I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Even more remarkable are the pirate kings who have "died and come back to life," and the mountain bandit kings who have repeatedly died and been resurrected, who still live in the world.

The golden lion of yesteryear always longed for that bygone era.

But in the eyes of the current overlord, Lox, new talents emerge in every generation, and the current era is more chaotic and brilliant than the one before.

The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves forward.

No, this is a great era where the older generation has persevered to this day and shines alongside the younger generation.

“Such an era…” Lockes narrowed his eyes and sighed.

The turbulent old era has long since passed, and Lox is just one of the souls who died before the throne.

According to Morgans's narrative, this is clearly another brilliant era.

“Actually, Mr. Sieg meant well,” Morgans said softly, glancing at Sieg who was frowning in thought.

"As planned, Sig will be interviewed by me live. If you, Mr. Rocks, also appear on camera, broadcasting via video Den Den Mushi, we might have a chance to turn public opinion around..."

"Live broadcast?" Lockes's eyes narrowed.

He lowered his eyelids, pondered for a long time, a resolute look flashing in his eyes, and a small smile appeared on his lips, but it quickly disappeared.

Lox looked up at Sig.

"Wang Xige, I've changed my mind."

"What?" Sig was taken aback.

“I can cooperate with your live interview,” Lockes said calmly.

“This…why did you suddenly change your mind?” Sieg glanced at Morgans beside him.

He was thinking about his own things and didn't listen to the conversation between Morgans and Lox; he only knew that the two were chatting.

Could it be that Morgans persuaded Lox?

"I just wanted to make a small attempt." Lox said calmly, "Don't worry, I, Lox, am a man of my word. It's not like you, who has so many schemes and tricks."

"Or do you not believe me?"

“...Okay, it’s decided then.” Sig quickly nodded in agreement, afraid that Lox might change his mind again.

Although there were some setbacks, it ultimately proceeded as planned.

“Let’s do a live stream right here,” Morgans said, glancing at Gilman behind him.

Gilman, the user of the Den Den Mushi Fruit, is the head of a tabloid. He has been working with Morgans for years, and the two are quite familiar with each other.

"The giant ship Dushan is located on this cloud island, 10,000 meters above the sea."

Morgans said, "I have already set up the broadcasting equipment on Furnace Island below. Once everything is set up here, the images can be transmitted to the ground via video Den Den Mushi."

Written interviews are not out of the question, but we must consider whether the public will believe them, and whether Sieg is just spouting nonsense.

Given the current weak public opinion, a live broadcast of Den Den Mushi is certainly more reliable, especially if the deceased Rocks comes back to life to testify.

"I'll have my men on Furnace Island make the arrangements immediately." Morgans picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed his subordinate's number.

Furnace Island is located roughly below Cloud Island, similar to the situation where Thunder Island was once above Bika Sky Island.

This island has a large volcano and a hot climate, hence its name, meaning "summer island."

Centered on Huolu Island, there are five or six islands of varying sizes scattered in the surrounding sea. Huolu Island is the largest of these and is relatively prosperous.

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Den Den Mushi are quite amazing creatures; certain species of Den Den Mushi can be used to broadcast video.

However, Den Den Mushi are living organisms after all, and the range of their telepathic waves for real-time video communication is limited. Global live streaming is impossible; at most, it can be streamed within neighboring islands, and beyond that, it won't work.

Taking the Battle of Marineford as an example, the live broadcast was transmitted to a plaza in the Sabaody Archipelago near the Marine Headquarters, not a global broadcast.

Cloud Island is 10,000 meters above sea level, which is only 10 kilometers. The absolute distance is not very far, and it is within the reception range of the video Den Den Mushi.

At this moment, on Cloud Island, Sig is preparing for a character interview.

Meanwhile, on Fire Island Square, 10,000 meters below, news king Morgans' subordinates had already set up the live broadcast site, with three large screens positioned at three different locations on the square.

This square can accommodate a maximum of one or two thousand people, which is sufficient for use as a live broadcast venue.

"Big news! Big news!" one of Morgans's men shouted through a megaphone.

"Morgans, president of the World Economic Herald, will conduct a special interview with the bandit king, Sig, to address the recent controversy surrounding the resurrection of Rocks. The interview will be broadcast live from the central square of Furnace Island in half an hour!"

"Morgans, the editor-in-chief of the World Economic Herald, will be visiting the mountain..."

The loudspeaker's voice blared through the streets, while hundreds of news birds flew in all directions, and flyers for Sieg's interviews fell from the sky like snowflakes.

