On Oran Island, Lind was more delighted than surprised when he learned of Darren's moves in the North Blue. It felt rather like carefully planted flowers refusing to bloom, while a casually planted willow flourished.
He had thought that after Shiki fell victim to the Marines' scheme, his own expansion plans would suffer a serious setback.
Instead, a loss in one quarter had brought gains in another. Darren had practically handed Lind the entire North Blue.
Together with his arrangements in the West Blue and the agents continually planted across the other seas through the Spark Project, Lind had unknowingly gained covert control of half the world!
With such capable subordinates and such mediocre opponents, Lind struggled to find any reason he would lose.
Still, the remaining South Blue and East Blue will both be harder to deal with, Lind thought.
As things stood, the South Blue would most likely become Charlotte Linlin's territory. The future core of her Totto Land would probably be the Saint Legion she had personally established, making infiltration extremely difficult.
As for the East Blue, the Revolutionary Army had been operating there for a long time. Kaido's target was also in the West Blue, while both Garp and Roger hailed from the East Blue.
Even in the original story, Shiki had gone to the East Blue to stir up trouble. It might have been called the Weakest Sea, but its waters ran deep indeed.
Lind might be able to secretly control some territory in the East Blue, but truly taking control of the entire sea would undoubtedly be very difficult.
This time, Lind's goal was modest: take advantage of Charlotte Linlin's campaign in the South Blue and use the chaos to have Spark Project personnel seize control of a few more affiliated nations.
By now,