Luffy and the others continued sailing toward the latter half of the Grand Line, carrying hope and passion.
With the Azure Pufferfish, their journey would undoubtedly become smoother, happier, and safer.
And the Revolutionary Army had gotten what it wanted.
However, they ran into some trouble when they landed. Luffy and the others had been away from the island for the past week, and the entire island had practically become ownerless, attracting a group of slave-catching crews who had once made their living on the Sabaody Archipelago.
The Revolutionary Army still had to put in some effort to clear out those slave-catching crews.
Neither their firepower nor their combat strength could compare to the Revolutionary Army's. They were easily taken down, but since they had not committed any evil deeds, the Revolutionary Army did not kill them. After capturing them, they sent them for reeducation, then dumped them on the Sabaody Archipelago. They had no time to deal with prisoners after that.
Their task was arduous. First, they had to sail these three enormous islands back to the Revolutionary Army Headquarters on Jaya Island.
Jaya Island had now begun to take on the shape of a capital: it was practically devouring the surrounding resources and funds. Vast quantities of resources traveled from far away to trade on Jaya Island. What they truly wanted was not policy support, but the credibility and deterrent power of a major government.
Why did socialism understand capital better than capitalism did, at least in terms of serving the people? Because it could concentrate its strength to accomplish great things. No matter how vast capital grew, it could not surpass the economies of the four great nations—unless a truly super multinational conglomerate emerged. Yet such supernational capital was itself a massive paradox: without the protection of