Six months later, when Ruthra had had enough of these meetings and had begun to be distracted from other points of the test, he was unexpectedly invited to a small talk. The meeting was to take place in Protvino, in an underground tunnel. Kola was "scanned through", nothing important was going on there, though Rutra "smelled" something wrong, suspicious individuals did visit the place, but only alone. They were retired intelligence officers. His intuition told him that something important was going on, though it could have been a diversionary maneuver to catch the tail.
Rutra went to Protvino. In a dark room he was "interrogated" and "examined" by persons, some of whom were scientists, humanitarians, and artists, but the rest were clearly from the security services. And many of them, judging by their behavior, manner of conversation, and thinking, were or were members of secret and power structures. What kind of "hypnosis" they possessed, what secret equipment they used, Rutra could not determine precisely. But what they used, he calculated and passed the test perfectly. After another "interrogation" and interview, he was given "documents" that he was a member of an amateur amateur art group and a participant in the annual fair. Thus, observing complete secrecy, not sleeping at home, disconnecting the telephone, which, of course, he had warned in advance, Rutra found himself on Kolskaya. Namely, in a reorganized room at the Kola ultra-deep.
It was a gathering of seemingly quite literate people, mostly middle-aged and elderly, although there were also many young people. On the stage, at the table sat seven people, one of whom stood out because he was leading the process. It was Professor Muromov, just as he was described; tall, with a scruffy head of hair and small eyes, wearing glasses with large translucent glasses, a little heavy, but with a military bearing. When everyone was seated, he began the meeting by greeting the audience.
– Good afternoon, dear friends. I congratulate you – in spite of everything, we have managed to convene our congress. On it we should adopt our further strategy of action, but in the meantime I and our guests will give some lectures. I hope there are no objections to the organizational issues of the board and the protocol, which you should have read in the hall?