Red Line, Marijoa, Pengau Castle, Throne of Void.
"There's nothing we can do right now" Imu said calmly as he looked at the Gorosei who was in front of her right now.
"There isn't any?" Ogata muttered then slowly raised his head, "Aren't we going to attack the Alabasta Kingdom, Imu-sama? If we allow this to happen, the power of the Octagon will increase even more than before."
"That's right, Imu-sama" Yasunori added, "Right now we still have time to attack the Alabasta Kingdom before these two kingdoms actually establish a cooperative relationship which could increase the influence of the Octagon."
The World Government already knows that the Kingdom of Alabasta is the kingdom that has managed to contact the Kingdom of Fortis and has successfully held talks of cooperative relations. This information was obtained by them through the agents they have in the Prodance Kingdom area.
"You guys really have become fools!" Imu said coldly.
Listen to the disclosures made live by Imu. The Gorosei instantly fell silent and sweat immediately dripped down their backs.
"Did you not pay attention to the current situation that has occurred? The current situation is not what it was before" Imu said, "If we reflect on the actions taken by the Fortis Kingdom. It should be before the Fortis Kingdom announced its cooperative relationship with either party. The two parties will meet to sign a cooperation agreement to formalize the cooperative relationship. However, what is the current situation? The two sides, namely the two kings, have not met and there has been no signing between the two kings in a document that can be said to ratify the cooperative relationship. However, at this time the Fortis Kingdom had officially wanted to introduce this cooperative relationship. That means the Fortis Kingdom doesn't want the situation that happened before to repeat itself."
"Don't want the situation to repeat itself…"
"Does that mean…"
"Do you think King Fortis is a fool?" Imu asked coldly.
The Gorosei suddenly fell silent again hearing this.
"Do you think King Fortis doesn't know the real reason for the destruction of the Dressrosa Kingdom? Do you think that King Fortis will be devoured by the stupid news you produced without such clarity? If he was an idiot. There's no way he could have guessed all the actions you previously did to the King of Prodance." Imu said, "The reason behind this action by King Fortis is so that they have a solid reason to protect the Kingdom of Alabasta. Right now the news about the fourth kingdom establishing a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom has spread. If we attack or destroy the Alabasta Kingdom this time. The Fortis Kingdom has a strong reason to attack us. Unlike the previous Dressrosa Kingdom where the Fortis Kingdom had no reason to strike back. Right now, the Fortis Kingdom has had a reason to attack as long as we attack the Alabasta Kingdom"
Imu paused and continued, "This is a good opportunity for us"
"Good chance?" Gorosei asked in confusion.
"The Kingdom of Alabasta is one of twenty kingdoms that worked together to establish the current World Government. However, they didn't come with us to stay here for the stupid reason of them wanting to stay with the people. They are traitors" Imu said with a sniff, "The actions they are taking now have opened up an opportunity for us to kick them out of our alliance. It's been so long I've always wanted to kick this traitor out of our alliance. Besides, there's no point in letting them join us anyway. . I previously thought that it would take quite a while— no, there might not be a chance to kick them. However, I don't think there will ever be an opportunity to kick this kingdom out of our alliance."
Imu paused for a moment and continued, "Instead of letting those who cut off our relationship with us which will damage our good name. It's better for us to break the relationship first." Imu's gaze turned cold, "Go and tell the world. The current Kingdom of Alabasta is no longer a part of us"
"We understand, Imu-sama" Gorosei nodded and immediately carried out Imu's order.
After seeing the departure of the Gorosei. Imu sighed, "What is the reason behind the Fortis Kingdom wanting to establish a cooperative relationship with the Alabasta Kingdom?..." Imu muttered, "The Fortis Kingdom–No, the Fortis Kingdom is not someone who wants to establish a cooperative relationship with another kingdom without there is something that his kingdom needs. Then, what is it? Could it be because of the poneglyp guarded by the Kingdom— No, that's probably not the case. The Fortis Kingdom had people from the four major powers that had existed in the past. They definitely have no interest in that…"
"Resource?" Imu muttered, "No way about resources. The Kingdom of Alabasta is a kingdom that originated in the desert. There were no resources that the Fortis Kingdom could obtain there. Then… What caused King Fortis to want to establish a cooperative relationship with that kingdom?…" Imu wondered again slowly while using his brain to come up with an answer.
Imu then shook her head, "I guess… Waiting is the best answer. I just have to wait for that answer… Surely, it won't be long before the answer will be known to me…"
Grand Line, Kingdom of Alabasta, City of Kotera, Headquarters of the Rebel Army.
