The Five Elders show their immense respect toward Imu by going as far as to prostrate themselves in the ruler's presence. They have never resisted any command given by the ruler; at most, when Imu ordered the annihilation of the Lulusia Kingdom they were taken aback by this request and sought reasoning, but obeyed without any further hesitation. In this exchange, Marcus Mars stated that the state of the world would be as "the creator" wills it.[8] The Elders understand that any outsider that learns of Imu's existence must be eliminated to maintain the illusion of peace and equality among the allied nations, which is why they assisted in the assignation of Nefertari Cobra and joined their sovereign in a failed attempt to kill Sabo. [3]
is inherently implied that Imu has sufficient faith in the Elders' ability to serve as the public face of the World Government and execute decrees on their own accord. However, sufficient failure on the part of an Elder can lead to Imu revoking their title and killing them with seemingly no remorse, as happened with Jaygarcia Saturn. Despite Saturn's more than two centuries of service, Imu was angered enough following the Egghead Incident in which Saturn allowed Monkey D. Luffy, whom Imu referred to as "Gol D. Roger" to escape. Imu replaced Saturn with Figarland Garling even before killing the former and elected to have Garling inform the other Elders of his promotion rather than explaining the circumstances themself, a move that unnerved Saturn's former contemporaries. [13]