Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 277 Guided Assassination

   "Don't mind the food, we can only afford this at the moment." Adel prepared the lunch and asked the boy William, who was taken in, to come and eat with him.

Little William was not dissatisfied when he saw two servings of black bread and a glass of water on the dinner table, and looked gratefully at the strange uncle who had saved him: "This is already very good. When my brother and I were at uncle's house, we often There is no food."

  Adel sat down, took a sip of water, then calmly tore the bread and stuffed it into his mouth: "Eat."

   "Well, thank you." Little William seemed to have been hungry for a long time, his eyes lit up when he looked at the food, and he immediately wolfed down after saying thank you.

   "Don't think about avenging your brother for now, just hide here with peace of mind." Adel warned, worried that this stubborn kid would sneak out and do something stupid again.

   "...Well, what shall we do next?" Little William tried hard to persuade himself to temporarily put down his hatred.

"Wait."

   "Wait? What are you waiting for?" Little William was puzzled.

  Adel quickly ate his share of food, and drank the remaining half glass of water: "Equal society."

"Wait for the Equality Association?!" Little William's mind turned quickly, and Adel's identity became vague once he knew it, "You are a member of the Equality Association, right? But you said you are not...then you also want to join Equality Council? Then why wait for them to come to you?"

   "You don't need to know this." Adel didn't intend to explain more to a child.

   "Okay..." Little William suppressed his curiosity and ate in silence.

  Adel suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, as if a pair of eyes were staring at him, he turned his head and looked out of the window, there was nothing unusual there.

   "What's the matter? Uncle Adel?" Little William asked seeing that Adel's aura had become a little strange.

   "It's okay." After observing the outside for a while, Adel leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

  —

   "Did he find us?" In the building next door to Adel's residence, Chiwaite was startled by the look Adel had just turned his head.

  Diaz still looked calm, staring at Adel: "We hide very well, he didn't find us."

   Qi Huaite took a long breath: "That's good..."

   "Who is that boy?" Diaz was puzzled by the little boy who was eating next to Adel. Verac, Boyne, and Chiwaite hadn't mentioned this to him.

"I don't know either..." Qi Huaite racked his brains and couldn't figure out where he had seen this boy, and what was his relationship with Adel, "Could it be my uncle's illegitimate child? Counting from the last time he returned to Laizein , it seems that this possibility is not impossible... But I have never heard of such a thing..."

   "Adel's child?" Diaz always felt something was wrong.

   A child who pops out of nowhere is not normal.

  It is not normal for someone as vigilant as Adel to open the windows wide, as if he is waiting for people to see.

   "Comrade Diaz, what should we do?" The comrade sent by the Ministry of Intelligence asked.

"Continue to keep an eye on him, check his details carefully, and find out where this child came from, and what purpose he suddenly appeared with." Diaz is still not sure if there is any danger around him, and whether Adel has secretly contacted the government. Well, an ambush is set, so there's no rush to do anything.

"clear."

   "Should I go and see him?" Chi White took the initiative to stand up.

Diaz stared at the room intently, thinking that the street fighting would start tomorrow at the latest, and he had better solve the problem and return to the team before then, so he nodded: "Yes, we will guarantee your safety here, if there is any danger I will get you to evacuate as soon as possible."

   "What you said made me quite nervous..." Qi Huaite originally thought that going to see his uncle was no big deal, but now Diaz told him that he still couldn't move his legs.

   "Don't worry." Diaz took out the pistol on his waist.

  Seeing that even the real ones had come out, Qi Huaite swallowed subconsciously: "No, no, there shouldn't be such a big fight."

   "Hold it." Diaz handed the gun to Chiwaite, "It's dangerous to load it, aim at the enemy and pull the trigger."

   "This..." Chi White slowly took over the heavy pistol.

   "Protect yourself, we will respond to you as soon as possible." Diaz could see that Qi Huaite was a little timid, but if it weren't for this matter, Qi Huaite could only inquire about it, and he would step forward without hesitation.

  Qi Huaite took a few deep breaths, and when he looked at Adel's room opposite again, his eyes were complicated: "What should I say when I go?"

