I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"You should know, right? I used to be a member of Big Mom's pirate crew, but now Kaido has taken over Whole Cake Island."

"Having been reduced to a lone wolf a year ago and lacking subordinates, he directly absorbed the old woman's old troops, even including some of her children..."

"I know a few people among the old members of this group of big-mom pirates."

"What do you want to say? Just say it, what classified information did you receive?" Luo said.

"We're not the only Supernovas who want to challenge Kaido; we have natural allies," Bege said.

"The Straw Hat Pirates have already provoked Kaido of the Beasts. As far as I know, their ship is already on its way to Whole Cake Island."

"Straw Hat Luffy?" Luo briefly recalled:

"That guy is pretty strong, but he's a bit reckless."

His only interaction with Luffy was during the Marineford War. Other Supernovas like Bege, however, had contact with Luffy on Sabaody Archipelago, where they were both hunted by Pacifistas and beaten up together by Admiral Higuma.

Although they had a brief encounter, their relationship wasn't deep; they merely acknowledged each other's strength. Therefore, they attempted to recruit the Straw Hat Pirates into Bege's meticulously planned assassination plot...

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The brief appearance of the two supernovas, including contacting former members of the Big Mom Pirates and attacking a Navy warship, caused quite a stir on the high seas.

They were just supernovas two years ago, like leeks in the stock market, a new crop grows every year.

But the significance behind their appearance has made some people start to think deeply.

Cake Island.

Morgans, the news anchor with a bird-like face, paced back and forth in the room, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

After the Marineford War, he was warned and hunted down by CP agents dispatched by the World Government for upholding press freedom and reporting important news that was detrimental to the World Government.

Morgans did not surrender easily; on the contrary, he appeared quite resolute.

After all, besides being known as the "King of News," he is also one of the kings of the underworld, a media mogul who straddles both the legitimate and criminal worlds, and is no ordinary person.

Although he is powerless against the Navy or the World Government, he can still survive by hiding in the New World.

Morgans had some connection with Big Mom. A year ago, he originally wanted to join Big Mom's side, but after hearing the news of Big Mom's death, he switched sides and joined Kaido instead, and has remained there ever since.

Morgans remains one of the kings of the underworld, as well as a well-informed intelligence chief.

"The gangster Capone Bege has reappeared? Tsk tsk, I remember he went to the depths of the New World with Big Mom and Kaido a year ago."

"So, he's the second survivor after Kaido?"

Morgans spoke with excitement.

The death of any one of the Four Emperors will have a profound impact on the current world order.

The events of a year ago were too bizarre. Two Yonko entered the depths of the New World together, and only Kaido survived. He also remained tight-lipped about that experience and never mentioned it again.

Kaido later became known for his heavy drinking, but even after drinking, he never revealed a single detail, which added to the mystery surrounding the incident.

"Someone witnessed Capone Bege acting with another supernova, Law, which is no small matter..."

Bege is a survivor of the battle where the Four Emperors died a year ago, while Law... as many people know after the Marineford War, he was a member of the Higuma Mountain Pirates.

One represents the mysterious events of a year ago, the other represents Sig, and the combination of the two...

“I smell a big story. Could it be…” Morgans’s eyes twitched;

"Could it be that the old lady's death is related to Sieg? Is that why Becky and Law are getting so close?"

"If it was Higuma who killed Big Mom and crippled Kaido, then it would make sense."

"After two years, is Sieg finally planning to return to the sea? I wonder what kind of waves he will stir up this time."

The two supernovas were not even worth the attention of bigwigs like Morgans; he was merely using them to spy on Seager's behind-the-scenes plans.

A year ago, Sieg went to sea.

However, he acted relatively discreetly, visiting the "uninhabited island" Punk Hazard without anyone knowing he had been there.

The later giant kingdom of Elbaf and the world tree kingdom, one was located deep within the relatively isolated new world, and the other was completely cut off from the world...

So, in the eyes of the world, the Mountain Bandit King has vanished for two years. No one knows where he is. What conspiracy is this actor, who orchestrated the Marineford War and personally played both the executioner and the general, secretly plotting...?

But now, Morgans senses a conspiracy and a big news story.

Just as he was thinking this, a subordinate knocked on the door and entered:

"President, our people have spotted Capone Bege, Law, and Straw Hat Luffy."

"The three parties have entered the waters around Whole Cake Island and are making secret contact!"

"They arrived so quickly?" Morgans exclaimed in surprise.

"Hasn't Kaido noticed?"

“Kaido… is drunk again,” the subordinate replied.

"Drunk? Good, drunk." Morgans' eyes gleamed.

"Several of the Supernovas who have clashed with Kaido of the Beasts have entered the country with the intention of challenging the Four Emperors. There have been quite a few such challengers over the years, especially among the Supernovas."

