Xia Ya: Luo, you don't want your sister to die of lead poisoning, do you?!

Meanwhile.

Right after the Five Elders issued their orders.

In the North Blue, the entirety of Flevance was thrown into chaos…

Countless government agents in black uniforms, along with Marine soldiers in white Justice coats symbolizing justice and fairness, were rushing throughout the country, constantly busy.

They were leading row after row of heavily armed troops, going door-to-door to investigate, question, and search for children born within the past year.

Whether they were children of nobles, royalty, commoners, or beggars, anyone born within the last year was to be sent to a World Government warship and transported to Mary Geoise!

This was an order from the World Government, an order from the Celestial Dragons, an order from the Five Elders, the world's highest authority, and no one was allowed to refuse…

This caused the King of Flevance, a middle-aged man dressed impeccably, a great deal of headaches, yet he dared not speak out!

After all, the World Government held leverage over him.

The White Town of Flevance, also known as the Lead Bone Town!

This was an incredibly prosperous town, the entire country resembling a fairy tale town, all white and exceptionally beautiful…

And the reason for this country's beauty and prosperity was their control over the almost universally useful processing raw material – Lead Bone Ore!

This Lead Bone Ore, which could be processed into cosmetics, chemical raw materials, energy, and even weapons, was renowned worldwide for its low processing costs and durability!

Among them, the Lead Bone Ore of good quality was highly sought after by the various nobles of the nations under the World Government! This, in turn, filled Flevance with business opportunities, attracting countless merchants and speculators from around the world hoping to strike it rich with Lead Bone.

However, the truth was that Lead Bone had a fatal flaw: it was poisonous!

Although the toxicity of Lead Bone was very weak, and short-term exposure would not show any effects! But, if someone was in prolonged contact with Lead Bone, they would develop symptoms known as Lead Bone Disease!

Ironically, the World Government and the royal family of Flevance had discovered the truth about Lead Bone a hundred years ago. However, at that time, the World Government and the royal family of Flevance, in order to allow this Lead Bone, hailed as white gold, to circulate worldwide, had concealed this truth…

As of today, the entire country of Flevance had reached the edge of a cliff!

It was regrettable, but perhaps heaven was also fair!

Flevance was made by Lead Bone, and Flevance would be destroyed by Lead Bone…

After the citizens of Flevance had enjoyed a hundred years of prosperity brought by Lead Bone, they would also have to pay the price for the wealth they had borrowed from the future, wealth that did not rightfully belong to them!

Based on Shaya's impression and speculation of Flevance, within about ten years, the entire country would be destroyed due to Lead Bone poisoning…

And what Shaya intended to do was to dismantle the entire White Town of Flevance before the issue of Lead Bone ore was completely exposed!

Then, he would join forces with Vegapunk to process the Lead Bone in a harmless, non-polluting manner, and seize all the Lead Bone ore beneath the entire Flevance.

At the same time, he would have his own forces directly involved in the sale of Lead Bone ore, bypassing the Flevance royal family as intermediaries and cutting out their exorbitant price markups.

The reason Shaya wanted to do this was naturally to use the funds from selling this Lead Bone ore as research and development expenses for the 'Seraphim' and 'Holy Mother's Flame' in the future.

Shaya was truly short on money right now…

And the money from the Sky Island could not be touched for the time being! If the immense wealth of the Great Kingdom was discovered, 99.9% of it would be seized by the World Government.

Among the three cornerstones of the great power Shaya would establish in the future were the money from the Sky Island, the mineral resources from God Valley, and the universally useful but harmful material from the White Town of Flevance!

Only the White Town of Flevance was the easiest for Shaya to act upon at the moment.

Therefore, the very first thing Shaya planned to do was to have Roger go to Flevance, bringing Flevance back into the sight of the World Government, the Marines, and the major powers.

Let the King of Flevance take responsibility for his own actions! Then, quietly die…

This was the first step Shaya took…

As for the second step, Shaya didn't need to act. The Five Elders had already issued an order commanding Marine Headquarters to take away all infants from Flevance during the year Roger became the Pirate King and disappeared, sending them to Mary Geoise…

If Shaya hadn't interfered, these infants, according to their predetermined fate, 99% would have died from Lead Bone poisoning from a young age, combined with the toxins accumulated in their parents' bodies, at the age of eight or nine due to Lead Bone Disease!

But with Shaya's interference, these infants would not be exposed to Lead Bone from childhood. The toxins accumulated in their bodies would have a chance to be expelled as they grew older, and a large portion of these infants would have a chance to grow into adults.

Even though these children of Flevance would grow up as slaves to the Celestial Dragons!

But at least they would have escaped their predetermined fate of death.

As for those with weaker constitutions who could not completely metabolize the toxins in their bodies, they would have their lifespans greatly extended because they had not been exposed to Lead Bone as children.

Furthermore, after they fell ill, they would likely be discarded like trash by the Celestial Dragons, thrown down from Mary Geoise, thus turning misfortune into a blessing and enjoying a few years of freedom!

Based on Shaya's understanding of the Celestial Dragons, once these children of Flevance fell ill, in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, they would be considered massive pollutants, the kind that would contaminate Mary Geoise even if killed!

Therefore, there was a high probability they would be directly discarded, which was consistent with the typical behavior of the Celestial Dragons.

It had to be said that Shaya had calculated every aspect of this.

However, beyond this…

Shaya was anticipating something else as he sat in the library, his eyes slightly narrowed, murmuring in his heart, "Trafalgar Law! To be precise, Trafalgar D. Water Law, another child of the D. clan! He can serve as a member of my CP0."

Shaya had high hopes for Law. While the Ope Ope no Mi was a factor in Law's achievements, it was also Law's own talent and effort that allowed him to develop the Ope Ope no Mi to its awakening.

As for how to control Law?!

"Law! You don't want your sister to live a short life, do you?!"

A slight smile curved Shaya's lips.

Yes, Law had a sister. According to her predetermined fate, she would surely die from Lead Bone poisoning. But with his help, things would be completely different.

Although Shaya wasn't confident he could completely cure Lead Bone Disease, there was one person who could definitely expel the toxins from the bodies of those poisoned!

That man's name was—Vegapunk~

With Vegapunk's help, curing Lead Bone Disease would be a piece of cake~

At that time, Shaya would be hailed as the hero who saved Flevance, curing the entire population of Lead Bone Disease, and thus earning the people's favor and Law's loyalty~

A good child should be indoctrinated from a young age~

Shaya would indoctrinate these children from the moment they were born~

As for Law, he was already two years old, so starting his indoctrination now wouldn't be too late~

However, Law's sister had only just been born…

According to the orders issued by the World Government, Shaya would likely meet Law's sister in Mary Geoise not long from now~

As for what came next…

"Let Flevance's bullets fly a little longer for now~"

"As for now, Roger's execution is the most pressing matter!"

Shaya said, gazing at the distant sky through the library's massive floor-to-ceiling window.

Time flies!

In the blink of an eye, three months had quickly passed!

On this day, Loguetown in the East Blue was bustling with people!

This was because today was the day the legendary Pirate King was to be executed~

Many important figures who would become legends in the future gathered here.

These next few chapters will solidify the main storyline~