"He must have confirmed that you are a member of the Equal Society, so there is no need to hide this matter, just admit it directly." Diaz said, "Then tell him that Verac is willing to meet him and let him go south with you District. We will follow along the way secretly, and if it is confirmed that no one from the government is following him, I will come forward to take you away and find a way to return to the North District with a few detours."

   "...Okay!" Chi White carefully hid the gun, "Then I'll go."

"Um."

   Qi Huaite left the room used to monitor Adel, went downstairs and crossed the road to Adel's door.

   "Boom, boom, boom." He adjusted his state, trying to make himself as relaxed and natural as possible.

   "Who?" came a vigilant inquiry from behind the door.

   "It's me, Uncle." Qi White said.

  The door opened for about a third, and Adel made room for Ziwright to enter: "Come in."

  After Qi White entered, Adel closed the door, then strode back to the living room, closed the windows, and drew the curtains.

   Seeing this, Qi White secretly screamed that it was not good.

   "Equality will send you here, did he agree to see me?" Adel asked straight to the point.

   "Uh... I'm from the Equal Society, and he—"

   "Are you a member of the Equality Society?" Little William, who was helping Adel wash the dishes after dinner, popped up and looked at Qi White in surprise.

   "Who is he?" Chi White took advantage of the situation and asked the boy's identity.

  Adel asked Qi Huaite to sit down: "William, I wanted to save my brother who was executed in People's Square this morning. I stopped him and brought him back."

   "His brother? Equal society?" Qi White suddenly felt pity for the little boy.

   "My brother is in the Newman Street class, he's not yet a member of the Equal Society, but we've always wanted to be part of it," William Jr. explained.

   "Ah..." Qi Huaite didn't know what to say when he thought that such a young child was sacrificing.

   "Valak sent you here?" Adel asked the question just now.

  Qi Huaite came back to his senses: "Yes."

   "Verak?!" Little William had heard of Verac's name. Now that his identity has been leaked, Verac has become the most wanted criminal on par with Boyne and Morais. "Is it Comrade Most Verac?"

   "...Yes." Chiwaite glanced at Little William with glowing eyes, and said to Adel, "He agreed to see you and let me take you there."

"where is he?"

   "Terminus."

  Adel glanced at the window with the curtains drawn: "Then let's leave now."

   "Okay." Chi White stood up as soon as he sat down.

   "Can you take me there?" William looked at Adel and Qi White helplessly in a begging tone.

   "This..." Qi Huaite didn't know what to do, thinking whether it would be inconvenient to drag a child.

  Adel didn't make any extra preparations, just put the coat on the hanger back on his body: "Let's go together, he is homeless now, only the Equality Council can help him."

   "...Okay." Qi Huaite led the two downstairs, resisting not looking up to see where Diaz was monitoring, and rushed straight to the South District.

   "Where is the main station?" Adel asked while walking on the street.

   "South District." Qi Huaite raised his head and said to Adel, who was more than a head taller than himself.

   "Then why don't we go there by car? It's such a long way."

  Zihuaite was worried that their ride would make Diaz behind him unable to keep up, and it would be too late to deploy: "No, no, now that the government is strictly investigating, it's better not to go in such a blatant way."

   "As far as I know, you haven't been wanted, nor have the two of us, so it shouldn't be a problem to take a car." Adel glanced at Qi White.

   "Uh..." Chi White couldn't think of a reason.

  After the trial, Adel already understood in his heart, he did not continue to act with Qi White, and expressed his verified inference: "The Equality Council has been monitoring me in the next building, right?"

   "This—" Chi White was startled and terrified.

   "The terminus is not in the South District, the reason why I went to the South District was just to test me and make sure no one followed me." Adel said unhurriedly.

   Chi White's eyes widened.

   "Don't be so troublesome, just take me to see them." Adel said.

   "I..." Qi Huaite deeply felt how difficult Adel was to deal with, and all their plans were easily seen through.

   Afterwards, Adel didn't ask for Qi Huaite's opinion, turned around directly, and walked back to the surveillance location of the Equality Council that he had guessed.

   "Uncle." Qi White caught up.

  Little William looked dazed.

   "Don't doubt me. If I were someone from the government, I would have watched you and followed you. The reason why I didn't use those methods is that I hope to see him in a fair way." Adel kept walking.

