"Things are much more intense here than back home!"
On a military bus, several generals from the Western Military Region deliberately traveled outside the Restricted Area. They saw the protesters blocking the entrance to the Restricted Area.
They held up placards reading "No Military Government" and continuously shouted at the military region.
They had also read the newspapers from the past two days. The conflict and polarization in public opinion were obvious, and the people's dissatisfaction with the military had reached its peak.
In fact, many people still believed that this was merely the result of foolish lower-class citizens being manipulated after being guided by public opinion.
They had listened to the bad capitalists and begun standing opposite—or at least in confrontation with—the Federal Army.
But the truth was not that simple.
Why was it that, with just a gust of public opinion, such a massive "anti-Federal Army" movement had appeared so easily? Was it really because the people had no brains? Not necessarily! In fact, the current confrontation and opposition were more a qualitative change brought about by the accumulation of too much dissatisfaction from the past! The high taxes during the war had left people gasping for breath, and the soldiers who died—more than a million in total—had dealt another heavy blow to society as a whole! At least a million families had directly lost their sons or husbands. Counting the ripple effects, perhaps seven or eight million families had been affected. Nearly three-quarters of the Federation's people had lost relatives! Nephews, nephews through their sisters, cousins, or the like. That kind of dissatisfaction would accumulate!
People would not voice it aloud. They might not even realize their own dissatisfaction with the military.
But when something that could serve as a fuse appeared and ignited their emotions, the