I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

After Aokiji made his move, Robin basically stayed behind Sigurd the whole time, and now she boarded the ship with him.

Seeing Robin's hesitant expression, Sig didn't say much and went straight to the point:

"You can stay on the ship for now; you don't have to make a decision immediately."

Siegfried knew he wasn't Whitebeard, and it would be too much to ask someone to casually adopt another as their daughter, so he didn't insist.

"Sig, your injury..."

Nearby, Crocus also came over, frowning as he examined the wounds on Sieg's chest and abdomen.

This amount of bleeding almost overturned his understanding as a doctor.

Logically speaking, losing so much blood would make even the strongest monster dizzy or unconscious, but Sig was completely unaffected.

"It's okay, I can handle it myself."

Sig refused Crocus's care and went into the captain's cabin alone.

Then, he gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking down, the two hideous and terrifying wounds on his waist and abdomen were gone, but the bloodstains were still there.

A virtual panel unfolded in front of Sieg, and he checked the current card compatibility.

In this incident, Sieg mainly played the role of Li Jing from the Ten Cold Swords, and his compatibility with the character improved by leaps and bounds.

In the past, Sieg improved the compatibility of Li Jing's card mainly by practicing Li Jing's skills, and the compatibility was only 31% over time. But this time it suddenly increased by a lot, reaching 54%.

Character Card: Li Jing

Fit: 54%

Quality: A+

Source: 100,000 Cold Jokes

Abilities: Omitted

The biggest change is actually the card quality, which has been upgraded from A-grade to A+ grade.

According to the rules of the cards, A-level represents 100% of the original character, and S-level represents surpassing the original character. This strange A+ level card left Sig a little confused.

"Due to the host's role-playing behavior, the effects of the Li Jing Card have changed somewhat from the original character's abilities. Please explore the specifics on your own."

These words stirred something within Sieg.

Can the quality of this card be changed?

Will there be card upgrades, card star-level upgrades, gem socketing, enchanting, and the like in the future?

"Is it because I played the role of Li Jing well, and did things that Li Jing couldn't do, protecting a city and the girl Robin, that this change happened...?"

Sieg muttered to himself.

In addition, the compatibility of cards such as KING has also slightly improved during this event.

The highest-ranking KING card currently has a compatibility rate of 86%, but Sieg didn't delve into those details.

Next, he had another important thing to do.

He took out a Den Den Mushi from his person and made a call to the Shock Department of the Island of Everything.

"For the next issue of the Baidu Tieba newsletter, I need to prepare a major news story that must grab the world's attention in the shortest amount of time. Any suggestions?"

The events in Rain City are bound to cause quite a stir.

Sig planned to create a big news story at the same time to attract the world's attention, so that his activities in Rain City would be less conspicuous.

His initiative in inquiring about the topics for the online newsletter surprised the editor-in-chief of the news agency on the other end of the phone.

They've always been the ones relentlessly chasing after manuscripts, but now it's Seager's turn to be proactively asking about topics...

"Mr. Sig, have you heard of Germa 66?"

The editor-in-chief of the news agency spoke up on the other end of the phone.

“Our World Economic Herald is a serious world-class newspaper, but in addition to its seriousness, it also has children’s comic strip stories such as ‘Naval Hero Sora and the Evil Legion of Germa 66’.”

"According to our market research, this superhero comic is actually very popular among the general public, especially children, and has a large fan base worldwide..."

"A significant number of users even buy the World Economic Daily not to read the news, but simply to read the serialized comic stories..."

Sieg pondered for a moment, his expression somewhat strange:

"Wait... I just wanted to make a big splash, are you suggesting I debut as an idol?"

Chapter 229 Sig ...

The suggestion from the Shock Department was to serialize a comic book story.

This point actually piqued Sieg's interest.

Of course, it's not that Sieg wants to become an idol or has any intention of shouting things like "Sieg Siegsi".

After all, Sigurd, that mountain bandit, has already gone to sea; it would be too much to ask him to make a career out of it...

What Sig wants to create is a serialized comic book story centered around card characters, such as Li Jing, Da Xiong, and King...

When Sieg reappears in a different guise later, it might help improve their compatibility.