   "What do you want to do when you see him?" Chi White asked.

   "We'll talk when we see it." Adel kept his mouth shut.

   Seeing that their efforts were in vain, Qi Huaite thought about it, and decided to gamble on his trust in Adel: "Okay... I will take you to see him."

   Soon, under the leadership of Qi Huaite, Adel first met with Diaz, the person in charge of monitoring him.

  Diaz saw Adel bring Qi White back the same way while monitoring, so he didn't follow, but waited patiently in the room for them to come.

   "Hi, I'm Diaz." Diaz glanced at Qi White who was embarrassed, and shook hands with Adel.

   "Adel." Adel looked down at this rather calm man.

   "Sorry, Comrade Diaz, I..." Qi White was extremely ashamed.

   "It's okay, I didn't plan well." Diaz asked Adel to sit down first, "You know everything, why are you going to see Verak?"

  Adel glanced at Qi White, motioned him to take care of little William, and then sat opposite Diaz: "I have something to ask him."

"What's up?"

   "You don't need to know this."

   "I can't take you to see him without knowing."

"I can find him if you don't take me to see him, but it will take more time." Adel met Diaz's gaze, "And if I really have any bad thoughts, I have nothing to do with the government. If you collude, you can do it without making a fuss, just send someone to watch Qi White, and sooner or later you will be able to find out your whereabouts and carry out a surprise attack on you."

  Diaz didn't care about it on the surface: "So, what good is it for you to find Verac?"

   "You don't need to know this." Adel repeated.

"Stay here first, I'll contact him. If he wants to see you, then I'll take you there. If he doesn't, I'm sorry." Diaz got up and left the room, leaving Qi White, Xiao William, Adair, and two comrades from the Equal Society.

  —

  Buk-gu, in the small hall of the Main Station of the Equality Society

  Ross led the performance, and Elizabeth led the choir to sing the Internationale in unison.

  Under the stage, Boyne, Morais, Verack, Keating, Winston and others sat in the first row listening to the performance and chorus.

   "This is the final struggle, unite until tomorrow!"

   "International will definitely come true!"

   "This is the final struggle, unite until tomorrow!"

   "International will definitely come true!"

   "International will definitely come true!"

  The passionate singing stopped, and Winston had tears in his eyes.

He usually acts very restrained, but when he heard that the poems he wrote in despair a few years ago have been adapted and sung by so many people, he has become a force that cannot be ignored, a force that can unite everyone, Still couldn't help being moved.

   "How is it? Comrade Winston?" Boyne asked.

  "When I wrote the Internationale a few years ago, I really didn't expect it to be preserved and composed into such a great song." Winston couldn't describe his mood at this time, and there was only one thought in his mind.

   Joining the Equality Society is the right choice.

   These people are really the most promising force to change the world.

   "We actually sang to Comrade Winston on the way back, but we always felt that it was necessary for him to listen to the choir." Boin said with a smile.

   "When I heard the Internationale in the auditorium for the first time, who didn't have tears in my eyes, especially those young comrades, all of them were crying." Morais was very emotional.

The last time Verac left Laizein after listening to the choir singing the Internationale, and then passed the Internationale to the people of the Old South Treaty, where he heard a hundred people sing in unison: "This song is really great, no matter what it is What kind of person, what kind of situation, what kind of form, can show its due power.”

   "Well, Ross is a talented musician, and with the equally talented Winston writing lyrics, how can the music born out of this not be wonderful?" Keating was not surprised.

  In his opinion, the two are undoubtedly geniuses, and they will definitely produce the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

"The Equality Society has really gathered a bunch of talents, Chris, Boyne, Morais, Piaf, Winston, Rose, Elizabeth...and you." Verac is extremely honored to be able to share with so many outstanding people work together.

   "You too." Keating said.

   "Okay! Me too!" Verak admitted with a cheeky face, and immediately couldn't hold back a grin.

   "Chairman! Vice-Chairman! Comrade Verac!" Just as Rose and Elizabeth were about to perform other works, a young comrade came to the auditorium to find several people.

   Morais called him to his side: "What's wrong?"

