"All right, stop arguing."
One of the Five Elders suddenly spoke, cutting off the others' discussion. "What matters most now is how exactly we're supposed to solve the current problem."
Then he lowered his voice and spoke with his back turned to the Den Den Mushi. "Time is running out. These next twenty years are the most crucial period. Lord Imu will fully awaken in a little over ten years. After another two or three years of preparation, the final moment will arrive."
"Even if we control the voice of the entire world, that man is still a Celestial Dragon. If he truly exposes everything, it'll still cause enormous trouble!"
The Five Elders were not afraid of ordinary pirates learning something. Even Great Pirates like Roger and Whitebeard might possess a certain degree of credibility, but they were, after all, enemies of the World Government. If they claimed that the World Government had some sort of conspiracy, hardly anyone would believe them.
This was not like the Great Treasure. Roger had been to Final Island—that was an indisputable fact—so many people believed in the Great Treasure he spoke of. If he had stood on the execution platform and said that the World Government wanted to destroy the world, forget ordinary people; even the Navy's upper ranks probably would not have believed him.
But if a Celestial Dragon said it, that would be different. People would instinctively believe that Celestial Dragons knew the World Government's secrets.
Of course, the Five Elders were not without ways to deal with such a situation, but that would involve Mary Geoise's hidden resources and require an enormous price. They had no desire to take that step.
The bald Five Elder wearing glasses and holding a Japanese sword said coldly, "He's now approaching the Navy's highest