Although the World Government indeed revoked the Shichibukai title from Empress Boa Hancock, due to the unique geographical position in the Calm Belt, they could not immediately send troops to Amazon Lily.
Even after several days, there were no active movements.
"Shock! A hundred soldiers on a Marine ship were petrified, and Vice Admiral Momonga of the Marine Patrol was seriously injured!"
"Will Amazon Lily and the Marine go to war?"
The news headlines came with photos. It's unknown who dared to send the pictures to the Forum, but Morgans published them right away.
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The palace, with an air conditioner blowing cool air, and signature dishes from Sky Island.
Sunlight streamed through the window as Nami was pulling Kaya in a chair, who had spent some time in Alabasta after stopping on Sky Island, traveling through the mirror.
In fact, apart from the Amazon Lily issue, Ezekiel was busy with other matters. He only greeted Nami and Kaya and then dived back into state affairs.
Seeing Ezekiel's busy demeanor, Nami felt inexplicably upset.
"This guy is dedicating too much energy to work..."
"Take a break, Your Majesty," spoke Fujitora, seated to the side. He noticed Nami's hesitation and took the initiative.
"Fujitora," Ezekiel rubbed his temples, "220 million people followed me."
Fujitora smiled sadly, closed his blind eyes, and finally sighed, then drifted back to sleep, sword in hand.
Nami and Kaya said nothing. In that single statement, they deeply felt the incredible pressure of responsibility on their King.
"What exactly drives him to do this?" Kaya looked at Will and pondered.
Power, wealth, might—all of it is just an illusion.
In reality, Ezekiel was just an ordinary man before he crossed over into this world.
The reason Ezekiel does all this is that the times created a hero, and more than 200 million people await his actions. This pushes him to move forward step by step.
He is deeply aware of his unique individuality. If he does not overthrow the World Government, he will be ruthlessly killed sooner or later.
If he hadn't progressed step by step, constantly staying ahead of the World Government and the Marines, would he still be alive today? If not for the chance to sell mobile phones at the very beginning and download Aokiji's ability, he would have been killed when he first encountered Crocodile.
Now that he has reached this point, he must see it through to the end!
To rid the world of the World Government!
Ezekiel had many tasks at hand: integrating Sky Island, developing games, etc.
Robin was too busy to help him at this time; she was out at sea. Even though there's the Mirror Fruit, you can travel anywhere with coordinates without offending those you arrive unannounced upon. Therefore, sometimes, you have to follow the standards of the past.
The games were advanced to the third generation. From the beginning, there was the first generation—Snake, the second generation—Super Mario, and now people were already playing a role-playing game—Dragon Quest.
Additionally, there was already a basic concept of network interaction, and each game had its own worldwide ranking.
If Ezekiel remembers correctly, the Tetris ranking was long led in a race between Zephyr and Garp.
Unlike the Justice mobile games, the speed of Ezekiel's games was high, mainly because he wanted to see if Vegapunk could handle the task.
Nami turned on the wall-mounted TV, which was showing the news, and Morgans' ugly face made Nami grimace again.
"The Marines is already gathering warships. It seems there is a possibility of an attack on the Calm Belt. How will Empress Hancock respond? Stay tuned for the next report. Yours truly, Morgans."
"Ezekiel ," Nami smiled as she continued to push Kaya's wheelchair, looking slightly puzzled at Ezekiel , who was still occupied with state affairs, "are you going to Amazon Lily?"
"I can't fight at this time," Ezekiel replied.
"Why hasn't the Marines responded to this disgrace yet?" Nami was confused.
Kaya didn't understand either. After all, the title of Shichibukai had been annulled, but the Patrol lost face because of Momonga.
"The Marines can't handle it," Ezekiel said nonchalantly, "but the World Government can."
Fujitora, who was resting nearby, slowly opened his blind eyes, deeply impressed.
He was grateful that he no longer had to degrade himself. He had decided against joining the Marines or World Government otherwise, he would also be facing this disgrace.
Perhaps the most correct thing to do in this life is to destroy one's eyes. Otherwise, he wouldn't have awakened his mind and found the true King Ezekiel . After all, without his mind, he might not have trusted this King.
"If Empress Boa Hancock behaves well, perhaps the World Government will reassign her the title of Shichibukai. It's extremely hard to find a suitable pirate for the role of Shichibukai," Ezekiel explained to the two girls.
After all, the so-called Shichibukai must be a pirate with a significant reputation among other pirates and, at the same time, maintain a neutral appearance. At the very least, it should be a pirate who hasn't committed unforgivable crimes; otherwise, the Marines wouldn't agree to it. Typically, such individuals are less like pirates and more like adventurers who refuse to abide by the World Government's discipline.
Pirates like Hawkeye, Jinbei, and the Empress. Even Doflamingo is a good King, at least a positive one. Dress Rosa is developing respectably.
Crocodile was called a hero by everyone. As for Gecko Moria, he only plays on his own territory.
However, these are also the Shichibukai of this era. In the future, Ezekiel knows that the Shichibukai system will be completely dismantled by the World Government. The beginning of this system's complete destruction was allowing Edward Weevil and Blackbeard to become Shichibukai.
"Will she comply?" Nami asked.
"Perhaps she did so in the past," Ezekiel smiled.