   "Comrade Diaz called from the Eastern District, saying that he has something to discuss with you, the chairman, and Comrade Verac." The young comrade said.

  Villac heard this and knew that it must be Adel's business.

   "Then let's take a walk." Boyne settled down for Winston to continue watching the performance, and then went to answer Diaz's call with Morais, Verac, and Keating.

  —

  Eastern District

   "President, Vice President, Veraker, Mr. Keating, the situation is as follows..." Diaz waited until the four came over, reported the situation to them, and left Adel's follow-up arrangements to them for decision.

  After listening to it, there was also a difficulty there.

  Adel is too troublesome, and it is safest to let them know how to deal with it.

"My personal idea is that I can take him to meet Verak, but the final location is not the terminus, but another suitable place, so that even if there is danger, at least it will not affect the terminus." Diazti Mention your own ideas.

   "Okay." Verak felt that it would be meaningless to procrastinate this matter. Their layout was too simple for Adel, and only by himself could he resolve all doubts.

   "It will take time to prepare for this. Let's set the time for tomorrow. I will personally dispatch the personnel to arrange a suitable place for them to meet later. If there is anything wrong, they can evacuate immediately and safely." Morais said.

  Diaz said "hmm": "Then I will lead someone to keep watching him, and I will meet up with everyone tomorrow."

   "Well, it's best to settle this matter tomorrow afternoon, and I need you to come and assist me in the street fighting at night."

   "Has the time for street fighting been set?" Diaz asked.

   "It's decided, we will act at ten o'clock tomorrow night." Morais has already made preparations for a formal confrontation with the government tomorrow night.

   "Okay, I'll meet you tomorrow." Diaz said.

   "Well, take care of yourself."

  After some communication, everyone had a countermeasure.

  Diaz hung up the phone and returned to the room holding Adel: "Villac agreed to meet with you, but because he is too busy there, we have to wait until tomorrow."

  Adel did not fluctuate, and accepted it calmly: "Okay, then see him tomorrow."

   "But until then, you'll have to stay here," Diaz demanded.

   "Yes." Adel had no objection.

   "This kid..." After solving Adel's problem, Diaz had time to watch Serena Williams.

"His name is William, and he is homeless. I heard that your Equality Society does not admit children under the age of sixteen, so they spontaneously set up classes in their respective neighborhoods. Both he and his brother are from the Newman Street class, His elder brother was executed in People's Square today, and I happened to be here, so I brought him back who wanted to save his elder brother." Adel looked at Little William with a determined face, "After that, Qi White came to me, and I took him back. Bring it with you, I plan to give it to you."

   "That's right." Qi Huaite nodded.

  A comrade from the Equality Association was a little distressed when he heard the word "study class": "We don't admit children because we don't want them to be in danger. We didn't expect them to work harder."

   "In a sense, refusal is equivalent to encouragement in disguise, just like the more the government oppresses you, the more fiercely you fight." Adel said.

   "Do you want to join the Equality Association?" Diaz came to Little William.

   Little William looked up at Diaz: "Yes."

   "Are you afraid of death?"

   "Not afraid."

   "How many kids like you are there in the class?"

   "I don't know about other streets. Anyway, there are more than fifty in our Newman Street alone." Little William said.

  A look of shock flashed in Diaz's eyes. There are more than 50 people in one street. How many places are there in the size of Laizein?

   "It seems that we have to come forward to guide."

  —

  Leizein, Casey Street, in an abandoned attic

  Dozens of teenagers and teenagers are sitting around in the attic, chirping about the news they have heard.

   "I heard that there was a riot in People's Square at noon, and the government's cavalry killed many people!"

  “A student in our school was arrested by the government last night, saying that he sneaked out after the curfew and posted promotional pictures of the Equality Association on the street.”

   "Recently, the guards patrolling the streets have become more and more frequent. My parents said that something big might happen these days..."

   Sitting on the side, although not the tallest among the children, the boy exuding a calm temperament listened silently to the conversation of the others.

   Very quickly, the children's conversation went from sharing information to panic.

   "The cavalry did kill a lot of people! My father said that the workers in their factory were in the square at the time and were kicked several times by the horses! I don't know what happened now!"

