Dragon: "Pursue the Revolutionary Army with Full Force!"

The events in the Otherworld are in full swing thanks to the strong promotion of the World Government, while various situations and incidents are constantly occurring on the Sea Star Homeworld.

[Bang!]

A gunshot pierced the night sky, followed by a chorus of gunfire echoing throughout the city, interspersed with the booming of explosions and the cries of human suffering.

The Wrath shouts and clamor continued incessantly.

This is the Scolab Kingdom, located in the middle of the third route in the first half of the Grand Line. It is a place that does not have a seat at the Reverie, but is still much more prosperous than many countries.

At this moment, it was clearly engulfed in a riot, with the common people from the lower classes and the soldiers of the king's guards engaged in fierce fighting along the high walls of the kingdom.

[Boom! Boom! Boom!]

Each burst of Huoguang illuminated the surroundings before extinguishing, each time reflecting the ferocious expressions of the people below the city and the deathly pale faces of the soldiers on the city walls.

Near the tightly closed city gates lay pools of warm corpses, some of whom were still alive but were seriously wounded, screaming in agony.

But no one paid attention to their desperate pleas for help; both sides were already consumed by a burning desire to kill.

Outside the brightly lit royal palace, the area was filled with men and women from the noble quarter, who had come to await the latest news.

Every explosion that came from outside the city filled them with terror.

They chattered amongst themselves, each offering their own opinion.

"Damn it! Damn it! These damned bastards! How dare they do this?"

"It's all because of what happened two days ago. Just disperse the people, why order the shooting? Ugh—"

"Those lowly people dared to gather and blockade outside the city, demanding the return of their confiscated Den Den Mushi and a 50% tax reduction. They are simply outrageous! What's wrong with the king ordering the two leaders to be killed?"

"The question now is, why do these lowly people have weapons!"

At the same time.

Inside the royal palace, Scolab V sat on his throne, gritting his teeth, listening to the sounds of gunfire outside.

The audience.

The thirteen high-ranking nobles, who called themselves dukes and marquises, also discussed the matter in hushed tones with worried expressions.

"I don't know how much longer they can hold out at the city gates. I just hope they can hold out until reinforcements from the World Government arrive."

"But the root of this problem is that we didn't heed the World Government's advice. If they come, there will be trouble too!"

"You yourself said it's just a proposal. Reforming the Heavenly Tribute and adjusting taxes in various countries are such important matters that they must be passed at the next Reverie to be considered as written law. We haven't broken any laws."

Do you think the World Government will reason with us?

These whispering noises infuriated King Scolab V on his throne, who immediately slammed his hand on the armrest of the throne.

"Shut up, all of you!"

"Look at you, where is your noble spirit? Those lowly commoners only have a few broken guns, while our city walls have twenty-three cannons, and the city gates are solid steel that require a mechanism to open. What are you afraid of?"

At this moment, the king regretted not buying some heavy machine guns earlier because he thought they were too expensive. Otherwise, he would have simply dragged them out and wiped out those hateful commoners who dared to rebel.

Kill them all, then spend some money to buy back a batch of slaves.

Although last year's Reverie dealt an unprecedented and devastating blow to the slave trade in various seas, as the saying goes, where there is demand, there is supply, and this extremely ancient industry cannot truly disappear.

Sudden.

The moment his words fell, a Rumble-Rumble roar transformed into a vast sound wave that surged into the hall through the thick walls.

"What happened!"

Scolab V suddenly stood up, and the dukes and marquises below the stage turned around in alarm to see a guard rushing in.

"His Majesty!"

"The city gates have been breached!!"

The guard knelt on the ground and shouted in a trembling voice.

No, that's impossible.

Upon hearing this devastating news, the king felt dizzy and his body swayed from side to side. At the same time, the dense shouts of battle outside seemed to grow louder and louder.

But even more piercing were the screams of the noblemen and women outside the hall, like chickens being choked.

Everyone scattered and ran away, pushing and shoving each other. Even if someone fell to the ground and screamed in pain, they would just be stomped on.

"Your Majesty, let's go quickly!"

An elderly, white-haired duke hurriedly urged them on, which also startled Scolab V was on the platform.

"Ah, yes, yes, let's hurry to the port!"

Just at this critical moment, a 'poo poo' sound rang out.

It was as if a time-stopping button had been pressed, causing everyone in the hall to halt in their tracks. The king, who had just run down the steps, was overjoyed and hurriedly took out Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

"Hello, can you hear me, King Laboon?"

"Are you from the World Government? Are you from the Navy? Where are you now?"

