Sakazuki did not understand why everyone was so excited, but he somewhat understood what a mobile Marine Headquarters and Enies Lobby truly represented.
It meant that whenever they encountered pirates, they could handle the entire process in one go: suppression, sentencing, and hard labor.
Of course, Sakazuki had not thought deeply about the more profound implications. With his intelligence, he could not come up with much more, but the entire city had gone mad.
After Tesoro's Golden City, everyone had been shocked by the Revolutionary Army's grand move. They had all believed it was merely an accidental mobile island, and real estate on Golden City had gone insane. The price of secondhand land on it had already soared through the roof.
But now, it seemed that the pirate world contained countless bizarre things. Before the Revolutionary Army dragged them back, no one had imagined that mobile islands like these could become the Revolutionary Army's new base.
Of course, Leo himself had not considered this at first.
But when Luffy presented him with this great gift, he understood what he should do with it.
Likewise, the ordinary people and merchants of Jaya Island had not considered it at first. But when the Revolutionary Army gradually sailed the three warships over, it was as if someone had suddenly pierced a paper window. Everyone let out an immediate, understanding "Oh."
Clearly, the poverty alleviation policy the Revolutionary Army had mentioned involved far more than just the Golden City.
The residents of Jaya Island should have been hurt the most by a move of the capital, yet in reality, most of them were first- or second-generation immigrants. Deep-rooted interests and powerful local factions had yet to form. As far as everyone was concerned, if the capital moved, then it moved. At worst, they could