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Chapter 997: The Sea Star's Sparse Total Population!
After Im returned, he made no comment on the matters between Stussy, Esdeath, and Historia.
Even when Stussy and Esdeath exchanged blows, he simply ignored it.
But this was, in fact, tacitly acknowledging that Stussy was correct.
On the contrary, Esdeath was directly placed under house arrest for disobeying his orders earlier.
She was forbidden from leaving Noah's Ark for one year!
There was also an unspoken punishment: he decided not to have her attend to him at night for this year.
That very night, he summoned Historia and spent time with her.
Thus, the matters concerning the three women came to an end.
Im's gaze refocused on the affairs of the World Government.
As per the old rules, he first reviewed the development situation on the Sea Star.
Overall, there were no major problems.
First, regarding the outside.
The Orbital Defense System for the eight satellites, including the Moon, was still under construction.
However, the Air Force had Borsalino and Enel take sufficient food, water, and Den Den Mushi to Jupiter and Venus, the planets closest to the Sea Star, respectively, to investigate.
Their mission was to tour all the planets within the planetary system and simultaneously transmit footage back for the higher-ups of various departments to research.
Next, regarding the inside.
The World Government was still tirelessly persuading small countries and citizens living on small islands to relocate to the cities built on the Red Line.
Although it was difficult to get people to leave their homeland, the overall process was relatively smooth.
Almost every day, fleets of ships escorted by Marine warships arrived below the Red Line, and then these citizens took the newly added large bubble cable cars directly up to the continent. Once there, police officers from the Ministry of Police Affairs took over the order.
However, those who took seaships were basically civilians. Rich merchants and nobility, for comfort, directly spent high amounts of money to relocate by airship, which brought considerable income to the World Government.
Overall, there were more and more cities on the Red Line, and the population was also increasing, making it quite lively.
But this had to continue.
Im's target was to have most of the Sea Star people live there, and then provide eugenics and good parenting policies and benefits, ensuring a great population boom in the next ten years!
The results of the Sea Star population census, which took nearly two years to complete with the joint effort of the Administrative Department's Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of Police Affairs, Marine Headquarters, and the covert assistance of Cipher Pol, showed that the current total population of the Sea Star should be between 600 million and 700 million.
Honestly, upon seeing this data, Im felt both surprised and that it was normal.
Surprised that it seemed a bit too small, after all, the Sea Star was much larger than Earth.
But thinking about it again, Alabasta, as a super populous nation on the Sea Star, only had a population of ten million.
Super populous nation, what kind of concepts is that?
Furthermore, the World Government had previously prohibited the existence of nations on the Red Line and even disallowed civilians from residing there.
Under such circumstances, how could the Sea Star's population develop?
Not to mention the multi-faceted damage from natural disasters, man-made disasters, sea beasts, disease, hunger, and so on. Even if the number of deaths each day wasn't more than the number of births, it was probably close to eighty percent.
Moreover, whether a child could survive to adulthood was also a problem, as not every child's physique was as exaggerated as Luffy's or Ace's.
Therefore, Im was determined to migrate most of the citizens to the Red Line!
These Sea Star people were the foundation for the World Government's rule over the multiverse in the future. Even if the quantity of people from other worlds was large, they could only serve as secondary assistance.
As for the uninhabited islands, they could be used entirely for planting or breeding.
Although there was now the Kabaneri World serving as a resource planet, Im felt that they couldn't completely rely on it to supply grain to the Sea Star. Otherwise, if any accident occurred in the future, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Besides this, once the migration was mostly complete.
He also planned to have the World Government establish a Household Registration System and a Star Registration System.
The former goes without saying, while the latter was a replica of nationality.
In the future, otherworlders like Mima Amatori and Muzan Kibutsuji who moved to the Sea Star and were employed by the World Government would all have to join the Sea Star's Star Registration.
Next was the report on the impending completion of the 'East Blue Great Bridge Network'.
In Im's view, this should be equivalent to the World Government's 'wonder project'.
Just imagine the spectacular scene of bridges hundreds of meters high, difficult to be submerged by tsunami, spanning across a great sea comparable to the Pacific Ocean, connecting all medium and large islands.
As for whether it would obstruct ship voyage, that was actually unlikely.
Because even a large cruise ship could not reach a height of a hundred meters.
And as long as it was explicitly stipulated that the height of any ship within the Sea Star should not exceed seventy meters, this problem would be sufficiently solved.
However, this 'wonder' currently seemed to have more symbolic meaning than practical use.
After all, most of the islands on the sea were uninhabited, so what was the point of bridges?
So, it could only be left there for now. Perhaps it could be used in the future.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Im, in his study room, saw a somewhat strange report on the holographic image.
The content stated that Smoker, a seventeen-year-old graduate of the War Military Academy this year, refused to join the military and proposed wanting to be a police officer, preferably a Military Police responsible for arresting high-risk criminals, and requested instructions on whether it was allowed.
