smile, "What's more , We haven’t done anything this week, isn’t the sub-station gradually infiltrating the government in order to create a safe zone and eliminate undercover agents?”

"I think, no matter what, you can't stay in the house all the time..." After staying outside Winterhold for a week, Stuart couldn't stand it anymore. Now the living environment is worse than before, and the time may be longer. I don't want to go on like this.

   "I completely understand how you feel." Verak became serious.

   Oscar, who took off his coat and lay on the table, interjected: "There is nothing we can do about it. All we can do is wait, and get out of this difficult period first."

   "I know the conditions here are very difficult—" Clark also came over and said.

"No, no, I'm not afraid of hardships. I can persevere when it's several times harder than this. I like to go straight. What I want to express is that I want to do business earlier, instead of being locked in the house every day without seeing the end." Stuart quickly explained, fearing that he would be misunderstood as being hypocritical.

"Difficulty can be divided into subjective and objective. Don't look at me as a person who has been in prison. To be honest, I also think it's not good here. The simplest thing is that there is no place to sleep. But there is no way. Winterhold is too strict to patrol. Hotels and the like are the key inspection areas. Even if you don’t go to a hotel or live in an apartment, it’s hard to guarantee that you won’t be reported by your neighbors. On the contrary, staying in the billiard hall will make people who want to catch us unexpected. Avoid hidden dangers." The first half of Veraker's words are used to answer everyone, "Let's go back to what Comrade Stuart wants to express. I still say that, I don't think our being locked up here means anything None. The body can be imprisoned, but the mind cannot."

   Daisy and Connie stood in front of the utility room door, listening to Verack's speech, just like Clark, Oscar, Stuart, and Quentin.

"Mr. Keating and I were locked in a cell of a few square meters. We can still find a way to escape from the prison and finally put it into practice. Our current conditions are much better than those at that time, so we should have more confidence and calm down." "Verak said, "Daisy can help us contact the comrades hiding everywhere in Winterhold, Connie will continue to protect everyone's safety, Oscar and Stuart can first understand the situation in Winterhold, and formulate a plan that suits the situation here. plan, Quentin continued to help infiltrate, and Clark did his best... There is still a lot that everyone can do, and the sub-station also needs us to help it regain its status in this environment."

   "That's right, everyone can raise their own ideas first, and I'll be in charge of the liaison and preparation. When Winterhold becomes more secure and we clear out the undercover traitors inside, various plans can be launched immediately." Dai Qian said.

"You may not believe it, but I am actually more anxious than you. It is for this reason that I had a meeting with you some time ago to discuss how to enter Winterhold as soon as possible. So please believe that I will not miss any opportunity, and I will do it as soon as possible Let everyone leave this place and start a revolution." Verak assured several people.

Seeing that everyone gradually gathered around, Stuart was a little embarrassed: "I understand, everyone is as eager as I am to go out and do activities now, and lead the comrades in the sub-station to do everything... I have an idea , I don’t know if it’s feasible.”

"Tell me."

"I know that the current environment is very harsh, and comrades are also scattered and hiding in order to avoid being betrayed by undercover agents. It is difficult to integrate and carry out tasks. It is unrealistic to bring comrades from sub-stations to do things now." Stuart Talking about his long-awaited thoughts, "Well, since this doesn't work, can we go out and have a look with other purposes?"

"what do you mean…"

   "The reason we stay here is that the comrades at the substation are still unable to integrate and mobilize in a safe situation. It's not that we can't get out, right?" Stuart asked.

  Verak pondered for a while: "It is definitely dangerous to go out, but it is not absolutely impossible to go out."

   "Then we can go out first, and each of us can take a closer look and observe and understand. This is also part of the preparation work and will be of great help in making plans." Stuart suggested.

   "Eh? That's right, we don't have to go out to mobilize the comrades in the substation. It's not impossible to understand the situation by ourselves, right?" Oscar recovered.

  Verak looked at Daisy.

   Dai Qian understood, and immediately took a few steps forward, answering to everyone including Veraker: "It is possible."

   "That's fine!"

   "Finally I can go out and have a look!"

   Stuart talked excitedly to Oscar.

"I haven't finished." Daisy signaled them to calm down, "This is feasible, but there are many troubles that need to be solved. First, people who are wanted like Comrade Veraker are absolutely not allowed to travel. Wait for quite a while. Second, you are all Brexi people, and you are easily recognized when you go out, and you are "specially taken care of", so you must be accompanied by comrades from the sub-station, and you must prepare forged identities. Third , The inspection team is very strict. If they are not fooled by your identities, they have the right to come to your residence to further investigate the situation. This means that we need to prepare a new residence for you, with an impeccable background. The side has to be dealt with..."

   "Hiss..." Oscar immediately lost his breath as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head.

   Dai Qian’s words can be summed up in one word, it is feasible, but the cost is too high.

