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North Blue, Flevance State:
"People are deprived of their freedom just because their kings refused or couldn't join the World Government? That's despicable... no, it surpasses all reasonable bounds."
After learning about the situation regarding Tequila Wolf from the manga, Trafalgar D. Chris felt profound sadness. As the leader of a country and a member of the D Clan, he could sense the familiar scent of corruption and evil from this story—familiar because its source was the World Government.
"Do you think this project will ever be completed? Like the Sea Train project that seemed promising?" Mary asked her husband.
"The way Robin was restrained, the look in her eyes, her reaction upon hearing the truth that the project has been ongoing for over 700 years... it's a clear indication of the reality, although it should be shrouded in mystery."
Mary didn't understand what her husband meant. When she tried to ask again, the atmosphere in the Flevance sky suddenly changed as a projection screen from the art store appeared.
Sitting in the upper courtyard of their palace, overlooking the direction of the art store, they quickly noticed it.
After all, the projection screen of the art store only drops when there's a specific anime show, which definitely wasn't the time for it. However, something similar had happened before—a live broadcast that shocked the world.
Now, the same thing was happening again. The viewers were shocked to see Rob standing in the air as if standing on the ground, looking with mysterious eyes down to the sea below.
Snow was falling at a slow pace, making the air colder. A bridge appeared on the sea, extending from a distant place. It seemed to be heading further, but at this slow pace, it wouldn't reach its destination even after another 1000 years.
It was like placing a snail on a highway between continents and asking it to cover the distance at its slow pace.
"This... Tequila Wolf Bridge..." Chris stood in shock, staring at the live broadcast screen with wide eyes and tense nerves.
"It's Rob-sama... What does he intend to do!?" The same went for Mary, the pregnant woman in her fourth month.
"Look... there are people working with drugged expressions and harsh supervisors whipping them to work. This is the same scene that just appeared in the manga... these people have no life, even if they are criminals, this punishment is worse than death for them!"
Chris almost lost his composure when he saw the scenes displayed on the art store's screen. From time to time, a series of destructive effects appeared under the huge bridge that stretched for thousands of kilometers.
"This... it seems that this country is advancing along the way as the bridge is being built..."
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Marigoa:
The five elders stood staring at the art store's projection screen in awe.
"What does this bastard want to do here!"
"Isn't it obvious?"
"But how did he find out?"
"What should we do now? How do we stop him from interfering in our affairs repeatedly?"
The five elders were somewhat helpless when they saw Rob personally going to deal with their last card in the East Blue.
Yes, for the five elders, the 700-year-old incomplete bridge was just one card among many others that had been hidden for 800 years.
Losing it would hurt them, of course, but it wouldn't hurt them much.
"Why does he move every time the matter has a direct connection to his daughter?"
"Previously in Enies Lobby, he moved because the entire arc revolved around his daughter... this time, just because his daughter was sent to Tequila Wolf by Kuma, he moved again. But what exactly does he plan to do?"
Saint Warcury was more annoyed because this bridge was under his judicial responsibility. Usually, those condemned were sent there as laborers by him.
If this 'impossible to complete' bridge disappeared, it meant that one of his means of punishment would be reduced... that made him very angry.
Since Rob appeared on the screen in their field of vision, Imu's eyes had been on him. She stared at his face with increasing interest.
'He has become more handsome~ Fufu...' She was no more or less interested in what he wanted to do with this bridge.
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In the East Blue, specifically southeast of Frauce Island, from here, the construction of the Bridge of Salvation, on which the Country of Laborers, Tequila Wolf, is located, started.
It was named the Bridge of Salvation by a certain celestial dragon 700 years ago, but later it turned out to be the Bridge of Despair instead. After all, it wasn't built just of rocks, wood, and steel, but also of the bones of millions of humans over the past hundreds of years.
It was like a mass grave where the condemned were thrown in to drain all their value before using their bones as the foundation for the bridge and their flesh as food for the wandering wolves that the Frauce Kingdom had rid itself of on this long bridge.
At this moment, the faces of the laborers only showed numbness while working hard under the whips of the harsh supervisors. They were unaware of the existence of the One Piece manga, let alone enjoying it.
Their only concern was building the bridge. They had no means to reach or leave this place other than walking on the snow along thousands of kilometers to return to Frauce Island from where the construction of the bridge began. They were isolated from the world, after all, it wasn't even an island that a Loge Pose referred to. Its existence wasn't even on official maps, obscured by the world government.
Information about this place was so scarce that it was almost nonexistent. That's why when the East Blue residents learned about Tequila Wolf, they were profoundly shocked because they had no idea of this place in their sea in the first place!
Rob descended, even stopping on the bridge, and the art store's projection screen reflected that as viewers held their breath.
Rob calmly walked among the laborers.
"You there? Why aren't you working? Why are you wandering in peace? AH-" When one of the supervisors tried to use his whip to hit Rob and force him to return to work, he froze in place and his eyes turned white before falling to the ground unconscious.
Rob didn't even look at the man and continued walking through the laborers who made way for him without awareness. Rob looked around, identifying laborers, supervisors, and government spies among the laborers after a while.
At that moment, he snapped his fingers, and a miracle happened. The laborers began transforming into giants! Enormous giants.
Seeing this incomprehensible scene, the supervisors fell to their knees, unable to grasp the situation.
"You've been building this bridge for too long. Now your only task is to destroy it."
Upon hearing that, the giant laborers looked at the man who was floating in the air again. He radiated a horror aura that made them instinctively understand that everything happening now was because of this man.
"Thank you for giving us strength."
"Thank you for giving us salvation."
"We will destroy it to the last rock."
"Can we kill them too?"
The number of laborers was in the thousands, so one can imagine the scene... countless giants thanking Rob and sincerely declaring their desire to destroy the bridge they had been building for a very long time.
This scene made the viewers' scalps numb.
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Chapter 609: Chopper's Destination: The Torino Kingdom.
Chapter 610: Zoro's Destination: Kuraigana Island.
Chapter 611: Moria's Showcase of the Shadow Monarch's Power!
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