Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 199 Morais' Choice

  December 10

  Early in the morning, Verac specifically told him that no matter how busy he is, he must have enough food, and no matter how anxious he is, he must first ensure safety. After that, Diaz, Nord, and Murphy left one after another.

With yesterday's experience, Veraker's confidence in their ability to handle the problem has greatly increased. Instead of watching them go away with reassurance, he said goodbye to each other and then went to join Keating and Piaf to prepare for the training class together. The fourth training session.

Because Keating and Verak's faces were too sensitive, they couldn't accompany the students to conduct combat training outside the city of Laizein, so they freed up more time and completed three training sessions in just half a month— This is still the result of slowing down the speed of theoretical training, taking into account the training pressure on the combat training side.

There are still a little more than three weeks before the end of the World Expo. According to this speed, they should still be able to train four to five trainees. By then, the total number of trainees will reach 1,200 to 1,400, far higher Contrary to their previous estimates, it will also fully meet the needs of attacking government buildings.

  The preparatory work for the training has been prepared three times, so they are already familiar with it. It only took half a day to implement all the items, and set aside half a day for the work handover time for the 200 trainees in this training session.

  During lunch, as soon as the three of them entered the cafeteria, Morais came out.

   "Have you finished eating?" Morais usually followed the meal order, but today he finished eating before them, which made Verak a little curious.

   "Yes, there are still some things to go out to deal with, so let's finish lunch first." Moraleston stopped, "By the way, there will be a collective meeting of cadres at two o'clock in the afternoon. Remember to come on time."

  The last time a group meeting was held, it was when Verak officially joined the Equality Association and they jointly planned to attack the government building. Now that about twenty days have passed, there must be another major event about to happen.

   "Okay, we'll be there on time in the afternoon, so hurry up and go." Morais finished his meal early to deal with things in a hurry, so Keating didn't ask Morais to stay and explain the situation to them.

   "Well, see you this afternoon." Morais walked away quickly.

   "Could something serious happen again?" Verak asked while eating.

   Keating held a different opinion: "Looking at Morais's performance, there should be nothing wrong. Maybe it's a routine meeting."

   "That's right." Piaf followed, "We will hold regular collective meetings to conduct phased summaries, and then make real-time adjustments to subsequent developments."

   "That's good." Verak breathed a sigh of relief. An accident at this juncture is very likely to affect a series of plans of the Equality Association.

   After eating, the time flashed to two o'clock in the afternoon.

  Villac, who took a rare lunch break, followed Keating and Piaf to the meeting room on time, went in and sat down in the vacant seats one by one.

   Not two minutes after they sat down, all the cadres on Morais' side were present.

   "Everyone, let's report on the work first." After watching everyone take their seats, Morais began to listen to the work report.

  The members of the Equality Association in the West District and South District that Morais was responsible for seemed to be influenced by his style. They spoke in a simple and capable manner, and the work report was completed in less than five minutes.

   "How is the intelligence department?" After listening to the work report, Morais asked about several projects that the Equality Association is currently fully operating.

   "Progress steadily and ensure that it will be completed within your expectations." The head of the intelligence department said humanely.

   "Training class." Morais looked at Keating.

   Keating said: "The fourth class will start tomorrow. It is estimated that at least 1,200 people can be trained with quality and quantity before attacking the government building."

   "Very good." Morais lit a cigarette and pointed to a cadre while smoking.

  The cadre knew that Morais wanted to ask him about the preparation of weapons: "The preparation of weapons is still being resolved."

   "You." Morais pointed to another person.

"Same."

"you."

   "Have no idea yet..."

   "Villac." Morais pointed to the fourth team responsible for the preparation of weapons, namely the person headed by Verac.

  Verak was quite surprised. The first three lines were either standing still or struggling to find out: "My side is also making steady progress, and I will give you a clear result within five days."

Morais took a deep breath of his cigarette expressionlessly, and as he exhaled, the meeting room fell silent for a moment: "There are only three weeks left, and the success or failure of the attack on the government building depends on you all. Can we find a solution to the weapon shortage in time?"

