"Well said. We need this kind of rational voice."
"We can't let cases that harm the great families go unaddressed. What if the great families, businesses, and factories all leave? Who will provide jobs? Without jobs, where will tax revenue come from? How will we have money to keep things running?"
"Those of you who were laughing just now, I hope that when you face a murderer yourselves, you won't come looking for the council. After all, 'we need to discuss military matters.'"
"It's starting, it's starting. Exactly right, you really get it! Here's a fun fact for you: the nearest Narrative Civilization is only fifty hours away from our city! Instead of spending money on the military, should we be paying compensation to others?"
"Do you think those big shots in the Union are as barbaric and violent as you, only knowing how to expand? They're a Narrative Civilization! Civilization! Civilized people!"
"You're right, but Narrative No. 10, the Red Blood Alliance, is the Narrative within the Union that wages external wars most frequently. It expands by an average of 100,000 square kilometers every year, has the highest birth rate in the entire Star Abyss, possesses a standing army of forty million and five hundred million registered militiamen. Against the Void Narrative, it has fought eight battles: six victories, one draw, and one ceasefire. It has two demigods, Assassin Qing Simon Assassin and Rampage Qing Wolf Hunter Lei, as well as its true god leader, the Blood Sea Emperor Weng Deliya Xia Delu! And yet you call such a brutal hegemon civilized people!"
"Mm..."
The Chicken-person Guardian fell into thought.
This city's council was just that kind of place. At the slightest disagreement, they launched into full-scale personal attacks. This pack of idiots decided Victore Port's life and death,