"You."
The deaths of two Five Elders finally threw the remaining three into a panic. The way they had looked down on everyone like ants was gone. They had never imagined things would take such a drastic turn.
It was not just the remaining three Five Elders. The Marines in the distance were also left dumbstruck by the sight. Vice Admiral Dole had been smart enough to realize that they could not defeat the third-generation Pacifistas and had no way to retreat, so she ordered the warships to move away from Egghead Island, beyond the Pacifistas' laser range. For the moment, she preserved the Marines' fighting strength, and they became witnesses to history.
"Seriously? He's that strong?" Inside the dome, Lilith could not help rubbing her eyes. The Five Elders had been dealt with so easily that even as one of Vegapunk's clones, she found it hard to accept. In fact, she was not the only one inside the dome who could not accept it. Vegapunk's true form, Stussy, Rob Lucci, Kaku, and the others felt the same way.
By comparison, Stussy and the others felt it most deeply. After all, they were CP0, practically the people closest to the Five Elders. They understood the Five Elders' authority better than anyone.
The World Government's eight hundred years of rule had certainly ingrained its authority into people's hearts, but corruption had spread everywhere at the same time. Even CP0 was no exception. How corrupt was CP0? In the original work, Spandam became CP0's chief through his father's connections.
Incredible, right? Even Spandam could become the chief of CP0, an organization known as the Celestial Dragons' shield. That showed just how rotten the World Government had become. Later, Rob Lucci became CP0's chief because Spandam failed a mission while Lucci completed it,