I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

However, this is not without a solution.

The roar Laboon made when it collided with the Red Line was loud enough to travel through Reverse Mountain and reach the entrance to Reverse Mountain in the four seas—for decades, passing ships have used the sound of Laboon to determine whether they should enter the Grand Line.

Sig and the others had already made preparations for entering the Grand Line, including information about the whale Laboon, the Log Pose, and so on. Naturally, they chose a time when Laboon was resting before entering the Grand Line.

Laboon has a mild personality and will generally not attack passing pirates unless he encounters a reckless pirate.

"Since we've seen the whale Laboon, then Crocus should be nearby as well."

Sieg looked toward the lighthouse standing at Twin Points and, unsurprisingly, spotted a Hawaiian-style cottage on the shore.

Outside the cottage, an old man in a floral shirt was reclining on a deck chair, reading a newspaper.

Seemingly drawn by Sieg's gaze, Crocus put down his newspaper and looked over into the distance.

"Sig?"

...........

A moment later, Sig’s pirate ship anchored at the shore.

He and Crocus sat down on two beach chairs and started chatting.

"It really is you, Sig. I also heard Shanks mention you when he entered the Grand Line some time ago."

Crocus looked at Sieg with some curiosity.

"I heard from Shanks that you know Roger? Do you know me?"

Crocus pointed to himself and asked with a smile.

Sig looked calmly at Crocus.

After so much honing his skills, his acting has reached a point where he remains unmoved no matter what others say.

Although Crocus was also a member of the Pirate King's crew, he only joined the ship during Roger's second voyage and was not considered a senior crew member.

The truly troublesome ones were the veterans on Roger's ship, such as Rayleigh.

"Crocas, Roger's ship's doctor... Back then, you were the best doctor in the world. It was thanks to you that Roger had the opportunity to embark on his second voyage and reach Laugh Tale..."

Sieg's expression remained relatively calm as he recounted some true stories related to Roger.

"You know quite a lot..."

Crocus's smile was a little strange:

"But I also heard from Shanks that you were active in the old era and killed fifty-six Yonko?"

Chapter 145 Mysterious Pandaren

Sig looked at Crocus in front of him without any change in expression.

He knew he would run into Crocus at Twin Capes and had already prepared his explanation.

"These are just drunken ramblings. After all, what fifty-six emperors are there in this world?"

Sieg said with a serious expression.

These words elicited a faint glance from Crocus.

Sig’s identity was indeed very mysterious to him.

He knows a lot of things, including some secrets known only to the Roger Pirates.

But Crocus had absolutely no recollection of such a person.

If Sigurd really admits to defeating the Fifty-Six Emperors, then it's simple: he's just a fraud who somehow knows a lot of secrets.

But Sieg's unwavering rejection only deepened Crocus's confusion.

Just then.

A loud and deep cry suddenly rang out from the direction of the sea.

As he was pondering, Crocus's expression changed slightly. He placed the newspaper on the round table next to the beach chair and stood up.

Following Crocus's gaze, Sieg saw that Laboon, the island whale that had been resting quietly on the sea, was now raising its massive, mountain-like head and letting out a loud cry towards the even more majestic and enormous red earth continent.

"Laboon is about to crash into the Red Line again... He made a promise with the Rumbar Pirates from decades ago..."

Crocus said in a low voice, briefly telling Sieg the story of Laboon.

He looked at the shocking scar on Raab's head and felt a pang of pity.

It's no use trying to stop him; Crocus has already tried to stop him countless times over the decades.

Sieg took in the scene and was about to speak when his gaze fell on the newspaper and a stack of bounty posters that Crocus had placed on the table.

"My bounty has been updated? Four hundred million?"

Sieg picked up the newspaper and glanced at it briefly, his expression slightly unpleasant.

However, this amount was still within his expectations.

Sieg glanced at the news on the front page of the newspaper, next to which was a photo of him dueling with Hawkeye.

"So it's recent news. No wonder Crocus recognized me at a glance."

"I really should change my face as soon as possible. With the bounty on the One Piece, I'm too conspicuous right now."