"We are police officers from the Ministry of Police. We have arrived over the kingdom. Due to the chaos outside, for your safety, we advise you not to wander around and to wait inside the palace."

The Den Den Mushi transformed into a terrifying creature with a mouthful of fangs, issuing commands in a hoarse and impolite voice.

But by this time, he had become the hope of the king and the dukes, and no one cared about such a rude attitude.

"Very well, I won't go out, I definitely won't go out!"

Scolab V nodded repeatedly in agreement, his face beaming with a smile of relief. Although he didn't know why the police weren't from the Navy, he was fine as long as they were from the World Government.

Above the royal palace, beneath the night sky filled with the Milky Galaxy and the bright Mingyue, a Daikoku appeared silently.

Sudden.

Several small black dots leaped out from the Daikoku and rapidly scattered in all directions around the kingdom, followed by the former, which also began to descend slowly.

"Kill! Kill these lackeys of the king!"

"Overthrow the nobles!"

"We are the Revolutionary Army!"

Thousands of young, strong men in patched clothes fought a brutal battle with a group of soldiers in uniform white, wielding guns, swords, and even pitchforks and clubs.

The battlefield where the two sides clashed was centered on the breached city gate, forming a fan shape covering an area of several miles, and it continued to expand outwards.

Screams, gunshots, and the sounds of flesh and blood tearing filled the air, both on and below the city walls.

[Bang--Bang--Bang--]

Just then, a series of dark figures descended from the sky and landed heavily on the ground. The surging energy they generated spread in all directions, and everyone affected by it fell down like wheat being blown by the wind.

At the same time, the obvious commotion and rising dust also attracted the attention of civilians and soldiers fighting nearby.

"Police are enforcing the law! Stop it, everyone!"

A loud shout rang out from the smoke and dust, but in this life-or-death battlefield, how many people would actually dare to be the first to stop fighting just because of a shout?

Clearly, the person who spoke did not believe that things could be resolved simply by talking.

The next moment.

With a whooshing sound, long, emerald-green objects shot out from the still-lingering dust.

They move so fast that to many people they are merely fleeting green shadows, and before the target can react, they are completely entangled.

"Ah, what is this?"

"Let me go!"

When they realized what was happening, they screamed in panic and struggled desperately, trying to break free of the sticky stuff.

"So noisy!"

From the dissipated smoke and dust, a 2.5-meter-tall blond man strode out and appeared before everyone.

The man was empty-handed, wearing a tailor-made green uniform over a dark green coat, and black knee-high boots that gleamed in the moonlight as he stepped on the blood-stained ground with a series of crisp sounds.

With a dissatisfied grumble, the green slime clinging to the people, like living Slime, slid down their necks and sealed their mouths shut.

"I am Constitutional Police Gasparde, a military police officer under the World Government's Ministry of Police. I've memorized that name because I have a bit of a temper!"

After he finished speaking, his raised right arm transformed into a lump of green candy, and in the blink of an eye, it Hardening into a sharp green blade that gleamed with a cold light.

Gasparde has been in a bad mood lately.

If it weren't for the Ministry of Police's strict order that killing someone, even a criminal, is strictly prohibited unless one's own life is in danger, he would have loved to pierce the bodies of these scumbags directly.

He was doing a good job as a naval officer at the G-0 branch at the Reverse Mountain, but a transfer order sent him to the Ministry of Police to be a policeman!

Although a police superintendent is equivalent to a military officer, and this should be considered a promotion, his dream is to become a high-ranking Navy Admiral. How could this make him happy?

At the same time.

On another part of the battlefield, large numbers of civilians and soldiers appeared dizzy and disoriented in a hazy mist, swaying and collapsing to the ground before falling into a deep sleep, their faces flushed.

"Hiss—this wonderful aroma of wine is truly unforgettable!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Buck, Constitutional Police from the Ministry of Police. My Buck is Senior Inspector. Hope you all sleep well tonight, and remember to have another drink tomorrow morning!"

It turns out that he was the son of Dr. Wolf from the Submarine Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences, and the Special Paramecia Drunken Fruit Devil Fruit User.

Buck's act of standing in the middle of a group of sleeping people and introducing himself was indeed a bit strange.

[Boom------]

A dark red shockwave, like a tsunami, swept in from Buck's left, engulfing the fighting sides one after another, their Byakugan rolling back as they fell to the ground. The shockwave covered two-thirds of the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, the entire kingdom fell silent.

The soldiers and rioting civilians on the periphery were also frozen in fear, staring dumbfounded at the blood-red ground covered with human bodies before them.

The moonlight filtering down created an eerie atmosphere.