  Invisibly, there was heavy pressure in the meeting room, making people feel breathless.

  The closing time of the World Expo is getting closer and closer, but the most critical part of their plan has not been implemented. One can imagine the pressure on the people in charge of this aspect.

"In addition to listening to your work reports today, there is another very important thing." Morais quickly finished smoking a cigarette, and he casually stubbed out the cigarette **** in the ashtray, glanced at it without saying a word Everyone said, "Do you think it is necessary to advance the plan to capture the government building?"

in advance? !

  The matter of weapons has not been mentioned yet. Everyone hopes that the closing ceremony will be later and give them more room for preparation. Why would Morais suddenly think of moving ahead?

   Suddenly there were whispered discussions in the meeting room.

   "Actually, we have two options for the plan." Morais' voice overwhelmed the whispering cadres, "One is the closing day of the expo on January 5th, and the other is the new year on January 1st."

  Verak and Keating had a tacit understanding and made eye contact.

"If we choose the new year, our planned action time will be advanced by five days. Undoubtedly, compared with the original plan, our preparations will be somewhat insufficient if we shorten the five days, and the comrades responsible for solving the vacancy of weapons will be more stressed. But The benefits it brings are also significant. During the New Year, the whole country celebrates together, which is our best cover. And when we finish our retreat, because the World Expo is not over yet, the government will have to mobilize forces to protect the delegations of various countries. We have to think about whether to hold subsequent exhibitions. This will give us a relatively safe expansion period of no less than two days.”

  Morais made a tirade, carefully explaining the advantages of choosing New Year's Day to attack government buildings.

  The most important thing is that if the World Expo just ends according to the original plan, the government will attack them with all their strength after they declare war on the government. If they act in the new year, because the expo is still going on, the government has to take everything into consideration, and they will give them a little time.

"I think the idea you put forward has led to a new question, which is the little time reserved, which is more worthwhile than preparing for the action for five more days." Some cadres expressed their opinions, " That has to be weighed very carefully.”

   "Compared with considering whether to strive for a few days of safety after the official declaration of war, it is more important to improve how we can develop openly after the government building is finished."

   "This is not a conflict."

   “But these need to be carefully formulated.”

  …

  Arguing in the conference room.

   "Teacher, what do you think?" Willak asked Keating's thoughts.

Keating observed Morais who was silently listening to everyone's conversation: "New Year's Day is indeed a very good day. You can attack the government under the cover of the festival. Afterwards, because the fair is not over yet, Lezein will become chaotic, and the government will not be able to do so for the time being." Declare war on us with all your strength."

   "Then you support Morais' view?" Verac asked.

"what are you thinking?"

"I think both are fine. If you can really get things ready before the New Year, then there's no need to wait. After all, the government is also eyeing the closing ceremony." Verak didn't find any obvious disadvantages of the two options, "Look See other people's opinions."

After Morais listened patiently for a while, he discussed some new issues with the cadres present, and finally began to vote: "Of course I am not alone in this matter. I really want to choose to act on New Year's Day, which is extremely challenging. Collaboration of various departments, so votes are made, and the minority obeys the majority."

  The conference room fell silent. After some discussions, everyone had a decision in their hearts.

   "Those who support the plan to advance to the New Year, please raise your hand." Morais said.

   As soon as the voice fell, three people in the conference room raised their hands.

   "Please raise your hand if you support maintaining the original plan."

  Five people raised their hands this time.

  In addition to these eight people, the rest, including Verac, Keating, and Piaf, abstained from voting. They all agreed that both options are acceptable.

   "Then maintain the original plan." Morais did not hesitate, and faced with the results of the votes of the cadres, he immediately dismissed the idea of ​​the New Year's action, "Okay, the meeting is adjourned."

  Villac, Keating, and Piaf left the meeting room and walked towards the hotel.

   "Why do I feel that Morais is a bit disappointed?" Piaf, as a woman, has a more sensitive perception. She felt that Morais was disappointed after seeing that the vote did not approve of his proposal.

