Underworld Dealings

The night passed by without any major disturbances or changes to Mercy Kingdom.

Not many were truly aware of what took place the night before and those that did were either captured or silenced.

No new of what had taken place was allowed to get out and reach anyone that could affect the overall outcome.

After the main base was taken over, Jester got his hands on the details of all of the operations that were related to the gangs along with their dealings.

The device used by Jester was something Alyssia had invented that could intercept and block off transmissions from Sea Snails in the area.

Having it made it much easier to not have to bring along a talented person who had skills towards hacking and making use of others Sea Snail technology.

The limited range of the device was best used for for any transmission that took place within the range of it while it had blocked off many outgoing transmissions and could be used to intercept one to respond to it.

None of the calls going outside of the island or to other locations to ask for aid and to warn others had been able to get through to who they were supposed to.

Each small base was targeted quickly and effectively causing them to be shut down and many active bounties to be claimed overnight.

The profits from that were already ridiculously high but that did not yet include anything else that had started to be confiscated.

Many storage locations were scattered all over Mercy Kingdom which were related to the New World underworld dealings that were used to store away all kinds of rare or illegal goods in secret.

There were all kinds of underground business that were flourishing in the New World and among them was prostitution, drugs, weapons, Devil Fruit trade, transportation, money lending services, mercenary work outside of the legal route, assassination and even illegal holdings.

Among them that was quite profitable was to start up an illegal holding service for others.

All that was needed was a secure and unknown location where the valuables of others could be stored away like they were being kept in a large safeguarded position.

Those locations could be anywhere on an island so long as there was enough power available to keep them locations from being looked into and discovered.

There were many locations where people could be living or working where there could be an underground safe hidden or a similar design that could be used to hold all types of things for others.

Usually there would need to be a certain amount of influence to keep such places from being disturbed and staying secure which was why Mercy Kingdom made such a great location.

The king was an easy target and was easy to manipulate while his daughter was their own personal pawn.

They may have encountered some minor disturbances in the past but with the first princess being removed, they were able to regain their almost complete control over Mercy Kingdom again.

They all never would have imagined that each of their gains over their years of illegal business had fallen into the hands of the White Storm along with their biggest cooperator.

The morning came and all of the citizens started to leave their homes.

Some were more upbeat than others while there were some that were feeling downhearted.

The day had come for the announced traitorous Duke and his family to be put to death in front of everyone.

It was a public execution that the king had made a public event for all to witness so they would all know what happened to those who went against him.

If a powerful ducal family that had existed for hundreds of years and supported the royal family for just as long could fall to him then anyone else that would be thinking of rebelling would soon learn how foolish their ideas were.

The crowds gathered in the main square where a large platform was set up with a chopping block in the middle.

Further away in a slightly elevated position on some stands was a VIP location where the king, his daughter and many others nobles were positioned as they looked down towards the masses coldly.

A cruel smirk appeared on the face of the princess who had noticed the large man carrying a large axe up over his shoulder as he walked up the stairs of the platform.

Followed by him were many restrained people with chains linking their metal restraints that were around their ankles and wrists.

There was a certain sense of disdain coming from the gaze of the princess as she watched everything take place below as the crowd below started to become restless.

Insults were starting to be hurled towards those up on the platform along with the occasional stone or rotten fruit.

"Traitor!"

"Disgraces to our homeland!"

"You have let us all down!"

"Down with the traitors!"

"All hail the king and the princess!"

"Bring justice!"

More of the masses were incited by the more loyal followers of the king and the nobles while there were some that had been paid off or planted there to create the overall atmosphere that others would have to adjust to.

Seeing everyone getting so riled up and angry towards the ducal family, the nobles supporting the king and those who coveted such a noble position were trying not to show how pleased they were.

Everyone was so excited and caught up in what was about to take place that they failed to notice what was going on in the background.