I was expelled from school at the beginning, but luckily I am the king of endurance.

PS: In order to prevent censorship, I will use other words to replace some nouns and terms, please forgive me

Between Progress and Reaction: Chapter 8: A Faltering Start

Talking about the content of the pamphlet is nothing. Although Xiaoya is a half-baked reader, it is not difficult to understand a classic pamphlet like "The Manifesto" which was originally written for the working class.

So overall, the Spartacus Group's first formal reading club went quite smoothly. Kanna and the others listened very attentively to Xiaoya's explanation of the contents of the booklet using examples.

There was no other way. The booklet was also an "ancient book" found by Wu Hui. The examples given above were all examples from places that Xiaoya and the others had never heard of. In order to facilitate understanding, Xiaoya could only explain it in combination with the current situation in Kivotos.

For Kanna and the others who already had a concept of communitarianism, this was an expansion of the theory, but for Anna, it was like opening the door to a new world.

The clever Anna immediately thought of her own experience at Trinity. Rich students looked down on poor students? It seemed like part of the class struggle.

She recalled the contempt shown by the wealthy daughters of Trinity towards the common people. Their so-called "generational family wealth" was clearly accumulated by exploiting generations of the common people. How could they look down on the common people so much?

Anna felt that the Holy Trinity should not be like this, and she even felt that the entire Kivotos should not be like this. As she continued brainstorming, the result was that the girl held the booklet tightly and refused to let go. She was completely fascinated by reading it.

"Thank you." After the reading club ended, Anna bowed excitedly to Xiaoya, then hurried away holding the "Manifesto".

"Well, it seems that our work is effective?" Eri looked at Anna running away, and said in an uncertain tone.

Xiaoya shook her head and said, "It's not that our work is effective, it's just that Anna's situation is special. It must be due to something she went through in the past."

At this time, Xiaoya remembered a sentence from "On Practice".

In a class society, everyone lives within a certain class status, and all thoughts are stamped with the mark of class.

It's obvious that Xingnai must have been a member of the oppressed class in the past, so today, after being inspired by correct ideas, she suddenly became "enlightened."

The reading club is over, and the next step is the secret meeting within the Spartacus Group.

"So, our work on both ends is not going smoothly today."

Futaba was still sitting on the chair with the "Manifesto" spread out on the table. Her grades were actually the worst among the four people, but she had rich social experience and it was not difficult for her to understand the contents of the "Manifesto".

"This won't work, this won't work..." Xiaoya paced back and forth, and after a moment she raised her head, "No, we need to change our working methods."

"so?"

Eri saw Xiaoya sitting back in her chair, and then she said seriously, "First of all, it's the book club. I think it's useless for me to talk alone. After all, I'm only a novice, so there will inevitably be some mistakes. So I hope everyone can read on their own first, and then at the next book club, everyone can put forward their own opinions for discussion.

"This is much better than me just talking on my own."

Xiaoya paused, recalling the discussion process of the sickle hammer society in the Red Winter exile place.

"Now, please raise your hands if you agree with my proposal."

All four of them raised their hands, so Xiaoya nodded and wrote the resolution down in a notebook.

"Then the second question is, regarding recruiting new members for the club, does anyone have any good ideas?"

After today's attempt, Xiaoya was sure that Gehenna's students had no interest in the reading club at all. If they continued to set up stalls, they probably wouldn't see much success in a year. They urgently needed to find a new way to attract new members.

But Xiaoya herself doesn't have any good ideas, so she has to rely on everyone's collective wisdom.

"I have a plan."

"Oh? Comrade Eri, tell me."

Eri stood up. After Xiaoya came back from Hongdong, she told her about what she saw and heard in Hongdong, and also mentioned how Wu Hui established the Kamahammer Society.

Wu Hui's experience is indeed valuable, but it also limits Xiaoya's thinking.

Wu Hui didn't have internet access in exile, but her Spartacus group did in Gehenna.

"So, my suggestion is to create an official website for our Spartacus Club. We can directly promote our club online and also scan theoretical books into electronic versions and put them on the website for everyone to read."

This was Eri's suggestion, and it just so happened that Eri knew programming and Kanna knew art, so they could build the website themselves.

Xiaoya's eyes lit up, and then the next step was to vote.

"Please raise your hands if you agree with Comrade Eri's proposal."

