But what they didn't know was that the World Government indeed wanted to strike back, and Kong had even prepared to fight with all his might.
However, the Five Elders delayed giving the order.
The Five Elders were not dead. Although they sat in the Chamber of Power every day and bragged, they were not weak themselves, and at least they wouldn't be crushed to death by a collapsing building.
It was just that the event was so sudden, they never expected Pang Geller Castle to collapse, so they were trapped underneath. By the time they reacted, Kaido had already left.
After they recovered, they looked gloomy. After quickly restoring some of their power, they discussed something in a makeshift meeting room.
They had also considered attacking Wano Country, but attacking Wano Country was indeed a very unwise thing to do, because Wano Country was practically a natural fortress.
In that situation, even a single top expert could hold off a large fleet. The World Government had thought about attacking Wano Country before, but in the end, they were stopped by a samurai.
The attack was unsuccessful, and it only boosted the reputation of that Sword God. These were all clearly recorded in the history of the World Government.
Not to mention the current Wano Country, which is now full of cannons, plus Kaido...
Admittedly, Kaido did leave them with a certain psychological shadow that day.
The sudden thunderstorm and dragon, which destroyed everything in sight like a god of destruction, killed ninety percent of the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise. The remaining ten percent were lucky enough to survive, along with some Celestial Dragons who weren't in Mary Geoise. This so-called descendant of gods had lost eighty percent of their numbers.
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Moreover, many slaves escaped during the chaos. They would undoubtedly exaggerate how incompetent the Celestial Dragons were in the face of disaster...
The descendants of the twenty kings who originally created the world should have only a few left, like fish and shrimp. The best preserved were Anzen and Wushan, but they had never become Celestial Dragons and were sitting as kings in Alabasta.
But not attacking was another big problem. They had been beaten like this, and if they didn't retaliate, how could they save face?
The reason the World Government could rule the world for eight hundred years, and the Celestial Dragons could act like tyrants for eight hundred years, was all because they had a vague sense of power and mystery to ordinary people.
However, this feeling was shattered by Kaido's strike. The Nine Tails Fox back then was indeed eliminated, and the damage it caused was far less than Kaido this time. Although people in the world had some thoughts, they still had reason and fear.
But what about this time?
If they didn't deal with Kaido, their prestige would be completely gone, and the Celestial Dragons would no longer be descendants of gods. No one would look up to a god who was almost beaten to death. Once this idea took root in people's minds, they would truly be left with only pure violence.
Even...
Would this violence still be useful?
Their deterrent power largely came from Marine Headquarters and The Black Order. But what if these two organizations became disloyal once the World Government's authority was severely torn apart?
So they were very conflicted and didn't know how to choose.
They didn't punish Kong much. Kong thought he would lose his position as Fleet Admiral, but the Five Elders didn't do that. Instead, they let him continue as Marine Fleet Admiral and even promised to keep the position of Fleet Admiral of the Three Armies for him.
Kong was confused, but An, after hearing the news, understood why they did this.
Although this happened during Kong's tenure, at least Kong was very loyal to the Five Elders. With him at Marine Headquarters, such a huge force would at least not cause any trouble.
It could be seen that those arrogant Celestial Dragons were truly panicking.
An didn't feel much. She had also considered leading Marine Headquarters to independence, but later decided against it.
Independence was easier said than done. It wasn't easy to declare independence just by issuing a document from the boss. They would discuss it later.
Moreover, if Marine were to become independent, it would essentially mean the outbreak of a world war, and An did not want things to escalate to that point.
The seas were becoming more and more chaotic, and people seemed to think of the World Government as a soft sieve. More and more people were becoming pirates, and the Great Pirate Era had reached an unprecedented level.
And seeing that sin was accumulating, the World Government still had not made a decision, and only asked Yuri to hand over Kaido. Yuri, however, said that he didn't know Kaido at all, and the two sides engaged in a meaningless tug-of-war.
An found it boring and resumed her previous life. After about two months, An received an order to raid Kaido's stronghold.
This stronghold was certainly not Wano Country. Although everyone knew that Kaido had a base in Wano Country, officially Kaido still had islands of the Beasts Pirates on the seas.
It seemed that the World Government finally did not dare to attack Wano Country. Their prestige was already on the verge of collapse, and if the attack on Wano Country failed again, they knew what awaited them.
They would think that the World Government had completely lost its strength, and then all sorts of forces would rise up and tear them apart. Although they had lost face now, at least they still had soldiers. As long as Marine Headquarters was fine, they still had strength.
So they could only let An go "fish" and raid Kaido's open stronghold, then boast about it and exaggerate the matter a hundredfold before sending it out to the whole world.
An felt that doing so was quite boring and too self-deceiving, but some people just liked this kind of thing. Seeing the World Government winning and winning in the newspapers, they also felt like they were winning and winning.
But she wasn't too resistant, so she took the three Admirals she had booked and headed to the New World.
Sakazuki and the others now all had code names: Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, which meant they had become reserve Admirals.
As soon as Kong left and Ah Xing retired, An would become Fleet Admiral, and these three would be Admirals.
Among these three, Sakazuki was the strongest. An felt that Sakazuki had some other power within him, but she didn't say much. Everyone had secrets, and she had plenty of her own, so she couldn't fault others.
An didn't even make a move. She waited on the warship. These three led some Marines and completed the mission. Kaido was certainly not among them. An treated it as further training for them.
There weren't many people inside, but not too few either. It seemed Kaido had intentionally left some people here, giving the World Government a chance to save some face. These people had been abandoned by Kaido.
As An expected, with this simple action, these people were once again deified. An felt that it was easier to fish by firing cannons at the entrance of the Marine base than this.
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