Chapter 434, subversive action
Pushing open the door of the innermost room on the ground floor of the tavern, under the dim light, Arno Chenko saw a small table inside, with a man and a woman standing next to it.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the two men looked at him at the same time and quietly touched their weapons.
Arnault made three complicated gestures with his left hand in front of his lower abdomen.
The two people's emotions relaxed a little, and they also made different gestures.
The three of them gestured to each other for half a minute before completing the complicated but necessary process of confirming their identities.
"Hello, comrade, I am Martin from the Military Intelligence Agency."
"I'm Amanda from the Foreign Service."
After the two of them told their origins, Arnault also said: "I am Benteke from the Investigation Bureau."
He gave a false name, and I believe the other two did too.
She is Milia de Jong, a witcher of the Alliance.
As long as the goal is achieved.
Without any more pleasantries, they quickly got to the point.
Martin said quite confidently: "I can ensure that the army will act very slowly after receiving the order to suppress it, very, very slowly."
Amanda said: "The local police department may take action, which is a challenge."
However, after learning about Arno Cenko's ability to coordinate three rounds and prepare for the action two days later, Milia was really interested.
Arnault nodded slightly, and then took the initiative to talk about the situation on his side: "We have prepared for strikes and riots. It is estimated that at least 30,000 people will take to the streets to protest in two days. Weapons and equipment have also been distributed. By then, the planet The government, the district government's palace will be affected. The procession will pass by the 'hotel'."
After they came to Baishuoxing, their penetration was even deeper than the three rounds of the league. They also had their own set of action plans.
The name will definitely not be real. Even after confirming each other's identities, there is no need to say the real name. A pseudonym can be regarded as a code name.
Arnault wondered how Martin would fulfill his pledge. It may be that he has instigated the rebellion of the army commander guarding the capital, or it may be that the Military Intelligence Bureau has a large number of special service members lurking in through various means, so that they can stop the army's actions.
As long as there is no problem with the origin.
But no matter what the specific method was, Arnault didn't care and didn't ask any more questions.
Arnault asked: "What if it's the army?"
He has seniority and great achievements, and is now the leader of multiple independent teams in the Demon Hunter organization.
They are responsible for both internal and external affairs, both intelligence and direct action, and even have the authority to handle tasks directly without trial.
The Demon Hunter was previously established under the Alliance Legal Center, led by Lambert, and also led the Alliance's first anti-corruption wave.
But this time, the action on Baishuo Star was an action directly requested by the alliance leader, and it was of full importance. The alliance's three major external intelligence agencies are all working hard, and of course the demon hunters are also indispensable.
The alliance's official intelligence organizations are eight, but in fact, there are nine.
This action that the alliance attaches great importance to cannot be completed by any one company alone. The three agencies, which usually have little communication and only exchange intelligence at high levels, have rarely cooperated directly on front-line agents.
With different identities and different images, they left the tavern one after another.
When they left, they never noticed that there was a woman on the third-floor balcony of a small building opposite the tavern, always paying attention to them.
It's done, and you'll save yourself the trouble of having to do it later.
...
This operation is so important that the witcher is also here.
Then, he looked at Martin and Amanda.
Two days later.
Arnault said cautiously: "Are wealthy businessmen and politicians reliable? Will they leak our actions?"
This 'gathering' was originally a meeting of the alliance's three major foreign intelligence agencies.
However, the witchers still act independently. The witchers know some information about the three bureaus and roughly know what they are doing, but the three major agencies have no idea what the witchers are going to do - unless the witchers take the initiative to share their information.
Later, the Witcher was separated from the Legal Center and no longer under the leadership of the Chancellor, but became an agency directly under the Governor's Office.
The overall plan looks like that, and it seems that the probability of success is relatively high, and it can indeed achieve the goals the alliance wants.
It has more intelligence support, more authority to mobilize resources, and even the agent members have at least been trained by demon hunters. They not only master various agent skills, but also have the blessing of psychic power...
If that doesn't work out, the witchers have their own plans.
The Governor's permission, kill first and report later!
