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Chapter 284 Detonates the World!!

Thus, with the World Government's encouragement, news of Kyle's appointment spread rapidly throughout the world.

Unsurprisingly, this news caused an unprecedented sensation around the world.

It was even more shocking than the news that the Impel Down war had caused a huge change in the world order.

The reason, naturally, lies in the second half of that message.

Kyle's promotion to admiral also did not cause much of a stir in the world.

After all, for pirates or other forces around the world, the Admiral of the Navy does not represent a position, but a symbol of the Navy's top combat power.

Kyle already held the title of the world's strongest two years ago, so the position of Admiral made no difference to them whether they had it or not.

but--

The World Government's Honorary Sixth Star is something else entirely!

Everyone knows that the World Government is the true ruler of this world, and organizations such as the Navy and Army are under its command.

Furthermore, the World Government itself is extremely powerful, and the CP organization is feared by countless people.

In particular, CP0 within the CP organization is a major headache even for many powerful forces.

Of course, these forces on the surface are not the most feared aspect of the World Government.

Rather, it's the sense of intimidation emanating from the World Government, a regime that has existed for eight hundred years.

Countless people know from birth that the World Government is the regime that rules the world, and the Five Elders are the pinnacle of world power, the highest authority in the world.

This idea is deeply ingrained.

Taking Kyle's previous world as an example, pirate forces are like those folk bandits or organizations that oppose the government in the context of feudal dynasties.

They were even worse off; at least, rebel armies in the context of feudal dynasties occasionally had the ability to pose a real threat to the dynasty.

But in this world, no force has ever been heard of having the audacity to confront the World Government, or to try to change the world and establish a new regime.

The fact that a world government has stood for eight hundred years is no easy feat.

Therefore, taking all these factors into account, the influence of world governments is still very significant.

And now-

Kyle directly became one of the highest powers in the world government?

Is this some kind of exaggerated claim? Is this some kind of novel?

Moreover, as far as they know, the structure of the World Government, jointly governed by the Five Elders, has never changed in all these years.

Why is there suddenly an extra Honorary Sixth Star?

Why would those old guys, the Five Elders, agree to something like this?

Everyone and every faction was completely baffled.

The Five Elders: "Actually, we didn't want this either!! But we really had no choice~"

Meanwhile, in a sea area of ​​the New World, a ship with a predominantly red hull and an imposing overall design was sailing there.

This ship does not belong to anyone else; it is the flagship of Shanks, one of the Four Emperors.

On the ship's deck, the red-haired man sat beneath the mast, his eyes fixed intently on the newspaper in his hands, his pupils contracting slightly with each passing moment.

It's clear how shocked he is.

"Why...why did this happen?!"

The redhead couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He was also watching the newspaper report of Kyle becoming the sixth honorary star of the World Government.

He was even more perplexed by this situation than the rest of the world.

Because he once served in the World Government, his understanding of the World Government far exceeds that of most people.

He knew perfectly well that the Five Elders were second only to one person.

Even his "father," the leader of the Knights of God, the King of Speed ​​Bumps who had the power to execute Celestial Dragons, was not as powerful as those five people.

Normally, almost all the power of the world government is firmly controlled by those five people.

Because the biggest boss usually doesn't get involved.

Shanks knew that there was only one possibility for this to happen: Im himself had given the order. Only in this way could this situation occur.

So the red-haired man was even more confused, Im...

He's seen it before!

Of course, the Im he saw was still just a figure shrouded in shadow; he never saw Im's true face.

Moreover, he had only met him once, when his "father" took him to sign the "contract".

It was at that time that Shanks learned that the World Government was actually hiding a true world king.

It is also because he has learned more and more that he is now making continuous progress toward his goal.

and so--

Why did Kyle become the Honorary Sixth Star? Why did Im make such a decision?

Is it...

Has Kyle sided with Im? And signed a contract with Im?

If a contract were signed, what level of contract would it be? The deep sea or the abyss? It definitely wouldn't be the shallow sea.

But that doesn't make sense. Based on his understanding of Kyle, the other person doesn't seem like the type to side with Im!

Based on his initial impressions of Kyle during their conversation, it was highly likely that Kyle would overthrow the World Government, but the chances of him joining forces with it were extremely slim.

Moreover, a strongman like Kyle wouldn't lower his head and betray his country to the enemy for any reason.

Although Shanks wasn't very familiar with Kyle, he was certain that Kyle would never do such a thing.

So why is this happening now?

Redhead was completely baffled, his brows furrowed tightly.

Suddenly, the cabin door behind him was opened, and a little girl with two-tone hair walked out, rubbing her eyes and looking sleepy.

Seeing the redhead's back, he subconsciously spoke:

"Shanks, what are you doing sitting there?"

But the redhead did not answer her question.

"Shanks?!"

The little girl, Uta, called out again, but the redhead still didn't respond.

This made Uta tilt her head in confusion, and at the same time walk towards the redhead.

Questions also arose in my mind.

Given Shanks' strength, he should theoretically be able to sense her movements the moment she appears, but he hasn't responded after calling her so many times.

What happened?

Before long, Uta arrived beside the red-haired man. Seeing that Uta's brows were still furrowed, she couldn't help but speak again:

"Shanks, what are you doing?"

"What are you looking at?"

As she spoke, Uta glanced at the newspaper in the red-haired man's hand, but when she saw the familiar yet unfamiliar figure on the page, Uta immediately exclaimed with a hint of surprise:

"Isn't that Kyle?!"

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