Morgans did not publicize the event beforehand to avoid attracting the Navy's attention, so the announcement of the live broadcast was only given half an hour in advance.

He put in a lot of effort for this interview. The surrounding sea area is not under the control of the navy, and there are no patrolling warships.

That's enough. No matter how fast the navy reacts, it's impossible for them to get to the scene within half an hour.

Newsbirds fly in all directions, these free birds carrying flyers for interviews to the surrounding islands.

Flyers rained down on the streets and alleys, and on the docks where ships came and went. Soon, the island was buzzing with excitement, and many curious people headed to the central square based on the flyers.

"Morgans wants to interview Sieg? Wow, that's really big news!"

"Since the Marineford War, the bandit king Higuma has not appeared for two years! It seems that the news that broke in the newspapers the other day was indeed explosive, forcing Higuma to come out."

"Should we call him Sig, King Sig, or Lox?"

The people on the surrounding islands started talking about it, and the streets became noisy.

"Sig?"

A thick arm reached into the air and caught a falling flyer.

A young, one-armed man with a red, spiky hairstyle stared silently at the flyer in his hand.

"Kidd? What are you spacing out for?"

Kira, wearing a hockey mask, patted him on the shoulder:

"Hawkins and Ap are still waiting for us."

"Let's go over there."

Kidd casually pocketed the flyer and quickly walked to an open space on the edge of the island.

Magician Hawkins was already waiting here.

"Kidd, you're really slow," Magician Hawkins complained casually, then his gaze fell on Kidd's empty sleeve.

"Kidd? What happened to your arm?"

"I've staked it on the New World," said the red-haired, one-armed man, Kid.

Hawkins: ?

"Don't look at me like that. I wasn't the one who spoke just now." Kidd frowned and turned around to look behind him, just in time to see Haiming Ap walking up from behind.

The one who spoke just now wasn't Kid, but the supernova Uminori Apoo behind him.

"Apu, what do you mean by that? What bet in the New World?" Kidd didn't quite understand.

Ap glanced at Hawkins and Kidd, whose faces were expressionless, and sighed slightly:

"It seems you don't read the tabloids? This is a famous line from a story in the tabloids."

“Newspapers? Boring.” Kidd ignored Ap, patted the shoulder on the side of his missing arm, and his expression became slightly serious.

Are you asking about my missing arm?

"This is the price of challenging one of the Four Emperors."

The person who cut off his arm was another red-haired man, Shanks.

"To escape from the clutches of the Four Emperors, with only an arm as the price, isn't bad," Hawkins commented.

There are quite a few Supernovas who are challenging the Four Emperors.

Some people didn't even get to the Four Emperors before being killed by their generals and capable subordinates.

The Supernova Urouge had his arm cut off by a Sweet Commander, while Fire Fist Ace's entire Spade Pirates were captured and absorbed by Whitebeard...

Although Kidd lost, the person who cut off his arm was at least one of the Four Emperors.

"The result isn't too bad, you were just a bit reckless," Hawkins said expressionlessly.

"Also, which of the Four Emperors severed your arm?"

"It's Red-Haired Shanks." Before Kidd could respond, Apoo answered again.

"It is said that the story goes like this..."

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Many people have similar experiences: when they see young people, it's like seeing their younger selves, and they can't help but do something about it.

Many years ago in the East Blue, Shanks met Luffy and saw Roger's shadow in Luffy.

"This boy has the potential to become the Pirate King." Shanks was deeply moved, so he placed Roger's straw hat on Luffy's head.

Kidd challenged Shanks, and although he was defeated, Shanks greatly admired him.

Shanks, with the mindset of a senior, wanted to give the young man some of his life experience, but he had nothing left to give.

Then he saw a mirror, and on a whim, he swung his sword and cut off Kidd's arm.

"This boy has the potential of a Yonko (Emperor of the Sea)." Shanks, the red-haired, one-armed man, said this as he looked at Kid, the one-armed, red-haired man.

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"What the hell? What are you talking about?" Kidd listened patiently as Ap finished speaking, and then he was completely dumbfounded.

"Red-Haired Shanks isn't missing an arm... This doesn't make sense," he said, frowning.

"Apu, it's been two years, why have you become so eccentric?"

“It seems you really haven’t read the tabloids. Here’s another interesting story from the tabloids.” Ap shook his head.

"What kind of bullshit newspaper dares to make up stories about me? And one of the Four Emperors? Does the person who wrote this have a death wish?"

Kidd was both amused and annoyed.