All seemingly complicated competition followed a very simple logic.
Either cooperate with your enemies, or kill them.
During the period of competing for East Blue Governor, aside from building up his own reputation and pulling strings, Roy spent all his remaining time winning over his rivals and threatening their supporters.
During this time, many officials whose weaknesses Roy had uncovered received personal visits from him at night.
For those willing to submit, Roy would seal away their incriminating evidence and promise them appropriate benefits.
As for those who took a hard line, whose interests were too deeply entangled for them to yield even in death—
Roy's approach toward such people was equally forceful.
Once he determined that a supporter of a rival posed a major threat to him,
the Golden Lion Pirates would use the intelligence Roy provided to begin harassing the businesses of those unstable elements.
Meanwhile, after helping Kuzan become a hero in the Fish-Man Kingdom,
Enel was now acting as an elusive assassin in the first half of the Grand Line.
During this period, quite a few high-ranking officials met accidental deaths because of Enel.
Naturally, this phenomenon immediately drew the World Government's attention.
Faced with the frequent assassinations of its officials, the World Government's upper ranks were naturally furious.
To the World Government, this was a blatant provocation, and it would further diminish its prestige across the seas.
Naturally, the World Government's higher-ups wanted to uncover the truth as quickly as possible.
But the one responsible was Enel, the user of the Sound-Sound Fruit, said to possess the greatest offensive power among Logia Devil Fruits.
Furthermore, at Roy's request, Enel had mixed in many targets who had no influence on the election but posed a threat to Roy's businesses, just to be safe.
As a result,