Chapter 194, a good neighbor is always better than a bad neighbor
Joanna stopped the pickup truck 200 meters away from the retaining wall, and then she also rolled into the car.
If a gunfight breaks out, sitting in the driver's seat is definitely not as safe as being in the car, not to mention that Iger needs a spotter.
When Joanna arrived in the carriage, she picked up the binoculars. After taking a quick look at the situation in front of her, she said to Egger: "There doesn't seem to be an ambush."
"Don't be careless." Iger focused on the vehicles and furniture on the roadside. He said, "I can't understand what these people want to do."
After the two chatted briefly, Iger turned his attention to the distance.
"squeak!!!"
After Nicholas stopped the pickup truck suddenly, he jumped out of the truck and shouted angrily: "You guys! How dare you..."
Just as Nicholas spoke, a man in a white robe standing in the middle of the queue turned his head.
He opened his eyes and glanced at Nicholas. Nicholas was shocked. With this pause, the momentum that had been brewing disappeared.
"You destroyed the important assets of the gospel team," Nicholas said still with a fierce tone, "and you also invaded the territory of the gospel team without authorization, you..."
"My friend." This blind man in a white robe with extremely thin blond hair on his head said to Nicholas: "We have prepared sufficient compensation for all this."
"Compensation alone is not enough..." Nicholas said.
"So I'm waiting here for you to arrive, and let me go and apologize to Father Locke in person." After "looking" at Nicholas, the blind man closed his eyes. The eyelids covered the empty eye sockets, although there still seemed to be some
Shrunken, but less scary.
"This..." Nicholas was completely "pinched" by someone, and he was suddenly speechless.
Egger had heard the conversation in the distance through the walkie-talkie hanging on Nicholas's chest. After he put down the m16 in his hand, he said to Joanna: "Let's go, Joanna, let's go there too."
It seems that we can no longer fight. These people are here to cause trouble, but they are not here to cause trouble.
When Egger and Joanna arrived, several team members naturally made way for them.
After hearing the sound, the blind man turned his head. He opened his eyes and "looked" at Iger and Joanna. The empty eye sockets shocked Joanna.
At that moment, Iger's heart skipped a beat. After all, if he saw such a thing in broad daylight at first glance, he would definitely be startled.
In just that moment, Egger calmed down his emotions. He walked to the front of the queue slowly and stood there quietly.
Maybe it's rude to look directly at the flaws of disabled people, but they don't care, let alone Iger.
In this way, Egg and the blind man looked at each other calmly without saying a word. After a few seconds, the blind man said: "Child, you are very different."
Egg frowned, how did he know he was a child?
After Iger took a quick look at the blind man, he suddenly understood.
This "child" has nothing to do with age. It is a term used only by magicians. Father Locke does not call everyone a "child".
As for "being different", this is a tactic commonly used by magicians, and Iger has heard it too often.
After hearing the first words this man said to himself, Egger made a preliminary judgment about him, so he immediately thought of the next countermeasure.
"I am the field captain of the gospel team, Ige." Ige said in a business-like tone to the blind man who seemed to be the talker: "I am fully responsible for this. You just need to apologize to me. Okay,
let's start."
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Although the tone of Egger's words was very calm, it sounded extremely uncomfortable.
It’s okay if it’s uncomfortable, that’s what Iger wants.
A shrewd chess player can mentally calculate many moves, but if you make an unexpected bad move next step, not to mention what the result will be, at least it will go beyond the opponent's expected judgment.
Egg now wants to know what this group of people wants to do.
"Hello Iger, I am John." The blind man did not have any mood swings because of Iger's words. He said: "First of all, I want to clarify some misunderstandings. We are not unreasonable people, nor are we doing this based on any disrespect.
Come here. I hope to see Father Locke, and I want to discuss something with him."
When Blind John said this, Iger understood it immediately.
They put up such a formation here, to put it bluntly, they are seeking attention.
The purpose of seeking attention is very simple, it is nothing more than to gain some psychological advantage in negotiations.
It is also a negotiation, there is definitely a difference between coming to your door to ask for help and being "invited" to you.
Now that he understands the other party's requirements, Iger understands.
Egger said calmly: "For now, this is your apology. What about compensation? Let me see your sincerity."
John nodded. The people next to him were already prepared. Without giving orders, those people quickly carried two boxes from behind the roadblock. After opening the boxes, they saw a box of firearms and a box of ammunition.
Egger bent down and picked up an AR15 from the box. He took a look at the magazine and saw that it was full.
As expected, the other party was not that naive, and they lined up in a row waiting to be shot.
The weapons they prepared would be presented to themselves as gifts if the contact went smoothly, and they could be used to fight back if there was a firefight.
Iger threw the ar15 back into the box. Since others eagerly came to pay homage to the mountain and give him a big gift, let him accept it.
Iger raised his leg and kicked the box shut. He turned his head and said to Nicholas: "Nicholas, carry the box to your car."
I don't care whether you are showing courtesy for nothing or sugar-coated bombs. I'll accept it, thank you.
After Nicholas loaded the weapons and ammunition into the car, Iger ordered: "Let's go."
Sorry, I only eat bait, not hooks.
Egg turned around and walked a few steps before suddenly stopping. He turned his head and said to those people: "You are welcome to Jixi Town, my friends."
When the field team withdrew to Quick Creek Town, Egg hurriedly found Father Locke and several others and reported the news to them.
"The leader calls himself John. He is wearing a white robe, is blind, and has the aura of a magician." Iger said to everyone, "He has two eyeballs gone, and he likes to look at people with empty eye sockets, which is a bit scary.
I suspect this is a little trick of his. When negotiating with him, beware of this, otherwise it will be easy for him to manipulate you.
Judging from the information provided by Bill and the senses given to me by this group of people, this is a group of highly organized and disciplined survivors. Their purpose is most likely to develop long-term trade or form a strategic alliance with us.
Whether we like it or not, it is a fait accompli that the other team has occupied Ross Town. This neighbor is not something we can choose.
In some respects, this kind of team with strong internal control ability and external rationality is not necessarily a bad thing for our neighbors. Good neighbors are always better than bad neighbors.
However, we must prevent the other party from deliberately paralyzing us. I have notified Erica and asked her to arrange a 24-hour double manned watchtower. Recently, the field team has not been dispatched for the time being. I think that if the other party really has a next step plan, no matter it is
Any kind of contact will definitely happen in the next few days."
This piece of information brought by Egger was very important. After Father Locke and others listened to Egger's report, everyone began to discuss the next response method one by one.
