Chapter 158: Continuation: The Story of the Warrior Gesar
“…This… is it really feasible?”
Quilla looked a little dizzy from the “big plan” Everly had painted.
Everly nodded.
“Of course. Actually, if you ask me, it would be best to build the museum inside the reservation. That way you can avoid a lot of compliance risks and unexpected trouble. If you’re worried about the sacred tree and the altar being discovered, you could even build several similar attractions across the reservation. That would increase the number of tourist sites, and the real altar could be hidden among them, making it less conspicuous.”
Sometimes, hiding something too carefully only arouses suspicion and curiosity. But when you openly display it, outsiders instead feel it’s too easy to access and lose interest quickly. That’s also a kind of reverse use of public psychology.
“Also, during operations, government departments or research institutions might offer large sums to buy the specimen. My advice is to refuse. Don’t let anyone touch the corpse—just keep the Chupacabra mysterious. If you really can’t refuse, you can tell them the specimen is fake.”
“Why do that?” the silent Indigenous young man couldn’t help but ask.
“Because once certain agencies become interested in what you have, they may use special authority to ‘compulsorily requisition’ it. At that point, even if you hide it in the reservation, they’ll still find a legal way to take it away.”
For example, during the cockroach disaster incident, the U.S. military forcibly took away the cockroach specimen that the townspeople had risked their lives to obtain. If those specimens had stayed in the town, Lemot Town’s tourism industry might have taken off—maybe Misha wouldn’t even have needed a part-time job to afford college.