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"So Luffy turned out to be this generation's true chosen one? I never would've guessed."
"Heh. Interesting, sure, but he's far too unreliable."
"I won't stop him from chasing his dreams, but betting the future on that brat? Forget it."
He honestly couldn't imagine what kind of mess Luffy would make if they handed this disaster over to him.
The boy had no idea how to run a fledgling government.
He couldn't come up with any serious ideas for rebuilding, either.
He acted on nothing but passion and impulse.
That simply wouldn't work when it came to building an entirely new power structure.
So if they wanted to turn this ruined land around and establish a new order, he and his mentor would have to do it themselves.
"Hahahaha!"
After hearing Dragon out, Xunjing laughed along with him. "With Luffy's personality, that really is the only way."
"But once he's a few years older, we'll still have to find time to give him the foundations he needs and help him develop a sound worldview."
"And not just him. The same goes for Ace and Sabo."
"Several of the bases under my control on Frostmoon Island have already set up schools."
"Once my Yonko crew gains a firm foothold in the New World, claims some territory, and officially establishes a nation, we'll expand education even further."
"Then we can experiment with reforms throughout that territory and gradually refine a system of governance that works best for us."
"When we finally turn the world upside down, we can replace the old rules with those new ones and lead the entire world toward a better future."
Dragon's eyes lit up. He stared at Xunjing and said, "Mentor, was this what you had in mind all along?"
"That's brilliant!"
"Using a Yonko crew's