Ever since Shirahoshi had been abducted, Ron immediately sent Law and Fujitora to find Franky. With both sides tacitly agreeing, Franky handed the blueprints over to them.
Perhaps part of it was a choice he made purely to protect the Straw Hat Pirates, but more importantly, he had a clear understanding of the current state of the world. He knew that handing the blueprints to the man they represented was not a foolish decision.
After all, to put it bluntly, the Ancient Weapon Pluton was seventeen thousand meters long and half again as large as the Guran Tesoro, the "Golden City" destroyed in the previous battle. It was not something just any force could build.
If an ordinary ambitious man obtained it, who knew how many tragedies he might cause or how many civilians he might exploit in order to construct it.
Looking across the seas, the only ones with both the resolve and strength to prevent that from happening were undoubtedly the combined forces of the Golden Emperor and the Azure Dragon.
After more than a year, Pluton had finally been completed!
Grand Line, Century City.
Located midway between the Fourth and Fifth Routes, the luxurious entertainment city of Century City could only be reached with a specific Eternal Log Pose. Today, it welcomed many guests.
"I have to admit, your approach is extremely bold!"
Watching the bustling streets, Akainu snorted softly without changing his expression.
Since Pluton was too massive to conceal, Fujitora and Tesoro publicly claimed that it was a new giant entertainment ship jointly funded by the two of them. With the Golden City serving as precedent, outsiders merely marveled at their wealth and would never associate it with an Ancient Weapon.
Thus...
The two made use of that point.
"After Tesoro's death, investors became pessimistic