Vice Admiral Garp's arrival brought the latest news to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who had been almost completely cut off from the world.
Generally speaking, the World Conference was a high-level global meeting led and convened by the World Government. It was the highest-ranking and most widely attended important conference in the world. During the World Conference, member nations coordinated their developmental conflicts and discussed governing policies in pursuit of true "world peace."
The World Conference was held once every four years, but ever since the God Valley Incident, its schedule had become uncertain.
That was because the World Conference was usually held in the holy land of Mary Geoise, and with people from all walks of life gathered during the conference, the Celestial Dragons had been left with some psychological scars after the God Valley Incident.
Thus, this World Conference that symbolized "world peace" had naturally been shelved as well.
In truth, the World Conference was nothing more than a facade created by the Celestial Dragons.
Many policies and decisions that affected the world order could be settled by the Gorosei simply gathering for a small meeting. Did they need the kings of the member nations to weigh in? Not at all.
This time, the government was convening the World Conference merely to emphasize its presence in this chaotic era.
Of course, another reason was that the Gorosei wanted to use this opportunity to announce the "Seven Warlords Plan" they had devised.
As for the voting process?
That sort of thing merely existed to keep things from looking too ugly and to fool others. If voting actually mattered, what was the point of having the Gorosei?
Did anyone really believe that the World Government would share its power with those member nations?
Of course, the essence was one thing, but the