This battle also shows that the Marines and the World Government as a whole are still superior in strength to Alabasta.
Fujitora, Roger, Ryuma, Rayleigh, Zephyr, Smoker, Hancock, Oars, and Vil himself are the current high-class fighting force of Alabasta.
The opponents are the three current Admirals, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Vice Admiral Garp, Tsuru, Kong and others, as well as the Five Elders and Im.
In fact, Ezekiel thinks that the power of the Celestial Dragons is much greater than what everyone sees on the surface.
800 years ago, twenty Kings united and defeated the vast Ancient Kingdom of the past, and then founded a new world led by the current World Government.
None of the 20 Kings can subjugate the others, they do not want the war to start again, so there is an agreement that the 20 Kings and their descendants rule the world together, and no King is allowed to become the ruler of all 20 nations. Therefore, the throne remains empty, and the weapons of the 20 Kings remain in front of the throne.
But Ezekiel knew that this throne was not truly empty, it had an owner.
This is the mysterious Him.
...
After Ezekiel returned, he immediately placed a super bounty of 10 billion Belly on Blackbeard, and he noted that the mandatory requirement was to rescue Dr. Vegapunk...
"A mandatory condition…" Seeing the order for the reward, Sengoku angrily slammed his palm on the table and couldn't help but recall the incident with Charlos when he entered the Leviathan's cabin at the end.
At the same time, there are doubts. Perhaps Blackbeard did not give Vegapunk to Alabasta.
This possibility is absolutely possible!
The world's most coveted award has caused a violent storm at sea.
Some people even reported that Dr. Vegapunk, supported by Blackbeard, has the power to turn the world upside down. Whoever can find Blackbeard and capture Vegapunk will gain power that can rival the World Government and Alabasta.
After all, Vegapunk's name is almost equivalent to an Ancient Weapon in this world.
Vegapunk has always been a mystery in the past, and the World Government's cover-up of Vegapunk is absolutely flawless.
But Blackbeard is much easier to find than Vegapunk was before, so countless bounty hunters have lit a raging fire in their hearts.
Seeing such a wave, Ezekiel a little worried that someone would discover that Teach was not at sea. He even considered releasing Blackbeard to bring in firepower, but that would of course be a stupid idea.
At the very least, let Roger and Ryuma go out for a walk in their characters.
On the other hand, the World Government also increased the bounty on Marshall D Teach to 3 billion Belly.
And since Dr. Vegapunk was taken away, the Five Elders had to meet at night to discuss this story.
In Mary Geoise.
- Damn it! Vegapunk was taken away! This is a huge loss for the World Government! Alabasta is definitely involved in this matter! - said the Elder with the sword.
The Five Elders have always had great hostility towards Alabasta.
- Yes, Sengoku's report is absolutely clear. There is indeed a trace of Alabasta in this incident, - the blond Elder looked through the report. - This is definitely the hand of King Nefertari.
- It's a pity that the Nefertari family is wrong, such an evil pirate as Blackbeard would never give them Vegapunk!
Alabasta's conspiracy, Blackbeard's cunning, and the cooperation between them - all the conjectures were considered.
But none of them doubted that Blackbeard was involved, and even Sengoku did not suspect anything.
After all, Blackbeard deserted the Whitebeard Pirates, and everything that happened after that can be traced.
This was a strong pirate crew. And they couldn't just disappear.
It wasn't that Sengoku hadn't thought for a moment about the power of a Devil Fruit that could mimic Teach, but when he thought about the fighting strength of the Blackbeard Pirates' crew members, he cast those ideas aside.
After all, there were several super strong pirates there, and pretending to be them all at the same time… was unlikely.
Only one or two people in Alabasta are capable of this, at most.
Zephyr was apparently at the Royal Navy Headquarters that day, while Rayleigh was outside of Alabasta in another country.
Only Smoker, Ezekiel himself, and Fujitora were not under surveillance.
There were 5 people that showed up that day, including Teach, and each of them had combat power at or near Admiral level, especially Doc Q and Burgess, who were particularly fearsome.
Since Laffitte kept his eyes closed the entire time, Sengoku thought that he might be Fujitora in disguise, but... even so, it was impossible for all of the Blackbeard Pirates' crew to be from Alabasta.
All these considerations were temporarily pushed into the background by the war that was about to begin in the near future.
After all, dealing with Whitebeard is currently the World Government's top priority.
For this reason, the World Government and the Marines have been making preparations. Even if they really want to actively search for Blackbeard, they must first resolve the Whitebeard issue.
...
Since the Underwater City has not yet been built, the Academy of Sciences' first secret base is currently located on Sky Island.
Many scientific researchers from all over the world have gathered here. They develop various devices and conduct experiments. This is the most important place in Alabasta.
Even if the Alabasta Palace was destroyed, it would mean absolutely nothing, but if this place was destroyed, it would seriously undermine the actual viability of Alabasta.
Ezekiel believes that he has concentrated most of the world's high-class scientific research personnel here. If there is an attack on this island, the entire world's scientific research power will be difficult to recover for at least another 20 years.
- What do you think? - Ezekiel enthusiastically showed Vegapunk this huge research center.
Compared to the Watch's research base, it was like heaven and earth.
Vegapunk had to admit that this was the only ruler he had ever seen who valued science the most. While the World Government paid a lot of attention to the power of science, in reality, it only valued Vegapunk himself, but this emperor was different.
"Is that why Alabasta is so strong?" Vegapunk thought silently.
If such a huge amount of investment is directed towards research in science and technology, it would be possible to create incredibly powerful weapons that could be used to counter world conquest.
After all, as a scientist, he believes a little deeper.
There are no real gods in this world.
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