Chapter 374 Mercury: Day 36 of Missing Old Mars and Jupiter

Since the founding of Wano Country, it has earned a considerable amount of Baileys by relying on its unique seastone resources, and has also opened up the markets of many countries in the New World.

After all, resources like seastone are not only scarce in the ocean, but also extremely difficult to find.

Not only that, the value of seastone in Qinghai is now even higher than hard currency such as gold, because Lex also ordered the world to release hundreds of thousands of artificial devil fruits in Qinghai at a low price. As a result, many people became devil fruit users, including navy and pirates, but most of them are ambitious civilians.

Behind the explosive increase in the number of people with fruit abilities is the growing demand for seastone.

After all, currently only seastone can effectively imprison people with special abilities.

Taking advantage of the trend of the times, Wano Country can be said to have boarded the express train of the times.

However, precisely because seastone is so valuable, there are countless pairs of greedy and jealous eyes in Qinghai, quietly watching Wano Country, wishing to replace it.

Among them is the world government.

Marijoa, the top of the Red Earth Continent, is still under reconstruction. Many people in Marijoa probably still have a clear memory of it. About ten years ago, Marijoa also suffered the baptism of war by Leon Lex, and Marijoa was rebuilt at that time.

However, compared with this reconstruction, the one ten years ago is nothing.

The reason is that when Rex first attacked Marijoa ten years ago, it was just to make the New World independent and unify the pirate forces, of course, in name only, it was under the banner of revenge for his mother.

And this time, there is no reason at all for attacking Marijoa, and no reason is needed. If we have to say something, maybe it is to pave the way for the world and for a new era. With Lex's current strength and power, there is no need for any reason to attack Marijoa. He just wants to kill you, it's that simple.

Therefore, the intensity of the war this time can be said to be extremely terrifying. From the Five Elders and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army to the Chief of the CP and the Army General, every one of them died. From this, we can imagine how dilapidated and desolate Marijoa is today, with broken walls and ruins.

However, no matter how hard it is, the Celestial Dragon Master cannot suffer too much. The Holy Land issued an order to mobilize the naval engineering forces and the remaining land forces, and also recruited young and strong men and slaves from the Red Earth Continent. Within a few months, the new Marijoa once again stood on the top of the majestic Red Earth Continent.

Between the powers——

The new Five Elders discussed some matters.

Mercury, as the leader of the Five Elder Stars, was the first to say:

"I heard that there are a large number of seastone resources circulating in the New World. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden silence among the powerful. No one answered, and the scene was somewhat awkward in silence.

Mercury saw this and sighed secretly.

If it were in the past, with wise Jupiter and grumpy old Mars both present, the scene would never calm down.

Old Mars would definitely curse loudly and directly start to rant: [Damn Lex!! ~ He actually occupied the New World for ten years, and now he has occupied the seastone resources. The Navy should be the vanguard, and the CP should be the insider, and they should directly rush into the New World, grab the seastone, and kill Lex, the bastard!! ~]

The wise Jupiter would immediately shake his head and give his own opinion: [Saint Maz is wrong. Not to mention the chances of winning the attack on the New World, the resources lost by sending so many forces far exceed the seastone. It would be better to send CP to disguise as a caravan and trade some seastone from the New World. By the way, cause some trouble for Lex, stir up civil unrest in Wano, and ruin his seastone business.]

Then, according to the previous plot, after hearing the opinions of the grumpy old Mars and the wise Jupiter, Mercury will inevitably ask the opinions of the rest of the world's highest powers again, and finally make the final decision and vote by raising hands.

Unfortunately, the old friends are gone. Old Mars was killed by the shameless betrayal of Galin Saint, while Jupiter spoke up for justice at the last critical moment of the war, but was torn to pieces by the evil minions under Lex.

What’s even more hateful is that Galin Sheng, the culprit who indirectly killed Old Mars, is now sitting on the seat that originally belonged to Old Mars, exercising the highest power in the world as the new Five Elders, looking as if it has nothing to do with him.

This made Mercury even more annoyed. Although old Mars was a little stupid, he was really brave enough to take action when something happened, and he was thinking about the Holy Land in his heart. Although Jupiter was sometimes indecisive, he could always come up with good suggestions most of the time.

Thinking of this, Mercury looked at Jialin Sheng coldly:

"I wonder what advice Saint Jialin has? Can you bring those seastone resources to the Holy Land?"

When Jialin Sheng heard Shui Xing's question, he raised his eyebrows and replied calmly:

"How can I have such a brilliant opinion? Compared to the seniors, I am just a newcomer. I should listen to their brilliant opinions first."

Seeing Jialin Sheng throwing the burden to him again, Shui Xing was not angry, but just said coldly:

"That's fine. It's best if you don't give any advice. After all, your opinion may be Leon Lex's."

Hearing these sarcastic remarks, Jialin Sheng did not get angry, but just lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

There is nothing much to say about this. He colluded with Lex twice in the two wars. The first time, he tricked Mous, the deputy leader of the Knights of Death, and profited from it himself, and took control of the Knights of God. The second time, he tricked old Mars to death, profited from it himself, and ascended to the new position of the world's highest power.

Speaking of it, he colluded with Lex twice and acted as an actor, not to stab the World Government in the back, but purely to profit from it. Although from the results he was a traitor to the extreme, Galin Sheng himself never thought so. He always felt that he was loyal to Lord Im and was Lord Im's loyal servant. It's just that Lord Im's other servants were not very obedient, so he joined forces with outsiders to deal with these disobedient servants first, and then became Lord Im's most loyal servant.

Im has lived for more than 800 years, so he could naturally see at a glance what Galin Sheng was thinking. So even though he colluded with Lex and killed Mus and Old Mars one after another, Im didn't say anything, but just continued to let Galin Sheng perform his duties. Perhaps Im could also see that this outstanding descendant of the Celestial Dragons was still loyal to him in his heart.

Mercury didn't think so clearly. He always felt that Lord Im was too old and had let this traitorous actor take over the highest power in the world and become the new Mars.

Mercury looked at Venus again, Izambaron V. Nasujuro--

He is also a dedicated legendary actor. Among the Five Elder Stars, every time Lex wants to backstab the World Government and trick Mary Joa, he is always able to know it accurately at the first time and then make the decision that is most beneficial to himself and his family in a timely manner.

The most classic example is when Lex was building a cross-sea trade chain in 1492 of the Haiyuan calendar. When the other five elder stars were still arguing over whether to agree with Lex to build the trade chain, Venus had already invested trillion Baileys in Lex as start-up capital, and by the way, it also acquired shares for its Izambalon family. At that time, this wave of operations even blinded the eyes of old Mars.