Sig thought to himself.

He was about to put down the newspaper when he was suddenly struck as if by lightning.

His gaze was fixed on the newspaper photograph.

Sieg didn't look at himself, nor at Hawkeye, who was standing opposite him in the photo.

His gaze fell on the edge of the photo, where the crowd of onlookers stood in the distance as a backdrop.

Among the crowd, Sieg spotted a figure that shook him to his core, a conspicuous... Pandaren.

"Pandamen? Do pandamen really exist in this world?"

Sieg's feelings were incredibly complicated at that moment.

Pandaman was originally just an Easter egg character. He frequently appeared in Luffy's adventures, from the East Blue to the New World. Pandaman was always there, but no one could find his whereabouts.

But the fact that such an insignificant Easter egg character actually appears in Sig's world is quite unsettling.

From the East Blue to the Grand Line, Impel Down, and Whole Cake Island in the New World... the Pandaren have always been there, yet no one has ever noticed them.

He frequently disguised himself as a pirate, a marine, or a passerby... and even appeared in Japanese texts about pandas in a certain Poneglyph.

Pandamen aren't just following Luffy; as the story progresses, they become virtually everywhere.

For example... decades ago, the Rocks Pirates dominated the seas. Rocks' ship not only had legendary figures like Whitebeard, Kaido, and Captain John, but also Pandaman!

For example, during the era when the Roger Pirates were active, Pandaman also appeared on Roger's ship without attracting anyone's attention.

The most outrageous thing happened in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the territory of the Celestial Dragons.

Eight hundred years ago, twenty kings jointly established the World Government and built a Void Throne in Mary Geoise, symbolizing equality, with no one to sit on it.

But this is just an illusion.

The incredibly mysterious Im, who could command the respect of the Five Elders, once sat in this chair.

But there is actually an even more mysterious figure than Im who also sat on the Void Throne.

It's the Pandaman!

Such a character is just an insignificant Easter egg in the original work, but if he actually existed in this world... he would definitely be a big shot.

Is the appearance of the Pandaren in Loguetown a coincidence, or have I been targeted by this mysterious figure?

Sieg felt a chill run down his spine.

While the Four Emperors and the Navy are powerful, they are, after all, known threats.

If such an unknown and mysterious figure as the Pandaren were to appear, Sieg really wouldn't know how to deal with it.

"If I'm really being targeted by the Pandaren, then I should change my identity and escape as soon as possible..."

"Who knows what will happen if we run into a panda..."

As the thought crossed his mind, Sieg felt the ground beneath his feet tremble.

Looking up, you can see that the island whale Laboon has already begun to crash into the red earth.

Each impact reopened the grotesque, crisscrossing wounds on its head, causing blood to gush out and stain the sea red.

"No matter how skilled a doctor is, they can't save Labu from self-harm. Labu's old wounds keep reopening, and sooner or later I won't be able to save him..."

Crocus had a worried look on his face.

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Laboon! Stop the ramming, and I'll tell you about the Rumbar Pirates and Brook."

Looking back, Sieg's gaze was deep as he stared at the massive whale, Labu, which was as large as an island.

"You also know Brooke?"

Kurokas was shaken, and for the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on the old man's face:

"I only briefly told you about the Rumbar Pirates, I didn't mention Brook... Do you really have news about them?"

The Rumbar Pirates are a pirate crew from forty years ago and are not very famous.

Over the past few decades, countless pirate crews like the Rumbar Pirates have vanished silently from the high seas.

Crocus didn't believe that the newly risen bandit Higuma would have heard of Brook from the Rumbar Pirates forty years ago.

Does this mean the information he mentioned is true? Did Sigurd previously travel through the Grand Line and encounter the Rumbar Pirates in a certain sea area?

Or is it...?

Like Crocus, Higuma is actually quite old and must have come from that turbulent old era to know the name Brook of the Rumbar Pirates!

The shore in the distance.

As Stussy listened quietly to their conversation, a thought similar to Crocus's flashed through his mind, and his heart trembled slightly.

really!