I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Zefa, tell me." Sengoku's voice trembled slightly:

"How long have I been asleep?"

I can't understand it! I absolutely cannot understand it!

When I woke up, the world had changed drastically. The navy had failed, and even the Red Line had collapsed, leaving a huge hole.

The other naval personnel standing nearby also smiled wryly.

Let alone the Warring States period, even those who witnessed that scene firsthand still find it hard to believe.

After being explained to by his subordinates, Sengoku's expression changed several times, eventually turning into a wry smile.

"The world is about to change," he said with a wry smile.

Regardless of the outcome of the Marineford War, it will drastically affect the future direction and balance of the world, a fact that Sengoku was well aware of even before the war.

However, he did not expect this outcome.

“Yes, things are about to change,” Zephyr muttered to himself, standing next to Sengoku.

Zefa had a slightly different idea.

Despite many unexpected events, his determination to establish a new navy will not waver.

Now that the navy has suffered a heavy blow, it is the perfect time to defect.

...................

Marineford, a sacred site.

Celestial Dragon Phoenix sat in her mansion, listening to a report from a CP0 subordinate, her beautiful face framed by furrowed brows.

"You mean, CP0's Stussy betrayed us?"

"She somehow obtained the Door-Door Fruit and used this ability to quickly travel from the Holy Land to the Marine Headquarters battlefield, all to help Sigurd avoid a possible Uranus bombardment?"

“...Yes.” The CP0 officer lowered his head, sweat beading on his forehead.

If a traitor emerges among his colleagues, then as a CP0 member, he is easily targeted by the Celestial Dragons...

He waited anxiously for a long time, but did not hear Phoenix Palace's angry rebuke. When he looked up, he saw Phoenix Palace looking out the window, somewhat lost in thought.

"Why would they leave such a sacred place and go to a battlefield where a Heavenly King could descend at any moment?"

Phoenix Palace shook her head, her expression somewhat strange.

She continued listening to her subordinates' reports, and when she heard about the relationship between Sig and Rixiong, she tapped the armrest of her chair lightly and frowned.

"Is the so-called Battle of Los Angeles, the slave emancipation incident, and now the Marineford War all just a play orchestrated by Sieg and performed by Sieg and Higuma?"

"This...is truly a dangerous and ambitious man...a formidable adversary."

Phoenix Palace dismissed CP0 and sat alone in a chair, continuing to ponder.

"One person playing two different roles simultaneously for ten years? Who could have guessed that?"

Phoenix Palace shook her head in annoyance.

The ability to create clones has always been a blind spot in her thinking.

Although there are many people with special abilities, no one can keep an avatar existing for ten years and playing a completely different role.

No one could have guessed that Sun Bear was Sig, such an absurd thing.

"Wait... a clone that lasted for ten years?"

Not long after, she seemed to think of something, and her body suddenly began to tremble, a blush of excitement spreading across her pretty face.

"Sig is Sunbear? They seem like two completely different people, yet they're the same person?"

"And Sieg alone stood in the way of the King of the Sea on the battlefield of Marineford?"

It's a mix of fear, anxiety, and excitement.

The mere thought of those incomplete assumptions sent a jolt through her body like an electric current.

Chapter 1160 An Unprecedented Anomaly in Eight Hundred Years (4k)

This wasn't the first time Phoenix Palace had investigated Sig and Lox's affairs, and this latest incident immediately brought back memories of previous clues.

"Wang Sieg, who had once again faked his death on the battlefield of God Valley, did not appear on the battlefield."

"But at the end of the God Valley battle, someone witnessed the appearance of Dracula the Impaler, who was with Whitebeard."

"The infamous Dracula always stirs up a storm whenever he appears, but not this time; he only made a brief appearance at the very end of the war..."

Phoenix Palace vaguely sensed the underlying threads of the events unfolding within the fog.

For example, the ability that Sigurd displayed appears to be from the Dark-Dark Fruit.

For example, in the God Valley incident, the chest badge of the Celestial Dragon Charmaco Saint was obtained by Rocks, but later appeared in the Another Piece treasure that Sigurd buried.

"No... Impossible! This is absurd!"

She suddenly thought of something, and her whole body began to tremble; her emotions were very unstable.

"Rocks was a strong yet gentle man. In the final battle of God Valley, he gave his all, trying to stop an attack that mortals could not withstand... Although he died, many others, including myself, survived because of him..."

