"Spandam, I'm leaving everything here to you. I trust you know what to do."
"Roy, are we really going to do this? This appetite is so huge it's making me a little scared!"
"Heh, do you believe that yourself? You know perfectly well what the situation on the seas is like right now. If we don't grab more while we can, how will we preserve the power we have once the seas become even more chaotic?"
"Go ahead and do it boldly. As long as you're careful, there shouldn't be any problems. If the worst happens, I'll step in. I trust you understand my strength better than anyone."
Standing at the port of the Great Kingdom on the Bridge,
Spandam watched the ship flying the World Government flag sail away.
As he recalled his conversation with Roy,
Spandam knew that this operation might be the largest act of embezzlement since he had joined the World Government.
They were going to swallow half the resources allocated to building the Kingdom on the Bridge.
The thought of such unprecedented corruption was thrilling.
There were certainly many risks involved. If it was exposed, it would be a fatal blow. But faced with such immense wealth, combined with the authority and power they currently held,
Spandam knew the chances of pulling this off were extremely high.
After all, Roy was now the nominal highest-ranking official in East Blue.
Though he did not interfere in the internal affairs of the World Government's member states or the Marines, the authority granted to him by the World Government meant that
if any major incident occurred in East Blue, then given the unique geography of the Four Seas, so long as all of East Blue did not collapse, Roy could completely suppress it.
Furthermore, before coming to East