Chapter 221: The Dongying Mission
Cobb and Fisher's conversation lasted only ten minutes before they were interrupted by the pavilion chief who had arrived in a hurry.
The pavilion chief also brought fifty soldiers to surround the courtyard where Cobb and the others were.
The Inception team and Fisher were soon gathered together, and Saito, as the "ambassador of the East Ei Kingdom", communicated and negotiated with the pavilion chief on behalf of Prince Fisher.
Saito made up a tragic story of a delegation of the Eastern Ying Kingdom on a pilgrimage to His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin, but was met by robbers on the way, resulting in heavy casualties and robbed of state letters and belongings.
In the story, Fisher is their prince, he is the foreign secretary of the Eastern Ying Kingdom, Cobb is the chief of the guard, Yusuf, Ames and Arthur are the guards, and Andre is the prince's handmaiden.
Fischer knew very well that this was a situation in which there were two benefits, so he cooperatively echoed Saito's words in half-baked Chinese.
The pavilion chief would not believe their words, but when it came to the Hajj of Fanbang, he did not dare to slack off, so he left fifty county soldiers in the small courtyard, called guards, which were actually under house arrest, and he hurriedly went to report to the county guard.
Fisher was considered the most important of them all, isolated from the crowd.
After the Inception team regrouped in the house, the villagers brought in some food.
They are soup cans and thick bowls made of pottery and paper, and they hold rice and vegetable soup made by the villagers themselves.
Ames leaned over and sniffed it, but couldn't smell anything at all, and frowned, "This thing doesn't look like it's for people to eat." β
Cobb beckoned, motioned for everyone to come over, and recounted the conversation between Fisher and himself in a serious tone, and finally said: "He said that there is a Huaxia man named Meng Yi who plotted all this behind his back, and he is a victim like us, he doesn't know what this person named Meng Yi wants to do and what his purpose is, and Mr. Fisher gave his advice, let us cooperate with him, find Meng Yi in the dream, and find out the truth of the matter." β
"Cooperation?" Ames sneered, "How can we know for sure if he's lying?" Maybe he'd seen through us, and now he's just playing tricks on us. β
"Our little Mr. Fisher is indeed not easy." Arthur said thoughtfully, "I don't know if you noticed, when he clashed with the villagers before, he was besieged by dozens of people for at least five minutes!" And he actually speaks Huaxia, which is information I have never known before. β
"This is indeed a strange thing," Saito replied with a frown, "I have commissioned a professional to conduct an in-depth investigation into the Petham Fee, and all the evidence shows that he is a weak and cowardly fellow, but this is the opposite of the Fisher we have seen with our own eyes. β
"Maybe he's not Fischer at all!" Andrey suddenly raised her hand, "Since Ames can disguise himself as anyone in his dreams, is it possible that this Fisher we saw was disguised by someone else at all?" β
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed greatly!
Andre just had a whim, but the more Cobb and other dream veterans thought about it, the more they felt that it was likely to be true.
If this Fisher is fake, it can explain a lot of things.
"If this is the case, then where is the real Fisher?" Saito said slowly, "And this fake Feishe, why should we help him find that person named Meng Yi?" β
Everyone frowned, there were too many mysteries, as if blocking the layers of fog, so that they could not touch it and see it clearly.
βFineοΌβ Yusuf suddenly raised his hand: "I changed my mind, I'm sorry Cobb, I don't want your share, I'll quit!" β
Ames said: "Very well, now it's four to two. β
The previous vote on whether to withdraw from this mission was once again placed in front of everyone.
Cobb frowned, as if he was struggling to think about something.
Saito suddenly let out a long breath and said, "There is a Chinese proverb that says that a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall, and I agree to cancel this mission." β
After a pause, Saito looked around: "Although the mission failed, I appreciate your professionalism. I will pay half of the reward for this mission as a token of respect. β
Ames whistled and said pleasantly, "Your generosity has earned my respect. β
Bang bang bang!
Cobb knocked on the table, drawing everyone's attention, and he looked around and said in a deep voice, "I think you've all got one thing wrong, and now it's no longer a question of whether or not we should cancel the mission." β
"What's the problem then?" Arthur said.
"It's the conspirators hiding behind the scenes, and it's a matter of whether or not to let us go!" "One thing we can be sure of now is that we have been calculated!" We've fallen into a trap! β
"Everyone!" Cobb raised his voice sharply, "This guy hiding behind us has worked so hard to trap us in a dream, why do you think we can just leave?" β
Ames couldn't help but say, "No matter what he wants, we just need to find a way to get out of here and find a place where no one is hiding for a week, and as soon as the effect of the medicine is over, we will wake up immediately." β
"That's right!" "I don't think the guy behind this guy can do anything to us!" Cobb, we're not vegetarians! If we are not the best in the world, why do you bring us together? β
As soon as he said this, everyone's faces showed a look of pride.
Everyone here is extremely confident in their profession.
Cobb slowly suggested a possibility: "If this conspirator doesn't get what he wants from us, he's likely to make us never wake up!" Even if we can escape in a dream, he can keep sedating us in reality! β
Everyone's faces changed again.
Cobb continued: "This is not an intimidation, folks! This conspirator can pull us into his dreams, and we don't see the slightest sign beforehand, and I'm sure he's capable of doing so! β
"Hell!" Ames sneered and waved his hand, "We can't die, if we die, we'll fall into the dream frontier and become stupid people with a mess of brains, and now we can't even wake ourselves up, but now I'm curious to know who is playing us like fools?" β
Arthur sighed worriedly: "It seems that there is really only one way to go." β
"We have to have a complete plan." Arthur reluctantly accepted this fact, saying, "First of all, you must find out everything that Fisher knows. β
The opinions of the members of the Inception team were agreed again, but they lost the spirit they had when they first fell asleep.
Things are completely out of control, and each of them has a very heavy heart.
A day later, the county guard led a thousand soldiers to escort the "Dongying State Mission" into Xianyang along the way to meet the First Emperor.