"How's the Arabasta government affairs?"
Rosse finally turned his gaze to Zannie and Sora.
These days, it was mainly the two of them responsible for the handover.
Arabasta was previously managed by the Nefertari family, and that had lasted for nearly a thousand years.
If not for the fact that only Queen Titi remained of the Nefertari royal family, and that Queen Titi supported Rosse, plus Rosse helping Cobra get revenge, the people of Arabasta would definitely be extremely resistant to them.
"Arabasta has already stabilized. With Queen Titi's support, the ministers all cooperate with our work," Sora spoke softly.
With the boost of the Brain-Brain Fruit, she alone could handle most of Arabasta's governmental tasks.
However, what she preferred more was still the research side.
Moreover, Rosse also hoped she would do research. Excellent technical talents were far more valuable than administrative talents.
It was only because there was no one else that Rosse reluctantly had her fill in for a while.
Once they left Arabasta, she could also begin studying Red Count's corpse.
"My side has already finished the handover. The Jaygar District is now on the right track. Over at Reverse Mountain, Saint Mars has already started slowly sending people...", Zannie lowered her head slightly and began reporting the recent situation.
She had arrived in Arabasta three days ago and didn't even get to see Rosse before hurriedly participating in the handover.
After these three days, it was unrealistic to say she had fully understood the situation in Arabasta.
After all, in Arabasta only Cobra had died. The entire system was still operating normally. She only needed to know who was in charge of what affairs.
Usually, there weren't many matters that required Cobra to make decisions. As Cobra's acting successor, Zannie naturally didn't need to interfere too much.
The only thing she had to do was to carry out propaganda in Arabasta. Propaganda in favor of Rosse, and subtly make people here accept Rosse.
After finishing, Zannie sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "Your Highness, I really can't manage all this alone. Please find me some people to help."
She felt like every few days, she had more matters to deal with.
Originally she was just Rosse's bodyguard, then became the manager of the Jaygar District, later had to manage the Revolutionary Army, then also had to manage the city-building at Reverse Mountain.
And now it was even worse, suddenly she had to manage the Arabasta Kingdom too.
Her authority kept growing. If it were Spandine, he would be thrilled to death, but Zannie never felt this was a good thing.
She just wanted a peaceful and easy job. Why was that so hard?
Thinking of this, Zannie subconsciously looked toward Gion, a trace of envy in her eyes.
If she could switch, she really wanted to trade jobs with Gion.
Isn't it just standing there and getting pounded? Even though she had no experience before, she was confident she could do it better than Gion.
"Ah?", Gion felt Zannie's gaze and looked over in confusion. Seeing Zannie looking at her, she gave a friendly smile.
At times like this when there were many people discussing official matters, she usually zoned out.
She was pure combat power. Unless someone called her name, they weren't assigning her a task.
Anyway, the things others said, she didn't really understand. Better to stand and meditate or practice swordsmanship.
"So jealous...", Zannie muttered to herself.
"As for the manpower issue, I'll think of something later," Rosse rubbed his temples. He knew he couldn't push Zannie too hard.
But right now, he really didn't have reliable manpower.
He couldn't possibly have Spandine or Gion manage affairs, right? Even with his supervision, it would definitely become a mess.
"Let's do this. The Arabasta greening and transformation project will be put on hold for now. After we leave, the Arabasta affairs, you gradually hand them over to Titi. Once she gets the hang of it, she can take over the greening project."
The greening transformation was Rosse's reform plan for Arabasta.
Arabasta covered a huge area. In a situation where over eighty percent of the land was desert, it still had a population of several million.
If all of Arabasta's desert were turned into normal land, its population capacity would not be less than that of the Jaygar District.
In Rosse's plan, across the Four Seas and the front and back halves of the Grand Line, six locations in total, would have six special zones governed directly by him.
These six zones would form the basis to radiate across the entire world.
Finally, gathering the power of the whole world, he would overturn the World Government.
Originally in his plan, he intended for Zannie to first take charge of launching the project, Queen Titi to observe first, and later slowly take over.
But now, he could only let Titi learn and try while doing.
"Understood, Your Highness! I guarantee to complete the mission!", Zannie agreed, but in her heart she was already rolling her eyes.
'How is this reducing my burden? This is clearly adding to it again.'
Originally she only needed to handle Arabasta, now she also had to be responsible for all these, and at the same time, according to Rosse's plan, train and guide Titi.
'Oh god, just kill me already... too much work, wanna die!'
But although she screamed in her heart, Zannie still quickly organized everything and formulated several backup plans in her mind.
No choice, Rosse was her boss after all.
"Arabasta is handed over to you then. Once our people are gradually trained, I'll transfer you to the Holy Land," Rosse stepped forward and gave Zannie a hug.
Although Zannie wasn't born with administrative talent, at least she hadn't made any mistakes.
If not for Zannie, he couldn't have spread his influence this wide.
His ruthlessness was always aimed at outsiders.
Once things gradually ran smoothly, he definitely would compensate Zannie.
"Alright, I'll be waiting for Your Highness's good news," As Zannie accepted the task, the matters in Arabasta were completely concluded.
After parting with Zannie, Rosse led the others onto the ship.
Just after boarding, Rosse remembered what Stacy had just said.
He released Observation Haki and quickly sensed Moa's location.
Moa hadn't come to greet them, and had stayed in her cabin the whole time. At this moment, she was contacting others via Den Den Mushi, her face showing excitement.
"Ivankov! I won't be going over for now!"
"Dangerous? Where isn't dangerous?"
"Others are being hunted right now. The Sorbet Kingdom isn't safe either. Dragon is completely missing now. You tell me, where is safe?"
"And also, that Celestial Dragon planted a spy. I will definitely find out who M really is."
"Stop trying to persuade me! Looks like they're boarding now, we'll talk again next time when there's time."
"..."
Rosse stepped toward the cabin. The entire conversation between Moa and Ivankov entered his ears.
The one Moa was contacting was Ivankov, this didn't surprise him.
Right now, aside from the ones in the Sorbet Kingdom, the rest of the Revolutionary Army were like stray dogs, being crushed by Arlin and running around the world.
Dragon also hadn't appeared again after showing up in the Giant Kingdom, no one knew what he was plotting behind the scenes.
But Rosse had heard from Borsalino that Kuzan and Garp had been frequently contacting someone.
It wasn't hard to guess, they were contacting Dragon.
As for what Dragon was planning behind the scenes, Rosse didn't know.
But no matter what he was planning, to him right now, it didn't matter.
Bang!
The cabin door was pushed open. Moa stood up in panic, staring at Rosse who had suddenly burst in.
"Saint Rosse...", She had just finished contacting Ivankov, and was especially afraid her actions would be discovered by Rosse.
"Hmm?", Rosse's lips curved up slightly, giving Moa a look.
Moa pressed her lips together, eyes flashing with humiliation. She knelt down and slowly crawled to Rosse, gently opening her mouth to Little Rosse.
To cover up the earlier situation, she didn't dare refuse Rosse at all. Afraid he might find out something.
"Good girl," Rosse gently stroked Moa's golden hair, his eyes flashing with a hint of amusement.
Moa actually wanted to stay by his side and look for a chance to strike back, he liked her even more because of that.
Too bad, a spy who's been exposed, sometimes not only loses their effectiveness, but might even be used by the enemy in reverse.
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