SECRET N° 324 The Shell Wars 08

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Chapitre 8 : Le Silence des Blattes

(Où l’on découvre que même les insectes ont des secrets, des deals louches, et un penchant inquiétant pour les vestes en cuir.)

UNE MISSION D'INFILTRATION EN DOUCEUR (OU PRESQUE)
Castagnor, sur les conseils du Conseil des Chouettes (enfin, surtout de Belladone, car Kevin proposait encore des bombardements aériens de fiente), décida d’envoyer une équipe en mission secrète au Creux des Mille Carapaces.

Cet endroit, à peine connu des mammifères, abritait la société ultra-secrète et vaguement flippante des Blattes Souterraines, aussi appelées “Les Croque-Vieilles-Crouttes” par les animaux qui ont peur d’eux (soit… tous les autres).

Seuls trois agents furent choisis pour cette mission :

Belladone la belette, pour sa discrétion et sa capacité à convaincre un renard de devenir vegan.

Speedo, l’escargot géant (infiltré avec un déguisement de rocher mousseux).

Et Jean-Rasoir, parce qu’on avait oublié de l’attacher cette fois.

LES BESOINS DE L’OMBRE
Les blattes dirigeaient un immense réseau logistique sous la forêt. Elles connaissaient les tunnels, les routes, les sentiers oubliés. Elles contrôlaient les routes des noisettes. Officiellement neutres, elles étaient surtout officiellement ambiguës.

À leur arrivée, un comité d’accueil peu rassurant les attendait : des blattes géantes en lunettes noires, armées de cure-dents aiguisés et de ceintures pleines de miettes anciennes.

— “Mot de passe ?” demanda une voix rauque.

Belladone répondit avec calme :

— “La noisette n’est rien sans la coquille.”

Un murmure parcourut le tunnel. Une blatte s’inclina :

— “Vous pouvez entrer. Mais attention : ici, même les silences sont enregistrés.”

Speedo murmura :

— “Je sens qu’on va finir sur écoute...”

Jean-Rasoir :
— “J’ai caché des allumettes dans mes poils ! Hé hé hé ! C’est une mission explosive !”

Belladone :
— “Jean. Non. Chut. Non.”

UNE NÉGOCIATION GLISSANTE
Ils furent conduits dans une salle sombre, éclairée par des lucioles syndiquées. Au centre : Madame Klack, grande matriarche des Blattes.

Elle portait un châle en peau de mouche et une expression d’ennui profond.

— “Vous venez nous demander de trahir notre neutralité ?”

Belladone :
— “Non. Nous venons vous proposer un marché. Informations en échange de noisettes premium, millésime 2012, non grillées.”

Madame Klack claqua des mandibules.

— “Et si on préfère le chaos ?”

Jean-Rasoir sauta :
— “On brûle le chaos avec plus de chaos ! C’est mon credo !”

Klack plissa les yeux.

— “Il me plaît celui-là. Il est idiot, mais il est franc.”

LE MARCHÉ NOCTURNE DES VÉRITÉS
Finalement, Klack accepta de parler. En échange, elle exigea :

Une noisette de collection gravée à l’effigie d’un ancien écureuil roi.

Un massage du thorax par Speedo (ce fut long… très long).

Et l’interdiction formelle de parler de leur club de poker illégal.

Elle révéla :

— “Quelqu’un achète nos services pour détourner les routes des noisettes… On ne sait pas qui. Mais on reçoit des ordres… via des pinces.”

Belladone haussa un sourcil.

— “Des pinces ?”

— “Oui. Des lettres. Transmises par une griffe marine. Vous voyez ce que je veux dire ?”

Speedo :
— “Le crabe… Le Crabe Suprême…”

Jean-Rasoir (en feu de joie, mais pas littéralement pour une fois) :
— “ON L’A TROUVÉ ! ON L’A TROUVÉ !”

LA FUITE ET LES CLOPORTES
Alors qu’ils s’apprêtaient à partir, les cloportes de garde bloquèrent le tunnel.

— “Ordre supérieur. Personne ne sort.”

Jean-Rasoir sourit :

— “Parfait. Il est temps de brûler un tunnel.”

Belladone soupira :

— “Bon… On active le plan B.”

Speedo :
— “Plan B ?”

Belladone sortit une fiole. Une potion de glissement. Un vieux truc de musaraigne chamane.

Elle la jeta par terre.

FLOOOP !

Tout le tunnel devint… glissant. Les blattes, les cloportes, tout le monde se retrouva à glisser comme des savonnettes dans une baignoire.

— “COUREZ !” cria Belladone.

Enfin… courez... surtout Jean-Rasoir. Speedo, lui, prenait de la vitesse très modérément.

