“The current situation seems somewhat grim.”
In the spacious office, Long stood in front of the tactical board, pointed at the map drawn on it, looked at Vivian in front of him and said, "After the 64 non-member countries united, many member countries seemed to have the tendency to defect, and although the rest did not make any moves on the surface, they were actually watching..."
"What does wait and see mean?" Karp couldn't help but ask after hearing this.
"Well... what I mean is, among the remaining member countries, except for a few like Alabasta and Dressrosa that have great trust in us, the rest have almost all delayed paying the taxes that need to be paid this month for various reasons..."
Delaying tax payment is something that would have been unthinkable in the past.
If any country dares to make such a move, it will be destroyed by the Celestial Dragons within a day.
But what about now
"They know that Vivian would never do something that goes against human ethics, so they are fearless." Fujitora sighed while holding his sword.
"Moreover, we have almost wiped out all the pirates in the Grand Line some time ago. In addition, Cotto and Smoker have been guarding the connecting islands of the major seas, and the remaining pirates have also stopped their activities. They refuse to pay taxes at this juncture, and we really have no way to deal with them..." Long said.
Even if they threaten to remove the other party from the member states, the impact will be minimal in the short term. What's more, if they do this, it may even promote the member states to defect and join the non-member states' coalition forces.
This is really hard to know how to deal with.
However, Vivian was lying on his office chair, holding a cigar in his mouth, shaking his finger at the three people and said, "These guys are just cowards who follow the wind. Why bother with them? As long as we defeat the coalition forces of the non-member countries, they will come running over and offer taxes to show their loyalty."
"So are we just going to leave them alone?"
"certainly."
Vivian said, blowing out a puff of smoke. "There's no need to worry about it. Once everything settles down, there will be plenty of time to deal with it. Now we just need to concentrate on killing the 64 non-member countries with the least casualties and without bloodshed."
"Without bloodshed?"
Hearing these four words, Long was stunned for a moment, then asked, "How do you achieve this without bloodshed?"
"It's very simple. Haven't the royal family members I released to the non-member countries returned to their own countries? Those guys were blindfolded and tortured for a long time in the prison of the naval base, and I asked people to ask questions about the hiding places of their national treasures. I have sorted out those locations. You can ask Mori to come over later and take people to dig and take out the treasury funds of those countries."
Without funds, how can the army operate
Although he now possesses the three ancient weapons and it would be easy for him to kill these armies, but... he really doesn't want to see innocent people die in the war.
The ones who are ambitious are the kings of various countries and that damn guy Zero, so why should the innocent soldiers under their command who can only be forced to obey the orders of their superiors pay the price
It was precisely because of this that Vivian did not choose to take action directly, but allowed Zero to develop freely, giving the other party a lot of breathing time.
"Then won't those royal family members you let go transfer money to the national treasury after they return to their own country?" Fujitora asked.
"No." Vivian shook her head. "Rather than saying no, it's better to say there's no chance."
"What do you mean?" Fujitora had a bad feeling when he heard this.
"Because... on their way back, they were intercepted and killed by the people sent by Zero."
This was the result Vivian had anticipated from the beginning.
The reason why they let these people go even though they knew this would happen was undoubtedly to cause panic among the countries.
Just imagine, if the king of your country was killed, what would the situation of the citizens and the army be like
In addition, he had already secretly dispatched reporters with strong concealment capabilities to follow and take photos, so he was not afraid that Zero would put the blame on them and bite back.
"When the country's royal family is destroyed, the army will have no economic source and can only continue to exploit wealth from civilians. The sixty-four non-member countries will be in chaos, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to kill them by surprise." Vivian said.
After the words were spoken, the office fell into silence for a long time.
It has to be said that Vivian's strategy was indeed very powerful in their eyes, and it was possible to defeat the sixty-four countries without bloodshed.
but..
What about the people
What about the people of the sixty-four countries
The country's royal family was destroyed, and the army wanted to exploit the wealth. How many people could get it
The dragon, who had witnessed countless refugees starving to death in front of him, suddenly became extremely angry at this moment. He felt that he might have misjudged Vivian. He actually believed that Vivian was different from others and could build the world into the shape of the great kingdom of eight hundred years ago.
Now it seems that this guy is just a cunning person who will use any means to rule the world.
Fujitora also held an opposing opinion.
"Vivian... the way you handled this matter doesn't seem to be in line with your style..."
He didn't mean to question it directly, just because he still trusted Vivian, the little devil who had given him a glimmer of hope in this corrupt world since they met three years ago.
“As expected…”
Seeing that the two were dissatisfied but suppressed their anger, Vivian could only sigh and said, "I knew you wouldn't agree with this method, so we have to implement plan B."
"Plan B?"
Hearing this, Long, who was already very smart, naturally understood that Vivian had already prepared a backup plan, so he quickly asked, "Do you have any other way to avoid bloodshed?"
"It is impossible to achieve this without bloodshed. There will be losses. For the safety of ordinary people, our navy and the revolutionary army can only make some sacrifices."
Vivian said, grinning, looking at Long, Fujitora, and Garp: "But I also believe that they are all ready to sacrifice for the people at any time, just like the three of you sitting here. What do you think?"
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