January 16, 1510 ( Sea Circle Calendar )
On the second day of the Reverie.
The West Blue, York Island, the stronghold of the Capone Family.
Noah and his group had been here for over twenty days since their retreat from Lulusia Island.
During this time, Noah secretly monitored every move around the world through the Distillery's channels.
At the same time, he is also accelerating the integration of internal resources and strengths.
Currently, among the various governorates, apart from the Sky Empire in the New World, the populations of the other five governorates have also increased significantly.
In particular, the vast majority of the 1.13 million civilians of the Lulusia Kingdom were secretly transferred to the South Blue Governorate Moon Governorate time are planned to immigrate to the Moon Governorate.
The reason for doing this is naturally the insecurity of Blue Planet's future.
Noah reviewed the work reports from the Moon Governor's Office.
After more than a year of repairs and renovations, the Moon Governorate has revived 15 abandoned cities of the Moon People and laid nearly 20,000 square kilometers of the Sun panels on the far side of the moon, which can basically meet the production and living needs of 15 million people.
Now that we've chosen to declare war on the World Government, we no longer need to operate in the shadows as before; we need to accelerate the plundering of the populations of the World Government's Affiliated Nation.
The vast majority of these captured people will be settled in the Moon Governorate.
Meanwhile, in the various governorates of Blue Planet, secrecy must be strengthened, and preparations must be made for merging with the Sky Empire.
Noah has received a report from the Distillery that not only is the Cipher Pol frantically searching for the location of the Kingdom of Dawn, but the Shichibukai, Big Mom Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, underground giants, and the Revolutionary Army are also intensifying their intelligence gathering.
Aside from the East Blue Governorate and West Blue Governorate, which are being used as shell companies, the most likely locations to be leaked now are actually the Paradise Sky Governorate and the South Blue Governorate.
After all, the East Blue Governorate is nominally Affiliated Nation of the World Government, so as long as it doesn't take any major actions, it's unlikely that there will be any leaks.
The same applies to the West Blue Governorate; both the Capone Family and the Gambino Family operate under the name of the Mafia.
On the contrary, the Storm Archipelago in the South Blue and the Sky Island in Paradise, these secluded areas, are likely to become the next targets for investigation by various forces.
Therefore, Noah was prepared to abandon these two governorates.
He first had Shiki and Ray cooperate to transfer the entire population of the Paradise Sky Governorate to the Sky Province of the Sky Empire. The Sky Island of Paradise would then be used solely as a military base.
Meanwhile, the population and industrial facilities of the Storm Archipelago in the South Blue are gradually being transferred to the moon, where they are also being transformed into military bases and temporary settlements.
Having made these preparations, he did not believe that those forces could find the true core area of Kingdom of Dawn.
After all, very few people on the entire Blue Planet know that the moon is habitable, and most people would not associate it with the fact that the Kingdom of Dawn's headquarters is actually on the moon and in the Sky Empire.
By robbing Earth of Blue Planet population, we can exert a decisive and effective pressure on the World Government.
When a large-scale war breaks out on Blue Planet, we can use some forbidden weapons without restraint.
For example, the newly developed Dyna Stone Missile has a range of several thousand kilometers and a warhead containing a cluster of 1,500 kilograms of Dyna Stone. One shot can destroy an area with a radius of 10 kilometers. For smaller islands, it's almost a one-shot kill.
Aside from those at the Vice Admiral level or above, ordinary pirates or marines hit by the Dyna Stone Missile would be instantly annihilated.
For example, the various deadly fungi cultivated by the Apostle Musshuru using Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit could quickly destroy the Sabaody Archipelago.
However, those Celestial Dragons like to wear helmets and air filters, which probably protects them from some fungal infections.
Noah wasn't so ruthless as to release a large-scale, deadly fungus, because doing so would certainly have resulted in heavy casualties among the civilians.
After formulating a series of adjustment plans.
Noah also held an internal meeting.
Using the Escape Passage, the group arrived at the York Island base.
The attendees at the meeting were not Noah's Apostle, but rather natural members of the family.
This includes Joseph, Governor of the East Blue; Enel, Governor of the Sky Paradise; Kuro, Provisional Governor of the South Blue; Anthony, Provisional Governor of the West Blue; Robin, Governor of the New World; and Joshua, Governor of the Moon.
Minister of the Department of Internal Affairs Lilith, Minister of the Department of Supervision Mary, Minister of Department of Science and Education Jay, Minister of Department of Resources Galdino, and Minister of the Department of Military Affairs Vic.
The Distillery manager, Tomani; the Strategic Support Squad leader, Ray; and the medical research institute director, Andy.
Noah skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point. "The reason I've called you here for this meeting is to make some specific adjustments to address certain future situations."
" The Sky Paradise Governorate has been officially abolished, and its population will be relocated to the Sky Empire. The relocation will be handled by Ray's Strategic Support Squad."
"No problem." Ray nodded.
His Strategic Support Squad currently has only three members: himself, Lilian, and Penguin, who has been given the Door-Door Fruit.
Some time ago, after Doria successfully captured Blueno, he immediately packed Blueno into the Castle Space after escaping to a safe area, and then retrieved the Door-Door Fruit.
Noah immediately bestowed the fruit upon Penguin, adding another space-type ability user to the family.
Lilian was also assigned to the Strategic Support Squad because of her combat strength and mobility. Her destructive power and speed of movement are enough to make her a suitable complement to the shortcomings of the Strategic Support Squad.
"Former Governor of the Paradise Sky, Enel, has been transferred to the Department of Supervision as Deputy Director."
Enel stood up and saluted Noah: "Yes, sir."
" The South Blue Governorate has been officially abolished, and its population and industrial facilities have been transferred to the Moon Governorate. Ray and Joshua are in charge of this matter."
"Yes." Joshua nodded.
Noah continued, "The former interim governor of the South Blue, Kuro, was responsible for establishing the General Staff Department and served as General Staff Department chief."
"Yes, Lord Noah." Kuro nodded.
"The internal adjustments are complete. Next, we need to address the intelligence investigations by the World Government and other forces. The Department of Supervision needs to strengthen its counter-espionage efforts, and the Distillery needs to intensify its intelligence gathering. At the same time, we should release some smokescreens to disrupt the intelligence investigations of all parties."
"Leave it to me." Counter-espionage is Mary's forte.
Tomani narrowed his eyes slightly. " Noah, perhaps we can use the Revolutionary Army to direct CP's intelligence towards White Soil Island."
Noah did not object to this.
Judging from the Revolutionary Army's reaction, they clearly intend to continue their previous revolutionary path, especially since Noah had already given them a chance.
Morgans does have Noah's Den Den Mushi number. These past few days, Morgans has been pouring out his troubles to Noah, as many forces have been trying to coerce and entice him in hopes of obtaining Noah's Den Den Mushi number.
If Dragon is willing, he can obtain Noah's Den Den Mushi number through Morgans during the two weeks following the end of the Lulusia incident, thus enabling him to communicate directly with Noah.
Unfortunately, according to Morgans ' report, the list of people requesting phone numbers did not include Dragon or the Revolutionary Army. Instead, it included people from the Underworld, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and the World Government.
Since the other party didn't want to talk, Noah naturally wouldn't lower himself to that level.
From this, coupled with the Revolutionary Army's secret investigation into the location of the Kingdom of Dawn, Noah could roughly guess the thoughts of Dragon and the Revolutionary Army. They clearly regarded the Liberator Organization and the Kingdom of Dawn as enemies.
Since the other party had already done so, Noah naturally wouldn't object to Tomani's attempt to shift the blame eastward.