Scien's question seemed to open the floodgates.
Judge's questions followed one after another.
"You Marines, aren't you really a subordinate department of the World Government? Do you have to obey the World Government's orders?"
"Shurorororo! The Marines are just a bunch of thugs." Caesar Clown said with a look of having seen through the truth, his laughter unbridled.
Kenji looked up at the group of mentally unstable scientific elites opposite him and suddenly smiled silently.
"Under normal circumstances, the Marines do not need to obey the World Government's orders."
He said slowly, actually explaining the relationship between the Marines and the World Government to everyone present.
"However, if the five people who hold the highest power in the world personally issue an order, the Marine Government must obey."
Everyone present was stunned by his words.
"Hmm, you mean… the Five Elders?"
Vegapunk was the first to react, understanding who Kenji meant by "those five people."
After all, Vegapunk had been personally received by the Five Elders two years prior.
"The Five Elders?" The others were a step slower to react, and their expressions changed immediately upon hearing Vegapunk's words.
"...So, this time it's an order personally issued by the Five Elders?" Stussy asked with a frown, her expression serious.
Apparently, even she, the idler of the team, genuinely felt the threat now.
"An order from the Five Elders? No, not at all." Kenji said with a smile, words that made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.
But immediately after, he said something that made everyone's hearts race.
"Actually, the Marines haven't received orders to apprehend your MADS illegal team."
"However, the World Government's CP organization has received orders, and those professional spies are probably on their way."
"What?!" Judge exclaimed in shock, muttering in horror.
"It's actually the CP organization that's been dispatched..."
"The CP spy agency is directly managed by the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons..." Stussy said, her face grim, analyzing in a deep voice.
"It must be an order from the Five Elders!"
"This is not good!" Vegapunk grabbed his big head in frustration.
"My experiment isn't over yet. That's an experiment to verify my latest research results. It's very costly."
Kenji was speechless.
Vegapunk's remarks sounded like a madman among normal people, just a scientific madman. Of course, Vegapunk wasn't the only madman.
Not far away, Caesar also behaved abnormally, but unlike Vegapunk, he appeared even more arrogant.
"Shurorororo! Just a bunch of spies!" Caesar laughed arrogantly.
"If they dare to come to Egghead, I'll blow them all up."
The other MADS personnel nearby unanimously ignored this madman.
Everyone's gaze once again converged on Kenji, as if they had suddenly thought of the same thing.
"You Marines haven't received orders?" Stussy asked with suspicion in her eyes.
"Then why are you here?"
"To catch you." Kenji said bluntly, then reached into his pocket and pulled out several Sea Stone handcuffs, gesturing with them.
"Alright, time's almost up, it's time to go, everyone."
Upon hearing these words, the MADS team members present couldn't help but change their expressions, yet they all tacitly remained still.
"Hmm? Unwilling to leave?" Kenji smiled, not forcing them, but added a few more words.
"If you don't want to come with me, then you'll only be able to go with those CP spies later, won't you?"
At this point, Kenji tilted his head to look at Stussy, who exuded a mature aura, and a smile played on his lips.
"Madam, you wouldn't want to be caught and played with arbitrarily in Mary Geoise, would you?"
"Hmph!" Stussy snorted, crossing her arms to support her proud, full chest, and raising her chin slightly.
She said, "I would never allow those filthy guys to touch me. And those CP spies won't be able to catch me."
"Also, I am not a madam. You can call me Ms."
While Stussy was still chattering about the etiquette of address, Kenji completely ignored her and turned to Scien and Judge behind Vegapunk.
"You two, are you willing to obey the World Government from now on?"
"The World Government? Heh heh!" Scien and Judge, upon hearing this, just said "Heh heh," responding with cold laughter.
Seeing this, Kenji nodded with satisfaction. Then, he stopped speaking, excluding Caesar and Vegapunk from his questioning targets.
After all, these two were genuinely willing to switch allegiance to the World Government. For them, as long as the funding was sufficient and didn't hinder their scientific research, it was fine.
As for their stance, where couldn't they conduct scientific research? Joining the World Government would at least solve their funding worries.
Moreover, Vegapunk didn't feel it was shameful to switch allegiance to the World Government.
One must know, he had always been proud of being personally received by the Five Elders two years prior.
Vegapunk was not yet fully aware of the extent of the World Government's dark side, and in fact, most people in the world were the same, viewing the World Government as the sole official ruler.
There was no other way, holding the power of discourse meant having authority.
Kenji was too lazy to explain the darkness behind the World Government to Vegapunk and the others at this moment.
Besides, even if he did, these people would most likely not believe him.
Kenji simply chose a few members of the MADS team who were more disgusted with the World Government and used questioning to "goad" them. As for the effect...
It was not unexpected, the effect was very good.
This wasn't something Kenji imagined, it was something he truly saw—
He directly used his Future Vision ability to view scenes from the future, seeing the outcome of events in advance.
'The Future Vision ability is quite useful... It's convenient to see the answer directly.'
Kenji smiled and withdrew his ability, the future scenes reflected in his eyes slowly disappearing.
At this moment, he already understood the subsequent reactions and choices of the people before him.
"Vegapunk." Kenji turned to face the world's greatest scientist beside him, his tone serious.
"Is your MADS illegal team willing to cooperate with the Marines, or are you willing to work under the World Government, under surveillance?"
Vegapunk paused slightly, then frowned in thought.
At this moment, Judge suddenly snorted coldly. "Won't you Marines monitor us too?"
"How many times have you visited Egghead Island over the years?"
"Heh heh!"
Kenji chuckled, then his expression sobered, gradually becoming expressionless as he spoke.
"You and the Marines can still be considered a cooperative relationship. But with the World Government, you'll only be their direct subordinates."
Upon hearing this, everyone present was startled and their expressions immediately changed.
Kenji calmly turned to face everyone and spoke again, "Actually, we Marines are also supposed to apprehend your MADS illegal team."
"However... I personally am quite willing to cooperate with you."
"So, you can continue your scientific research activities after relocating to another place."
The personnel present fell into thought upon hearing this, and their reactions varied.
Scien and Judge felt that the conditions Kenji offered were quite good, allowing them to act freely.
But Vegapunk frowned deeply. What he cared about most was the issue of research funding.
"How much funding can you give me?" Vegapunk simply asked directly.
"Funding?" Kenji glanced at him, smiling ambiguously.
"That depends on how many research achievements you can produce."