In the blink of an eye, a day and a half later.

Night, Rice City.

A "spider web" liaison office disguised as a bankrupt shop.

Richard stood in front of the door and knocked on the door with a "tuk-tuk".

With a "squeak", the door opened a crack, and the young man I had seen last time poked his head out.

Seeing that it was Richard, the other party immediately opened the door wide and let Richard enter.

"Has the one who wants to meet me here?" asked Richard, looking at the young man.

The young man closed the door first, turned back and replied respectfully, "My lord, the adult who met you arrived half an hour ago and is waiting for you in Mizutori-sama's office room. ”

"That's good. Richard nodded, and walked forward with his fellow to the room where he had last met the waterfowl.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, I saw a thin old man in the room smiling, with sparse gray-white hair sticking to the top of his head like dead grass, and greeted, "Lord Grey Crow, we meet again." ”

Sure enough, it was Garcia, who had met in St. Louis City.

"Fortunately. Richard nodded in response.

"I heard that you came to Rice City this time to find a few scarce ores, I don't know what the situation is?" asked the thin old man enthusiastically.

"It's okay. Richard replied, "Luckily, all the ore needed has been found—it cost a little money in the process, but it doesn't matter." ”

"That's good. ”

"Before, the water bird told me, you have something to talk to me about, I don't know what?" After a brief conversation, Richard stopped being verbose and asked directly.

"Ahem. Garcia, the thin old man, cleared his throat, looked over and said, "Lord Crow, it's not like I want to talk to you. After the St. Louis incident, I learned a little more about you from the organization, and found that your level is not a little higher than mine, so under normal circumstances, I am not qualified to talk to you at all. ”

"What the hell is going on?" asked Richard with a slight eyebrow.

"Whew-"

Garcia exhaled and said seriously: "Actually, this time it was the one above who asked me to talk to you." ”

"The one up there?" Richard guessed after a moment's thought, "Oscar?"

The black-faced old man Oscar, the supreme master of the cobwebs?

"Yes. Garcia nodded.

Richard frowned slightly, a little puzzled. He and the black-faced old man Oscar have always communicated, sending messages to each other on star-patterned paper. If the other party really has something to talk to him about, why don't they write it down on the star-patterned paper?

Opening his mouth, Richard spoke to Garcia about his doubts.

Garcia was not surprised, and said softly: "Lord Oscar, I originally wanted to talk directly with you, Lord Grey Raven. However, this conversation is quite big, and you happen to be in Rice City and have some contact with us, so you sent me to meet with us. ”

Hearing this, Richard became a little curious and asked, "What the hell is that?"

"That's right. Garcia pondered for a few seconds and said seriously, "Lord Oscar, I want you to provide me with the addresses of all the branches of the Southern Free Federation that you are currently infiltrating in the organization. ”

Will the truth be at all addresses of the Southern Free Federation?

Richard raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but did not directly agree.

On the one hand, this information is a big bargaining chip, and he doesn't want to hand it over easily without enough interest exchange.

For a long time, he and the black-faced old man had been in an equivalent exchange transaction, and he obtained identity cover, some magic knowledge, and some information from the other party, and at the same time provided the other party with many clues to the Truth Society, and also saved the other party's life outside Pompeii. Counting it, the black-faced old man Oscar owes him more. Now, if you really give the other party information about the branch of the Truth Society, I don't know when the other party will be able to pay it back.

On the other hand, he didn't have the full grasp of this information.

The Truth Society still attaches great importance to the secrecy of some information, even though he has now become a core member of the Truth Society, but he only has the address of more than half of the branches of the Truth Society in the Southern Free Federation, and the other half only has relatively vague guesses that need to be confirmed. And if you really want to confirm it, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of some people in the process, he is in an enemy-occupied area in the first place, and he does not want to continue to increase the risk.

Finally, he wants to prevent the final stage of his nuclear weapons research and manufacturing program from being affected.

Now that all the materials for nuclear weapons have been collected, they will soon be ready for actual production. Due to the need for energy, he needs to use energy in Pompey to complete this step, and then select a location to conduct a nuclear explosion test and collect data. He is only safe when he has built nuclear weapons and leaves the Truth Society's sphere of influence with them. Until then, try to eliminate any instability.

He believed that the black-faced old man must not be idle and bored by using the "spider web" organization to ask for information about the branch of the Truth Society, but for another purpose. It is very likely that this purpose is to carry out some actions against the Truth Society of the Southern Free Federation.

In normal times, he would have been happy to see these actions. But as I said before, in the final stage of the nuclear weapons research and manufacturing program, he will try to eliminate any destabilizing factors. Therefore, even if he now has the information of the Truth Society's branch, he does not want to give it out immediately.

Seeing that Richard was hesitating, Garcia spoke, and said with a well-known expression: "Lord Crow, I know that you must have a lot of concerns now, and I am just a messenger, and I have no ability or desire to persuade you to change your mind. All I have to do is convey to you what Oscar-sama told me, and my mission will be accomplished. So, before you make a decision, listen to the conditions.

What Lord Oscar told me was that he was well aware of the difficulty and value of your information, and that he could not guarantee that he would be able to compensate you for the same amount of help in a short period of time. Therefore, he is willing to agree to your three requests unconditionally.

The three requirements have no deadline and you can get him to honor them at any time. Once you make your request, he will use all of his power, including but not limited to the entire 'cobweb', to help you achieve your goal. ”

Hearing this, Richard's eyes narrowed.

I have to say that the conditions of the Oscars are very tempting, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually a bit cunning.

Three unconditional requirements, it can be said that the upper limit is very high, but when it is actually used, it may not be the case. It is very likely that he will not use any of these three requirements in the end. After all, what Oscar can help do, he can do with a little time and energy, and what he really can't do, Oscar can't do no matter how much strength he has, I'm afraid he can't achieve - because that is no longer something that can be solved by simply stacking up productivity.

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