Chapter 1173: Induction
Most people with short-sighted views like to treat the entire race of gods as fat pigs and fools, and think that it is really easy for a world government to rule the world for more than 800 years?
Only the lower-level gods are a group of good-for-nothings who only know how to waste and do not create value. They are used to cover up the middle and high-level celestial dragons. In fact, they can be seen in various major events.
The Knights of God are composed entirely of Celestial Dragons. It is a violent organization that is 100% controlled by Celestial Dragons. This force is actually not weaker than the navy.
The reason for keeping the navy as an open watchdog is to let the navy and pirates fight each other, let the sparks of resistance kill each other, and allow the gods to continue to rule the world.
At the same time, it controls the world's currency, Berry, and uses financial harvesting methods every year to weaken the economic strength of the member states, constantly bleeding their younger brothers and keeping them weak.
This insidious practice of harming others for personal gain has resulted in no member state becoming a superpower or growing into an existence that can shake the World Government and the Celestial Dragons over the past thousand years.
The internal turmoil of the member states will only continue, the oppressed people will become mobs, and the mobs will join forces with external forces to rebel and overthrow the exploitative ruling class above their heads.
In the end, those leaders will transform themselves into new nobles, continue to pay heavenly gold to the world government, and continue to exploit the people of the same class. The suffering land will repeat the same thing again, and the next cycle will begin.
However, the next millennium is about to come, and the Celestial Dragons' way of playing is about to become ineffective. Berry has depreciated drastically in the past hundred years, the Great Pirate Era has begun after Roger's death, and the Revolutionary Army has appeared, etc.
Everything that happens is undermining the foundation of the Celestial Dragons bit by bit. Even if the images in the sky do not appear, the ruling power of the Gods will not last until the next hundred years.
The emergence of the Sky Curtain only accelerated the process of disintegrating the Celestial Dragons, shortening the process of disintegrating the world government from one hundred years to fifty years, or even shorter.
"Now that I think about it carefully, the sudden opening of the grand auction was most likely instigated by the Tianlong people behind the scenes. Otherwise, where would those underworld forces get so much courage?"
The old turtle felt that the big auction was an open conspiracy. Although he didn't know what the Tianlong people were planning behind the scenes, they were hiding in the dark corners and definitely had no good intentions.
After the grand auction, any discerning person could see that the Marineford War would break out soon after. The two major events happened in such a short time that if there was no connection in between, it would definitely be a lie to fool fools.
By attracting wealthy people from all over the world to the Sabaody Archipelago, which is closest to the war, do the Celestial Dragons want to take advantage of this opportunity to swallow up all the rich people in the world in one breath?
This guess that popped up in the old turtle's mind was quickly denied by itself. If the Tianlong people really did this, it would be no different from digging their own graves.
Most of the wealthy and powerful nobles who went to the project archipelago were beneficiaries of the world order. They naturally stood in the camp of the gods and were the fat sheep that the peasant pirates were eyeing.
Are the Celestial Dragons or Im going crazy? After becoming alienated from the Navy, they are targeting the dignitaries of the member states, thinking that the World Government will last too long?
"I just don't understand. The world is really getting more and more chaotic. It's true that if you live long enough, you will experience all kinds of bad things." The old turtle gave up his wild thoughts. If a turtle wants to live, he should be as heartless as Luffy. Only an optimist can live long enough.
Luffy doesn't quite understand what adults say. The gold standard or other conspiracies are too far away for him, and his mind won't be too noisy about things further away.
Covering his swollen head, Luffy lay comfortably on the grass and looked at the night sky. He missed his friends a little, even though they had not been separated for too long.
Would Ace look at the same night sky as him? Would they see the same stars? He recalled the days when he and Luffy counted the stars at night when they were little. Every time he counted to 100, Luffy would start over.
Luffy's brain capacity is not enough for addition and subtraction beyond a hundred. In fact, it's not his fault. He was raised by bandits since he was a child, and he was not trained to be a bandit with a bandit's nature. He was already a good boy (before he was possessed by Nika).
Even though Luffy has a strong background, he never went to school since he was a child and never learned any systematic knowledge. His grandfather was a naval hero and his father was the leader of the revolutionary army, each one busier than the other, and they allowed their offspring to grow up in a barbaric way.
But soon as his mind turned, thinking about his relatives and shipmates whom he missed far away, his stomach began to growl.
The sound was faint at first, like thunder in the distance, but then it grew louder and louder, as if a big drum was beating wildly in his stomach.
Luffy's face turned red, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and secretly glanced at Mr. Buten who was around him.
The old turtle was originally preparing to close his eyes and take a nap, but after hearing the sound, he couldn't help rolling his eyes and muttering quietly that this guy digested too quickly.
Luffy grinned, revealing a somewhat embarrassed smile, and touched his stomach and said, "There's nothing I can do, my stomach is hungry."
Master Kame shook his head helplessly. He knew too little about his apprentice's big appetite. Luffy had only eaten for a few hours, and he was hungry again?!
"The stomach is really a bottomless pit. When I was young and your age, I couldn't eat as much as you do."
Although the teacher complained, he did not stop physically. He returned to his own hut and took out the leftovers to fill the stomach of his good apprentice first.
As for the comprehension of Qi, it is late tonight. After Luffy finishes his meal, let him have a good sleep and calm down to continue his comprehension tomorrow.
Luffy didn't want to wait for a moment. He stretched out his arms, grabbed food from the plate, and kept stuffing it into his mouth. He didn't even chew it. He could swallow a whole piece of meat in one bite.
He sat on the grass and started eating. After a while, his stomach was already round, but he still held a large piece of meat in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. The oil flowed down the corners of his mouth, wetting his clothes.
Teacher Wu Tian gave a helpless bitter smile, his eyes full of tolerance. He felt that he was a little too harsh on Luffy. After all, he had only been his apprentice for a short time, and he should be allowed to adapt for some time.
The Straw Hat Boy continued to clear the plate, not even leaving out every grease stain on the plate. As he seemed to be eating greedily, his heart gradually calmed down as his desires were satisfied.
He was able to be free of distractions, something he had never been able to do before, but now he was able to do so casually while eating non-stop. Changes were beginning to appear in his body.
The boy inadvertently looked up at the night sky. The starry sky set off a blank space in his mind. There was no pressure of adventure, no threat from enemies. At this moment, there was only endless satisfaction.
Luffy didn't realize what was happening to his body, but Master Roshi and the old turtle had expressions as if they had seen a ghost Σ( ° △ °|||)︴!
A miracle happened right before his eyes. A transparent gas, like an invisible veil, gently wrapped around Luffy's skin. If it weren't for his slightly upturned black hair, it would have been difficult for others to notice the abnormality.
Although this breath is weak, it faintly reveals Ang Yang's indomitable strength. As time goes by, the gas becomes more and more agile, as if it has its own consciousness, flowing slowly through Luffy's body.
Luffy scratched his head and was a little confused: "Why do I feel hotter the more I eat?"
He didn't think much about it and continued to pour the leftovers into his mouth.