"Has that Demon Child been found?"
In Marineford's intelligence room, Kuzan walked over wearing an eye mask, looking drowsy.
The intelligence officer stood up from his seat and said, "Vice Admiral Kuzan, our intelligence only indicates that the Demon Child Nico Robin appeared on a ship heading to the North Blue. However, after entering the North Blue, our agents have found no further traces of Nico Robin."
Upon hearing the report, Kuzan showed no expression but felt relieved.
'Saul, I don't know if what you did was right or wrong, but I've decided to protect this child for you.'
He spoke with a stern expression. "We must combat terrorists like her who threaten the World Government. The Demon Child Robin must be captured. I'll take my leave now. Notify me if there's any information."
After speaking, Kuzan left the intelligence room.
The unaware Marine intelligence officers couldn't help but marvel.
"Vice Admiral Kuzan is really dedicated. For a fleeing Demon Child, he's already visited the intelligence room over ten times—once before every mission and once after."
"Yes, Vice Admiral Kuzan's professionalism is moving."
A mole planted by Raleigh in the intelligence room laughed at the others.
He knew Kuzan's true intentions.
What Kuzan didn't know was that he wasn't the only one keeping an eye on Robin.
Raleigh was also watching her.
Otherwise, why would Robin board a ship to the North Blue and have all her traces erased upon entering the North Blue?
In fact, after Robin left Ohara, all her movements had been guided by Raleigh, including her current location in the far northern country with Dragon's Revolutionary Army.
Long ago, Raleigh had sent a gift to Dragon.
It was a giant stone tablet engraved with information about the Industrial Revolution in ancient script.
Although it wasn't a Poneglyph, it was made from the same type of stone as the Poneglyphs.
The script of the Poneglyphs wasn't complex—after all, even a child like Robin could learn it, so it wasn't difficult for Raleigh to master.
Once you understand the logic of a language, it becomes easy to learn.
The reason for sending Robin to Dragon was so that one day she could see this Poneglyph and reveal its secrets to Dragon.
Raleigh believed that while Dragon's ideas were progressive, they weren't radical enough given the current world's structure.
For Raleigh's plan, catalyzing the development of the Revolutionary Army was a crucial move.
After all, a person's energy is limited.
Only when the World Government's attention was focused on the Revolutionary Army could Raleigh's plans be implemented.
..
In the small western-style building at Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Five Elders had gathered once again.
Saint Saturn spoke first. "Kong's retirement plan has been formally submitted to me. I've reviewed it, and I've also looked into the materials he recommended for Sengoku. He seems like a suitable candidate."
Saint Warcury examined Sengoku's documents. "This fellow seems intelligent and has no issues serving as Fleet Admiral. However, I'm concerned whether his loyalty is high."
Saint Nusjuro remarked, "I've met Sengoku many times. He is loyal to the World Government, unlike Garp and Zephyr. The CP organization has investigated naval officers. Only Sengoku showed no hesitation when carrying out World Government orders, and he even participated in planning the Buster Call on Ohara."
"Sengoku is indeed a good candidate. Currently, he possesses both the prestige and strength required within the Marine. I approve of Sengoku becoming Fleet Admiral."
Seeing one person already in agreement, Marcus Mars said, "In that case, let's take a vote. Those in favor of Sengoku assuming the position of Fleet Admiral, raise your hands."
"Approved." "Approved." "Approved." "Approved."
After four voices of approval sounded, a matter that would change the world's pattern was decided with just a few words from the Five Elders.
Saturn asked again, "Are there any other matters?"
Saint Ju Peter spoke up. "I have some matters to report. The CP organization recently discovered several non-affiliated kingdoms being overthrown. Behind these incidents is a mysterious organization called the Revolutionary Army. Our agents haven't managed to infiltrate it yet."
"Revolutionary Army members have also appeared within some affiliated kingdoms. They seem to be targeting the nobles on their thrones. It's said the Revolutionary Army's leader is Monkey D. Garp's son, Monkey D. Dragon."
Hearing this, Nusjuro said, "They're just some non-affiliated kingdoms. If they're overthrown, so be it. Even affiliated kingdoms aren't that important. If those useless rulers get overthrown, they lose their qualification to remain as kings of affiliated kingdoms."
"However, this Revolutionary Army's ideology seems to oppose the World Government. I suggest having the CP organization locate their headquarters and eliminate them in one strike."
Warcury added, "Regardless of whether Monkey D. Dragon is the Revolutionary Army's leader, we can issue a bounty for their leader first."
"Approved." "Approved."
The Five Elders probably never imagined that this minor figure they casually mentioned would become their most troublesome opponent in the coming years.
...
"Good morning, Robin. Did you sleep well?"