LE RETOUR AVEC DES ODEURS ET DES RÉVÉLATIONS
De retour dans le camp, tous étaient couverts de poussière, de sueur… et de jus de cloporte.

Mais ils avaient une info : le Crabe Suprême est bien réel, et il agit dans l’ombre, par l’intermédiaire des réseaux souterrains.

Castagnor, en entendant cela, gronda :

— “Qu’on prépare les cartes. Il est temps de voir où mènent ces pinces…”

Chapter 8: The Silence of the Roaches

(Where we learn that even bugs have secrets, shady deals, and a disturbing fondness for leather jackets.)

A MISSION OF STEALTH (SORT OF)
At dawn, Castagnor took advice from the Council of Owls (mostly from Belladonna, since Kevin still insisted on aerial poop bombings), and decided to send a stealth team to the Hollow of a Thousand Shells.

This underground domain—barely known to mammals—was the lair of the ultra-secretive, slightly terrifying society of Underground Cockroaches, also mockingly known as the “Crumb-Crunchers” by animals too scared to say their name properly (i.e. everyone).

Only three agents were selected for the mission:

Belladonna the weasel, for her stealth and ability to convince a fox to go vegan.

Speedo, the giant snail (disguised as a mossy rock for the mission).

And Jean-Rasoir, because someone forgot to tie him up again.

THE SHADOW MARKET NEEDS
The cockroaches ran a massive logistics network under the forest. They knew every tunnel, every secret trail, every mossy shortcut. They controlled the nut routes. Officially neutral. But more accurately… strategically sketchy.

When the team arrived, they were greeted by a security team that looked like bug mafia: roaches in tiny black shades, armed with sharpened toothpicks and belts full of ancient crumbs.

— “Password?” rasped one of them.

Belladonna replied coolly:

— “The nut is nothing without the shell.”

A murmur went through the tunnel. One of the roaches bowed:

— “You may enter. But beware: here, even silence is recorded.”

Speedo muttered:

— “I have a bad feeling we’ll end up bugged…”

Jean-Rasoir:
— “I hid matches in my fur! Heh heh heh! This mission’s about to get toasty!”

Belladonna:
— “Jean. No. Quiet. No.”

A SLICK NEGOTIATION
They were led into a dim chamber lit by unionized fireflies. At its center sat Madam Klack, matriarch of the roaches.

She wore a shawl made of fly skins and a deeply unimpressed expression.

— “You’ve come to ask us to break our neutrality?”

Belladonna:
— “No. We’ve come to offer a trade. Information… in exchange for premium vintage nuts. 2012 harvest. Ungrilled.”

Madam Klack clicked her mandibles.

— “And what if we prefer chaos?”

Jean-Rasoir burst in:
— “Then we BURN the chaos with MORE chaos! That’s my motto!”

Klack squinted at him.

— “I like this one. He’s dumb, but honest.”

THE BLACK MARKET OF TRUTH
Eventually, Madam Klack agreed to talk. But she demanded:

One collectible nut engraved with the face of a forgotten squirrel king.

A thorax massage from Speedo (it took ages… literal ages).

And strict silence regarding their illegal poker club.

She finally revealed:

— “Someone is buying our services to reroute the nut trails… We don’t know who. But orders come through… claws.”

Belladonna raised an eyebrow.

— “Claws?”

— “Yes. The messages arrive gripped by… a marine claw. You know what I mean.”

Speedo:
— “The crab… The Supreme Crab…”

Jean-Rasoir (ecstatic but miraculously not on fire):
— “WE FOUND HIM! THE CRAB! AAAAA!”

THE ESCAPE & THE ROLLING BUGS
Just as they were leaving, roly-polies blocked the exit.

— “Top priority order. No one leaves.”

Jean-Rasoir grinned:

— “Perfect. Time to burn a tunnel.”

Belladonna sighed:

— “Alright… Time for Plan B.”

Speedo:
— “Plan B?”

Belladonna pulled out a vial. A sliding potion. Ancient shrew shaman trick.

She smashed it on the floor.

FLOOOP!

The tunnel instantly turned slick. Roaches and roly-polies slipped like soap in a wet tub.

— “RUN!” shouted Belladonna.

Well… mostly Jean-Rasoir ran. Speedo… glided away with dignified slowness.

RETURN OF THE FUNKY SMELL AND HEAVY REVELATIONS
Back at the base, they were covered in dust, sweat, and... roly-poly juice.

But they had news: The Supreme Crab was real. He was pulling strings in the shadows, manipulating underground logistics.

Castagnor, upon hearing it, growled:

— “Bring me the maps. We follow the claws.”

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