Enies Lobby.
Located in the first half of the Grand Line, it was an institution directly under the World Government, something akin to a courthouse.
But describing an institution like Enies Lobby as a courthouse was, to some extent, an insult to courthouses. Because in the eight hundred years since the World Government's founding, every criminal ever escorted to Enies Lobby had ultimately been found guilty.
Could it be that the World Government's administrative bodies were truly so capable that, over eight centuries, they had never once made a wrongful judgment or misjudgment?
Obviously not.
Enies Lobby symbolized the World Government's absolute power and absolute authority. Anyone arrested by the World Government's Cipher Pol, regardless of whether they were truly guilty, would definitely be guilty once they arrived here.
The reason was simple: the World Government was absolute and could never be wrong!
Enies Lobby was a hub of the World Government. On Enies Lobby stood the Gate of Justice. Passing through the Gate of Justice led to only two places:
One was Marineford, Marine Headquarters, which commanded every Marine Branch in the world; the other was Impel Down, the world's largest prison, combining interrogation, execution, and imprisonment.
The World Government's entire judicial system ran quite smoothly. Criminals entered Enies Lobby for trial, and after the proceedings ended, they were sent to Impel Down for further punishment according to their crimes.
At the same time, backed by Marine Headquarters, Enies Lobby was also one of the most heavily defended places in the world.
Traveling from Marine Headquarters to Enies Lobby or Impel Down usually took less than thirty minutes.
Such a short route meant that whenever something happened at Enies Lobby or Impel Down, Marine Headquarters could dispatch officers to provide support at once.
At the same time, Enies Lobby