I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

After all, if we're being really serious, the first Vegapunk would have been gone long ago.

Although the artificial Devil Fruits were not failures, due to the presence of Vegapunk from the World Government, the power of Vegapunk beside Higuma was weak, much like the relationship between a bootleg and the original.

It took a long time of accumulation and development to barely be enough to use time rewind once.

"Time reversal? Where do you intend to use this ability? Let me know in advance if you want to use it," Sig said.

“I want to use it in…” Vegapunk took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly with excitement and anticipation:

"Used 800 years ago!"

Sieg paused, then frowned.

"You wouldn't be thinking of using your abilities to go back to the past, and then using Tenzuki's abilities to gradually return to the present, would you?"

"So, you've never completely given up on this plan all these years? You've always wanted to change the past?"

Time is like a long river, and Vegapunk, Toki, and Sigurd are just fish that can briefly leap out of the river. If they dare to try to change the course of the river, they are being too arrogant.

Vegapunk, who had failed repeatedly, should have been well aware of this.

“No, I gave up long ago.” Vegapunk shook his head.

"What I want to change is not the past, but to use information from the past to change our present situation!"

"The ancient kingdom, or rather the great kingdom, which existed 800 years ago, was a prosperous and powerful nation that possessed advanced technology. It is said that ancient weapons were a legacy of the ancient kingdom."

"From fragments of information about the Sky Island people's history, we can discover..."

"The massive war 800 years ago was extremely intense and destroyed a civilization."

"The descendants of the ancient kingdoms did not inherit the complete history, and although the Celestial Dragons and the World Government inherited Uranus, they did not master the corresponding powerful technology, so they have been unable to repair Uranus for a long time."

In the world of One Piece, there is a significant technological gap.

The technology of the ancient kingdoms was more advanced than that of the present, and their technological paths were not entirely aligned with those of Vegapunk's future, 500 years in the future, allowing them to complement each other.

“I don’t want to directly change the past,” Vegapunk said.

"Even if we can't change anything, we can only be witnesses and observers of history from 800 years ago, without participating in specific events."

"If we can bring the technological knowledge of the ancient kingdoms back to the present, it will be of great help to us."

Vegapunk's artificial Devil Fruit power is very weak, and can only be used about once, so he didn't use it for his usual research. Instead, he wanted to go all out and maximize his profits.

It must be said that he has great courage and boldness.

"To go back in time in order to acquire knowledge and technology?" Sig muttered to himself.

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Book title: A Walk in Terra Without Fire or Ashes

Synopsis: "Lord Ash, you've said that every Lord of Cinder who links the Flame has their own unique characteristics. What about you?"

"As a mage, I know a little bit about everything."

A beautiful, retro signature points to a figure hidden in the history of Terra.

He once manipulated nations with ease and never concealed his true name. He looked down upon humanity from the origin of history. We don't even know how far he has traveled, nor can we fathom the limits of his knowledge.

Now it has finally stopped and is willing to answer those mysteries for us.

Kal'tsit: "No, I didn't intend to say..."

Ashes: "That's right, it is I."

Yes! Lord Ash, ancient hunter king from the legendary Age of Fire, we have a few questions for you…

"I beheaded the Witch King, overthrew the Snow Mountain, the immortal black serpent is in the wine vat, the specimens from the sea are in the laboratory, Xi is my wife... I'm not a riddle teller, I'll answer any question."

Chapter 1220 Sig's Coffin (4k)

Vegapunk's ability is to travel one-way through time in the past.

He alone is certainly not enough to travel through time, and the fact that he proposed it means that he needs the Time-Time Fruit user, Toki Amatsuki.

Of course, there was also a third party among them, Sig.

"Are you expecting my abilities? Let me be frank, I've already exhausted them," Sieg said bluntly.

He traveled through the past and changed the course of history by relying on the causal power between the past and the present, but this power was exhausted when he returned from the parallel world.

"Exhausted? That's not that important." Vegapunk was somewhat surprised, but continued:

"Our time travel this time is not about affecting the past, but more like a journey through time."

"Travelers don't change anything, but the things they see and learn during their travels are enough to change them, and that's enough."

“To minimize the potential impact on the timeline, the fewer participants in the journey, the better,” Vegapunk said, looking at Sieg.

He had hoped that this tour group would consist of himself, Tianyue Shi, and Xige.

That's why he made a special trip to seek Sig's opinion on how to use his abilities.

