Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 491 Public Opinion War (12)

  The officer's order to 'inform Mr. Byron' was addressed to Capa, but Capa was unwilling to do so in his heart.

  He deliberately pretended to be uncertain, making the editor-in-chief's office a place where members of the International Equality League might hide in the eyes of military officers, just to force them to break in.

   After they checked and confirmed that no one was there, and quit the newspaper office, they could enter the office to collect evidence without any effort. In this way, when the editor-in-chief Byron came to work at dawn and found that the door was open and the footprints on the ground were messy, he could also say that this was all done by the patrol team and remove all suspicions.

  But if he obeyed the officer's order and called the editor-in-chief Byron over at night, it would be useless to open the door.

   "This..." Capa quickly thought about how to deal with it.

   "I will arrange someone to guard you all the way, don't worry." The officer thought that Capa was worried about being attacked by members of the International Equality League on the way, so he reassured him.

   "Uh...mainly...I don't know where he lives." Capa only heard the editor-in-chief Byron mention it before, and now it is reasonable to say that he forgot.

  The officer glanced at Capa, then stared at the office.

"Second lieutenant, why don't you search directly?" A soldier suggested, "It will take an hour to find someone. If there are really people from the International Equality League, we can catch them alive and ask for some clues. If it continues to be delayed like this, it may be too late to catch it."

"I don't think there is anyone. Didn't the reporter say that this office is locked, how could people from the International Equality League sneak in without him noticing, and then secretly opened the lock and hid inside?" The other soldier didn't think much of the office, and didn't even bother to set up his gun.

   "Think carefully again, have you heard any movement in the newspaper office, especially this office." The cautious officer chose to confirm with Capa.

"Seems to be…"

   "You think someone from the International Equality League came in, right?" The officer narrowed his eyes and drew a conclusion for Capa.

   "I'm not sure, I'm not sure." Capa quickly denied.

If he admits it, the officer will act immediately before the news from Byron arrives. When the gate is destroyed but no one is found, the responsibility can be pushed to him, saying that he said that there are people inside who have to searched.

  Wake up and find that the office where many confidential documents are stored has been randomly searched without permission. Editor-in-chief Byron may be angry, and more likely, he will become suspicious of him.

  If you want to avoid these things from happening, you must let this decision be made by the officer and ensure that you stay out of it on the surface.

   "So you don't think so, there are no people from the International Equality League in the newspaper?" The officer still threw the responsibility on Capa.

   "I'm not sure about that." Capa replied tremblingly.

   Of course there are no International Equality League people in the newspaper office.

But the officer didn't know, so this move is exactly the same as the previous question. He wanted to put the responsibility on Capa's head, and he left in a big way. What happened to the newspaper in the future? Can.

   All Capa can do is not to take any responsibility and keep his rhetoric vague.

   "Someone, or no one, you have to give me an answer, right?" Seeing that Capa was tactfully avoiding responsibility, the officer forced him to choose one of them.

   "I really dare not say this. I seem to have heard the movement, but I don't seem to have it." Capa was very embarrassed, "It would be great if I saw it with my own eyes, so I don't have to trouble you so much."

   "Second Lieutenant, why don't you go in directly, it's not the best." The soldier who didn't want to stand here for an hour said.

   "What do you know." The officer didn't even look at his subordinates, and turned to Capa completely. "You are the only one in the newspaper office. You shouldn't be ignorant of whether people from the International Equality League have come in."

Capa pushed the responsibility back to the officer: "There should be no, there shouldn't be. After all, you surrounded the newspaper office with people outside. If you didn't see anyone from the International Equality League coming in, then the newspaper office is absolutely safe. of."

  The officer's face was livid.

"Second Lieutenant, it cannot be ruled out that the International Equality League dug a tunnel nearby and dug into the office with precision. This can just explain why the reporter heard the movement but saw no one, and the door lock of the office was not damaged. traces." Another calm soldier analyzed.

   "...search." The officer had to order.

  Currently, the safest way is of course to find a way to contact Byron first, get his consent, or wait for him to come over in person before entering the office.

   But the situation is just as a soldier said just now.

  If there are really people from the International Equality Alliance, or tunnels, the sooner they go in, the more hopeful they will be caught.

When Byron came over slowly, the people from the International Equality League inside slipped out of the tunnel, and the enemies at the other exit of the tunnel also got the news and ran away without a trace, leaving them nothing. It is equivalent to missing the best opportunity to make military exploits.

"Yes!"

   Received the order, a few soldiers kicked the door fiercely, went down with a dozen feet in a row, and the door opened with a bang.

   "Turn on the lights! Don't miss any corner!"

  A team of soldiers entered the office in an orderly manner, turned on the lights in the office, conducted a rigorous investigation of the small and large offices, and finally confirmed that there were no tunnels inside, and no traces of members of the International Equality League.

   "Is this the person you said?!" The disappointed officer looked at Capa.

   "I, I didn't say anyone, I just seemed to hear something..." Capa defended innocently.

   "Second Lieutenant, what should we do now?" the soldier asked.

   "Lock up the newspaper office!" The officer glared at Capa, led people out of the newspaper office, locked the doors and windows of the newspaper office from the outside, and arranged for someone to contact Byron to explain the situation to him in advance to avoid any misunderstandings in the future.

   Seeing the door closed, Capa reached out and touched his neck, and found that it was covered with sweat.

   Today's series of actions are even crazier than those before.

  But for tonight, the madness has just begun.

   Came to the window to confirm that the government military patrols had been redistributed in every corner outside. Capa took out his camera, took off his shoes and entered Byron's office.

   The first thing to search is the desk drawer, which is the place closest to Byron's hands when he usually works, and theoretically the most likely place to hide important documents.

