Like most violent organizations that take advantage of the chaos, Kevin King and his organization have a well-known name called the Freedom Revolutionary.

The group has been targeted by the authorities as it has been so jumpy in recent months that it has been stigmatized for taking on a sensational case of assassinating a high-ranking official and killing them by incident.

The raid and arrest of Kevin King was one of a series of targeted actions.

However, the top level of the organization obviously also has brains, and while taking care of things, they have already set up a maze, so the core strength has not suffered much loss in this round of official stormy blows.

Of course, the vigilance has been raised a lot, and even the peripheral members of their own family are like thieves, not only setting up all kinds of obstacles to prevent being touched by the vine, but also sending people to secretly observe to prevent being bought by the official and becoming spies who break into the interior.

Therefore, Zhao Wenrui and the four of them were very tricked before they came into contact with the real task.

These include bright muscle intimidation, and magic polygraph quizzes, among others.

After successfully passing the level, the four were taken from an abandoned house in the old city to the real stronghold.

The real stronghold is also an abandoned house, and there are still a lot of such dead people in the old city, I don't know if it is haunted or sick, and in the context of the lack of profit drive, there are no demon slaying heroes, and there are no renovations, rentals or sales.

After all, the economy has been in recession for some years, the factories are not running enough, and the laborers cannot survive in the cities, so a trend of going to the villages and towns to make a living has gradually formed.

Those who are really well-informed or have smart brains have all stocked up on food and living materials. The widespread use of magic allows food to sit for a longer period of time instead of becoming stale within three or two years.

On the other hand, once the war starts, a large number of battlefields will cause the magic power of the battlefield and the surrounding area to be disordered and slow to recover, which means that the spell of strengthening the seed is expensive to cast and the effect is low, so it is inevitable that there will be a shortage of food and living materials at that time. There is nothing wrong with the stockpiling of grain.

Once this trend occurs, the price of food-based means of living will rise, and the cost of living will inevitably rise, which will further lead to a depression in the city, and the people at the bottom who basically have no surplus wealth will naturally lack resistance, so they can only leave the city and go to the towns and villages to eat.

Of course, there is another type of business, that is, to engage in dangerous trades, such as adventurers, pioneers, or to work as coolies in dangerous areas with high prices, and there are also illegal trades that can lead to imprisonment or even hanging.

Among them, there is a gray profession that has been criticized since ancient times but has always existed, called mercenaries.

Those who have no honor, no loyalty, and work when they are given money are called war hyenas.

In fact, being able to detect the 'war hyena' is already a high grade. There are also low-grade, even unpopular mercenaries, who can be called temporary thugs, and will make cameos as robbers and bandits when they have the opportunity.

In the secret stronghold of the organization, Zhao Wenrui and the four of them saw a mercenary of this grade.

I can't see discipline at all, some are laughing and chatting about meat jokes, some are playing poker or rolling dice to gamble, and some are working out...... To name a few, it should be an after-dinner pastime, but as soon as Ye knows the autumn and rushes to show these things, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of rabble of miscellaneous cards this is.

But if you look at it from a different angle, it can be a different story. For example, these people are either five big and three coarse, or they have hideous faces, and the atmosphere and aura created by such a group of people are still quite bluffing. It is reminiscent of the saying that "gods and ghosts are afraid of the wicked".

Despite going through a complicated process before, the four of them were still searched by two muscular brothers.

Zhao Wenrui naturally will not be disgusted by these two who seem to be serious, but in fact, the banter and desire in their eyes are about to come out and saliva is about to flow.

With a very simple psychic ability, these two guys, who are also used to picking up soap with small white faces, can fool each other, and even disgust each other with a skinny feeling like touching a skeleton.

The other three were not so happy, especially Angela, who was very protective of the male animals.

Oliver was already so angry that he couldn't hold back, and in the end, the middle-aged man who had been in charge of guiding the way seemed to have some prestige, and coughed heavily, and the muscular brother's oil rubbing stopped. But before he took the group away, he couldn't help but laugh and laugh, but it was still as exciting as adding fuel to the fire.

