Chapter 366 - 341: The Art of Deception! Success

Chapter 366: Chapter 341: The Art of Deception! Success

Just as Lu Feng led his men into the manor’s main hall, Xiaozhi’s voice suddenly rang out, "Master, the people from Myanmar have already entered the Boya District. You must speed things up."

Upon receiving this news, Lu Feng immediately had Baguda and the others sit down.

When he had used the situation with Myanmar to frame Boya for Sayer’s death, he knew Myanmar hadn’t given up on its designs for Boya.

But that didn’t matter. Now that they were in control of the situation, Myanmar would instead become the perfect pawn to put immense pressure on Boya.

After sitting down, Lu Feng discussed the matter with Baguda, telling him about Myanmar and also talking over how to subdue Boya.

After all, subduing Boya wasn’t something that could be done with mere words. The people had to join willingly for them to truly become one of their own.

「Later.」

Under Xiaozhi’s control, the large LCD screen in the hall lit up.

At the same time, in the Boya conference room where Yasna and the others were being held, they stared in astonishment as the multimedia LCD screen in front of them lit up on its own.

When an image appeared on the LCD screen, their faces showed even greater shock as they saw the scene on the other side.

There were many people on the other side, clearly the upper echelon of the Xuanfeng Alliance, because they recognized Baguda.

He had become quite famous in this region recently. After all, the products released by the Xuanfeng Alliance had taken the world by storm, and he was the one promoting them and holding press conferences.

It was precisely because they’d had designs on those products that they had made a move against the Xuanfeng Alliance, leading to their current situation.

But what horrified them was that Baguda was standing respectfully beside a young man, and so were all the other members of the Xuanfeng Alliance.

’Who is this young man?’

Yasna suddenly had a horrifying realization. ’Could this young man be the mysterious Governor of the Xuanfeng Alliance?’

Since the establishment of the Xuanfeng Alliance, all matters had been handled by Baguda, the Vice Governor. The surrounding factions were all curious about who the Governor was.

’Who would believe that the Governor of the Xuanfeng Alliance was such a young man?’

When Baguda saw the scene on the screen, he knew it was definitely the work of the hacker behind the Governor. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a video call like this to suddenly appear between LCD screens.

’How the other party managed it was clearly beyond his comprehension.’

"Governor, should I go talk to them now?" Baguda asked Lu Feng.

"Mm," Lu Feng nodded.

’He had no experience communicating with people like Yasna.’

’It was better to let someone adept at this sort of thing, like Baguda, handle it.’

In truth, he could just kill Yasna and his men and take Boya by force.

But if he did that, he was certain that factions with ulterior motives, like Myanmar, might turn around and condemn the Xuanfeng Alliance, claiming they would support Boya and help it get revenge.

Even the Beautiful Country, which looked down on the Xuanfeng Alliance, might come out and say that their direct occupation of Boya was going too far.

That would be a huge hassle.

You couldn’t give people like that an opening. Therefore, he had to keep Yasna alive and have him announce Boya’s peaceful integration into the Xuanfeng Alliance, leaving no opportunity for anyone to exploit.

’Then the official story will be that Boya, admiring the rapid and vigorous development of the Xuanfeng Alliance, joined voluntarily. All of you with ulterior motives can just shut up.’

’Even though everyone could guess what really happened, as long as the official story was watertight, what could they do? Speculation isn’t evidence.’

After getting the nod, Baguda walked up to the LCD screen, looked at Yasna on the other side, and said, "Mr. Yasna, I feel as if I’ve known you for a long time. I’ve heard that you, like me, have the ideal of leading your homeland to prosperity. We should have been kindred spirits."

"But I never imagined that while I succeeded in making my people prosperous, you, Mr. Yasna, would instead raise a butcher’s knife against us and kill so many of our people."

As he said this, Baguda struggled to keep his expression normal.

’After all, he knew the truth about those bodies.’

’The situation now was that the Governor had his men kill Boya’s people, then turned it around to make everyone think it was Boya’s fault. And the key thing was, Boya had actually taken the blame, with no chance to even investigate.’

’All he could say was that the Governor’s methods were truly brilliant.’

