Li Shuangmu knew full well that it would not be easy to truly bring both the first- and second-years aboard his ship. The first-years were manageable. Back when the Teaching Assistants were being selected, the Student Council had made its move as well. Most of the first-year Teaching Assistants came from the Student Council. Through them, he could easily win over more than half of the first-years. As for the other half, with his influence and authority as the acting Student Council president, drawing some of them over would not be difficult either.
The main issue was the second-year group. The second-years were mainly divided into five major factions: Tan Shengge's Kowloon Walled City, Yin Kuang's Myriad Worlds, Zhu Tong's Dragon-Slaying Dojo, Eastern Korea's Chess Sword Sect Second-Year Group, and Eastern Ryukyu's Rainbow Bridge Second-Year Tribe. The latter two factions had been deliberately suppressed by the Marquis Manor and the Student Council. They were now little more than names, with few members and weak influence. They were singled out only because the Chess Sword Sect and Rainbow Bridge still remained strong among the third-years. But they had been frightened badly enough by the former Marquis that they had behaved themselves ever since. So the key lay with the first three factions.
Tan Shengge was a confidant of the Marquis Manor's lord, at least on the surface. He and Beidao also held a certain amount of weight within the Marquis Manor. Would they support Li Shuangmu at a time like this? As for Zhu Tong's Dragon-Slaying Dojo, it would likely undergo major changes next. After all, even Zhu Tong, its leader, had gone to Eastern Japan to become Queen Sakura. Its complete collapse was not out of the question. The Dragon-Slaying Dojo's members would likely scatter, but no matter how they