The middle-aged man also seems to realize that there is such a dirty character in the organization, which is really a serious smear on the image of the organization in people's minds, so he explained: "For the sake of the revolutionary cause, the organization has to be more tolerant, and turn a blind eye to the good and the bad." After all, we have enough material things to give people to life and death, and at the same time, we are pure in heart and moral. And it is unrealistic to just mention enlightenment. ”

"Of course, this is all temporary, once we seize power, even if it is only to occupy Marienburg, the superiority of the liberal democratic system will quickly make our organization stronger, and with finances, we can effectively eliminate the black sheep. ”

Zhao Wenrui said: "The high school students in my hometown can talk better than you." ”

But for their own reasons, this matter was finally revealed as an episode.

Eventually, the four of them were taken to a basement that was located in the lower part of the room.

Even Zhao Wenrui had a feeling of insight, he really didn't expect that the old city, which had been reduced to a slum, would have facilities similar to dungeons.

Although it is now used to store items, the pattern, the iron grates, the stone walls blackened by dried blood, and the faint blood of achievement in the dampness are enough to prove its former function.

Although there were iron grilles, tarpaulins, and boxes, he still easily knew what was inside.

It can be said that they are all ordinary combat and living resources, and this is a matter of course.

Secret strongholds, naturally, have to hoard some materials, so as not to estimate the size of the number of people here through the daily flow of materials, etc.

Moreover, since it is a world where magic is widely used, then just like the world of immortals, space magic weapons are almost standard. High-value items are naturally carried by important people.

The cell diagonally facing the staircase has been converted into an office room, in which a famous man of five years and three thick men sits and cooks a fire. There is no warehouse management temperament, but more like a guard, there is a centipede-like hideous scar on his face, passing through the eyes, so the eyes are blind without accident, and the swaying firelight outlines the changing light and shadow on his face, no matter how he looks like a kind person.

The guide seemed to be familiar with him, nodded and led the four of them inside. This man had no intention of standing up from the beginning to the end, his vigilance was low, and he was not conscientious enough.

But Zhao Wenrui knew that this guy was one of the strongest people in this secret stronghold.

Of course, strength is also relative, and even being a horse boy for his servants is too low, and there is nothing to repeat.

The guide brought them here, mainly to get equipment. Among them, magic guns and talismans are the highlights, and they are all good quality goods.

The four of them obviously knew very little about these mysterious artifacts, but the guide didn't take the opportunity to say a few words about how important the organization was to the four of them, how hard-won these good goods were, and how unqualified and bad the political commissar should be.

Oliver, Ricard, and Angela all showed that they were more concerned about the alchemy potions, but they were actually the most unreliable and outrageous side effects, which made him suspect that the organization had no intention of keeping the four of them alive for too long, whether they could complete the task or not.

Well, here comes the meat show. What kind of task makes an organization so cautious and ruthless?

After all, if it's really valuable, or if it's critical to the organization, then it's about the powerful people you can rely on, not the periphery like them.

And if they are used as cannon fodder and disguises, and there is a real task force operating in secret, there is no need to be so complicated, and a certain degree of investment has been made.

Besides, if they really cared about their life or death, why did they dispense alchemy potions with side effects so strong that they reduced their life span by decades?

It's a bit of a mystery what kind of position the four of them are in.

The steward, who was responsible for introducing and distributing equipment to the four of them, naturally had his own set of rhetoric:

"You don't have to be too nervous, the main thing for you to equip these is that the organization cherishes talents and is prepared. The main purpose of your mission is to investigate, and if violence is really necessary, it will be up to professionals. ”

The man also said that this mission was in the neighboring city of Peon, where the organization's forces were limited, and the appearance of the fighters was too eye-catching, and the few officers were not suitable for exposure, so they were allowed to go with four faces.

Such a rhetoric makes sense without delving into it.

Zhao Wenrui naturally pretended to believe it, and made a statement on the spot.

So I quickly moved on to the next link, reading the secret documents.

It turned out that this time their mission was to investigate the director of the Peon Planetarium.

Peon is a new city, made its fortune thanks to its convenient transportation, the discovery of good quality and abundant iron ore more than 20 years ago, and the nearby largest freshwater lake in the province.

Peon's positioning in China is like Pittsburgh, a lighthouse country, with smelting and steel billet production as the mainstay.

