The Threat from the Five Elders

There were countless vicious people in the world.

If one had to name the person the World Government most wanted to eliminate, it would be Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army and the world's number one criminal.

However—

Moyou had taken Dragon's place in the World Government's eyes.

He had attacked Mary Geoise time and time again, slaughtering the noble Celestial Dragons as if they were mere chickens and ducks.

Such crimes were enough for the World Government to kill Moyou thousands upon thousands of times.

Unfortunately,

No matter how many operations the World Government launched or how much force it committed to them, it had still failed to eliminate Moyou.

Instead, it could only watch as Moyou climbed toward the summit, one step at a time.

To say something deeply disrespectful...

During the incident when Moyou attacked Mary Geoise to rescue Kuma, even Lord Imu's personal intervention had failed to kill Moyou.

For that reason, the Five Elders, who openly controlled the World Government's power, had completely designated eliminating Moyou as their highest-priority and most important task.

The World Government had always known that Moyou had a younger brother—Bagard D. Moyou.

Thus, using Moyou's safety to threaten Maud had naturally become a plan.

It was completely in keeping with the World Government's style.

During the period when Maud had risen rapidly, the World Government had wanted to move against Moyou long ago.

However, the intelligence they had gathered indicated that Moyou had joined the Revolutionary Army by a twist of fate and had received considerable attention from them.

Normally speaking, a marginal member who had just joined the Revolutionary Army could not possibly receive such attention in such a short time.

This was enough to show that the Revolutionary Army's upper echelon was certainly aware of Moyou's identity...