Chapter 190: Reversing the Tide (12)
Chapter 189: Reversing the Tide
Ever since Whiskey Peak had calmed down, Lafitte's workload had grown heavier.
He began frequently traveling back and forth between Whiskey Peak and Jaya Island, carrying information between both sides.
With Dragon's white Den Den Mushi, Leo could finally pour his heart out to Hancock. But as for the new guns and cannons, even if Lafitte could not carry the actual weapons, he still had to bring the blueprints back for them to reproduce.
More importantly, he had to invite the Empress and the other core members to Whiskey Peak for this unprecedented gathering of Revolutionary Army cadres.
This gathering had actually begun long ago. The Revolutionary Army ships brought by Dragon and the others had already headed for the Revolutionary Army bases on the Grand Line, where they would bring over all the Grand Line revolutionaries—as well as the core members.
Dragon had also notified the Revolutionary Army cadres across the Four Seas. They would arrive gradually over the next month.
Such a spectacular scene would only appear again at the Reverie five years from now.
Leo had summoned the Revolutionary Army for several proper reasons:
Determine the strategy.
Map out the course.
Decide on the leadership.
Plan the ideology.
Assess their resolve.
Coordinate their strength.
Conduct ideological courses.
Finally, formulate tactics, then use those tactics to advance the strategy.
All of this required powerful, unified, centralized leadership.
Leo did not have to become that leader, but he had to chart the Revolutionary Army's course.
This was not a matter of left or right. It was a matter of life and death.
So do not be fooled by how Kuma had become a Shichibukai and how obedient Dragon and Ivankov seemed. In truth, they all had their own