Im's Hard Work and Busy Days!

Just as the situation in the 'Teigu World' was becoming increasingly tense due to the sudden appearance of the World Government, which made the already disharmonious atmosphere even more strained.

Meanwhile, Imu remained on Paradis Island in the 'Giant World,' living a fulfilling life.

Every morning at six o'clock, she would open her eyes, put Historia aside, wash up with the help of the Ubuyashiki Sisters, and then take 'Xihe' to the lawn outside to practice Swordsmanship.

At eight o'clock in the morning, I went into my own private bathhouse for a soak, and afterwards enjoyed a simple but extremely luxurious breakfast with Historia.

It was probably around nine o'clock by then.

Imu would read through various intelligence reports Wano Script prepared by Stussy in his study. These were mostly sent over by the Five Elders, and through them he could understand and control important matters of the World Government.

It often takes about two hours just to do this.

Although the Five Elders wouldn't bring trivial matters to my attention, the World Government is a vast organization with countless issues to deal with.

Despite the current intense external campaigns, development work is also underway in several other worlds in the rear.

Let's start with the Sea Star Homeworld, since this is our base.

In terms of people's livelihood.

The main areas are food, housing, education, health, transportation, and entertainment.

As mentioned before, the World Government is implementing a plan to 'ensure the basic living conditions of the Sea Star people,' which involves sending working groups to each kingdom to conduct on-site investigations and assess the living conditions of the local people.

If impoverished families or individuals are identified, the country's royal family will be asked to cooperate with the working group to provide assistance.

For example, helping to repair dilapidated houses, building new houses, providing free food, clothing, or even Beli, or arranging relatively decent work for them.

The working group also needs to select sites in each kingdom and city for the subsequent construction of public schools, World Hospital, public bathhouses, public tennis courts, Police Station, and administrative offices.

Among them, the royal families of various countries could understand the functions of the first five, but they did not quite understand the last one.

Later, the team leaders explained that this was to improve the efficiency of communication between the royal family and the World Government, and that they would not interfere in their internal affairs under normal circumstances.

It's essentially like an embassy.

This immediately put the royals at ease, and they actively cooperated with these working groups in helping the common people at the bottom of society, since it didn't cost them much Beli anyway.

That's right.

The assistance mentioned earlier was actually provided by the World Government, which paid for it with money and supplies. Even the land for building schools, hospitals, and other facilities was purchased from the Wano Country.

The construction workforce consisted primarily of officials and architects from the Construction Division, who then employed local young men from various countries as laborers.

This directly boosted the enthusiasm for construction among people in various regions.

Of course, the cost is enormous, but since the World Government started promoting these initiatives, it must have considered the pros and cons and ultimately found that it's profitable in the long run!

The current World Government possesses three other worlds, and it's likely that it will soon acquire this fourth one.

Therefore, in terms of resources, the World Government has already achieved relative 'financial freedom' and 'resource freedom,' so it is meaningless to worry about the cost of these aid efforts.

The benefit of doing so is that it has won over 'tons,' or even 'massive amounts, of public support.'

During the assistance process, each working group would frequently emphasize the existence of the World Government to the people and even describe a better future to them.

Here's a classic example.

The Goa Kingdom in the East Blue no longer has any 'Gray Terminal'; it's now filled with rows of two-story houses with small courtyards.

There is also the 'World Government Public School' which includes four school districts: 'kindergarten, primary school, middle school, and high school', and the 'World Government Public Bathhouse' which can accommodate a thousand people at the same time.

There is also a 'World Hospital' staffed with ten Medical Academy -certified junior and intermediate-level physicians, and Police Station comprised of five hundred officers of various ranks responsible for patrolling and handling disputes.

The overall living environment and conditions were, in comparison, no worse than those of the noble areas on the other side.

Even nobles who contracted strange illnesses or serious injuries had to be brought to this 'World Hospital' for examination and treatment.

In this situation, it would naturally arouse the Red Eye of some nobles, but with the Police Station and government agencies in place, they could only suppress their malicious thoughts.

Although the World Government has stated that it will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, there is actually a premise to this.

That means the laws of the World Government are superior to the laws of individual countries!

It's worth mentioning that the reason Garp now tacitly approves of, and even tends to support, the World Government's invasions of other Otherworld is because he has witnessed these positive changes.

In the end, he's still a Sea Star Person.

Then there's transportation and entertainment.

Let's start with transportation.

With the support of the World Government, Doflamingo's 'Flamingo Shipping Company' has grown to a considerable size in just a few years.

It owns ten steel cruise ships with a capacity of 10,000 tons each, and more than three hundred large and medium-sized passenger ships.

Medium-sized passenger ships are mainly used for travel between islands within the sea area, while large passenger ships are used for travel between the Four Seas and the Grand Line.

To put it simply, it's about getting through the Calm Belt!

Therefore, there was a certain demand for escort ships, Doflamingo directly spent a huge sum of money to buy warships from various countries that had been confiscated by the World Government in 'Demon Slayer World'.

Because there were too many of these warships, most of them would be destroyed and turned into various raw materials, so the Five Elders simply agreed to sell some to him.

As for his bodyguards, Doflamingo also offered huge commissions and benefits to recruit about twenty of the 'top 100 fighters'.

Therefore, it is Sea Star to see skilled individuals clad in crimson coats standing atop frigates protecting cruise ships or passenger vessels as they cross the Calm Belt.

However, most of the top 100 contestants still chose to visit the worlds of "Demon Slayer" and "Attack on Titans" as soon as possible.

The reason we don't go to the 'Kabane World' is that the World Government has designated it as a 'Special Resource Planet' to protect its environment and resources, prohibiting unauthorized World Government from entering or leaving.

And 'Teigu World'.

Everyone knows that a war of conquest is taking place there, and apart from a few adventurous individuals, most people plan to wait until the war is over before going to see for themselves.

Besides.

Several airship companies also opened in Sea Star, mainly engaged in air passenger transport and Sky Island tourism.

Although the airships are slower, there are no safety issues. The main reason is that the World Government requires that the gasbags of every airship be covered with a 'special coating' (the Heart Membrane of Kabane).

There's also the special steam engine 'McClatchy Mechanism' from the 'Kabane World', which, after being modified to work with seawater, was also used on airships.

This way, even if the steam runs out midway, it can be replenished at sea at any time.

As for the "Sea Train" project in Water Seven, it is still under development. There's really no way to rush it; in the original story, it took more than ten years.

Even with the full support of World Government, it is impossible to shorten the timeframe to just a few years.

So Imu only checked the progress briefly and then put it aside, but he was wondering if he could ask Vegapunk to spare some time to help take a look?

With his brain, which grows ever larger with the accumulation of wisdom, he might be able to provide Tom with some inspiration.

Immediately.

Imu wrote this idea down at the bottom of the report with a pen.

"Huh?"

At this moment, he saw a very interesting report, because it was sent directly by Doflamingo, in his capacity as Shichibukai, bypassing the Five Elders.

"To connect the Red Line on both sides of 'Reverse Mountain' and 'Mary Geoise', and create four large tunnels that directly connect to the Four Seas?"

This plan truly moved Imu.

The idea of digging a tunnel through the Red Line is astonishing, even just reading about it is staggering—it's a continent, not an island!

It's equivalent to someone proposing to dig a river that runs through the entire border of 'Beautiful Country' and connects the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

If we were to rely on conventional labor, even with ample machinery, who knows how many people would be needed or how long it would take?

Certainly.

The World Government has Devil Fruit User and various 'dark' technologies to help them, so the difficulty is relatively lower, but it's still not that easy.

However, Doflamingo also wrote on it how much the efficiency of maritime traffic inside the Sea Star would be improved once the four tunnels were completed.

The most basic exchanges between the East Blue, West Blue, North Blue, and South Blue will become extremely prosperous.

The potential profits from this are simply incalculable.

However, Imu thought that this might not be very useful to the World Government, because the World Government already had no shortage of Beli and resources, and it wouldn't be a problem even if it didn't collect the tax-like 'Heavenly Tribute'.

Of course, due to political needs, it was impossible not to accept it.

The problem is that this makes the project entirely a public good, meaning it's not very useful to World Government, but it's very helpful to the general public.

For example, Doflamingo's shipping company would definitely make a fortune.

At the same time.

If shipping traffic between Four Seas becomes more frequent, the situation at sea will become more complex, which will increase the difficulty of management.

To ensure order is maintained, more military spending needs to be allocated to the navy, giving it more troops and warships, which increases management costs.

From the perspective of World Government, it seems like they're just asking for trouble, creating risks and welfare entirely for the benefit of the world's people.

If it were Imu or the World Government in the past, they would definitely not have agreed to this without even thinking about it.

After considering it for a moment, Imu picked up his pen and agreed to the plan.

His thinking was, if it can make his 'home' better, why not do it?

If labor is needed, manpower from other worlds can be brought in; if machinery is needed, it can be manufactured by people from other worlds.

All Sea Star needs to do is send some soldiers to guard the area, find a few targeted Devil Fruit User, or have the Academy of Sciences develop some high-tech assistance.

As for the cost, to reiterate, the World Government has no shortage of money, and there is also an advantage to hiring a large number of people from Otherworld.

This would greatly improve the efficiency of Beli's circulation across different worlds.

This is very important for World Government.

In Imu's view, true conquest and domination can only be achieved when all the worlds are aligned with the same standards as the Sea Star, with a unified written language, ethical norms, geographical boundaries, weights and measures, and currency.

"Looks like Pica and Teach are going to be busy for the next few years."

Imu felt that the two of them were taking on a lot of big projects, but this also reminded him of Morley, the West Army Commander of the Revolutionary Army in the original work.

Morley, a Giants with a somewhat feminine personality, possesses the Paramecia Push-Push Fruit ability, which is perfectly suited for creating tunnels.

Unfortunately, he wasn't in Elbaf; he must have been traveling.

"However, we can have the Elbaf side try to contact him."

That said, has Doflamingo really fallen in love with running a company and being a CEO?

Imu looked at the report thoughtfully.

Come to think of it, what else could Doflamingo do besides these tasks, given the current World Government and Sea Star?

Arms trafficking? Slave trade?

Or are you still thinking about destroying the world?

Anyone with a brain knows that it's unrealistic and unreliable.

Furthermore, Doflamingo is a Celestial Dragons, so it's impossible for him to join the military and fight in Otherworld. If he did, who would listen to whom?

"Well, the title of 'King of Shipping' does suit him, but he needs to improve his strength. It would be embarrassing for him to be too weak as one of my Shichibukai."

Imu decided to temporarily recall Doflamingo.

Let him hone his Physical Arts and Haki on this Ark, just like Tesoro and Enel did.

Oh, right.

Enel is already eighteen years old this year, so it should be time for him to report to the Air Force Headquarters.

Finally, let's talk about entertainment.

The key figure in this regard is Tesoro, who recently accompanied Queen Otohime on a trip to the ' Demon Slayer World.

The report said he had returned and was preparing to try to build a movie theater in the Sabaody Archipelago, while also making his first Sea Star movie, which he wrote, directed, and starred in.

Unsurprisingly, Tesoro said he wanted a movie full of song and dance elements with a glamorous overall style.

Besides.

He also set up a new 'Manga Division' in the Publicity Department, preparing to turn the 'Demon Slayer Corps' and 'Kabane' stories into comics and distribute them to all of Sea Star.

Therefore, officials from the Publicity Department are heading to Wano Island to gather information and have a chat with the Ubuyashiki family.

"Call----"

Imu took a deep breath after seeing this, but there were still quite a few files left on the desktop.

He glanced up at Stussy, who was sitting quietly on the sofa not far away, and then picked up a report document about the Academy of Sciences of Sciences.

And these are just things happening inside the Sea Star!

Next, there will be development progress reports on the 'Kabane World', and construction progress reports on the continental railway network and the Star Gate base on the Korean Peninsula in the 'Demon Slayer World'.

Even the 'Giant World' where he was currently located had reports, mainly about the situation on Paradis Island, the Canberra Continent, and other 'absolutely free' regions.

Besides these, there are also reports on the progress of the ongoing conquest of the 'Teigu World'.

Therefore...

It's not easy for Imu to personally steer the World Government, a giant ship spanning multiple worlds. He has to read a large number of documents almost every day and add his own annotations to them from time to time.

After reading these...

He would then need to read medical books to enrich his theoretical knowledge, and also learn various practical medical procedures from Hippocrates, the chief physician.

The next step was to delve into and explore the potential of 'Life Return' and 'Haki', attempting to further enhance his strength through his own wisdom and abilities.

The only leisure activities I could do each day were playing tennis and interacting with Historia in the evenings.

So don't think Imu does nothing all day.

He's very busy!

Two chapters combined into one long chapter,

This chapter is to familiarize everyone with the current situation of the Sea Star and some things that are currently underway.