I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Soon, on the calm, windless sea in the distance, a gigantic, turtle-like sea king rose to the surface and came into their view.

Roger and Whitebeard both looked surprised and did not draw their swords.

Because on top of this giant sea turtle's shell, a coated ship was being held aloft, secured to its back by iron chains.

On the deck of the coated ship, there were several familiar figures.

"Sabo?" Ace exclaimed from behind Whitebeard and Roger.

"And Jinbe?"

"I remember Sabo joined the Revolutionary Army, so why is he with Jinbe from Fishman Island?"

"Old man with the white beard, you've arrived." On the coated ship, Jinbe walked forward with a smile.

“Mr. Sig and the others are waiting deeper into the Calm Belt. Come with me.”

"Deeper into the Calm Belt? Why would it be there? How do we get in?"

Ace lifted his small boat and jumped into the sea. With a long trail of flame shooting out, the small boat cut through the waves and quickly rushed to Sabo and Jinbe's side.

His small boat was specifically designed to counter the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit, but others are different.

In the world of One Piece, apart from the Navy, most pirate ships are outdated wind-powered sailing ships. Even without the threat of Sea Kings, they do not have the ability to sail in the Calm Belt.

Whitebeard, Roger, and the others were strong, but they could only watch helplessly when they encountered the Calm Belt.

If it were a small boat, they could rely on human oars, but for a ship like the Whitebeard Pirates to enter the Calm Belt, could they really use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to create a tsunami?

"It's nothing," Jinbe said with a slight smile.

Beside him, the bald man looked down at the sea and quietly used the power of the Whisper-Whisper Fruit to summon several sea kings.

The Whisper-Whisper Fruit grants the bald man the ability to communicate with all animals. While he's not a natural-born sea king like Shirahoshi, he still has the potential to communicate.

With Bai Xing around, the bald guy mostly just acts as a messenger.

He tossed several pre-prepared iron chains to Ace, instructing him to secure the other end of the chains to Whitebeard's ship.

Their method of entering the Calm Belt is similar to that of the Kuja Pirates, except that the Kuja Pirates rely on two large sea serpents, while they rely on a sea king that is a hundred times larger.

For sea kings whose body length is measured in kilometers, pulling Whitebeard and his crew into the Calm Belt is merely a warm-up, requiring almost no effort at all.

As the ship gradually entered the calm zone, a somewhat familiar island soon came into view.

A forest of red corals, a huge transparent coating... this is a sight unlike anything you'd find on a mainland island.

"How did Fishman Island end up in the Calm Zone?" Roger was the first to realize this, recalling his last voyage years ago, and the answer suddenly dawned on him.

"This is the power of the ancient weapon Poseidon. I never expected that Sig would already possess an ancient weapon."

Presumably, by then, they will have a better chance of winning against the World Government.

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

The fleet docked at Fishman Island, and Whitebeard and his crew disembarked at the port.

The island was bustling with people preparing for a grand banquet. Powerful auras emanated from the island, causing Roger, Whitebeard, and the others to turn their heads in surprise.

But when they looked closely, the figures they saw were vaguely familiar faces from the old era.

They instinctively tensed up and prepared for battle, only to find upon closer inspection that everyone was in surprisingly good condition.

"Like Whitebeard, have they regressed in age to their youth?" Roger realized this and sheathed his sword with a hint of regret.

"It seems this was likely Sieg's doing... In other words, they're no longer enemies. What a pity."

"Whitebeard is here too?" A white-haired man in the crowd greeted Hale.

"This isn't the pirate, King Roger?"

"You members of the Wang family have finally come together." The expressions on the faces of the fifty-six emperors were somewhat strange.

The old era was a time when great pirates, led by Roger, Whitebeard, and others, vied for supremacy.

They could never have imagined that these former mortal enemies would return to their youth years later, only with their positions changed, and they might even fight side by side in the future.

"It's Sig."

"Sig is here."

The noise grew louder as Sieg strolled over, surrounded by a group of bandits.

Walking alongside him were Zephyr, Ain, and members of the Revolutionary Army, which once again confused Roger and Whitebeard, who had just arrived.

These people belong to different camps and have different stances, yet they have all appeared together on Fishman Island in the Calm Sea.

"Sig".

Whitebeard stepped forward without saying anything, while Marco behind him smiled and held up a gift box.

This is a return gift for the Dark-Dark Fruit that Ace ate earlier.

"Since you're already here, why bring a gift?" Sig naturally reached out and took the gift box. He picked it up and saw a snow-white angel fruit lying quietly inside, emitting a strange fragrance.

A second Angel Fruit?

Sig glanced at Ain beside him. After attacking the God Kingdom, he had obtained a fast-forward fruit from the God of Aging.

Later, perhaps we can try combining the Fast Forward Fruit and the Rewind Fruit to see if it produces a similar amazing effect to the Roasted Gluten Fruit.

Ayn was a little dazed. She glanced at Sieg and then occasionally looked at Zefa, who was sitting upright next to her, feeling a sense of relief.

Although the process was different from what she had imagined and was more tortuous, she finally achieved her initial goal: bringing Sig's bandit group and the NEO Navy together, so that she no longer had to waver between the two sides.

