Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 82 The Rainstorm is Coming

  September 5, eleven o'clock in the evening.

  In the underground conference room of the Equality Association warehouse, Verac, Boyne, Chloe, and Morais kept silent for about ten minutes.

  At ten o'clock today, the latest information came from Fletcher, and Carmine got the wind, knowing that many forces had sharpened their knives and were ready to attack him and the forces behind him at any time.

  Carmine knew that it would be difficult to deal with, let alone estimate how many business opponents and political opponents Verac passed the bill to. In order to reduce the burden, and for Thomas Company to participate in the World Expo smoothly, they decided to detonate the hidden mine first, publicly declaring that their son Chris had betrayed the country.

  This move will inevitably lead to the end of the government to help solve the equality society.

   Now that Carmine knows that the Equality Society has initially possessed armed forces, in order to draw a clear line with Verak and the Equality Society, they will inform the government of all known information to dispel suspicion.

  And when the government learns that the Equality Association has even equipped guns and ammunition on a large scale, it will definitely spare no effort to suppress and suppress it.

  The winter of the Equality Society is coming.

   "Should we avoid the edge and evacuate Laizein?" Chloe broke the silence, "Anyway, the next main opponents of the Thomas family are those business opponents and political enemies. It doesn't make much sense for us to stay here."

   "But it's also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Boyne struggled. "The World Expo is approaching. This is an opportunity for the whole world to see us, and hopefully let the whole world hear us."

   Morais, who has always been tough, was too shocked to speak when he heard this: "You..."

  Boin looked at Veraker: "What do you think? Chris."

  Verak put his arms around his chest, not knowing what to say. Now Boyne has made it clear that he wants to withstand the suppression of the Brecy government, and use the highly anticipated opportunity of the World Expo to spread the reputation of the Equality Association.

  There are good and bad things about this.

  The advantage is that when the whole world knows that there is such a group of people pursuing equality in Laizein, people's awakening will be accelerated.

  The disadvantage is that the government will attach great importance to them, and in the days to come, it is uncertain how many people will die.

  If it is completely selfish, from his own point of view, Verac undoubtedly agrees to evacuate Laizein. In this way, safety is guaranteed, and there are more opportunities to run away with money.

  But this is related to the future of the Equality Association, and it is an extremely important decision at the moment. He didn't dare to rashly pull this organization, which is full of passion and enthusiasm for the light, to a direction that only benefits him because of his own self-interest.

   "I'll make a decision after the three of you raise your hands to vote on this matter." Verac is apparently the final decision-maker, but in fact he has handed over the decision-making power to the three. Later, whichever choice has more supporters, he will agree with it, which can be regarded as not interfering with the internal decision of the Equality Association. Even if equality will soon be destroyed because of this decision, he will not have much psychological burden.

   "Why don't you express your thoughts first..." Boyne asked.

   "...I want to hear your opinions first." Verak continued to push the pot.

Boyin looked at Chloe and Morais, and tried to persuade them: "We can escape. Escape once or twice, but it's not enough for us to escape for a lifetime. Wherever there is power, we will avoid it. Where there is oppression, we avoid it, even though we advertise ourselves as warriors who dare to confront the government, even though we already believe that blindly giving in will not have any positive effect..."

   Chloe and Morais feel a little ashamed.

  After deducing how the government will suppress them next, their first thought is to escape. Perhaps it was because of being hit hard two months ago, and there was a shadow. Or maybe, as Boyne said, they are still vacillating.

   "There is only one chance." Boyin stared at the two and said solemnly, "We can definitely use the World Expo to spread the idea of ​​equality."

   "The government's crackdown this time will be far more severe than last time." Morais said.

  Byne's face was calm but resolute: "If there is a sacrifice, let me be the first."

  As soon as this statement was made, the result was settled.

   "Let's be an example." Morais made up his mind.

Chloe was silent for more than ten seconds: "...I'm not afraid of death, but I just don't want our people to make another unnecessary sacrifice. Comrade Boyne, if this sacrifice is worthwhile, I'm willing to be the first to go up." .”

   "We didn't make this decision for the sake of sacrifice, so of course we have to avoid it as much as possible." Seeing that both of them agreed to this decision, Boyin heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Verak.

From the bottom of his heart, Verak admired these three people for disregarding life and death and dedicating everything to their lofty ideals: "Since everyone has passed the unanimous vote, we will set the next direction. Stick to our public opinion and ideological positions, and strive for Take the express train of the World Expo and spread the idea of ​​equality to the world."

  —

   On September 6th, Laizein was peaceful.

  On September 7th, a public opinion war broke out that attracted the attention of everyone in Laizein.

  Lizein’s major newspapers published the bill records of Carmine’s private transactions with the dignitaries on the headlines, and also attached the scandals of many big figures in the relationship network behind Carmine for people to speculate.

  This is not just a commercial war against Thomas, but also a confrontation between different factions of the power inside Bresci.

   Carmine’s side had already prepared for this. That afternoon, Carmine came forward to clarify the matter, denying that he used improper means to win over powerful people and use their intervention to wantonly develop a business empire.

   Then, Carmine threw out another heavy news, stating that his son Chris had gone astray, joined a rebel organization, and was plotting to sabotage the World Expo to be held soon. He will fully cooperate with the government, provide all the information he knows, and eliminate the rebel organization as soon as possible.

   Once the news was released, it ignited public opinion.

  Although public opinion will further put pressure on the Thomas family, this move has to be done.

If they don't do it, just wait for the relationship between Carmine, Chris, and the rebel organization to be announced by the hostile forces. At that time, it will not be easy to draw a clear line and remove suspicion, and it will drag the relationship network behind them into the abyss, giving Political opponents have exposed more deadly flaws.

   Only by speaking out now, can we divert everyone's attention to a certain extent and weaken the power of the dark mine. The most important thing is that Carmine is no longer able to fight against Verak and the Equality Association, so now he can only put the war on the surface and lead the Bresci government to the end.

   After that, things will be easy to do.

  Carmine and the network behind him insisted that the secret transaction was fake, and fought a public opinion war with hostile forces. This public opinion war does not seek victory, but only delays time. A week later, missions from various countries will arrive in Laizein one after another, and the government must first suppress this matter anyway.

   After all, one of the main purposes of this World Expo is to show strength, and this kind of negative news is being stirred up at a critical moment, which is not good for the government.

   After pressing it down, nothing happens.

  The public will be distracted by other news within a few days.

   As for the equality society.

   Today's Equality Society is no longer the organization that only talked on paper before, but an armed force initially equipped with weapons. In particular, Carmine directly linked the Equality Association and the World Expo. In order for the World Expo to be held smoothly as scheduled, the government must completely eliminate this force that affects national stability within a week or half a month.

  (end of this chapter)