Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 528 Takes a sudden turn

   "Yes." Capa invited Veraker to sit beside him, and in front of Celt, he told the whole false story.

   "...Really?" Verak looked complicated.

  He is not only happy with the improvement of the situation, but also regrets the comrades who have died one after another in the past few days.

  There is no if, but what if everything can be moved forward a few days? That is not a lot of people are still alive.

"If necessary, I can arrange for all of your arrested comrades to meet, but later on, to be on the safe side, and to prevent President Auston from having a hard time explaining, I have to lock you up in different cells again. "Selter was more polite and offered to propose that they get together.

   "Okay, you can make arrangements, the two of us will stay for a while." Capaci walked away from Celt.

  After Celt left, Verac had a dignified expression and said in a low voice: "We didn't actually cooperate with Bash and Pullman, did we?"

   "How do you know?" Capa was a little surprised. He was planning to quietly restore the truth while Selt was away, and discuss the follow-up matters with Verak.

"Bash and Pullman have done too many brutal and inhuman things during this period. Chairman Keating should be very clear that they have completely become our enemies, so how can we cooperate." Verak once thought of working with Bash in prison. , Pluman cooperation is the way to break the situation, but in the next second he denied the possibility by himself.

  They have to be realistic.

  The International Equality Alliance is now an enemy of the whole world. Apart from itself, there is no other force that can be used to resist and subvert.

   "Yes... But before the matter spread, we took advantage of the rumors to win over Celt, trying to get him to our side before making it public." Capa said.

   "Have you ever thought about it, even if Celt believes it, what should we do when the day comes to light?" Verak quickly sorted out the real ins and outs, worried.

   "At that time, he will have no way to turn back, and the pressure on our defense can indeed be greatly reduced. In the future, it is uncertain that it is really the best choice to rely on us." Capa is optimistic about the future.

   "But Celt is not that stupid. He thinks that the situation is not as clear as you said. If we really wait, we will become more and more hopeless."

   Capa sighed, and looked at the closed door scruples: "This is what I want to discuss with you urgently. Celt wants to delay, but we can't afford it. What should we do?"

"The more we force him to stand in line now, the more suspicious he will be, so we need to find a way to let him take the initiative to propose the idea of ​​refuge." Verak is not very optimistic about this plan, but the matter is now, he can only try to think about it Countermeasures.

"for example?"

After thinking for a few minutes, Verak said: "Either secretly push President Auston to grasp some of his powers and reduce the time he can choose, or find a way to create the illusion that we are sure of victory, so that he thinks it is time to choose. "

   "It's not easy to do..." Capa didn't know how to implement any of these points.

"The former is more feasible. If it is confirmed, it must be completed as soon as possible." Verac learned from Capa that the Feitier defense line experienced an extremely difficult battle yesterday, and the defense line can be used at any time. It's going to be breached, and they have to get Celtra over before that happens.

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's too late. Our people can't get in touch with Auston at all, and the intelligence department's informants only know about the fraud, and it's more likely that Celt will notice it if they show up rashly." Capa closed his eyes. Think hard.

   "Didn't you consider these issues with them before you came in?"

   Capa grabbed his hair: "I have considered it, but some can be solved, and some..."

   "So coming in is a risk in itself, a bet that may not even have a one-third chance of success?" Verak asked again.

"Um…"

  Villac wanted to say that Capa should not have come in when there was little hope.

   After all, he has a wife, a child, and has contributed enough.

  But it is related to myself, other arrested comrades, the Feitier line of defense, and the International League for Equality as a whole. This is another thing that has to be tried.

   "...Let me figure out a way." After a long time, Verak took over the important task and decided to find another way out in prison, pushing Celt to fall to the International Equality League as soon as possible.

   "I will cooperate with you." Capa said.

   "Do you have any valid reason to leave?" Verak asked.

"What's the meaning?"

   "Even if the mission fails, as long as you can leave alive, then we won't be considered a loser. Anyway, those of us who were imprisoned were going to die." Virak said.

  Kappa shook his head: "There is no good reason to leave. I came in to succeed in the mission. If it fails, I will face it with you."

   "Boom boom boom."

   "Please come in." Verak patted Capa to let him not be too nervous, and then called the knocker to come in.

  A jailer opened the door and said respectfully to Verac and Capa: "General Celt invites you two to the infirmary. The other arrested members of the International Equality League are there."

   After coming to the infirmary, Veraker and Capa saw only a dozen comrades left.

  Among them, only Shirley, Murphy, and Cyril survived as the leader of the action team. However, like the rest of the living comrades, they are basically dying. If it weren't for the negotiations with Celt today, I am afraid that none of them would be placed in the infirmary for treatment.

   "Murphy..." Veraker came to Murphy first.

  Murphy was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, breathing weakly, and did not respond to Verak's call.

  Selter said: "He was seriously injured. To be honest, he might not survive today."

   "The environment here is too bad, you have to send them all to the hospital." Capa negotiated with Celt, trying to send all the comrades who are still alive to a better environment for treatment.

   "It's impossible." Selt didn't agree, and said after spending the doctor's money, "I can control the prison, but there are many people outside. If I send them to the hospital, I can't hide it from President Auston."

   "It's simple. You just say that these people are valuable and need to be treated properly. President Auston can't stop you from doing this without your handle." Capa refused to back down.

Celt still didn't agree: "At the very least, I'm not a member of the International Equality League yet, and you have no right to order me to do things. I'm taking the risk to terminate their interrogation and take them all to the infirmary. gone."

   "Capa." Verak called Capa as a reminder.

   Right now, in the final analysis, they need Celt's help. Being too condescending and directing the other party to do things too frequently will only arouse their resentment.