The Supernovas are the most prominent newcomers on the Grand Line each year, representing the strongest level of the younger generation who have not yet joined the Four Emperors' crews.

But Morgans wasn't interested in the supernova itself, but rather in the people behind it.

"Is it Higuma? Is he going to wipe out Kaido, who fled alone a year ago? Where is he hiding now?"

After much deliberation, Morgans made a decision.

"Come on, take me to see them."

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Half an hour later.

A powerful figure from the underworld intruded into the meeting between the Straw Hat Pirates, the Heart Pirates, and the Fire Tank Pirates.

“Morgans, you’re wrong,” Becky said casually, a cigar dangling from her lips.

"Our plan to assassinate the Four Emperors has nothing to do with Sieg; it was our own idea."

"Do pirates need any other reason to assassinate a Yonko?"

Becky did not try to hide his intentions from Morgans, because his previous intelligence sources were also connected to Morgans.

"Is that so?" Morgans said dismissively.

"Actually, I have no intention of interfering in your assassination plot. I have another purpose for coming here."

“I have a confidential intelligence from the underworld that relates to Sig. I hope you can help me deliver it to Sig, who is living in seclusion.”

“I did spend time on Sieg’s ship, but I wasn’t one of Sieg’s men. You’ve got the wrong person.” Just as Luo was about to refuse, he heard Morgans continue on his own:

"Sig's coffin has been found."

Chapter 1221 The Mystery of Sieg's Resurrection (4k)

“Sig’s coffin has been found,” Morgans said solemnly.

After he finished speaking, Luo and Becky were stunned for a moment, then frowned.

"No, why are you swearing?" Usopp, standing next to Luffy, retorted with some dissatisfaction.

The Straw Hat Pirates are small in number, so all of them are currently in the meeting room participating in the discussion.

Higuma was, after all, the first big shot Usopp met during his childhood, and they had a history in the East Blue, where Higuma had even helped his mother, so he left a deep impression on him.

“No, that’s probably not what he meant.” Becky took a puff of her cigar and thought for a moment.

Although Morgans, the "King of News," has fallen from grace, he remains one of the kings of the underworld and wouldn't go out of his way to come here and hurl insults.

So what he means is...

"You mean that metal plate that the boss had during the Marineford War? Come to think of it, that thing really does look like a coffin lid..." Becky asked, puzzled.

Most of the Supernovas participated in the Marineford War, although that war was not their stage.

What appeared in Sieg's hands at that time was Newton's coffin lid, which had already been used up.

Although it was shaped like a long metal plate, no one would have thought of it as a coffin lid; they simply assumed it was some kind of secret weapon. It wasn't until Morgans reminded Becky that she realized what was going on.

“No, no, no, it’s not that…” Morgans composed himself and said:

“I’m talking about a complete coffin, not just the coffin lid.”

"This coffin lid comes from 12 years ago."

“Back then, Sieg was resurrected from a coffin, which is said to be related to the secret of his resurrection. And now that coffin has been found.”

As Morgans spoke, he took out a slightly yellowed, somewhat old photograph from his pocket and slapped it on the table.

Everyone crowded around and were secretly surprised after seeing the photo.

This photo was taken at dusk.

Night was about to fall, and the world was getting dark.

As the sun was about to sink below the horizon, its blood-red rays pierced through the faint mist over the sea, making most of the ocean shimmer and dyeing half the sky red, as if blood were flowing across the heavens and earth, and everything in sight was crimson.

Everyone stared intently, and what they saw in the sky above the photo was... people!

Seven tall, dark figures stood in the air, each carrying a pale blue coffin on their shoulders, as if they were climbing invisible stairs from the sky to the ground.

The shadowy figures were dressed entirely in black, their faces obscured, seemingly shrouded in a persistent shadow, making their features impossible to discern.

The coffin was also quite strange. It seemed to be made of some kind of unknown metal, with a bluish-green color, an ancient shape, a strong sense of age, and an aura of vicissitudes of time.

The setting sun dyed the sky blood red, and beneath the crimson glow, seven dark figures treaded on the void, carrying ancient coffins on their shoulders, descending from beyond the heavens.

This is what's in the photo; according to Morgans, Sieg was probably inside a coffin at the time.

While everyone was surprised and shocked, Morgans pulled out a second photograph.

This photo shows something that a salvage ship has just retrieved from the sea.

It was an ancient coffin with a bluish-green color. Although the surface of the coffin was mostly covered by seabed silt, one could still vaguely see its extraordinary nature, which was full of the aura of time.

In particular, one corner of the coffin was strangely blackish-red, seemingly stained with blood. Even through the photo, an ominous aura emanated from it, causing Becky and the others to instinctively move away from the picture.

“Twelve years ago, Sieg emerged from a coffin, seemingly brought back to life,” Morgans said.