Twenty Seven Years

  After lunch, Oscar, Vladislav, and Arseni didn't take much rest, and started propaganda work in Heping Street without stopping.

  Not long after they left, less than one o'clock, the alcohol-hungry patrol captain brought Clark over.

   Quentin invited the captain of the inspection team to drink alone in the compartment as usual, and Verac told Clark in another compartment of the great changes that had occurred within the past two days.

  Clark was stunned for a long time.

Before coming this time, he specially practiced his acting skills in order not to show his secrets in front of Cosmo. Unexpectedly, Verak and others broke up with Cosmo so quickly, and reorganized the sub-station decisively and quickly. , clearly planned the future development route.

  Fortunately, he himself acted very quickly and quickly, taking advantage of his position to quietly implement several secret sites, which solved the urgent need for old comrades from sub-stations to come in large numbers, and the secret sites were overcrowded and almost unable to accommodate them.

  Before the patrol captain and Clark left, Verak also took Clark to meet Cosmo.

  Cosmo was looked at by people one day, like a monkey imprisoned in a zoo for people to watch.

This feeling made him very humiliated, but this kind of humiliation is nothing compared to death, so no matter how embarrassing the situation is, as long as he has the opportunity to meet Verak, the current supreme commander of the substation, Cosmo will Desperately selling himself, proving that he has greater value, he has repented, and even moved out of Verak's initial past, asking him if he was not so despicable?

  Villak had long expected that Cosmo would reveal his past to defend himself, and fight for the chance to change his face and start a new life.

  He didn't dodge at all, and answered Cosmo's question head-on.

  First, he did not take the initiative to kill any comrades.

  Second, he voluntarily revealed the truth and admitted his mistake before the Equality Council noticed the abnormality.

  Third, he was forgiven and accepted.

  As for Cosmo, with the lives of hundreds of comrades on his hands, if he hadn't been found to be a traitor, he would have continued to use the entire sub-station as a tool to cleanse himself.

   The two sides simply cannot be compared.

   After cutting off Cosmo's unrealistic expectations, Verak took Clark away and ordered him to implement as many secret sites as possible in the future. In order to receive the evacuation news in time, he had to come to the tavern once every afternoon.

  After Quentin finished drinking, Clark couldn't wait to help the drunk captain of the inspection team to leave. There was no taboo in the tavern, and Veraker continued to meet with the comrades who came.

  Before the evening curfew, he had met with nine batches, a total of 77 comrades from the branch station.

   "How is it? How many sub-station comrades haven't been contacted?" During dinner, Verac asked Stuart and Connie who finally came back.

   "Tomorrow afternoon at the latest." Stuart replied, "It is estimated that we will be able to contact more than 200 comrades in total."

"Thank you for your hard work." Verak looked at Vladislav and Arseni, "Comrade Vladislav, Comrade Arseni, you don't have to follow Oscar to do propaganda work tomorrow, and hurry up to prepare for the follow-up. Get out of town before curfew tomorrow."

  After contacting all comrades who can be contacted tomorrow and informing them to gather in the direction of Heping Street, the scavengers led by Maxim will basically lose control of the substation.

  Wilak hopes that the branch station will become independent again, and at the same time that Vladislav and the others can lead people to pull up the flag of the International Equality Alliance in Xiling City and other places, so as to attract Maxim's attention earlier.

   There is no need to wait until the end of the war or Maxim’s detection of the anomaly. After all, both the end of the war and Maxim’s detection of the anomaly are unknown. It may be tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or now. If they don't want to be caught off guard by these things, they have to go out early and start planning.

  Vladislav and Arseni have no objection to this.

   After dinner, Verak communicated with the two about the support of the terminal, and decided on the candidates for the 'bait team' overnight.

Vladislav was the captain, Arseni was the vice-captain, 50 comrades from the Workers' Mutual Aid Association and old comrades from the sub-station were mixed together as the backbone force, plus 150 comrades from the Sder Kingdom sub-station Comrades came to assist, and more than 200 revolutionary forces were active in Xiling City and other places, which was enough to confuse the public, making Maxim believe that all the sub-stations followed the original plan in advance, evacuated Winter Castle, and turned to other areas for development.