With that in mind, Sieg directly spoke with the editor-in-chief of the news agency about the new section of the serialized comic.

While cartoonists aren't the mainstream in this world, they're not too hard to find. For example, the Germa 66 manga series is quite popular.

However, this is just a future project, not the big news that Sieg wants.

What Sig needs is a major news story comparable to "the bandit king cleaving the sandstorm in two with a single sword strike." No matter how excellent a serialized comic is, it's impossible for it to immediately shake the world.

"So Mr. Sig was trying to attract public attention...?"

The editor-in-chief on the other end of the phone chuckled and added:

"Among the various sections of the Baidu Tieba newsletter, the fake news section is actually quite popular right now."

"For example, the previous Devil Fruit users were a hot topic of discussion on the high seas..."

The news agency's editor-in-chief gave a result that Sieger didn't expect.

According to his explanation, fake news, which is entertaining, is often more appealing than serious news.

This is also why the entertainment-oriented serialized manga series Germa 66, published in the serious World Economic Herald, became so popular.

"I see, I think I have a direction now."

After hanging up the phone, Sieg began to think about news topics.

Higuma only did one episode of the fake news segment, which was about two news items: multiple Devil Fruit abilities and Doflamingo's lolicon.

"I heard the news about people with multiple Devil Fruit abilities is quite popular...?"

"By the way, I can go a step further and create a fake news story about how ability users can eat more than two Devil Fruits."

Sieg pondered for a moment and began to conceive his idea.

......

During the few days that Sig sailed towards Albana, Vice Admiral Aokiji of the Marine Headquarters finally returned to the Marine Headquarters and reported on what had happened in Rain City.

Marshal Kong's expression darkened completely at a visible speed.

"Sigurd cleaved a massive sandstorm that covered the city with a single sword strike, but because he exhausted his Haki and energy, he was caught in a fierce battle with Crocodile?"

"But in the end, Crocodile, who held the title of King of the Desert, was defeated in the desert?"

The power of a sand tornado is actually very difficult to measure. It's hard to estimate just how strong Sigurd is to be able to cut through a sand tornado of this magnitude.

Among the Navy, only Aokiji arrived at Rain City, and only he could make a relatively accurate assessment of the storm's severity.

Just how powerful is Sig...?

Kong sighed softly and raised his hand to his forehead.

This situation is indeed very serious, not only because of Higuma, but also because of Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"Immediately strip Crocodile of his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and issue an arrest warrant for him!"

Kong said this with a dark expression.

In this era, with the Seven Warlords of the Sea system newly established, one of the Warlords has already been found to have done something so outrageous... This is a very bad sign for the newly established Seven Warlords system.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door, and General Sengoku hurriedly walked in.

"Warring States, you've come at the perfect time."

Sora rubbed his temples wearily and instructed Aokiji:

“Kuzan...tell me again what happened after Sig defeated Crocodile, make it clear.”

"Here's what happened..."

Aokiji's usual laziness vanished, and he began to describe...

"You're saying that after Crocodile was defeated by Siegfried, he still had the strength to fight back and trap you with his quicksand vortex?"

"The other citizens of Rain City, as well as the King of Alabasta, are unaware of Siegfried and Crocodile's whereabouts. They must have gone to sea?"

Sengoku's expression changed several times, finally settling on a slight, bitter smile.

"Admiral Kong, it seems we underestimated Crocodile. We thought he had become much more docile after returning from the New World and was an excellent candidate for the Seven Warlords of the Sea..."

Zhan Guo's expression turned serious.

"He is still the same Crocodile who stormed into the New World with unstoppable momentum, was on par with the devil's descendant Barrett, and even challenged Whitebeard."

Crocodile had an extremely impressive record in his early years, but after his defeat in the New World, he became much more low-key and subdued.

However, what made even the admiral Sengoku's expression change drastically was not the strength Crocodile displayed, but rather... the natural disaster he had personally created, capable of destroying a city!

Natural disasters are natural disasters precisely because they are beyond human control and almost impossible to stop.

This is a level that only a very few powerful individuals can achieve.

For example, Whitebeard was known to possess the power to destroy the world because he could cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis that could destroy islands.

Neither Sengoku nor Ku had expected that Crocodile would be among them.