Meeting 5 (Second Update)

After the meeting ended, the Autobots dispersed.

Wheeljack remained silent as he headed toward his laboratory.

The once-familiar laboratory had now completely changed.

Much of the experimental equipment was being dismantled.

Looking at the wrecked laboratory, Wheeljack let out a sigh.

"I really should have left with Ironhide and the others back then!"

Shaking his head, he sank into deep self-reproach over his momentary hesitation.

Although he was a scientist, Wheeljack was far from ignorant when it came to politics.

On the contrary, when Optimus Prime and the others had rescued Sentinel Prime from the moon, he had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

The subsequent changes in New Iacon City confirmed his suspicions.

As a leader who had ruled the Autobots for millions of years, and the former King of Primus, Sentinel Prime had a group of die-hard followers within the Autobots. They placed all their resentment over the Autobots' defeat on Optimus Prime, stubbornly believing that his incompetence had led to their defeat and forced them to abandon their homeworld, Cybertron, only to eke out an existence on a moon.

Furthermore, Optimus Prime's order for the Autobots to voluntarily travel throughout the Milky Way in search of more resources and a new home where they could rebuild and thrive had deeply offended a group of Autobots unwilling to leave their homeland.

With the Autobot Council, which had always been trying to seize power, stirring things up behind the scenes, all those grievances converged. In the end, Optimus Prime, the Autobots' young leader, found it difficult to command respect among the defeated Autobots, and his reputation was hardly any better.

That was why Sentinel Prime's return immediately split off a number of Autobots who had once believed they had no other choice.

Having lost Cybertron, their homeworld, they