In the blink of an eye, a day and a half later.
Rice City at night.
The "Cobweb" liaison office disguised as a bankrupt store.
Richard stood in front of the door and knocked on the door.
With a "squeak" sound, the door opened a crack, and the young man I saw last time poked his head out.
Seeing that it was Richard, the other party immediately opened the door wide and let Richard in.
"Has the person who wants to meet me arrived?" Richard looked at the young man and asked.
The young man closed the door first, turned around and replied respectfully: "Sir, the adult you met with arrived half an hour ago and is waiting for you in Mr. Mizutori's office room."
"Okay." Richard nodded and followed the guy forward to the room where he last met the water bird.
As soon as he opened the curtain, he saw a thin old man in the room smiling, his sparse gray hair sticking to the top of his head like withered grass, and he said hello: "Master Gray Crow, we meet again."
Sure enough, it was Garcia whom I had met in St. Louis.
"Nice to meet you." Richard nodded in response.
"I heard that you came to Rice City this time to find some rare ores. I wonder what the situation is like?" the skinny old man asked enthusiastically.
"It's not bad." Richard replied, "I'm lucky. I've found all the ores I need—although I spent a little money in the process, but it doesn't matter."
"That's good."
"Before, Shui Niao told me that you have something to discuss with me? I don't know what it is?" After a brief chat, Richard stopped talking and asked directly.
"Ahem." The skinny old man Garcia cleared his throat, with a straight expression, he looked over and said, "Sir Gray Crow, it's not that I want to talk to you. After the St. Louis City incident ended, I learned more about you from the organization. I found out that your level is higher than mine, so under normal circumstances, I am not qualified to talk to you at all."
"Then what's going on?" Richard asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"call-"
Garcia took a breath and said seriously: "Actually, it was the one above who asked me to talk to you this time."
"The one above?" Richard thought for a moment and guessed, "Oscar?"
Oscar the black-faced old man? The supreme controller of the spider web
"Yes." Garcia nodded lightly.
Richard frowned slightly, a little confused. He and the black-faced old man Oscar have always communicated, sending messages to each other using star pattern paper. If the other party really wants to talk to him about something, why not write it down on the star pattern paper? Do you want to send someone to meet and talk to him
Opening his mouth, Richard expressed his doubts to Garcia.
Garcia didn't have much surprise and said softly: "Sir Oscar, I originally wanted to talk to you, Mr. Gray Crow, directly. However, the matter of this conversation is relatively big, and you happened to come to Rice City and have something to do with us. I was contacted, so I was sent for an interview.”
Hearing this, Richard became a little curious and asked, "What on earth is that?"
"That's right." Garcia thought for a few seconds and said seriously, "Sir Oscar, I want you to provide the addresses of all the branches of the organization you are currently lurking in in the Southern Free Federation."
Will truth be found at all addresses in the Southern Free Confederacy
Li Cha raised his eyebrows after hearing this, but did not agree directly.
On the one hand, this information is a big bargaining chip, and he does not want to hand it over easily without sufficient exchange of benefits.
All along, he and the black-faced old man had been conducting transactions of equal value. He had obtained identity cover, some magic knowledge, and some information from the other party. At the same time, he had provided the other party with numerous clues about the Society of Truth. In the small town of Pompeii, In addition, he also saved the other party's life. After all, the black-faced old man Oscar owed him a lot. Now, if we really give the other party information about the Truth Society branch, we don’t know when the other party will return the favor.
On the other hand, he did not fully grasp this information.
The Truth Society still attaches great importance to the confidentiality of some information. Even though he has now become a core member of the Truth Society, he only has more than half of the branch addresses of the Truth Society in the Southern Free Federation, and the other half only has relatively vague addresses. Guess, needs confirmation. But if he really wanted to confirm, the process would easily arouse some people's suspicions. He was already in enemy-occupied territory and didn't want to continue to increase the risk.
The last aspect is that he wants to prevent the final stages of nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans from being affected.
Now that all materials for nuclear weapons have been collected, actual manufacturing and production will soon begin. Due to the need for energy, he needed to use energy to complete this step in Pompeii, and then choose a location to conduct nuclear explosion tests and collect data. Only after manufacturing nuclear weapons and leaving the sphere of influence of the Truth Society with them can he be truly safe. Before doing this, try to eliminate any unstable factors.
He believed that the black-faced old man used the "Spider Web" organization to request information about the branch of the Truth Society, not out of boredom, but for another purpose. This purpose is most likely to carry out some actions against the Truth Society of the Southern Free Federation.
Normally, he would be happy to see these actions. But as mentioned before, in the final stages of nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans, he must try to eliminate any unstable factors. Therefore, even if he now has information about the Truth Society branch, he does not want to give it out immediately.
Seeing that Richard was hesitating, Garcia opened his mouth and said with a well-informed expression: "Master Gray Crow, I know that you must have a lot of concerns now. I am just a messenger. I have no ability and no desire to persuade." You change your mind. I just need to convey to you what Mr. Oscar told me, and my mission will be completed. So, before you make a decision, listen to the conditions.
What Mr. Oscar told me is that he is well aware of the difficulty and value of your providing this information, and he cannot guarantee that he can compensate you with help of equal value in a short time. Therefore, he is willing to agree to your three requests unconditionally.
There is no time limit for the three requests, and you can ask him to fulfill them at any time. Once you request fulfillment, he will use all his power, including but not limited to using all the 'cobwebs', to help you achieve your goal. "
After hearing this, Richard narrowed his eyes.
I have to say that Oscar’s conditions are very tempting, but if you think about it carefully, they are actually a bit cunning.
It can be said that the upper limit of the three unconditional requirements is very high, but in actual use, 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, he can do things that Oscar can help with with some time and energy, but for things that he really can't do, Oscar may not be able to achieve them no matter how powerful he is - because they are no longer a simple accumulation. Productivity can be solved.