The Reverie lasted a full three days.
Nothing unexpected happened during that time.
That was only natural. This was Mary Geoise, after all.
And two Top Combatants, Borsalino and Sakazuki, were standing guard.
The plan targeting the Revolutionary Army was never going to leak out.
Policies that would be publicly announced, such as the creation of the Shichibukai, spread across the seas through newspapers in no time.
Some of the matters discussed at the Reverie could shape the course of the entire world.
The Trade Route, for instance, had first been proposed at a Reverie.
Most pirates scoffed at the idea of becoming Shichibukai. They had no desire to be the World Government's dogs.
It sounded good on paper, but how was it any different from being absorbed by the World Government? They would merely retain a degree of autonomy.
Powerful pirates had no need for the World Government to grant them the legal right to plunder.
They also feared being branded traitors by other pirates and attacked en masse by the Great Pirates.
When the Shichibukai policy was first introduced, it had nowhere near the prestige it would gain later.
Plenty of people across the seas mocked it.
Ordinary citizens, like some kings, were skeptical of the policy as well.
If pirates were brought into the fold, would they really protect anyone?
Of course, some people saw what becoming a Shichibukai could offer.
"Fuffuffuffu!"
"Our chance has come."
The North Blue.
Doflamingo had firmly established himself as the ruler of the North Blue Underworld. Wearing his sunglasses, he read the newspaper in his hand and laughed with excitement.
"Doffy, what chance? Are you going to become a Shichibukai?"
Trebol, mucus dripping from his body, wore a coat and held a golden cane. A long trail of snot hung from