“My opinion is… you should think it over,” Sieg said.

"The time-reversal fruit can only be used once, so it's a very precious opportunity. If used well, it might just be a chance to reload a save."

Even if you eventually make this decision, you should think it over carefully.

He did not immediately agree to Vegapunk's request, but suggested that they consider it further and put the matter aside for the time being.

In fact, it's not just Vegapunk who needs time to think; Siegfried himself does too.

“But there’s one more thing…” Sieg muttered to himself.

"I need to send a letter to Whitebeard..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a burly man with bronze skin emerged from the crowd; the loyal cockroach bully had come online.

"First mate, let me do it," Hale said with a loud laugh.

He still deliberately addressed Sieg as the first mate, a subtle reminder of their past friendship.

"I was on the same ship as Whitebeard back then, and I'd like to go out and catch up with him," Hale said seriously.

Sieg glanced at him, somewhat surprised by Hale's enthusiasm, but nodded in agreement.

"Phew... I did it." After leaving without making a sound, Hale almost burst out laughing.

Finally, he got another chance to get away from Sieg.

It's too dangerous to be around Sig. As long as he's around Sig, he'll always be the cockroach bully, not the immortal king.

Even so, the letter still needs to be sent.

Hale was also worried about falling out with Sieg, so he planned to find a reason to break away from Sieg after delivering the letter, so that he could be free to do whatever he wanted.

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Several days later.

On the coast of an island in the New World, a large naval warship is ablaze.

The ship was littered with fallen naval vessels. The warship was riddled with holes and showed signs of battle everywhere. In addition to the naval insignia, the words G-5 were also visible on the canvas.

This is a warship from the New World Division G-5 of the Navy's Grand Line.

In addition, officers in the Navy's four-sea branch are three ranks lower than officers in the headquarters; for example, a branch colonel is equivalent to a captain in the headquarters.

However, this is not the case for branches along the Grand Line. Whether it is the headquarters or a branch along the Grand Line, those stationed there are the elite of the world's navies. For example, Garp, and Kizaru before he became an admiral, also had their own branches stationed along the Grand Line.

At this moment, dozens or even hundreds of hearts encased in transparent cubes were casually tossed onto the ground. Law stood on the deck, coldly looking down at the navy men before him.

Before him, only one naval officer remained, draped in a cloak of justice. But he was pale, and his bare chest was empty where his heart should have been; clearly, like the others, his heart had been taken by Law.

"Vergo has been transferred? He's now stationed at Naval Headquarters?"

Luo toyed with the heart in his hand while frowning as he looked at the naval officer in front of him.

"When did this happen?" he asked.

“Just a few months after the Marineford War…” the naval officer replied.

Luo's brows furrowed even deeper.

During the Marineford War, Doflamingo was killed by him after having his heart taken.

After the war, Siegfried led his troops to Dressrosa and wiped out the Don Quixote family in one fell swoop.

Of Doflamingo's executives, only one survived: Vice Admiral Vergo, the commander of the Navy's G-5 branch base.

It now appears that Vergo did not sit idly by and continue to stay in the G-5 branch.

"We're too late."

Luo jumped back onto his submarine and watched the burning warship slowly sink before turning his gaze away.

His original plan was to devise a plan to secretly infiltrate the G5 branch and assassinate Vergo, but that plan has now fallen through.

"How about it, Law? Why don't you join forces with me?" A voice came from afar, and the person who came was Capone Bege, the captain of the Flame Tank Pirates.

After leaving Elbaf, the two supernovas did not work together but went their separate ways.

But now, it seems they are about to get back together.

“I agree. What’s the plan?” Luo asked.

Law's pirate crew is small and lacks intelligence capabilities.

If he is single-mindedly focused on revenge and possesses sufficiently strong intelligence capabilities, Law could still ambush Vergo.

But for Law, a pirate, the meaning of his life goes beyond revenge.

Thus, the two Supernovas formed a pirate alliance with the aim of assassinating Kaido, one of the Four Emperors.

Neither Law nor Bege are reckless like Luffy; they act according to their own plans.

Especially Becky.

Although he was a newcomer in the same year as Law and others, he was close in age to Barrett and a few years older than the current Yonko Shanks.

Before he even set sail, he was already a "bandit" in the West Sea, and he has struggled his way up to where he is now.

“Of course there’s a plan.” Becky grinned.