Flevance Kingdom Incident! (5,000-Word Mega Chapter)

July 1st was an ordinary day in Sea Star.

It's simply because the 'World Government Kings' Conference' is scheduled to be held on September 15th.

The sea has become very lively in recent months.

Four Seas member ships of the Affiliated Nation seats at the Reverie, are continuously pouring into the first half of the Grand Line through the Reverse Mountain, escorted by Marine warship.

But.

After they successfully plunge down 'Reverse Mountain', they will have to undergo inspection by 'Naval Branch G-0'.

This has resulted in the main port, once known as the 'Thriller Bark,' now being filled with ships of all sizes.

Among them were royal luxury ships, merchant ships piled high with cargo, civilian cruise ships under the 'Flamingo Company', and adventure groups formed by certain 'Top 100 Strongest Individuals'.

These "top 100 experts," who were unwilling to be employed by royalty, nobles, chambers of commerce, or companies from various countries, directly relied on their own strength and reputation to gather a group of people and take on a job similar to "bounty hunters."

Suppressing One Piece, fighting bandits, searching for treasure, escorting goods, serving as bodyguards, and so on.

They'll take on anything that's legal.

As for illegal activities, it depends on the potential profits before deciding whether to do them secretly.

Despite the large number of ships and the diverse backgrounds of the crew, the ships were arranged in four long, orderly rows thanks to the coordination and maintenance of the navy.

At first glance, it evokes the feeling of countless sails and masts stretching for miles.

No way.

After several years of live broadcasts, most of the Sea Star Person have thoroughly witnessed the terrifying combat power and military strength possessed by the World Government.

Even those Otherworld realms, with the combined power of the entire world, could not resist the World Government's iron-clad conquest.

Who do they think they are?

This is the real reason why, despite the World Government's repeated attempts to 'touch' the interests of royal families and nobles in various countries over the years, no fool has ever stood up to oppose them.

There's absolutely no hope of rebellion, so all we can do is endure it.

"Oh--Oh--Oh--"

While the crew members of the various ships were chatting and bragging while waiting in the boring queue, a series of familiar bird calls came from overhead.

"News Coo?"

"Look! The News Coo is here!"

A young nobleman, dressed in luxurious and brightly colored clothes, saw the people on the surrounding ships shouting and preparing coins, and proudly pulled out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

"Hmph, this Baron is used to reading the news directly through Visual Den Den Mushi. Forget about the newspaper; its contents hardly qualify as news."

After saying that, he directly controlled the Den Den Mushi to project a virtual screen in mid-air and then switched to the official channel dedicated to the 'World News' program.

This attracted the attention of many people.

After all, the price of a 'Visual Den Den Mushi' is indeed much higher than that of a regular Den Den Mushi that can only make calls.

Previously, when they watched various live streams, they had to make a special trip to the designated square or park within the 'government compound' because there were large-sized Visual Den Den Mushi) available for free viewing by the public there.

Really.

A new official statement has been posted on the 'World News' channel.

[Notification Regarding the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Flevans in the North Sea Concealing the Heterogeneous Toxins in Platinum-Lead Minerals]

(Recent research by the Medical Academy and the Biochemical Research Institute has found that Amber Lead, mainly produced in the northern Flevance Kingdom, can cause toxins to slowly accumulate in the human body, leading to symptoms similar to heavy metal poisoning, whether inhaled from the dust generated during mining or by touching products manufactured after processing.)

(When Amber Lead toxins accumulate to a certain level in the human body, they can cause large areas of white spots on the skin and damage the hematopoietic, digestive, nervous, and Heart Blood systems.)

(At the same time, Amber Lead toxins can be passed on to the next generation through Lineage Factor, resulting in the serious consequence of a continuously shortened lifespan for the offspring of those infected.)

(However, the public is advised that Amber Lead poisoning is not contagious, so there is no need to panic. If you experience any discomfort, please go to your nearest World Hospital for examination.)

(In light of the heinous crimes committed by the royal family of the Kingdom of Flevans in the North Blue, the World Government has decided to abolish the royal and noble status and has ordered the police to immediately carry out arrests and send them to Enies Lobby for trial by the Supreme Court.)