  By then, there will be nearly 200 comrades left in Winterhold who hibernate and return to the dark.

  Verak will lead Stuart, Oscar, and Quentin to use their strengths to infiltrate Winterhold in all aspects. When the time is right, they will cooperate internally and externally to overthrow Bash.

  July 28th

   Stuart and Connie left early in the morning, and stepped up to contact the remaining comrades.

  Oscar secretly promoted the idea of ​​equality in Heping Street, subtly cultivating the people's awareness of struggle.

  The captain of the inspection team came in the afternoon, and Quentin used his free time to go out to settle the comrades who kept coming.

  Vladislav and Arseni also went to inform the candidates after establishing the list, ordering them to pack their things and prepare for departure in the afternoon.

  Wilak, who stayed behind in the tavern, greeted the comrades one after another, comforted them, and patiently explained the situation to them.

   "Comrade Verac!"

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

  As soon as the batch was sent away, two familiar people stepped into the tavern.

   "You are here." Verak greeted the two with a smile.

  These two were Vikenji and August who had been sent by the Workers' Mutual Aid Association to Laizein earlier to seek support. After they returned to Winterhold with Verak, they were deliberately sent away by Cosmo, and they hadn't seen Verak for almost half a month.

  When selecting candidates to go out with Vladislav and the others last night, Verak believed that these two people were reliable enough, and they were former members of the workers' mutual aid association, so he specially selected them to join.

   "I didn't expect so many things to happen in such a short period of time..." Vikenji walked up to Verak and said in a low voice with a serious expression, "Thanks for having you here, otherwise..."

   "Fortunately, we have resolved the crisis, and now everything is moving in a good direction." Verak invited the two to the cubicle and sat down.

"When Quentin picked us up, he briefly told us about the follow-up arrangements of the substation. We are going to leave Winterhold with Comrade Vladislav and go to other places to develop, right?" August confirmed them What will the two do.

  Wilak poured water for the two while explaining the situation: "Yes, the situation is like this..."

Knowing the details, Vikenji couldn't help admiring: "This is the best arrangement. Even if Maxim thinks that some of them can't cheat Winterhold, we still make money. At worst, you wait in Winterhold while we are outside." Show off."

   "If Maxim goes out, then you come to move, and we hide. If he also divides into two groups and the strength of the scavenger is weakened, we still have a chance." August continued.

  The method Veraker and his comrades came up with is extremely clever. No matter what decision Maxim makes, the pressure that the scavengers can bring to the substation will fall off a cliff. What the decline brings is countless loopholes.

  It depends on the situation at that time, wherever there is an opportunity, start from there, and the sub-station will completely regain the initiative.

   "I just hope that Maxim won't notice any abnormalities in the past few days." Verak himself was very satisfied with the plan, "By the way, are you going to take a look at Cosmo?"

   "...no way." Vikenji was the first person who chose not to watch it, "We didn't have any dealings with him before, so if we don't watch it, we will be less angry."

   "The main reason is that you are not allowed to do anything. If you agree to let us vent our anger on the comrades who died, then I will definitely go over and beat him up." August's reason was simple and straightforward.

   "We will deal with him after a while and give everyone a satisfactory explanation." Verak nodded.

   After chatting for a while, Verak thought that Vladislav and the others would leave in the afternoon, so he didn't let Vikenj and August leave.

During lunch, only Quentin and Oscar came back from the few people who went out. Verak thought that something happened to Vladislav and Arseni. Fortunately, Quentin happened to meet the two of them and said that they were not good enough. There was no notification, so he would come back later, which made Verak feel relieved.

   Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Vladislav and Arseni returned to the tavern.

   "You are here too." Vladislav saw Vikenj and August as soon as he entered the door.

  "Vladislav deputy station chief!" Vikenj stepped forward excitedly, "Comrade Verak said that we have to leave anyway, so let us wait to leave with you and Comrade Arseni."