   "Will the arrested student be in danger?"

   "Sure! There were people around our age who were executed in the square today, and they were probably arrested because of them!"

   "What?! My God... Then that classmate is afraid..."

   "My mother told me that if she finds out that I am attending classes and doing these dangerous things, she will break my legs and send me to the countryside..."

"what should we do…"

   "Enough." The leading boy put down the "On Equality" in his hand, "Are you afraid?"

  The children in the attic looked at each other.

  One person said: "Conrad, aren't you afraid?"

   "Of course I'm afraid." Conrad glanced at everyone, "But if you're afraid, should you stop doing it? Should you give up?"

  "I didn't mean that, but we are too dangerous now, the parents at home don't agree, there has been no movement from the Equality Association, and the government has started mass executions..."

   "I believe that equality will respond sooner or later, and it may be in these few days." Conrad said.

  A girl asked: "How are you sure?"

"I don't know, maybe it's because I believe they will never watch so many people die..." Conrad himself was a little confused, "Now the Equality Association must be under tremendous pressure, and we are also at this time Can't drop the chain."

   "But what can we do? Now we can't go out at night, and the school is very strict. Philosophy classes are banned..."

   “Yeah, what else can we do besides send out some copycat equality proclamations and draw some bad pictures? Will it really help the Equality Association? Or will it hold them back?”

   "It must be a drag, if we are really useful and equal, why don't you accept us..."

Seeing that his companions began to question his ability, Conrad, who was the monitor of the study class, said again: "The reason for not admitting us to the Equality Society is to ensure our safety, so we can do something while ensuring our own safety. what."

   "Then what shall we do?" The companions looked at Conrad in confusion.

  Konrad Desai, he didn't know what they could do, he just felt that as the monitor of the study class, he couldn't lead his companions to be cowards: "...we..."

   "Conrad, it's getting late. If I don't go home, my parents will suspect me. I have to go..." Someone retreated.

   Gradually, such voices increased.

   "Let's all go home first." Conrad was powerless to keep them, "Don't forget to gather here tomorrow."

"…Um."

"it is good."

   Only a few people responded to Conrad this time.

  Conrad sat on the floor, watching his companions leave.

  In the attic in the past, they were lively taking turns reading the contents of the Declaration of Equality, but now they all chose to flee because of the tense situation outside.

   "Ah..." the lonely Conrad sighed, he knew that if he didn't think of some way to make his companions understand his meaning and have something to do, then the study class on Casey Street would be disbanded.

  He looked at the "Theory of Equality" on the ground, but in the end he didn't open it, but hid it in the attic and returned home.

   "Father, mother, I'm back." After Conrad entered the house in a depressed mood, he planned to go directly upstairs to his bedroom, but found that his parents were sitting in the living room looking at him seriously.

   "What have you been doing lately?" Father's voice seemed to contain anger.

   Conrad vaguely realized something, but still lied: "Go to school, what's the matter, father?"

   "I'll give you another chance, tell me, what have you been doing lately?" Father glared at Conrad.

   "Go to school." Conrad replied crisply.

   "You're talking nonsense!" After the father roared, he was afraid of being heard by the neighbors, so he lowered his voice in concern, and growled, "You are doing something for the Equality Association!"

  Conrad's face also turned cold: "How do you know?"

   "How do we know? Look at your stuff!" At this moment, the mother threw a stack of papers on the ground.

   "You searched my room." Conrad clenched his fists, looking at the posters on the ground that he designed for the Equality Association.

   "I've seen something wrong with you for a long time! If you don't reveal this today, how long are you going to hide it from us?!" Father said angrily.

   "Help it for as long as you can." Conrad didn't explode, but endured his dissatisfaction, and bent down to pick up the scattered posters.

Seeing this scene, my father became even more furious. He stepped forward to take back the paper from Conrad's hand, and tore it into pieces: "How many times have I told you! You are not allowed to meddle in these matters! You are just a Boy! You don't understand the danger!"

   "Isn't it just death?" Conrad was very clear.

"Isn't it death?! Do you know what death is?!" Father raised his palm, but did not let it down, "You are only fifteen years old! What do these things have to do with you?! What can you do? ?!"

