As Sakaski finished arranging the sandbox, he casually placed the remaining military flags aside:
"How are things in Alabasta?"
Karol was quite concerned about that place:
"Crocodile is about to lose patience."
"Looking at his recent actions, he should be planning to directly move against the Alabastan royal family."
Sakaski said nonchalantly:
"Guys like him are no longer useful."
"Find a time to take back his Devil Fruit."
The initial purpose of the Marines and the World Government in establishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea was to suppress the power of pirates in the New World.
Crocodile was the first to be selected. However, at that time, the effect was not very good, and it could at most suppress some pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.
The plan was shelved, and after Roger initiated the Great Pirate Era, Sakaski followed up with a purge of the Four Seas, suppressing a period of pirate outbreaks.
It wasn't until several years later that it was brought back to the agenda.
Several Seven Warlords of the Sea were continuously selected, stationed in various locations in the first half of the Grand Line, to contain the surging tide of pirates.
However, after Sakaski's ruthless actions, only the current three Seven Warlords of the Sea remained.
Crocodile, Jinbe, and Amazon Lily.
They had performed well enough for a long time, so they weren't dealt with.
But at this point, there was no longer any need for them to exist.
Pirates, after all, had to die...
Crocodile, with his arrogance and limited vision, had served his last purpose and was no longer useful. The only thing of value was that Sand-Sand Fruit.
Karol chuckled:
"Yes."
He paused, then spoke again:
"Hmm... What do you plan to do with Robin?"
He mainly didn't understand Sakaski's thoughts, and didn't know how Robin fit into the plan...
After all, on Vegapunk's Egghead Island, there was an original Robin Seraphim.
Sakaski looked back at Karol for two seconds and chuckled.
He waved his hand dismissively:
"An irrelevant person."
"You handle it."
The Poneglyphs, which spanned eight hundred years of world history, were the so-called Ancient Text, and many things originated because of them.
Including the original work, which required Robin, who could decipher them, for the story to continue...
But none of this mattered to Sakaski; his goal was about to be achieved.
There was no need to delve into the deceptive nature of the Poneglyphs.
The fate of the Poneglyph in Marineford had long been sealed.
Its ultimate destination was to be cast into the endless expanse of the stars, allowing the pirates of this sea to feel the despair of shattered dreams one last time...
And then, with the commencement of the great battle, pirates, such despicable beings, would vanish from the seas forever...
Following this would be a world-spanning 'Great Purge'...
Pirates, the government, the Revolutionary Army, would all be eliminated in succession...
This world would belong only to the Marines...
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The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Inside the vast, white palace.
The Five Elders gathered, listening to the reports from their subordinates in CP.
Only after a long while did the CP subordinates slowly withdraw.
The blond Five Elder said:
"The Revolutionary Army's offensive has slowed down recently."
"In this case, the plan to extort those fools will have to be put on hold."
The burly Five Elder nodded:
"The Revolutionary Army isn't foolish either. They have to find a way to deal with being scapegoated like this."
What a shame...
Under the World Government's deception, those royal families, before evacuating, had packed up their gold, jewels, and Berries. Each royal family could have at least several tens of carts of treasure.
This kind of harvesting was much faster than the time-consuming and laborious collection of Tenryubito gold.
And it could also coincidentally deal with those fools. When the Revolutionary Army dealt with the fools in the Four Seas, they would deal with some of them in the shadows.
The Grand Line would be of no concern. At that time, with a 'Great Purge,' there would only be one ruler of this world, Lord Im...
There would no longer be that ridiculous agreement of the twenty kings...
The eight hundred-year aspiration was about to be fulfilled...
The Five Elder with the sword wiped his demonic blade and said:
"Those Revolutionary Army fellows are not a threat."
"The problem now is the Marines."
"Sakaski, this guy, is too calculating, too ruthless, and too talented..."
The World Government's powerful intelligence capabilities could detect some hidden information from the New World.
Sakaski, who hadn't acted for years, making one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, collapse with a single strike, what did that imply?
Originally, in their eyes, the Marines were slightly stronger. Now, it had become one-sided...
What could have been a battle with heavy casualties now had many uncertainties due to Sakaski's actions. The Marines could preserve their strength to the maximum extent...
This was not good news for the World Government...
The curly-haired Five Elder gripped his cane:
"Sakaski has been making very large moves in the New World recently."
"Yesterday, there was a large-scale troop movement towards Whole Cake Island and Wano Country. He probably can't hold back any longer."
"Contact Shanks. Share the intelligence with them."
"As long as they can tie down the Marines for a year or two, the Marines will fall into a difficult situation."
"Without a source of funding, relying solely on spoils is not enough to support the entire Marine's operations."
The rupture between the Marines and the World Government was silent; the two sides did not engage in direct combat.
The World Government simply stopped the Marines' military funding, the Marines dealt with all CP agents discovered in the New World, and Egghead Island was completely protected.
The confidence of the World Government and the Five Elders came from the military funding.
The Marines were too large. Most pirates in the Four Seas had already been eliminated. As long as the Four Emperors of the pirate world could tie down the high-ranking combat power of Marine Headquarters for a year or two.
The Marine branches within the Four Seas would be the first to collapse, forming a chain reaction...
Even if the Marines' top combat power was terrifying, in the end, except for the forces fighting pirates in the New World, all Marine branches within the Four Seas would be disbanded.
At that time, no matter how much chaos they could cause, it would only be more troublesome. That massive organization would be gone, and everything would be in vain.
This world is very interesting...
The World Government, the Marines, the Revolutionary Army, three dominant powers, with influence spread throughout the world, each possessing the possibility of ruling the world, yet no one is constantly clamoring to rule the world...
Only pirates are the purest. They set sail wanting to become the Pirate King, dreaming of reigning supreme and creating a free world, but they lack even the most basic capital...
And these pirates will be dealt with by the Marines.
Therefore, as long as the leader of the Revolutionary Army is eliminated, and then the Marines are bogged down by the pirates, the foundation of these two forces will collapse, and in the end, there will only be one victor.
That is the World Government...