Ever since the attack on the Peacekeeping Forces' headquarters, the organization had been embroiled in internal strife.
For those who remained, the deaths of half the senior leadership, including the director, meant an almost complete reshuffling of power and redistribution of benefits. Whoever gained the greatest say now would become the dominant force in the Peacekeeping Forces in the future.
Nothing else mattered. Only power and profit were real.
The Radicals quickly fractured into several factions. The two largest, led by Deputy Director Delt Pace and Enforcement Department Chief Clio, held the greatest influence. Most of the remaining Radicals gathered under the two of them, making it feel almost like a showdown between cowboys in the West.
But then someone who should not have been there appeared.
Yucas, the former leader of the Conservatives and deputy director of the Peacekeeping Forces, joined the power struggle, instantly shattering the near-balanced situation.
What followed was not a three-way standoff, but the Conservatives' absolute domination of the Radicals. Yucas brought support from numerous factions in District 25. Every Conservative, including anyone who joined now, could receive a generous subsidy.
Not only that, Yucas further improved their already excellent benefits. Every member's medical coverage was automatically upgraded to Senna Life's platinum plan.
-It was an outrageous benefit they had never even dared to imagine. Senna Life's platinum plan supposedly could save anyone whose brain cells had not completely died. Purchasing even a single year of individual coverage would cost a full twenty years of their salary!
And now it was all free. All they had to do was join the Conservatives to enjoy it immediately.
Almost overnight, Yucas led the Conservatives charging into the power struggle, instantly leaving Delt and Clio dumbfounded.
Those who had been wavering over which side to join immediately made