"What is your purpose in coming here, Vivi?" Kohza asked with a serious look behind him were the members of the Rebel Army who were currently holding their weapons in anticipation of a battle threat at any time, "Did King Cobra send you to stop me? Has the current King become such a coward to even send—"
"You are wrong, Leader!" Vivi shouted sternly, "I didn't come here because my father sent me to come, I came here because it was my intention to come here"
"Don't listen to him, leader" said one member of the Rebellion Army, "That must be one of the reasons."
"That's right! He must have come here for some bad purpose wanting to—"
"Shut up!" Kohza immediately shouted angrily while looking at the Rebel Army member who said so.
"..." The entire rebel army fell silent listening to Kohza's shout.
Although Kohza has his own hatred for Cobra. However, unlike Vivi, Kohza is Vivi's childhood friend. Kohza didn't have any kind of hatred towards him.
"Then what is your intention in coming here?" Kohza asked Vivi seriously, "Do you want to stop me? You better forget about it, Vivi. I will not stop this act of mine before King Cobra abdicates from the throne. The Kingdom of Alabasta under his leadership is currently broken. Many people suffer from it. The Kingdom of Alabasta needs a new leader"
"That's right!" exclaimed the entire army of the Rebel Army.
"My father never did such things, Leader!" Vivi said back, "All the news about my father right now is slander. Everything is not true. My father will not do anything to make the citizens of this kingdom suffer."
"Hmph! It's just an excuse you made up, Princess Vivi" One of the Rebel Army members said in a mocking tone, "Then how do you explain all the events that are currently happening especially for the rain that only falls in Alurba city and doesn't fall in other areas. ? King Cobra definitely wants to master the rain himself using the dance powder he got."
"It was a slander that someone else gave my Father. My father never did such things" Vivi said firmly.
"If it's really slander. Do you have any proof that the King Cobra is innocent?" Kohza asked seriously.
"..." Vivi fell silent hearing this.
"Besides…" Kohza added again, "Even if it's true that the King Cobra is proven innocent due to his actions, then what will happen? He is still a King who can't lead. Therefore many people suffer from hunger and hardship." Kohza paused for a moment and continued, "He is not worthy to lead this kingdom. If he continues to lead this kingdom. It didn't take long for the Kingdom of Alabasta to crumble under his leadership. It's time to change the leader to a new leader"
"That's right!"
"Change leader!"
"It is time for the Alabasta Kingdom to rise!"
"Unlucky! If only our kingdom was ruled by a king like King Fortis. Surely our kingdom will prosper!"
"Not! Although our kingdom doesn't have a King like King Fortis. As long as our kingdom establishes a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom. Our kingdom will surely become a prosperous kingdom"
"If Kohza becomes the leader of the Alabasta Kingdom. It's possible that the Kingdom of Alabasta will become a kingdom that establishes a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis."
All the comments were listened to by Vivi. Vivi, who had previously forgotten her father's words, immediately recalled.
"The kingdom will not be destroyed under my father's leadership…" Vivi muttered.
"Won't it break? Hey, hey, hey. Are you kidding me, Princess Vivi? You have-"
"The kingdom will not be destroyed…" Vivi immediately raised her head again and showed a very stern look which surprised everyone especially Kohza, "The Alabasta Kingdom has just established a cooperative relationship with the Fortis kingdom"
"..." Instantly everyone fell silent hearing this.
"Ha ha ha ha…."
"Hey, did you guys hear that?..."
"Has the Princess gone mad and said such a thing?..."
"The Kingdom of Alabasta is establishing a cooperative relationship with the kingdom of Fortis? It really was a bad joke…"
"She probably just said that as a threat…"
"She probably said that too because he listened to our words."
Unlike the members of the Rebel Army. Kohza, who has known Vivi since childhood, knows that Vivi is not someone who likes to lie, especially when Kohza saw the look that Vivi showed earlier. He knew that those gazes carried not a lie but the truth.
"I do not lie!" Vivi shouted while showing a look full of seriousness, "You must have read the news recently published by the World Economic Journal about the Fortis Kingdom, right? The fourth kingdom referred to in the paper is the Kingdom of Alabasta."
"Ha ha ha ha…."
Even though Vivi said so. Those words were not taken seriously by the Rebel Soldiers. They just laughed because they felt that what Vivi said was a joke. However, it was different with the members of the Rebel Army. Kohza was currently silent hearing Vivi's words.
Until-
"Leader! Fuck the leader!"
Suddenly a member of the Rebel Army ran with a face full of fear while his face was currently sweating while holding a newspaper and stopped right in front of Kohza with a face full of fear.
"What is it? What's going on?" Kohza asked with a serious face.
