Pirates: Beyond Akainu

Chapter 184 Spring
The development of the world has entered the fast lane of peace.

In the 15th year of the new world government, McCarthy was re-elected as president in the general election.

A month after his re-election, McCarthy went to the former presidential palace and now his private residence to meet with Amanda Roy, whom he regarded as the father of the world.

The outside world may not know that in the five years since McCarthy was elected president, he has come to meet with Roy every month to report on his work.

Now is no exception.

In the most luxurious house in the world today, Roy and his family are enjoying lunch. He now has nine sons and eleven daughters. The family is very prosperous and the dining scene is quite lively.

McCarthy had to wait in the reception room for Roy to finish spending time with his family before coming to talk to him.

In this regard, McCarthy, who has been re-elected as president, has become increasingly impatient. He feels that he must do something. He can't "respect" the former president for the rest of his life, right?
As usual, Roy sat and McCarthy stood when reporting.

Roy, whose hair had begun to turn gray, shook his head, tapped his fingers on the smooth tabletop, and said softly, "Hmm," as he finished listening to McCarthy's report.

McCarthy stood up straight. He no longer knelt like when he first met Roy. He even sat down directly after reporting his work without asking for permission.

Roy saw McCarthy's change in his eyes, but said nothing.

"Former President Mr. Roy, our government, our world is at great risk of a severe economic crisis that will destabilize the entire world."

"From all the data, I think there should be a way for you to come to see me. Let me tell you, I chose you because you are very smart."

McCarthy was still happy to receive praise from Roy. He was indeed prepared. It was because he came up with this great plan that he felt more confident in front of Roy, the father of the world.

McCarthy cleared his throat and began to talk briefly about his big idea.

"I plan to build five super central cities around the world. They are Shampoo Islands, Water City, Alabasta, Dressrosa, and Elbaf Island. The giant race has died."

"Then what?" Roy became interested. This was a plan he had wanted to establish as a companion city but failed to implement in the end.

McCarthy said enthusiastically: "I will use the world's resources to build these five super cities, let all politics, education, technology, industry, commerce, etc. be concentrated in these five super cities, and implement different policies in the cities. External policies and laws have become a de facto state within a state.”

"Yeah." Roy said he was listening.

McCarthy: “Then I will use these five super cities as the center and divide the world into three markets. The five super cities are the first-class markets, the small city ports are the second-class markets, and the largest rural areas are the third-class markets. Wait for markets, and establish a strict population system to prohibit people from moving freely. At the same time, economic and trade exchanges between markets require taxes.”

"If we do this, the world's economy will be revitalized by us, and our government will also obtain endless tax revenues, conservatively estimated to increase by at least ten times! The point is that the upcoming economic crisis will also be solved under our reforms!"

The smart Roy almost instantly understood the great benefits of this hierarchical system to the government, especially that the power of the capital would be unprecedentedly strengthened and become the true center of the world.

"Okay, okay, okay." Roy clapped and said three "yess" in a row to express his admiration for McCarthy's plan. "Hurry up and convene the members of Congress to discuss a complete plan and give it to me."

"Okay, Mr. Roy." McCarthy received the expected admiring reaction, and was even more pleased with himself.

“Does this economic reform have a name?”

"Not yet, why don't you pick one up, Mr. Roy."

Roy looked out the window and said, "It's spring now, let's give it a simple name, let's call it Spring Reform."

"A very good name." McCarthy agreed, and suddenly said: "Mr. Roy, I remember that this gorgeous palace was originally built as the presidential palace. I think it is necessary to pass on this glorious tradition."

McCarthy spoke cautiously, but resolutely.He felt it was time to end this dysfunctional presidency.

Roy's expression was stunned, but it was only for a small moment that could not be detected. He also walked over and patted McCarthy's shoulder affectionately.

"Of course, but you have also seen that I have a lot of family members and they are used to living here. Let me see it this way. When you complete the spring reforms, I will give up the presidential palace and never get involved in political affairs again. "

"It's a deal!" McCarthy happily revealed his original intention.

Roy smiled and opened the door for McCarthy to leave.

He smiles because he is really happy.

Long after McCarthy left, Roy was still immersed in the spring reform plan, thinking of countless details to assist this reform.

"Dad, Dad, what are you laughing at? You are so happy."

Suddenly, Roy's favorite seventh son ran in, put his head on Roy's lap and asked.

Roy smiled and pinched the tip of his seventh son's nose and said, "Dad has found your spring, eternal spring."

The seventh son tilted his head in confusion, but Roy had already urged him to be kicked out, saying that his father still had work to do.

When Roy was the only one left in the room, he locked the door and dialed a number he had not contacted for a long time.

The call was connected, and before Roy could speak, the slightly older voice on the other end of the phone said:

"Mr. President, Zeqing and the others are still not abnormal. I even suspect that they have no intention of seizing power. In the past five years, we have suppressed the military officers at all levels. Even the Wright brothers were retired early by us, and they still have no intention of seizing power." Any response, but every day in the fields, in factories, in schools, and with those who are engaged in the lowest jobs and who are completely ignorant of the world."

Roy smiled. He once wanted to analyze the deep logic behind Zeqing's actions, but now after hearing the spring reform plan, he no longer cares about paying attention to them.

"Don't pay too much attention to them. In the past five years, I have taken away most of the guns. Even Wang Shuanghu is semi-retired. Without the army, what kind of trouble can they make? What we have to solve now is the new one. trouble."

"What new trouble? Mr. President."

The person on the other end of the phone still respected Roy very much. If anyone familiar with his voice heard it, they would know that it was Beria, the former devil of the navy.

