Tatar Island, Grand Line.
It was home to the Torpolt Kingdom, one of the World Government member states.
The island's highly unusual climate made its trees grow extremely fast, making the kingdom a major timber exporter.
Beneath the Torpolt Kingdom's facade of prosperity, slaves made up nearly half its population...
A logging camp outside the city.
Countless people wearing slave collars quickly gathered together.
They had only five minutes between shifts of the guard squads outside, and they had rehearsed this countless times.
The collars around their necks were being unlocked and removed one after another. Otherwise, they would never have dared to resist.
The man who had made all this possible was directing his Revolutionary Army subordinates to distribute weapons and unlock the collars with keys.
He was Norisk, commander of the Revolutionary Army's Area 77.
"Quick, quick, quick! Get moving! We only have five minutes!"
"Don't hesitate when the time comes. Just run!!!"
"We'll hold off the guards! As many of you as possible need to escape!!!"
There was a trace of urgency in his expression. He had already received word that Sakazuki was almost here.
Since Dragon had launched his worldwide revolution, the revolutions in the Four Blues had gone exceptionally smoothly. They had even toppled several affiliated nations, but they had also crossed the World Government's bottom line.
The price was devastating attacks on every base across more than a dozen regions in the first half of the Grand Line.
The government had ordered the Marines to send admirals to wipe out every location suspected of housing the Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
Although no one knew why the information had leaked, it had allowed Revolutionary Army personnel to begin an orderly withdrawal from the Grand Line. Their offensives in the Four Blues had also stopped.
But every