Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 484 Public Opinion War (5)

  Soldiers can protect the safety of family members, and can also be used as part of monitoring them. Without the permission of the editor-in-chief Byron, it was difficult for Capa to secretly let his wife and children leave Laizein.

   As long as the slightest accident occurs in this way, it will arouse the suspicion of the government, causing their family to fall into a situation beyond redemption.

   Sitting back on his seat, Capa held the pen in one hand, and kept scratching his hair with the other hand, thinking hard about how to resolve the trouble.

   Now there are three questions before him.

  First, how to get in touch with the International Equality League and give them the film?

  Second, how can you protect your family members on your way to find the truth?

  Third, what is the purpose of the government to falsely report the number of arrests of members of the International Equality League?

  It is not trivial to do these three points well, and it is very difficult to find out, not to mention that he is obviously in charge of the complicated work in the newspaper office.

   But it’s still the same sentence.

  He likes who he is, so he likes it.

  In the evening, after finishing the manuscript and returning home, Kappa, who had been hungry all day, doubled his appetite and emptied the dinner made by his wife.

  Wife Clementine sees something deeper through Capa's hungry surface: "Is something wrong?"

   "It's okay." Capa gobbled it up, froze for a moment before shaking his head in denial.

   "Eat slowly, if there is not enough, I will do it again." His wife Clementine got up, and brought her daughter Dorothy and son Matt, who had been playing around after dinner, back to the room.

  By the time Capa ate until there was no more food left in his mouth, the gentle Clementine had already coaxed the two children to sleep. She came out lightly, closed the door, sat in front of Capa and asked again: "What happened?"

   They have known each other for ten years. Capa's changes can be hidden from the editor-in-chief Byron and the deputy warden, but not from his wife.

   After hesitating for a few seconds, Capa chose to tell his wife the ins and outs of the matter.

Clementine covered her face in fright and cried bitterly after listening to Capa's risky photographing of the crimes committed by government forces on the street, to her attempt to enter the prison to contact members of the International Equality League, and a series of subsequent speculations and attempts: "You know what you do With so many things happening, even if there is a little problem, will the children suffer with you?"

   Capa was speechless.

  He is ashamed of his family.

  Pursue one's lofty ideals, but put the whole family in danger. This is not what a husband or a father should do.

   "What do you want to do now? Continue the investigation?" Clementine wiped away her tears and asked Capa's hand.

   "I..." Capa didn't dare to look at his wife.

  He knew that his wife would not approve of him continuing to do these things. She did not want to see her children being harmed, nor did she want to see her husband being arrested by the government and subjected to inhuman torture in the future.

Clementine saw that Capa was hesitant and obviously had the idea to continue. Her tears turned again and she said in a crying voice: "So many people have been arrested by the International Equality League. They will be defeated by the government sooner or later. You can help them now." There's no point in doing that."

   "As I said, the action team of the International Equality League is likely to have no arrests at all. This is a false number reported by the government forces." Capa defended.

   "Do you have evidence? Isn't this your guess?"

   "So I still need to investigate and verify, I need to find out the truth." Capa said.

   "What if the truth is not what you think? You are in danger again during the investigation, so what should you do?" Clementine continued to ask.

"I…"

   Capa was at a loss for words again.

"I don't need you to think about me, but you have to think about the children. They are still so young and innocent, do you have the heart to let them take the risk of failure for you for no reason?" Clementine moved out the children and let Capa was out of breath for a moment.

   "So, so I think... I want you to leave Laizein first..." Capa's voice became smaller and smaller.

"How do we leave? People from the government are staring at us, and if they dare to leave now, they dare to arrest us." Clementine felt that Capa's thoughts became more and more absurd and crazy. She raised her voice a little, trying to make Capa Wake up.

"I know it's not easy to go, I'm thinking of a way." Capa lowered his head, frowned, and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "As long as you can leave Laizein, you can go to the International Equality League to accept asylum, and you can Give them the evidence I captured, and let them contact me from the Laizein Action Team, and we should cooperate internally and externally to prepare for the following plan."

   Clementine's tone became more resolute: "I can't go, the children and I have to stay. The government will win, and it's the best choice for us to do things for the government now."

"... Clementine." Capa summoned up the courage to look at his wife, and clasped his other hand tightly with his wife's, wanting her to feel his warmth, heartbeat, and sincerity, "You want the children What kind of world do you live in?"

   "The International Equality League will definitely lose, don't you know the news about Leicester City? The government army is about to attack—"

"Do you want Dorothy and Matt to live in a cold world full of oppression and impersonality, where they can only spend their lives pursuing money and rights, or do you want them to live in equality, freedom, unity, and beauty, where they can do as much as they want?" Myself, a warm world where I can be happy forever?" Capa interrupted his wife, his eyes were filled with humble expectations, and he asked with sobs.

   Clementine did not speak.

Capa held his wife's hand tightly, his eyes sparkling: "You know what? The things I did before, helping the government to slander the International Equality Alliance, are all making children farther and farther away from the world they must like. I want to give them the best. I don’t want them to face such an environment when they grow up. They can’t do what they like. A successful life is defined by a single definition, and if you want to achieve such success, you must first abandon it. Precious humanity, otherwise it would be a stepping stone for others... We have all experienced pain like this, and I want them to stop in me."

"But you know the current situation of the International Equality League better than I do. If you choose them, the biggest possibility is that we didn't wait for that world, and the children will be executed first after you." Clementine struggled to maintain her sanity .

"If everyone thinks they will not succeed, then they will indeed lose, but I am willing to believe them. I want to do my best to change all this with many people who think like me." Capa Tears with Clementine.

   "Even if the result doesn't change, even if we all become victims?"

