"Please give me a hand!"

At the campsite, just as everyone was preparing lunch, Barrett suddenly ran over and pleaded loudly. Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.

"Barrett!" Xun Hui, who was closest to her, came back to her senses and exclaimed, and hurriedly put down the pot and stepped forward to pull her up. "You don't have to do that if you ask for anything. ”

Hearing this, Hephaestus couldn't help but smile playfully, took a few steps forward and said, "Probably the kind of unreasonable request that you can't get over if you don't do this." Let's say, let's do something about the current smell of gunpowder in this village. ”

Xun Hui, who was originally going to agree to any request first, couldn't help frowning when she heard Hephaestus say this, and her face straightened.

"Is that so, Barrett?"

"Hmm. Barriet nodded sheepishly. "I also understand that it would be selfish for you to help us clean up this mess, but I really can't do anything else!

Looking at Barrett's pitiful expression, Hinata Nain had the heart to help her, not to mention that according to Li Mengxi's statement in the morning, the atmosphere in the village will develop to the point where it is now, and it is inseparable from them, and these people should be responsible. But being involved in a village dispute is too big for her to decide on alone.

So, Hinata Nain looked at Li Mengxi with a begging gaze.

From the look in his eyes, Li Mengxi immediately understood what Hinata Nain meant. In that case, there is no doubt that he will be on the same side as Naine Hinata, but the others are not up to him.

"Barrett, Nain and I want to help you. But your request is too big for one or two of us to decide on our own. After a short period of thought, Li Mengxi looked into Barrett's eyes and spoke, and then swept his gaze over everyone in turn, "My opinion is that everyone should put down the work at hand and think about it for themselves or discuss it with others, and then after everyone has made a decision, let's decide by secret ballot." What do you think?"

"Let's do it. Hephaestus shrugged, then turned around and walked in one direction. Seeing this, the general secretary of the sect and Emily immediately followed.

Then, Leon Friedrich and Jiang Ling, Xun Hui and Clark also went to find their own places to negotiate.

In the blink of an eye, only four people remained, Barrett, Li Mengxi, Hinata Nain, and Igarashi Suke. The space became empty, and several people naturally gathered together.

"I'm sorry for making everyone unhappy because of me. Barriet said guiltily as she looked at the somewhat deserted scene.

"Don't blame yourself. Li Mengxi said with a smile, "Everyone is not unpleasant, they just treat it cautiously and seriously." ”

"Hmm. Hinata nodded as well, and then showed a somewhat worried expression. "Well, Barrett, if you don't agree to meddle, please don't resent everyone then, okay?"

"How could such a thing happen!" Barriet immediately shook her head and waved her hands in exclaim, "How could I resent everyone when they took such good care of me along the way and solved the crisis of the village." And it is also true that I have made this request that is already excessive. Actually, I don't want to trouble you if you can, but ...... Helplessly, I can't do anything alone, I don't even know what to do. ”

"It is the sorrow of the weak to have to entrust their fate to others. Igarashi said something unusually sensational.

"Why do you have to hit people every time?" Barriet said with a wry smile, "but that's right. I'm too weak. If I had been strong enough to defeat that Phoenix with just one person, none of this would have happened. ”

"This kind of thing, don't say it's you, even we can't do it. Hinata Nain smiled and comforted Barrett and said, then glanced at Li Mengxi and laughed, "This guy's words are still a bit possible." ”

"Well, Nain, I'm not a monster. Li Mengxi smiled awkwardly.

"Compared to us, the general is already a monster. Igarashi replied with a light smile.

"yes, I always feel sorry. Anyway, Igarashi, how do you decide about Barrett's request?"

"The general's decision is my decision. ”

"In that case, I have another request for you!" Barriet said to Igarashi in a very serious and menacing manner.

......

"Hey, Lolicon, what are we going to do?" asked Emily.

"Hmm......" Hephaestus stole a glance at Emily's expression, and when he saw the change in her worried expression, he simply said, "You decide." ”

"Eh!" Emily exclaimed, "Wait a minute!

"I'm doing it myself. It's up to you to decide. If you say help, we will get involved in this troublesome matter, and if you say you don't help, we will be happy to stand by and watch. Well, Emily, which are you going to choose?"

After the words fell, Emily looked back at Barrett in the distance. Then he turned back to Hephaestus and the general secretary of the sect in front of him and said, "That, don't tell others, especially that woman, that it was my idea, you know!"

Hearing this, the general secretary of Zongjin and Hephaestus glanced at each other and smiled in unison.

Then, Hephaestus nodded to Emily and said, "No problem. So, what's your idea?"

"First of all, I don't say this because I feel sorry for her, or because I think she's a friend. However, she has reached this level of kneeling, and we have been idle lately, so it is okay to help her a little bit and pass the time. ”

......

"Our purpose is nothing more than ice crystal chalcedony, and it is not wise to make a difference. It's better not to get involved. What do you think?"

The words were closed, Leon waited for Jiang Ling to nod, but the latter unexpectedly did not do so, but he did not refute it.

Jiang Ling just lowered her head slightly, didn't say anything, didn't say anything.

"Alas!" Leon let out a long sigh at this. "I see. Since you want to be a fool, do it. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ling raised her head suddenly, stared at Leon's somewhat dissatisfied face, and smiled soothingly.

......

"You can help if you want, what's there to worry about. Clark said to his wretched wife for some reason.

