The East Blue was undergoing an unprecedented mobilization, but that was only the surface appearance.
In the shadows, within every hidden corner of the East Blue,
Roy's forces were ruthlessly extracting every rare resource across the East Blue.
Countless mine carts and mineshafts appeared on different islands throughout the East Blue.
Under the cover of the impending war with the World Government, vast quantities of resources were being systematically gathered.
The future was an uncontrollable variable.
Unlike the commoners at the bottom, Roy clearly understood that this sea had already fallen into danger.
The sea level was steadily rising, and many islands had already become precarious.
It was also for this reason that Roy's forces could so generously distribute large amounts of land to the East Blue's commoners.
This was a fantastical world. In a world with such disparity in power, true equality was impossible.
Through the secondary distribution of wealth, Roy won over the hearts of the entire East Blue.
But Roy could not allow himself to be trapped beneath the great net he had woven.
As the current helmsman of the entire East Blue, Roy believed his lies were kind.
Because what he did was not only for himself, but for all his people in the East Blue.
Only by working together could they possibly survive the crisis that would destroy the world.
Otherwise, in the face of rising sea levels, only the powerful and privileged might survive in the end, while commoners could only wait alone to die upon the sea.
Vast quantities of resources were mined, unearthed, and refined.
Once these finished resources were continuously transported into the East Blue's hidden corners,
countless scientists and manufacturers used the materials there to create island air conditioners and Cloud Makers capable of producing island clouds.
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