Meanwhile, elsewhere, Ignis had arrived even earlier.
Although NESTS had started relatively late, it was still an established power compared to the Revolutionary Army.
With its cloning technology and officers, it now had a substantial foothold across the seas, especially in the Four Seas.
Ignis had taken notice of the Revolutionary Army when it began to become active.
He had also identified one of its mid-ranking officers.
After that, he planted people under this officer to monitor his every move.
With the resources of NESTS, even a small trickle of support could give the officer greater room for growth and draw the attention of the Revolutionary Army's leadership.
Using the genetic material they obtained, they secretly cultivated a clone.
Four months ago, that secretly cultivated clone had been completed.
Through various means, NESTS successfully replaced the Revolutionary Army officer.
It planted a mole within the Revolutionary Army.
And before the battle, it learned of the Revolutionary Army's plans for this incident.
Thus, Ignis once again came to the familiar grounds of Mary Geoise, arriving before Dragon.
His purpose was much the same as last time: to rob the Celestial Dragons' Treasure Vault.
The Revolutionary Army would inevitably take the blame again.
Ignis no longer had such a strong appetite for treasure.
He simply wanted to weaken these Celestial Dragon families by stripping these nobles of their accumulated reserves.
That would prevent them from helping the World Government recover in the future.
Some precious Devil Fruits and treasures were actually of little use to NESTS.
Ignis no longer thought much of them, either.
But they could bolster the Kronos Kingdom's reserves.
After all, the Kronos Kingdom had consumed a great many precious Devil Fruits over the years.
Hades's children, in particular, had consumed many of them.
These were all Devil Fruits