Because the scale of production is large enough and it is a new technology, Peiang has had the reputation of the steel capital since a few years ago.

In addition to this, Peon's other well-known label in the country and even overseas is the planetarium.

The planetarium built on Mount Zion houses the largest and most advanced astronomical telescope in the country.

Because of its appearance, the popular name of 'Cannon Mountain' is widely known.

That's right, astronomical telescopes of this era are still playing the trick of monocular-telescopic tubes, so they stretch out, much like a planetary cannon.

Of course, people's astronomical telescopes are not for looking at the stars, but for looking at the outer plane, or even the astral plane, which is a super-large magic item, and there is still a certain compulsion, and it is reasonable to have a difference from the technology side telescope.

According to the secret documents, Cannon Mountain still has some secrets that no one knows.

According to a reliable source, officials are working there on a special weapon, the kind that involves great forces beyond the main material plane.

And in this context, the director of the planetarium, Jon Joyce, suddenly disappeared without warning.

It is said that the authorities have sent a high-level special agent team to search for it, and issued instructions that nothing can be done and that they are allowed to be killed on the spot.

The organization has reason to believe that Jon Joyce played an important role in the special weapons research project, and did not get along well with the authorities.

Therefore, the core task of this time is to find out the specific content of the special weapons research project, and find Jon Joyce and persuade him to join the organization, including force persuasion.

And Zhao Wenrui and the four of them started from daily life to obtain relevant information, such as Jon Joyce's family.

Of course, it is impossible for the official agents to let go of this part.

If the organization does not have any advantages, trying to find Joyce in the context of official attention and vigorous search is tantamount to stealing food, and the probability of success is really not high.

So does the organization have its own advantages?

Some.

According to the information provided in the secret documents, the person Joyce really cared about was his widowed sister-in-law.

The organization even suspects that the son of his brother, who has been missing for more than a decade, is actually his.

Therefore, the task of the four of them is not to directly investigate Joyce, who is on the cusp, but his nephew Rick Joyce.

Rick was an older child, and although he was about the same age as them, he was unable to go to school because he was too young to go to school, so his cultural lessons were completed under the guidance of his tutor.

A vision of a stronger society, many cognitions are more idealistic. That's Rick's state, so he's a big kid.

According to these information prompts, it is indeed appropriate to choose the four of them to be the task.

'Young is beautiful' Angela's profession makes her mature far beyond her superficial age. To put it bluntly, it's a scheming who punctures the fantasy of a little girl. Playing Rick's dream lover type role is about a no-brainer.

Oliver is a 'lively and healthy sunny little handsome pot', and if sports are Rick's desire, then Oliver is definitely up to the role of teacher and friend.

Ricard is a 'craftsman of the future', with explosive hands-on ability, not only good at picking locks, but also quite good at things with delicate mechanisms such as the Rubik's Cube.

If Passive House Rick is a crafting enthusiast, then he and Ricard should have a common language.

Finally, he plays Kevin King, who is idealistic, passionate, and wants to change the world...... If Rick is this kind of 'promising' youth, then Kevin basically belongs to the same channel, a little flattery, and with the help of what he sees and hears as a freelance journalist, there are a large number of topics that hang Rick's appetite, make him admire, and make him yearn for it.

After reading the secret documents, they were directly destroyed.

The steward handed the money bag containing the event funds to the four people in turn.

After that, the beating of righteous words:

1. Acting in a low-key manner, the fake identity cannot withstand strict audit, and can only deal with general inspections.

2. Supervise each other, and if someone is found to have betrayed the plan, the other three are obliged to erase it.

3. Once captured, the organization will not recognize its membership and will not rescue it.

Finally, he said: "The brothers and sisters of the organization are frugal and provide you with sufficient funds for your activities, neither for you to spend indiscriminately, nor for you to instigate your use. ”

"I suggest that you prepare at least two identities for yourself, the core is a secret investigator of the official special affairs section, and then prepare a set of easily accessible ones depending on the target. ”

As he spoke, he took out another booklet, saying that this was a little bit of his personal heart, and wished them success in their actions and missions.

