Among the flowers.
This is a towering palace.
Deep within the palace, there is a throne symbolizing the King of the World.
Eight hundred years ago, the Twenty Kings who founded the World Government left the throne empty, forbidding anyone from sitting on it, yet now a figure sits high upon it.
Strangely...
The Five Elders have no objections.
This group of elderly men respectfully kneel down toward the dark shadow seated on the Void Throne, quietly listening to the orders given.
Imu.
The King of the World hidden deep within Mary Geoise.
This is a deeply concealed figure within the World Government, with the World Government and the Five Elders always following Imu's guidance to eliminate unsettling factors in the world.
Likewise...
To avoid being known by the world...
Imu also forbids anyone from knowing of his existence.
Anyone who becomes aware of his existence will certainly be completely eliminated.
The King of the World quietly sits on the Void Throne, silently listening to the Five Elders report on the matter of Alabasta's Golden Underground Palace, shrouding everything about himself in darkness.
"As you said..."
"Is Im's existence already known?"
"This..."
The Five Elders exchange glances and then lower their heads again.
"It seems so..."
The Five Elders dare not lie about this matter, so they mention their remedial measures: "We will immediately dispatch the Navy to intercept and pursue all informed pirates..."
"But there is another problem..."
An elderly man softly voices their difficulty: "The Konoha Pirates' power is identical to that of the past Rocks, Sengoku and two Admirals cannot capture them, and there is still a possibility of information leakage..."
Another elderly man lifts his head and solemnly expresses his thoughts: "I believe we can use the Buster Call to destroy Alabasta, burying all existence there first, but both the Navy Admiral and the Admirals are also informed..."
Another elder raises his head and offers his differing opinion: "Acting this way might alert those pirates, catching the snake will only lead them to recklessly spread news about Master Imu, destroying Alabasta will be of no consequence..."
"So... it is only possible to remedy it..."
The shadow on the Void Throne falls silent, a finger lightly tapping on the throne's seat, and then suddenly speaks again: "Fine... Im also wants to know... Lily's words... the true secret hidden in Alabasta..."
"We... do not yet know."
An elder bows his head, cautiously reporting: "After all, the information in the Underground Palace involves Master Imu, we dare not handle it rashly..."
"No matter."
Seated high on the Void Throne, the shadow is indifferent to it all, waving his hand to show his attitude to the Five Elders: "Let Im know... Lily's words... the rest be cleansed one by one."
"..."
The Five Elders bow their heads, not daring to speak further.
The rest be cleansed one by one...
Clearly, this also includes the Navy Admiral and the Navy Admirals!
If the secrets recorded on Alabasta's Golden Stele are too shocking, are these people also in Imu's cleansing list?
But...
They have no choice but to act.
To bring back Alabasta's secret, the Five Elders plan to dispatch collectively, heading to Alabasta's Golden Underground Palace.
Should those blank histories prove too shocking, the Five Elders could use their power to eliminate the informed Sengoku the Buddha and two Navy Admirals!
But...
The Five Elders soon won't worry about this problem.
World Economic News Agency.
The news industry across the seas is extremely developed, all reliant on the agency's president Morgans, a Bird-Bird Fruit: Albatross Form user.
As the leading figure in the news industry, Morgans always meets people in beast form, gathering news across the world, even risking life to uncover news, with many major events first reported by his newspaper, directly igniting the whole sea...
As a result...
Morgans is also known as 'Big News.'
Morgans is well aware that the news industry makes many enemies, but he doesn't care about that, only about the big news he creates...
As a media practitioner, Morgans has always hoped his newspaper could have tremendous influence, casually stirring up turmoil in the seas...
Like the Heavenly Celestial Dragon assassination case.
Upon receiving the news, Morgans immediately reported it, fully aware it would explode across the sea, and indeed, that issue of the newspaper was sold out...
Tasting sweetness once...
Naturally, he longs for a second bite.
Recently, Morgans has felt that something big is about to happen, roaming the seas in hopes of creating another big news piece.
But...
Morgans has learned some news from a News Bird.
The previous news of Clown Buggy's assassination of the Heavenly Celestial Dragon was actually secretly conveyed to him by the World's Number One Sword Master, Seven Warlords of the Sea Dracule Mihawk, making Morgans feel Mihawk still has secrets to uncover, so he secretly wanted to lurk around Mihawk.
Needless to say...
The head of the news agency is quite desperate.
However, Dracule Mihawk has never returned home, only sailing a small boat directly to the latter part of the Grand Line's New World, leaving Morgans, who was squatting near Mihawk's home, completely empty-handed...