Sakazuki chuckled:
"Forget Kong. I wasn't planning to spare those few at Headquarters either."
"Plans are the most unpredictable things of all."
"We don't even know what trump cards the government has yet."
"We can only make the most foolproof plan possible."
Vegapunk smiled:
"How decisive."
"What about making up for the lost fighting strength?"
"If you kill them all, won't that leave a huge gap?"
Sakazuki shook his head:
"It doesn't matter. As long as we have Bullet, we're fine."
"When the time is right, give him the More-More Fruit."
"With his Haki and physique, every one of his abilities will be amplified a hundredfold."
"Forget Garp."
"Even I'd have a hard time beating him."
"He'll be the mountain that holds the world down, one no one can surmount."
"The rest will be up to you."
"Science and technology are the primary productive forces."
"Arm the marines as quickly as possible and crush the entire world."
"Completely shatter this rotten system that's lasted for thousands of years."
There was no way around it. This wasn't a world controlled by ordinary people.
This was a world of supernatural powers.
Tracing the history of the World of One Piece back into the distant past, the destroyed Tree of Knowledge had already been over five thousand years old.
Alabasta alone had a history spanning four thousand years.
Yet it still existed to this day.
A monarchy had survived for over four thousand years without collapsing.
Technology hadn't advanced, and the system hadn't changed. What it had been like four thousand years ago was what it was like now.
Unscientific forces had obstructed the evolution and progress of history.
At the pinnacle of this world stood powerful individuals who could destroy islands, shatter mountains, and split seas.
They severely restricted development.
Against that