The shattering of the Empty Throne fell like a weighty full stop at the end of eight hundred years. Yet writing the first word of the new chapter required far finer and more complicated strokes.
Over the following months, the entire world was like a giant that had just survived a massive earthquake, struggling to stand again through agonizing pain and confusion.
The resolution to make everything public was carried out with astonishing speed and reach. The "Letter to the World," jointly signed in the names of three parties-"Flame Emperor" Lin Yan, Revolutionary Army leader Dragon, and Straw Hat Pirates captain Monkey D. Luffy, whose title of Pirate King had already spread far and wide-was accompanied by a worldwide broadcast on which Morgans, president of the World Economy News Paper, staked his entire fortune and life. Supported by the Revolutionary Army's vast underground network and infiltration capabilities, it ignited every corner of the world like sparks setting a prairie ablaze.
Authentic historical footage, in selected excerpts; the design principles and dangers of the ancient weapons; the scientific origins of Devil Fruits; Imu's betrayal and planned purge; the bloodshed behind the Celestial Dragons' privileges... These truths, buried for eight hundred years, became the sharpest spears, utterly shattering the foundation of lies on which the old World Government had maintained its rule.
The impact was earth-shattering. Anger, doubt, fear, sudden understanding, floods of tears... Countless emotions erupted across the world. Above the ruins of Mary Geoise, the unwilling wails of the old elite seemed to linger. Across the far wider lands beyond, billions of people fell into a long silence, followed by noisy, vibrant discussion and reflection that sprouted like spring grass.
The work of stabilizing the situation was equally demanding. With assistance from Laugh Tale and Revolutionary Army technicians, Lin Yan