Judicial Island Enies Lobby, an island of judgment under the World Government.
Today, Enies Lobby's judges were, as always, trying the many pirates and criminals sent over from Marine Headquarters.
After their trials, criminals with grave offenses were all sent to the underwater prison Impel Down. Those with lighter crimes were returned to prisons across the regions, or sent directly to Bridge Island Tarakov to build bridges connecting the various islands.
This nation of bridges had been under construction for nearly seven hundred years and had successfully linked every island in a small stretch of sea through bridges.
The construction workers here were all criminals, slaves, or citizens of Non-affiliated Nations.
Every year, countless criminals and slaves died on Bridge Island Tarakov.
Bridge Island Tarakov was also a key target of Revolutionary Army infiltration, because it held countless civilians and slaves oppressed by the World Government. They were all excellent candidates for the Revolutionary Army.
Meanwhile, within Enies Lobby's armed forces, Spandam, the head of CP9, was furious.
The CP9 agents he had sent out had actually been wiped out. Not only had they failed to obtain any information about Pluto's blueprints, even Rob Lucci, on whom he had placed such high hopes, had been defeated and captured.
"Useless! You're all useless!!"
Spandam cursed at Kalifa on the other end of the Den Den Mushi. No good news had come in for years, and the moment there was a report, it was this infuriatingly bad news!
Spandam hung up the Den Den Mushi amid a stream of curses, grabbed his Elephant Sword - Funk Fried in rage, and began slashing wildly to vent his frustration.
"Eight hundred years' strongest genius, my ass! Trash!!"
Spandam kept swinging his sword at his desk as he cursed, only quieting down after he had