26: "Dear Davari, you are one of us now"

“My words are finished.”

“Who is in favor?”

“Who is against?”

Facing the pressure of Fang Le's gaze,

finally, someone couldn't bear it, raised his hand, and stammered, “I, I agree.”

Fang Le, beneath the mask, smiled.

“Hmm, very good, dear Davarish, you are now one of us.”

“Please sit over here.”

Where there was one, there was a second and a third.

Soon, all those who expressed approval were arranged by Fang Le to the side of the accepting faction.

In the end, only a few people remained in the original faction.

Among them were Mayor Cohen and Police Chief Buleidun.

These few people seemed to be hard-headed.

Fang Le: “For the remaining few, I'll just call out names directly.”

“Mayor Cohen, do you not agree?”

Cohen's neck was red: “Sir, I don't know your specific identity or purpose, but I want to tell you that what you are doing will not end well—”

Fang Le closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after opening them, looked directly at Mayor Cohen.

“So, you are absolutely unwilling to comply?”

Cohen sneered.

Fang Le thought, since that's the case, don't blame him for being merciless.

I can't let someone who knows secrets and is extremely uncooperative like you continue to live.

In an instant, a small pistol appeared in Fang Le's hand, its muzzle raised and aimed at Cohen.

Bang, under a small sound.

Cohen fell to the ground in response.

Everyone present, no matter which faction they belonged to, dropped their jaws and their brains crashed.

My God—

The mayor of a city, you just killed him like that?

Is he that brutal?!!!

But this warning was also very effective.

The remaining few all stood up and scrambled to the side of the compliant faction.

At this moment, Fang Le seemed to have amnesia.

“Oh, what's going on, isn't that Mayor Cohen lying on the ground?”

“Who is so bold as to kill Mayor Cohen?”

Mazhaha understood Fang Le's trick and chimed in: “Master, Mayor Cohen shot himself because of his deep sins.”

Fang Le: “Tsk tsk, how can this be? It's too irresponsible. The Bible says that suicides cannot go to heaven.”

“Such a big disturbance last night, and he didn't come out to quell the people's anger, but now he commits suicide?”

At this moment, the masked woman on Fang Le's other side, his personal bodyguard Yan Ruyu, said: “Leader, Mayor Cohen understood the greater good and considered everything from the perspective of the citizens of Darwin City. Last night, in order to prevent the U.S. military base's armored units from slaughtering citizens, he was shot and killed by the U.S. Military.”

Fang Le nodded repeatedly in agreement: “Alas, Mayor Cohen was too great. Let's observe three seconds of silence for him.”

After three seconds of crocodile tears, Fang Le looked at this group of surrendered people and suddenly said coldly: “I know most of you are not sincerely defecting to the people right now. This is not important. As long as you do not violate my rules, I will not touch you.”

“Also, you absolutely must not harbor thoughts of playing tricks.”

“I will send my people to be your subordinates and assist you in carrying out daily affairs.”

Then, Fang Le looked at a middle-aged man of about fifty and said: “You seem to be the former deputy mayor of Darwin City, what was your name again, Simpson, right? Simpson, from now on, you will temporarily take Mayor Cohen's position.”

Simpson nodded hurriedly.

Fang Le: “Alright, everyone can go to work.”

“This municipal office building is reopened.”

Everyone left one after another.

After cleaning up, the conference hall was clean.

Mazhaha asked in confusion: “Master, why keep these people? Wouldn't it be better to replace them all with our own people?”

This guy, as expected, has a simple mind.

Fang Le: “Little Ma, you know about the demonstration effect, right?”

“Although we now control this city, it was mainly achieved through force.”

“Even counting all the Indigenous residents, their proportion in this city does not exceed one-third.”

“We cannot influence everyone yet, and not everyone accepts our propositions.”

“Therefore, the defection of these former high-ranking officials is extremely important.”

Mazhaha suddenly understood.

“Master is brilliant.”

Fang Le: “Hmm, go ahead. Also, unify the ideology within your Indigenous Party.”

Mazhaha departed, and Fang Le then ordered another person to be brought into the conference hall.

When this person entered, he seemed to be embracing a certain death, walking in with his head held high.

He was Tula Suo, the nominal leader of the Indigenous Party.

When Fang Le was dealing with Cohen and others, he had Tula Suo watch the surveillance footage from here in another room, so Tula Suo was fully aware of what had happened here.

Tula Suo seemed to believe there was no longer any need for negotiation with Fang Le.

Fang Le sighed.

“So, Mr. Tula Suo, are you really unwilling to cooperate?”

Tula Suo snorted coldly, continuing to twist his head, with an air of 'do whatever you want'.

If this person wasn't the Indigenous leader and killing him wouldn't have many bad consequences, Fang Le would have shot him long ago.

Fang Le: “Alright, you may leave.”

Tula Suo was puzzled and finally looked Fang Le in the eye.

Fang Le: “You can move freely within Darwin City, and even meet anyone and express your political views, but there are a few points to note.”

“First, you cannot leave Darwin City without informing us.”

“Second, you cannot interfere with the normal municipal operations of Darwin City.”

“Alright, that's all.”

Tula Suo walked out of the conference hall and then out of the municipal office building with an incredulous expression. It wasn't until he was far away with no one following him that he confirmed Fang Le had truly set him free.

Inside the conference hall, Yan Ruyu asked in confusion: “Leader, you just let him go?”

In Yan Ruyu's view, even if that person wasn't killed, he should have been locked up or followed by someone.

Fang Le was also helpless, sighing and saying: “Things aren't that easy.”

“Let's put it this way, Darwin City originally had about 140,000 people. Subtracting those who secretly slipped away recently, there are probably still about 130,000.”

“From the various reactions of the populace, how many people can unconditionally support us right now?”

“I estimate only about ten thousand.”

“Among these ten thousand, there are also our 5,000 synthetics.”

“And the remaining 120,000 are just caught up in the situation.”

“Trying to control over a hundred thousand with ten thousand is too difficult.”

“The Indigenous Party as a whole accounts for about one-third of Darwin City, and they are also the reason for our rebellion. We cannot be too forceful with this group.”

In fact, since Tula Suo had not appeared after the incident, a large number of Indigenous residents were already questioning.

At this moment, Ouyang, Fang Le's bodyguard regiment commander, entered the conference room entrance and reported: “Commander-in-Chief, headquarters requests your presence for an emergency meeting regarding the current situation.”