Zu Yuan slowly awoke in the Wisdom Laboratory.
"You're awake? How do you feel?" Yi Tianzhi asked with a snicker. "I gave you an enormous dose of sedatives. It should keep you conscious for a short while."
Zu Yuan nodded. "It still feels like my Sea of Consciousness has been torn apart, but it's much better now. The pain is still barely within the range I can endure."
"That move came from the Blood-Eyed Golden Leopard, right? But to remain in such an intense berserk state for so long... just how great is the gap between your Spiritual Power and his?" Yi Tianzhi asked curiously.
"That isn't important." Zu Yuan shook his head. "How were things while I was unconscious?"
"Well, everything went smoothly, just as we expected. The parliamentary restructuring will begin very soon." Yi Tianzhi chuckled. "I went to great lengths to create the magic wand martial soul and let her undergo training in Music City at the Wisdom Research Institute. Her appearance, character, and willpower are all flawless. She is a qualified magical maiden and has already become the idol of the entire institute. I plan to have her hold a concert in the Douluo Federation in a few days, then announce her candidacy for Federal Speaker. Hmm, with the popularity she can garner, winning shouldn't be difficult, right?"
"...It seems I'm not fully awake yet," Zu Yuan said after a moment of silence.
Have a magical maiden run for Federal Speaker? Was this guy serious?
"Humans never tire of things they find interesting. When voting, they'll vote for something that clearly doesn't fit the usual style. That's just human nature. They'll think their one vote doesn't matter, only to accidentally cause a huge disaster." Yi Tianzhi spoke leisurely. "What seems unreasonable often has its own logic.