Chapter 393: Red Flags Across the World
The flames of war erupting everywhere were by no means a whim; they had been part of the Revolutionary Army's plan all along.
In the Revolutionary Army's plan, the flames of revolution were meant to be ignited simultaneously.
But the emphasis had to differ.
Under the coordination and deployment of the Revolutionary Army Headquarters,
some Revolutionary Army uprisings were feints, nothing more than bluffs meant to draw the Navy's attention, while other Revolutionary Army forces would gather their true strength to attack several important World Government nations.
The Alabasta Kingdom, for instance, had undoubtedly been nothing more than the first shot.
The Celestial Dragons' fierce reaction had been beyond the Revolutionary Army's expectations, yet also within the scope of their plan.
It was merely that the primary and secondary objectives had now been reversed, with no impact on the plan itself.
Originally, the Revolutionary Army's focus should have been spreading revolution in every direction while bottling up the naval bases and preventing them from coming out, leaving Marine Headquarters running itself ragged.
But now, luring Marine Headquarters out had instead become the task of the branch Revolutionary Armies.
The reversal of priorities between the two sides did not actually affect what they did.
By the time Leo published this article, the major World Government member states around the world had already been engulfed in flames.
After earning a vast amount of money, the Revolutionary Army was still temporarily unable to challenge the World Government's monetary hegemony, but it had undoubtedly shaken Beli's position.
Under such circumstances, Leo had gained extremely strong bargaining power over the merchants.
By a capitalist's methods, he should have opened banks at this point, issued loans, taken deposits, and then lent out those deposits, turning all the profit into