One piece : A Lotus

Toutiao published a full range of continuous reports on the project and even opened a special column titled "River of Life."

With the combined efforts of 300,000 people, it took nearly a week to restore the initially damaged canal from Sandora to Yuba, making it sturdier and easier to maintain than before.

Yuba is finally being revived as a green city. In this country without winter, as long as there is water, crops can take root and sprout throughout the year. In another month, no one will believe that this is the same Yuba once turned into ruins; now, it's a completely new pearl of the desert!

......

Ezekiel wore a crown and a simple royal cloak—a modest standard of the royal family of Alabasta. He met with a representative from the World Government, a pink-haired man in a mask standing by the palace. Ezekiel knew this man. It was Spandam, the head of CP9. Chaka and Pell stood beside Ezekiel with serious expressions.

Spandam said with a smirk:

"Your Excellency, we have learned that you are the new legitimate King of Alabasta. The World Government does not object; however, it is deeply disturbed by the fact that the former His Majesty the King was taken into custody by your country's rebels. The Five Elders have decided to send troops to suppress the rebels."

"Why didn't you come during the uprising? You send troops when an agreement has been reached in the country!" flashed a look of mockery in Pell's and Chaka's eyes. After this incident, they thoroughly understood the World Government. They came to suppress the uprising right now. This will disrupt the reached agreement, and the "River of Life" project will also be suspended!

"Um..." Ezekiel was somewhat angry, but he knew it wasn't the time to engage in open confrontation, nor to draw attention to himself before that rubber man turns everything upside down, distracting the World Government's attention.

Ezekiel pretended to be calm and said:

"Yes... I am very grateful for the help of the World Government, but if a garrison wants to enter Alabasta to help counter the uprising, it will inevitably require more than 500,000 soldiers. After all, the number of rebels currently exceeds 300,000, and their numbers are likely to increase to 500,000..."

"Admiral," Spandam interrupted him, "the World Government can send an Admiral directly to provide assistance. The Admiral's abilities would be enough to eliminate 100,000 people in an instant and put the remaining 200,000 rebels in their place. All that's needed is for His Majesty to provide some financial support..."

"That sounds good," Will smiled, "but our country cannot afford enough food and water, so we have to rely on the World Government's assistance ourselves."

The color drained from Spandam's face. Supplying hundreds of thousands of people would require at least 10 billion Berries!

"Your Majesty, we sent troops for your country..."

Spandam couldn't understand the reason for Ezekiel's objection. After all, this could pacify the opposition in the country, even though he knew the King had already devised a strategy for the so-called "River of Life" project. But he didn't believe there was a King in this world who would willingly spend hundreds of billions of Berries for the sake of a bunch of untouchables. Why spend hundreds of billions of Berries to solve problems that can be resolved with 10 billion? This King has a sick mind!

Under the contemptuous gaze of Pell and Chaka, Spandam waved his hand angrily, even neglecting basic etiquette.

"Greedy and foolish people, how can they understand His Majesty's thoughts?"— Pell pondered.

Chaka watched Spandam's disappearing figure and said with some concern:

"Your Majesty... What will the World Government do... I've heard they have some secret organizations that are very dangerous."

"Don't worry," Ezekiel smiled. "Alabasta is no longer a country where people can be bullied at their whim."

Ezekiel was so confident not only because of the superior capability of the Freezing Fruit in his arsenal but also because of the abilities of CP9 that he now possesses!

[Mobile Fruit – Level 5

Current number of users - 1.5 million

Mobile phone memory - 110GB/300GB

Download speed - 400 KB/sec

Download range - 10 km

Features:

Downloading new features

Creating a basic application

Bluetooth copy transfer]

When the total number of users exceeded 1.5 million, a new feature was uploaded.

The Bluetooth transfer feature!

This feature allows him to transfer the abilities he possesses to his subordinates.

He looked at Pell and Chaka, and immediately a summary of their key indicators appeared in his eyes.

[Pell

12 / 60 GB]

[Chaka

Memory 11 / 50 GB]

Memory refers to a person's potential. From this perspective, Pell's upper limit will be stronger than Chaka's, but it is still very limited.

If calculated according to the capabilities of a perfectly used Freezing Fruit, which requires 100GB, then in the future these two individuals will hardly reach the level of Vice Admiral.

But for now, that's enough.

"To download the Rokushiki app of Rob Lucci requires 20 GB of RAM!"

But it is worth it. The Six Styles of the Marines have been developed to the highest extent.

In the following days, Spandam persisted and continued lobbying Ezekiel. Ezekiel patiently listened to him but never agreed to the World Government's proposal to send troops.

Three days passed. Nightfall.

A figure hiding in the darkness snuck into the palace.

After wandering through the streets for a long time, the figure finally found the brightly lit palace where the rebellious new King lived. His goal was to persuade the new King to agree to the World Government's proposal to send troops.

The ultimate goal of the World Government was to completely annihilate the Royal family. They feared that the King would easily restore his prestige in the hearts of the people thanks to the "River of Life."

Rob Lucci honestly didn't like this kind of dirty work, and he sincerely disliked Chief Spandam, unlike the new King, Ezekiel.

Unfortunately, a task is a task, and no one can ignore the orders of the World Government.