Chapter 554: Chaos on the Red Line
Many people knew about the situation on the Red Line.
Knowing was one thing, but caring was another.
For the World Government, this vast nation that had developed over eight hundred years had become a burden.
They had no intention of spending a huge price to let a group of commoners live well.
The establishment of a cordon did not mean the World Government completely abandoned the hundreds of millions of people; management was still necessary, and the Army was still carrying out suppression.
However, this was primarily to prevent the chaos from expanding and affecting the lives of the many Nobles in Mary Geoise and those close to Mary Geoise.
They sought to earn as much interest as possible.
After all, people represented labor force, and the World Government was aware of this.
Once they cast aside their concerns, the World Government's actions became even more reckless.
Large numbers of free labor force were used for mining, production, and as the driving force for the World Government's subsequent development.
As for the casualties this brought, no one cared at all.
Despite their miserable lives and desperate desire for survival, many were willing to become the government's labor force, even if it meant laboring for a lifetime.
Without weapons to resist, any resistance discovered against the Army's military could be easily suppressed.
While the Army might not be much on The Great Sea, on the Red Line, they had won many battles, possessing an absolute advantage.
Furthermore, the expansion of Army recruitment was effortless.
Too many people wanted to join the Army.
However, not many could actually become soldiers.
To save even more cost, the World Government also implemented an Auxiliary Army system.
Auxiliary Army soldiers received no salary, only food.
Even so, countless people vied to become a part of it.
The Auxiliary Army system had only been implemented for a short time, to be precise, during the bloody battle between the World Government and the Pirate Fleet led by the Flying Pirates.
The World Government, noticing the hidden danger on the Red Line, implemented the Auxiliary Army system.
In just one month, they recruited over two hundred thousand Auxiliary Army soldiers.
Given the World Government more time, recruiting millions of Auxiliary Army soldiers would not be a problem, and the cost would be low.
Utilizing the Auxiliary Army and the Army, the World Government would regain rule over the vast population.
Or rather, violent suppression.
Seeing this problem, Dragon was truly worried about the ordinary human residents living on the Red Line.
Under violent suppression, any resistance was futile; they would only slowly perish, like frogs boiled in warm water.
Without raw materials, production work in most areas on the Red Line had stopped, leaving countless people jobless.
The few surviving areas of agriculture were either abandoned or occupied by a small number of people.
Some Army soldiers even annexed the land that was essential for survival.
This was Hell on Earth, without a shred of hope.
Because they couldn't even resist.
That's right, resistance.
And resistance required weapons.
Only when they held weapons in their hands would these constantly oppressed subjects have the courage to resist.
Without resistance, they could only wait for death; this was the only path available to them.
Dragon had already seen the problem and intended to seize the window of opportunity before the Auxiliary Army expanded to a certain degree.
"Something happened on the Red Line?" Hades raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious.
After all, that was the World Government's Base Camp, their directly ruled territory.
They possessed millions of Army soldiers, Strongmen, and an advantage in weaponry and equipment.
Even if the Red Line had many problems, it would ultimately be suppressed under absolute strength.
On The Great Sea, strength was everything; the so-called quantity was not that important.
"Mm, but it has already been suppressed." On the other side, Victor, who had become a CP0 Civil Official, clearly possessed more power and could access quite a bit of precious intelligence through the Intelligence Force.
Such a large rebellion on the Red Line obviously could not be hidden from the various factions in Mary Geoise.
"That's right, the Residents on the Red Line naturally had no strength to resist, but just over a month ago, someone attacked the government's weapon production base established on the Red Line."
"They took away a large amount of munitions and armed the Residents on the Red Line who were dissatisfied with the World Government."
"In a short time, several million people suddenly launched a resistance against the World Government."
"With weapons, they caused too much chaos."
"They directly clashed with the World Government, and it lasted for a full two months until we completely controlled the munitions factory. Only after those Rebel Army had no further supplies support did they gradually weaken and were finally completely suppressed."
"Oh?"
"Even with munitions in hand, it's impossible for these ordinary humans to persist against the government for a month, right?"
Speaking of this, Hades was even more surprised.
"Who says otherwise? Their willpower was too tenacious; they had absolutely no idea of surrendering. It seemed they were all planning to fight to the death. Even when Strongmen took action, they couldn't defeat them."
Victor also felt somewhat emotional.
He was currently using an Anti-theft Den Den Mushi.
With the further increase in his status, he was arranged by his father to train in the CP0 clerical group.
Here, he could access a large amount of secret information, which was beneficial for Victor's understanding of the world and better growth.
"If they hadn't run out of firearms, they might have been able to persist for a while longer."
Hearing this, Hades fell into deep thought.
A figure immediately appeared in his mind.
Choosing to attack the World Government's munitions factory indicated that this person possessed great strength and their faction was not large.
Because he did not have the ability to continuously provide munitions.
If it were the Kronos Kingdom, wanting to stir up rebellion on the Red Line, they could directly provide a large amount of munitions to those Rebel Army, giving them the ability to resist.
Of course, they wouldn't do this.
"Does the government have suspected candidates?" Hades couldn't help but ask.
This kind of thing had undoubtedly violated the World Government's secret information, but Victor did not conceal it.
His own interests were connected with Hades.
Or rather, compared to the Sterling Family's positioning and development, he himself was even closer to the Tartarus Family.
Under the premise that the information would not be leaked, he didn't mind revealing more intelligence.
Moreover, the reason he had been able to be promoted so quickly over the years was also due to Hades' support, openly and honestly giving him merit.
The secret operation targeting Wano Country a few years ago was actually proposed and presided over by Victor.
If Victor were not leaving the CP0 organization after training, he would already be the CP0 Deputy Director now.
Although that operation failed, the government internally recognized his action.
Not only did he have no fault, but he also had merit.
After all, they successfully determined the location of a Road Poneglyph.
Not being able to bring the stone back could only be said to be bad luck.
Who knew that "Tyrant Dragon" Zack would suddenly appear?
Moreover, even the CP0 Director-General personally took action.
"Yes, saying it's suspicion, but it's actually basically confirmed. It's Garp's son, Dragon, the Former Admiral Candidate who has already left the Marines."
"After the munitions factory was plundered, the internal production machinery was completely destroyed, but after sorting, we still found that a batch was missing. It might have been taken away. The destruction was just to cover up this matter."
"After interrogating the captives, their appearance and description indicate that it is most likely That Person, the former Marine Monster."
"I really didn't expect him to do such a thing."
After all, the search work was done by Agents, and Victor, as a CP0 Officer, could naturally access first-hand intelligence.
(end of chapter)