The strange part was why such a small matter would be specifically reported.
But after reading it, Im understood.
Because Smoker was a Logia System Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability user.
Logia System was special.
This was considered a traditional thought within the World Government.
"Smoker becoming a Military Police, hmm... it is indeed suitable. The Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability lacks killing power, but it has a great advantage in the aspect of arrest."
Im thought it was okay.
The only problem was that it was a bit strange for a graduate of the War Military Academy to become a police officer.
Oh right, there were no Public Security Police Schools yet!
The police also needed to be given importance, because Dragon's Ministry of Police Affairs would not only manage the police within the Sea Star in the future but also supervise the police system of all worlds under the World Government.
This scale was not much different from the military, so there must be one, or even multiple professional schools to continuously cultivate excellent police officers.
Im recorded this idea and agreed to Smoker joining the police force.
Anyway, the military didn't lack one Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability user right now.
He also noted that War Military Academy graduates should be encouraged to do this for the time being.
After the Sea Star, Im did not hesitate and directly opened the report regarding the Ninja World.
He was about to have a meeting with Otsutsuki Hamura, so he had to understand the specific situation of the Ninja World.
"Not bad, they won, and it was winning against the strong with weakness. Good, they are worthy of the name Admiral!"
Im praised with a smile as he looked at Sakazuki and Kuzan's victory report.
After he finished reading the entire content of the report, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.
Because it stated that Sakazuki and Kuzan had mastered the Rule of Burning and Freezing Rule abilities during the combat.
This definitely strengthened their strength.
Although Armament Haki could also resist such special attacks if it was strong enough, and even if hit, it could be directly removed by Purification, these still consumed Haki.
But now, Sakazuki and Kuzan didn't need to use Haki; their own Devil Fruit ability was enough to break through.
However, the end of this report mentioned Lucifero, the Demon King of the Netherworld.
It stated that this was a huge threat that must be taken seriously, and it would be best to find a way to close the Gate of the Underworld as soon as possible.
Im recalled the manga content of the Black Clover World.
Lucifero, ah, he remembered it was a Gravity Devil. It descended upon the Spade Kingdom with half of its strength and was eventually defeated by the protagonist powering up. Its heart was even eaten...
However, for it to overpower Domain and Time with Gravity and become the Netherworld's strongest Demon King, its complete form strength must be unimaginable.
"I wonder if Otsutsuki Hagoromo can close that Gate of the Underworld. If he can't, then only Im can try..."
(End of this chapter)
After Im returned, he made no comment on the matters between Stussy, Esdeath, and Historia.
Even when Stussy and Esdeath exchanged blows, he simply ignored it.
But this was, in fact, tacitly acknowledging that Stussy was correct.
On the contrary, Esdeath was directly placed under house arrest for disobeying his orders earlier.
She was forbidden from leaving Noah's Ark for one year!
There was also an unspoken punishment: he decided not to have her attend to him at night for this year.
That very night, he summoned Historia and spent time with her.
Thus, the matters concerning the three women came to an end.
Im's gaze refocused on the affairs of the World Government.
As per the old rules, he first reviewed the development situation on the Sea Star.
Overall, there were no major problems.
First, regarding the outside.
The Orbital Defense System for the eight satellites, including the Moon, was still under construction.
However, the Air Force had Borsalino and Enel take sufficient food, water, and Den Den Mushi to Jupiter and Venus, the planets closest to the Sea Star, respectively, to investigate.
Their mission was to tour all the planets within the planetary system and simultaneously transmit footage back for the higher-ups of various departments to research.
Next, regarding the inside.
The World Government was still tirelessly persuading small countries and citizens living on small islands to relocate to the cities built on the Red Line.
Although it was difficult to get people to leave their homeland, the overall process was relatively smooth.
Almost every day, fleets of ships escorted by Marine warships arrived below the Red Line, and then these citizens took the newly added large bubble cable cars directly up to the continent. Once there, police officers from the Ministry of Police Affairs took over the order.
However, those who took seaships were basically civilians. Rich merchants and nobility, for comfort, directly spent high amounts of money to relocate by airship, which brought considerable income to the World Government.
Overall, there were more and more cities on the Red Line, and the population was also increasing, making it quite lively.
But this had to continue.
Im's target was to have most of the Sea Star people live there, and then provide eugenics and good parenting policies and benefits, ensuring a great population boom in the next ten years!
The results of the Sea Star population census, which took nearly two years to complete with the joint effort of the Administrative Department's Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of Police Affairs, Marine Headquarters, and the covert assistance of Cipher Pol, showed that the current total population of the Sea Star should be between 600 million and 700 million.
Honestly, upon seeing this data, Im felt both surprised and that it was normal.
Surprised that it seemed a bit too small, after all, the Sea Star was much larger than Earth.
But thinking about it again, Alabasta, as a super populous nation on the Sea Star, only had a population of ten million.
