Chapter 707 Be Cautious
As a portion of the people left, the momentum of those behind Aura diminished by more than half.
Aura eyed Burl warily. Burl commanded the people, carried things, and found places to pitch tents. He turned to see Aura staring at him. Burl paused for a moment, then, right in front of everyone, he abruptly covered his chest, attentively looking at Aura. "Why are you staring at me like that? Let me tell you, I am a very traditional and righteous man. I must preserve my chastity for my future wife! Don't think about taking advantage of me!"
Aura was stunned. Burl continued, "My sister taught me that a person should be loyal and faithful. You already have a fiancé, even if he is not as handsome or rich or wise as me, you must not have any thoughts of me!"
Aura had never encountered such a ruffian like Burl before. She was completely confused and anxiously looked at the people around her, who all avoided her gaze, some even stifling their laughter. "You're talking nonsense. My fiancé is the most handsome man in the world. You can't compare to him at all!"
"That's even better!" Burl still covered his chest, maintaining a vigilant appearance.
At this moment, a girl who appeared refined in the crowd kindly suggested, "If you're volunteers, the island's natives will provide you with free accommodation. There's no need to pitch tents outdoors."
Upon hearing this, Aura immediately lifted her chin.
Not to mention that there was no place for so many people to stay, even if there was, Aura didn't want to accommodate these annoying people. Besides, she wasn't as foolish as these volunteers who really believed that this man had come as a volunteer to protect the Coral Sea.
They were the underlings of the president's wife. Aura would never set the fox to keep the geese. Gray had said not to let these people discover Blaise.
As she was about to refuse, Burl interjected, "Live with the indigenous people? How can we do that? I've said that the indigenous people have conflicts with capitalists. We are here to protect the Coral Sea. We cannot have any personal relationships with either side. Therefore, we will still pitch tents on the beach. It's close to the Coral Sea and the pier, and we can patrol regularly to be on guard against those who want to approach the Coral Sea!"
The volunteers who were already wavered by Burl looked at each other and felt that Burl made sense. Living in someone else's home and relying on others was indeed not ideal. "Do you have any extra tents? I think what you said was reasonable. I'll also move out!"
"I am not sure whether there are any extra tents right now. Well, if you want to join us, just stay for now and we'll count later after the tents are set up. If there's not enough space, we can squeeze up a little," Burl said thoughtfully.
His suggestion immediately gained the acceptance of the crowd.
Aura was dumbfounded.
She looked at the few scattered people beside her and became furious that she turned around and left.
Aura had originally thought that they could create a big scene at the pier tonight, but she never expected that their goal would not be achieved and the people around her would change their stance.
Those few scattered people were all internet celebrities.
They came here not to protect the Coral Sea, but just to ride on its popularity.
Internet celebrities made a lot of money and their lives had always been comfortable and affluent.
Even when they stay in hotels run by the indigenous people, they find the environment unsatisfactory.
It would be impossible for them to rough it out and stay in tents.
Burl stared at Aura's figure.
Being somewhat proud, Burl snorted.
Mike admired him.
In a low voice, Mike said to Burl, "Burl, I really admire you. It's fortunate that you work in IT. If you were to engage in fraud, how many happy families would you have destroyed?"
Burl and Mike whispered to each other, "This is all thanks to my sister!"
Mike didn't understand. "Did Chelsea teach you to say this?"
"No, she doesn't even know I'm here," Burl shook his head. "Most of these people have probably seen my sister before. You know she's ruthless. She has long planted the seeds of shock in their hearts. I'm just adding fuel to the fire to scare them."
Mike thought about it.
Indeed, there was no situation that Chelsea couldn't handle.
Fiona knew about Mike's arrival.
Fiona asked Mike to bring people here in order to quickly gain control of the entire island, especially to prevent people from approaching the Coral Sea.
With public opinion so intense right now, if anything were to happen in the Coral Sea, Fiona, “the evil capitalist”, would have to take the blame.
After exchanging whispers with Burl for a while, Mike took out the map on his phone and began to deploy personnel.
When the volunteers heard him deploying personnel, they were surprised. "Why not stay together?"
Mike pretended and said, "The conflicts between the indigenous people and the capitalists are intense. You understand better than us, don't you?"
Everyone nodded.
Mike continued, "When we came, we were very worried that one side would intentionally damage the Coral Sea in order to blame the other side!"
The crowd was shocked. "Are you saying that the capitalists would destroy the Coral Sea for the sake of developing this island?"
Mike fell silent.
He considered himself not a clever person, but this person was even more foolish than him.
"No, at this time, if the coral sea is destroyed, the first one to suffer would be Solomon. Solomon wouldn't just shoot himself in the foot like that," one person soberly retorted. "Are you saying that the indigenous people would destroy the Great Barrier Reef?"
Burl nonchalantly replied, "I still maintain my initial suspicion. They have been living here for so many years, and the coral sea is not far away. I even checked their previous hotel promotional videos and the fishing routes they arranged for guests. The coral sea is a must-see. I don't believe that they were unaware of its preciousness. It's better to be cautious, as one should always guard against others. I think it's best to be prudent."
Everyone looked at each other, finding it reasonable.
After all, if the coral sea was destroyed at this time, it seemed that the indigenous people would benefit the most.
At this moment, the volunteers also noticed a large box behind Burl and several long, pillar-shaped objects.
"What is this?" they asked.
"Oh, it's surveillance," Burl casually replied.
"What?" everyone was shocked.
Such a large surveillance system must have cost a lot of money.
"I had an idea before coming here. I set up cameras facing the coral sea and even prepared a few drones. The surveillance will be live-streamed to the entire world for friends who care about this matter to see the condition of the coral sea. It's called 'cyber-bodyguard'." Burl had a warm smile and seemed harmless.
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