Shocking! After Pirates Returned Home...
Though the situation at Revolutionary Army Headquarters looked chaotic and disorganized, in reality, the Revolutionary Army's grassroots organizations across the world were proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Through the system Leo had established, they continuously sorted out local conditions. Unlike places such as the Alabasta Kingdom, where the Revolutionary Army enjoyed immense authority and prestige, in other regions, the Revolutionary Army's military strength provided extremely powerful support.
As the saying went, the weapon of criticism could not replace the criticism of weapons.
When a warship docked at a port, the pressure it exerted on ordinary people was beyond comparison.
Under the threat of cannon fire, the Revolutionary Army rapidly began replacing the old system with its advanced institutions. Revolutionary Army local branches replaced the old local vested interests, Revolutionary Army town mayors replaced the original town mayors, and Revolutionary Army peace officers replaced the original peace officers.
The Revolutionary Army classified local forces with great care. Public opinion surveys had become ingrained in the Revolutionary Army's instincts. Only after conducting such surveys would they divide the local powers into categories: those who had grown rich through cruelty, those who relied on their martial strength to bully men and women, and those who had committed every conceivable evil.
All such people had to be identified. Those whose crimes were not heinous were rehired as new Revolutionary Army officials and paid monthly salaries. As for those guilty of monstrous crimes, there was no need to say more. With every ship carrying Marines, how could these scattered local rabble possibly stand against the powerful Revolutionary Army forces that had come from the Grand Line?
Naturally, it became a matter of sweeping away everything in their path. Once the Revolutionary Army arrived somewhere, the outcome was basically settled. Thus,