I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

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In the hazy mist, the giant ship Dushan smashed waves into fine white foam as it sailed with the wind.

This ship is so big that there's an island on board. It can ignore ordinary winds and waves and stay as stable as flat ground.

At this moment, Sig was sitting in a quiet room on the island, with his own shadow clone in front of him. The two sat facing each other as if separated by a mirror, symmetrical to each other.

However, the shadow clone's body occasionally begins to expand irregularly, and its size is constantly changing.

Through the process of returning his life, Sun Bear spent a full ten years gradually and continuously transforming his physical body, evolving towards becoming Big Mom's "steel balloon."

If cultivating Armament Haki is the broad road that almost all strong people walk, then the path of life return and evolution is a narrow and winding path that few people walk.

This path is quite dangerous. Higuma embarked on this path because he was a shadow clone and couldn't cultivate Armament Haki.

Other powerful individuals who have mastered the Life Return technique can also cultivate in this way, but rather than taking this shortcut, they would rather honestly cultivate Armament Haki.

With a soft snap, a section of white bone pierced through the skin at the elbow of the shadow clone and continued to grow, transforming into a sharp bone blade.

The shadow clone's expression changed slightly, and a large amount of blood seeped from the pores of his body. Then, with a bang, he turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

"Again." Sig frowned and created another shadow clone.

Returning to life is a relatively rare skill, usually mastered only by martial arts experts who have fully mastered the Six Styles. Essentially, it involves infusing a powerful spiritual consciousness into the body, directly controlling any part of the body.

Hair, internal organs, changes in body shape... these are all basic methods.

The lion-like Kuga from CP9 and Vice Admiral Onigumo from the Navy control their hair through life return, using their hair as arms.

Hair, whether it grows or is cut, has no effect on the body itself.

But if you try to manipulate bone growth or modify the body, like Sigir bears do, it's a different story.

If something goes wrong, hair can be cut off at any time, but bones, internal organs, and the like cannot be cut off casually.

of course.

For Sigurd, who possesses shadow clones, he can indeed cut them off at will.

“Shadow clones can be used as test subjects for the cultivation of life return. If the transformation of the physical body fails, then death is death, and a new clone can be created.”

"In this way, I can repeatedly use shadow clones to conduct experiments, experimenting repeatedly without fear of death... In this way, the progress of physical body modification for life restoration will definitely advance rapidly, even faster than during the Sun Bear era."

Life can control any organ in the body... If we go a step further, could we directly control cell growth? Or, to be even bolder, could we modify our own DNA?

DNA, or what Vegapunk calls the lineage factor, is known in this world as the blueprint of life and is closely related to Devil Fruit abilities.

Vegapunk once extracted Kaido's "bloodline factor" and created an artificial Devil Fruit at the Punk Hazard Research Institute.

This experiment demonstrates that after a Devil Fruit user consumes a Devil Fruit, their "bloodline factor" is altered.

The reverse is also true.

Vegapunk can also reverse-engineer "artificial Devil Fruits" from bloodline factors.

Sieg suddenly had the idea of ​​having a good talk with Vegapunk, but it was too late.

Chapter 1175 Making a Doll (4k)

Vegapunk, the world's greatest scientist who is 500 years ahead of his time, has reached the forefront of the era in his research on lineage factors and Devil Fruits, and no one can match him.

With Vegapunk's help, it might be possible to figure out the connection between the so-called lineage factor and Devil Fruit abilities.

Unfortunately, Admiral Higuma is no longer with us, and Vegapunk is under the protection of the World Government. Let alone meeting and talking to Vegapunk, Higuma doesn't even know where Vegapunk is right now.

Sig created another shadow clone and continued training.

The morning exercise ended quickly, and at lunchtime, Sieg returned to the main hall of the Dushan Castle.

Although the Dushan has undergone extensive renovation and reinforcement, this Gothic castle, which originally belonged to Moriah, still largely retains its original appearance.

Sieg took his seat at the table, then glanced at another table in the distance.

Those were Sugar and Monet, the sisters. Both of them were covered in sweat, their bangs were wet and stuck to their scalps, and their expressions showed undisguised fatigue.

After Sugar and Monet decided to dedicate themselves to the noble cause of the bandits, Baldy was very pleased and actively gave them a lesson in ideology.

In addition, shipwright Tom decided to further modify the Dushan, using Wahlbo alloy as a material to reinforce the war-damaged ship, while Sugar and his companion were reduced to laborers.

After the Dressrosa incident, the Don Quixote family ceased to exist. Diamante and two other top executives were executed by Violet, while the fates of the other executives varied. Some were imprisoned, some were executed, and some, like Piqué, whose crimes were less serious, were released and remained in Dressrosa instead of leaving.

Diamante and the others who were executed had their Devil Fruits recovered by Sigurd, including the Flutter-Flutter Fruit, which is currently lying in Sigurd's inventory.

Sugar seemed to sense Sieg's gaze. She looked back, her big eyes immediately welling up with tears as she looked at Sieg pitifully.