(To facilitate the treatment and management of the people of the Flevance Kingdom, the World Government has decided to temporarily block the entry and exit of personnel and send a medical team in.)

As more and more people see this notice.

Before we knew it, the originally noisy environment was reduced to the sound of the waves crashing against the ship.

The young nobleman who had just been proudly showing off his Visual Den Den Mushi turned pale and looked down at a pure white ring on his right hand and a pure white necklace around his neck.

"Aaaaaah!"

The next second, he let out a terrified scream and frantically pulled off the necklace and threw it overboard.

Then she hurriedly tried to take off the ring on her finger, only to find that she seemed to have gained some weight recently, making it impossible to loosen no matter how hard she tried.

"Damn it, damn it, come out here!"

The young man was sweating profusely with anxiety, fearing that if he wore the ring for even a second longer, he would contract a serious disease that could be passed on to his children.

At the same time.

The royalty and nobles on other ships, who possessed some Amber Lead, and even some tableware, were also anxiously ordering their servants to throw these items into the sea.

At the same time, he kept cursing the entire Flevance royal family and their ancestors.

This scene is unfolding in many kingdoms within the Sea Star, and it's worth noting that the Flevance Kingdom has been selling Amber Lead for over a hundred years.

Almost all nobles, wealthy merchants, and even officials of the World Government possess large quantities of Amber Lead items.

In an instant.

There was a chaotic, turbulent atmosphere in various parts of Sea Star area.

North Blue.

Inside the palace of the Flevance Kingdom, which was at the heart of the entire event.

The current king sat slumped on the pristine white throne, his face filled with despair, without uttering a word, while the Empress clung to his legs, tears streaming down her face, her complexion deathly pale.

The two of them had been sitting there in the overly white hall for an entire night.

They showed absolutely no intention of packing up their treasures and fleeing the country with their people.

Just last night, several men in black claiming to be CIPHER POL-No.4 came to the King and Queen, informing them in advance of the World Government's decision to reveal the truth about Amber Lead Syndrome and hold them accountable.

They were completely stunned.

The two were confused for Taiyi reasons.

The queen, who had married into the kingdom from another country, had no idea about Amber Lead Syndrome, so she was shocked that Amber Lead could cause poisoning.

But then he immediately remembered the rule that Amber Lead items were prohibited in the royal palace.

This made her uneasy.

The king, who had passed down the truth about Amber Lead Syndrome through generations, couldn't understand why the World Government would do this. Hadn't they been cooperating on this matter for over a century?

The entire Flevance royal family has paid a fortune to the World Government by selling Amber Lead and lead throughout history, not to mention the Heavenly Tribute they handed over every year!

This Wrath the king to the extreme.

According to family records, more than a hundred years ago, when the World Government's investigation team discovered the problem with Amber Lead, their ancestors thought that this substance would definitely become a prohibited mineral, so they considered stopping its mining.

Unexpectedly, the investigation team simply returned quietly, and not long after, they received an order from the World Government to continue mining, but not to reveal the truth.

Therefore, this is the culpability for Amber Lead Syndrome.

In this king's view, the World Government was the main culprit, while his royal family was merely an accomplice!

But now the World Government is actually planning to pin all the blame on them and then clear itself of all charges?

Have you no shame?!

But the men in black just listened silently as he raged for a few minutes, and then, when he was out of breath, they expressionlessly gave him two choices.

First, their assassins are outside. Tonight, they will slaughter the entire Flevance royal family, claim they committed suicide out of guilt, and then pin the blame on them.

Second, he and the Queen voluntarily cooperated with the World Government to accept the trial and confessed their crimes in public.

In that case, the World Government could spare their children, as well as one adult member of the royal family—the king's brother, two princes, and three princesses—and promise to provide them with relatively affluent living conditions.

After hearing this, the king and queen were dumbfounded.

Do you call this a choice?

Yes.

This was not a choice; they could only accept the reality with grim faces and risk their lives to fight for the survival of their children.

