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Chapter 55 The Mechanical Church's Required Course in PUA

Sure enough, Green also noticed something amiss, and Thorne looked at him with a strange expression: "The contents of this letter sound good, but they seem a bit too good, like a pie falling from the sky. Do you think this is normal?"

Feng Yu also looked over, after all, he was only here to act as a partner and protector, and he was really not good at those complicated games.

To be honest, Green isn't good at this either; all he's good at is telling the truth.

"Because he's afraid of you," Green said quite frankly. "He watched you build a village on the verge of extinction into what it is today, and he felt that if he didn't reconcile with you as soon as possible, there might be trouble in the future."

???

Thorne was completely bewildered by what Green said.

What did I do to frighten Loren in the letter? There shouldn't be any problem; I only did what any normal village chief could do.

This is a trap! It's definitely a trap. Loren probably sees himself as someone who is extremely concerned about saving face.

Then they try to lower their guard by adopting this humble attitude, and then strike a fatal blow when they are off guard. That's absolutely how it works!

So these two people in front of me, as Loren's pawns, might also be carrying out the mission of gathering intelligence on the village. As the saying goes, the friend of the enemy is the enemy.

Why don't I just kill them all here?

Just as Thorne was wondering if he would get his half-finished clothes dirty if he started working here, Naro, who had noticed Thorne's expression turning sour and sensed a hint of danger, quickly came over.

He first gave Green and Fengyu an apologetic look, then pulled Thorne away and walked to a great distance, only speaking after no one could hear them.

"You're not going to kill them, are you?" Naro whispered.

"Of course! They're the enemy! Don't you even listen to their excuse? What do you mean by 'because they're afraid of me'? I seriously suspect that guy named Loren thinks I'm an idiot. I'm definitely going to explode!"

After listening to Thorne's words, Naro fell silent for a moment.

Anyway, he felt that Thorne probably had some cognitive impairment towards him. At least from his perspective as a third party, he could completely understand why Loren was afraid of Thorne.

Honestly, with this incredible speed of development, even I would be afraid if I were Thorne's enemy.

However, Naro didn't say anything about Thorne's reaction, since, strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with it.

However, the world is not a binary system; just because something is not wrong does not mean that it should be done that way.

Let's set aside whether the letter Loren sent was a sugar-coated bullet or even contained a bullet.

But at least you have to eat the sugar coating first, right? You can't just avoid eating the sugar coating to protect yourself from bullets.

Thinking of this, Naro quickly said, "Why don't you try negotiating with them first? At least get them to pay the mercenaries first."

Thorne, hearing Naro's words, became somewhat more sober: "Isn't it more than just money? There's also trade and supplies? Regardless of what happens later, at least let's get the first transaction done?"

Seeing how quickly Thorne was learning, Naro couldn't help but give a slightly forced smile: "Village Chief, you're learning very fast."

And so, Thorne finally decided to give up his outburst and went back to find Green and Fengyu.

Since they don't intend to throw a tantrum, they must treat the guests who have come from afar to a meal, and then use the principle of "he who eats another's food is bound to him" to get the other party to make concessions on benefits.

As for how to make someone feel obligated to help you, this skill of getting a lot for a little money is Alex's specialty.

Perhaps because she had been subjected to psychological manipulation for a long time in the Mechanical Church, Alex had mastered the art of making people feel valued with ease.

However, it is also necessary to strike a balance. For example, you can't let your own people feel that their treatment is worse than that of outsiders. So before giving outsiders extra benefits, you need to give your own people some incentives first.

And so, Thorne and his two companions split into two groups. Thorne and Naro, along with Green and Fengyu, kept circling around the village, checking out the work area and then the warehouse area.

Alex, meanwhile, arrived at the chicken coop in the corner of the village, carrying a stone sword. With swift, decisive strokes, she hacked away from head to tail without even blinking.

I won't do it, because the wind blew my tears out.

They chopped down more than twenty chickens until they could give half a chicken to each of the villagers before they stopped.

Cut the chicken in half and give it to a few villagers who know how to cook to roast. Then, when Green and Fengyu can't see, secretly distribute it to all the villagers and ask them to keep it a secret.

On the other side, Alex led her people to move most of the village's chickens to an underground space, leaving only two chickens, a male and a female, in the village.

Then, in front of those two outsiders, Green and Fengyu, I'll kill the hen and the rooster, let them eat the chicken, and all the villagers, from the village chief Thorne down to the ordinary villagers, will eat black bread.

They'll feel valued then, and that'll make them feel obligated to help them.

It can be said that this method of making the other party feel guilty by forcing them to endure hardship is a compulsory course for anyone who needs to learn PUA.

As for whether the two of them would find it strange that such a strong village only has two chickens?

Being powerful doesn't mean I have abundant resources, understand?

And so, while Green and Fengyu were being held up by Thorne and his men, Alex had already distributed half a roasted chicken to each villager, telling them to eat it quickly and, ideally, to clean the bones completely.

Then keep this a secret, and while you're at it, prepare yourselves mentally so that when the village adjusts the food rations at noon, you can pretend to be very happy and satisfied.

This stark contrast was what truly surprised the two outsiders. Their own village was reduced to eating black bread, yet they were serving outsiders roast chicken—tsk tsk tsk…

And so, Alex smeared the bodily fluids of her chicks onto the corpses of the two parent chickens, all the while wearing a cryptic smile.

And just like that, time flew by and it was noon, time for the village to rest and eat.

Alex distributed two large black breads to everyone, and the villagers, who had been given a heads-up by Alex beforehand, hurriedly grabbed their breads and started munching on them, their faces beaming with satisfaction. They were practically ready to raise their hands, jump around, and shout "Loyalty! Long live loyalty!"

And yet, in this very place, where everyone from the village chief to the ordinary villagers was holding black bread, Green and Fengyu looked at the delicious-looking roasted chicken in their hands and had only one thought.

It's a trap!