Overthrowing the World Government-Isn't That Our Goal?

"What's wrong with that?"

Nami folded her arms and lifted her chin proudly.

Her beautiful eyes shone with confidence unlike anything she had shown before—or perhaps it was the sheer exhilaration of wielding terrifying power.

"The Straw Hat Pirates now have the full might of a Four Emperor's crew and Germa's unbeatable technology!"

"We've already surpassed the Four Emperors!"

"Even if we sailed our fleet straight to Mary Geoise right now, the World Government would have to think twice before taking us on!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What are you talking about, Nami?!"

In the corner, Usopp was so frightened that his eyes and tongue practically flew three feet out of his face.

He threw himself across the table, shaking like a leaf.

"Attack Mary Geoise?!"

"How can you say that so casually?!"

"That's the same as overthrowing the World Government!"

"We'd be killed without a trace!"

Ronan did not laugh at Usopp's abject terror.

He turned his head slightly and looked at Usopp in silence.

Ronan released no Haki, yet the air seemed to vanish around him. The temperature plunged to freezing.

The once-noisy banquet hall fell silent, as though an invisible hand had seized it by the throat.

Everyone felt a tremor deep in their soul.

"Overthrow the World Government?"

Ronan spoke softly, but his words carried a resolve that could overturn the Great Sea. "Isn't that... our ultimate goal?"

Boom!

The words struck everyone present like a hammer to the heart.

Even Katakuri and Perospero held their breath in shock.

"But..."

"Not yet. We eat one bite at a time and take one step at a time. The World Government may be rotten, but its foundations remain."

He rose, his gaze seeming to pierce the ornate candy palace and reach the storm-tossed edge of the New World.

"Once