One piece : A Lotus

Nami looked in awe at these magical operations. After all, they testified to the existence of a legendary navigation talent. She could almost immediately see the significance of the Ocean Maps. Even though she didn't know what a Log Pose was, she could understand just how significant the invention of the Ocean Maps was.

Alabasta is a country on the Grand Line and can invent such a powerful thing!

But in reality, she was mistaken. It's not that every country on the Grand Line has to be that strong, and Alabasta is not so great, but the King of Alabasta is quite powerful.

"From today, you are the dean of the Alabasta Cartography Institute and the general manager of the Ocean Maps," Ezekiel said.

"Oh, come on... Boss, are you an official in Alabasta? And can you give out such positions?" Nami quickly reacted.

Ezekiel slightly lifted his sunglasses, opened his eyes, and looked at Nami, seemingly surprised:

"Have I never told you who I am?"

"It seems you did, but..." Nami's lips trembled.

"In Alabasta, no one dares to defy my words," Ezekiel simply said.

"Then you must be His Majesty the King of Alabasta," Nami said, pursing her lips.

"Yes," Ezekiel confirmed.

"Then I'm the Queen of Alabasta!" Nami blurted out, not quite believing what Ezekiel had said. Although in her opinion, he was certainly a person of high status in Alabasta.

After all... what kind of King is this?!

Could he really be such a fool, personally rolling up his sleeves to avenge her, and on top of that, going out to buy fruit for the country instead of lying in his own castle enjoying these fruits?

"If you want to be a Queen..." Ezekiel mumbled, watching Nami's retreating back and touching his chin, "at least we'll have to wait another two years."

...…

Dudu... the phone rang.

"Hello?" said Ezekiel

"Your Majesty, the World Government is already aware of your location," it was the voice of Fujitora.

"Um..."

It had been almost a month since Ezekiel left Alabasta. He had been at sea for several weeks. No wonder his location had been determined, given that he had been away from Alabasta for so long.

"Do I need to go to East Blue?" Fujitora asked.

"Relax," Ezekiel replied with a smile.

Fujitora said nothing further. He trusted the King, who had such remarkable ambitions... But he had to inform him about the situation.

After Ezekiel hung up the phone, he pondered for a moment. After all, this was the World Government, a vast organization with an 800-year history. Their power extends across 170 countries worldwide. Dealing with such an organization required much careful consideration.

Likely, the World Government, having learned of his location, had already sent someone to secretly assassinate him.

Although Arlong's pirate crew was destroyed, the villagers didn't see who did it; even if they had, they wouldn't be able to name the true identity.

In other words, in the eyes of the World Government, Ezekiel is still just an ordinary person. Therefore, if they send someone to capture Will, it definitely won't be a strong individual, at least not at the level of an Admiral.

...

Several days later.

Headlines in Toutiao:

"Ocean Map Updated Again!"

"Brilliant Idea from the New Dean of the Cartography Institute in Alabasta!"

"Is the Dean a Woman?"

"Guess the True Identity of the Dean!"

Discussions on the Forum.

"Ocean Map... updated?" - Perfumer Lily.

"It's so detailed..." - Blue Sea Cucumber.

"Incredible, it even shows the roads of our village," - Wandering Qiang.

"It turns out this pirate crew was on a neighboring island... That's terrible, why did the Marines bypass them and not suppress them!" - Sky Watcher.

......

Ezekiel set down the receiver, and the corners of his mouth twitched. It must be said that these individuals' usernames truly reflect the characteristics of the first generation. This is pure first-generation internet users... It seems that through his efforts, the world has already started to take on its initial shapes. The feeling of the internet age, at least in Alabasta, is like this.

The Forum and Toutiao haven't been updated since their creation, but after Ezekiel took in Nami, the first genius, he can truly say she has special skills. She completed her work on the way to Syrup Island. The Ocean Map has been updated three times.

The first update provided more complete coordinates of East Blue islands.

The second update included the locations of specific villages and kingdoms on the islands in East Blue.

In the third update, the locations of various pirate factions were marked, along with appropriate danger signs based on their bounties.

These were data compiled by Ezekiel about the islands she visited in the past. Although the records were destroyed, everything still remained in her memory.

In the cabin.

Ring... ring... - As the phone rang, Nami, who was writing a new note, set her pen aside.

"Is this the dean? I'm a reporter from Toutiao, and I'd like to..." - It turned out this call was from a Toutiao staff member.

"Leave me alone!" - Nami immediately hung up the phone.

In the chief editor's office of Toutiao, several reporters and editors exchanged glances. Finally, the silent chief editor stood up and quietly edited the headline:

"Shock! The Dean is a Delightful Conversationalist!"

Since a few days ago, when Ezekiel had directly conveyed the appointment of Nami by mobile phone, everyone in Alabasta learned about the new official Nami, and various departments repeatedly called her for coordination.

Hearing the commotion in the cabin, Ezekiel smiled.

It seems that the development of these three applications is on the right track, so it's time to develop new applications...

Thinking this, he wrote on paper:

"Ocean TV"

Now that people have a platform to express themselves, there's no reason to leave video broadcasts solely to the government.

Royal Television of Alabasta?

Could this application further impact newspapers and other media worldwide? Although Ezekiel has undermined the sales of nearly all newspapers, if given a new way to survive, they would immediately become allies.

After all, in this world, there are no absolute enemies or absolute friends, only absolute interests.

Then there's only one person who can do this for him.

Big News Morgans.

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