Chapter 535

Lin Xuan didn't show that he knew Bai Xing was the Ancient Weapon, and Neptune and the others also thought that Lin Xuan just had powerful intelligence capabilities and knew they had an Ancient Weapon on Fish-Man Island, but didn't know where it was.

Even Neptune, seeing that Bai Xing and Lin Xuan had such a good relationship, wondered what expression Lin Xuan would have if he knew Bai Xing was Poseidon later.

Subsequently, under the reluctant gaze of Bai Xing, Lin Xuan set off to leave Fish-Man Island.

At the same time, a new article he wrote was published in the newspaper.

This time, he didn't comment on a high-level official of the World Government, but wrote a debt-collection article, and the target of the debt collection was—the World Government!

When the Summit War happened, the Five Elders thought Lin Xuan had attacked the Holy Land of Mary Geoise and were forced to compromise and make concessions, and thus agreed to Lin Xuan's two conditions.

One of the conditions was the cession of Marineford; this condition was completed shortly after the war ended, and the current Navy Headquarters had already moved to the new headquarters.

As for Marineford, it naturally became the territory of the Ninja Assembly, but Lin Xuan lent it to the Revolutionary Army, and it was now garrisoned by the Revolutionary Army's troops.

This also further consolidated the cooperation between the two sides; the current Revolutionary Army and the Ninja Assembly had a close relationship, and even that guy Monkey D. Dragon often ran to the Sabaody Archipelago.

The second condition was that the World Government needed to pay Lin Xuan one hundred Devil Fruits!

However, from the end of the war to the present, the World Government had made no move on this condition, and it seemed they didn't intend to honor it.

This time, Lin Xuan didn't wantonly satirize the Five Elders in the article, nor did he criticize the World Government extensively.

The article was not long, and the content was very concise: The World Government is limited to handing over the one hundred Devil Fruits owed to the Ninja Assembly within one day, otherwise, bear the consequences!

However, as the newspaper spread, it caused quite a stir.

The Ninja Assembly was challenging the World Government again?

For a time, many factions began to stir, and they were all paying attention to this matter.

Of course, many ordinary people were even more disappointed with the World Government after seeing the newspaper.

The fact that the World Government compromised during the last Summit War was actually publicized at the time, and now the World Government's behavior of not honoring its promise also caused the World Government's prestige to be affected again.

With the rise of the Ninja Assembly, many people had begun to choose to support the Ninja Assembly, especially those who had been oppressed by the Celestial Dragons.

Even many countries that were still hesitating before were considering going to the Sabaody Archipelago to participate in the upcoming World Assembly held by the Ninja Assembly!

Before, they had no choice and could only be governed and ruled by the World Government; now that they had the Ninja Assembly, they also had more choices.

Suddenly, the whole world became boisterous again because of this short message!

World Government Headquarters.

Sengoku Kong looked grave and went to visit the Five Elders again.

Nowadays, in the World Government, any matter concerning Lin Xuan or the Ninja Assembly would be given the highest degree of attention!

Even Sengoku Kong, the Commander-in-Chief of the World Government, didn't dare to make decisions easily when facing matters concerning the Ninja Assembly, for fear of making any mistakes!

Therefore, Sengoku Kong could only ask the Five Elders for instructions.

When the Five Elders learned of this matter, the five of them didn't know if it was because they remembered the frustration of the Summit War or for other reasons, but their expressions suddenly turned cold.

Boom!

The mustachioed one slammed his fist on the table, smashing it directly into pieces.

"How bold, this guy actually dares to do this!" The mustachioed one roared angrily.

The bald monk on the side also said in a cold tone: "Hmph, we just didn't want to argue with him; does he really think we would give him one hundred Devil Fruits?"

"Hehe, bear the consequences?"

The golden-bearded one sneered and said with some anger: "This guy dares to threaten us like this? Don't think we are really that easy to bully!"

The curly-haired one and the long-bearded one were also somewhat angry, but the long-bearded one was also somewhat worried.

In fact, the two conditions they agreed to for Lin Xuan at the time were just a temporary expedient.

And in their view, ceding Marineford was already a huge concession, and they had already given enough face to the Ninja Assembly.

Of course, it was more because if they didn't cede it, the Ninja Assembly probably wouldn't have let it go so easily at the time.

As for the one hundred Devil Fruits, they were actually just stalling Lin Xuan, and in reality, they had never considered honoring the promise.

Since the crisis was resolved, there was no need to really give the Devil Fruits!

Now seeing Lin Xuan openly threatening them, they felt extremely angry.

Hateful, simply extremely hateful!

They were the highest power holders of the World Government, they were the Five Elders, and the other party actually threatened them again and again!

Sengoku Kong on the side was terrified and stood by without speaking.

A moment later, the Five Elders gradually calmed down, and Sengoku Kong asked: "My lords, how should we respond to this matter?"

Soon, the Five Elders' reply was: "No need to pay attention!"

Sengoku Kong hesitated; he really wanted to say that if they didn't pay attention, the people of the Ninja Assembly might really do something.

However, the Five Elders might have their own considerations, and in the end, they just told Sengoku Kong to strengthen defenses everywhere and let him leave directly.

After Sengoku Kong left, the few of them snorted again.

"Hehe, even if we don't give it to him, what can he do to us?"

"If he dares to come, then we can take this opportunity to make him stay here forever!"

"That's right, the World Government's prestige was damaged because of him, and now it's time to restore it!"

Clearly, the few Five Elders didn't care at all about Lin Xuan's debt collection.

The current situation was different from back then; at that time, they were worried about the situation in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, so they didn't dare to fight Lin Xuan for a long time, but now they were guarding the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

If Lin Xuan really dared to attack, they had enough confidence to stop him.

Even, Imu was now in the Holy Land, and it would be best to solve Lin Xuan then!

In this way, the World Government's prestige would definitely be restored!

After getting the Five Elders' reply, although Sengoku Kong was still worried, he still issued orders to strengthen defenses in all aspects.

Soon, all subordinate departments, including the Navy Headquarters, entered a state of alert.

Time passed, and finally, a day went by.

During this period, the World Government never responded; they neither honored the promise nor made a reply, as if they were completely unaware of the newspaper matter.

However, a huge change also began at this time!