   "Of course it's about me, it's about you, it's about everyone! Equality is for us—"

Conrad was emotional and his voice was loud, and his father quickly covered his mouth: "Hush your voice! Don't you know that the government is offering a high reward now! Do you want the neighbors to expose our family?! "

   "Don't stop me anymore." Conrad broke his father's hand and said in a normal voice, "I will keep myself safe."

"I won't stop you?" Father was so angry that his feet were a little unsteady, "I won't stop you, you will be executed on the execution platform tomorrow! When the knife rests on your neck, take a look Will the equality you trust come to your rescue!"

   "They don't know how to do it!"

"Son." The mother took a completely different dissuading method from the father, she came to Conrad's side and stroked his cheek, "I understand you, and I also understand that the Equality Council is against the government for us civilians, but they don't There is also a reason to admit children under the age of sixteen. You are still young, and your abilities are limited after all. Especially at this juncture, if you don’t listen to the advice of the Equality Association and try to do something despite our concerns, it will actually harm you. Equality will."

  Conrad was not easily persuaded: "You are afraid that if I am caught, I will kill you and my father. Don't worry, I will never confess you and my father. This is my own decision."

   "Huh!" Father sat back on his seat.

   "No, at least I'm not afraid." Mother looked at Conrad kindly, "Even, I will be proud of you for doing this."

   "Then you agree with me to continue doing this?"

"I agree, but I have one request." The mother said, "I will do it when you are sixteen years old, and I will never stop you from joining the Equality Association. But what you should do now is to learn knowledge well, because only Only by mastering knowledge can we fight better, instead of doing meaningless things with brute force."

Conrad has a strong sense of resistance: "I can do things while studying now! And what I do is not meaningless! Now the ideas and ideas of the equal society need to be known to more people, and I can draw. , Write something and spread it to help more people realize this!"

   "Today, several children like you were regarded as members of the Equality Society and executed!" The father couldn't hold back, and stepped forward and shouted, "But you are obviously nothing! You are just a group of wishful thinking children!"

   "I will become a member of the Equality Association sooner or later." Conrad didn't argue with his parents any longer, and walked upstairs quickly.

"I will take a long vacation with the school! From today onwards, you are not allowed to go anywhere! Just stay at home! When it is safe outside, when will you go out again!" His father yelled at Conrad who returned to the bedroom aggressively .

   "You have no right to deprive me of my freedom!"

   "Are you talking about freedom with me?!" Father went upstairs, pushed Conrad into the bedroom, and then locked the door, "When do you think it through, talk to me again!"

  Conrad tried to open the door, but it didn't move.

  He thought of the panic in the study class in the attic today, touching the door locked by his father himself, for a while he didn't have the strength to yell, beat and kick the door, but looked around his messy room.

  What can I do?

   Is the study class really going to be disbanded?

   Do you really want to stay in the bedroom for a long time?

   "Conrad, don't be angry, we are all for your own good, you don't need to doubt that." Mother came to the door and said softly.

   "I'm fine, Mother." Conrad leaned against the doorway.

"are you hungry?"

   "I'm not hungry, you go back, I will call you if something happens."

   "Okay... hope you can understand us."

  Conrad went back to bed and lay down, hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling absently.

   Those impassioned declarations kept coming to his mind.

   "I can't lie here..." Conrad muttered.

  Slowly, his eyes regained their focus, and he sat up from the bed and looked towards the window.

  Although the parents locked the door, the windows were not closed because his bedroom was on the third floor.

   "I have to find people from the Equality Society, I have to join them." Conrad made up his mind to officially become a member of the Equality Society, no matter how difficult this goal is to achieve, he will do it.

  …

  In the evening, Conrad's mother made a big dinner and gave him the best part.

   "Conrad, are you still angry with us?" Mother knocked on the door and asked Conrad.

   But there is no response inside.

   "Conrad?"

   "Conrad?"

  It was quiet inside. My mother sensed something was wrong, put down the rice, and opened the door with the key.

What came into view was an empty bedroom and an open window. She felt a little bit in her heart, and forced herself to come to the window, only to see that the bed sheet was torn to make a rope, which was tied to the foot of the bed and ran along the window. to the ground.

