Chapter 650: The Story of Lord Yi, Twenty Kings (3 Watches) (Ch 650)

“Eight hundred years ago, twenty kings formed a coalition. After defeating an enemy, the coalition did not disband. The twenty kings decided to form a new government. This is the origin of the world government…” the Bald King said softly.
Orgrim nodded, and then pretended to be very natural and asked: “Who is the enemy?”
“That enemy is…” The Bald King said this, then suddenly smiled and looked at Orgrim and said, “Do you underestimate me?”
“Hahahaha, how is that possible? What you said, I have always respected you, okay? I even have your portrait at home, really…” Orgrim said with a big laugh.
“You don’t need to ask what the enemy is. It’s all history anyway…” The Bald King ignored Orgrim’s “teasing” and continued.
“I hate people like you who tell stories halfway. The story is all dust and you are still hiding things…” Orgrim complained first.
Then he asked, “Twenty kings? Did the Nefertari clan that was killed by Crocodile also participate?”
“Yes, they participated. However, some other situations arose later. The Nefertari clan did not choose to cooperate with the other 19 kings. They returned to Alabasta with other thoughts. Therefore, the descendants of the 20 kings of the Celestial Dragons, theoretically have 20 families, but in reality, there are only 19.” The Bald King did not hide anything about this point.
After a brief pause, the bald king said, “In your eyes, the World Government is corrupt and decadent, right?”
Orgrim took a sip from the teacup and said as a matter of course, “Isn’t this natural? Not just in my eyes, but in the eyes of many people, it’s like this, okay? How did you become a revolutionary? But unlike those people who are making revolution, I like your World Government very much, hahahahahaha.”
“Yes, we have to admit that the current world government is really corrupt and decadent…” said the Bald King with some emotion.
But before Orgrim could speak, the bald king continued, “But in fact, eight hundred years ago, the original intention of the twenty kings to establish the World Government was good and kind. They wanted to bring order and peace to the world, and hoped that the World Government could be used as the center to mediate and reverse the conflicts between countries… and so on.”
Of this, Orgrim had no doubt.
In essence, putting aside factors such as corruption and decadence, the world government structure does have this function, and it is very powerful.
“But when power becomes huge and no one can check and balance it, everything changes. The Void Throne was the beautiful expectation of the world for the twenty kings at the beginning… But it eventually became a throne of dictatorship, and Lord Im appeared.” The Bald King said softly.
“Or rather, it has changed.” The Bald King thought for a moment and added.
Orgrim’s eyes sparkled as he asked, “Is he one of the twenty kings?”
“Is this strange?” The Bald King did not deny anything and asked calmly.
Orgrim smiled and waved his hand, saying, “I am a little surprised, but actually, there is nothing strange about it. As the rumors say, that guy gained the power of immortality because of the Operation Fruit, right?”
“That’s right.” The Bald King nodded.
“At that time, no one knew about this. No one knew that Lord Im had obtained eternal life. Perhaps… Nefertari knew about it? This may be the reason why they chose to leave?” The Bald King thought for a while and said.
“As time passed, the remaining eighteen kings gradually became history, but Lord Im is still alive. During this period, due to his special status and position, he continued to concentrate power in the World Government and in his own hands. The navy was also formed at that stage, which further exploited the military strength and power of the member states. At the same time, it contributed to the fundamental strengthening of the World Government…” the blond boss said softly at this time.
Orgrim couldn’t help but nodded.
He had long known that the origins of the navy were probably formed after the establishment of the World Government.
This point can be traced back to the fact that most of the navy’s history is presented very normally.
And what the blond guy said about the fundamental power was not wrong.
Without a powerful and violent organization like the Navy, the overlord of the sea, the World Government would be nothing more than an empty shell in name only.
There should be some influence, but it will never be as great as it is now.
The world government with a navy can defeat all countries in the world and use its powerful armed forces to ensure the deterrent effect of the world government.
“Political power, wealth power, and military power are all concentrated in this organization called the ‘World Government’. We don’t know what happened at that time, but from here, it is enough to see how superb Lord Im’s skills are…” The bearded man said with some emotion.
Orgrim nodded in approval, although he didn’t know how the big boss Yim did it.
But the fact is that the world government is now a behemoth that combines these three forces into one.
“According to our investigation, there were resistance at the beginning, but in the end, it was the World Government that was passed down…” the Bald King said again.
“We can be considered to have received this kind of ‘favor’, the world’s highest power… hehe.” The bearded man laughed again.
I don’t know, is he making fun of himself or doing something else?
“At that time, the World Government was celebrating, celebrating that we had become the most powerful and stable organization in the world, and the decline must have started from then on… Just as Dragon said in the book “Institutions and Change”, once power loses its checks and balances and becomes corrupt, it will make people feel despair and terror…” The Bald King said with a smile.
Orgrim looked at the Five Elders in surprise and asked, “Did you read that book of Drago, too?”
