The People's Will

Before long, Nero returned, dragging Morgan behind him. But Morgan looked rather strange now.

The right arm that had once held his great axe was now empty. Only half an arm remained above the elbow, with blood pouring out in streams.

His face was badly swollen, and it was even clear that several of Morgan's teeth were missing.

He had clearly been subjected to torture.

Ener was deeply puzzled. What could have made Nero use such harsh methods?

"Ah... I used a few methods. Don't take offense, Major Ener. You can report this truthfully," Nero said with a smile.

Clearly, he had already gotten the intelligence he wanted from Morgan.

Ener looked at Nero, his gaze meaningful. "You're handing him back to me like this. No problem?"

The implication was, wasn't he afraid that Ener would ask Morgan about what Nero had just asked?

Nero waved a hand. "No problem!"

Ener raised an eyebrow.

Nero said, "Thank you for your cooperation. Farewell!"

After saying that, he gave Gin a deep look. It had to be said that Gin had left an extremely deep impression on him.

Then he quickly left.

"Whoosh..."

Ener, Gin, and Zoro all turned to look at the battered and miserable Morgan.

Morgan: "..."

At that moment, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and a chill shot straight to his head. He had an ominous feeling!

His mind raced.

"That guy asked me three things."

"First, the death of the king of Goa Kingdom!"

"Second, the Arlong Pirates!"

"Third, Germa 66's attack on Corgia Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Ener could not help frowning.

"All three of those are connected to you?"

After suffering two blows today and enduring brutal torture just now, Morgan seemed to have resigned himself to his fate and said bluntly, "The king of Goa Kingdom died in a shipwreck. The ship sank not far from Shells Town. I was the one who went to rescue them at the time... But although it was called a shipwreck, when we found the people, we discovered they had been poisoned... Later, someone sent me a large sum of Beli, so..."

He did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was perfectly clear.

"The Arlong Pirates didn't pay as much as Captain Nezire, but they still gave me quite a lot of Beli... Every year. They wanted us Marine colonels to turn a blind eye to what they did."

"As for Germa 66's attack on Corgia Kingdom, Shanta Kingdom contacted Germa 66 through my channels."

After Morgan finished, Ener's brows furrowed slightly.

Stelly!

When it came to Goa Kingdom, Ener immediately thought of that man.

He was a ruthless character.

When he was eight years old, Stelly's biological parents could no longer afford to raise him, so he was adopted by Sabo's father.

In the end, he successfully squeezed out Sabo and became a true noble.

Did you think that was the end?

No, no, no... Becoming a noble was only his first step. He then married the princess, Sally Nendacarnet. After that, the king and princes of Goa Kingdom died one after another under mysterious circumstances.

In the end, after marrying Goa Kingdom's princess, Sally Nendacarnet, he became the king of Goa Kingdom.

Those methods were absolutely brilliant.

From his perspective, he was undoubtedly the protagonist favored by heaven and earth. He had risen all the way from a destitute family that could not afford to raise him to become a king.

It was a true rise to greatness.

So by this point, Stelly had already married Sally Nendacarnet and begun moving against the royal family.

The matter of the Arlong Pirates was even more normal.

Arlong had committed evil in the East Blue for so many years. How could Captain Nezire alone possibly suppress the entire affair?

That Germa 66's attack on Corgia Kingdom had gone through Morgan's channels did surprise him somewhat.

He gave Gin a look.

Gin immediately understood and directly dragged Morgan away. There was only one purpose: to take control of that channel. It might prove useful someday...

It simply was not suitable to ask about it in public.

"Good, wonderful..."

Seeing Morgan dragged away like a dead dog, the townspeople could no longer hide the joy in their hearts. It was only because of Morgan that they feared the Marines.

Otherwise, they would have started cheering long ago.

Even so, they could not suppress their upturned lips, revealing smiles from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing this, Ener took the opportunity to announce loudly, "First, starting today, the 153rd Branch here will be renamed the East Blue Inspector Headquarters. The entirety of Four Leaf Island, including Shells Town, and its surrounding waters will fall under the jurisdiction of the Inspector Headquarters.

"All unreasonable taxes Morgan imposed here will be abolished, returning to the normal tax rates from before Morgan arrived.

"At the same time, I must make one thing clear. The Inspector Headquarters oversees the entire Marine force in the East Blue. Anyone who has been bullied by the Marines can come to us. We will be your strongest support.

"Second, I also wish to announce to all of you, and to the entire East Blue.

"Our East Blue Inspector Headquarters will implement a reward system. If anyone sees or hears of Marines violating Marine regulations, they may report it to the East Blue Inspector Headquarters.

"If the report is verified, the informant will receive the appropriate reward. Moreover, the higher the rank of the reported person, the more generous the informant's reward will be.

"And we will keep everything about the informant confidential.

"At the same time, if an informant not only submits a valid report in a particular case but also provides irrefutable evidence, they or their family members, such as their children, may be exceptionally admitted into the East Blue Inspectors."

"Third, I will expand Shells Town's harbor, because I intend to turn Shells Town into the East Blue's trade center... But don't worry, you won't need to pay for it, not even a single Beli.

"All you need to do is cooperate with the coming expansion. In other words, you will also take part in it. Of course, you will all be paid fair wages."

"What? Taxes are going back to the previous normal rates?"

"There are rewards for reporting Marines? With irrefutable evidence, we can even become Inspectors, and it can benefit our children too?"

"Shells Town is going to become the East Blue's trade center?"

"And we'll be paid fair wages for the work?"

Was this a dream?

At that moment, the townspeople of Shells Town all stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief.

It took them a long time to come back to their senses.

"Wonderful..."

This time, the townspeople began cheering. At that moment, the way they looked at Ener had completely changed.

There was no longer any fear, only respect.

The younger ones even wore expressions of admiration. After all, no one was foolish. They naturally understood how much benefit the points Ener had just made would bring to all of Shells Town.

At that moment, Ener turned his gaze toward the Marine soldiers. Every one of them also wore a smile.

They understood that Morgan's era of oppressive rule had come to an end.