Jealousy Runs Too Deep

Oak felt Gloriosa's idea—that as long as Hancock held one of the Shichibukai positions, Amazon Lily's safety would be guaranteed forever—was far too naive.

Leaving aside how many within the Navy were dissatisfied with the Warlord System, even the World Government did not fully trust the Shichibukai. They had been researching weapons capable of replacing them, and had already achieved considerable results. By this point in the timeline, the First-Generation Pacifistas had already been built. Once the technology became more mature and the Seraphim, modeled after the Shichibukai, were cloned, the Warlord System would be abolished.

When that happened, the World Government would discard them after they had served their purpose and purge the former Shichibukai. That day was not far off—at most, it would come within two years.

Though Gloriosa did not know all this, she knew that the Shichibukai position was not Amazon Lily's get-out-of-death-free card. Sooner or later, they would be purged. Before, she had merely been deceiving herself. Amazon Lily lacked top-tier strength and could not take part in the games played at the highest level, so they could only survive in the cracks. But now that Oak had exposed it, she fell silent!

Oak glanced at her.

"And besides..."

"You don't think I returned to these seas to do nothing, do you?!"

"I told you yesterday that I'm gathering people to attack the Holy Land and avenge what happened back then. When that time comes, these seas will inevitably be reshuffled, and Amazon Lily won't be able to stay out of it. No matter which side you choose, you'll inevitably be dragged in.

"If you stand with the World Government, then judging by the way that trash in the Holy Land operates, they'll only use Amazon Lily as cannon fodder. But if you stand with