I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Sieg thought to himself.

This combo card is also based on the principle of "Shave": by stomping the ground at high frequency in an instant, it creates a powerful explosive impact and moves at high speed in an instant under the reaction force.

The camera captured the shavings, and the images were then used to create this card.

Peng.

The shadow clone Sigurd vanished as a wisp of smoke, while the telekinetic energy that had been split off earlier was returned to Sigurd.

Both physical strength and telekinesis have recovered, and he is almost back to full strength.

Sig briefly informed the others that he was going out, and then hurriedly took to the air.

"Let's go." Following the location given by Morgans, Sieg sped off.

His goal wasn't to confront the Navy's admirals head-on, but to steal the Adam Tree, which had been captured by the Navy. So bringing others along wouldn't be of much use; it would be more suitable for Sieg to operate alone in secrecy.

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

Several hours later, after nightfall.

Sieg appeared on one of Morgans' ships.

The ship has gaps of varying sizes blasted open by artillery fire and is covered in battle damage.

"Morgans, although I told you to abandon the cargo ship in time, you actually managed to escape from the fleet led by the generals. You're really something."

Sieg stood next to Morgans, raising his binoculars to gaze at the naval fleet emerging on the distant horizon.

Morgans hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Actually, I was a little surprised... Aokiji and the other generals didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill me. Their target seemed to be the Adam Tree. That's probably why I was able to escape."

Although Morgans was quite powerful, his influence was mainly in journalism and underground intelligence; the power he commanded was not particularly strong.

"A precious tree like Adam, could they really value it so much?" Sig was a little skeptical.

The Adam Tree, especially a living Adam Tree, is an extremely precious treasure with very high value.

But the Adam Tree is a tree, not a single tree; there are several others around the world. While precious, it is not unique.

There's likely more to the story than meets the eye that would lead a naval fleet to such a desperate attempt to seize it.

Sig thought for a moment.

Either Morgans's affair has been exposed, and the Navy wants to use Adam the Tree as bait to lure him out.

Either the Adam Tree has another important purpose, not just shipbuilding, but something more important than Sieg imagined.

"I saw Adam the Tree."

Under the cover of night, Sieg gazed at the distant naval fleet, his Observation Haki subtly activated.

Layer upon layer of warships surrounded a large cargo ship. On the deck of the cargo ship stood a giant tree that was hundreds of meters tall. This tree was not only tall, but also quite thick, and looked very majestic and upright. It was the precious tree Adam that Sieg had longed for.

But what made Sieg's heart skip a beat was...

Under that big tree, several chairs were arranged side by side.

Aokiji, Kizaru, Garp... these familiar figures were sitting in their chairs with great poise, a scene that reminded Sig of the Marineford War.

Besides, there were many lieutenant generals from headquarters whom Sig had seen before, some of whom were talking, while others were resting with their eyes closed.

"What's going on?" Sig frowned; he sensed something was amiss.

It's late now, time to rest.

Logically speaking, Garp and the others should also go back to their cabins to rest, after all, naval heroes and admirals are also human.

But now, the group of them sat around the precious tree Adam, looking like they were on guard duty all night.

"It seems the admirals in the navy attach great importance to the Adam Tree," Morgans remarked from the side.

However, Sieg shook his head slowly but firmly.

"wrong."

"They're naval admirals, how could they possibly be ordered around like high-ranking sentries or security guards, protecting a tree all night long?"

Sieg realized something was amiss.

He had served as a naval admiral and had a very clear understanding of the functions and power of an admiral.

In theory, all the admirals of the Navy are direct subordinates of the Celestial Dragons.

In reality, each of the admirals has their own path to justice. Even though they must obey the Celestial Dragons' orders, they often become perfunctory in the actual execution.

The generals might obey the Five Elders' orders to protect the tree, but they would never guard it without sleep all night long.

Even when Sieg was arrested and imprisoned, the Navy admirals did not go to such an extreme degree.

"I have a feeling something's fishy..." Sig narrowed his eyes.

A myriad of thoughts raced through his mind, but in the end, he chose...

"Let's go, grab it and run, I can fly anyway."

Go ahead to dangers.

If it were the old Sieg, he would never have made such a choice.

Along the way, my mindset has changed step by step.

Even the Emperor Engine, which was activated out of fear, had long been developed by Sieg with other development ideas and activation methods.

