The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

However, the Navy has a high degree of autonomy over specific military deployments, base construction, and other internal affairs!

This is the result of the Navy's efforts from the Steel-Bone Aircraft Era to the Warring States Period and up to the present day—the cornerstone!

The navy has been working towards this moment since seizing power!

Gern's gaze swept over Mazsan's ashen face, then glanced at the cameras below the stage, emphasizing...

"Moreover, everyone saw it: the current Fleet Admiral Sengoku and I, the New World Commander, both agreed!"

"but……"

"But what? Don't we have the right to decide this?"

For a time, the concepts of "autonomy in internal affairs" and "unanimous agreement of the current supreme commander" were readily apparent.

These two banners effectively shut out any attempts by world governments to intervene.

Immediately afterward, Gern snorted coldly, ignoring him, and instead turned his gaze to the VIP seats.

The former marshal sat silently with a smile on his lips.

The current Commander-in-Chief of the entire army—Steel Bone Sky!

"Commander-in-Chief Steelbone," Gern said with a smile, "you agree, right?"

He handed over the final interpretation rights to this living fossil of the naval system, one of the founders of the rules!

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on Kong.

Steel Bone looked at the junior on the stage who had already surpassed his master.

Watching him use the rules he had fought for years as his weapon in this thrilling game, the smile on his face seemed to deepen.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kong, meeting the warning glances cast upon him by the Five Elders, slowly rose to his feet, his voice steady and resonant throughout the arena.

"Yes."

"According to the Navy's internal ranks and long-standing practices, Sengoku, who holds the rank of Fleet Admiral, and Guern, the Grand Admiral of the New World Navy..."

With the agreement of both supreme commanders, the relocation of the Naval Headquarters and major strategic adjustments can be decided directly.

This is the Navy's rightful power!

At this point, Kong deliberately paused, calmly looking in the direction of the Five Elders, and uttered the final conclusion.

"And the world government... has no right to interfere."

"!!!"

Steel Bone's statement was like the final gavel falling!

The five elders were completely speechless.

They were not only held hostage by Guern's use of "honor" and coerced by "collective will," but now they are also being manipulated by what they have been trying to maintain.

The very "rules" used to control the navy have backfired!

Gern not only won the show and won hearts, but also the rules!

The outcome of this contest is now decided!

The world government has suffered a crushing defeat!

The stage they built with their own hands became the altar for Gern's coronation.

The honors they bestowed upon him became the sharp blade from which Gern turned against him.

The rules they relied on to maintain order became the key to breaking the deadlock!

Those who upheld the order of the old era could only watch helplessly, powerless to do anything!

This award ceremony became entirely Gern's personal stage.

A final, scathing mockery of the wisdom of world government rule, and his most magnificent coronation!

Chapter 494 The Appearance of 'M'

Just as the Five Elders, their faces ashen, were racking their brains to find some reason...

Even if it's just to delay Gern's unstoppable proposal to relocate the capital...

"Let's put an end to this boring farce... for 'M'."

A cold, indifferent voice, devoid of any human emotion, resounded directly from the depths of their souls and simultaneously entered the minds of the five elders.

In an instant, the five elders froze simultaneously, their faces contorted with anger, resentment, and scheming.

It transformed into absolute awe and obedience, or even...fear.

Because they are so familiar with that voice!

That's the sound of 'im'!

It is that supreme being who sits on the throne in the void and has held power over the world for eight hundred years!

At the same time, in the ranks of the Knights of God, the soldier who had been standing behind Figarando Grimm had a slight pause.

Then, when those eyes, hidden in the shadow of the newsboy cap, were raised again, their pupils had transformed into eerie, cyclical patterns.

'She,' or rather, Im, who is temporarily inhabiting this place, is seeing through these eyes.

Seriously, quietly...gazing intently at Gern on the stage.

His gaze carried a cold, scrutinizing indifference.

But after only a brief moment of contemplation, Im came to a conclusion, using thoughts that only "he" could hear.

He said the same words that Lox had said to Gern back in God Valley.

However, Lox asked for Gern's name first, while Im went straight to the point.

"Not D."

Then, glancing again at the Eight Desolations hanging from Gern's waist, he added in the same flat tone, with a hint of exclusion.

"It's not David either."

After confirming that Gern neither belonged to the D clan, the "enemy of the gods," nor was he related to "David," who might have triggered some kind of "agreement,"

The last, extremely faint "interest" that Imna had placed in Gren through the Rinnegan had completely dissipated.

For Im, as long as it's not one of those two "forbidden" existences that touch upon the very foundation of the world...

