Enormous symbolic statues stood throughout the East Blue.
Vast quantities of rare resources were being pulled from the warehouses as if they cost nothing.
He spared no expense in cultivating his capable subordinates and spreading word of his presence across the East Blue.
These were Roy's preparations for his coming rule over the world.
After all, if he wanted to rule the entire Pirate World, he needed a solid rear base.
And a stable rear base needed a unified voice and a unified will.
Thus, ensuring the violence of his subordinates and winning over people's hearts were of vital importance to Roy.
Violence ruled the body.
Faith and propaganda won over the heart.
As long as he secured those two points and stabilized the entire East Blue, Roy's plan to rule the world would be at least one-sixth complete.
Although it pained him to allocate so many resources, gains and losses were the norm in this world.
Wealth was dead and would always remain there, but violence and people's hearts were forever in flux.
While Roy spared no expense in training his subordinates and had the propaganda team led by Belo Betty wildly promote him and win hearts throughout the East Blue,
Rob Lucci and Bon Clay, under Roy's command, were leading Roy's Assassination Force in a massive purge across the East Blue.
At the same time, in order to unify thought, the entire East Blue began an unprecedented mass movement under Roy's will.
News of the three red Poneglyphs had already spread across the seas.
The entire world was boiling over it.
There was not much time left for Roy and the others, so Roy had no intention of slowly reforming the entire East Blue.
Since he now possessed overwhelming power, Roy intended to cut through the East Blue's