A massive, unprecedented debate erupted across the world.
The focus of the debate was who was lying, and which side truly stood for justice.
Was it the World Government telling the truth, or the rebel alliance?
Both sides had a vast number of supporters.
Those who supported the World Government did so because it had ruled the world for eight hundred years. Its prestige could not possibly be completely destroyed by just a few words.
Not to mention that the kings of all the government's member nations were still being detained in Mary Geoise. The ruling classes of every country were speaking for the World Government, and naturally, their citizens would be influenced by that.
The case for the opponents was even simpler. How many atrocities had the World Government committed over the years? How many people had suffered because of them?
Those people were naturally opposed to the government.
But in truth, they were still only a minority. The real majority was the other half of the world—the non-member nations that no one had ever really cared about.
The people of those countries had never enjoyed any benefits brought by the World Government, but they had certainly been ruthlessly exploited by it.
Naturally, they did not support the World Government in the slightest.
If they had to support someone, then of course they supported the Revolutionary Army, which fought for the common people, and the NEO Marines, which sought to unite the non-member nations.
The sooner the World Government died, the better!
And so, naturally, the two sides, each clinging to their own arguments, began a fierce quarrel.
The entire world seemed to have split into two factions because of it.
Just as the Red Line divided the world in two, a confrontation unseen for eight hundred years had