"The so-called World Government was forced into existence, wasn't it? The Celestial Dragons wanted better control over the world, so they threatened everyone into uniting and forming the World Government to serve them. Otherwise, they would unleash disasters and destroy their countries," Rogge said with a smile.
Robin nodded. "That's right!"
"I knew it. It's hardly a secret. You've been to the Land of Labor in the East Blue, so you should know what's unusual about that country on a bridge. It's a bridge that can never be finished. Every time they complete a section, it collapses. It sits out on the sea, forever under construction, never to be completed. And who were those laborers before? People from countries that refused to obey. As for why the bridge collapses every so often, isn't it because King destroys it whenever he wakes up?" Rogge said with a smile.
"You actually knew..." Robin stared at Rogge.
"Did you think you were the only person who could read Poneglyphs? Let me introduce you. Ham, the navigator of the Asura Pirates. You know him too, don't you? Come to think of it, you ought to call him Uncle," Rogge said.
"You certainly ought to call me Uncle. Back then, I sailed with your mother, Nico Olvia, in search of the truth about history. That means I can read Poneglyphs too. I wasn't on Ohara before the Ohara Incident, so I escaped that disaster!" Ham said with a smile.
"Now you understand why I didn't forcibly take you away in Alabasta five years ago. Ham pleaded on your behalf, and he offered himself in your place. Your value to me lay in translating Poneglyphs. Since Ham could do it too, I naturally had no need for you," Rogge said.
"Then doesn't that mean you knew