# Chapter 833: An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense! How dare you slander us World Nobles like this!? Who gave you the courage!?"
In their guilty fear, the Celestial Dragons instead turned vicious. They knew they absolutely could not let Dragon continue speaking like this!
Fortunately, everything Dragon was saying now had no evidence whatsoever. No matter how eloquently Dragon spoke, most of the kings present were only half-convinced at best, so the Celestial Dragons still had room to argue and salvage.
Stop him! They had to stop him immediately!
With this thought, the patriarch of the Charloss Family immediately signaled the Five Elders with his eyes, telling them to step forward!
Now the Celestial Dragons and the World Government could be said to share glory and loss together. If the Celestial Dragons were truly exposed, the World Government's days would be difficult too. So upon receiving the signal and glance, the Five Elders exchanged looks and quickly reached an understanding.
"Stop your deception, Dragon!" The Light Talent Elder among the Five Elders stepped forward and spoke: "You are already a criminal wanted by all nations of the world. Over the years, you and your Revolutionary Army have stirred up revolts across the globe, toppling many countries' regimes. And now you dare to appear at the World Conference, trying to use these specious sweet words to undermine the unity between member nations and the World Government. Your intentions deserve death!"
Reminded by the Light Talent Elder, the kings and leaders present finally reacted — right, Dragon was the most wanted heinous criminal. Could his words be trusted?
However, Dragon simply smiled slightly at the Five Elders, not bothering to argue with them at all. Instead, he turned back and asked: "How is it? Is it ready?"
Konenai, who had come with Dragon among the crowd, was also wearing a cloak. Upon hearing this, she nodded and said: "It's ready. We can broadcast live anytime!"
As her words fell, several image screens suddenly descended from the ceiling of the entire conference hall.
These image screens were originally standard equipment in the World Conference Hall. While Dragon and his group had invaded Mary Geoise, Revolutionary Army members had already taken control of the monitoring room, so they could manipulate these devices at any time.
After the screens descended, a Revolutionary Army member brought over a special Den Den Mushi and placed it on the table, its eyes aimed at Dragon.
Just as the kings present were wondering what Dragon intended to do, suddenly images appeared on those screens.
"Hey, can you see me?" The figure appearing on screen was a scar-faced man with slicked-back hair. He was chewing a cigar, facing the camera with a disdainful expression. If it wasn't Crocodile, who else could it be?
Dragon gestured toward the Den Den Mushi and said: "You can begin!"
Crocodile on the other end seemed able to see Dragon's side of the scene. He moved back a bit from the camera, and at the same time spotted the Five Elders not far behind Dragon.
"Yo! You five old bastards, long time no see!" Crocodile tilted his chin up and taunted them with a look of royal contempt.
"Crocodile..." Gorbat of the Five Elders sneered: "Have you become a lackey of the Revolutionary Army too?"
"No, no, no! What I've always believed in is that the victor is king and the loser is bandit!" Crocodile spread his hands and said: "But I am absolutely no one's lackey. Everything I do is simply what I want to do. So now, guess what I'm planning to do?"
After speaking, without waiting for the Five Elders to answer, Crocodile grinned sinisterly and said: "What I most want to see right now is you five old bastards wearing expressions of defeated dogs..."
Crocodile laughed heartily, completely ignoring the Five Elders' ashen faces, and stepped aside from the frame, revealing the scene behind him.
What the scene showed seemed to be a massive room, but what shocked the kings and leaders present was that this enormous room actually contained a large number of Poneglyph stone tablets!
Standing among these Poneglyphs was a figure with a graceful figure.
Nico Robin, with her smooth and beautiful black hair, exuding a mature and intellectual beauty, stood before these Poneglyphs and spoke to the camera: "Hello everyone, let me introduce myself. I am Nico Robin, the Devil's Child who has been wanted by the World Government all this time, the last historian from Ohara, which was destroyed by the World Government!"
When they saw these Poneglyphs and Nico Robin, the Five Elders knew things had gone terribly wrong!
"Damn it! When did that bastard Ian collect so many Poneglyphs!?"