Whether Gern is a "King" level powerhouse or a cunning overlord, he is merely a slightly larger ripple in the long river of history.

Ultimately, like Whitebeard and others, they will be lost in the dust of time.

She was only afraid of those two (or two) people.

As his will receded like the tide, the reincarnation patterns in the soldier's eyes quietly disappeared, restoring his original pupils, and his body swayed slightly once more.

Having received clear instructions from Im, the Five Elders' struggles and opposition vanished without a trace.

Marcus Mazsanar swallowed back the words he had originally intended to say in argument.

He exchanged glances with the other four, and they all saw the helplessness and obedience in each other's eyes.

Shepard X. Pittsmann took a deep breath, faced the entire audience, and announced in an almost numbly calm tone...

"Since... the Navy has reached a consensus and it complies with regulations... the World Government respects the Navy's right to make independent decisions."

"The awarding ceremony... is now concluded!"

There were no congratulations, no encouragement, only a hasty ending.

This world-renowned medal-awarding ceremony came to an abrupt end in such a strange and anticlimactic atmosphere.

As Gern stood on the stage, a dark glint flashed in his eyes as he watched the Five Elders, whose attitudes had suddenly changed, and the World Government members who had hurriedly left the stage.

Just now, he sensed and perceived his domineering aura...

That fleeting, overwhelming will, which transcended the Five Elders, also sensed the other party's almost dismissive attitude.

"Are you ignoring me?"

"very good."

"So that I can more smoothly... accomplish everything I want."

"When you are forced to face me, you will find that this ocean is no longer the one you are familiar with."

.........

This magnificent award ceremony, full of twists and turns and an unexpected ending, has finally come to a close.

Following closely behind were several major news items published in a special edition of the World Economic Herald.

Or rather, the news that everyone watching the live stream knew instantly ignited a huge public opinion storm across the entire ocean!

['Skyquake' Gern officially assumes the position of 'Grand Admiral of the New World Navy,' receiving supreme authority!]

[The Sengoku period marshal will remain in his post and continue to command the navy!]

And that most earth-shattering news, enough to change the world order.

The Navy's new headquarters will officially relocate to the New World to counter the power struggle among the Four Emperors!

The combination of these messages triggered diametrically opposed yet equally violent shocks in different sea areas.

The first half of the Grand Line ("Paradise"):

Upon hearing the news, countless pirates were initially incredulous, but then erupted in deafening joy and cheers!

"The navy ran away! They abandoned Paradise!"

"Their main force has all gone to the New World! This place will be ours from now on!"

"Freedom! The true age of freedom has arrived!"

In the eyes of these pirates, the relocation of the Marine Headquarters meant that the center of gravity of the World Government's power had completely shifted from the first half of the Grand Line.

The remaining naval forces will inevitably be significantly weakened, and even vice admirals will likely be scarce.

This relatively "gentle" sea area, which connects the four seas, will no longer be a key area for naval defense.

The regulatory vacuum and the period of weak power are their golden age to act recklessly and expand their influence!

The pirates naively believed that the Navy had strategically "abandoned" the first half of the route, handing it over to them.

However, in the new world.

The atmosphere was completely different, filled with solemnity, vigilance, and suppressed anger.

"That bastard Tianzhen... became the Grand Admiral of the New World Navy?"

"The Navy is going to move its headquarters directly to the New World?!"

"Are they trying to trap us in our own home and beat us up?!"

Pirates in the New World, especially those powerful pirate crews under the command of the Four Emperors or those living independently, felt not freedom, but an unprecedented sense of oppression.

The system of having one person like Gern suppressing the Four Emperors was already making things difficult for the pirates in the New World.

This means that Gern can leverage his G-10 system, which he has cultivated in the New World for many years, to cooperate with the Navy Headquarters.

At any time, swiftly launch a devastating attack on any sea area!

The New World will no longer be a relatively "safe" backyard for pirates to develop, but rather the front line where top-level wars could break out at any time!

Gern's series of actions, like an invisible hand, skillfully shifted the balance of the world.

The landscape of the ocean was completely reshaped at this moment.

Chapter 495 You were just scared by the 'natural disaster'!

With the award ceremony concluded, it is now an irreversible fact that New Marineford will undergo a large-scale expansion based on the original New World G-2 base.

With his superb political skills and powerful strength, Gern pulled off a brilliant comeback in front of the whole world, cornering the world government.

However, the foundation of the World Government's eight-hundred-year rule cannot be shaken by a single setback.

If they really would so easily relinquish power and accept the new order dominated by Guern so readily...

Then it wouldn't be called a "world government".