Super populous nation, what kind of concepts is that?
Furthermore, the World Government had previously prohibited the existence of nations on the Red Line and even disallowed civilians from residing there.
Under such circumstances, how could the Sea Star's population develop?
Not to mention the multi-faceted damage from natural disasters, man-made disasters, sea beasts, disease, hunger, and so on. Even if the number of deaths each day wasn't more than the number of births, it was probably close to eighty percent.
Moreover, whether a child could survive to adulthood was also a problem, as not every child's physique was as exaggerated as Luffy's or Ace's.
Therefore, Im was determined to migrate most of the citizens to the Red Line!
These Sea Star people were the foundation for the World Government's rule over the multiverse in the future. Even if the quantity of people from other worlds was large, they could only serve as secondary assistance.
As for the uninhabited islands, they could be used entirely for planting or breeding.
Although there was now the Kabaneri World serving as a resource planet, Im felt that they couldn't completely rely on it to supply grain to the Sea Star. Otherwise, if any accident occurred in the future, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Besides this, once the migration was mostly complete.
He also planned to have the World Government establish a Household Registration System and a Star Registration System.
The former goes without saying, while the latter was a replica of nationality.
In the future, otherworlders like Mima Amatori and Muzan Kibutsuji who moved to the Sea Star and were employed by the World Government would all have to join the Sea Star's Star Registration.
Next was the report on the impending completion of the 'East Blue Great Bridge Network'.
In Im's view, this should be equivalent to the World Government's 'wonder project'.
Just imagine the spectacular scene of bridges hundreds of meters high, difficult to be submerged by tsunami, spanning across a great sea comparable to the Pacific Ocean, connecting all medium and large islands.
As for whether it would obstruct ship voyage, that was actually unlikely.
Because even a large cruise ship could not reach a height of a hundred meters.
And as long as it was explicitly stipulated that the height of any ship within the Sea Star should not exceed seventy meters, this problem would be sufficiently solved.
However, this 'wonder' currently seemed to have more symbolic meaning than practical use.
After all, most of the islands on the sea were uninhabited, so what was the point of bridges?
So, it could only be left there for now. Perhaps it could be used in the future.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Im, in his study room, saw a somewhat strange report on the holographic image.
The content stated that Smoker, a seventeen-year-old graduate of the War Military Academy this year, refused to join the military and proposed wanting to be a police officer, preferably a Military Police responsible for arresting high-risk criminals, and requested instructions on whether it was allowed.
The strange part was why such a small matter would be specifically reported.
But after reading it, Im understood.
Because Smoker was a Logia System Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability user.
Logia System was special.
This was considered a traditional thought within the World Government.
"Smoker becoming a Military Police, hmm... it is indeed suitable. The Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability lacks killing power, but it has a great advantage in the aspect of arrest."
Im thought it was okay.
The only problem was that it was a bit strange for a graduate of the War Military Academy to become a police officer.
Oh right, there were no Public Security Police Schools yet!
The police also needed to be given importance, because Dragon's Ministry of Police Affairs would not only manage the police within the Sea Star in the future but also supervise the police system of all worlds under the World Government.
This scale was not much different from the military, so there must be one, or even multiple professional schools to continuously cultivate excellent police officers.
Im recorded this idea and agreed to Smoker joining the police force.
Anyway, the military didn't lack one Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability user right now.
He also noted that War Military Academy graduates should be encouraged to do this for the time being.
After the Sea Star, Im did not hesitate and directly opened the report regarding the Ninja World.
He was about to have a meeting with Otsutsuki Hamura, so he had to understand the specific situation of the Ninja World.
"Not bad, they won, and it was winning against the strong with weakness. Good, they are worthy of the name Admiral!"
Im praised with a smile as he looked at Sakazuki and Kuzan's victory report.
After he finished reading the entire content of the report, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.
Because it stated that Sakazuki and Kuzan had mastered the Rule of Burning and Freezing Rule abilities during the combat.
This definitely strengthened their strength.
Although Armament Haki could also resist such special attacks if it was strong enough, and even if hit, it could be directly removed by Purification, these still consumed Haki.
But now, Sakazuki and Kuzan didn't need to use Haki; their own Devil Fruit ability was enough to break through.
However, the end of this report mentioned Lucifero, the Demon King of the Netherworld.
It stated that this was a huge threat that must be taken seriously, and it would be best to find a way to close the Gate of the Underworld as soon as possible.
Im recalled the manga content of the Black Clover World.
Lucifero, ah, he remembered it was a Gravity Devil. It descended upon the Spade Kingdom with half of its strength and was eventually defeated by the protagonist powering up. Its heart was even eaten...
However, for it to overpower Domain and Time with Gravity and become the Netherworld's strongest Demon King, its complete form strength must be unimaginable.
"I wonder if Otsutsuki Hagoromo can close that Gate of the Underworld. If he can't, then only Im can try..."
(End of this chapter)
