Tesoro's downfall was practically inevitable. His Golden Tesoro Ship could not sail very fast, and there were only two reasons he had been able to live so freely and comfortably at sea for so long.
First, he was strong enough. Pirates with bounties below 200 million Beli could barely harm him at all, and might even be ambushed by him, turned into his slaves, and placed under his control.
Second, he was incredibly wealthy—wealthy enough to control one-eighth of the world's gold circulation. Money could make even ghosts turn millstones; the Celestial Dragons were no exception.
But once they encountered a government that could not be bought off, their good days were over.
The Revolutionary Army was a government that placed enormous importance on the economy, a concept built upon Leo's ideals.
During meetings, Leo repeatedly stated that the Revolutionary Army's justice lay not only in overthrowing feudalism and slave oppression, but also in bringing ordinary people throughout the world better and more prosperous lives than before.
Beneath the banner of this absolute justice, the economic structure and the Economic Department formed the solid foundation supporting that banner.
As a Shichibukai and a Gold Fruit user, Tesoro's threat level was nowhere near that high. But as a major capitalist who controlled one-eighth of the world's gold circulation, Tesoro undoubtedly held a nuclear bomb in his hands—an economic nuclear bomb!
He possessed the ability to drag the markets and economy controlled by the Revolutionary Army down with him. He needed only to find a deep-sea trench and sink the entire Golden Tesoro Ship into it; the resulting public pressure would be enough to shake the Revolutionary Army's foundations of credibility and rule.
The Revolutionary Army could never tolerate him doing such a thing, nor could it allow him to possess such