I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

But for those with special abilities, this is a fatal weakness.

“You have weaknesses, and more than one.” Sieg’s gaze fell on Redfield’s chest.

Redfield was almost completely soaked, with only a small patch of dry skin on his chest, where the pocket containing the gold pen was located.

Redfield followed Sieg's gaze, paused slightly, and gave a somewhat complicated look.

He couldn't keep his whole body dry, but protecting a small area around his chest was no problem.

With his physical abilities, even if he were swept into the sea, although he would be exhausted, he wouldn't die immediately. But Jinbi Padong is different; even a slightly larger wave could sweep it away.

So when the giant wall of seawater crashed against him just now, he instinctively protected the golden pen handkerchief on his chest...

"Is that so?" The solitary red figure looked slightly desolate.

He wasn't particularly bothered by the defeat he had just suffered.

Piracy is not a noble or righteous profession, and there is no fairness in the battles between pirates. Although being specifically defeated by seawater made him feel frustrated and had a terrible experience, a loss is a loss.

What bothered Gu Gaozhi Hong even more was his subconscious act of protecting Pa Dong just now.

The golden pen on his chest transformed into a raccoon and jumped onto Redfield's shoulder. Redfield gently stroked the raccoon's fur, his usual aloof expression softening slightly.

He was originally known as the solitary red.

He had witnessed too much filth in people's hearts since childhood, and always walked alone. Only a raccoon dog transformed from a pen was his only animal companion.

The Golden Pen Padong was originally just a convenient tool pen.

Padon's own power is negligible; it is merely a tool used to create the deformable leaf.

But when did this tool pen start appearing more and more often in the form of a tanuki (raccoon dog) to accompany him?

Sometimes, Redfield even forgot that Padon's true form was just a pen, and that the tanuki form was given by the Tanuki Fruit.

"I've become stronger, and I've also become weaker." He narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly:

"When people have concerns, they become vulnerable."

His weakness is not only the seawater, but also the Padong.

This was evident from his earlier instinctive action of protecting his chest.

Barrett yearns to be the strongest in the world, World Destroyer Wald only wants revenge, and Golden Lion aspires to conquer the world.

So, what does the lone red want?

Although he lost, his experience was extremely poor.

But thanks to Sieg, this aloof old man who had seen too many people's hearts saw his own heart clearly for the first time.

"So be it if I get weaker." The corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a smile, and his previous gloomy and aloof demeanor gradually faded.

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Redfield flicked his wrist, and a green leaf flew from his fingertip, which Seager caught.

"You have to accept the consequences of your bet."

Before leaving, Redfield also mentioned the specific uses of the deformable leaf to Sieg.

"The use of this deformed leaf is actually quite crucial," Redfield said.

"First, the morphing leaf is ultimately a fake, not as good as the original. The illusion needs the power of the writer to maintain it, and it cannot exist for a long time."

"Secondly, the deformed leaf reproduces the people and things in the memory based on the memory in people's hearts. Therefore, the deeper and more specific the memory, the more accurately the people and things in the memory can be reproduced."

"That's why it's not enough to just rely on wishful thinking; the Transformation Fruit can't create things beyond our comprehension."

"I see..." Sig was somewhat uninterested.

He thought this thing could be like Kanjuro's drawing-drawing fruit, able to conjure up all his paper doll wives.

“I have another question,” Sieg asked.

"Why not use the Transformation Leaf to create another version of yourself?"

Neither in the game's storyline nor now has Redfield chosen this option.

The power of the Tanuki-tanuki Fruit can even reproduce the abilities of other Devil Fruit users, so recreating a Redfield wouldn't be a problem.

The reappearance of a second Lone Red is more appropriate than transforming into Garp or Akainu.

Redfield paused for a moment, then shook his head.

"Some abilities of certain individuals are difficult to apply to the individual themselves."

"You can give it a try."

Redfield did not say no or impossible; the answer was ambiguous.

The abilities of Devil Fruits are indeed quite extraordinary.

For example, Fujitora's Gravity Fruit.

Fujitora, who can manipulate gravity at will, has to use gravity to manipulate flying rocks and step on them to fly, rather than directly manipulating his body to float in the air using gravity.

Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit allows him to levitate, but it cannot levitate anyone else.