"I will not let you and the children stay here to take risks. I will find a way to let you leave. Even if I stay here and die, the world will still be like this. I think the children will definitely be there for me. Proud. They will not become walking dead in the future, they will have a living body and a free soul." Talking about death, Capa couldn't help trembling slightly, but his heart was not shaken.

Clementine let out a helpless laugh: "You let us go to the territory of the International Equality League, let us transport the evidence for you, let us help you get in touch with the International Equality League, and let them contact you in turn... What do you think? Are we not taking risks?"

"Okay, that's it, you just leave. Your safety is the most important thing. I will find a way to contact them and give them the film, and then we will investigate the government's secrets together." Capa readily backed down. What I want to do is to get my wife and children out of this dangerous place.

   "In any case, won't you change your decision?" Clementine's eyes flickered.

"...If I don't do anything now, it will be tantamount to ignoring the truth and being covered up, and I will become an accomplice of hypocrisy. I think that I must not be a qualified husband, father, or myself that I want to be." After several deep breaths, Capa made the final answer.

   Clementine is visibly older.

  She seemed to have encountered the scene where Capa was executed by the government in the future.

   Before long, Capa will leave them forever, and she can only raise two children alone.

   But what can she do? As Capa's wife, as the most important person in each other's lives, her dissuasion is ineffective, so she can only support unconditionally.

   "Then you can do it with peace of mind." Clementine endured endless sadness and said, "I will take good care of Dorothy and Matt."

   "Thank you, dear." Capa embraced Clementine, stroking her back reluctantly, "I will find a way to let you leave safely as soon as possible."

   "Where's the film?" Clementine asked.

"Um?"

   "Where are the evidence you photographed?"

   Capa looked at his wife in disbelief: "You..."

"Could it be possible that I really want to take the children and disappear without a trace?" Clementine was still crying, but she was not so angry, "Now I want you to have greater hope of success and survival. Go to Leicester City and give the evidence to the International Equality League, and let their people contact you and provide you with protection?"

  Kappa burst into tears.

  When he was at his worst and most helpless, his wife who had let him down was still trying to support him and give him strength.

   "Yeah, sorry..."

   "Don't say sorry, you give me a good life. No matter what you encounter, you have to live."

  —

   Late night

  Lezein, government army camp, General Celt's office

"General, our disguise is very good. No one has questioned the number of hundreds of members of the International Equality League that we have arrested. I even think now that we really arrested hundreds of people and impersonated the International Equality League. That's a lot of unnecessary work," the cigar-smoking officer reported to General Selt.

"It's called insurance. Of course we have to plan for the worst possibility. If we don't have it now, it doesn't mean that no one will have doubts in the future. We will go to the prison to confirm whether we have caught so many people." Before General Selt could speak , reminded another officer with glasses.

   "I know, I'll just say that." The cigar officer smiled, but a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

  General Selt glanced at his excited subordinates: "Apart from the fact that the action team of the International Equality League took the initiative to assassinate the nobles and we killed six of them on the spot, do we have any new gains during this time?"

  A group of officers looked at each other.

   "I mean the real harvest." General Selt emphasized.

   "Not yet. We have conducted rigorous investigations in various areas, so detailed that we even turned over the beds of every household and checked them, but we couldn't find any trace of them." The officer with glasses stretched out his hand and pushed the glasses.

   "Could it be that they can disappear out of thin air?" General Selt snorted coldly.

The cigar officer didn't like the glasses officer, but he still chose to go along with it: "This is really strange. We almost demolished the houses in the areas where the assassination incidents occurred, but we couldn't find anyone .”

   "Is there a blockade in those areas?" General Selt asked.

   "Of course it's blocked. As soon as the assassination incident happened, the surrounding area was immediately under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter. Therefore, the members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team must still be inside." The cigar officer said.

   "That's simple. They can't disappear out of thin air. They can only pretend to be ordinary people and escape the investigation. From now on, we will focus on arresting people from these areas, and all of them will be identified as members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team."

  As soon as General Selt's words fell, the office was suddenly so quiet that no sound could be found.

   After a while, the cigar officer swallowed and said: "There are at least a few thousand people in those areas..."

   "Did you forget how many numbers I reported to Mr. President?" General Selt said.

  Some time ago, General Celter told the President that Lezein said there were at least 5,000 members of the action team of the International Equality League.

  This is very different from the actual data. To fill the gap, they have to arrest almost the same number of innocent people.

   "But thousands of people can't be captured from just one area, right? That's obviously not right." The cigar officer smiled wryly.

   "It's not all at once, take your time."

   "Yes." The cigar officer had no choice but to agree.

"But this is not the solution." General Selt looked at all his subordinates. "It's okay to arrest civilians for a short period of time, but it will definitely cause problems in the long run. The easiest way is to arrest five thousand people in the future, but if If the action team is not injured and they are still fully operational, then the deception has to be maintained passively."

The officer with the glasses is also worried about this: "That's right, only if we secretly wipe out the action team first, can we take the initiative in our own hands and continue to maintain this scam, whether it ends with 5,000 people or rises to the next level." Ten thousand people, we have the final say."

   "Now you can't even find anyone, so what are you talking about exterminating?"

   "Yes, if you want to achieve results, you must first grasp their whereabouts."

   "They are the best at hiding in the dark. They have been like this from the beginning, otherwise they would have been cleaned up a few years ago."

  The officers talked a lot.

"The Cemetery of the Martyrs." General Celt's calm voice overwhelmed everyone, "I still think the Cemetery of the Martyrs is undefended, a trap deliberately set for us by the International Equality League. But without any thought , we can only go this way and try to open up the situation.”

  (end of this chapter)