I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

So, apart from the bottle containing Sigurd, all the other healing bombs were taken away by the Kuma and the Revolutionary Army, including the Ivankov.

Then, Sig's gaze fell back on Whitebeard.

Technician No. 1, Da Xiong, was just the first step.

To try and cure Whitebeard's illness, the collaboration of multiple ability users is needed.

With a flash, a second bottle of Reversal Fire Wine appeared in his hand, and then several doctors appeared beside Whitebeard.

Crocus, the top-notch doctor who was able to save Roger's life despite his terminal illness.

The Surgeon of Death Law, Ivankov the Queen of the Okama Kingdom, Marco the Phoenix, the Rewind Fire Wine in Sigurd's hand, and Bartholomew Kuma, the previous user of the Paw-Paw Fruit.

A total of five individuals with unique abilities work together, along with a top-notch doctor.

This combination of Devil Fruit abilities is Higurashi's treatment plan.

"First, use Kuma's ability and the Rewind Fire Sake to adjust Whitebeard's physical condition to its best state, reversing his body by 12 years."

"Then let Ivankov cure the intractable disease by curing hormones, at the cost of 10 years of his life."

"Finally, the three doctors, Luo, Marco, and Crocus, will perform the surgery together..."

“With a plan like this, even someone with one foot in the grave could be saved,” Sieg said confidently.

The combination of these ability users and the doctor is simply a dream team.

They come from various factions, including the Whitebeard Pirates, the Higuma Mountain Bandits, the Revolutionary Army, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Navy, making it quite difficult to gather them all together.

“That being said, my Hormone Fruit ability isn’t a conventional treatment; it will shorten my lifespan,” Ivankov said, shaking his head.

“Yes, that’s the biggest price to pay.” Sig nodded in agreement.

The Rewind-Rewind Fruit could rewind Whitebeard's age back to his prime, a very powerful effect. However, if immortality could be achieved through such a method, the Op-Op Fruit wouldn't be the ultimate Devil Fruit.

"Whitebeard, even if you agree to the surgery, you will still die when your lifespan reaches its limit," Sigurd stated bluntly.

"We can't change that, but we can get your body back to its peak and free it from the torment of disease and aging... at the cost of 10 years of lifespan."

Whitebeard nodded deeply without hesitation:

"If I don't have the surgery, it's hard to say how many more years I'll live."

"Shortening my lifespan? Gulp gallop gallop, that's better than continuing to drag this sick body along and barely clinging to life."

Whitebeard glanced at the naginata Murakumogiri beside him and said calmly:

"It's better to die on the battlefield of Marineford than to die in a hospital bed."

Whitebeard is 72 years old this year. Although his body has regressed to that of a 60-year-old, his true age will not change. Subtracting another 10 years from his lifespan, he probably won't live much longer.

After the white-bearded man nodded in agreement, the doctors began to discuss the specific treatment plan.

"Boss." Luo turned to look at Sieg.

"I'd like to talk to you after this surgery is over."

“Okay.” Sig could guess what he wanted to talk about.

Doflamingo has been killed by Law's own hands, Law has avenged his great grudge, and their deal is over.

Chapter 1162 Shocking! The Mystery of the Mountain Bandit King's Gender (5k)

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Chapter 1163 The Grand Plan: Changing the World (4k)

The sunset was a pale pink, and a soft glow filled the air; even the clouds seemed to be shaped like red hearts.

A newsbird that had wandered into this place landed on a treetop, but was startled into flying away by a group of hairy-legged ladyboys running wildly in the distance, causing a newspaper to fall from its pocket to the ground.

Sanji's hair was a mess, no longer the gentleman he used to be. He picked up the newspaper on the ground and glanced at it.

"The Marineford War? The Red Line has been breached?"

He was taken aback at first, then as if struck by lightning, he froze on the spot.

Trembling, he pulled out the last cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, but his trembling hands couldn't light it no matter what he did.

“ALLBLUE?” he uttered the word softly.

ALLBLUE, Sanji's dream of going to sea, is also the common dream of chefs all over the world—a dream sea where all kinds of fish live together and all kinds of marine ingredients are available.

But in this world, ALLBLUE has always remained just a fantasy.

The Red Line is a high wall that encircles the world, dividing it in two and isolating the four seas (east, west, north, and south) from the Grand Line.

But now, a gap has been breached in the high wall that has been blocking the progress of marine fish, and the two sections of the Grand Line have been connected!

"So that's how it works? As long as we open up the Red Earth and connect the four seas, then ALLBLUE can appear!"

Sanji couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

He never imagined that he could find his dream ALLBLUE in this way!