Not to mention their shock, even the kings present were extremely surprised. Many of them had actually seen Poneglyphs before. These indestructible stone tablets scattered throughout the world, though no one understood the ancient script on them, everyone knew that what was recorded on these Poneglyphs was related to the history of the blank century.
Amid everyone's astonishment, Nico Robin was completely unaffected. She gently caressed the text on the Poneglyphs and then translated the contents word by word.
What she said was exactly the same as what Dragon had spoken earlier, without a single discrepancy!
Robin's narration didn't take too much time. After she finished speaking, the conference hall fell into another dead silence.
However, the Five Elders were old foxes too. They weren't particularly flustered by this situation.
Gorbat spoke loudly to those present: "You've really gone to great lengths, Dragon! To put on this show, you even found this woman Nico Robin. But what does that prove? She's the only person in the world who understands ancient script. Who can corroborate her words? Just because she says something, must we believe it?"
"That's right!" King Bast, who had been arguing with other kings earlier, suddenly picked his nose and spoke disdainfully: "Even if what this woman says is true, so what? The World Government has the Navy, and the World Nobles have the Ancient Weapon Uranus. Do you Revolutionary Army think that by barging in here and giving a sermon, you can make us abandon the World Government and support you instead? Don't dream!"
It wasn't just King Bast. Several other kings also chimed in to echo. These kings all shared a common characteristic — in their own countries, they were tyrannical despots who levied heavy taxes. In their nations, they maintained aristocratic systems that were all modeled after the Celestial Dragons. These tyrants had long grown accustomed to their luxurious lifestyles and couldn't care less about their own people.
So in their view, supporting the Celestial Dragons and the World Government was the best choice. They hoped everything would remain unchanged, allowing them to continue enjoying their decadent lives. As for the Heavenly Tribute? Hah, what did that have to do with them? Couldn't they just keep squeezing the commoners?
The timely support from these kings and leaders gave the Celestial Dragons a boost in morale.
But at that moment, Dragon suddenly smiled.
The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing his white teeth, and he said: "Indeed, I never thought that I could force the World Government to disband with just a few words."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Everyone was stunned.
Dragon turned to the Five Elders and smiled: "Aren't you wondering why, after sending out your distress signal for so long, the Navy's reinforcements still haven't arrived?"
The Five Elders' hearts skipped a beat when they heard this.
Dragon's expression had now turned grim. He said: "In fact, I realized many years ago that even if the truth were exposed, certain shameless people would never bow their heads. That's why I established the Revolutionary Army and continuously grew it. Because I understand that for those who like to use force and power, only force and power can turn them into stray dogs!"
As if to confirm his words, at that very moment, the thunderous roar of cannon fire suddenly echoed into the conference hall!
The sound of cannon fire seemed somewhat distant, as if not coming from near Mary Geoise. But combined with what Dragon had said earlier, the faces of the Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders, and many kings and leaders instantly turned pale!
They understood — this sound was coming from Marine Headquarters at Marineford...
Marineford was under attack by the Revolutionary Army!
"That's right!" Dragon spread his arms, the light in his eyes at this moment so piercing it was almost blinding. He pointed at the ground beneath his feet and declared with resounding force: "This is... an armed uprising to overthrow the world government!!"
He had never expected these shameful people to suddenly see the light, nor had he ever expected them to bow their heads and admit their mistakes. Dragon's earlier speech was merely an opening statement to the kings and leaders present!
Eight hundred years ago, the Celestial Dragons used Uranus to forcibly take away the freedom and equality of the entire world. Today, the Revolutionary Army would use the same methods to take freedom and equality back from their hands!
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. It was time for the Celestial Dragons and the World Government to pay for their crimes!
This was the Revolutionary Army's answer to the world!
"By the way!" Dragon wagged his finger under the stunned gazes of everyone and said: "The scene you see on the image screens isn't just being seen by you. In fact, right now, hundreds of millions of people around the world are watching this scene..."
He pointed at the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons, smiled, and said: "So, let the world clearly see your true faces... To use Ian's words, you're about to become a bunch of salted fish just shouting 666... Though I have no idea what that means either..."