"You don't understand. It's not that simple!" Xun Hui said distressedly, "Helping partners and friends is just a superficial phenomenon! Barriet is indeed very human, and I have almost regarded her as a human like us these days." But just when I was talking about it, I noticed that Barriet was an NPC, and it turned out that she wasn't human!"

"So what? Could it be that Barrett has always been a puppet to you, and the laughter and intimacy you've been with all these days is fake?"

"Of course not! But, Darling, the identity of the Barrett NPC cannot be ignored. With that in mind, her request might have been a hidden event. And usually this kind ......of event is not simple, and there is a risk that no one can guess behind it!

"Xiaohui!" Clark screamed as he pressed Xun Hui's shoulders with both hands, "You don't have to think about these things! ”

"This ...... Of course I will regret it, but ......"

"Then it's decided! We'll do her a favor! If something happens, it's all my responsibility!" After the words were closed, Clark turned around and walked directly towards Li Mengxi and the others.

Looking at him from behind, Xun Hui pouted, and then laughed with relief.

"Really! I didn't say I was going to find a scapegoat, so why put the burden on myself! ”

......

It didn't take long for everyone to make up their minds and return to Li Mengxi and them. So, as previously said, everyone held a secret ballot together, and everyone wrote their opinions on a small piece of paper, and then Li Mengxi, the brigadier president, read them out in unison.

For the sake of fairness, although Li Mengxi and Hinata Nain expressed their opinions at the beginning, they still participated in the vote.

Everyone sat in a circle, and as Li Mengxi read out the contents of the note one by one, the joy in Barrett's heart continued to rise.

“yes。 After reading the words on the last note, Li Mengxi looked at Barrett with a comfortable smile, "It seems that all of us are in favor of accepting your request." ”

"Great!" Barriet immediately cheered, and of course did not forget to thank everyone present, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

"So, let's get right into the topic while the iron is hot. Li Mengxi looked around and said, "Barrett, what are you asking for our help for?"

"Well......" Barrett thought about it. "Yesterday Yreas also said that I believe everyone must have learned a lot from the villagers. During my absence, and my father fell ill, Uncle Palyusis adopted a rather strict policy for the preservation of the village, which led to the resentment of most of the villagers towards him. After all, there were also victims in the process, and I also felt that he should bear some responsibility. But his actions are also out of concern for the village, so I hope that even if he can't avoid punishment in the end, he will not be 'executed' so much, as some people say!"

"I see, you hope that the villagers can stop in moderation. Hephaestus helped to sum it up.

"Hmm. So to speak. ”

"Isn't your father the village chief?" Leon said without raising his eyes, "just let him shelter, why bother us." ”

"Because, it's impossible!" Barriet replied solemnly, and then gave a further explanation, "Dad, no, it should be said that most of us civilians regard the 'rules', which have been made by no one but have been passed down from generation to generation, as an iron rule. As for Dad's position, the rules of the village chief stipulate that the village chief must not distort the will of the people with his own will. Therefore, Dad would never ignore the wishes of the villagers and shelter Uncle Palyusis. ”

When Barrett talks about "rules", everyone understands.

The so-called "rules" should be the bottom line of anthropomorphic actions set by the system for NPCs, otherwise NPCs with high artificial intelligence will inevitably have various problems in cooperating with players.

And if we talk about how much the "rules" that have been passed down from generation to generation have a binding effect on NPCs. Li Mengxi once experienced such a thing.

In the past, there was a flood of meat ingredients in Hatsuba City, which naturally led to a big sale, but all the NPC merchants preferred not to sell their goods at a lower price, and eventually many shops closed their doors.

At that time, Li Mengxi asked one of the NPCs why they did this. The answer was, "Because the price is determined by rules."

However, when you think about it this way, Barrett, who violates the rules of the village chief's house and takes the initiative to seek help from the player, is quite different. Is this because she didn't officially become the village chief so she wasn't confined to this "rule", or is she a special existence herself?

Such doubts only flashed in Li Mengxi's mind for a moment, after all, he was not struggling with this issue now.

"In that case, how about balancing diplomacy?" Returning to Barrett's request, Li Mengxi said on a whim.

As soon as these words came out, only Hephaestus smiled understandingly.

"Nice idea. If there is a contradiction between the two sides of equal strength, they will probably adopt a mutually compromising approach. However, then our position is awkward. For example, the villagers are 3 and the guards are 4, but we are not 1 but 7, and no matter which side we choose, there is no balance. In fact, the villagers are in a state where they think we are on their side. ”

"Not bad. Li Mengxi was not frustrated, but showed a hearty smile that hit his heart with these words and continued, "However, the balance I am talking about is taking advantage of this situation, no matter which side we stand with, we will definitely make that side greater than the other side." ”

"Huh?" Hephaestus was a little confused.

"In other words, we want the guards to think that we are on the side of the villagers, and at the same time we want the villagers to think that we are intentionally on the side of the guards. ”

"I see, that's right!" Hephaestus laughed with a sudden realization, "what we have to do is not the weight, but the scales themselves!"

"Well, developing an intimate relationship with one side and developing an intimate relationship with the other side at the same time makes it difficult for both sides to figure out which side we will ultimately favor, so that neither side will dare to act rashly and finally compromise on this conflict. This is the law of balanced diplomacy. ”

"That's amazing!" Hinata immediately praised in dismay, "Yumekei, you might be able to become a politician!"

"Hahaha! It's not that powerful!" Li Mengxi smiled a little embarrassedly.

"The theory is really powerful. Xun Hui said with some doubts, "However, how do we do it?

"Well...... Li Mengxi thought for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "How about 'communication'?"

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