All-Out War 9

Sentinel Prime's rebuke left Optimus Prime briefly speechless.

In a sense, he knew his teacher was not wrong.

The Decepticons were the Autobots' greatest enemy, and humans were also quite hostile toward the Autobots.

So, having the humans fight the Decepticons and wear down both sides as much as possible would bring nothing but benefits to the Autobots.

But Optimus Prime had his own convictions. "Teacher, to the people of Earth, we truly are foreign invaders. No Autobot can deny that!"

"Although we did not bring the Decepticons to Earth, because of our presence, more and more Decepticons are now gathering in the Solar System. A war between the Autobots and Decepticons may already be unavoidable. The tragedy that once took place on our homeworld, Cybertron, may very well be replayed on Earth!"

"We caused this!" Optimus Prime's expression was exceptionally grave.

Ever since Sentinel Prime's awakening, although his former teacher had never openly shown any intention of competing with him for leadership of the Autobots, and had even publicly supported him as the new leader on many occasions, expressing his approval and admiration—

Optimus Prime had still felt an immense, mountain-like pressure.

His former teacher was using his wealth of experience to teach Optimus Prime the scheming, cunning, and methods an emperor ought to possess.

More than a month had passed since Sentinel Prime awakened.

Over the past month, Optimus Prime's trusted confidant—Goldbug—had been tirelessly gathering intelligence on Sentinel Prime.

The results chilled his heart.

All signs showed that Optimus Prime's teacher had been constantly calling more of his own followers to Earth, and had even tacitly permitted them to organize numerous protests against him.

Optimus Prime was not a politician greedy for power. More than once, he had humbly asked his teacher, Sentinel Prime, to return authority to