Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 244 Bane: I am the rightful representative of the world's legitimate government, okay?

The losses and casualties in Mary Geoise were only urgently tallied the night before the World Conference.

At Bane's residence in Mary Geoise, Ian was reporting the situation to Bane.

"Although the CP Director-General wasn't punished, it's said he almost didn't make it out of the Five Elders' office. He must have been severely reprimanded. Two senior operations commanders were dismissed and are probably going to be executed. The CP's second-level officer in Mary Geoise was secretly arrested, supposedly for possibly colluding with the Revolutionary Army. Now, a man named Spandam has taken his place. The entire Celestial Dragon Guard in the House of God has been executed, and a new batch will be replaced soon." Ain read aloud from the documents in his hand.

"I have absolutely no interest in all of CP's messy affairs. They should be the ones to take the blame. What about the losses suffered by our navy?" Bane asked casually.

"The losses are not significant. Several vice admirals sustained minor injuries, and two rear admirals, like you, reported serious injuries. One hundred and sixty-three naval soldiers were wounded, and twenty-four were killed," Ain said softly.

Bane sighed softly and said, "Make sure the compensation and other arrangements are in place. Don't discourage our own people. Haven't Sakazuki and the others arrived yet? Will the World Conference proceed as scheduled tomorrow?"

"Yes, Marshal Sakazuki will arrive in Mary Geoise early tomorrow morning. Since Pongel Castle was unaffected, the World Conference will proceed as scheduled." Ain reported this first, then added with a hint of amusement, "Speaking of which, the group of nobles we were escorting all perished in this incident."

"Huh? That rich kid who couldn't stand greasy food is dead too? What happened?" Bane asked, somewhat surprised.

"It's said that they prepared generous gifts to bribe the Celestial Dragons at the God's Abode in order to seek protection on Mary Geoise for the foreseeable future. However, they arrived just in time for the Revolutionary Army to blow up the God's Abode. The entire group was blown up into the air, scattered in different places. It took them a long time to reassemble them afterwards," Ain said gleefully.

"Hahahaha." Bane laughed loudly upon hearing this, "What is this? Coming all the way to Mary Geoise to die? Sure enough, this is fate. If we had stayed obediently in the New World, we might have lived a few more days."

Fortunately, these guys weren't the host country for this world conference anyway, so their deaths didn't affect the meeting.

"Will you be attending the World Conference tomorrow?" Ain asked curiously.

"No, I've already reported that I'm seriously injured. What would I participate in? I'm physically weak, and I'm afraid I'll need ten days to half a month to recover from this injury. I'll be fine once the meeting is over, and then I'll leave directly," Bane waved his hand and said.

Looking at Bane's healthy appearance, Ain held back her complaints and forced a serious expression, saying, "Yes, I understand."

Zoro, sitting opposite him on the sofa, put down his glass and suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, what was that document that Dragon gave you that you mentioned before?"

"I haven't even had a chance to look at it yet. According to him, it's important intelligence about Mary Geoise. It seems he obtained it by accident during his secret infiltration of Mary Geoise?" Bane suddenly remembered this and took out the intelligence from the dark space as he spoke.

As for whether it's safe here, it's very safe. Every day, Ain and the others use anti-eavesdropping devices to clean the entire house three times to ensure that Bane and the others' conversations here will not be monitored by organizations such as the CP agency on Mary Geoise.

In addition, every time Bane and Zoro return from their trips, they use their Observation Haki to scan the area, so their current residence is very safe, and they are not afraid of others finding out what they are talking about.

"Perhaps this is their main objective for this operation," Fubuki said, munching on her dessert.

"The main purpose should be to rescue Bartholomew Bear, but who knows? It's quite unexpected that Dragon would personally show up in Mary Geoise," Bane replied, then opened the file to read it.

Before even finishing reading it all, having only flipped through two pages, Bane laughed and said, "It really came so easily. I was thinking that to get this kind of information, I would have to make arrangements in Mary Geoise, but I didn't expect Dragon to have taken care of everything for me."

"What does it say?" Nami asked curiously.

"The King of the World." Bane casually tossed the document to Nami and said, "Didn't I tell you before? It seems that more than eight hundred years ago, among the twenty kings, there was one who has lived to this day and has been secretly manipulating the entire world government for hundreds of years. He is called 'Lord Im' by the Five Elders and others. And among the twenty kings back then, there was one named Nerona Im Saint, who is very likely this guy."

This secret naturally attracted the attention of Nami and the others. Fubuki, Zoro, Waver, and even Ain all crowded around Nami, looking at the information in the document with great interest.

"How dare he take photos here? Isn't he afraid of being discovered?" Nami exclaimed as she looked at a photo in the document.