"This… Leader… Kingdom of Alabasta… Kingdom of Alabasta…" The Rebel Army member tried to say, "Alabasta Kingdom…" The Rebel Army member gulped then shouted, "The World Government expels the Alabasta Kingdom from their Alliance!"
"..."
Instantly at that moment the scream came out. Everyone there fell silent for a moment.
"What?!" Then followed by a scream full of surprise with everyone's faces immediately changed hearing this even Vivi's face immediately changed hearing this. But quickly Vivi's face turned calm. Because Vivi already knows the consequences that will occur if the Kingdom of Alabasta will establish a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis.
"Is it true?" Kohza asked with a face full of disbelief.
"That's right, Leader!" The Rebel Army Member shouted back, "This is the newspaper the World Economic Journal has just published. The news is on the front page now."
Kohza immediately took the newspaper and quickly read the front page. Kohza's face immediately changed as he read the front of the newspaper.
"This…"
The newspaper fell to the ground as soon as Kohza finished reading it.
After the newspaper fell, one of the members of the Rebel Army who was located close to Kohza immediately picked it up and read the contents of the newspaper. His face immediately changed as he read the contents of the newspaper.
The newspaper then actively shifted to each member of the Rebel Army. Every time they read the news. Their faces immediately turned full of surprise.
Kohza's gaze then turned to Vivi, "This Vivi..."
"I already said it, didn't I? The Kingdom of Alabasta is currently establishing a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis" Vivi said calmly "A while ago, my father sent Bell to go to the Kingdom of Prodance to contact the Kingdom of Prodance to ask them for help in solving the problems that are currently in the kingdom. However, what a surprise that our kingdom was actually one of the two kingdoms that King Fortis wanted to establish a cooperative relationship with them. Right now Bell is on his way to Fortis Kingdom together with the King of Prodance to do a live broadcast which will be at 1 o'clock to announce this to the public"
Vivi paused for a moment and continued, "Besides building cooperative relationships in terms of trade and others. In the future, the Fortis Kingdom will also help our kingdom to reconstruct our territory where later our previously unusable territory will soon be used to grow plants, which previously we had water difficulties from now on, this will not happen again. . Because in the future, the Fortis Kingdom will help us to build rivers and lakes where our kingdom's water needs will soon be met."
"..." Everyone fell silent listening to Vivi's words.
"Leader!" Vivi called back, "If you don't believe it, think again. What is the reason for the World Government to unilaterally break the alliance with us? I'm sure in the paper, the World Government must not have given a reason behind the breakup of the alliance, right? Of course there is only one answer, which is that this kingdom has already established a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis." Vivi paused again and continued, "Because there's no way the World Government would break the alliance with this kingdom for no apparent reason. It would only destroy their own name. They took this action so that their name would not fall any further. At least their names won't fall compared to us who decided to withdraw from their alliance especially when our kingdom was known by the public to have formed an alliance with the Fortis Kingdom. This decision was taken by them because they know that as long as our kingdom is known to the public, we have established a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom. We will leave the World Government alliance."
"..."
Everyone was silent hearing this and they had no holes in Vivi's words. Moreover, they also know that as long as the Kingdom of Alabasta really establishes a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis. The Kingdom of Alabasta will definitely cut ties with the World Government. This is due to the hostility between the Fortis Kingdom and the World Government and all the kingdoms that establish cooperative relations with the Fortis Kingdom are all kingdoms that do not have a cooperative relationship with the World Government.
Not just the Kingdom of Alabasta. But all the kingdoms in the One Piece world also currently have this thought. As long as they managed to establish a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom. They will definitely not hesitate to break the alliance relationship with the World Government with the record that the kingdom is a kingdom that truly has an alliance with the World Government.
Because as long as the kingdom succeeded in establishing a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom. The kingdom does not need to issue taxes and other payments. As long as there is a cooperative relationship, their kingdom will be safe because it is under the protection of the Fortis Kingdom.
"If you still don't believe it anymore…" Vivi said back, "We can wait for it and listen to it live via live broadcast…"
Kohza fell silent hearing this.
"Okay" Kohza said with a sigh then glared back at Vivi, "However, I want to. If at the time of the live broadcast it was not the Kingdom of Alabasta that was establishing a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis . I want King Cobra to take responsibility for all of this."
"No problem" Vivi nodded, "But, if the Kingdom of Alabasta really establishes a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis. I want you to disband this rebel army."
"No problem" Kohza nodded and felt it was an equal agreement.
Finally, with the conversation over. The two sides were currently in the same room waiting for the live broadcast that the Fortis Kingdom was about to do. While waiting for both parties to have an intense conversation, especially Vivi, who is trying to clear her father's name. By telling him everything he knows.