Chapter 39 - Blade....

Mayor's Office of Diamond City.

Sitting in front of the mayor with Victoria, Brandon says "Mr. McDonough, we have visited most of the significant places in the city and got acquainted with the general atmosphere of your city, from this we can conclude that Diamond City ... .. can really be called the pearl of Boston."

Seeing the satisfied smile on Mayor's face, Brandon continued, "But it is very difficult for any settlement to develop in isolation, we know that your city and ours are very fond of caravan men, but let's be honest, such traders are not reliable."

The Mayor looked at Brandon blankly and asked, "What do you suggest?"

Victoria intervened in the conversation "Our idea is that there will be a permanent and safe trade route between our two cities, where people from each city will eliminate at least partial hazards."

The mayor frowned slightly "But we don't have enough people to ensure continued security."

Brandon returned to the conversation "In fact, we can divide the trade route into zones of influence, for example, your people will provide security for caravans only on the part of the trade route that goes through Boston, our people will protect caravans on our territory, I think when the raiders will understand that they do not have the opportunity to fight with us on our territory, they will want to attack the caravans somewhere in the center of the route, but each caravan will be equipped with several guards, in addition to the fact that in addition to the official caravans there will be private, raiders simply will be able to cope with them. "

To whet the interest, Victoria added "Of course there will be some crazy people who dare to attack the caravans, but orders for their heads from two of the largest cities will definitely discourage others."

Noticing some doubts on Mayor's face, Brandon added, "If you agree, we will also help you alleviate one of your main problems - a large number of beggars in your city, our city is actively developing and we need people to keep the settlement alive."

Hearing the last offer, the measure did not hesitate for a second and immediately agreed, getting up, he shook his hand, and then said, "I hope for a successful cooperation."

Shaking hands with Brandon, Mayor at that time thought that this guy was very naive, besides the fact that he would throw off an extra human burden, he would also be able to fulfill the task of his masters, having spent several spies in this crowd of immigrants.

A couple of hours later, Brandon and McDonagh discussed all the terms of their business. As the squad checked their equipment and prepared to leave, Victoria said, "Honestly, I thought it would take longer, he very quickly agreed when he found out that we would help him with the beggars."

Looking around and finding no stranger, Brandon approached Victoria's ear and whispered, "This is all because he is a synth of The Institute, our Whitestone City is a dark spot in their intelligence network, and now they have the opportunity to plant spies."

Victoria opened her eyes wide when she heard that the Diamond City Mayor was a synth. In disbelief, she pointed her index fingers at the mayor's office and looked questioningly at Brandon.

At this, Brandon just nodded, confirming it.

Still in disbelief, she asked, "But how did you know?"

Brandon pointed his finger at his eye and then said, "I read in a book about the Voight-Kampff test, which is a simple empathic test. But at the same time, when we ask questions, we must carefully observe the pupil of the respondent. In a human replacement, the pupil will not change in any way, but in a person it will either expand or shrink. I decided to apply such an interesting method on the Mayor and thus I found out that he is a synth "

Victoria just sighed, and then said, "You know, lately I also read a lot of books, but why have I never come across such interesting information?"

Laughing slightly, Brandon said, "Okay, everyone's got together, let's move."

Victoria asked "Back to the White Stone City?"

Brandon smiled "No, first we will go to the local library, we will try to copy and take with us as much information as possible."

Of course Brandon didn't add that beyond knowledge, his main goal is an extra point for intelligence.

After leaving the city, the detachment headed towards the library, fortunately they were lucky, they decided to visit this place exactly at the time when the mutants raided the diamond city, so while they walked to the library they did not meet anyone.

When the detachment approached the side entrance, the door was locked, but for the brave guys this did not become an obstacle and with the help of several blows the door was knocked out.

Remembering all the details about this place in his memory, Brandon went to the security terminal, hacked into it and quickly reconfigured the security system so that the turrets and robots did not attack his people. Now that the problem with one of the opponents has been resolved, it should be easier for the squad to deal with the mutants, which should be around here somewhere, although they may have died during the raid on the diamond city.

During a thorough search of the library, Brandon drew attention to the pitiful appearance of the place. Once in the past, this place was considered the largest repository of historical documents and books in Massachusetts and the second largest in the United States, but in the post-war period the library building went through a long period of neglect, looting and vandalism.

What a pity, Brandon afraid if there were no such "evil" organizations like the institute, humanity would have lived for a long time in backward times, trying to restore lost knowledge