Still, all four of them raised their hands in agreement. Seeing this, Futaba simply said, "Xiaoya, why don't you just decide? We support you anyway."

In response to this, Xiaoya just shook her head. It seems that they still retain quite a lot of...warlord habits, as described in "Selected Works of Counselors", which need to be gradually corrected.

It didn't matter when they were a small team, but now they are an organization, an organization with strict discipline.

Democratic centralism is the principle of the organization and cannot be violated. Otherwise, their organization will gradually degenerate into the same state as Makoto's Pandemonium.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Now, let's move on to the next motion, which is about the method we use to visit and inspect workers."

Xiaoya described what happened between her and Kanna, and first Xiaoya reviewed the mistakes she had made.

For example, acting rashly and asking workers rude questions without understanding the situation and environment.

But she also couldn't understand why the student workers treated them so badly and even felt scared?

Xiaoya did reflect on her actions, but no one could come up with a solution. The theory in the book said that the working class was the most advanced class, but Xiaoya did not feel their advancement in the tank manufacturing department today. Could it be that the theory was wrong?

But it’s not like that at all in Hongdong’s case.

So there must be something else going on. What is it exactly? I don't know.

At the end of the discussion, it was only Kannai who suggested visiting associations in other production areas to see if all the workers in Gehena were like this.

Thus, following the first reading club of the Spartacus Group, the first meeting of the Spartacus Group was also successfully held.

Although it was simple, with few members and no programmatic documents, the embryonic form of an organization did exist.

Will the spark of Gehenna's life become a raging fire that will bring Gehenna back to life? Or will it be extinguished by the reactionary Makoto?

Xiaoya doesn't know, but she is on this road of exploration.

Between Progress and Reaction: Chapter 9: Problems with Redemption

This is the general content of the meeting. Now Xiaoya is not only the minister, but also has to serve as the secretary.

Even though there were only four people, the content of the meeting had to be recorded. Wu Hui said that this was to facilitate research in the future.

With the existence of recorded data, it is possible to avoid to a large extent the spread of various unofficial histories due to lack of information in later generations, such as the story of a certain iron-clad dictator who was bloodthirsty.

When Xiaoya thought about the examples Wu Hui gave her, she wanted to laugh. She wondered how future generations would record them? As evil bandits?

"By the way, don't call me Captain anymore. What happened at Caesar's Camp is a thing of the past. Just call me by my name or Comrade," Xiaoya said. To change everyone's warlord habits, they should start by addressing them. "It's getting late, everyone, go to bed early."

The first day of work after returning to Gehena did not go smoothly.

......

"This way, this way again, all right!"

Eri pressed the last key with satisfaction. After the computer loaded for a while, the official website of the Spartacus Group was completed.

There is no advertising, so not many people will see this website in the near future.

But it's better than them setting up stalls in the square and people ignoring them.

The overall style of the website is red, and the art materials inside are basically drawn by Kanna on the computer on the spur of the moment.

Eri and Kanna are now in Gehenna's computer room. They are using Gehenna's official computer. Although it is a bit laggy, it is better than having nothing.

Why don't you use your own computer? Because you don't have enough money to buy a computer.

The Spartacus Corps doesn't have any organizational funds now, and they don't even have an accountant.

Theoretically, they could apply for funding from Pandemonium. Of course, Pandemonium probably wouldn't approve it. Gehenna is not Millennium, which would provide funding to every club.

"But how are we supposed to advertise? Without money for promotion, no one will even notice we're a website, right?"

Eri sat in the chair and thought for a moment. She had used her own money to buy explosives, and she felt that it would be better to use the club's funds for such things.

Although she doesn't understand much theory, she has rich experience in black market groups.

Eri knew that it was important to distinguish between public and private. If one blindly used private funds to subsidize public funds, it would inevitably lead to that person having more and more say in the organization, because everyone knew that you paid, so they would give you some leeway.

Eri didn't know what this meant in a vanguard organization, but she knew that Xiaoya didn't want to see this happen. After all, Xiaoya could obviously have the final say in the organization, but she insisted that everyone vote to decide.

"Hmm..." Kanna was also thinking, "How about asking the captain... Xiaoya to ask Takee to borrow some?"

Kanna remembered that Take Hui did seem to have said that they could ask her for help if they had any problems, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to get some start-up capital, right?

......

Eri and Kanna's thoughts are not yet known to Xiaoya. Now she is taking Futaba to a factory that is not as strictly controlled by the Pandemonium.

