"She's an eagle." The masked man nodded and muttered, "Yes, she's an eagle now." ”

Li Zhen could see that there was some loneliness in the expression of this "fir", or "Rongshu". Maybe something happened between the two of them, but he didn't intend to care about the gossip of the past.

The antagonistic attitude between him and Rongshu and the night kite was originally incompatible, but because of Yu Qingqing's existence, it has become this delicate relationship. From the perspective of "righteousness", these two people were first "bandits" and then "traitors", and they could not be classified as "good people" in any way. However, from a personal emotional point of view, these two saved Qingqing and risked death to send her out.

There may be such a thing as tiger poison not eating children, but Qingqing is not their child. It is difficult for Li Zhen to truly understand why these two people would make such a sacrifice for a strange girl, but it does not prevent him from turning his hostility towards these two from the beginning to a faint liking for them, and thus becoming more aware that you can't arbitrarily evaluate many people and many things with just a "good" or "bad".

The conversation between the two started with Qingqing, which can be regarded as a good entry point. But then there was a brief silence – because it wasn't a reunion of old friends. At the beginning, Li Zhen almost beat Rongshu to death.

It took about a dozen seconds for the other couple in the car to realize what the name meant in Rongshu's mouth, and then the expressions on their faces became quite exciting. If he hadn't entered the city at this moment, Li Zhen had no doubt that the two would have jumped out of the car and then pulled out the pistol on their waists and pointed it at him—you must know that these people are "enemies of life and death" with the local military, and they are military figures.

After a moment of silence, Eiki said in that strange electronic voice, "So. What are you doing here? For us? ”

"Don't get me wrong, it's none of your business." Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Don't mind who I am. It seems to me that these people—"

He squinted at the heavily armed soldiers on the side of the street and the officers who were running for peace, and said coldly, "It seems to me that they are all rebels. ”

"But you're clearly interested in us." Rongshu said calmly.

By this time, vehicles have already driven into the city, and pedestrians are gradually becoming sparse. Some of the displaced people who have entered the city have flocked to the relief point, while others have merged into the streets and alleys of this small city, and it is clear that they are not "good citizens" in the ordinary sense. The two off-road vehicles they were riding in drove straight down the road into the city center. The soldiers on the side of the street replaced the police, and their expressions were gloomy, as if the mood was also gloomy in this world.

Li Zhen looked at his face. After a little thought, I decided to tell the truth. Eiki is an old fritter compared to him. The "experience of the rivers and lakes" is far from being comparable to that of a young man like him, and he is not sure that he can make up a set of seamless statements. What's more, he had planned to test the other party after meeting the supreme leader of the "fir and eagle" - it would be best if he could provide some help to him on this trip, if not, then pat his ass and leave. In today's situation. It's hard for anyone to stop him—not the former Rongshu and the Night Kite. The same is true of the current one.

So he raised his hand and pointed ahead, "I'm going north to take care of some things." I've heard your names all the way through - it seems that you don't have a good relationship with either side. I thought. Maybe we can work together if possible. ”

The half of Eiki's face seemed to be slightly stunned.

"North? You're going to Murmansk? ”

"If you mean the territory of the Gate of Truth, so it is."

The man next to Li Zhen let out a sigh. A soft sneer. This one had been slightly hostile to him all along. Even after Rong Shu and Li Zhen revealed their identities, it was still the same. Li Zhen didn't know where this hostility came from, but he didn't care much. Rong Shu glanced at the man, made a gesture of unknown meaning, and whispered, "If this is the case, we will talk about it later." ”

With that, he turned away, and the SUV turned into an alley.

Li Zhen frowned slightly, not knowing why the other party would suddenly show such an attitude.

The alley seemed to be the back alley of a bar, with snow and vomit mixed in the shady corners, freezing hard. The light was also blocked by the high walls, casting heavy shadows on the ground. The body of the off-road vehicle almost filled the entire alley, barely enough for people to open the door and squeeze it out.

The car stopped. But no one seems to be planning to get out of the car.

The next moment, Li Zhen felt the body tremble slightly. The walls on both sides were rising, and the already dim sunlight was getting farther and farther away – they were descending.

There is an elevator here.

That's interesting. Li Zhen didn't know the name of the town he was currently in—which meant that six years ago it was just an ordinary city in Siberia. Because at that time, he had already become the acting director of the Security Bureau of the Secret Service - he had access to almost all the confidential information of the military, and he did put a lot of effort into it. Siberia had several large, underground military installations, but the name of the city never came to his mind.

