As for Fish-Man Island, New Marine Headquarters naturally had plans of its own.
Although Tsugikuni Yoriichi intended to remove King Neptune from his position as Fish-Man Island's ruler, he also knew exactly how much prestige the Neptune family held among the island's people.
Yoriichi's original plan had been to let Queen Otohime, through her own efforts, facilitate Fish-Man Island's complete integration into the World Government's administrative system.
Only then would the people of Fish-Man Island truly realize how foolish their ideas were. After suffering unfair treatment from humans and oppression, the island's people would vent all their pent-up fury upon the royal family that led them.
At that point, the New Marines could naturally carry out reforms on Fish-Man Island.
However, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had ultimately overestimated King Neptune and Queen Otohime's governing ability and decisiveness. Although Queen Otohime desperately wished for Fish-Man Island to live beneath the sun like the people on land, Yoriichi had not seen any real progress after all this time.
Everything remained nothing more than empty words on paper.
His patience had been completely worn away.
The New Marines had now firmly taken root in the New World. After absorbing the Whitebeard Pirates' territory and developing over the years, they had become the strongest force in the New World. Nearly every island in the New World was deeply influenced by the New Marines.
Several major sea routes had been successfully opened, allowing the New Marines to continually exert influence over neighboring nations.
The prosperity of Whole Cake Island was like a lighthouse in the dark world. Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others only needed to do their own work, and countless enlightened people from various countries would flood into Whole Cake Island, hoping to learn how to make their own nations prosperous.
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