At the end of the Sea Circle Calendar year 1522, Giovanni Finati felt that he was about to witness history.
"They can't do this..."
"That's one of the Gorosei!"
As a hereditary noble in a Member Nation, he had been taught from childhood that the Celestial Dragons were gods, beings who stood above everything.
His surroundings had constantly reaffirmed this.
Commoners barely counted as human; they could be killed at will for any reason. People from Non-member Nations didn't even count as people, which was why they could be auctioned off as merchandise. Only the nobles of Member Nations counted as human and deserved a human life. And the Celestial Dragons were gods.
That was how the Great Sea's pyramid had been built, layer by layer.
Now Giovanni Finati saw the very top of the tower, and the whole pyramid was trembling.
The Joker had offended the Celestial Dragons many times, but this was the first time he had truly shaken Giovanni Finati.
"The Joker can do that—he's just a pirate, an arrogant pirate who has no idea how great the gods are. But how can the Marines do this?!"
When the Marines didn't respond to the Joker's threat, Giovanni grew even more frantic than the Celestial Dragons.
If one day pirates or rebels captured him, would the Marines sit by and do nothing then, too?
After all, even the Gorosei weren't doing anything!
Giovanni Finati couldn't see who was winning or losing, or the war itself. He couldn't see the pressure the Marines were under or how tense the situation was.
All he saw was the Marines letting people die and looking out for themselves.
That was even worse than what the Joker was doing.
After all, he might never encounter the Joker in his lifetime, but the Marines