Watching Enel turn into a streak of lightning and vanish before them to test his idea, Leo smiled and shook his head.
Enel was not fundamentally different from pirates—they all exploited ordinary people to gain profit and power.
And the profit and power he sought were, in fact, exactly what a Logia Devil Fruit user could obtain.
If Enel thought he was fundamentally different from the pirates of the Blue Sea, then he was wrong.
Enel's current behavior was that of a pirate: supreme self-importance, prosperity for those who obeyed and death for those who defied. He had none of the bearing a ruler, or even a god, should possess.
It was like the soul-piercing question Luffy had roared: "Is there really a god so utterly devoid of mercy?"
Enel himself had not noticed this, but Leo had.
Now, Enel was listening to Leo's words and making small changes.
This kind of change was like propaganda. It did not forcibly stuff anything into your head, but it could gradually influence you and make you agree with what it said.
Because in this world, truth could always be accepted by more people.
Universal values themselves were not wrong. What was wrong was waving the banner of universal values while committing vile deeds, then using power and monopoly to stop others from speaking.
If you did that once and were exposed, many people would stop believing you. Let alone doing it over and over again, until in the end, even you no longer believed in universal values. How could you make anyone else believe?
Truth was different. Both what you did and what you said could convince people, because everyone had a brain, and no one was truly stupid. Even the dumbest person, when faced with the words, "Eat this bread and