"Wano Country is a very unusual nation."
Sabo now understood exactly what Commander of the Revolutionary Army Leo had meant by those words.
He had looked into the records before. He knew Wano Country's uniqueness came from its history. Its ability to process Seastone alone was enough to distinguish it from every other country.
Not to mention Wano Country's many famed blades. Those renowned swords, forged through some unknown technique, were treasures coveted by countless swordsmen across the seas, yet they were made in Wano Country.
Note that they were made.
As the deputy leader of a regime, Sabo fully understood the difference between something being manufactured and something occurring by chance.
Take Devil Fruits, for instance. Were Devil Fruits scattered throughout the world really the same as being able to mass-produce them?
Wano Country could make Great Grade Blades, process Seastone, and even had Haki wielders among practically every samurai.
For the Revolutionary Army to have waited until now to deal with a place capable of posing such a massive threat to them already showed considerable political confidence.
Sabo had gradually uncovered all of this after Leo set the Revolutionary Army's sights on Wano Country.
The more he investigated, the more alarmed Sabo became. Seastone was an immense counter to the Revolutionary Army's current large numbers of Devil Fruit users.
Once Seastone bullets became viable, they would pose an extremely serious threat to the Revolutionary Army's many commanders who possessed Artificial Devil Fruits.
No matter what, the Revolutionary Army had to seize Wano Country—even if it meant directly destroying its original ruling foundations and order.
Since Ace had already pushed things to this point, Sabo stopped hesitating after only a few seconds of thought.
In the end, people like them who had fought their way across the seas were