The elections have decreed the absolute victory of the socialists. Mussolini seems finished, but landowners and industrialists seek his help against the strikes.
Following strikes and protests, the King excludes the socialists from the government. Mussolini threatens a fascist insurrection, in an attempt to take everything.
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, asks for their annulment, denouncing the violence of the black shirts. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.