Chapter 1087

Watching the Highrider elder and his guards fall into hesitation and thought after hearing his words, Karl kept a smile on his face, while inwardly letting out a slow breath.

In truth, he had just used a negotiation technique: stun the other party with sufficiently weighty information, making them focus only on that “major issue” and overlook many details buried in the conversation.

Just like those strategists of ancient times who would introduce themselves to a lord by first declaring, “Your death is imminent.” They would begin with words threatening enough to break through the other party’s mental defenses, making them worry about that one matter. Then, in the conversation that followed, the other side would unknowingly step, little by little, into the logic prepared in advance.