Chapter 78 third quarter

Hera Burano smiled grimly, and steeper undulations emerged in her wrinkled face. "I think we're ready to go, I'm all set." "Are you really sure you know what you're doing?" Cordel said. "Leonor, if I'm really in a state of madness as you said on purpose, will you still insist on staying with me on this ship?" Cordel shrugged. "Maybe I will, and even then I might stay here, Madam Mayor. I might be able to stop you before you go too far, or persuade you to change course, or at least slow you down. Of course, If you're not crazy..."

"How about it?" "Well, then I don't want to write about you alone in future historical documents. I want historians to mention that there is me next to you, and they may still find it difficult to write, and don't know what to say. Who does the real credit go to, um, the mayor?" "Gao Ming, Leonor, really smart—but you are wasting your efforts. Before I officially became the mayor, I had already been in power behind the scenes of the puppet mayor for many years. No one would believe that after I came out personally, I would still Allow this to continue."

"Just wait and see." "Impossible, we can't see it, this kind of historical evaluation will not appear until after we die. However, I have nothing to worry about, I am neither worried about historical evaluation, nor that—" Speaking of here , she pointed to the screen. "CommScope's spaceship," Cordel said. "That's right, CommScope's ship," Burano said, "but CommScope wasn't on it, and we had a scout ship watching the switch. CommScope's spaceship was stopped by another ship, Two guys boarded his spaceship from that ship, and Comm went to that ship."

Brano rubbed his hands, and continued: "Trevize has successfully completed the mission. I threw him into space just to use him as a lightning rod, and he really lived up to his mission and attracted lightning. Stop CommScope's ship is from the second base." "I wonder how you can be so sure?" said Cordel, taking out his pipe and filling it slowly. "Because I've always suspected that Komp might be under the control of the Second Foundation. His life has been so smooth that good things always happen to him; and he is also a great expert in hyperspace competition. He betrayed Trevize, Of course, this may be an act of an ambitious person selling his friends for glory, but he has done every step so thoroughly that one cannot help but suspect that this is a conspiracy beyond personal ambition."

"It's all speculation, Mayor!" "When Trevize made a series of jumps, and Komp caught up with him as easily as usual, my words are no longer speculative." "He's got a computer to help him, Mayor." Burano leaned his head back on the chair and laughed a few times. "My dear Leonor, you are so busy plotting complex schemes every day that you forget that small tricks can sometimes be effective. I sent Komp to follow Trevize not because Trevize needs to be followed. There is no such need What? No matter how secretive Trevize's activities are, as long as he goes to a non-base world, he will definitely attract attention. He drives the base's advanced aircraft, he speaks with a strong Terminus accent, and he uses the base's Credit points, these will become signs of hostility. And when an emergency occurs, he will automatically go to the base officials for help, just like he did when he was in Seychelle. We can all know his every move at that time— — and not through CommScope at all.”

"Actually," she went on meaningfully, "I sent Comm out to test him as a person, and it did. We purposely gave him a faulty computer, although it wasn't Affecting the operation of the spacecraft, but definitely not helping him do continuous jump tracking. And CommScope still did it effortlessly." "I see a lot of things you don't tell me, Mayor, until you think you should." "The things I keep from you, Leonor, are all irrelevant whether you know or not. I admire you very much, and I have always used you, but my trust has a clear boundary, just like your trust in me Same—please don't waste your time denying it."

"I won't deny it," said Cordel stiffly. "One day, Mayor, I'll remind you of that in a blunt way. Is there anything I should know at this moment? What's the deal with that ship? If CommScope is from Second Base, it must be." "It's always a pleasure talking to you, Leonor, your reflexes are so quick. You know, Second Foundation don't bother to hide their tracks, they have a way of making them invisible, or invisible. Even if they knew, we It's easy to judge its origin from the way the ship uses energy, and they don't borrow other people's ships as a disguise. If their whereabouts are discovered, they can immediately erase the relevant memories, so why bother in advance? What about concealment? Anyway, our scouts were able to decipher where the ship was coming from within minutes of sighting the ship approaching Kamp."

"I guess by now the Second Foundation will wipe this from our hearts." "If they could," Burano said, "they might find things changed." Cordel said: "You said just now that you already know the whereabouts of the second base, and you said that Gaia will be dealt with first, and then Trantor will be dealt with. From what you said, I guess that the ship came from Chuan Tuo came." "The guess is completely correct, are you surprised?" Cordel shook his head slowly, and replied: "Now that I think about it, it's not surprising at all. When the mule was frustrated for the first time, Ablin Meath, Duron Darrell and Beda Darrell were all there. Trantor. Beda's granddaughter, Ikaty Darrell, was born in Trantor, and she returned to her birthplace in the era when the so-called Second Foundation was destroyed. In her own records, there is a woman named Prim Pavor's man, was a key player in the whole thing; he showed up at the right time in the nick of time as a Trantor trade representative. The second base is on Trantor, I think that's pretty obvious .Besides, Hari Seldon himself lived on Trantor when he established the two bases."

"These are very obvious, but no one thinks of this possibility, because the second base is behind the trick. I just said that they don't have to hide their tracks, and that's what I meant. If you want to prevent anyone from tracking those tracks, yes It is easy for them; in case someone finds out, they can also wipe out these memories." Cordel said, "That being the case, we don't have to rush to do what they expect. In your opinion, how can Trevize be sure that the Second Foundation still exists? Why didn't the Second Foundation stop him sooner?" Burano pointed with his dry bamboo fingers. "First, Trevize is a very unusual person. Although he is frizzy and careless, he has potential that even I can't see through. He may be a special exception. Second, the second base is not completely indifferent Q, Komp quickly pinned down Trevize and then reported him to me. 2nd Foundation wanted to lend my hand to stop him so they didn't have to risk overtly intervening. 3rd when my reaction Not exactly what they expected - no execution or imprisonment, no amnesiacs or psychic probes, just sending him to space, and Second Foundation took direct action, sending ships to track him down .”

With a smug look on her face, she added, "Oh, this lightning rod is really good." Cordel said, "Then what is our next move?" "We're going to take this Second Al Qaeda man to the face, and in fact, we're quietly pushing him right now."