Sieg suddenly realized that he hadn't felt that same sense of trepidation, cautiousness, and daring to deceive others in a long time.

But so what?

No one wants to be weak forever, stagnant forever, or a laughingstock forever.

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

Night fell, and stars hung low over the fields.

The navy's massive fleet escorted the cargo ship carrying the precious tree Adam, as it sailed with the waves.

Although the night was getting deeper, the soldiers on deck showed no signs of fatigue. Their dedication surprised even Sieg, as they continued to patrol and maintain a high level of vigilance.

But for Sieg, it meant nothing anymore.

He plucked a hair from his head and quietly activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

His figure flickered repeatedly under the cover of night, using the chrysanthemums of these patrolling soldiers as springboards, and quickly approached the precious tree Adam.

In a few back-and-forth movements, Sieg shot straight into the sky like an arrow and landed on the canopy of the giant tree that was hundreds of meters tall.

With Akainu and the others still on the deck, Sig didn't want to confront them head-on.

He's just here to take back what's rightfully his; he'll take it and leave.

Sig gently placed his left hand on the tough bark of the Adam Tree. The bark was rough and showed many signs of being hacked and felled, indicating that it was quite old.

"seal!"

At that moment, surging black flames erupted from Sieg's palm and coiled around the towering tree.

The giant tree, hundreds of meters tall, trembled at that moment, and then began to shrink rapidly in Sieg's left hand; the seal had begun.

Just as he was about to make his move, Sieg suddenly sensed something.

He sensed a gaze silently watching them from somewhere deep within the night...

At the same moment, the admirals on deck had already noticed Sieg's presence.

"Hmm?" Sig suddenly looked up.

Just as he made his move, he suddenly felt a gaze fall upon him from the darkness, watching him intently.

At the same time, the generals on the deck suddenly woke up and looked up.

"It's you? Sig."

"You're really bold. With us here, you still dare to sneak in?" Akainu scolded.

"Is that Sig? How scary~" Kizaru scratched his chin and disappeared in a flash.

Without a word, the generals launched a simultaneous attack on Sig. First, a golden flash ripped through the night sky, followed by molten lava flashing a dark red light against the darkness, and then Garp, Aokiji...

These naval admirals, along with Garp, who usually prefers to fight alone, suddenly abandoned all martial ethics and decided to attack together the moment they saw Sig.

"So impatient? Speed ​​up the sealing process, get it done quickly!"

At this moment, Sieg's palm was still only pressed against the bark of the precious tree Adam, while his left palm was like a black hole, rapidly swallowing the enormous precious tree Adam.

But the generals' attack had already arrived.

"Light Speed ​​Kick!"

Kizaru appeared behind Sigurd, scratching his chin with one hand, his toes flashing with golden light, about to kick Sigurd in the lower back.

"Dog Devours Crimson Lotus!" Red Dog followed closely behind, his right fist transforming into a magma dog head as he lunged to bite.

Following closely behind them were Aokiji, Garp, and others.

Even the elite lieutenant generals at headquarters, who were further away, were alerted and rushed over, forming a dense crowd that surrounded Sieg.

As a specialist in layering armor, Sieg had already prepared himself mentally for a confrontation.

He stood on a branch of the precious tree Adam, his left hand still firmly fixed to the tree trunk, keeping his palm still.

His entire body was covered in jet-black Armament Haki, and a strand of black hair grew taller in the wind, becoming as straight as steel bars under the enhancement of Armament Haki, like a jet-black spear stabbing towards Kizaru's kicking toes.

"Oh?" Kizaru's gaze fell on that strand of hair, and he hesitated for a moment before not kicking out.

At the same instant, Sieg reached out with his right hand, his palm rapidly expanding in the darkness, the silver combat suit gloves gleaming with a cold metallic light on his palm.

The large, silvery-white hand firmly pressed down on the lava dog's head that was tearing at it. The immense force even shattered the dog's head, and crimson magma spurted out between its fingers like blood.

It twitched its back, and huge, pale white bone wings unfolded, their blades slamming the approaching ice giant bird to the ground and shattering it.

Behind these three generals was a broad-shouldered, robust old man who strode through the air with his feet on a moon-like path.

"Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino, all of you get out of my way!"

With a deep, resonant roar, Garp clenched his fist, his iron fist whistling through the air as he slammed it down.

This punch, swift as lightning, tore through the telekinetic air wall and struck Sigur's dragon-scaled skin on his waist and abdomen.