Fish-Man Karate instructor Hack greeted Robin warmly as she woke up.
"Good morning, Uncle Hack."
Although Robin hadn't been in the Revolutionary Army's territory for long, the people here had a completely different spiritual demeanor from the rest of the world.
Every one of them knew what cause they were fighting for.
This kind of spirit was something Robin had previously seen on the faces of the doctors on Ohara Island. It was the feeling of giving their all for their cause.
Robin felt good about it.
Moreover, what made her feel reassured was having a powerful leader like Dragon here.
The reason Ohara was destroyed by the Buster Call was precisely because Ohara lacked any substantial military strength.
Dragon's Revolutionary Army possessed formidable military strength.
Every day, Robin would miss her mother, Saul who saved her, and the archaeologists, but she knew that only by becoming stronger could she eventually seek revenge.
After consulting Dragon, she joined the Revolutionary Army's training program.
It was during training that she gradually became familiar with Hack, who grew very fond of young Robin.
He treated her like his own daughter, and aside from being strict during training sessions, he brought warmth to Robin's daily life.
"Robin, come eat with us!"
Several children around Robin's age in the Revolutionary Army called her over to eat.
Children of this age here were mostly orphans.
Their meals were uniformly prepared by the Revolutionary Army's cooks.
Within days of her arrival, Robin quickly bonded with them due to their similar experiences and close ages.
"Leopold, what will Uncle Hack teach us today?"
"Master Hack said today we'll officially start learning Fish-Man Karate techniques, so let's finish eating quickly and head over."
Upon hearing this, Robin also began eating faster.
"If I could stay and live here forever, that would be quite nice," Robin muttered.
Unlike in the original timeline where she spent years hiding across the Four Blues and Grand Line, the young Robin still retained her innocent nature.
She had lost many loved ones in Ohara, which saddened her, but Saul had told her to live on with a smile.
Here, she could finally laugh happily without fear of being discovered and arrested by World Government agents at any moment.
After finishing their meal, Robin and her companions cheerfully headed to the training ground.
Meanwhile, Dragon sat silently in his Revolutionary Army office.
Besides Dragon, two others were present: the Queen of Kamabakka Kingdom, Emporio Ivankov, and Intelligence Officer Terry Gilteo.
They were pondering one question: did Robin understand the ancient language?
"Leader, I suggest we just ask Robin. After all, she's the only survivor from Ohara now," Terry Gilteo stated bluntly.
During their expansion over recent years, they had obtained a massive Poneglyph.
However, not understanding the ancient language, they couldn't decipher its meaning.
This was why Dragon had gone to Ohara initially, though the archaeologists hadn't had time to help Dragon study the text before the incident.
Thus, the Revolutionary Army still didn't know what the stone tablet meant.
"I'm afraid of frightening Robin. We've only just managed to calm her heart," Dragon spoke quietly.
He wasn't particularly concerned about what the Poneglyph recorded anyway.
He knew that even without it, the Revolutionary Army had developed rapidly in recent years, having successively overthrown several non-affiliated nations.
In fact, even World Government affiliate nations could be toppled by the current Revolutionary Army's strength—they could likely overthrow a dozen or more.
However, he remembered Raleigh's words: the World Government possessed weapons capable of destroying the world.
For this reason, Dragon had hesitated to declare war on the World Government directly.
But it was predictable that as the Revolutionary Army's influence continued to grow, they would eventually confront them.
"Chief, I've seen the incident that got you on the wanted list."
Ivankov took out this morning's newspaper, which featured only a blurry photograph where the tattoo covering half of Dragon's face was faintly visible.
As for Dragon's name, the Marines still hadn't managed to confirm it.
Although they suspected he was Garp's son, Monkey D. Dragon, they had yet to verify this fact, which was why his name remained absent from the wanted posters.
"Leader, I've looked into this matter as well. It was during our operation to overthrow the Taka Kingdom that we made a mistake. One of our members was captured by CP agents. Although we managed to retrieve them with great effort, your face had already been leaked."
Terry Gilteo spoke with an apologetic expression, but Dragon didn't seem bothered by it.
The fact that he was Garp's son and bore the Monkey family name was known to very few within the Revolutionary Army.
Only high-ranking officers who had joined from the early days were aware, so he wasn't particularly concerned about his identity being exposed.
"That matter is inconsequential. What bothers me is that they've set such a low bounty—it feels somewhat disrespectful."
Dragon glanced humorlessly at the bounty amount printed in the newspaper.
Who did they think he was?
Leaving aside the fact that he now commanded over fifty thousand Revolutionary Army soldiers trained to regular army standards, his personal combat prowess alone—nearing Admiral-level strength—should warrant more than a mere 100 million Berries!
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