This is also a factory under the Tank Manufacturing Department, but there are no small fry from the Pandemonium Guards here.

"The so-called Tank Manufacturing Department is actually just a cover-up for Pandemonium's monopoly on military production, right?"

Xiaoya complained that all the military factories in Gehena were subsidiaries of the Tank Manufacturing Department, and she heard that the director of the Tank Manufacturing Department was directly appointed by the Pantheon. Xiaoya thought that the Pantheon should just separate out a military industry department.

From firearms to tanks and even airships, the Tank Manufacturing Department monopolized the entire military production in Gehenna. Even the military factories controlled by the Discipline Committee had the Tank Manufacturing Department's sign hanging on them.

The scope of "tank manufacturing" in the Tank Manufacturing Department is a bit too broad.

However, there were no guards from the Pandemonium here, which made it convenient for Xiaoya and Shuangye. At least they didn't have to climb over the wall to get in.

Xiaoya easily avoided the robot in security uniform and sneaked into the factory with Futaba.

Having learned from the last lesson, Xiaoya changed into a set of work clothes, trying to make herself more natural among the group of workers.

At least don't ask the workers questions while wearing JK. Xiaoya guessed that this was the reason why she ran into trouble last time.

The factory seemed to be just an unimportant storage warehouse, mostly storing ordinary firearms and boxes of ammunition.

As for heavy weapons? Xiaoya didn't see that the most powerful weapon in this place was just a grenade with a wooden handle.

That's probably why the Pantheon didn't bother to deploy guards here.

Apart from a few security guards, there are only about a dozen civilian handymen here. They are hired to tidy up the warehouse. The only student worker here is a warehouse manager, who is responsible for accounting and shipping.

"You are?"

The student looked at Xiaomei and Futaba. She didn't remember there were other students here besides her.

Xiaoya and Futaba became nervous. This was something they had not expected. Xiaoya even wanted to knock her out.

As a result, the student suddenly seemed to understand.

"Oh, I see. You must have been transferred from higher up to assist me! I've been waiting for you for a long time! I've been here alone for a whole year!"

Seeing the student's moved expression, Xiaoya and Futaba stopped reaching for their guns. Then, at Xiaoya's signal, Futaba said, "Yes, we were sent by the higher-ups. My name is Hinakawa Futaba. What's your name?"

"Hello, hello, I'm Keiko Hayakawa, just call me Keiko, who is this?" The warehouse manager named Keiko enthusiastically extended her hand and shook hands with Futaba, but Futaba seemed to feel that Keiko stiffened for a moment when she touched her hand.

But she concealed it very well, and Futaba was not sure if it was just her illusion.

"My name is Suzuki Mei, and I'm Director Futaba's assistant."

　Yi⊙YiQi0WuSiK氿罢０岄.YiXiaoYa made up stories with an expressionless face, saying that it didn't matter what supervisor or assistant, she would just get through it later.

"Nice to meet you. Come on, let's go to the office and talk." Huizi didn't doubt him, but continued to lead Xiaoya and Shuangye enthusiastically.

But Xiaoya and Futaba are not fools. Xiaoya is observant and can clearly notice the unnaturalness in Keiko's expression. She can also see the stiffness when Keiko and Futaba shook hands before.

Futaba, on the other hand, intuitively felt that something was wrong due to her rich experience.

Huizi's actions just now felt like a performance for others.

Futaba and Xiaomei followed behind Keiko, and they exchanged glances subtly.

Something's going on here.

Between Progress and Reaction: Chapter 10: Brainwashing? Hypnosis?

There's something wrong with Huizi. She seems to be...afraid of something?

In a blink of an eye, Xiaoya's factory inspection trip was tinged with horror.

Xiaoya recalled some novels she had read before, such as "Rules of Ghost Stories" and "Infinite Horror".

[This Keiko, is she going to suddenly bring out some warehouse rules or something?]

Of course not, this is just Xiaoya's fantasy. How could such a strange thing as rule-based ghost stories exist in reality?

In fact, there wasn't any. Huizi took them into an office separated from the warehouse and quickly closed the door.

Only after she put her ear against the door and listened for a while did she finally relax.

Xiaoya and Futaba had a lot of questions in their minds, but it was Keiko, who was almost slumped on the ground leaning against the door, who spoke up.