“To defeat an opponent, you must first understand him. Let alone Dorag. If you, Orgrim, publish a book one day, such as an autobiography or something, we will grit our teeth and read it even if the writing is terrible, and even study it many times…” the Bald King teased with a smile.
“After hearing what you said, it’s even more impossible for me to write such a thing…” Orgrim said with a big laugh.
“Lord Im’s methods are extremely sophisticated. After realizing this, he not only did not restrain himself, but intensified it, taking exploitation and oppression, and dictatorship to the extreme. At the same time, we have to admit that thanks to him, the World Government has become extremely powerful, and the shackles of the navy were tightly put around its neck at that time…” The Bald King did not talk nonsense with Orgrim, and continued his story.
A glimmer of understanding flashed across Orgrim’s eyes.
Before the Bald King could speak again, Orgrim grinned and said, “When everything was in his hands, he died…right?”
The bald king’s eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he said incredulously: “I didn’t expect you could think of this?”
“Don’t treat me like an idiot, okay?” Orgrim couldn’t help but complain again.
“No, I’m really praising you. At the beginning, we secretly investigated for a long time before we figured out all this. You thought of it as soon as you heard it…” Bald King said with some emotion.
I always feel that this guy Orgrim is becoming more and more evil?
Orgrim was a little amused. This was the gap between the times, right? If he had grown up in this world, he might also be confused.
But, in his previous life, the country he lived in had a 5,000-year history of civilization. What kind of weird things hadn’t happened there?
Just 800 years, that’s the Zhou Dynasty…
“After concentrating all the conflicts, grievances, darkness and hatred on himself, Lord Yimu ‘died’…” The Bald King nodded.
Orgrim was really not surprised at all, this was indeed a routine operation.
Faking death.
“We believe internally that, perhaps during this period, Lord Im was still not completely corrupted. Everything he did was to make the World Government larger and more deterrent. At the same time, facts have also proved that in the more than two hundred years after this period, the areas ruled by the World Government were almost all in a period of peace. The development of various countries was advancing rapidly under the regulation of the World Government…” the bearded man added.
Orgrim nodded again without any doubt. This sounded a bit like the Soviet Union, but it was better than the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was lame and had powerful external rivals, while the World Government was fully developed and had no rivals.
“When Lord Im ‘died’, all the previous grudges, hatreds, and conflicts disappeared, but the World Government did not return the power that was originally ‘seized’…” The Bald King took a sip of tea and said calmly.
“Hahahahahaha, if it were me, I wouldn’t return it. What? Are you going to return it?” Orgrim laughed.
“Of course not.” The Bald King said without hesitation.
Even though we know that this may lead to an imbalance of power, it is absolutely impossible to give back the power we have obtained. This is the poison of power.
“The late Lord Im had arranged everything before his death. On the surface, the World Government has restored ‘order’ and is no longer a dictatorship, but in fact, the Five Elder Stars of all generations have always been under the control of Lord Im, and with the passage of time, this control and deterrence have become stronger and stronger. I am not afraid to tell you that there should have been voices of resistance in the past eight hundred years, but in the end, all these ‘lights’ were extinguished by Lord Im, who secretly controlled everything.” The bearded man said in a deep voice.
“You, are this the new voice?” Orgrim said with a smile.
“Maybe, but I have nothing to hide from you. We are also after power.” The bearded man said without hesitation.
“Honest!” Orgrim nodded.
“Maybe it’s because time has passed too long, and Lord Im seems to have lost interest in this ‘game’. In our time, he rarely comes to manage the affairs of the World Government. In fact, although we still have Lord Im above us, it is not wrong to say that we are the ‘supreme authority’. The last time Lord Im paid attention to the affairs of the World Government was during the time of Pirate King Roger…” said the Bald King with a smile.
“Although we always go to pay our respects at every world conference, Lord Yim has no interest in participating…” the bearded man also said.
“In other words, you can see Lord Im at any time?” Orgrim raised his eyebrows and asked.
“No…” The Bald King shook his head and continued, “It’s Lord Im. He can see us at any time. In fact, we don’t know much about him, but what is certain is that he is not in Marijoa most of the time. He only comes back to visit during the World Conference, and that’s just to see…”
Orgrim’s eyes changed a little, and he asked, “If that’s the case, there’s no need for you to…rebel, right?”
“Sitting in our position, can you endure having a knife hanging over your head that could take your life at any time, Orgrim?” the blond boss asked in a deep voice.
“Hahahaha…I understand.” Orgrim said with a smile.
“What’s more, this knife is moody. Maybe one day, it will suddenly have some incomprehensible idea of ​​’fun’ and deprive us of everything we have. Who can bear this feeling?” Bald King also said.
“So you will definitely join forces with me, the ‘hammer’, to smash this knife?” Orgrim asked with an evil smile on his face.
“That’s right.” The Bald King said firmly.