The sword-wielding member of the Five Elders nodded.
"No time to lose. Let us go see Lord Imu now."
He rose after speaking. The other members of the Five Elders stood as well, straightened their clothes, and headed into the deepest reaches of Pangaea Castle...
South Blue, Malieg Island.
The Bonney Pirates' ship was docked at the harbor, but its crew was nowhere to be seen.
Atop the island's mountain.
Sabo held the latest intelligence map as he spoke with Dragon.
"In that case, all the conditions are in place."
"We can conquer the Four Blues at any time."
"But the pirates and the Navy are fighting a major war in the New World right now. As for what the people want..."
The World Government's core forces were all stationed along the Grand Line. The affiliated nations in the Four Blues were all agricultural kingdoms.
Against the Revolutionary Army, which had been moving toward an industrial society for several years, they would crumble at the first blow.
The only troublesome ones were countries like the Flower Country, with its individually powerful fighters, or a unique high-tech kingdom like Germa.
But the Germa Kingdom had already been stripped of its status by the government and destroyed by the Navy.
That left only countries like the Flower Country, with their powerful individual fighters, and they would not be difficult to handle...
Dragon's voice came from the other end.
"The foundation of our Revolutionary Army's development is fundamentally different from the Navy's."
"Our primary objective is to overthrow the nobles and the rotten kingdoms."
"With the Navy's continuous campaigns against them, the scourge of piracy has diminished considerably. Now, the only thing affecting the people's daily lives is oppression by those nobles."
"Our policies do not conflict with the Navy's current policies."