Within just twenty minutes of Kuzan entering Ohara,
the entire island had been completely brought under control. Every scholar who intended to resist the government had been turned into one ice sculpture after another...
No one could leave the island under Kuzan's control. Even seagulls in the sky were caught by Kuzan's powerful Observation Haki the instant they tried to fly out of Ohara, frozen into ice sculptures, and smashed to pieces when they fell from the sky.
Regarding this, Kuzan stood with his hands in his pockets and calmly said to the scholars, "Rest assured! I held back on these scholars. I didn't freeze them solid like I did the seagulls. Soak them in hot water for half an hour, and they'll recover soon enough..."
"You monster!"
After realizing resistance was futile, the scholars could only angrily curse Kuzan.
It was also after Kuzan had completely taken control of the Tree of Knowledge that the Marine warships, which had merely surrounded Ohara without taking further action, finally docked...
A total of ten Marine warships had come for this operation, yet there were fewer than three hundred Marines! That meant fewer than thirty men per ship. At the same time, the warships carried no shells or heavy weapons...
Just as Kuzan had said, they had come to convey the World Government's mercy to Ohara, to deliver the good news of peace!
Thus, anyone who dared resist was a bastard who intended to disregard civilian safety and start a war on their own. They had better prepare to face his retaliation known as Burning Justice!
Moreover, when the Marine soldiers came ashore, they carried nothing that could even be called a weapon. Instead, they pushed one small cart after another, ignoring the towns on Ohara and heading straight for the Tree