Thunder God and Flame Emperor, Facing Off

Enel did not tell Roya about this thought.

After all, he had only just joined the organization.

He had not done any work yet.

Enel felt it would not be appropriate to say it now.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, under Roya's control,

they arrived at Water City.

Water City's reputation was now known to everyone throughout the Grand Line.

After all, it was the first island Dawn-and-Dusk Bird had publicly declared under its protection.

Moreover, it possessed the Sea Train and had highly developed craftsmanship in every field.

With the island's shipbuilding industry alone, Roya could make a fortune!

At the same time, Roya had people announce that gold was directly pegged to Belly. Those who wanted ships built could pay not only with Belly, but with gold as well.

There was no need to exchange it for money, which was undoubtedly excellent news for many Pirates.

Because of this small decision, Water City experienced the most frenzied shipbuilding boom in its history in an extremely short time.

Large numbers of Pirates came to Water City, wanting to build luxurious ships of their own!

Quite a few tycoons even paid enormous amounts of gold upfront, making Roya absolutely delighted.

Naturally, the Marines noticed Water City's actions.

Sengoku even sent Aokiji with men to attack Water City.

He wanted to see whether they could directly subdue Water City, or destroy it!

However, with Ace and Weevil joining forces to defend it,

the Marines could not even get close to Water City.

Instead, Aokiji's failure brought further disgrace upon the Marines.

At the same time, it boosted Dawn-and-Dusk Bird's prestige!

This gave Sengoku a terrible headache.

At present, the Five Elders intended to suppress Roya's reputation.

They wanted to prevent Roya from being promoted to Fleet Admiral.