"Is it Sig? Is it through his abilities, or some kind of weapon?"

"The newspapers say Luffy also participated in the Marineford War; he was there. If we can find him and ask him how to break through the Red Line... then at least we'll have a way to reach All Blue!"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Found you, Sanji, my sweetheart?~" A woman with a wide chin and thick legs patted Sanji's shoulder with a charming smile.

But at that moment, a ball of fire suddenly burst into Sanji's body, and he was engulfed in flames, his hair standing on end in a raging fire.

"ALLBLUE has found its way; now is not the time to be stuck on this island!"

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

New world.

A magnificent, golden island ship sails on the sea, pulled by two giant sea turtles, each over a thousand meters long. Flashing neon lights illuminate the night, making the dark seawater shimmer.

Gran Tesoro, the world's premier entertainment city, is the territory of the Golden Emperor Tesoro.

This ship is both a city and a neutral country recognized by the world government, and the navy cannot enter without permission.

at this time.

In a lavishly decorated hall on the ship, the revolutionary leader Long sat on a sofa, waiting quietly.

There were several new newspapers on the table, including news about the Marineford War, which Dragon was reading with great interest.

Especially after seeing a large hole punched through the Red Earth, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he, who was usually unsmiling, could hardly contain himself at this moment.

"The Red Line, that World Wall has been breached? Doesn't that mean the Grand Line is now connected?"

Long couldn't help but clench the newspaper tightly, his heart pounding.

If others saw this news, they might only marvel at Sieg's formidable personal fighting skills.

But dragons are different; that's not their focus.

He suddenly remembered something from many years ago.

The revolutionary leader, Dragon, once secretly met with Sig in the mountains of the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue, and learned a lot from that meeting.

For example, the "era of the great mountain bandits" that Sieg hinted at to him!

As we all know, the world is mostly oceans with little land, lacking large continents; most of the land is scattered across islands in the five oceans.

Therefore, the era of the Great Mountain Bandits sounds absurd at first glance, because the protagonists of this era belong to pirates and the Navy!

Under what circumstances could the era of great mountain bandits emerge, and the protagonists of the world shift from sea pirates to mountain bandits?

As long as the Grand Line, this special ocean, continues to exist, pirates will continue to come one after another!

Unless... there is no Grand Line!

When the Red Earth is breached, this wall of the world will no longer hinder people, and the four seas will be completely connected and become one ocean!

At that time, the Red Line, with its vast gold mines and the existence of Angel Fruits, could potentially replace the Grand Line as the center of the world.

That will mark the beginning of the true era of the great mountain bandits.

"Has Sig's grand plan to change the world finally reached this stage?" Long couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"I never imagined that Sieg would start his grand plan in such a shocking way."

As he sighed while holding the newspaper, Kella next to him grew a little impatient.

"Chief, why are we here?" Kelra asked in a low voice.

"Golden Emperor Tesoro is no good person. He's clearly a ruthless capitalist. Are we meeting with him to cooperate with him?"

Not only Kerla, but the other revolutionary army cadres nearby couldn't help but listen, clearly also very curious about this issue.

Dragon glanced at Kelra, noticing the revolutionaries' hesitation, and thoughtfully explained:

"By worldly moral standards, Tesoro is indeed not a good person." Dragon nodded, but then changed the subject:

"But in this murky and chaotic world, how many hands are truly clean?"

"Neither mountain bandits nor sea pirates, nor our revolutionary army itself, are moral exemplars."

"As long as it doesn't seriously violate our principles, there's a possibility of sitting down at the negotiating table," Long said earnestly.

In the original storyline, it wasn't just Luffy who released the prisoners from Impel Down; it was also Ivankov, the Queen of the Okama King. In fact, it could be said that Ivankov suggested releasing other prisoners in order to facilitate an escape.

"The only people we can truly say are clean are probably the mid-level officers in the navy," Dragon continued to explain.

"Forget about the higher-ups. The middle-level ones can be explained away by ignorance, but if you become an admiral, you're essentially a direct subordinate of the Celestial Dragons, and you'll inevitably come into contact with some dirty things."

“But…” Kella frowned, still feeling something was amiss.

"Koala, you still don't understand just how powerful the World Government, the enemy we're facing, truly is," Dragon continued.

"In a world teeming with powerful individuals, and with the vast majority of Celestial Dragons being incompetent fools, the World Government has been able to rule this world for eight hundred years."

It is not a superpower that has maintained its global hegemony for decades, but a world government that has ruled the world for eight hundred years.

"The World Government is an unimaginable behemoth, and overthrowing it is a rather difficult goal."

"For this grand goal, we're even willing to cooperate with pirates if necessary," Dragon said.