One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 544 Dressrosa and Fishman Island

Although the New World incident shocked the entire world government and navy and triggered a series of chain reactions, the four seas were unexpectedly calm. There was no way. The fighting between the people of the New World and the Grand Line really could not affect these ordinary people who were struggling for three meals a day. As long as it did not hit them, living a stable life was their main life.

The situation in the New World is quite different. Almost every member state of the World Government in the New World has been shaken, and various ideas are emerging in these countries.

"King Riku, should we cut off our ties with the World Government? If we abolish Sky Gold, the economy of Dressrosa will reach new heights. Not only the steel industry, but also the tourism industry and so on, will have more funds to invest."

The minister of Dressrosa said to King Riku that they were currently in the secret room in the Dressrosa Palace. Whenever they were discussing something big that could not be heard by others, King Riku would always call the ministers here. This had always been the case for all the Kings of Riku, and it had become a tradition. The ministers even gave him a title, calling it the King's Secret Palace.

The meeting to request Kaido and Lily's help in retaking the Iron Islands was held overnight in this small room, and now, this secret little study has once again played its role.

"But is this really a good idea? Although the Navy, or the World Government, has indeed withdrawn from the New World, we cannot guarantee that they will not come back. If we directly declare our separation, if the pirates decline by then, then the entire Dressrosa will be in danger. I know that His Majesty the King has a good relationship with the Beasts Pirates. In fact, I have a good relationship with a man named Shusui Denjiro among them, but we must consider the issue from the perspective of the entire country. We can't just look at the immediate interests!"

At this time, another minister also stood up to refute the previous minister. There was no doubt that what both sides said made sense. Moreover, these two were the two most important ministers under King Riku. They had a good relationship with each other. Together with King Riku, they were the iron triangle of Dressrosa. However, these two people began to quarrel non-stop since they arrived at the King's Secret Palace today. The reason for the quarrel was what path Dressrosa should take in the future.

The two of them each had their own opinions. One hoped to take this opportunity to break away from the World Government. After all, the World Government had not helped Dressrosa at all over the years. It was just sucking blood from Dressrosa. If it had not happened to meet the two leaders of the Beasts at that time, and reached a cooperation with the Beasts under the decision of the old King Riku, which reversed the decline of Dressrosa in one fell swoop, how long could Dressrosa last? Ten years, twenty years, thirty years? Anyway, it won't be long before Dressrosa will be kicked out of the member countries because of its own economic deficiency and inability to hand over the Heavenly Gold. Since they are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. Take this opportunity to leave directly! Don't play with them!
The other side thinks that although the guys in the World Government are indeed bastards and I don’t like them, this thing is not just a matter of whether they help us or not, but if there is a problem with the pirates and the World Government fights back, will we suffer? This is the big problem. To put it bluntly, the Sky Gold is just a life-saving money. Look at the previous operations of the World Government, or the Celestial Dragons, and destroy a country in three years. Isn’t the nature of the Sky Gold clear? I hate them too, and I wish they would disappear on the spot, but this is the World Government that has stood in this world for 800 years. There is a reason why they can persist for so long! We have to consider the future!

The two of them each held their own opinions and the argument continued, and King Riku was also very troubled. What both of them said were right. Although he was inclined to break away from the World Government in his heart, after all, he believed in Kaido and Lily, but as the king of a country, he could not act on his emotions and had to be responsible for his subjects.

While King Liku was hesitating, the two ministers became more and more excited, and even showed signs of fighting. King Liku quickly stood up and suppressed the two men.

"Calm down, calm down, both of you. We are all for the future of Dressrosa. There is no need to fight. There is no need to fight. Calm down, calm down. Come on, come on, have some tea, have some tea."

After all, King Riku is the strongest man in Dressrosa now, and the two civil ministers are naturally no match for him. King Riku exerted force with his hands, and the two ministers, who were about to fight head-on, were directly pulled apart and pressed forcefully into their seats. Then King Riku personally poured black tea for the two of them.

Faced with King Liku's behavior, the two ministers naturally could not say anything more. They could only politely take the tea and continue to sit there staring at the old Deng opposite them. Well, he was not really old, he was more like the middle-aged Deng.

"Your Highness, King Liku, please give me a definite answer. Which one do you think is more suitable? We have both made our ideas clear. That's basically what we mean."

After drinking two cups of tea, the minister who spoke first asked King Liku.

"Indeed, what you two said makes sense, but everyone, have we forgotten one thing?"

King Liku looked at the two of them, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly remembered something, and said to the two ministers, "Your Highness King Liku, can you help us solve this problem?"

The two ministers looked at each other, neither of them understood what they had forgotten, so they could only look at King Liku together.

"Hehe, we may not be able to figure these things out ourselves, but we can ask the Beasts. The Beasts' intelligence is much better than ours, and they must know more than us. Isn't it okay for us to ask them? We can combine their intelligence and then consider which strategy to use."

King Liku did not keep anyone in suspense and spoke directly.

"Yes! We can ask Baishou! And we don't have to ask directly, but just ask about the overall situation now. The people of Baishou are still trustworthy!"

The minister clapped his hands, stood up and said excitedly that they were not worried at all that Hundred Beasts would cheat them. After all, they had cooperated for so many years and Hundred Beasts' credibility was still trustworthy. If they minded their status as a member country, they would have forced them to withdraw long ago. After all, in terms of military force, ten Dressrosas tied together would not be enough to defeat Hundred Beasts, so there was no need for the other party to cheat them.

The situation in Dressrosa is like a microcosm, summarizing the situation of the entire New World member states. Of course, many small countries are not as good as Dressrosa, let alone have such a strong alliance as Dressrosa and Beasts. They are all wavering at the moment, hoping that they can stop handing over the Sky Gold, but they are also afraid that if the rule of the Four Emperors is not long enough, the World Government will settle accounts with them later.

For a moment, the entire New World fell into an eerie silence. No one moved first, but everyone was secretly preparing something. Everyone was waiting for someone to stand up and express his or her position. After that, many people would take sides. Perhaps they would continue to maintain their status as a member of the World Government, or perhaps they would directly break off ties with the World Government and become unrecognized free countries. In any case, the hearts of these countries were in chaos.

After such a storm had been going on for a month, the first brave man appeared. What was unexpected was that this brave man was neither from Dressrosa, a close ally of the Four Emperors, nor from a small country that was not taken seriously, but from a country that no one had expected - Fishman Island!

"Since the World Government has always discriminated against us fish-men and mermaids, from this moment on, Fish-Man Island will officially withdraw from the membership of the World Government! All ships from the member countries of the World Government who want to approach will be attacked by Fish-Man Island! Fish-Man Island welcomes the arrival of friends, but it will never be afraid of enemies!"

King Neptune's statement appeared in the World Economic News, which immediately shocked the whole world. Many people knew how much Fish-man Island paid to join the World Government. However, the situation of Fish-man Island has not improved at all over the years. On the contrary, the price of mermaids and fish-man slaves has become even higher. This high price has attracted countless slave traders to rush to Fish-man Island.

But now, Fishman Island has directly said that if you continue to act like this, then I will simply not play with you anymore. Anyway, these people have not said whether we will be a member state or not, so just withdraw. Not only can you save some money, but I will also not care about your slave traders coming over in the future and will just kill them.

When this news came out, reactions in different parts of the world were different.

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