"Die!"
"How truly unbridled..."
Spandam let out an angry roar.
Even Sengoku's face darkened, and the Navy Admirals on either side glared furiously.
Although he had broken ties with the World Government, the conflict was actually between him, the Fleet Admiral, and the Five Elders, the supreme rulers.
Essentially,
the Navy Headquarters was also a part of the World Government.
To overthrow the World Government, one would have to step over the corpse of the Navy Headquarters; this was unavoidable.
The Revolutionary Army, who had just displayed destructive power and snatched the Lord Monster's first kill from Smoker of the Navy, suddenly asked such a question, as if repeatedly slapping the faces of the Navy Headquarters and the World Government.
If they had just resisted the Navy silently, like those Noble Legions, Sengoku could have pretended not to see.
But in this situation,
with the attention of the entire ocean focused, if the Navy Headquarters and the World Government ignored it,
Dragon's words would become the key to opening Pandora's Box.
Just then,
Spandam held up the Transponder Snail, climbed to a high point on Death Island, and waved repeatedly towards Fang Yi in the sky.
"Stop, Spandam."
"If I'm not mistaken, everything on Death Island cannot escape the Game Merchant's scrutiny. You just need to quietly hold the Transponder Snail."
Spandam respectfully held up a golden Transponder Snail.
A low voice came from within the Transponder Snail: "Mr. Merchant, I am the supreme ruler of the World Government, Jaygarcia Saturn Saint, serving as the Godhead of Scientific Defense."
He didn't deliberately put on airs,
but that aura of long-standing at the world's peak made Spandam hold his breath, even through the Transponder Snail.
"Mr. Five Elders, can you accept a call fee of 10,000 reward points per minute?"
Far away in Mariejois, inside the enormous spired palace,
the Five Elders gathered with serious expressions. A specially cultivated giant projection Transponder Snail clearly displayed the scene of the East Blue Trial Tower.
Saturn Saint held the Transponder Snail and, upon hearing the Game Merchant's voice, nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
10,000 reward points for one minute of call time.
Such an exorbitant practice, which could no longer be described as merely luxurious, would pain anyone, but it failed to stir a single ripple of emotion in the Five Elders.
Normal spatial calls required reward points as a call fee.
And direct communication with the Game Merchant, this privilege naturally came with a matching cost.
The Transponder Snail in Spandam's hand slowly rose into the air, finally stopping in front of Fang Yi.
Saturn Saint's voice came from within:
"Mr. Merchant, this old man hopes you can cancel the Revolutionary Army Leader's lottery qualification."
Immediately, an uproar.
The pirates, Navy, and Revolutionary Army members present all showed confused expressions.
The mystery displayed by the Game Merchant was so profound that even the Navy Headquarters dared not act rashly, yet the person inside the Transponder Snail actually wanted to change the recipient of the first kill reward in plain sight.
Ever since the Reincarnation Game appeared in the Pirate World,
the contract fruits, missions, reward points, equipment, and skills obtained by players,
everything revealed a single rule:
Equivalent Exchange.
Submitting low-grade iron ore worth several million for a Contract Mission would yield a low-level reward like a newbie iron sword.
If high-quality iron ore worth hundreds of millions of Berries was submitted, the reward would become a blue skill.
For Fate Goods, the higher the quality, the more reward points required. Whoever could obtain stronger Fate Goods would possess greater power. Everything operated according to the principle of [Equivalent Exchange].
It would not show preferential treatment because a player was a Navy Hero,
nor would it deliberately suppress someone because they were a pirate.
Even the world-class criminal, the Revolutionary Army Leader, could obtain destructive power in the Reincarnation Game and even secure a lottery qualification.
The Reincarnation Game operated with a concept similar to a special jungle law, in a state of [absolute fairness].
This was the core principle the Game Merchant had been promoting since his appearance.
How could it possibly be changed because of someone's words?
Was the person who said this an overestimating fool?
"His voice seems to be..."
"A bit familiar, could it be?"
Suddenly, the players of the Noble Legion, led by kings and nobles, noticed something amiss and their gazes fell upon the rather special golden Transponder Snail.
They immediately realized.
"It's Lord Saturn Saint!"
"The supreme ruler of the World Government, the Five Elders, are the descendants of this ocean's creators!"
These nobles from the World Government's Allied Nations would attend the World Conference in Mariejois every four years.
If they were lucky, they could hear the Five Elders' voices or witness the true appearance of the world's rulers.
No matter how much time passed, they could never forget.
Even though they dared to defy the Navy now due to the immense rewards of the Reincarnation Game, they still held reverence and fear for the world's five rulers in their hearts.
"Even the Five Elders can't sit still. It seems they want to negotiate with the Game Merchant?"
Sengoku had anticipated this.
In such a subversive event, a situation with great potential threat to the World Government, the Five Elders would absolutely not sit idly by.
He had initially thought the World Government would dispatch the [Celestial Dragons' Strongest Shield], the intelligence agency CP0, to the East Blue.
Unexpectedly,
the Five Elders themselves intervened directly.
The last time such a situation occurred was when Ohara was destroyed by the Buster Call, involving the Five Elders' conversation with those archaeologists.
It concerned the taboo, the Void Century, which the World Government could not allow to be mentioned.
"The Five Elders, what troublesome fellows!"
Dragon's brows furrowed tightly, and apprehension rose in his heart.
He hadn't expected the Five Elders to suddenly communicate with the Game Merchant,
and moreover, directly demand the cancellation of his lottery qualification.
If it were anyone else, even the Fleet Admiral saying such a thing, he, who had a shallow understanding of the Reincarnation Game, would not be worried at all.
But the one who said this was the Five Elders,
the peak of power in this ocean!
Dragon was unsure of the Game Merchant's purpose in appearing in the Pirate World,
but the various rules of the Reincarnation Game had already revealed the Game Merchant's desire for money.
If it were the Five Elders, they might truly be able to mobilize the power of the entire ocean, possessing vast leverage, and be able to negotiate with the Game Merchant on a reluctantly equal footing.
"Is the World Government really going to move against the Revolutionary Army?"
"Such a heinous force should be annihilated!"
"Long live the Navy! Long live the World Government!"
The Navy burst into cheers.
The Noble Legions held their breath, awaiting the Game Merchant's stance, as this would determine their future attitude towards the World Government.
Even though,
the Game Merchant had already displayed mysterious and powerful abilities capable of overthrowing the world.
However, the transcendent power of the Five Elders, seated at the world's peak, was also deeply rooted in everyone's minds, making them subconsciously feel that the two possessed the qualifications to negotiate.
All eyes converged,
the whole world watched.
How great a price would the Five Elders need to pay to cancel the Revolutionary Army Leader's lottery qualification?
The Noble Legions gloated, awaiting the Game Merchant's negotiation terms.
According to the Reincarnation Game's pay-to-win nature, the World Government would certainly have to bleed heavily, and then a shortage of assets would lead to a decentralization of some power to the Allied Nations.
Their previous defiance of the Navy would be forgiven.
In short, the Five Elders' intervention was beneficial to them, the nobles.
"Mr. Saturn Saint."
Facing the gaze of the entire world, Fang Yi, with a polite smile, said: "No, the lottery qualification cannot be canceled."
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