   "It's normal." Keating didn't feel anything strange. "Molesken raised it, which shows that he thinks this matter is feasible. But it didn't pass in the end. He is optimistic about the New Year's action, and he will naturally be a little dissatisfied."

Verac also noticed this, but he cared about it differently from Piaf: "Even if things didn't develop according to what I thought in my heart, Morais didn't force him around, and respected the opinions of the vote. is the most important."

   "Yes." Piaf agreed.

   Keating did not speak.

  He knew that Veraker had cultivated his confidants recently because he was worried that Morais, who had absolute leadership in the Equality Association, would go down the wrong path one day, and he wanted to equip himself with the ability to stop Morais.

  Morais' performance today reassured Verac a lot.

  Morais respects everyone's opinions, and also intentionally disperses power, so that the equality society is not just his words, but the common choice of everyone.

  This is very different from Chloe.

   After entering the hotel and bidding farewell to Piaf, who had been close to them recently because of work, Keating said: "There is no problem with Morais's behavior."

"Yes." Verak didn't doubt this, he was just worried about the future, "I am also very satisfied with his behavior today, maybe it is not so necessary for me to improve the right to speak. Judging from his behavior, equality will be in the future." Power will sink one day, and the voting system will maximize the risk of wrong choices.”

   "It's not certain that a new faction will be born." Keating smiled and predicted a bad result, "I can only say that the two leadership styles have their own advantages."

"Then I don't know what to do." Verak shook his head, he had no idea, "I want to go to Dunman with you to determine the whereabouts of the gold after the attack on the government building is over and this side stabilizes. Then we go to Pluman, find the organization that is more advanced than us, and learn their ideas and systems."

"it is good."

  The two went upstairs and came to the door of their respective rooms.

   "Then I'll go back to rest first." Keating went back to his room first.

  Villac also went back to study the map drawn by Diaz and Murphy yesterday.

  At eight o'clock in the evening, Verac went to the cafeteria to finish eating, packed three more meals, and waited in the room for Diaz and the others to come back.

   Today, the three of them came back a little earlier than expected, and the meal was still hot, so the three of them knocked on the door.

  Verak opened the door to let the three of them in. As usual, let them eat first, and then began to report the situation after eating.

   "I observed some things, and re-drawn the floor plan of the military warehouse according to the sample you gave." After eating, Nord wiped his mouth and handed a notebook to Veraker, "These are organized in the notebook."

   "Very good." Verak opened it and looked at it. After his guidance, Nord's records were much more detailed and organized.

   "We have completed the investigation of three blocks in the four directions of the military warehouse radiating outward." Murphy said, "But I haven't had time to draw the map yet. I will go back and prepare it later, and I will hand it over to you as soon as possible."

  Murphy’s workload has increased by more than half today, and it’s normal that they didn’t have time to draw a map. Verac nodded: “Okay.”

"There is no danger today, and the scheduled task has been completed. Tomorrow is the last day you have set, and I plan to let Nord try to enter the military warehouse tomorrow, or continue to improve the information. Murphy and I expanded the scope of the investigation to determine the nearest support from the government. Find out the time and strength of their support." Diaz made a final summary, explaining tomorrow's plan.

Three days was the time limit proposed by Verak after a rough estimate at the beginning. Looking at it now, it was still a bit rushed for the three of them, but they still gritted their teeth and made it to the last step. Verak had nothing to say, only admiration : "Tomorrow, we must complete the task on the basis of ensuring safety."

   "Understood." Diaz nodded solemnly.

"Morais had a group meeting today, and I promised him that we will give him the result within five days." Verak offered to pour a glass of water for the three of them, "If you can get the final information out tomorrow, we will have It will take four days to complete the follow-up inspection to determine whether this plan is feasible."

   "Promise to complete the task!" Nord assured Verak after drinking water in a big gulp.

  Verak chuckled, got up and took out half of the map drawn by Diaz and the others: "It's the same sentence, keep safe. Alright, Nord will go back to rest, and Diaz and Murphy will draw the rest of the map."

  (end of this chapter)