Conflict Intensifies (Part 2)

"Optimus Prime, you're still young. The Decepticons are the most cunning race I've ever encountered in my long life."

Sentinel Prime did not relent because of Optimus Prime's rebuttal. He shook his head, seeming to offer earnest advice, but his tone grew increasingly stern.

"Cunning, greedy, warlike—these are instincts branded into the Decepticons' very bones. They cannot be trusted, and must never be trusted!"

"You are the leader of the Autobots. You should understand even better the responsibilities you bear, and who our enemy is!"

Optimus Prime opened his mouth, but in the end, he merely shook his head slightly and did not continue the argument.

He knew he could not persuade Sentinel Prime. The other was not only the former leader of the Autobots, but also his teacher.

Those dual identities meant Optimus Prime could neither afford nor wish to fall out with him completely.

But as a result, Optimus Prime's orders could no longer be properly enforced.

This hastily convened emergency meeting ended on an unhappy note.

Although Optimus Prime's restraint had kept him from completely falling out with his teacher, Sentinel Prime, every Autobot who had attended the meeting could sense it.

"The disagreement and conflict between the two leaders are intensifying. That's not a good sign!"

It was not only among the Autobots that the conflict was worsening. On the Moon, Megatron was roaring in fury over the failure of Dirge and the others' operation.

"Trash! Useless trash! Every last one of you is trash!"

Inside the cultivation tank holding Megatron's head aboard the Nemesis, the supreme commander of the Decepticon Corps had learned that the Decepticon squad Lightning had dispatched had not only failed to eliminate Frenzy—the one who had once peered into his memories and brought him profound shame—

but had also lost an