29: The election for the leader of the Indigenous Party is full of heated arguments over who is the traitor!
In Darwin City, at the Aboriginal Party Headquarters, a fierce conflict of ideas was erupting.
On one side was Mazhaha, the current de facto controller of the Indigenous Party (after all, he held the guns), and on the other, Tula Suo, the nominal new party leader.
After Fang Le released Tula Suo from the Municipal Building, he had many options, such as making the Masked Man's existence public or informing the world about Mayor Cohen's death.
But in the end, he immediately went to the Indigenous Party Headquarters because he felt that rallying his old subordinates was the top priority.
As soon as he arrived at the Indigenous Party Headquarters, it caused a stir throughout the Indigenous Party, and many within the Indigenous Party who had thought he was dead were shocked.
So Tula Suo quickly seized the opportunity, while his opponents might not have reacted, to immediately order a general conference of the Indigenous Party in his capacity as party leader.
This conference was extensive, gathering all the mid-to-high-level figures of the Indigenous Party.
Mazhaha's faction was naturally among them.
The two sides immediately fell into a fierce confrontation of differing opinions from the start.
Tula Suo was the first to attack, accusing Mazhaha of participating in the city-wide unrest that night, and personally leading people to occupy the U.S. military base, dragging the entire Indigenous Party, all Indigenous compatriots, and the entire Darwin City into an abyss of eternal damnation!
Tula Suo also accused Mazhaha of holding a public trial and tearing U.S. Military soldiers apart, calling it condoning bestiality, allowing barbarism, and an act of anti-human and inhumane terrorism.
It must be said that Tula Suo's views were very consistent with the mainstream ideas of the moderate faction within the Indigenous Party, as well as most neutral parties.
In the main conference hall, there were many who agreed.
Mazhaha's faction instantly became the weaker side.
However, with guns in hand, there was no panic in their hearts.
Although Mazhaha's faction did not have an advantage in overall numbers, they were all part of the current Darwin City Defense Army.
They were not afraid of these accusations at all.
Mazhaha directly slammed the table, telling everyone who was accusing him to shut up, and then counterattacked, claiming that Tula Suo was the most irresponsible person.
When the former party leader Moe Water was shot, Tula Suo's first thought was to proceed with the mayoral election instead of first avenging Moe Water before doing anything else; this was clearly driven by greed!
Before Tula Suo could explain, Mazhaha continued to accuse Tula Suo that after hundreds of compatriots died or were injured while assaulting the U.S. military base, he, the initiator of that city-wide parade, actually hid instead of appearing immediately to seek justice for the fallen compatriots.
Mazhaha believed that Tula Suo was a coward, a person without guts.
Mazhaha concluded by saying that since Tula Suo had abandoned his previous leadership and watched his compatriots die under the U.S. Military soldiers' guns, he had no right to accuse the city-wide unrest that night, and no right to accuse his efforts in leading the masses to capture the U.S. military base to avenge the fallen compatriots.
Therefore, the one who was qualified to lead the Indigenous Party next was not Tula Suo, but him, Mazhaha!
Originally, the conference representatives were more inclined towards Tula Suo, as the current situation had changed too much; suddenly they had to confront the U.S. Military, and suddenly the entire city was under military control, which they generally couldn't adapt to.
But now, listening to Mazhaha's righteous words and Tula Suo's timidity, some neutral members gradually shifted to Mazhaha's side.
At this point, the number of supporters for both sides reached a balance again.
At the moment when neither side could gain an advantage, a live video broadcast suddenly appeared on the multimedia large screen in the venue.
Everyone couldn't help but stop and look at the live broadcast screen.
They saw that it seemed to be at the entrance of the Municipal Building in this city, where thousands of people were gathered.
Then, these thousands of people, led by their leader, collectively and uniformly shouted:
“We want to see Mayor Cohen!”
“Please, Mayor Cohen, come out—”
Tula Suo looked at the live broadcast screen with a joyful expression.
He had originally intended to reveal Mayor Cohen's assassination and Mazhaha's collusion with the Masked Man at an appropriate time.
But this statement was somewhat sensational, and saying it directly would inevitably be suspected of changing the subject and framing others.
But now, coupled with what was happening in front of the Municipal Building, his revelation of the Masked Man's existence, Mayor Cohen's assassination, and Mazhaha's puppet status would not be so abrupt.
Mazhaha was clearly at a loss; he should be in control of the Indigenous Party now, so who cut in this live broadcast without permission?
Then, the shouts of the thousands of people on the screen stopped.
Because at the entrance of the Municipal Building, the current Deputy Mayor Simpson and his entourage walked out.
Simpson glanced down at the steps, at the dense crowd of petitioners, sighed, his face full of sorrow, and spoke loudly through a loudspeaker:
“I have some very unfortunate news to tell everyone.”
“Our beloved Mayor Cohen, unfortunately, passed away last night.”
Ah?!
Immediately, everyone present, including the audience from the Indigenous Party, froze.
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