As for whether or not you believe in World Government.

I'll say it again.

Are there any options?

They could only pray that the World Government would keep its promise and treat their children well. Besides, how much money had the Flevance royal family made from the World Government around the world over the past century?

Considering the amount of money involved, the World Government probably won't go too far.

That very night, some nobles and officers in the country who knew more or less about the historical truth of Amber Lead Syndrome all died tragically in their homes under the cover of darkness.

Some of them may have been wrongly accused.

However, CIPHER POL chose to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free, eliminating anyone suspected of being a suspect, which was also an order from above.

Inside the city.

This is a rich kingdom where everything is white—white houses, white bridges, white fountains, white sculptures, even white roads.

An atmosphere of panic began to permeate the air.

The men and women here all wore almost identical, serene smiles, and their every gesture perfectly exemplified the virtues of a gentleman and a lady.

He had more of an aristocratic air than the nobles of many kingdoms.

Now, however, they abandoned all the Amber Lead and lead jewelry that had previously made them proud, their faces contorted with rage as they urged their servants to load their treasures onto the carriage, and then desperately fled the city.

"Brother, what's wrong with them?"

In front of the pristine white iron gates of a hospital, a little girl with brown hair looked on with a puzzled expression at the cars rushing by on the street and the people moving about in a panic.

"Lamy, don't go out, it's dangerous!"

The little boy, wearing a white hat with spores and a yellow suit, nervously grabbed the girl's arm and pulled her back into the yard.

"Well done, Luo. Keep an eye on your sister. Something unbelievably terrible has happened in this country. She absolutely cannot go out!"

At that moment, a man wearing a white coat and glasses ran over quickly with a solemn expression. As he spoke, he slammed the two large iron gates shut and locked them.

Behind him came another woman wearing a white coat, with hair the same color as the girl's, but tied in braids.

"Mother!"

Little Lamy ran over and hugged his right leg, looking up at him with some fear. "The uncles and aunts outside are acting so strangely, what's wrong with them?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

The woman knelt down and gently hugged him, her eyes filled with worry.

As the most renowned doctor couple in the country's largest hospital, they were naturally among the first to see the World Government's public statement regarding Amber Lead Syndrome.

Although they haven't yet shown the various symptoms of Amber Lead Syndrome, they know in their hearts that it's only a matter of time.

Over the years, the hospital has treated many patients with vitiligo, but so far, there has not been a single case of successful cure, so it has always been regarded as an incurable disease.

Previously, some hospital directors and doctors had also noticed the problems with Amber Lead.

But every time he submitted a report, it was met with silence, and after a while he was transferred from the hospital for various reasons and never returned.

This led many intelligent hospital directors and doctors to choose to remain silent.

Although it's unclear why the royal family ignores or even deliberately conceals the Amber Lead Syndrome, if keeping quiet ensures peace, then so be it.

The man went over and hugged Luo, who was only six years old but managed to remain calm, then looked at his wife and comforted her.

"Don't worry, the official statement said they would send a team from the Medical Academy. They should have a solution. You know, the current dean of the Medical Academy is that Dr. Kureha from the Drum Kingdom!"

That being said, he didn't hold out much hope.

Because he himself is an excellent doctor, he knows very well that with the current level of medical Sea Star, it is impossible to cure Amber Lead poisoning, which are heavy metals that can affect human genetic factors.

On the other side.

The major transportation routes connecting the Flevance Kingdom to neighboring countries were now crowded with carriages and people, creating a tense and noisy atmosphere.

"Get out of the way! Let us out!"

"Yeah, who are you? Get lost, I'm leaving!"

"Please, let our family go. How about I give you a million Beli?"

No matter how much these people shouted or even begged for mercy, the police officers, dressed in extremely smart, strict, and meticulously tailored green uniforms, remained unmoved.

They all stared at them expressionlessly, showing no intention of opening the barriers for them.

"Hey, Tanjiro, isn't this a bit bad? What if they rush out later? Should we fight back? We should, right? But how? We can't just use swords, they're civilians."

