There was one fact nobody knew: Ron had only arrived in this world in Sea Garden Era 1515. Yet by then, the War of National Theft had already taken place.
Whether Kozuki Toki's prophecy had foreseen Ron's appearance remained an unsolvable mystery.
Unaware that the Beasts Pirates' retaliation was on its way, Ron held a Den Den Mushi inside the G-11 Branch, his expression strange.
After negotiating with the Five Elders, the Germa Kingdom had traded over twenty thousand clone soldiers for the government's support. The heavily guarded airships and Plasma Cannons were transported to the Germa Kingdom. Before long, news would surely come that Germa 66 had conquered some kingdom in the North Blue.
With Germa's soldiers paired with the Marines' advanced equipment, this evil army that had existed only in legend would surely make the North Blue royal families tremble in fear.
Judge Vinsmoke found it rather strange, however. Why did the government insist on a one-time payment instead of a long-term partnership carried out in installments?
But now that the deal had been reached, he had no time to concern himself with that. Germa's revenge had only just begun.
In the original story, it had also been around this time that, after years of preparation, he had sought BIG MOM's support through a political marriage and begun his grand campaign of revenge.
Ron was busy as well and had no time to follow up on the matter. The search had been underway for several weeks before they finally found Kin'emon and his group, who had fled.
But the place they were about to reach left Ron at a loss for words.
"You're saying they went to Dressrosa?"
Hearing this, the head of the intelligence unit's New World division, codenamed "Hawk," swiftly answered from the other end of