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[yeshou]

[ Wen Kexing looks thoughtfully through the projection cast by the coin, as if he's trying to see the people on the other side of the network. He can't yet, but he's judging anyway. ]

Who is a leader here?

[ That's not very helpful. He considers and tries again. ]

It looks like a lot of the people brought here belong to groups or sects of some kind. Isn't that weird?

Anyway, the most important question is which of you is the strongest?

[ He folds his arms across his chest. ]

We're all from different places, so how can we tell?

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[nonbinding]

No.

When you say strength, do you mean only physical strength?

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[yeshou]

No?

[ He's very serious about this. Wen Kexing wasn't ready. ]

People can have all kinds of strength to beat others.

[nonbinding]

[Eiji, for his part, mostly looks amused. This isn’t particularly serious to him, but he is interested.]

I think if we want to know who the strongest is, it helps to define strength. Everyone here likely has a different answer.

[yeshou]

[Wen Kexing definitely didn't think that deeply into his plan, but he's always gone with his instinct over tactics. Even so, he's definitely taking everything he says very seriously.]

Well, you have to have some physical strength just to survive! But not everything is raw strength... The one that can defeat the most enemies is the strongest, right?

[That counts as math.]

[nonbinding]

Hm.

It’s true. There are many here who could put up quite a fight. But consider.

If a wild bull were running amongst most of us, it wouldn’t have a hard time defeating the most people. Would that make it the leader?

[yeshou]

[He frowns at that. He understands the point, but-]

Would other people follow it? If the bull were capable of taking command, then it doesn't matter if it's a beast or a human.

[He's basically a beast.]

[nonbinding]

[Eiji sincerely considers that.]

It’s true. If, somehow, the bill showed something people could take as instruction, they would follow.

[Eiji doesn’t doubt that for a minute. His view of people is low enough he’s believe they’d follow an animal. Or, more likely…]

Especially if there was a human hand guiding the bull they didn’t notice.

[yeshou]

[Okay, he does smile at that.]

If you're a good handler, you can also be the strongest. I'll let you have the title without fighting as long as you can prove it.

[nonbinding]

It's not like I disagree with us having a leader, either. You have a good point in calling for one.

With how many of us there are, we need someone to take charge. Too much we'll go wrong if everyone's allowed to do just anything, and we all have the chance of bearing responsibility for it.

[yeshou]

And if there are people used to using power to be in charge, they'll do it anyway. Nobody can force them to play along if they're not gonna.

[ People that want to bully and fight their way up are going to do it. ]

I just want to know who's looking. Some people already said they were born as rulers. Are we expecting them to treat everyone else as their equals?

[ Guess he just has to punch to prove himself again. ]

[nonbinding]

That's true.

[That Eiji can easily agree upon. There are some people who are naturally just better than others. Actual rulers and leaders, compared to the sheep that make up the great majority of humanity.]

They shouldn't be expected to do that, you're right. However, it's a sad fact that those who are lesser don't really learn who their betters are without a few hard whacks.

[yeshou]

Are you a ruler too?

[There are a lot of people that apparently came from positions of power. Wen Kexing is actually surprised. Not because of the criminal charges, but why would whatever gods brought them want so many kings and masters and gods all in one place?]

It doesn't take effort to start a fight. We'll do whether anyone says anything or not. I'm getting the boring part out of the way. Who's here to help everyone else? Tch.