Chapter 42 White Lead: A Dark Secret Unveiled in Elbaf
[Law: This is white lead! It's a multifunctional resource that brings huge wealth, chaos, and poison. I can't believe this thing still exists in this world!]
The function and appearance of white lead are very similar to Law's hometown.
They are even made of pure lead.
Someone just changed the name and stole the concept.
[Loan Shark King: Nonsense! White lead is not poisonous! Everyone uses it, and it's used in all sorts of ways!]
[Morgans: That's right, kid. I don't know who you are, but you can't just say things that aren't true]
"What's going on? Does anyone still know about Flevance? Did Doflamingo reveal it?"
The Five Elders of the Holy Land took this message seriously.
"We destroyed the white town, so there shouldn't be any survivors, right?"
"I don't know, let's check it out."
"Someone actually knows the name of this thing from the past and also knows its characteristics, which is not..."
Kaido's eyes flashed dangerously.
He knew about the dangers of Flevance from Doflamingo.
Some things are better left unsaid, but he didn't expect to be stabbed in the back like this.
[Red Hair: Why do you say that?]
[Law: I don't know if you've heard of the white city of Flevance in North Blue.]
[Crocodile: The city where an infectious disease broke out and was eventually wiped out by the World Government and neighboring countries?]
Crocodile recovered a bit.
He didn't feel like warning others about how strong the blind man in Dragon Kingdom is.
The power of the Three Swordsmen is well known to the world.
But these guys still underestimate them.
But what does this have to do with me?
[Law: That's right! But...]
[Spandine: Don't talk about some things, or you'll bring trouble to yourself!]
[Whitebeard: The World Government? What are you worried about? Do you think they can still silence people in this sky?]
Whitebeard also owns part of the land in Elbaf.
The senior officials of the World Government are warning him about something.
Something feels wrong
[Law: The white city didn't have an infectious disease. It was lead poisoning. People knew about it a hundred years ago, but they kept it a secret for their own benefit. The poison built up over generations, and eventually it broke out in a big way. It couldn't be cured, and it was out of control. The World Government incited the leader of the town to kill everyone to cover up the scandal.]
As soon as these words were said, everyone was shocked. Some people even asked, "Can people really be this crazy and shameless?"
[Marco: What?!]
[Garp: Do you have any evidence to back up what you said? Is it true?]
Garp's face was very dark.
He couldn't believe that people would use an entire town for their own selfish desires, generation after generation.
As a result, more and more people were poisoned, and it was slandered as a plague.
In the end, they even used force to wipe out the town.
Can humans really do such a thing?
[Morgans: There was a town with similar white lead resources more than 10 years ago. I made a lot of money there, but I heard that there was an infectious disease later. I never went back to that place.]
[Businessman A: My father was doing business there at that time, but he never came back. I always thought he died of a disease. But now, it seems like there's more to it.]
[Spandine: What secret? All of this is just his imagination. If the whole town was really wiped out, how would he know about it?]
[Law: I am the only survivor in the white town! Except for the royal families who knew about it early on!]
Law was filled with rage after his parents, sister, and friends were killed by the World Government.
He wanted to destroy mankind and kill as many people as possible.
He believed that people were the devil because they knew the truth about the white city but did nothing to stop the poisoning.
He was determined to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, even if it meant being hunted down by the World Government.
[Spandine: You're talking nonsense! You're just a clown trying to make a scene!]
Law ignored him and continued to post his message.
[Law: People who work in the mines all year round, have you noticed that some of you have been getting paler and paler, and your hair has been getting lighter? Do you feel weak all the time? Have you noticed that people in related industries have a much lower fertility rate?]
[Hajrudin: How do you know about this? This is the top secret even among the workers! We all thought that the pale skin and weakness were just because we worked underground all the time and didn't get enough sunlight. Even if there were a few abnormalities, we didn't think much of them. After all, any job is dangerous, and people die all the time. But what do you mean, we're being poisoned by white lead?]
[Spandine: If you're willing to ask about this kind of information, it's no secret that you've been to Elbaf, right?!]
[Law: Believe me or not, I can only tell you that this kind of poisoning is not only affecting you, but it's also being passed on to your children. When it builds up to a certain point, it will explode, and you'll all die in agony!]
[Marco: This...]
Many people were shocked by Luo's speech.
He said that the poisoning would be passed on to future generations, and that it would cause people to become infertile and die in agony.
If this is true, it would be a terrible and hopeless situation.
[Spandine: That's just a rumor!]
.......
And then the video played that it made Spandine's nonsense look pathetic.
The video showed an ordinary day for an Elbaf miner.
In a dark underground mine, giants and ordinary people were using tools to mine the renamed amber lead in Flevance.
The workers had no protective gear.
They were carrying the priceless white lead with their bare hands.
Suddenly, one of the workers fell down.
"Hey, someone's tired again. We're warriors, so how can we get tired from doing small jobs? That's pathetic!"
"That's right!"
"Hahaha!"
The giants admire strength, so they look down on those who are weak.
The other ordinary workers laughed along, not thinking much of it.
The atmosphere seemed harmonious.
But then, the news that the person who passed out had died from overwork stunned everyone.
"The boss gave everyone a bonus and let us rest for two days!"
"I can't believe it that he's dead. Osman is so strong."
"Sorry, life is unpredictable. The doctor said he has a heart condition."
The screen changed to the ground base, the office of the person in charge.
The person in charge is Spandine, a senior official of the World government.
He is meeting with Queen from the Beasts Pirates, the underground giant, and the loan shark king.
"Another person has died from lead poisoning!"
"Be careful, and try not to go into the mine. We'll pay for the dead, but if anyone causes trouble, we'll send them down there too!"
"The World Government is just as vicious as the Beasts Pirates!"
"What do you need this time"
"We need to transport the white lead back. And we'd like to take some of the most severely poisoned patients to study for new plague bombs. After all, the people here have the most exposure, so it's easier to find severely poisoned patients."
[Marco: They've known about the dangers of white lead all along?!]