The Kaiser froze for a second as the roaches beneath the spotlight began to panic and scurry. But there was nothing they could do. The doors were sealed, and the building was surrounded.
One way or another, their revolution would come to an end today—whether via blood or justice. But the choice was ultimately up to the Kaiser, and how he wished to interpret this mess.
On the one hand, Bruno's suggestion was legally sound but optically messy. No matter how much Bruno used his leverage over the media to spin the narrative, a bloodbath of politicians elected by the people within the Reichstag itself was a horrific image.
Even if they were guilty of treason, and the narrative was spun toward violent revolution, it was something that would be universally condemned, even by some of the Reich's supposed allies.
