How many ways are there to completely collapse a country or organization from top to bottom?
The simplest, most brutal way is to completely destroy a country's ability to resist with force, using the most violent methods to rule the remaining survivors.
But this is irrational, even excessively simple and crude.
War is only one form of diplomacy, and the least efficient one.
So, approaching it from another angle, a way to completely collapse a country is through economic warfare.
The two World Wars, especially the second, were directly triggered by a massive economic crisis.
The defeat in war and the oppression of the country by Jewish capitalists led Germany to choose a mad leader.
Even America nearly didn't recover from the terrifying economic crisis.
The impact of an economic crisis can lead to absurd situations that defy logic, such as pouring bread and milk into rivers rather than letting starving citizens have a bite.
Therefore, to completely dismantle the World Government's rule, economic warfare is an indispensable method.
The World Government has ruled the world for 800 years, but Beri has existed for less than a hundred years.
The Gorosei should have controlled the markets of the 170 affiliated countries through printing Beri, but they never had this intention.
Their original purpose for printing Beri was simply to better collect their heavenly tribute.
However, even by accident, they did strengthen the World Government's control over the affiliated countries.
But clearly, the Gorosei, who seemed to have no financial awareness, didn't realize they had already pushed their rule to the edge of a cliff.
Initially, Beri was very valuable.
It is said that the earliest Beri value was equivalent to the same weight in gold; 100 Beri equaled 100 grams of gold.
But as the Gorosei realized how useful paper money was, they began to print Beri excessively, nearly plunging their affiliated countries into a terrifying economic crisis.
Realizing this eventually, the Gorosei slowed down the printing of Beri forty years ago, but they still didn't develop any financial awareness.
What did the World Government do when it ran out of money? Print money! What did they do when there were too many pirates to eliminate? Print money!
The reason the seas became so impoverished after the Great Pirate Era was largely due to this.
The Gorosei increased the heavenly tribute to eliminate the growing number of pirates, which consequently led to further devaluation of the Beri.
The most concentrated evidence of this is that pirate bounties twenty years ago were nowhere near the levels they are today.
Because bounties were truly valuable back then, as Beri devalued and became widespread, bounty amounts naturally skyrocketed.
If the value of Beri before the Great Pirate Era twenty years ago was equivalent to the Dollar, today the value of Beri is already equivalent to the baht...
The years when Beri devaluation was most rampant coincided with Tesoro's rise.
This guy keenly sniffed out the business opportunity and, through a series of operations, ascended to become the world's richest man.
Otherwise, how do you think he managed to amass 20% of the world's Beri in just No. 7 years?
Unless he directly manipulated the currency source, he couldn't have earned that much even if he sold a hundred Devil Fruits a day.
So, how rich is Tesoro?
The result is probably something even he cannot assess.
He is publicly the world's richest man, controlling 20% of the world's Beri.
But what capitalist values the money in their bank account the most?
Moreover, Tesoro runs the bank.
One of the major projects the Gorosei cooperated with him on was handing over a portion of the Beri printing rights to him...
Even based on his public assets, Tesoro could be considered the "America" of the One Piece world.
Including his hidden assets, his total assets are roughly equivalent to the five major world powers on Earth combined...
What is the greatest value of such a figure, who could be called an "owner of everything"? It's certainly not just being a silly underground world ruler, but something far more terrifying-
The master of the world's economic lifelines!
"Three months. I need you to completely collapse the currency credit of at least a hundred World Government affiliated countries within three months, further devalue the Beri, and complete a massive hyperinflation. Can you do it?"
Shin, controlling No. 7, proposed a malicious goal to Tesoro.
"No problem." Tesoro said calmly.
"I don't need three months. I can make the prices in all World Government affiliated countries rise to a level where even the rich people can't afford to eat."
With his words and actions, Tesoro was no longer just displaying the low-level aura of a rich man, but the aura of a financial master who controlled millions of lives behind the scenes, planning everything!
The Gold Emperor, a well-deserved title!
"That's very reliable." No. 7 smiled and clapped his hands.
"After this battle, the World Government's rule will completely collapse. No country will join an organization that cannot protect them and is instead ruthlessly exploiting them. Of course, this is assuming the World Government still exists after this."
Tesoro snorted lightly.
At this point, he didn't want to say much more.
He was already on this ship.
Either he eliminates the World Government for Stella, or they fail and die spectacularly!
Regardless of the outcome, the World Government would taste the most painful blow in 800 years!
"Fuffuffuffu, I've found those two people you asked me to find."
Doflamingo, who had been somewhat absent, spoke up.
His mood was also high.
The downfall of the Celestial Dragons and the Gorosei was something he savored.
"CP9 agent Blueno, and the sea idol Ann. I don't understand why you need them, but they've been sent to Sabaody Archipelago."
"I really appreciate it." No. 7 clapped his hands and thanked him sincerely.
"But if possible, I'd like to borrow a few people suitable for infiltration from you. Together with the Revolutionary Army and Judge's men, they can help me capture another important target."
"What are you planning now?" Doflamingo frowned slightly.
"I'm going to Whole Cake Island." No. 7 said something shocking.
"Of course, I'm going secretly. I need to capture Charlotte Brulee, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user. With her, the prisoners in Impel Down can escape more completely and smoothly."
Doflamingo was silent for a moment.
In the past, he would never have dared to provoke a Four Emperor, let alone sneak into their home and steal their daughter.
But now that they were doing something this big, offending another Four Emperor was nothing.
"Alright!" Doflamingo agreed readily.
No. 7 thanked him again, then looked at Tesoro.
He planned to borrow all the people he needed today.
"Tesoro-sama, I would like to borrow your subordinate, Baccarat, for a period. It won't be long. I need her Devil Fruit ability."
Baccarat is a lucky person who ate the Paramecia Lucky-Lucky Fruit-she is exactly what her name implies.
The fruit's only function is to make people extremely lucky.
And not just herself; Baccarat can change a person's fortune, for better or worse, by touching them.
In the original plot, Baccarat could easily defeat the "Lucky King" Usopp with various unbelievable coincidences.
If she hadn't underestimated him and if it weren't for the protagonist's plot armor, Baccarat could have beaten him without lifting a finger.
In a sense, this is one of the strongest causality-level Devil Fruits, and it's the ability Shin currently needs the most.
Only sufficient good luck can guarantee success in his experiments, and most importantly-in his own modification surgery.
"Alright!" Tesoro agreed very quickly.
To express his gratitude and sincerity, Shin gave him a copy of the nuclear physics data.
Anyway, this stuff was already widespread across the sea.
Except for the World Government, which was kept in the dark and still considered it a treasure, the technology was already popularized.
Just as No. 7 was preparing to leave with Tanaka, Tesoro stopped him.
He hesitated for a moment and whispered.
"Where... where did you learn about Stella?"
No. 7, or rather Shin controlling him, was stunned for a moment.
Looking at Tesoro's forlorn face, he chuckled softly.
"The wind's song told me, from the world of the dead. It also told me that all partings are merely preparations for the next reunion. At the end of time, she will appreciate your singing again."
Tesoro stared intensely at Shin, his gaze filled with disbelief and hope.
"Wait and hold onto hope."
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