"Oh, right. The World Government is also suspected of possessing an Ancient Weapon called Uranus, capable of erasing an entire island from this world with a single strike..."
As though he had only just remembered, Xie Wen continued, "The reason Vegapunk is so important to the World Government is that he can produce the energy needed to power Uranus."
After a brief pause, he added, "And aside from the energy Vegapunk provides, I'm not sure whether the World Government-or rather, Imu-has any other way to power it. After all, Vegapunk wasn't around eight hundred years ago."
The revelations, coming one after another, kept Dragon's expression shifting...
He had yet to fully digest what he had heard about Imu earlier!
"So, now that you know all this, what do you intend to do?"
"Imu and the Ancient Weapon are certainly terrifying, but I have no intention of admitting defeat just like that!"
Dragon answered with a look of determination.
Xie Wen, however, pursed his lips, utterly speechless.
"Who asked you that?!"
"Huh?"
People in the One Piece world were all single-minded. Xie Wen was not at all worried that the existence of Imu or Uranus would shake Dragon's resolve to overthrow the World Government.
"What I'm asking is, what do you and your Revolutionary Army intend to do next? Will you stick to your current approach regardless of what changes, gradually eating away at the World Government's rule, or will you go all out and find a way to force Imu to act, to see exactly what his abilities are and what other trump cards he has?"
"Well..."
Dragon froze, then gave a bitter smile. "Right now, I really don't have the mental capacity to consider any of that. I'll need some time just to digest the information you gave me,