legitimate?
The congressmen all showed strange expressions, as if they had not heard this word for decades.
The essence of law is also a manifestation of power. As a set of artificially defined rules, the more people are bound by these rules, the more people recognize its authority.
But this rule obviously does not apply to parliamentarians, since they are the lawmakers.
In other words, the law is the expression of their will, and they are the embodiment of the law.
As long as the authority is still in their hands, even if they openly say "I am the law", I am afraid that few people will dare to stand up and say no.
Therefore, when the parliamentarians already regarded Arthur as one of their own, they would naturally be surprised that he would bring up the law at this time.
"I do not understand."
A congressman said from the bottom of his heart that he thought Arthur was teasing him at this time and the other party should fulfill his obligation to explain.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking."
Arthur spread his hands:
"As you know, I'm a newcomer. Although I'm familiar with the rules on the surface, I'm still not very clear about the hidden rules, so I'm sorry to bother explaining them to you."
Everyone was silent for a few seconds, and Zhong Ding said:
“This is indeed an illegal act, but Speaker, you should also be able to understand that for us, it is necessary to have some spies hiding in the dark, otherwise we will easily be deceived by our subordinates.
“So, cultivating some trustworthy personnel is an unspoken rule that started a long time ago.”
What Zhong Ding didn't say was that this was also one of the methods used by most members of the inherited faction to select their successors. They would even select multiple people at a time, and then start cricket fighting or raising Gu until they selected the one that suited them best.
“This choice was initially based on personal ability, but after the emergence of superpowers in Hope City, everyone basically chose superpowers. After all, they are always very practical.
“As for the identity issue… because some investigations and missions require them to use new identities to enter certain places, they actually don’t have a fixed identity, which makes it more convenient to create a new identity.
"If you just want to understand the rules that don't exist on paper, then this is it."
Zhong Ding tried his best to keep his tone steady. He knew that even if he didn't come out to sell this good thing, someone else would choose to admit it.
Instead of doing that, it’s better to be the good guy yourself and make your presence felt at the same time.
"Are you satisfied with my answer? Do you have any other questions?"
Arthur smiled and shook his head:
"I have no problem. I fully understand your approach. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. For the sake of stability, the existence of these people is necessary.
"Then as a new member of the council, it doesn't seem too much for me to have such a useful superpower?
"I just need a helper to solve my current situation where I am too busy to handle everything. So I don't need so many of you. One person is enough."
The congressmen looked at each other and didn't think there was anything strange about this request - since he wanted it, just give it to him. After all, you are such a good fighter, you don't need a subordinate like him.
With a hesitant look, the congressmen nodded slowly.
"Would you like to see the list of registered superpowers?"
Arthur stood up from his chair in a flash:
"No need, I already have a choice."
Seeing Arthur about to leave the meeting room, Hines suddenly stopped him:
"At least discuss it with us. Direct transfers will inevitably affect the normal operation of their teams."
Arthur stopped and looked back, puzzled:
"Will it? I see you have kept him locked up for several days, and I think no one wants to come..."
Closed for several days...
Closed? For several days?
Damn, “Blood Puppet”!
The stunned expressions on everyone's faces turned into suppressed anger in just a few seconds.
At this moment, they were not only angry at Arthur's dictatorship, but also angry at their own stupidity and short-sightedness.
After the investiture ceremony, Arthur did a lot of drastic things in the city. All the parliamentarians focused their attention on him, and other matters were put on hold for a short period of time.
In order to disgust the newcomer, he even glanced at a number of documents and then ordered them to be sent directly to Arthur's office.
Among these documents was an application, which was a report submitted by the personnel guarding the "Blood Puppet", asking the members of parliament whether they wanted to release the "Blood Puppet".
Apparently, Arthur had withheld this report until now.
Arthur, who was standing with his back to the enemy, glanced at the mournful congressmen and smiled brightly:
"I'm going to pick up my new subordinate first, everyone please help yourself."
After saying that, he strode out of the meeting room, leaving the congressmen looking at each other in bewilderment.
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In the not-so-spacious single room, only the rustling sound of electric current could be heard from the radio.
"Blood Puppet" didn't know what was happening outside. He was concentrating on listening to the broadcast of the awarding ceremony that day, but it suddenly stopped at the most critical part, as if it was deliberately cut off by someone with ulterior motives.
This action made "Blood Puppet" extremely uneasy. He was really worried that his companion who was wholeheartedly fighting for humanity would fall into the hands of those congressmen who were good at playing power games.
In such anxiety, he spent the past few days, hoping that good news would come from the radio.
But unfortunately, the people who cut off the broadcast never seemed to think about restoring it.
"Da da."
In the room where the only sound was electric current, the blood puppet suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside.
A feeling of nervousness suddenly rose in his heart. After listening for a few days, he was able to conclude that there were no "residents" similar to himself in the surrounding rooms.
Either a new prisoner was brought here, or... I was about to be sentenced.
He held his breath, used the blood surging in his body to strengthen his senses, and carefully distinguished the footsteps outside.
Although the footsteps were made by three or four people, the five senses of the "Blood Puppet" strengthened by its blood were still strong enough.
Is it him?
The "Blood Puppet" was suddenly startled.
At this moment of sudden realization, he did not feel any joy. Instead, he began to worry about his friend whom he had only met once.
The footsteps were getting closer, and "Blood Puppet" was looking carefully in the direction of the crack in the door, wanting to see where those people were taking their friends.
However, those footsteps stopped in front of his door.
Then, the sound of the door lock being opened was heard, and the door opened. The "Blood Puppet" took two steps back and saw two managers on the left and right who looked embarrassed, and the big golden guy in the middle.
"Hey, man."
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