The small town in the South Blue was not large, with only a few hundred households. The island itself was also quite small, leaving very few secluded corners where anyone could hide.
Besides, the Marines and CP agents included no shortage of experts with Observation Haki. Even if someone managed to hide, they would struggle to escape those "invisible eyes."
On the live broadcast, vicious-looking Marines and CP agents were roughly herding pregnant women toward the harbor.
The pregnant women were at different stages. Some had only slightly rounded bellies and did not look far along at all, with barely a visible bump;
others had heavily swollen bellies and moved awkwardly, clearly seven or eight months pregnant already.
Anyone with eyes could tell that these pregnant women could not possibly be Roger's wife, yet every one of them had been arrested.
The broadcast seemed to make its own "choices," specifically showing the Marines and CP agents brutally beating the pregnant women's families before forcibly taking the women away, laying every cruel detail bare before the entire world.
On-screen, the pregnant women's families wore expressions of terror and anger, but they were powerless against the violence and could only watch their loved ones being taken away,
their screams and sobs seeming to pierce the screen and strike every viewer in the heart.
Yet among these Marines, there were also those who still held fast to the just conviction that they should protect civilians.
They spoke politely with the pregnant women's families, their voices carrying a hint of reassurance, and allowed the families to follow at a distance and watch.
Their actions were not captured by the broadcast.
But a clash between good and evil was certainly inevitable.
Before long, the sweeping search of those few hundred households turned up more than