Chapter 259: Loguetown, East Blue
The sky was clear and cloudless for miles.
Loguetown, usually bustling with people, was now undergoing an unprecedented massive construction project due to an order from the World Government.
Large numbers of laborers and technical personnel had been mobilized from kingdoms across the East Blue.
At the same time, ships came and went through Loguetown's harbor, delivering vast quantities of essential supplies for the town's construction.
As towering walls rapidly rose, cannons and weapons were transported into the prosperous town.
Loguetown, the town known as "The Town of Beginning and End."
In the days to come, it would be transformed according to the World Government's will into a war fortress resembling a Marine base.
And this fortress would be Roy's governor's residence in the East Blue.
Roy would be stationed here for a long time. In accordance with the World Government's will, he would curb the pirates constantly pouring from the East Blue into the Grand Line.
At the same time, Roy would mobilize the forces of every World Government member state in the East Blue to eliminate those troublesome revolutionary forces.
In short, officially, Roy had come to the East Blue to bring peace to these waters.
There were two reasons why Loguetown had been chosen as Roy's headquarters.
One was that Loguetown was the final supply point before entering the Grand Line from the East Blue. The other was that the former Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, had been executed here by the World Government.
Thus, the World Government hoped to build a powerful fortress here, using its advantageous terrain and history to intimidate the entire restless East Blue.
Large numbers of laborers were forcibly brought to this town imbued with special meaning.
Meanwhile, far away on the Grand Line, Roy was leading