   "Oh my god..." Thinking of the curfew being enforced at night, Conrad had nowhere to go, and his mother fainted to the ground in the dark.

  —

  A mansion in Laizein

  Viscount Theodore, a former member of the parliament, changed his clothes under the service of his servants, and the lady next to him, Daphne, looked resentful.

   "Now that Your Excellency the President has dissolved the parliament, what do you think? What do those old men think?" Daphne was worried about their future.

"What else can I think? Of course I want to find a way to regain power, otherwise the whole Brecy will become an empire that François has the final say." Viscount Theodore changed his clothes and gently hugged Dave Ni.

  The servants retreated silently.

  Daphne broke away from Viscount Theodore: "Then don't you do anything?"

"How to act? The financial and military power is in the hands of Francois, and we have almost no effective means to fight against him now." Viscount Theodore walked aside and said slowly, "But it is not in a situation of being helpless , They are actively contacting and uniting various forces, and even the Equality Association has been included in their consideration, I believe it will not take long before things will turn around."

   "Even the rebels are going to try to unite?" Daphne couldn't accept that these high-ranking nobles would need to rely on the power of the rebels one day.

  Viscount Theodore spread his hands: "As long as the enemies are united, there is no one who cannot be united. At worst, after the impeachment of François to step down, they will be wiped out as well."

"I feel that Francois is clearly prepared this time. It is better for us to stand in line earlier." Daphne suggested that her husband move closer to Francois, "Doesn't he like treasures and women? We can prepare These, show our intention to serve him allegiance..."

   "Putting him up? Huh." Viscount Theodore was very disdainful of Francois.

   "So what? As long as you can gain power and status, you can do anything. If you can't, I can teach you." Daphne advised.

Viscount Theodore smiled and sneered at this behavior: "It is good to be ambitious, but I think we are on the right team in this struggle. Even if it is not correct, the situation is still unclear. Don't rush to join Francois. What should we do if he steps down?"

   "But it's too late, our refuge is not so conspicuous and important." Daphne said.

   "Madam Clara, Madam Athena told you these things." Viscount Theodore knew why Daphne would persuade him today.

"Yes, they told me that when we went to the opera together today. They said that, which means that other people have this intention, and most of them are optimistic about Francois. The first one to go to Francois Sowa is definitely of great significance, and we can't fall behind at this time..."

  Viscount Theodore shook his head slightly: "If that's the case, don't you wonder why they didn't ask their husbands to join Francois in the first place, but instead persuade you?"

   "This..." Daphne was stunned.

   "Compared to higher power and wealth, it is the most rare thing to be able to maintain the current situation safely." Viscount Theodore walked slowly to the window and said, "If they want to, let's wait until they take refuge."

   "Hmm..." Daphne dismissed the idea, and cursed Clara and Athena in her heart who were looking out for her.

"boom!"

   Just when Viscount Theodore was about to say something, under the night, a bullet was fired from nowhere and hit his chest precisely.

   "Uh!" Viscount Theodore took a step back due to the huge impact, his face flushed rapidly, he tremblingly looked at his chest that was gushing blood, and fell to the ground.

   "Ah!!" Daphne screamed in fright at this scene.

   "Cough! Cough cough!" Viscount Theodore collapsed on the ground, twitching constantly, his eyes full of disbelief.

   "Theodore!" Daphne's scalp was numb, and her face became extremely distorted due to panic.

  Viscount Theodore's vision gradually blurred: "Save, save me..."

  Daphne's legs were weak, and she crawled towards Theodore: "Come on!"

"what happened!"

   "Viscount Theodore was shot!"

   "My God! Call the doctor!"

  After hearing the gunshots, the servants rushed in immediately. After seeing Viscount Theodore lying in a pool of blood, Madam Daphne turned pale with fright, and hurriedly went to find a doctor.

   "Ahem..." Viscount Theodore's ears seemed to be deaf. His hands and feet were cold, and he felt his life was passing by quickly.

   "Theodore! Wake up! Hold on!" Daphne cried bitterly while hugging Viscount Theodore.

  Before Theodore died, he finally heard the murderer's cry.

   "Long live equality! Long live equality! Long live equality!"

  (end of this chapter)