It can only be said that this is part of the design.

So, what about the Tanuki-tanuki Fruit? Why doesn't the Crimson Solitary create another version of herself?

"Well then, goodbye."

Redfield flicked his cloak, turned his back, and slowly walked away in the moonlight.

He was just a lone pirate; the World Government's conspiracies and schemes, the Revolutionary Army's alliance with the mountain bandits... none of that mattered to him.

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

Sig watched silently as the man and the raccoon walked away under the moonlight, a sense of melancholy washing over him.

"Perhaps from now on, the Lone Red will have a new title, after all, he is no longer a person."

"By the way, he's regained his youth and can date younger women like Roger, so maybe he can find a third person to join him."

"Why call it 'Lonely Red'? Let's call it 'Three Highs Red' instead."

Sig also took off and flew away into the distance, while casually lost in thought, then glanced in the direction of the solitary red.

He was relieved when he saw that the other person never turned around and finally disappeared from sight.

"I was just thinking that, and he didn't come back to attack me, which means he's already gone far away."

He pondered for a moment, then finally retrieved the deformed leaf from the air and held it in his hand.

Sieg took a pen from his inventory and wrote down a name.

Padong.

Pong!

The smoke exploded, and a tanuki with a golden tail appeared, looking completely bewildered, and stood on Sig's shoulder.

The lone red Padong is Padong.

Sieg's Padon is merely a reproduction of an illusion, a purely functional pen.

The power of the Tanuki-Tanuki Fruit can reproduce even the abilities of Devil Fruits, though there will be some differences compared to the original.

"Now, I have a tool pen too."

Sieg flew away and landed on the ship of News King Morgans, returning with him.

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a few days later.

Under a clear blue sky and turquoise sea, the tides rise and fall, and the waves propel a large pirate ship shaped like a white whale forward.

Beside this large ship, there were a dozen or so smaller ships following behind.

"Father, we're almost at the rendezvous point," said the Whitebeard Pirates' navigator, his face showing concern.

"But this place is already close to the calm zone, and the surrounding area is a nest of calm zones."

"Even if we didn't directly enter the Calm Belt, it's still somewhat dangerous. Why did we meet here?"

Whitebeard was drinking on the deck again, clinking glasses with Roger and gulping down his drink.

After wiping his mouth, he casually asked Hale beside him:

"That is a problem. Hale, you're sure you've chosen the right meeting point?"

While Whitebeard may not be afraid of the Calm Belt, only someone with nothing better to do would deliberately venture into the Sea King's lair in the Calm Belt.

“That’s right…” Hale scratched his head:

"Could it be that Sig and his group deliberately traveled through dangerous waters at the edge of the doldrums to conceal their covert operation from the World Government?"

Hale came to deliver a message, originally just to deliver the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Whitebeard readily agreed, even taking his pirate ship with him to meet Higuma.

The Whitebeard Pirates had a total of 16 ships, divided into 16 divisions, with a total of 1600 members.

As for the Ice Witch, the filial son Squard, and the 43 affiliated pirate crews, they usually act as independent pirate crews, so they haven't come yet and are still being recruited. At this moment, only the Whitebeard Pirates themselves have arrived.

Besides Whitebeard, Roger also offered to meet Sigurd.

He didn't have many people around him, only his wife Rouge and Spark Jabba, who was the third most important person on the ship after Rayleigh, whom he met on the way here.

The pirates on the ship waited briefly in this area of ​​the sea, and soon Roger, Whitebeard, and the others suddenly sensed something.

"A big guy from the Calm Belt is coming." Roger put one foot on the ship's railing, his hand on the hilt of his sword, a smirk playing on his lips, and his mustache slightly upturned.

The sea kings of the Calm Belt couldn't scare him away; on the contrary, they excited him.

Whitebeard, holding his naginata, also walked over, gazing at the calm sea before him:

"It seems that lingering in the edge of the doldrums for too long has attracted the attention of the Sea Kings?"

“Roger, the sea kings in the Calm Belt are inexhaustible; there’s no point in fighting them.”

Whitebeard was tall and muscular, seemingly a brute, but in reality, as a father of a large family, he was quite composed. Roger, on the other hand, was more warlike and reckless.