This is the witcher!
Milia De Jong is considered to be the oldest member of the Demon Hunters. She was the one who set off the wave in the earliest anti-corruption operation; she also participated in the plague war in Koroga. Although she was not responsible for front-line combat, she and her team of demon hunters played an important role in controlling the political situation in Mingyan City.
There is also an organization of witchers.
In that case, why not help?
"No, they don't know what we are going to do."
The three of them got together and once again confirmed the details and process of the operation, the secret gathering ended.
Martin said: "Several of our comrades will lurk among the marchers, and they will help to deal with the threat from the local police force; if necessary, our special operations brigade soldiers who lurk in the team will also take action, but in that case The movement will not be small, and I hope it will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary."
Amanda spoke first: "Two days later, at noon, Zelos will go to the 'hotel'. It is an invitation from several wealthy businessmen and dignitaries from the local planets. He has already agreed."
Arno Chenko, dressed as a waiter, was doing his job in a luxurious hotel.
Clearing the table, serving food, carrying plates, pushing the food cart...that's all.
He has been doing this for two months.
If nothing else, this should be the last day.
The luxury hotel where he works is also the location of the mission codenamed 'Hotel'.
At this moment, the hotel is somewhat empty. Today, they only have one wave of guests scheduled.
Many political dignitaries and representatives of wealthy businessmen hosted a banquet here for Ms. Zelos, the head of the sector.
Such a grand guest, of course, needs to be treated individually.
In fact, the 'hotel' had stopped operating to the public two days ago to make full preparations for today's banquet. At the same time, the security team of the sector leader also stationed in the 'hotel' at that time to conduct safety inspections of the hotel and stay here permanently to avoid any hidden dangers.
As the leader of the sector, the security around Zelos is very strong.
And these are things that Arnault and others had expected.
He was concentrating on what he was supposed to do, just like his 'foreman' had been telling him over the past two days that this guest's status was a grand one and no mistakes were allowed.
He couldn't see or hear what was going on outside, but he thought the first step of the plan had already begun.
...In the 'hotel', the banquet had already begun. As a big shot, Ms. Zelos had just had a round of toasting with others and chatted about some less important topics when security personnel came to her side. .
"summit..."
Hearing the soft call, Zelos gestured to the interlocutor in front of him with a perfect smile, then calmed his expression and walked to the side to listen to the report.
The content is brief: Demonstrations broke out in Shuoguo City.
The content of the protest is mainly to demand the government to release journalists, critics, and scholars who have been arrested in the past month.
Those people were arrested on trumped-up charges of 'espionage'.
This statement makes people laugh out loud!
Isn't it just that the planetary government and the sector government don't want to join the Seven Horses Agreement, and those media people have done some core reasons and analysis of the government's unwillingness to join the Seven Horses Agreement?
Are you going to arrest someone if what you hear is not to your liking?
That's outrageous!
This is a set of statements that emerged in various parts of the world a few months ago. Some newspapers, radios, TV programs, magazines... have mentioned it in various media. Some experts have jumped out and said that joining the Seven-Horse Agreement is a good idea. Yes, there will be alliance protection to completely solve the security problem. Watching and helping each other is also the responsibility of human beings in different worlds.
Moreover, even though the connection with the star field has been severed and the imperial tax cannot be paid, the planetary government continues to collect the imperial tax. Forget about collecting the imperial tax, in addition to the imperial tax, there is also an additional war tax; it is normal. The taxes have not been paid.
The high taxes were unbearable. After being teased by many sources, there was naturally a call to join the Seven Horses, thinking that this way, it would be safer and life would be easier.
Moreover, some conspiracy theories believe that the unwillingness to join the Seven-Horse Agreement is definitely not because of freedom, independence, or the people of Baishuoxing deciding their own destiny, but because the upper-level officials do not want to give up their rights and do not take into account the selfish behavior of the overall situation.
This statement is not unreasonable at all, and quite a few people think it makes sense.
Based on this alone, it would be too hasty to think that those media people who spoke were spies.
dictatorship! tyranny!