Bane calmly said, "Putting aside everything else, that guy Dragon is absolutely top-notch in terms of his elusiveness. The other day when I came out of Pangel's Castle, if he hadn't suddenly spoken to me, I wouldn't have even noticed that he had gotten so close to me. And that guy is very strange. My Dark-Dark Fruit seems to have determined that he is not a Devil Fruit user. But, tsk, perhaps there is another reason."

Because Bane had personally experienced Dragon's elusive nature, he was not surprised that he was able to obtain these classified documents.

The first photo in the document shows a figure sitting on the Void Throne in the Void Palace of Pongel Castle, a throne that the World Government had touted as a symbol of "equality and no dictatorship" and which no one else could sit on. Perhaps due to lighting issues, the figure is somewhat blurry in the photo, and its features are not clearly visible.

But that doesn't matter. What's really important is that the Five Elders and the others are all kneeling beneath the throne in this photo, and their faces have been clearly captured.

This single photograph is enough to shake the foundations of the world's governments.

Since the establishment of the World Government by the twenty kings, the most core principle of the World Government has been "equality among all and no dictatorship." Even the Five Elders, who are considered to have the highest authority, must be held by five different people, each managing a specific area of ​​function, and they are not allowed to interfere in other affairs without authorization.

All member states enjoy this treatment. There is no single king who can be above these member states. The World Conference is the supreme legal representative of the world's legitimate government.

Now, this photograph has directly overturned the legal system of the world government for more than 800 years, allowing the one and only king to appear on the throne, while the Five Elders, who clearly represent the highest power, are kneeling below the throne. This is definitely shaking the foundation of the world government's rule.

Without external pressure, this photo alone might not be able to accomplish anything substantial, but if there is extremely strong external pressure, then this photo can have a significant impact.

This is crucial evidence that challenges the legitimacy of global government rule!

To put it more bluntly, the achievements created by the twenty kings have been secretly stolen. As a result, the current world government has deviated from the original intentions of the twenty kings, so they are the ones who are rebelling. I am acting in accordance with the will of Heaven to quell the rebellion and return to the source, okay?

There are bad people on the throne! I am here to uphold the legitimacy of the twenty kings and purge the court of corrupt officials!

I, Bane, am the rightful ruler of the world, okay? After all, I'm not sitting on that throne!

Aside from the photos of Im and the Five Elders, another important document inside infuriated Nami and the others, making them grit their teeth in anger.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Human hunting!

The most recent instance was in early 1520 of the Sea Calendar, when the chosen country was located in the South China Sea and was a kingdom called Slovakia.

"I even saw this in the newspaper. Wasn't it said that the Kingdom of Slovakia was thrown into turmoil and faced a devastating crisis due to the revolutionaries' uprising, and that by the time the navy arrived, the entire country had already perished? I never imagined the truth would be like this!" Nami said angrily.

The Revolutionary Army was indeed in the Kingdom of Slovakia at the time, so they took a lot of real photos, including scenes of the Celestial Dragons collectively attacking and massacring innocent civilians. Ironically, some of the photos taken at the beach also showed images of naval warships blockading the island.

"Hmph," Bane snorted coldly, "If this information is leaked, the dignity of our Navy will be completely lost."

Zoro frowned as he looked at the documents, then said, "But isn't this also the best excuse for us to declare our separation from the Navy and establish a new, just Navy?"

"That's true." Weber nodded and said, "The reason that guy Dragon gave you these materials was actually to make you resent the Navy, and even to use you to ignite internal conflicts within the Navy."

"That's inevitable. He sees clearly that once the war against pirates in the New World comes to a complete end, the Revolutionary Army will inevitably step into the limelight and become our Navy's next major target. He doesn't want to seduce the pirates, so he has to find a way to weaken our Navy. What better way is to cause internal strife within the Navy?" Bane said matter-of-factly.

"So, no matter what you do, Dragon will release this information at the crucial moment, and simply releasing this information will be enough to achieve his goal, right?" Fubuki asked after thinking for a while.

"That should be correct. Of course, if this information is released by me, a naval admiral, the impact will be even greater, which is why he gave it to me. He might want to test whether I would do such a thing. Anyway, it's just a completely backed-up intelligence report, so he won't lose anything." Bane nodded.

"Obviously, you'll do as he wants," Zoro clicked his tongue.

"Indeed, although Dorag has his own schemes involved, these schemes happen to align with our interests and plans, so why shouldn't I go with the flow? Moreover, I'll have Sengoku, Kuzan, and others come forward to verify the authenticity of this information and seal this case!" Bane sneered.

There is no doubt that Dorag used this incident, but ironically, this use also benefits Bane's schemes, so Bane has decided to "fall for it" this time.

(End of this chapter)