Zhao Wenrui took the booklet and flipped through it briefly, it turned out to be some information summaries, which were helpful to play the role of a secret investigator. After all, it is likely that there will be major omissions in letting them play the role of secret investigators only by speculation, and it seems that this booklet has a spectrum of secret investigators' style of doing things, and even the norms and taboos.

Angela asked, "Can I open the money bag now?"

The steward nodded.

So Angela began to count the funds of the event in public.

When Oliver and Rickard saw this, they both opened their bags and looked at it, and they were overjoyed.

There were gold pounds, shillings, and pennies, all of which amounted to 10 gold pounds.

Equivalent to the purchasing power of 20,000 soft sister coins in 2016, it is definitely a lot of money for the four young people, with their current monthly income and balance, saving such money, I am afraid that it will take more than three years.

But as an event fund, it's not much, and it's not even enough for them to buy the hearts of decent people.

Zhao Wenrui spoke: "As far as I know, the style of the secret investigators is actually an open secret, except for them and the secret police, few people wear military and police uniform styles, but there are no epaulettes, collar badges and ornate decorative uniforms. The so-called retired military personnel are nothing more than a bad excuse, after all, the reputation of the military among the people is not good, especially now. ”

As the saying goes, bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates (grates, close-toothed combs, can pull out lice). The army of this era, between the modern army and the ancient army, still has many vices, which are disgusted and feared by the people.

Secret investigators and secret policemen are actually aware of the military and police in the civilian population, and they use this 'open disguise' model to not only meet the requirements of their bosses in civilian clothes, but also enjoy the deterrent power brought by public office. If you really have the intention to investigate the case, you will change to other careers.

As for the country's soldiers, the reputation is particularly bad now, because in recent years, whether it is local wars with neighboring countries or colonial repressions, they can be called repeated defeats and have no bright spots. The waste that will only oppress the people of its own country will naturally have a worse reputation.

And the meaning of Zhao Wenrui's words is also obvious, since he has to play the role of a secret investigator, then only a uniform per person is qualified.

Pretending to be low-key in this skin is in line with the character of an ordinary secret investigator, and compared with taking out a forged secret investigator certificate when he is troubled, this kind of pretending to be low-key is more difficult to be interrogated.

Of course, when you really get in touch with Rick Joyce, you need to change your head and personality.

After some presentation, Zhao Wenrui noticed an interesting little detail.

After listening to his words, the steward looked at the guide, who was the middle-aged man who was pushing a cart selling snacks in the North Square, intentionally or unintentionally.

And the middle-aged man combined a blink that closed his eyes for a little longer than half a second, and the chin was undetectable.

So the steward asked Zhao Wenrui and them to go to the opera house tomorrow at 8 o'clock to find the prop master Bob, and told the joint code.

This is the end of this contact.

The guide said that he would arrange for them to stay overnight tonight, and the four of them could take this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the information about the mission, prepare their respective character designs, and discuss a rough plan. Take the train tomorrow afternoon and get to Peon in the evening.

The four of them had no objection to this arrangement, and said goodbye to the steward, and had just come from the dungeon to the surface room when they heard the 'beep' whistle.

This is a small trick played by the organization, which not only achieves the purpose of warning, but also expresses to the surrounding people the purpose of 'those who do good deeds are not welcome to watch'.

The police are notorious in this country of this era, not only because of the lack of civilized law enforcement attitude, but also because there are too many black police, and the most important thing is that careless care for human life has become an industry atmosphere.

The police station played the trick of 'turning big things into small ones' from top to bottom, and the corpses found in the river were said to have drowned, those with external injuries were said to have been bitten to death by wild animals, those with strangulation marks on the neck were said to have committed suicide and hanged, and those with no obvious cause of death were said to be strange and harmful.

In short, unless it is a street crime in broad daylight, there is basically no murder.

This has further fueled gang rampant and crime.

Therefore, as soon as the police whistle sounds, it means that the police who hate people are handling the case, and few people will risk being framed for beating the autumn wind in order to watch the excitement.

Zhao Wenrui and the four of them, as the periphery, did not know that the secret stronghold of the organization had such a riotous operation, but even if they mistakenly thought that it was really the police, it did not prevent them from understanding a concept - enemy attack!