  Because of fear, Capa, whose legs were weak, sat directly in front of the desk, opened the drawer and took out the documents inside and looked through them one by one.

   "No, no, no..." Capa, who was so nervous that his hands were trembling, mumbled every time he turned over a document.

  After dozens of seconds, he finished looking through the files in the drawer, but he didn't find what he wanted.

  The planning and implementation of the public opinion war must have documents. If it is not in the drawer, where else can it be?

   Could it be at Byron's house?

  If this is the case, my whole night of gambling will be in vain.

   "No, no..." Capa put the file back in the drawer as it was, and searched elsewhere.

If there is no accident, Byron knows that the protection of the government army is not limited to the two inspection teams on the surface, so he must be very clear that the newspaper office is safer than any other place, and it is safest to store important documents here. safe.

  And if there is nothing important, why does Byron lock the door of the office when the newspaper office is absolutely safe and only he works overtime?

  The more I think about Capa, the more certain the file is here, the most suitable place to put the file from the perspective of editor-in-chief Byron.

  Finally, he stopped in front of the chair he just sat on.

  The rest of the places have been searched, and it is precisely because of such a detailed understanding of the office that he discovered the strangeness of the chair.

  Everything in the office is new, but this chair looks old.

  According to Byron's extravagant character, this chair should have been replaced long ago.

  Kappa reached out and stroked the leather of the chair, but found nothing unusual.

   But when he squatted down, looking at the bottom of the seat, a sight that nearly made him scream was revealed.

  I saw a small pull ring at the bottom of the seat, and there are square gaps around the ring!

  Kappa pulled the pull ring decisively, and a layer of wooden boards was pulled apart, revealing one of the hidden spaces.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Capa rarely admired himself very much. If he hadn't firmly believed that there was a secret in the office to such an extent, he might never have the chance to know this secret again in his life. .

  After taking out a few file bags from the space inside the chair, Capa sat against the wall, quickly opened them, and took out the documents inside.

as predicted!

   It is the documents of the fraudulent link in this public opinion war!

  There are drafts proposed by Byron in conjunction with other newspapers, there are instructions from the President of the Provisional Government, and there are meeting minutes of every link...

  These things are stamped and completely record how the interim government's framing of the International Equality League was born and how it was implemented.

  Put these things in the newspaper, and the negative public opinion that has lasted for a week will be easily reversed!

  Excitedly punched the air a few times, and roared silently a few times, Capa immediately got up and took out his camera to shoot.

  As a reporter, a member of the interim government’s forgery, he knows that simply publishing these documents will not play a decisive role, because the interim government can claim that they are all forged by the International Equality League.

   To prove that these documents are real, have to take pictures of everything!

  He first started shooting from the office area outside the newspaper office, ranging from the overall layout to the fake films and manuscripts in front of each work station.

  As for Byron's office, he took more detailed photos, even taking pictures of the mechanism under Byron's seat.

   It took three film rolls and half an hour to complete this series of things!

   After recording, Capa restored the things in Byron's office and checked them many times. After making sure that I didn't leave any omissions, I returned to my work position, trying to calm myself down and forget everything that happened in this hour.

  When Byron rushed over overnight, he had already sat back and wrote the manuscript for another half an hour.

   "Kappa! What's going on?!" Byron, who was not in a good mood, asked as he walked towards his office angrily.

"Editor-in-Chief!" Capa stood up and came to Byron's side, saying with lingering fear, "I don't know what happened in the early morning, but suddenly there was a gunshot outside, which shocked me a lot, and then I- "

   "I already know the things outside, what I want to know now is why my office has become like this?!" Byron pointed to the broken door lock and the miscellaneous footprints in the office.

"Yes, it's like this. At that time, an officer came in with a large group of soldiers..." While Capa was speaking, the previous officer walked into the newspaper office with two soldiers, as if to supervise his Reply.

  Editor-in-chief Byron glanced at the officer standing behind him, and didn't give him a good face: "Go on!"

"He, he asked me if there was anything unusual in the newspaper office. I seemed to have heard something, but I didn't seem to have it, so I told him the truth. Then, just to be on the safe side, the officer opened the door of your office and went in to search. Read it again." Capa looked at Byron sometimes, and at the officer at other times, and told what happened in detail.

  The officer just snorted coldly, and did not raise any objection to Capa's speech.

   "It seems to be there, but it doesn't seem to be?" Byron first looked at Capa as if he was looking at trash, "You have been staying in the newspaper office, and you can't even be sure about such a thing?!"

   "I... I was taken aback by the movement outside, the situation was too chaotic, I..."

"Sir." Byron didn't talk nonsense with Capa, and began to accuse the officer again, "I want to ask you a question, if the people from the International Equality League were really in my office, why didn't the door of my office lock at that time? Destroyed? If someone from the International Equality League is really in my office and he's surrounded, why can't you call me before breaking down the door?"

"Mr. Byron, the situation is not as simple as you think." The officer was very polite to Byron, and patiently explained the reason, "We couldn't rule out whether people from the International Equality League dug tunnels, if they entered the office through tunnels , Of course the door lock will not be damaged in any way. And it’s true, during the time we’re waiting for you, the other party is likely to escape first, and even if you get your permission to enter the office, it will basically be meaningless.”

  Byron was not fooled by these few words: "I hope you understand that if you are honest, you are also responsible! Our newspaper is only responsible for reporting and carrying out the tasks assigned by the higher authorities! It is your job to protect the safety of the newspaper!"

   "Yes." The officer responded blankly.

   "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong this time. If something happens, I will lose my head with you!" Byron walked around the office a few times symbolically, and sat down on the chair before he let out a sigh of relief.

  (end of this chapter)