The entire Meeting Room fell silent. Uchiha Hiko's proposal was simply too insane. They did not dare accept such a goal, one that was enough to drive anyone mad.
Hiko looked at their reactions and sneered inwardly, though his face remained impassive as he asked, "So, this alliance will one day become the grandest and most powerful alliance in the entire world. Even the World Government will have to bow before it. Are you prepared to join the alliance I am building?"
Quite a few people frowned, but no one spoke.
Only one person rose to his feet with a trace of timidity and asked, "May I ask what benefits there are to joining the alliance you are forming?"
Many people pricked up their ears. They had no desire to take part in something like becoming enemies with the world, but they cared greatly about matters of profit.
Hiko said calmly, "If a nation's rule is unstable, the alliance will send people to help resolve the problem. If a nation has financial or economic difficulties, the alliance will provide assistance. If a nation is impoverished and backward, the alliance will also lend a hand. Just as Dressrosa was rebuilt from ruins through my efforts on one hand and Fishman Island's substantial support on the other."
The representatives of many stable and prosperous nations could not help frowning. If they truly joined this alliance, leaving everything else aside, helping those backward and impoverished nations alone would mean they first had to pay a huge sum to help the alliance establish a good reputation.
They paid the money, yet Uchiha Hiko, the Alliance Leader, would be the one to gain both fame and profit?
Quite a few people began to feel dissatisfied.
"This is the alliance's basic strategic direction," Hiko continued. "The