Zenitsu Agatsuma, who is already eighteen years old, recently transferred from the Swordmaster Hall to the Public Security Division and became a junior third-class police sergeant.

Looking at the crowd in front of her, some ferocious, some Wrath, and some crying, she immediately showed a frightened expression, hid behind Tanjiro, and began to stammer incoherently.

"Idiot Zenitsu, we just need to follow the mission, why think so much?"

Inosuke Hashibira, who was still wearing Boar's Head but no longer shirtless and was now dressed in a police uniform, cursed at him unhappily at his cowardly appearance.

Zenitsu Agatsuma shouted, "But the mission requirements state that trespassers are allowed to be arrested by force! Can you really use a knife on them? They're not demons, they're people!"

"Tch, you should just go back to Wano Island and sleep." Inosuke Hashibira turned his head away dismissively.

Tanjiro, standing beside them, was also at a loss for what to do, and could only look at the crowd on the other side of the barrier with pity.

"We're keeping them out to help them treat the Amber Lead poisoning in their bodies. If anyone manages to break out later, we'll try not to hurt them; just knock them unconscious."

"Because right now, they're just afraid."

On the other side, in front of the extremely luxurious main hall of the Flevance Palace.

With a muffled 'thud,' the royal soldiers guarding the area felt a tall, imposing figure appear in the open space in the blink of an eye.

This man is nearly seven meters tall, with an extremely broad and muscular upper body.

He wore a trapezoidal white hat with brown spots on its surface and frameless white glasses.

Wearing a black and green police uniform paired with a dark green trench coat that billowed and rippled with the air currents, he exuded an indescribable and intense sense of oppression.

"I am Bartholomew Kuma, Public Security Division Department under the World Government's Ministry of Police. This is my police ID."

He first took out a small black badge from his right breast pocket, opened it, and showed it to the King's Army commander in front of him, who was still in a daze.

Once he was sure the other person's eyes had seen the contents of the document, he took it back, then produced another document and said, "This is an arrest warrant for the King and Queen of the Flevance Kingdom. Please step aside."

"We need to ask for permission first."

The king's military commander gripped the hilt of his sword and frowned as he spoke.

"No need. The arrest warrant is here. No one may obstruct law enforcement; otherwise, they will be prosecuted for obstructing official business. This is the last warning. Please move aside."

Bartholomew Bear spoke calmly, but his gaze did not fall on the dwarves; instead, it remained fixed on the two figures within the hall.

When he learned that the Flevance royal family had concealed the 'truth' about Amber Lead Syndrome for over a century for their own selfish desires, causing the deaths of countless people, an uncontrollable rage welled up within him.

That's why he decided to come here in person.

"No, I must report to the King first and obtain his permission before I can let you in!"

The king's military commander coldly refused, even drawing his long sword from his waist and pointing the blade at him. "Please wait here for a moment."

"In that case, the charge of obstructing official business is established. Someone from Enies Lobby will pick you up."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Bartholomew Kuma struck out with incredible speed, slapping his opponent and causing him to vanish from his spot in an instant.

This scene terrified the other royal soldiers, who could only watch in horror as the bear climbed the steps one by one.

Somewhere by the sea.

A World Government ship flying Five-Circle Cross flag was anchored on the shore.

This immediately brought a smile to the face of Duke Kurts, who was accompanied by his two sons and three daughters.

"As expected of the World Government, they truly keep their promises!"

The younger brother of King Flevance assumed the ship was there to pick them up.

He looked excitedly at the men in black who had escorted him all the way and praised them repeatedly.

"Please tell the World Government officials that we now only seek a comfortable life and will absolutely never appear before the world again. Please rest assured!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw one of the men in black, with long pink hair and a handsome face, shake his head and smile.

"That won't be necessary."

"Um?"

Duke Kurts looked at the other man in confusion, but was horrified to see that the man's right arm was turning into a purplish-white gas, which then surged towards them.

"Because adults have their own completely reliable methods."

The next moment.

In broad daylight, screams rose and fell, but were forcibly drowned out by the roar of the waves.

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