Gusata felt that sense of frustration again. He simply stopped speaking, because he felt his eloquence was far inferior to Hobart's. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make, and the more he would humiliate himself.
It was mainly Lower House member Bazel who argued with Hobart for a while, but he too was quickly defeated.
As the law professors present successively acknowledged that this was Hobart's legal right, the previously drafted bill was completely overturned.
With everyone voting either in support or reluctantly, the meeting decided that four of the current eight representatives from all walks of life would lose their right to attend, and four workers would take their places.
After the meeting ended, Earl Wolf specifically came over and patted Hobart on the shoulder. "Young man, very well done!"
Hobart smiled. "Thank you for your support and recognition."
Wolf was very satisfied with that answer. It showed that Hobart understood his covert support.
After the earl left, Hobart's teacher came over and said with emotion, "I didn't expect that after just a few months apart, you would become so brave—braver than us old fellows were back then, and even now."
Another professor also praised him. "You are a ray of light shining into this city of dense fog. I hope you can disperse even more of the mist."
Hobart thanked them for their praise and left with the reporters.
As they parted, Hobart reminded the reporters, "Please only write about the result, not the process. And don't emphasize my role too much."
Most of the reporters had intended to do exactly that. They had no desire to offend those members of parliament and tycoons.
Only the reporter from Kingdom Under the Rule of Law magazine asked, "Why?"
Hobart casually came up with an excuse. "Because