"Is this Conqueror's Haki? It's amazing!" Buck exclaimed in admiration, while Gasparde on the other side snorted coldly.

"Charlotte Katakuri? He's just the son of a One Piece!"

Gasparde felt that Katakuri shouldn't have been directly awarded the rank of Senior Superintendent (military colonel). Although Katakuri was indeed very strong, he still felt that Katakuri shouldn't have been directly awarded the rank of Senior Superintendent (military colonel).

He was One Piece!

But I am a legitimate second-generation naval officer!

Just then, a series of hurried and rapid footsteps approached from afar, and Katakuri, also wearing a dark green coat, looked towards the city gate.

A group of armed police officers in green uniforms, with handcuffs around their waists, stormed into the palace. Without waiting for orders, they began confiscating weapons from the ground and detaining civilians and soldiers who had not yet fainted.

"Hey, what are you doing? I'm a guard of this kingdom!"

"Arrest these rioters! They are the criminals!"

Seeing that they were about to be captured, the soldiers of the Kingdom Guard immediately began to shout loudly in dissatisfaction.

But the police didn't waste any time talking. When they encountered any who resisted, they would raise their rifle butts and smash them down. Once the soldiers begged for mercy in pain, they would handcuff them.

At this moment, Katakuri, accompanied by a dozen or so police officers, strode into the palace hall and met the king and dukes who were waiting obediently.

"You've finally arrived! Excellent! How's the situation outside? I can't hear anything coming from outside."

Scolab V quickly stepped forward, beaming with delight as he inquired.

"I am Charlotte Katakuri, Senior Superintendent of the Military Police Military Police Bureau of the Ministry of Police Public Security. I have been ordered by Minister Dragon to maintain order here, investigate this riot, and arrest those involved in the illegal activities. This is my police ID."

Katakuri adopted a completely businesslike attitude, directly presenting his identification to the king.

"Okay, okay, thank you!"

Scolab V nodded repeatedly. He was so frightened by the mob outside that night that he couldn't care less about maintaining the dignity of a king.

"First of all, the riots outside have been suppressed by us. Now, please tell me what information you have."

While Katakuri was communicating with the king, outside the palace, Buck and Gasparde were also cooperating with ordinary police to interrogate the mob and soldiers.

Three hours later.

In the Sabaody Archipelago, Dragon received a Den Den Mushi Den Den Mushi from Katakuri in his office.

"Katakuri, how is he?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Police was seen working on documents while talking to a Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) on the corner of his desk.

"The riots have been quelled, mainly because King Scolab V ordered the shooting of two leaders of the demonstration."

"These civilians are demanding the return of their confiscated Den Den Mushi, the cancellation of the Heavenly Tribute levies imposed on them in accordance with the World Government's initiative, and the payment of Heavenly Tribute from the regular national tax revenue."

After hearing this, Dragon stopped writing, looked up at the Den Den Mushi, and asked in a deep voice, "So how did you deal with it?"

"Arrest Scolab V and all nobles of the rank of marquess and above for disrespecting the World Government, and take them to Enies Lobby to await trial by the Supreme Court."

Dragon was very satisfied with what he heard. Although the laws were improving, they did not yet involve the king's power within the country.

In other words, the king is not guilty of executing his own citizens.

However, if he disregards the World Government's initiatives, it can be considered disrespectful to the World Government, which is equivalent to disrespecting the World Noble, namely the Celestial Dragons.

This matter could be a big deal or a small deal, depending entirely on whether World Government take it seriously.

Doesn't that seem unreasonable?

That's correct.

The World Government's rule over the past nine hundred years has never relied on perfect laws or principles, but on absolute military strength, power, and influence!

"Besides that, I think there are three suspicious points about this riot," Katakuri continued from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"First of all, these people have a large number of firearms and weapons of unknown origin."

"Secondly, these people raised the banner of the 'Revolutionary Army,' and it is said that the first to bring it up were the two leaders who had been ordered to be shot by the king. However, they did not die on the spot, but were brought back to the civilian area and died of their injuries that night."

"Finally, none of these civilians were sword Bleach, yet they still managed to break through the 20-centimeter-thick solid steel city gate head-on. I observed it carefully; the cut was very smooth, definitely caused by a powerful strike."

After listening, Dragon frowned and muttered the words "Revolutionary Army" to himself.

He had a feeling that the main adversary of his Ministry of Police in the future might be this group of hidden masters behind the scenes.

"Inciting the people and using them to overthrow the king and nobles—that's truly despicable. How many people and families will be killed in this?"

"We must not let them get away! We must pursue and capture the Revolutionary Army with all our might!"