Although she didn't like being treated like a child, she had long been accustomed to using her harmless appearance to gain preferential treatment.

She used to be Doflamingo's subordinate, how could she possibly listen to the bald man's ramblings and talk about labor camps?

Compared to these annoying things, Sig, who should have been kept away from, became less dangerous.

Seeing that no one was around, Sugar jogged over and gently shook Sieg's arm:

"Sig, can I not work? I'm still a child."

Sugar felt a slight disappointment when she touched Sieg's arm; she didn't revert to her adult form as she had expected upon physical contact with him...

"Let go, I'm not buying it." Sig pulled his arm away without a word.

"Labor is the essence of humanity; it enriches and enriches human life. What can you do if you don't work? Go to jail?"

As Sieg finished speaking, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he asked in a low voice:

"Sugar, can you use your abilities to make dolls?"

"Ok?"

Sugar shuddered and stared at Sieg in horror.

She'd been so confused lately that she'd almost forgotten Sig had been lusting after her...

"Pervert." She lowered her head and muttered under her breath.

"You dare to curse again?" Sig became interested, but then shook his head.

"I was talking about your Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability," Sigurd said.

"The Fun Fruit can turn others into toys, so the concept of these toys must be more than just the metal soldier toys that children play with, right?"

In the original story, Sugar once created a large war toy that could still move freely even after being destroyed. Although it was not strong individually, it was quite troublesome and was an unkillable war toy, which is why Sigurd asked this question.

"This...that's definitely possible. If it doesn't require me to do hard labor, I'd be willing to give it a try." A serious expression appeared on Sugar's little face.

"So, what kind of similar toy do you want me to make?"

“It’s that kind of…” Sieg gestured with his hand:

Do you have any realistic, life-sized toys? Could you make a panda face toy?

“I can try this…” Sugar was about to agree when she suddenly remembered something and looked up at Sieg incredulously:

She instinctively took a step back, terrified.

"This is not childlike at all, and how can you make such a request of a girl..."

Sugar jogged away and didn't come any closer to Sieg.

"?" Sig was stunned for a moment before he understood the conversation they had just had:

"She's not a child at all."

At this time, the others also arrived one after another, and chefs brought various dishes to the table one after another.

Today, the giant ship Dushan is home to over ten thousand bandits, making it a self-sufficient floating town with a fairly abundant diet.

The world of One Piece is rich in resources, especially for the strong, as the huge beasts in the mountains and seas are an inexhaustible source of food.

However, as Sieg looked at the various dishes on the table, his stomach churned, and he had no appetite.

"Sig, do you want some Sea King-sized meat sticks?"

Suddenly, I heard Ah Ling's voice in my ear.

Sig's nose twitched slightly, and his expression suddenly changed.

Ah Ling then lifted a large, meaty stick about a meter long and shoved it into Sig's mouth.

Sieg instinctively took the large, meaty stick, but felt a churning in his stomach and his face turned slightly pale.

The devastating beam of light that fell from the sky during the Marineford War remains vividly etched in his memory.

The pain of his body being repeatedly destroyed and repaired was completely healed with the help of Tyrant Bear, and was even made into a Yin Healing Bomb.

But the memory of continuously devouring large chunks of meat until my brain stopped thinking is too vivid...

After the war, Sieg suffered from anorexia.

Now, more than a week has passed since the Marineford War, and the symptoms have lessened a bit. Although he still resists eating, he can at least force himself to eat a little due to physiological needs.

After finishing his meal, Sieg returned to his room and looked in the full-length mirror, only to find that he had a layer of fine sweat on his forehead.

Eating a meal felt like torture...

Sieg pressed his stomach, unable to help but recall the massive pillar of light that descended from the sky during the Marineford War; he still felt lingering fear.

After all, he knew far too little about Uranus, the King of the Gods.

To date, the Heavenly King has launched three campaigns over the decades: the God Valley War decades ago, the Impel Down War ten years ago, and the Marineford War not long ago.

God Valley, Mary Geoise, Marineford... these are all Celestial Dragons' own territories, yet they still fight without hesitation, seemingly without any scruples.

This unbridled attack was like the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, and he never knew when it would fall again, leaving Sieg with a lingering sense of danger.

Although he successfully deflected Uranus's attack during the Marineford War, he had run out of uses for his coffin lid. If he encounters a similar attack again, he will really have to take it with his head.

"Logically speaking... such a powerful attack, similar to a nuclear weapon, should not be used lightly, and it would be more reasonable to have some kind of restriction, but the World Government has acted too recklessly."

"This is terrifying! The World Government is utterly ruthless and dangerous!"

Sig clutched his chest, and after carefully recalling the events, his heart was pounding.

"I have to find a way to destroy the World Government, otherwise I won't be able to eat properly, I'll always be living in danger, and I'll never be able to live a peaceful life."

Whitebeard, a king of the seas, reigned supreme in the New World, a force even the Navy could hardly shake. But Whitebeard's peaceful life was only relative.

But decades later, when Whitebeard grew old and the Navy seized on Ace as leverage, the Marineford War broke out, almost killing Whitebeard on the spot.