"Okay." Vladislav greeted Verak and reported the situation, "Comrade Verak, Arseni and I see that it's getting late, so we will directly inform them to pack up and leave immediately. It is estimated that many people have already set off now." Go to the station outside the city that previously received you and wait for the rendezvous."

  Verak sat down with a few people: "Most of them are not too sensitive, and it's not a big problem to get out of the city, but you can only wait until night to get out."

   "Well, we'll leave when it's completely dark," Vladislav said.

"You haven't eaten yet, Comrade Victor, please bring them the food." Virakto Victor went to get the food, and then he continued to care, "Those comrades have been told, and you must be careful when you go out of the city. .”

   "Don't worry, those who have persisted for so many months still have this ability." Vladislav said with certainty.

   It is not impossible to insist on seeing the good side of comrades who have been hiding for several months.

   Being able to persist in this environment for a few months can be said to be somewhat capable, but it is not a big problem for them to escape the possible eyeliners and get out of the city safely and join the large forces.

   "That's fine. When the time comes, just go out and contact the people at the Sder Kingdom sub-station. They will provide us with funds, weapons, and manpower." Verak said.

"clear."

time flies.

  The captain of the inspection team came in the afternoon, Clark reported some situation, and said goodbye to Vladislav and others who were about to leave.

  When it was getting dark, Stuart and Connie came back. They contacted all the comrades they could contact. Basically, these people will leave today and arrive near Heping Street tomorrow.

  In the evening, after dinner, Verac made an exception and allowed everyone to drink some beer, partly to celebrate that they were coming out of the crisis, and partly to see them off.

"Snapped."

  The crisp sound of wine glasses colliding sounded.

Verak took a few gulps of beer: "It was very difficult before the sub-station. We took a lot of detours and made a lot of unnecessary waiting. Fortunately, we finally got through the difficulty. This time you leave, the Bash revolution has initially won We should not have seen each other before, I sincerely hope that you are all well, although we are not together, we are fighting side by side."

"I rarely admire a person from the bottom of my heart. Apart from my father and my mother, Comrade Verak, you are the first." Vladislav's alcohol capacity is very good, and drinking a few bottles has almost no effect on him, so He was not afraid of getting drunk and delaying his departure tonight, so he drank a bottle in one breath, "To be honest, before you came here, I didn't have any expectations for the revolution. During the days when you first came, I I really didn’t realize that you and this group of young comrades are different from ordinary people. I often secretly think that you will definitely return without success... It turns out that I was wrong, you are very good, you bring me and Bash Hope. Not much to say, I'll have another drink."

   "Drink." Verak had nothing important to do at night, and immediately drank another bottle with Vladislav happily.

"Then let me say a few words." Arseni raised his hand and clinked glasses with Verac, Quentin, Stuart and others one by one, "I am different from him, and I admire you all. We have been together for almost a month Yes, but I haven’t really talked about anything from my heart. I’m not very good at talking, anyway, I feel very honored to be working with you in the revolution. It’s really an honor. I’ve never felt that my existence is so meaningful in this life. I die without regret."

   "Don't say such unlucky words, come on, Comrade Arseni, I respect you!" Stuart felt reluctance to give up, and clinked glasses with Arseni and Vladislav.

   "I respect you too."

"And I."

  Oscar and Connie all came together.

   Quentin, who hardly showed any emotion, finally raised the bottle towards this side: "Best trip."

   A group of people didn't drink much, and after a little bit of drinking and said something more sincere and straightforward, the friendship became more intimate and stable.

   "...Okay, let's go." At about the same time, Vladislav, Arseni, Vikenj, and August came to the door of the tavern.

   The four big men packed up only one small package.

  There is no change of clothes or daily necessities in it, and there are only a few books and documents.

   "Be careful on the road." Verac, Quentin, Stuart, Connie, Oscar, and Victor watched them leave.

  Vladislav smiled at Verak and the others before disappearing into the darkness.

   “We are together.”