Chapter 270 Agenda
After the last member arrived at Black Rock City, Black Rock City did not calm down because of the upcoming meeting. On the contrary, more and more people went out.

In the city still shrouded in heavy rain, countless figures are shuttling back and forth in the rain. Under the cover of the rain, countless information and exchanges are taking place silently.

Every member who came to participate in the meeting knew that this would be a meeting that would determine the future of the resistance. Every member who was qualified to participate in the meeting was busy contacting and winning over each other, trying to gain an advantage in votes in the next meeting.

This information exchange and communication reached its peak after Locke confirmed the formal meeting the next day.

Except for Roland, even the other members who had remained neutral could no longer sit still, and one figure after another walked out of their camp.

After the official meeting time was confirmed, the figures of people shuttling back and forth in the rainstorm began to intertwine.

In order to disrupt the other party's information exchange and communication, interfere with each other's final decision-making, weaken the other party and strengthen themselves.

In the city covered by heavy rain, the figures who had always carried knives but not umbrellas and were wary of each other finally began to draw their weapons and started killing in the rainy night.

Throughout the night, several bloody clashes broke out in almost every area of ​​the city.

However, due to the final restraint between each other, there were only small-scale conflicts and killings, which were silent under the cover of heavy rain.

Only a perceptive extraordinary being could detect the faint smell of blood in the rainstorm.

But under the heavy rain, most people don’t know what happened in the rain unless they saw it with their own eyes.

These skirmishes continued under heavy rain until Locke led his men out of his house.

After he went to the parliament hall first, all parties who received the news stopped the conflict and killing, and tacitly cleaned up the corpses everywhere.

As for blood and other things, leave it to Baoyu to deal with.

Not long after Locke arrived at the parliament hall, his envoys quickly walked out of the parliament hall and began to invite all parties to come to the parliament hall for this meeting.

"I see."

Roland took the invitation and nodded slightly to Locke's envoy in front of him.

After the messenger left, Roland also opened the invitation letter.

In addition to the formal pleasantries, Locke also put forward the requirements for this meeting.

Each member was allowed to bring two guards, and the main topics of discussion were clearly listed.

Roland glanced at the topics listed by Locke and shook his head.

At this point, I still want to strike a balance.

Roland didn't believe that Locke didn't notice the blood under the rain.

Ordinary people might be obscured by the rainstorm, but extraordinary people would definitely know about it, especially since Locke was a high-ranking knight. Roland didn't believe that he would not know about the carnage under the rainstorm.

Given the current situation, he still wants to suppress the conflict between the two factions? That can only be said that Locke is thinking too much.

"Alfonso, Hela, the two of you come with me."

Roland took the umbrella that Hela handed over, opened it, and walked into the heavy rain.

Behind Roland, Hela also followed Roland with an umbrella, and Alfonso, who was fully armed, followed directly.

Not long after they started walking, the three of them were covered by a rainstorm. Since the killings by all parties under the rainstorm had come to an end, Roland was very calm along the way.

Compared with the hesitation and indecision of all parties, Roland, who went out as soon as he received the invitation letter, became the first member to arrive at the parliament hall except Locke.

Roland walked into the council hall, folded his umbrella and lowered it down, letting all the rain drain down.

Then, Hela took Roland's umbrella and handed both umbrellas to the servant beside her. Alfonso's body shook slightly, and all the rain on his armor was shaken out.

Finally, the three of them calmly walked into the parliament hall.

What came into Roland's sight was a simple hall, an old wall that had only been simply repaired, a relatively clean table, matching chairs, and dozens of bright candles.

Although Locke was not a qualified leader, compared to the extravagant Eleanor in the South, Locke could be said to have tried his best.

After all, Locke did not receive a complete political education, so it is normal that he did not understand these things.

Moreover, Locke has also made contributions over the years. As a knight who stood up and took up the banner of fighting against the Green Tide in times of crisis, Locke did play the greatest role when the resistance army was first established.

In addition, when Eleanor was indulging in extravagance in the South, Locke also set an example by emphasizing frugality. He even bought the place where he lived with his own money. This parliament hall was directly converted from the hall of Black Rock City with the lowest budget.

Roland saluted Locke on the side, then sat down in his seat, while Hela and Alfonso stood behind Roland respectively.

Roland closed his eyes and waited silently.

The whole hall fell silent.

As time went by, one member after another walked into the conference hall with their subordinates. Some of them saluted and greeted Locke, while others simply ignored Locke and found their seats and sat down.

Although both the local faction and the border faction no longer wanted to see Locke sitting in the leadership position, the former still made up the majority of those who saluted and greeted him.

After all, not wanting to see Locke still sitting in the leadership position does not mean not recognizing Locke's achievements.

The local faction and the border faction were divided into factions and sat on both sides of the table, while the balance faction under Locke sat on both sides of Locke. As for those like Roland who did not express their opinions, they sat at the end of both sides.

After the last group of members arrived in a somewhat confrontational manner, Roland also opened his eyes and glanced at the two groups of people who came in.

Although they had been simply treated, Roland could sense a faint smell of blood from them.

It seems that they came so late because they had a fight.

After everyone arrived at the conference table, Locke also knocked on the table in his hands, pretending that he did not see the smell of blood on the last wave of people, and calmly started this meeting.

As soon as the meeting started and Locke raised the first agenda item, tensions between the local faction and the border faction instantly flared up.

The first topic: border defense issues.

As the rebels and Roland each swallowed up a warlord's territory, the rebels' border also expanded a long distance eastward.

And the long border line cannot be maintained solely by patrols of the rebel troops.

Some important places need to be fortified, right? Soldiers patrolling the front lines need a place to rest in peace? People need to eat, right? Various logistical supplies should also be transported up?

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