  Now the sub-station is struggling, and it is definitely not easy to prepare everything for them.

   "Then... forget it." After weighing it, Stuart decided to give up.

  He was just in a hurry, not without sense of right and wrong, unable to distinguish priorities.

  Verak unexpectedly supported their idea of ​​going out to have a look: "Comrade Daisy, do you think we are capable of doing this for them now?"

"It's not difficult to say, but it's not easy to say. The main reason is that there are undercover agents in the dark now, and it's not easy for us to expose them at will, so we try to gather and meet as few comrades as possible. At present, we have only contacted a few Ten of them are all used to investigate government information and other things. If you want to call someone for help, you have to contact one or two comrades..."

   "That is to say, there is currently no manpower available. If you want to do it, you have to contact a few comrades who are hiding in hiding for help. But the more comrades you contact, the more likely you will be contacted by an undercover agent, which will lead to the overall exposure?"

"Yes."

   "Really forget it, just stay here first." Stuart didn't want to do nothing, and let the sub-station take such a big risk first.

   "The Bash government does have means." Verak praised.

   "Witnessed the fall of Blessie, Bash naturally will not take it lightly." Daisy said.

"It is estimated that the sub-stations in other regions will not be easy now. The International Equality League's occupation of Blesi has brought too much shock to the countries..." Verak pondered whether to create travel opportunities for new comrades such as Stuart and Oscar. Chance.

   Quentin, who was standing on the farthest side, seldom took the initiative to speak: "I think it can be done."

   Several people followed the voice and looked at Quentin in unison.

   "Tell me your opinion." Verac, who was struggling, smiled, looking forward to what Quentin could come up with this time.

"First of all, Comrade Dai Qian is right. Contacting several comrades for help in this matter will increase the probability of encountering an undercover agent. Then we can think about it differently. If we don't need the help of the comrades in the sub-station, we can If everything you need is ready, isn’t the risk gone?” Quentin was not stuck in the choice like everyone else, and simply changed his mind at the beginning of the problem.

   "How do we prepare? I'm afraid we will be targeted as soon as we go out, and then we will be arrested because we can't explain our origin." Oscar had no clue.

"I went to Winterhold once before, and I passed by a block mainly inhabited by Blesi people." Quentin said, "Blesi people with unknown origins should be working in that street. Go there and get them. Taking care of him is also a way."

   On the second day after meeting with the comrades at the substation, Verac sent Quentin to enter Winterhold with the comrades at the substation, and placed his own people in the inspection team to create a safe zone.

   Now it seems that Quentin gained a lot from that trip.

"There are still Bresci living in Winterhold together?" Oscar was quite surprised. "Isn't it because of the war that the Bashi people are very hostile to us? In addition, the Bashi government has always been wary of us, the International Equality League, and the Brexi people Very vigilant..."

"People who have lived here for a long time are not so easy to leave, and they gather together to keep warm, to resist the hostility of the Bash people and the frequent inspections of the government." Quentin answered Oscar's doubts "However, the situation there is really not very good. I heard from other comrades that the Bash people often smashed and looted there. The Bash government turned a blind eye to this, and even some inspection teams often went to check , arrested people without any basis, and then released after the Brexi people paid bail."

   "Isn't this just grabbing money in the name of arresting us?!" Connie was the first to say indignantly when she heard that her compatriots were being suppressed here.

   "No way, they are in a foreign country, and they are helpless, so it's good to be alive." Quentin's mood did not fluctuate.

  Stuart suddenly thought of something: "Then can we follow the trend and develop those people into our comrades?"

"I think they hate the International Equality Alliance more than the Bash government." Quentin shook his head, "They are all ordinary people. Do you expect them to look at things calmly and decisively like us? What they can see and feel , only the International Equality League got them targeted by the government."

  Stuart and Oscar looked at each other, a little hesitant.

  Go to the gathering area of ​​the Brexi people, you can hug your own people to keep warm, and you can settle down in the name of having nowhere to go, but at the same time, their range of activities will be limited to the gathering area.

   Dealing with Brexi people all day long, can you have a deeper understanding of Winterhold?

   "I'm going to go there."

   Suddenly, Quentin, who had never yelled to go out, made a decision.

   "Why?" Oscar and Stuart asked in unison.

   "We have no choice." Quentin shrugged.

   "However, we have been living with the Blesi people and trapped in the gathering area. What useful information can we collect?" Oscar raised his concerns.

Quentin held a different attitude: "My idea is exactly the opposite of yours. I think that if you want to understand Winterhold and understand the Bash people, you should go to the area where the Brexi people live. Because they live in dire straits, they must be very interested in Winterhold. , the Bash people, and the Bash government have the most comprehensive understanding, and it is precisely because of this understanding that they can live here until now."

  (end of this chapter)