The Chess Board

Amidst the shouts filled with emotion and angry feelings, the Governor raised his hands, his excited face had already become expressionless and he signaled Martinez to come closer. 

"Leave two or three people at the base to protect it, everyone who knows how to use a gun must come with us!" 

"Alright, I'll take care of it right now Governor!" Martinez, who was about to turn around and organize the people, the Governor again grabbed him by the arm. 

"Take all the heavy weapons!"

"Of course!" 

At the moment when everyone was getting ready to attack, the Governor went back to his room to think, he wanted to think about the next plan of action that would happen. 

Currently, he is unaware of the situation and the power that the opposing side has, but he feels that the other side must not know their situation either, otherwise, why else would they let Martinez go? In other words, he can choose to confront those people or not.　 

The first thing you should find out is as much details as possible from the other party and then take the safest course of action. If the other party does not have a strong force, they can kill them and take all their things after the attack is over. Otherwise, if the other party has a strong force, they can just step back, recruit more people and once obtained enough firepower, would attack the enemy's base.

"Knock knock knock knock!" A series of loud knocks interrupted the Governor's deep thoughts, he frowned, grabbed his gun and opened the door. 

"Milton? What are you doing here?" 

Milton, who was standing outside the door, looked a little hesitant, and even startled when he saw the door open. 

Entering the room, Milton did not speak for a while, and the Governor very soon became annoyed, "Are you okay, I don't have time for this, come out now and come back when you can talk!" 

Seeing the Governor start to push him, Milton finally reacted and made a decision as he looked at the Governor. 

"Governor! I think this matter needs to be considered again." 

"What do you mean?" 

"This is a clear revenge action, considering the possibilities I think it's too unsafe." Milton was very concerned about this operation and an uneasy feeling lingered in his body, alerting him that this was not in his control. 

The Governor patted the fearful Milton on the shoulder and said quietly, "Milton, I'm afraid you can't make a decision about this! There's nothing to worry about, I'm just going to negotiate with those people this time, do you think I'm such an impulsive person?" 

Hearing the governor's words, Milton looked at the other party and his tone softened a lot, "That's a good thing! I thought I would simply order them to attack them by carrying that many people." 

"Calm down Milton, I wasn't so hasty!" Let's stop talking, I'm going to make some preparations." The Governor patted Milton's hand before turning away from returning to the room. 

"Alright, then I'm leaving too! 

... 

West Georgia Prison. 

"Sir, the survivors by the name of Tyreese, Ben, Allen and Sasha have been placed in isolation following protocol as planned, unfortunately one of the survivors died from a bite, first aid was not enough to save her." 

As Airon received the report, he felt strangely related to the name Sasha, unexpectedly he felt oppressed and a series of feelings that he decided not to show came out of his body inexplicably. 

"Understood, let's proceed with the established." Without showing anything from the outside, Airon walked to the desk and smiled happily. After all this time, it was the first time he looked so affected when he heard a woman's name. 

Uncontrollably, tears spilled from his eyes and slid down his cheeks. This was the first time he had cried since he came into this world and something inside his chest seemed to release. A burden in his heart broke, making him feel in a freer way. 

With a smile, Airon muttered a few words under his breath, "Thank you for letting me sleep.... I woke up, now there are people who need to be protected and others to be eliminated, I'll let you sleep too Sasha..."

Making a decision to let his memories of his past life rest, Airon walked outside for some fresh air, just now he had regained some long lost memories. Those memories may not have helped anything, but he now felt much more liberated, clearing a great burden on his conscience. 

Tyreese and his group were placed in an isolation unit, his friend Donna couldn't hold on, by the time they reached the base gate she had stopped breathing. 

With the help of many people in the prison, Donna was buried in a special place and the group accepted a series of inspections by the people there and then they were finally placed in this unit for a two day isolation.

Sasha chose to live in the same cell as her brother Tyreese, while Allen and Ben were on the other side. Although they were separated by a wall, it did not affect the conversation on either side. 

