Reflecting, Zhou Bai went over everything in his territory.
Right now, Hope Village only has a few unique features.
One: Gourmet food.
Two: A wide variety of ingredients.
Three: Undead NPCs and Beastman NPCs.
Four: The School.
Five: A relatively fair and free environment.
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After analyzing each point, there's really nothing here that would make Earl Orkot wary. If he wanted, he could simply copy some things outright, and to a certain extent that could stop residents from moving to Hope Village.
Isn't Glasgow Village just like this? They told residents they'd build a School, plus they have a partnership with Hope Village, so those residents weren't willing to leave their homes.
If it's not these things, then it must be something about information.
Zhou Bai eliminated possibilities one by one, until Bayer's earlier words came to mind.
Hope Village has backing—Lovisa City.