"McCarthy has become our new trouble. I can see that he no longer respects me." The white-haired Roy showed a sinister and silent smile.

"I can arrange for someone to deal with him right away and pretend it's a complete accident. How about a car accident? If it's not safe, I'll arrange for a sharpshooter to blow his head off at the festival next month."

Roy: "No, don't worry, I still have one last thing for him to do. I will let you know when the time is right."

"At your disposal, Mr. President."

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In the third month of his taking office, the second president of the New World Government, McCarthy, joined hands with Congress to announce a major plan to the world:
Spring reform!

And it will be implemented to the whole world in a way that absolutely cannot be questioned or opposed.

Everyone living in this world will be involved.

Whether it is good or bad has not yet been determined.

But what is known is that President McCarthy’s tough approach this time is different from his previous moderate image. In addition, to build a central city, it is necessary to relocate a large number of companies, factories, schools, etc. that were originally scattered all over the country.

This has caused many voices of dissatisfaction with McCarthy in the world.

At this time, Roy would appear behind McCarthy, secretly or forcefully demanding that he must fully implement the spring reforms!

A major reform was a major inconvenience, and it was more difficult than Roy originally imagined, which allowed him to delay McCarthy's assassination plan again and again.

It was not until the 18th year of the New World Government that the spring reform plan finally got on track.

It was in May of this year that a shooting incident occurred that shocked the world: President McCarthy was shot in the head by a mysterious gunman in a parade car!
moment!The headlines throughout May were all about McCarthy's headshot, and the world government seemed to be leaderless.

But soon, very soon, the father of the world, Amanda Roy, stood up again. He gave a tearful speech in front of the TV cameras, saying that he must severely punish the murderer and his behind-the-scenes instigators, and convene a new round of negotiations in advance. Presidential election.

During this gap, he served as interim president.

There is no objection to this resolution, after all Amanda Roy is the father of the world.

Therefore, the "murderer incident" was first put on the agenda and the result was traced.

After strict and fair judicial procedures and a large amount of evidence, the murderer has been traced out to be a student of the 32nd batch of the Iron Blood Military Academy. He was ordered by the Brotherhood of Officers at the same school.

This review result really caused a stir within the World Government, and with the overwhelming evidence that the murderer personally admitted it and committed suicide in fear of guilt, this matter was immediately turned into an ironclad case that no one could overturn.

Therefore, with such fierce public opinion and unanimous criticism from politicians, Congress launched the most severe punishment against military officers. A large number of military officers were implicated and resigned sadly.

It has even evolved to the point of calling for the closure of the Jagged Military Academy on the grounds that the world has been unified and there will no longer be large-scale wars, so the existence of the military academy is no longer necessary.

In the end, it was Wang Shuanghu, the only active marshal with the rank of marshal, who stepped forward to prevent the Iron Blood Military Academy from being closed down. The price was that Wang Shuanghu personally announced his resignation and handed over all military power.

At this point, the matter did not continue to escalate, and the shooting incident against President McCarthy ended.

Although it is over, it can also be officially declared that since the establishment of the New World Government, the struggle for power between the establishment and the military faction has finally ended with the complete victory of the establishment.

Lawmakers cheered that it was no longer necessary to spend huge military expenditures to maintain the presence of a large number of troops, and that the era of military involvement in politics was officially over.

As for another major event, the election of a new president, under the auspices of interim president Roy, a congressman named Nickson received the most votes and was elected as the new president.

However, within two months of taking office, he was deeply involved in voting fraud and was forced to step down.

So all the votes from the last election were invalidated.

Roy had to come out again as interim president and hold a new open and fair election.

This time the person who came to power was a local governor named Hruf. After he came to power, he strongly opposed the spring reform plan and announced that he would abolish it.

A reform that has been implemented for three years and has been implemented with great difficulty should be abolished?Congress did not agree, so it removed Hruf, who had just come to power, and made the person with No. 2 votes the president.

But not long after, the incumbent president was exposed to a sexual assault scandal again, unable to bear the pressure of public opinion, committed suicide, and the position of president once again fell through.

In this way, accidents always happen, and the position of president is fluctuating. In just half a year, he has been replaced by more than a dozen terms. The shortest one was the president for one day. He was the kind of person who was sworn in in the morning and went to jail in the afternoon.

The people and all government officials were already very annoyed by this. Gradually, a voice came out from nowhere:
In fact, former President Roy is not too old yet. You can ask him to serve for a few more terms.

As soon as this voice appeared, it was immediately amplified. Under the overwhelming arguments of the news media, it seemed to become everyone's voice and everyone's opinion.

Others took to the streets to march, beating drums and gongs, strongly demanding that the father of the world, Amanda Roy, come back and restore peace to the world.

Finally, the great Father of the World, the man who brought this world to peace, Amanda Roy.

He chose to accept the people's expectations of him, once again became the president of the world, and announced that he would continue to unswervingly implement the spring reform plan!

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Boom!

The gathering thick dark clouds finally dropped heavy rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Roy, dressed in the uniform of the world's greatest president, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows admiring the thunderstorm without any expression.

His beloved seventh son ran over and hugged his thigh and asked, "Dad, aren't you happy to be the president again?"

Roy touched his son's head and said with a smile, "I'm so happy."

The son blinked his big eyes and asked innocently: "Dad, what does it feel like to be the president of the world?"

"It's hard to say this. You can do it yourself from now on."

"Really? I can also be the president of the world in the future?!" The son cheered.

Dad's eyes were full of love: "Yes, you will be the president of the world in the future. When Dad dies, everything in this world will be the toys that Dad left for you."

(End of this chapter)