The World Government's Grand Gesture

It was those Road Poneglyphs!!

Under the pretext of seizing the Seastone mines, the Three Emperor Alliance had rushed toward Wano Country to seize the Road Poneglyphs.

If the Three Emperor Alliance obtained those two Road Poneglyphs, they might have a chance to find the location of Laugh Tale and become the new Pirate King.

Stussy's intelligence eased the Five Elders' doubts somewhat.

Those Poneglyphs indeed provided sufficient reason and motivation for the Three Emperor Alliance to attack Wano Country, which was currently occupied by the Goa Empire.

Naturally, the World Government also desperately wanted to reclaim the Road Poneglyphs that the Three Emperor Alliance intended to seize.

They would not allow those pirates to set foot on Laugh Tale again.

Moreover, this battle over the Road Poneglyphs seemed to have shown the World Government an opportunity.

In the end, the Five Elders came up with a plan.

They would spend heavily to reach a new Seastone order with Wang Shi and fully support him in fighting the Three Emperor Alliance to protect Wano Country's Seastone mines.

Their stated reason was that pirates absolutely could not be allowed to control the Seastone mines.

The World Government would also repurchase the two Road Poneglyphs at an exorbitant price that would be difficult to refuse.

After all, Wang Shi, the leader of the World Alliance, had no need for Road Poneglyphs to become some damn Pirate King!

This was also the Five Elders testing whether Wang Shi knew about Egghead.

They truly feared that bastard Wang Shi might openly build a road while secretly advancing by another route, suddenly striking Egghead.

After all, Wang Shi's past actions had already made the Five Elders and the Holy Knights somewhat wary of him.

If the World Alliance and the Three Emperor Alliance truly fought