At that moment, Sasha and Allen were discussing what they had just done, everything they saw and heard on this base, while Tyreese was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking, only occasionally replying one to two words.

Now at last Tyreese's expression relaxed at this time. This base brought him an incomparable peace of mind, even though he is cut off from all the information and problems of the outside world, he simply lay on the bed wanting to feel this way at all times. 　 

As the four waited in silence waiting for the scheduled time for them to leave, the Governor quietly led his men through the forest not far from the prison. In order not to attract attention, all the people put away their weapons, so everyone changed with their cold weapons.

According to Martinez, it took Airon and Merle about ten minutes to walk from the first contact with these people. The speed in the forest was slower than in the flat terrain, and the leader's breathing was slow which meant they were not far from their base. 

The place where he ran into Merle's group at first should be only a few hundred meters from the prison, or even closer than that! 

So on this occasion, they came prepared with special high-powered binoculars to look from a considerable distance. 

Standing behind a tree, the Governor leaned forward and observed the direction pointed out by Martinez with a telescope. He did indeed find a watchtower, but the top of the tower is completely camouflaged as if it were the top of a tree, and some camouflage was added, making it very difficult to see it from a considerable distance. 

If I had not used a high-powered telescope to observe carefully, I would not be able to see it at all. After carefully confirming the location of the prison, he began to look around and found about four more watchtowers, all behind chain link fencing but he could not see anything else from this location. 

Now that the location of the watchtowers was confirmed, the next step was to find a place where the other party could not see them when they approached. Soon enough, he discovered that the terrain on the south side was more complicated as the towers were higher. 

A group of people drove south. 

After moving to another side, the Governor said, "Martinez, Crowley, come with me and let's check this place first." 

Since the other side knows that the watchtower here cannot see the situation completely in this place, they will definitely strengthen their patrols. But unexpectedly, even when they went all the way to the edge of the forest, they did not encounter any patrolling people, which made the Governor more convinced that the people on the other side of that base were not many. 

However, the four did not dare to go too far and stopped a dozen meters away at the edge of the forest. 　

"My God!" 

"What kind of base is this?" 

Several people stared dumbfounded at the high wall of the base in front of them. Because of the terrain, several people could still see the situation in the courtyard. 

The governor once again raised the binoculars in his hands and looked at the giant wall not far away, and then a large area of food crops appeared in his eyes, clearly he also looked at the moat surrounding the grounds. 

Although the outside was protected by wire fences, several people could still be vaguely seen working in a large vegetable field, and even some buildings similar to cattle barns were exposed in one corner of the wall. 

If you look further inside, the place inside is blocked by yet another wall, and you can only see the building turning to one side, which should be the housing area. 

Putting down the binoculars, the governor handed them to Martinez who was standing next to him, while he was silent and did not know what he was thinking. 

Martinez, who took the binoculars, also looked at him and then said in a slightly excited tone, "Governor, there should be very few people on the other side, and most of them are farmers who are cultivating right now. The people we are encountering should be all enemy forces. These people are lucky to find a shelter like this. There is no one in the watchtowers, you can't see any weapons either. There is only one person in that tower."

The governor nodded, signaled several people to fall back and soon returned to the convoy. 

Signaling to everyone, the governor said, "Stand down! There will be no war today, I will think of another way!" 

Unbeknownst to anyone in the Governor's group, an elite group was overhead and in numerous trees. Their silent movements and special suits so as not to be seen watched them all the time. 

In their hands, weapons were resting on their legs and they watched as this group of people left after only a few moments. The squad leader picked up the radio and reported, "The target is leaving the ground, what are your orders sir?" 

"Let them go, it is not yet time to make a move on those civilians..." Airon's response was short and quick, showing that everything was under his control. 

The Governor's group arrived re mighty way and left in a hurry, but at that moment, the Governor had a smile on his face as he reached his car, unaware that he had entered Airon's game. 

Right after the few people left, people came out from all corners of the prison and continued to work on their own affairs, taking advantage of the rest of the day at leisure.