Chapter 196 - 184 Hungry
Why did Gao Yi’s combat effectiveness multiply in the restaurant?
Gao Yi had analyzed this himself and believed it was mainly due to two points.
One was that there must be tables and chairs in the restaurant, but more importantly, when people eat, the table is in front of them and the chair beneath them. If they perceive danger and attempt to flee, moving forward is certainly not an option, and they are blocked by the chair if they try to go backward. They can only run to the sides, but when startled, their subconscious reaction is to stand up and dodge to the side that favors their dominant hand—right-handed individuals will instinctively dodge to the right and left-handed to the left.
This means that as long as one is seated and eating, their direction of movement becomes fixed, as does their behavior pattern.
This characteristic doesn’t confer much advantage when dealing with a single target, but when fighting outnumbered, this essentially fixed behavior pattern is extremely useful.
The second point is psychological.
When people are dining, they are inevitably relaxed, and their response to danger is more than a notch slower. Even the bodyguards’ mentality will relax. After eating for a while, especially when full, people’s mindset is not just relaxed but can even be described as lethargic.
As for other factors, they are trivial, such as the restaurant being better suited to Gao Yi’s choice of weapons, the multiple tables and chairs restricting the guards’ movements—these are all advantages, but not worth mentioning.
Now, the CIA is pressuring these people to come forward and publicly oppose Shaman.
But to the CIA, it didn’t matter who raised the flag of opposition against Shaman. If Harold was unwilling, then they would switch to someone else, forcing them to carry the flag.