This means that the military did not have a special deployment here, and it also means that such a hidden elevator in the center of the town that can carry an SUV was built later.

Judging by the current situation, there is a good chance that this is the secret stronghold of the "Fir and Eagle" organization.

Li Zhen realized that he had to mentally reassess such an organization—not a guerrilla force with considerable force as he had previously thought, but a real paramilitary organization capable of confronting the military within the confines of one city and one place.

For example, right now, they've made another such thing in the area of actual control of the military.

"So where is your base?" Li Zhen said. In fact, he did not expect an answer.

However, Eiki grinned: "It used to be, but it won't be in the future." It's a coincidence that you're here today, so let's talk about one thing together - with the junta here. ”

The invitation came abruptly and directly. Before Li Zhen found a reason for refusal, the other party added: "You will definitely be interested." ”

"If you really want to go to Murmansk."

He didn't have time to think about it for long, and the car stopped. Outside the window is a space that resembles an underground parking lot.

Thick square pillars support the ceiling, and the floor and walls are leaden gray. The miserable white light of the canopy did not illuminate all areas, and the space farther away was engulfed in darkness.

More than ten meters away from the off-road vehicle, a group of people stood. The group of men, dressed in army-green uniforms and armed with black, cold guns, were silently watching inside the car.

Perhaps the one in the middle was the leader - he had a lieutenant colonel epaulette on his shoulder. The six people behind him were only wearing combat uniforms, with no marks on their bodies, and their eyes flashed with a cold and cruel aura.

There is no doubt that these are people from the military. Li Zhen was ready for battle in an instant - he was in the same car as these "thieves", and if these military personnel had been ambushed before they descended, he probably wouldn't have given himself time to explain.

But Rongshu glanced at him and said in a low voice, "Don't be impatient." ”

Then he opened the car door and the three of them got out of the car.

Li Zhen immediately realized that he might have thought wrong—this group of people sneaked to the military-controlled area and went underground, perhaps for the sake of these soldiers. It seems that they really want to negotiate - at some point, the "soldiers" and "thieves" will not necessarily have to fight to the death.

It's just that he thinks he thinks of the Fir and the Eagle even higher as an organization - at least in a way, they seem to have the qualifications to be on an equal footing with the regular forces of the Empire.

As for what exactly are the two going to talk about...... It seems that it happens to have a little relationship with himself. Eiki said that if he wanted to go to Murmansk, he had to come together, and he didn't mind if he would mess with the situation. This means that the other party believes that there will be information in this "meeting" that they cannot refuse.

He felt that he just had a little capital to "wait and see", so he took a deep breath and got out of the car.

Rongshu took a big step.

The two sides were separated by more than ten meters, and he took a roaring step, and it took him a few seconds to cross the distance between the two, and then—

Twisting his waist, raising his arm, he threw a punch into the lieutenant colonel's face.

Such a sudden punch caused the lieutenant colonel's body to fall, and the two soldiers behind him hurriedly supported him. At the same time, there was a cascade of gunfire — three assault rifles aimed at his head, and the other three at the three men at the side of the SUV.

The atmosphere was a little weird. Because no one spoke the whole time.

Eiki threw a punch and looked coldly at the lieutenant colonel who was hissing and inhaling. However, the latter was not annoyed, but rubbed his cheeks, which were gradually red and swollen, and laughed: "Your life is really great—the fir is worthy of its name. ”

"I thought that although we were not friendly forces, at least we could maintain a minimum of sincerity during the negotiations." Rong Shu didn't care about the muzzle of the gun beside him, grabbed the lieutenant colonel by the neck and pulled him to his chest, staring at him with the only remaining eye, "But your sincerity is three waves of ambushes?" ”

The lieutenant colonel tried to break Eiki's hand, but was unsuccessful. He gave up trying and shrugged, "But you're not dead yet." ”

"You mean I'm going to thank your men for their mercy?"

The lieutenant colonel sighed and spread his hands: "Can you let me go first?" You should know that this is not going to be my idea. ”

Judging by his tone, the two seemed to have known each other for a long time, and this sentence did seem to have an effect - Eiki glared at him fiercely and pushed him away.

The lieutenant colonel took a step back and stood firm, waving his hand to let the soldier down his firearm.

"Actually, sincerity I've brought." He pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his coat pocket, pulled one out and lit it.

Li Zhen noticed that his fingers seemed to tremble slightly when he lit a cigarette. (To be continued......)