“And Sieg—” Phoenix Palace’s voice turned cold:

"He's just a shameless thief who stole the family's treasure; he's completely different."

"And... he even captured himself and cheated me out of 5 billion Berries!" Phoenix Palace gritted her teeth as she recalled this incident.

Not only did they deceive her, but they also fooled the Celestial Dragons by repeatedly selling treasure maps to their aggrieved victims at exorbitant prices. It's simply outrageous.

Phoenix Palace turned her head and looked at the picture frame standing on the table in the mansion.

The picture frame shows a pale-skinned man with messy black hair and a wild smile.

This is a photo of Rocks' body after he has been made up by the mortician.

Usually, every time she looks at this photo, her mind gradually calms down and she regains her strength.

But this time, Phoenix Palace was still unable to control her emotions and her condition was very unusual.

The mystery surrounding that man seemed to dissipate somewhat as she drew closer.

What is the truth?

"I don't believe it—"

"This is just an incomplete hypothesis, not necessarily the truth." Phoenix Palace bit her lip, trying to calm herself down.

"In short, more investigation is needed."

..............

Deeper into the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Inside the Void Throne Hall, Im remained alone, sitting quietly on the throne.

Sunlight streamed into the hall through the windows, casting long shadows from the twenty weapons planted in the ground beneath the throne.

Five elderly men of varying stature knelt down on the next step below, their faces shrouded in shadow, but their ashen complexions were faintly visible.

Rumbling.....

The ground trembled slightly, and dust fell from the walls.

The twenty weapons of various kinds stuck diagonally at the bottom of the steps swayed and trembled with the vibration.

The five elders, who were kneeling, lowered their heads even further.

The Heavenly King's cannon shot struck the Red Earth continent squarely, not only creating a large crater but also triggering a small earthquake. Collapse continues around the crater entrance.

The aftershocks could also be felt in the holy land.

Im sat beneath the throne, and his eyes, which had always been calm and composed with strange double-ringed pupils, finally showed a hint of emotion.

"If you live long enough, you'll always find a few oddballs in the long river of history."

He sighed softly:

"In recent decades, there have been several unusual creatures that have appeared on the sea for the first time in eight hundred years."

"Angel-Angel Fruit, and Higuma, who is unaffected by Seastone and has multiple Devil Fruit users who have broken the ironclad rules of Devil Fruit users."

The Red Earth continent was breached, a dramatic change unprecedented in eight hundred years.

Im and the others aren't stupid either.

From the continued existence of this clone of Sun Bear, they could later deduce that Seastone was probably ineffective against Sieg, otherwise he would not have been able to maintain the existence of the clone.

The general is not special, nor is the white-bearded man.

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit is inherently powerful; regardless of whether the person who eats it is Whitebeard or Blackbeard, it can immediately unleash tremendous destructive power.

But even Im must now admit that Sieg, Roger, and others are anomalies unlike anything ever seen in history.

"Lord Im." At this moment, the Five Elders with the mustache was the first to speak, breaking the silence.

"Actually, Blackbeard Teach is also an anomaly."

"After the war ended, according to the confessions of the Blackbeard remnants captured by the Navy, Teach's physical structure was abnormal. Although he was a dual Devil Fruit user, he was not quite the same as someone like Shiki who ate the Angel-Angel Fruit."

"I had the navy retrieve Blackbeard's body from the seabed, examined it, and found that it was indeed true..."

The Five Old Stars with the Eight-Character Mustache said:

"We have captured several dual Devil Fruit users who ate the Angel Fruit in the past ten years, but their physical structure is not special, except for Blackbeard."

When a Devil Fruit user dies, the Devil Fruit leaves them, and the corpse becomes no different from that of a non-Devil Fruit user. This applies to people who have eaten the Angel Fruit.

But Blackbeard is an exception.

“According to Chief Scientist Vegapunk…” the Five Old Man with the Mustache explained:

"Blackbeard Teach might have been able to eat a second, or even a third, Devil Fruit."

"Considering the existence of the Angel Fruit, perhaps he still has a chance to eat a fourth one... Of course, this is just speculation, after all, Blackbeard is already dead."

"Say less. A dead man won't make a difference," the five elders with swords beside him whispered a reminder.

He coughed lightly and said: