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006: A Lunatic Who Dares to Provoke the World Government, With the Purpose of Destroying the Town.
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North Blue.
Here lies the wreckage of a soaring flame at sea.
"You... will definitely regret it! Old man, you don't even know what you've provoked! To dare to provoke the world, it will have consequences you can never predict!"
"It seems that these are your last words. After you finish speaking, let's send you on your way for the sins you've committed."
On the deck of the ship he was riding alone, Bai Ye held Ryūjin Jakka and raised his hand, looking at the wide-eyed man before his death.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
The man, who was a member of the World Government, spoke in horror.
Swish!
The arc flashed.
A head flew high into the sea in an instant!
Warm blood splattered into the sea.
The face of the head that fell into the sea was full of horror and trembling.
Manifest unto death.
He had clearly told this old man the consequences of provoking them, even using his status to try to intimidate the other party.
But.
How did this old man respond? How dare he, how dare he?!
Crazy, crazy!
This was the man's last thought before his consciousness fell into endless darkness.
There are indeed crazy people in this world who dare to provoke the World Government!
"This will not be the end..."
Bai Ye put away Ryūjin Jakka and looked around at the nearby orange-red flame occupying the sea.
Then he looked in the direction of the destroyed town and murmured:
"This will be a start."
Bai Ye's eyes flickered with coldness.
Through the mouth he left alive.
Bai Ye had completely figured out the ins and outs of everything that had happened in North Blue.
Not enough to pay the heavenly gold.
As Bai Ye knew.
It was just a pretense.
Its true purpose was to destroy the town where Bai Ye had lived for more than thirty years.
It was time for the World Government to collect heavenly gold from all countries in the world once a year.
But, since the beginning of the age of great voyages.
North Blue had long been a place where various kingdoms were at constant war, mafia families scattered, and pirates rampant, earning a reputation as the most chaotic sea.
Additionally, some kingdom forces in North Blue had impressive military power.
For example, the former Donquixote family and the Germa 66 family with their powerful mercenary forces once dominated North Blue.
Indirectly or directly, the influence of the World Government had almost plummeted in North Blue.
Then.
In order to make the kingdoms and forces of North Blue obedient, and to demonstrate who was the real and only 'master' of this world, someone planned the action of destroying towns in the process of collecting the 'Heavenly Gold'.
Deliberately choosing to be close to the Marine branch, its purpose was to inform all forces of the North Blue. As long as the World Government had an idea, even if it involved killing innocent civilians in front of the Marine branch, the actions of the World Government would never be hindered in any way. With the powerful force of the World Government, there was no need to abide by any rules at all, because the World Government was the 'creator' who made the rules for this world.
At the same time, when the town next to the branch that Bai Ye was in charge of was being destroyed, Bai Ye also learned that it wouldn't be the first, and it wouldn't be the last. According to the original plan, a strong image of the World Government must be fully established in the North Blue, especially in this special period when the Marine government was about to collide with the Whitebeard pirates.
The World Government did not allow any force to dare to cause trouble at this time. So the people who set up the plan were so determined that they wanted to destroy dozens of towns in the North Blue! The external excuses would all be due to insufficient payment of heavenly funds.
At this time, as the fleet of three warships turned into a wreck of ashes and fell into the sea near the G-64 Marine branch, this plan had since fallen through. The person who had specified the plan had never imagined that in this 'perfect' plan to deter the North Blue forces, there would really be a lunatic who would dare to stop it regardless of the huge pressure from the behemoth of the World Government.
And this 'lunatic' had used only one knife to destroy the fleet of three of the most advanced large warships under the World Government!
At the same time, because the Summit War was just around the corner, the attention of countless people throughout the world was on the war between the Naval Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates. This indirectly led to another event happening.
After the destruction of a fleet sent by the World Government to North Blue to collect the heavenly gold, when the Marine government and the World Government found that the fleet had lost contact, two days had already passed. And this time, the whole North Blue was about to be shaken by a big event that would spread from North Blue to the Grand Line.