I had to admit, this man really knew what he was doing.
First, he immediately assessed the patrol team's strength. Then he used money to rally everyone. It was an open scheme.
In fact, our ancestors had also advocated open schemes. Conspiracies and trickery were nothing but the tactics of petty men. The Art of War had never
said anything about winning against a stronger opponent. It was all about
the strong defeating the weak, using the smallest possible price to secure the opponent's defeat.
The prerequisite was that you had to be stronger than your opponent.
Throughout history, victories by the weak against the strong had been few and far between. In reality, most military strategies were about the strong defeating the weak. The purpose of military strategy was
to tell you how, when you had the upper hand,
to secure the greatest benefits at the lowest cost.
Obviously, I didn't know whether this man had ever read The Art of War or anything like it, but everything he'd done was about
securing the greatest benefits at the lowest cost.
At this point, he could simply claim he knew nothing about the "patrol team" or the "special agent team," treat me as a murderer, and execute me on the spot.
Afterward, he could smooth things over by calling in favors, spending more money and handing out more supplies. Usually, that would be enough.
Don't think that people with great power will play some sort of conspiracy game with you. They could simply use their power to crush you, leaving you no room to maneuver.
People like him, once they decided to kill, would absolutely make sure to wipe out every trace.
At that moment, I knew that no matter what I said, my words would never reach these people's