A small country had no international ability to withstand risks, and gentleness and peace could not win it true respect.
People would knead you into whatever shape they needed, just as in this brief clash between the Federals and the Peng Joe People. Had they considered the interests of the Lehrmar Republic? No, not in the slightest. Lehrmar had never shown much toughness, so even the Former President's protest was merely a political act in the eyes of the Federals.
Only by turning Lehrmar into a ball of spikes—small enough to be crushed, but capable of drawing blood from anyone who squeezed it—could people come to respect this place.
Republic, freedom, equality—none of these could turn it into a ball of spikes, but dictatorship could! The People's Aid Party Chairman remained silent for a long while despite his shock. At last, he sighed. "Perhaps you're wrong."
The Self-Government Party Chairman retorted, "You failed, and mine failed too. No one knows whether it was right. But if we do nothing, then that will truly be wrong."
In fact, the moment he said this, the People's Aid Party Chairman already knew the result.
His old friend intended to remove every "stone" that hindered his dictatorship, and he himself was precisely the biggest one. He had to be removed, then discarded.
That was his inevitable fate!
After a long while, the People's Aid Party Chairman finally smiled and said, "You're right. At least there's still hope..."
The next day, the People's Aid Party Chairman was taken in by the Investigation Team to assist with the investigation. Although the route they were pursuing was ultimately confirmed to be wrong, the investigation nevertheless uncovered other problems.
For example, the People's Aid Party Chairman and its members had all used the convenience of their positions to