"Come, come, sit wherever you like. Everyone here today is one of us, so make yourselves at home." Sig put away the Angel Fruit and smiled.

Neptune: ?

He and Bai Xing and the others walked over to Roger and began to catch up with them.

Further away, the dragon was also silently watching this place.

When Whitebeard stood with Higuma, Roger, Arlin, and others, and many of the old 56 emperors reunited with their younger selves, even young heroes like Saboace lost their luster.

It's practically a re-enactment of the Rocks Pirates, who once dominated an era... no, it should be a high-definition remastered and enhanced ultimate version of the Rocks Pirates.

"It's an unbelievable scene. Ten years ago, even they themselves wouldn't have believed that they would ever stand together like this."

Long sighed deeply.

The group includes the Higuma Mountain Pirates, former Pirate King Roger, the Whitebeard Pirates, the 56 Emperors who escaped from Impel Down in the old era, the Revolutionary Army, the NEO Marines, former Shichibukai Jinbe, the Fish-Man Island faction led by King Neptune, Poseidon, the Sea King Shirahoshi, and a terrifying number of colossal Sea Kings.

"Is this the plan that Sieg has been working on for many years?"

"He traversed the Red Line, instigated a rebellion within the Navy, and extended the life of the terminally ill Pirate King to this day."

"What we learned from Wald—that the Golden Lion is obsessed with global high-level martial arts and the so-called power of the Rewind-Rewind Fruit—is bait, a bait that the Fifty-Six Emperors cannot refuse..."

"Like a frog being slowly boiled in water, as they gradually adapt to the power of youth, align themselves with the Golden Lion, and act at his beck and call... they become more and more deeply entrenched and unable to extricate themselves, which is truly terrifying."

From an outsider's perspective, the Golden Lion incident actually became a catalyst for the alliance between Higuma, the NEO Navy, and the Fifty-Six Emperors.

Long recounted the past, and his heart filled with longing for the future:

"I really hope to see the day when the world is transformed and everyone is like a dragon."

The last force to pose a threat to the World Government in all these years was the Rocks Pirates, the strongest pirate crew in the world at the time.

The forces that have quietly gathered in the Calm Belt have overshadowed the Rocks Pirates and now possess the power to overturn the world.

“Since we’re going to form an alliance to jointly attack the World Government, we need a legitimate reason and a common name to act as a united force. Otherwise, it’s pointless for us to fight separately,” Dragon coughed lightly and suggested.

These words made Whitebeard and others, who had experienced the old era and especially those who had joined the Rocks Pirates, nod in agreement.

The Rocks Pirates are a negative example in every sense.

As the strongest pirate crew in the world back then, and the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the pirate world, the Rocks Pirates were already powerful enough, with many strong members, but that didn't make much difference.

Back then, the Rocks Pirates were like a loose pirate alliance, with crew members relatively independent of each other and frequent internal conflicts.

The crew was not united and only barely survived as a pirate crew by relying on Rocks's extraordinary strength and reputation.

Having a legitimate reason for attacking is not difficult, and for the Revolutionary Army to write a ten-thousand-word manifesto against the World Government dominated by the Celestial Dragons is not difficult either.

But as for the name...

"A bandit army? That's not appropriate, is it?"

"A revolutionary coalition? That's not suitable either."

Among the many forces present, the bandit group led by Sig was probably the largest.

At the same time, Sig's existence can also be seen as a link to unite various forces.

Among the people present, many knew each other, but a relationship like Roger and Whitebeard's would normally make it virtually impossible for them to fight together, until Sigurd appeared among them.

However, it wouldn't be appropriate to label Whitebeard, Zephyr, Jinbe, and others as bandits.

Similarly, the Revolutionary Allied Forces were the same.

The crowd started discussing amongst themselves, with names being proposed one after another, only to be rejected by others.

"Is a name really that important?" Sig muttered to himself, actually getting a little impatient.

To be honest, he hadn't had a drink in a long time, and he was indeed craving it.

Now that heroes have gathered here, it is a rare and grand banquet, and a perfect time to drink.

Sieg is still debating whether or not to have a drink.

"Actually, it's not that you can't drink. Just like back on the Rocks ship, you can create a shadow clone to keep an eye on it, and have another version of yourself keep an eye on it, and that will be fine."

Sieg twirled the glass in his hand and casually remarked:

"It's just a name, what's there to agonize over? Just choose a name with mountains and water in it, isn't that enough?"

Among the various forces, "mountain" can refer to mountain bandit groups, while "water" can refer to all pirates, including the Whitebeard Pirates, the former Roger Pirates, the Fifty-Six Emperors, the NEO Marines, the Fish-Man Island crew, and so on.

"That sounds good."

"It's just a name, there's no point in getting too hung up on it."

Sieg's words carried weight, and many people immediately turned to look at him and nodded slightly.

“But since you say so, you must already have an idea, right, Sieg?” Roger raised his glass and looked at Sieg first.

“Mountains and water, isn’t that simple?” Sieg raised his glass, stood up, and looked down at the entire room.