Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Pangaea Castle.
The World Government's seat of power, the Five Elders' office.
"The era has spiraled out of control. The impact the World Government has suffered over the past four years has been enormous!"
"If we don't stop it, our rule will be in grave danger."
The Five Elder with a birthmark on his forehead stared grimly at the wanted posters spread across the desk.
The most eye-catching one was undoubtedly the head of the Richest Group, Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos, with a bounty of six billion berries—the highest bounty ever issued at sea.
Even the Pirate King, Gold Roger, had only been worth 5.5648 billion berries.
More important, the value embodied by the Golden Emperor far exceeded anything six billion could measure, because he was the living One Piece.
Whoever obtained the Golden Emperor would obtain the whole world.
That legend had been circulating for years, and the whole world believed it.
The Golden Emperor was already a grave threat to the World Government. Once he launched the Cultivation Era, he became the World Government's number-one thorn in its side. But the Golden Emperor was clever: he would stir up trouble, then disappear.
As a result, the World Government had failed to eliminate him in four years.
By the time four years had passed, it would be too late.
The war between the Richest Group and the Whitebeard Pirates had forced the World Government to reassess the Richest Group's strength, especially the seven powerful figures suspected of being hidden officers.
Add them to the officers the Richest Group already had—or suppose each of those seven suspected officers had the strength of Queen of Joy, Tsar, or Sun King—and what could anyone do?
As a single force, only the World Government could probably take them on.