

> In One piece, Chapter 907, the Gorosei(Five Elder allows Shanks to enter
> into Mary Geoise and even go as far as to have a meeting with him and that
> seems like some serious double standard, considering the fact that the Five
> Elders do not like pirates, and use the Marines and Warlords to capture
> them.

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Why would the [Gorosei](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Five_Elders) allow a
Yonko (Who is one of their biggest enemies) to come into their Holy land? I
know that warlords are an exception to this rule since they do the bidding of
the Marines in exchange for Amnesty. **However, Shanks is an Emperor and
considering his influence, capturing him would logically be the best option
but instead they'd have a meeting with him.**

Could this imply that Shanks is secretly in league with the world Government?
Or does he have some form of leverage over them? Its not adding up because in
the last war [(Battle of
Marinefold)](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Marineford), Aces
execution was used to draw Whitebeard out (Yonko at that time). And it was
Shanks who ended the war. Then after that, they have a meeting. Is there an
alliance or something were missing?


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What is Shanks relationship with the Gorosei


Short answer - We don't know canonically, as there is absolutely no
information on the matter. All that follows is interpretation of their
exchange when they meet.

Based on the few short panels of their interaction, we see the Gorosei
mention:

> "We are in the middle of the Reverie. A man with a position like yours isn't
> suitable to get involved in the world of politics. We only made time to talk
> because it was you."

At first thought, it will seem absurd that the position would refer to him
being a Yonko, since the Marines are against them. Many theories have indeed
surfaced that Shanks may have some other status that allies him with the
Gorosei or makes him worthy to be treated in such a manner. In my view, it is
very much against Shanks' character to be a double agent, given how it has
developed. Below are some other technicalities to consider.

Firstly, the reason the Marines leave the Yonko alone to a large extent is due
to their influence and ability to put up a big fight. They'd have to expend a
lot to capture someone at the Yonko-level, which is not worth their efforts
unless something major happens. Even in the two instances when Shanks was
interacting with other Yonko (Whitebeard and Kaido), they merely attempted to
stop the meet by blocking him, and did not attempt capture.

Secondly, the World Government and the Marines are separate. The Gorosei are
under the WG, which has its own agendas beyond simply capturing pirates to
maintain peace. The Marines fall under the WG, but so do multiple secret
forces like the CP0.

In the very next chapter (908), we see the Gorosei mentioning that the
"balance of the world cannot be maintained forever". All their appearances
seem to indicate they choose to maintain the balance of the Three Great Powers
(Marines, Warlords and Pirates), even though one would assume they'd be happy
if all pirates were eliminated. Thus, there's definitely more than meets the
eye.

Enough to guess that the Gorosei might not have any direct motivation to
capture pirates (like the Marines), and definitely not those at Shanks' level.


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It’s quite clear that Shanks has some knowledge of all the world old knowledge
due to the fact he was on the Pirate King's ship. Even if he didn’t go to
laugh tape. (btw Raftel is not the correct name of the last island per Oda
himself. The final island is called laughtale or laugh-tell. Anyways.)

It’s very clear Shanks is there to either talk about Blackbeard or Luffy. The
reason why is because Shanks is the symbol of maintaining balance between all
the Great Powers. Unlike other yonko Shanks only fights to defend people he
cares for and his crew. He is not actively seeking more power like Kaido,
Blackbeard and Big Mom.

He would rather maintain things as is but, since he knows he can not stop the
changes in the word Luffy has brought, he is most likely issuing a big warning
to the government, possibly about Blackbeard doing more than what has ever
been done in history.

Lots of theories claim Blackbeard is actually 3 people and Shanks could be
warning them that because of what will happen in wano. It will lead to
Blackbeard acquiring a third devil fruit or perhaps a road ponneglyph or
ancient weapon.

There’s no such thing as Shanks being a double agent. He is too close to major
pirates: Roger, Luffy, Rayleigh, bullet Buggy and many others. It’s not in
Shanks' nature to be a disloyal person.


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