Buying Back Their Own Land
What made Sengoku even more embarrassed was not merely that Leo's theoretical knowledge surpassed his own.
There was also the fact that the World Economic Journal had completely defected.
In the past, the World Government had relied on the World Economic Journal's channels to use News Birds to easily deliver news favorable to the World Government across the world.
But now, Morgans had defected, taking the entire World Economic Journal beyond the World Government's control.
Only now did the World Government realize just how important the World Economic Journal was.
Without the World Economic Journal, the World Government had suddenly lost its ability to issue orders to the entire world.
They had thought the World Economic Journal was their loyal lapdog, but even lapdogs had a day when they came to their senses. After finding its true master, the World Economic Journal developed at a pace that shocked the World Government.
And with its new chief editor, the World Economic Journal spread the Revolutionary Army's ideas throughout the world, allowing more people to accept them.
Meanwhile, the World Government had temporarily lost its voice.
They had no choice but to rely on Marine warships to distribute newspapers everywhere. Yet the Marines' reach was ultimately limited, and many nations ruled by the Four Emperors had, in practice, already severed ties with the World Government.
The Revolutionary Army, which had inherited the World Economic Journal's distribution channels, was the one that formed new connections of public opinion and new ways of thinking with them.
It looked easy enough, but only when they truly began trying did the World Government realize how difficult it was.
First, they had no bird-type Devil Fruit users.
Second, even if they found bird-type Devil Fruit users, they might not be birds capable