No matter what, the Fallen Hero's plan was carried out.
The reason was simple: it offered excellent value for money and was highly feasible.
All it took was a small team carrying the equipment and meeting the conditions to find a Hero and "persuade" them.
Once the persuasion succeeded, they could directly or indirectly steer a city's future. That persuasion team could also become an assassination squad, helping the Fallen Heroes remove obstacles in their path—lords, City Lords, village chiefs, and the like.
Moreover, under Phil and Catherine's direction, they quickly came up with a simple and efficient set of procedures.
"First, tell them the truth: their identity as Heroes is merely that of puppets. Show them films? Play them recordings?"
It sounded rather far-fetched, but the classic approach to deception was to first shatter the other party's values and worldview, making them doubt the world and themselves.
There was plenty of evidence, including firsthand accounts from famous Heroes.
Once they wavered, the rest would be easy. They would instinctively trust those who revealed the "truth."
"Second, intimidate them. Tell them about the crisis facing the world."
By the time he had read this far, Lu PingAn felt that it was enough.
What remained was merely the specific execution: how to assassinate the obstructive lord, how to use carefully crafted lies to induce the citizens to embark on an "expedition for refuge," and what scale of "apocalyptic disaster" to create if persuasion failed.
These methods were rather excessive, yet Lu PingAn appreciated them.
Because he, too, was someone who cared more about results than procedures or methods.
In his view, life had value. As long as that value could be preserved, it did not matter whether the means were honorable.
Time and manpower were currently limited. He could even approve