The World Government didn't bother the Land of Peace, and the Land of Peace didn't make any further moves. The poor creatures were the fish in the sea.
After that, Lucci also returned. After such a long time, he had finally recovered quite a bit. Although he hadn't eaten a devil fruit with zoan abilities, his body was not weak. However, it still took him two months to heal his injuries, which showed how severe they were.
The main reason was that people were constantly chasing him, forcing Lucci to use teleportation to escape while severely injured. It took him over two months in total for Lucci to finally return to Pandora Island.
On the way, he had already learned about what happened in Mary Geoise. Lucci was extremely shocked. He never imagined that stealing the superpower device would cause such a strong reaction from the Land of Peace, leading them to directly raid the World Government's home base. This was unbelievable.
In Lucci's mind, the World Government was invincible, but to suffer such a great loss at the hands of the Land of Peace, he couldn't help but worry about his own life.
Because he had caused such a huge disaster without bringing the superpower device back, he was worried that the World Government might kill him in anger.
However, when he returned to Pandora Island, he discovered that the atmosphere within the World Government was extremely strange. After he reported his mission progress, he didn't receive any punishment. Lucci's brain had developed a lot after gaining psionic power and injecting the super-soldier serum. He keenly sensed that the relationship between the World Government, Marine Headquarters, The Black Order, and Pandora Island had become extremely peculiar.
"Still don't understand? Mary Geoise was ruined by Kaido alone, making it look like that. Everyone has realized it looks good but is useless."
Lucci, feeling confused, walked to the outskirts of Pandora Island and heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw Monet sitting on a large tree, leaning back against the trunk, speaking casually.
Monet was a superpower user from the same batch, with even greater talent than her. Later, she was valued by the Saint, Rearguard Water, and became one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Front Wind.
As a superpower user from the same batch, his relationship with Monet was pretty good. Hearing Monet's words, he frowned and said coldly, "Watch what you say. It won't be good if someone overhears it."
Monet's words showed no respect for the World Government. If it were in the past, even if she were one of the Four Heavenly Kings, she would have suffered some consequences.
After all, they were cultivated by the World Government, so the World Government naturally had means to control them.
"It's just the truth, and I'm not the only one who thinks so." Although Monet had joined the Four Heavenly Kings, she was still essentially a member of the World Government. This was what Rearguard Water had arranged with the World Government at the time.
Rearguard Water helped Monet to remove some of the World Government's control, but there was still a bomb in her body.
Lucci was the same. In addition to the bomb, there were also some tiny mechanical implants in his body that could release powerful electric currents. Every superpower user was implanted with these before graduation, which is how the World Government felt at ease.
Lucci said, "Your control measures have been largely removed, but mine haven't. You'd better be careful with your words."
Monet shrugged and said, "Anyway, this is good for you. At least now the World Government doesn't have the inclination to pay attention to you. And with talent like yours, they should accelerate your training to help you grow quickly."
"The World Government's four major organizations are already just a name," Lucci didn't follow her train of thought but suddenly changed the subject. "Now there are the new three major organizations."
In the past, the World Government's four major organizations were Marine Headquarters, Enies Lobby, Impel Down, and The Black Order. However, with the passage of time, especially after the recent 'Mary Geoise Attacked' incident, the World Government's organizations became even more fragmented.
Enies Lobby and Impel Down were seen as having faded into the background by many. Enies Lobby had directly become a second-rate organization, while Impel Down had connected with the Marines, showing a tendency toward merging with them.
The Black Order didn't pay much attention to this incident and just continued doing its own thing. However, at the same time, Pandora Island rose abruptly, replacing the positions of Enies Lobby and Impel Down to become one of the World Government's new three major organizations.
Originally, there were many World Government CP agents and The Black Order troops stationed on Pandora Island, but they had all been withdrawn recently. Rumors spread throughout the sea that the person in charge of Pandora Island was a very ambitious individual, preparing to gain more power by relying on the advanced technology and experimental subjects on Pandora Island.
Even without Monet's reminder, Lucci could see the current situation on Pandora Island. He hadn't expected that this new organization, which the World Government had forcefully supported, would also try to take advantage of the chaos to rise up. The World Government's rule seemed to be nearing its end.
Although it wouldn't collapse immediately, many situations now were typical of the late stage of a dynasty: local powers controlled the military, the central government's prestige was on the verge of collapse, enemies were lurking outside, and the ruling class was incompetent and corrupt. Perhaps one day, one of the Five Elders would announce the dissolution of the World Government alliance, and this federation that had ruled the world for eight hundred years would officially disintegrate.
Monet gave Lucci a deep look and then said, "Are you planning to stay on Pandora Island, or head to Mary Geoise?"
If it were in the past, it would have been the same wherever he was. But now it was different. The head of Pandora Island wasn't very high-ranking in the World Government before, but unexpectedly, he had ambitions. He took advantage of the great chaos in Mary Geoise to make Pandora Island one of the prominent three major organizations.
And this was probably just the first step. He might even be thinking of breaking away from the World Government to become a king himself at any moment.
If that day came, Monet could just pack her bags and head to the Vatican to stay out of the dispute, but Lucci would have to choose a side.
Although the remote control for the bomb in his body was in the hands of the World Government, he didn't believe Pandora Island didn't have a backup. He had to find a side to get the bomb out of his body.
Monet had joined the Four Heavenly Kings, and she believed that for Rearguard Water's sake, no one would dare to touch her. Her bomb was just a safeguard to prevent Monet from acting against the World Government. As long as she remained neutral, Monet would be fine.
Lucci also fell into a state of indecision, and finally, he seemed to have made a choice.
"You'll know when the time comes."
Monet watched Lucci suddenly turn and leave and said nothing more. She and Lucci were from the same class and were the two most outstanding students. They had some feelings for each other. She could tell that Lucci had made a choice.
Since that was the case, there was no need to interfere too much, lest she get herself trapped.
She leaned against the tree trunk and looked at the sky above Pandora Island. This was Spring Island, usually sunny, but recently, dark clouds had appeared after a long absence, seemingly foreshadowing a coming period of unrest...
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