Especially Seltzer, because as a general under one man and above ten thousand people, it was not easy for him to let go of his grudges with the reporter who betrayed them in the past. Words are a great offense.

   "Except for this, the one named Cyril is dying, and the rest should be fine." After Selt and Verak finished talking, he went to the infirmary to smoke a cigarette.

   "Comrade Virak..." Capa focused on checking the situation of Murphy and Cyril, and it was indeed not optimistic.

   "Forcing Celt is likely to lead to the collapse of the overall plan. The more calm you are at this time." Verak looked at Cyril while explaining.

"What's the situation now?"

   Shiryl, who was wrapped in a bandage and sitting against the wall, asked with difficulty.

   "How do you feel? Can you hold on?" After watching the two most seriously injured, Verak came to Shirley's side.

  Now Shirley's hair has become dry, she has lost a lot of weight, her lips are chapped, and her face and hands are full of scars that haven't healed very much.

  Xue Lier took four or five seconds to gather the strength to speak: "I can still hold on..."

"Things are turning around now, we may be able to go out. You should rest well first, and I will talk to you about the situation when there is a suitable opportunity." Verak leaned close to Shirley's ear, and explained briefly to her in a low voice. Checked the status quo.

   "That's good..." Shirley was glad that her persistence was meaningful.

  After she was arrested, she never said a word from the beginning to the end.

  When Connie in the same interrogation room was yelling and sneering at the enemy, she remained silent.

  The jailer broke her bones with an iron rod and seared her body with a branding iron, and she remained silent.

   Celt himself came and threatened to execute her, she remained silent.

   It is precisely because she buries her grief deeply in her heart and does not reveal any weaknesses on the outside that she persists until now.

   Afterwards, Verak checked the situation of each comrade and gave them encouragement. However, for the sake of absolute security, he only revealed the situation to the thoughtful Shirley, hoping that she could help to come up with countermeasures.

  In the evening, Verac and the others failed to come up with any ideas, and were locked in different cells by Celt.

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   night

  Laizein, Government Building, Office of the President

  President Auston was about to end his day's work and return to the mansion to take a good rest, but Celt rushed over.

   "Mr. President." Celt bowed and saluted.

   "Is there any progress in the investigation?" Alston thought that Celt was here to report.

   "Yes, but I want to confess one thing to you first." Celt stood in front of Auston with a humble and ashamed look.

   "What's the matter?" Alston narrowed his eyes, feeling that Celt was hiding a lot of secrets.

  Selter glanced at Auston, then lowered his head, trying his best to show remorse: "Actually... Laizein doesn't have that many members of the International Equality League, and their number is at most five hundred."

   "...You mean, you lied to me when you said that there were at least a few thousand of them?" Alston hesitated before asking.

  He had raised doubts about this earlier, and sent Alger, the director of the Laizein Intelligence Bureau, to investigate.

  It's a pity that Alger died unexpectedly later, and Celt did arrest all the core members of the action team, so he gave up this idea for the time being.

   Now that Celt voluntarily admits it, it means that things are really as speculated by the director of the Intelligence Bureau, Alger.

   It's just that the most important thing now is not the truth, but Celtic's good manners. Why do you want to tell these deeds that are not good for you?

"It's not that I lied to you on purpose, but that my subordinate, Hot Ward, deliberately lied about the number of people in order to falsely report his merits, and even used my name to coerce and lure other officers to cooperate with him." Celt blushed blushingly He jumped to make up a new version of the story, and put all the responsibility on the glasses officer, "By the time I know it, it will be too late..."

   "The Director of the Intelligence Bureau, Alger—"

   "Alger was also killed by Howard, and all the soldiers who went with him at that time can testify." Celt said.

   "When did you know?" Alston asked.

"In the earliest days, the work of the suppression action team was entrusted to them to implement, and I only received reports. When the riots broke out in Laizein and the prison where the members of the action team were held was breached, I found clues during the investigation. , confirming this."

  Selter's timing is very clever.

  Answering in this way can push the main responsibility for the Laizein riots to Hot Ward.

   Before and after the riots, the progress of the suppression was completely different, and it just served as evidence, and it could also highlight his personal ability from the side.

"So, there was no actual progress before, because you didn't take full responsibility for this matter. The riot in Laizein also broke out because of this Hot Ward's random arrest of innocent people." Auston gradually sorted out what happened. .

"Yes."

   "Then you know that they have been cheating for a week, right? Why didn't you tell me the first time?"

"At the beginning, I was still in the investigation stage, and after I took over the work of the clearing action team, I needed manpower urgently, so I didn't inform you for the time being, and I didn't deal with them." Celt's words were impeccable, "Until I sent Verac After the main figures of the International Equality League were arrested and the overall situation was settled, I decided to make the final liquidation."

   "What about Holt Ward? You arrested him?" Auston was going to meet this man.

"he died."

"What?"

  Selter heaved a long sigh: "He may have sensed that I was going to liquidate, and knew that he would not end well, so he committed suicide in his own home this afternoon."

   "Suicide..." Alston felt that there were too many strange things behind this matter.

   "Yes, in addition, I suspect that this matter has something to do with the fact that the International Equality League approached me today." Celt steadily introduced the next thing.

   "Is the International Equality League looking for you today?" Auston was attracted by the new emergency before he had time to think deeply about Holt Ward's suicide.

"They sent people to threaten me today, saying that they have the evidence of my falsification. If I don't lead Laizein's garrison to join them, they will hand over the evidence to you and ruin my future..." Celt clenched his hands "They may think that Holt Ward committed suicide. There is no proof of the fraud. I can't clear up my suspicion, so I have no fear and force me to go to them and do things for them."

  (end of this chapter)