What's more, the idea of espionage is ridiculous!
Even if he received money from the alliance, how could he be a spy? Is the Human Alliance an imperial force? It is said that they still have the authorization from the Star Territory Government to form this Seven Horse Agreement. Are you saying that they are spies?
Is Baishuoxing an imperial world? Does the government think that it is not an imperial force, so the people sent by the alliance on behalf of the empire are spies?
It doesn't make sense!
So, there was such a protest march.
Of course Zelos was not in a happy mood when he knew that a demonstration was about to break out.
She has at least three concerns.
The first is to anger the unruly people.
Secondly, there is dissatisfaction with Governor Baishuo.
If it can trigger such a demonstration of tens of thousands of people, it can be regarded as a boiling of public dissatisfaction. Governor Baishuo's way of dealing with those media people was too crude and not clever, which was the direct reason.
The fundamental reason behind this lies in the corruption of the planetary government.
Over the past many years, Baishuoxing has had some problems: excessive taxes, failure to solve high unemployment rates, and long-term stagnation in people's living standards.
These accumulated problems have a tendency to explode due to recent tax increases and the arrest of media people due to the green skin issue.
It was Governor Baishuo who did such a bad job that led to these reasons!
The third point is that she is on guard.
Although public dissatisfaction was boiling, and although there was a fuse and a reason for the explosion, it happened so quickly and so fiercely that she had to wonder if there were any hostile forces at work inside.
Otherwise, would public dissatisfaction really reach this level?
That's not the case, right?
However, even at this point, Zelos still felt that it was no big deal.
It's just a demonstration.
The police have been dispatched, and the Planetary Defense Force has been ordered to be on guard. As long as there are signs that the situation continues to expand or get out of control, the National Defense Force will be dispatched.
In fact, there is a high probability that the situation will not reach that point, and the Capital Police Department should be able to solve the problem.
But the next news made her feel that something was getting more and more wrong.
First, the mob and the police started shooting in the street, and they actually had many weapons in their hands!
This almost confirmed to Zelos that there must be someone behind the matter!
What is the purpose?
Who is the one? What is the goal? Overthrow the current government?
She had no intention of attending the banquet at the moment. After finding a room and asking people not to disturb her, she called Governor Baishuo and asked him to mobilize the defense force immediately to suppress the situation.
Governor Baishuo was sweating profusely and hesitantly said that it shouldn't be that far. The police force had already mobilized reinforcements.
Zelos was furious and reprimanded: "Things will never be that simple! Mobilize the defense forces immediately! No matter what the plans of those who are hiding behind the scenes are, they must be suppressed as quickly as possible, and the matter cannot be allowed to continue to ferment. time, do you understand?!"
"Ming...I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, Zelos felt a little more at ease.
But soon, she heard some noise.
"what happened?"
The security guard asked a few questions into the intercom, and then responded: "Civilians affected by the riots were fleeing. They tried to enter the hotel to escape. The hotel security and our people stopped them."
Hearing this, Zelos was about to speak, but he heard explosions and gunshots, and they were very close!
"Someone is hiding among the civilians and storming the hotel!"
"They are strong!"
"what!!!"
There were some screams during the call.
But this time, Zelos was really nervous!
Did you come here for me?
She suddenly looked at her personal bodyguard.
He also quickly said: "Master leader, please follow me, we are leaving this place. Don't worry, all the psychic masters and elite teams in the security team are here, and we will definitely ensure your safety!"
"Ah."
Zelos knew now was not the time to panic.
And things are not desperate.
It was simply naive to want to assassinate her in this way.
There are three skilled psykers in her security team, and thirty elite bodyguards wearing feedback power armor.
It is not easy to break through the protection of these people and threaten her.
What's more, with just a little delay, the army will arrive. She can also take the initiative to join the army, accompanied by security.
Safety issues should be guaranteed.
At this moment, Zelos is filled with anger!
She vowed to make the person behind it pay a heavy price!
No matter who is behind it!
In fact, she already had some suspicions about this...
(End of this chapter)