The royal palace highlands fell silent after Kouta's story.
Suddenly receiving such earth-shattering news, even Shanks and the others had to calm their minds and carefully consider the impact of this news on the world and themselves.
After all, the facts Kouta presented were vastly different from what they had always believed!
They could never have imagined that the Celestial Dragons, who were supposed to stand at the pinnacle of world power, were actually just pigs being penned.
However, through Kouta's account, they now knew that the ones keeping the Celestial Dragons were not the World Government, but their masters.
A true king who had sat on the Empty Throne for eight hundred years, and had never appeared in history.
Eight hundred years.
Just thinking about it sent shivers down their spines.
Such a long period of time, even a pig would have grown into a monstrous beast, let alone Im, who could control Uranus.
They didn't know what Im was, but to have overthrown the great kingdom that ruled the world eight hundred years ago, the Land of God.
Despite possessing Pluto and the ally Poseidon of the Great Kingdom, they still managed to overthrow it.
It was unlikely that Uranus alone was enough.
Therefore, Im must be a terrifying existence beyond everyone's imagination.
This was the only explanation for why He could command the Twenty Kingdoms, why the Celestial Dragons were willing to be His penned pigs, and why the world's history had a hundred-year blank.
Such a terrifying existence, unknown before, now clearly echoed in their ears.
Moreover, Kouta had made an agreement with such an existence, promising to settle things with Him in Mary Geoise in the future.
Snapping back to reality, everyone looked up at Kouta.
They couldn't see any trace of nervousness or fear on his still youthful face, only a nonchalance and unparalleled confidence.
What gave Kouta such confidence?
Was it strength?
Thinking of the corpses of Kaido and Charlotte Linlin lying on the cold island debris below, they thought they knew the reason.
It could only be strength.
Shanks gazed at Kouta, his eyes gradually showing determination. He raised his sake bottle, took a long drink, and then shouted loudly.
"Kouta, when you go to Mary Geoise, remember to notify me. Although my strength might not match yours, now that I know about this, I want to be a part of it!"
"Mm!"
Kouta nodded. He was not surprised that Shanks wanted to accompany him to Mary Geoise, to overthrow the World Government, to slaughter the true king and true god sitting on the Empty Throne and ruling the world.
After all, for such a monumental event, let alone Shanks, anyone with a burning heart, anyone who knew the truth, would want to get involved.
He saw the excitement on the faces of Shanks' crewmates after he spoke.
Indeed, they were a Yonko crew. If you think about it, besides the Pirate King, they had reached the pinnacle of piracy.
And claiming the title of Pirate King was not easy. Thus, for years, apart from traveling the world, they had no specific goal.
Now, knowing of Im's existence and Captain Shanks' desire to attack Mary Geoise with Kouta, they felt as if they had returned to the era of Yonko battles, their blood boiling once more.
"I, I, I."
Just then, Sabo, his face flushed, suddenly stood up and said loudly to Kouta, "And us, please notify us too, Mr. Kouta."
Having said that, he bowed deeply to Kouta, then raised his head and said, "I don't need to introduce ourselves, I believe Mr. Kouta already knows who we are!"
"Alright, when you leave, just give me your headquarters' signal (that is, your phone number)."
"Oh, right."
Kouta put down his sake gourd, turned his head to look at Sabo, and asked with a smile, "I wonder how Ivankov is doing?"
If he remembered correctly, Ivankov had been captured by the Navy a long time ago and sent to Impel Down.
And there, he used the tunnels created by Morley with his Paramecia fruit to create Impel Down's Level 5.5 "Newkama Land."
Thinking of Ivankov, a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
Although he had only become acquainted with that guy after a fight, and they had only spent a day together, Ivankov was the first strong person he had encountered in his understanding of this world.
Therefore, his impression of Ivankov was very deep.
"Lord Ivankov?"
Sabo lowered his eyelids, his tone slightly somber, "A few years ago, Lord Ivankov was captured by the Navy and imprisoned in the world's number one prison, Impel Down. We don't have his current whereabouts."
"You don't know?"
Kouta seemed a bit surprised.
He had thought that Ivankov's imprisonment in Impel Down was deliberate.
After all, that guy had developed Newkama Land there and lived quite leisurely.
And those tunnels created by Morley with his Paramecia fruit, without Morley personally telling Ivankov, might have been impossible for anyone to find.
But from Sabo's words, it was clear he had been mistaken. Ivankov had indeed been captured and imprisoned in Impel Down.
Hmm…
That made sense. Given the Revolutionary Army's shortage of personnel, they wouldn't send their top leader to Impel Down.
After all, it was filled with ferocious pirates. With the Revolutionary Army's ideology, even if they were short-handed, they wouldn't recruit people from there.
After all, they were all adults. Unlike Luffy, the passionate young man, both Dragon and Ivankov understood the destruction that these pirates would cause to the world if they broke out of that underwater cage.
In the original work, if it was said that it was Monkey D. Luffy who released those fierce pirates,
It would be more accurate to say it was Blackbeard.
After all, the pirates released by Monkey D. Luffy's group all followed them to the Summit War, and afterward, they all followed the great Buggy, whose name could not be pronounced backward.
"Don't worry, I'll personally go to Impel Down then. I believe Magellan and the Navy will give me some face and let Ivankov and the others out!"
Kouta said casually.
It was as if the so-called world's number one underwater prison was no different from an ordinary place in his eyes.
However, his words instantly invigorated Sabo.
If anyone else said this, it might have sounded like boasting to him, but who was in front of him?
This was the silver-haired Kouta who had just killed two Yonko and would later go to Mary Geoise to slay a god!
Regarding him, Sabo's initial calmness had turned into admiration.
After all, strictly speaking, Kouta was younger than him, yet this Kouta was about to do what their Revolutionary Army desired most.
And the possibility of success was very high.
"Thank you!"
Sabo bowed to Kouta with deep gratitude.
"What are you thanking me for? Ivankov and I are friends! If a friend is in trouble, of course I'll go rescue him!"
Kouta laughed heartily and waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that such thanks were unnecessary.
"Mm!"
Sabo straightened up, a smile of excitement on his face, and said to Kouta, "Regardless, thank you, Mr. Kouta. Thank you for everything you've done for this world."
Kouta took a deep look at Sabo, shook his head helplessly, then raised his sake gourd and clinked it with Shanks'. "Alright, sit down, let's keep eating and drinking. The feast isn't over yet!"