Yasna, who was indeed completely in the dark, immediately said with frustration, "I didn’t tell Dorona to do that! He acted on his own!"

At this, Yasna gritted his teeth. If Dorona hadn’t done such a thing, their situation might not be so terrible now.

Baguda seized the opportunity. "Exactly. That’s why we have already executed Dorona. As for you, Mr. Yasna, we believe you are a man who truly thinks of his people. It’s just that you seem to have been using the wrong methods. Look at me—once I found the right path, I made my people prosperous."

Yasna heard this and retorted, unconvinced, "That’s not your achievement. Everyone knows it was the young Governor behind the scenes who created everything."

Baguda said with a gentle smile, "But the path I found was precisely to follow the Governor. Just look, how well are the people of the Xuanfeng Alliance living now? Their income is at least ten times what it was before."

"So, Yasna, how about it? Join me in following the Governor. I believe the Governor will make the people of Boya prosperous as well."

"Er..." Yasna was stunned speechless by this.

’So they were just waiting for him to walk into that.’

For a moment, he could only stare at Baguda, his eyes filled with a look that screamed, ’How could you people do this?’

Of course he could see that the Xuanfeng Alliance wanted to swallow Boya whole.

But in the next instant, his expression turned grim. In this situation, it seemed he didn’t have many choices.

After all, if he didn’t make a choice, he would die. They had already gone this far; they would surely take over by force.

He knew full well that Boya’s warriors couldn’t stop them. The enemy was too terrifying.

’But if he agreed...’

At this thought, he fell into deep contemplation. It was true; like Baguda, he wanted to bring fortune to the people of his homeland and lead them to prosperity.

’Given that he had no choice, if it were possible...’

The moment the idea surfaced, Yasna was startled. He didn’t know why that thought had subconsciously occurred to him.

Looking at Baguda’s gentle smile, he understood. It was all due to the guidance of Baguda’s earlier words.

’Damn it,’ he thought. ’I’ve been led by the nose.’

He wasn’t usually this slow, but under the current circumstances, with all the pressure on him, he couldn’t help it. He had already fallen into a psychological trap.

Yasna clenched his jaw and looked at Baguda. "Mr. Baguda, can you tell me how you managed to convince yourself to join the Xuanfeng Alliance? Have you forgotten Cambodia? Forgotten that name?"

This was clearly his attempt at a counterattack.

Baguda smiled gently and said, "Yasna, you’re getting bogged down in superficialities. To be honest, a name is just a name. It’s not as important as the well-being of the people. As long as the people are happy and they genuinely approve, that’s what matters most."

"You can come to the Xuanfeng Alliance and see for yourself. Ask the people whether they want to be citizens of the Xuanfeng Alliance, or citizens of Cambodia."

"Without a doubt, they will all say the Xuanfeng Alliance. So, I put the people first. I just want this region to improve, I just want the people I love to see change. Nothing else is important."

Yasna was struck dumb by these words, unable to refute them for a moment. He even felt that Baguda, at this very moment, seemed incredibly noble, as if he were glowing.

Baguda, however, was secretly sighing in relief. ’Thank goodness I managed to recite all the lines the Governor prepared without missing a single one.’

’Still, those words had stirred his own passions, because they perfectly expressed what he himself truly believed.’

Seeing that Yasna’s spirit was completely crushed and he had fallen silent, Baguda added fuel to the fire. "Yasna, I have some very bad news for you. People from Myanmar have already entered Boya. They’ve already made their move."

Almost as he spoke, the LCD screen in front of Yasna split in two. One half still showed the Xuanfeng Alliance, but the other showed a location in Boya where a battle had erupted.

It really was people from Myanmar. They were taking advantage of the situation to loot a burning house. And, of course, he could guess Myanmar’s intentions.

’Damn them.’

’It’s all that Dorondo’s fault. If he hadn’t done what he did, how could they have ended up in such a passive position?’

Baguda’s voice sounded again. "You have no choice now. The final outcome will be either Myanmar or the Xuanfeng Alliance."

Yasna was torn by an internal struggle. A moment later, as if deflated, he asked, "How will your Xuanfeng Alliance treat Boya? I need a guarantee."

These words made Baguda and Lu Feng exchange a look.

’Success.’