But if what the Poneglyph recorded was not history, but the World Government's future plans, then the problem was truly serious.
Why did the World Government not want others to learn about their future plans? The most likely reason was that this plan would harm the interests of everyone else on the seas! It might even cause an irreparable disaster!
Yet soon, as Kuzan explained, Zephyr understood. The World Government was not merely trying to harm others' interests or cause some disaster. They were completely driving everyone onto a dead-end road. They wanted to destroy the world!
"Y-You... everything you said is true?" Even with Zephyr's temperament and experience, having weathered countless storms, hearing Kuzan drop such a bombshell left him dizzy and disoriented. His first reaction was that it was impossible.
Had the World Government gone mad? Did they want to destroy themselves?
It was possible that he, a former Marine Admiral, did not know about something like this. But if even the Five Elders did not know, that would be utterly absurd.
Would the Five Elders willingly make wedding clothes for someone else? From Zephyr's years of dealings with those people, they were all true powerhouses with lofty ambitions. How could they possibly be willing to merge into the body of some nonsensical god?
But Kuzan was clearly not someone who spoke carelessly. Since he said so, he must have found some evidence.
"Of course it's true. Every Poneglyph points to this. Although none of them state exactly what happened, some great catastrophe did occur eight hundred years ago. And many prophecies point to this era. Everything from the past will undergo its final reckoning within these next few years."
"Teacher Zephyr, haven't you felt the World Government's impatience lately?"
Zephyr fell silent at once. He had felt