In the conference hall, the Presidents were not very proactive in speaking, as they were all assessing the situation and watching each other.
On one hand, they feared provoking Wei Tianyang, and on the other, they were looking for a suitable entry point to test his bottom line.
Bound by the Presidents' attitudes, the business and academic elites also refrained from speaking out.
After a long pause, a black President was the first to break the silence.
"I am Manepli, President of Casene in Heiside State and representative of the Chiefs' Council," the President said.
"Since Heiside State does not have many seats in the Council and does not enjoy political status equal to that of other countries, I and my colleagues don't know much about you."
"Our understanding of you depends entirely on some decrypted documents recently made available to us by the United Council."
