I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"You're trying to fool me! These great pirates are currently at the very bottom of Impel Down prison; their very names are a secret!"

How did you find out about these things?

"And... things about Roger and Shanks are not something a bandit from the East Blue should know!"

"Kappa questioned."

He recalled the questions Luffy had asked him along the way.

Luffy seemed quite angry that Dadan, Garp, and the others didn't believe in Higuma's strength. Without needing to ask any questions, he rattled off all the boasts Higuma had made in the tavern.

Upon hearing this, Sieg began to sweat.

Back then, when Siegfried combined with the Monarch Engine, he could fool Shanks and others who had one foot in the old era.

Now, Garp himself is a witness to many major events, and the boasts that Siegfried made in the bar are full of loopholes to him!

Fortunately, he had just tried to prove his weakness and cowardice. Sweating does not necessarily mean he is guilty; it may just be simple fear.

"I shouldn't have taken that sip of wine in the first place. If I had even had a single peanut, I wouldn't have bragged so much..."

Sieg tried his best to maintain a calm expression on the surface, but he was deeply heartbroken inside.

One lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

Now, Sieg is in a bind and has no other choice.

He's a top-ranking wanted criminal, after all. If he can't keep up this lie, he'll probably be hammered to pieces in no time, not even needing to be rounded up.

With a slight sigh, Sieg sat down in his chair, looked up at Garp, and explained softly:

"I heard these things from Roger."

"Ok?"

Karp's eyes widened slightly. He hadn't expected that Sieg, who had been so timid just moments before, would actually admit to his relationship with Roger.

"You really are Roger's old friend!"

"To be precise, I'm Roger's... drinking buddy."

Sieg corrected.

He sighed softly, looked up at the sky, and put on a dramatic performance, a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

"I was born in Loguetown, and I already knew Roger. We've drunk together in the tavern many times..."

"More than ten years ago, after two great voyages, Roger had already become the Pirate King and secretly returned to Loguetown."

"At that time, he seemed to feel that his death was near, and he became unusually talkative, saying a lot of random things to me..."

Sig said a lot, including many things about Roger's pirate crew and many things from the old days.

Apprentice crew members Shanks and Buggy, the Pirate King's right-hand men, along with Kozuki Oden, Nekomamushi, and Duke Inuarashi...

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

The script that Sieg wrote was not hastily composed.

He wasn't one to sit idly by and wait for death. As early as the first day after he sobered up from his drunken stupor, he was already thinking about how to make up for the boast he had made.

The best way, of course, is to smash the heads of all those in the know with bottles, kill the remaining four sea emperors, and completely end all the powerful figures of the old era.

In this way, no one will know that Sieg was lying.

Simply perfect!

But... Garp arrived too quickly.

For Sieg, this is the only way to quench his thirst, a desperate measure.

"is that so...."

Karp scratched his head.

But gradually, many of the things Sieg mentioned also stirred up his memories.

Many of the old stories Sieg recounted were indeed true, but many specific details were missing.

But considering that Sieg himself was not a witness to the event, but Roger told him these things after he was drunk... this seems to make sense.

Before anyone knew it, Garp had moved a chair up and sat down next to Sig, listening to him chat about old times.

And Siegfried's dramatic instincts have gradually kicked in; he's gotten into character.

"Actually, the first partner Roger invited back then wasn't Rayleigh, but me, Sig!"

"Is that so?" Garp exclaimed in surprise.

Sieg smiled faintly.

Before his first voyage, Roger asked me if I wanted to join him and turn the world upside down...

"But I refused!"

At this point, Sieg clutched his chest, a hint of sadness and loneliness flashing in his eyes.

"Because I'm too weak, my heart has been bad since I was a child. If I get on Roger's ship, I'll just be a burden."

"That's not what you're saying..."

Garp, standing nearby, advised, "You're still young. As long as you train hard and become stronger, you'll definitely be able to go to sea and become a sea... cough cough."

Garp stopped mid-sentence, realizing what he was saying.

What is he saying?

As a vice admiral in the navy, how could he persuade the man in front of him to become a pirate?

How did I almost get caught up in this without even realizing it?

Karp cleared his throat, deciding to ignore Sieg's story and instead ask him a question:

"You've said so much, but what about those 56 sea emperors you personally defeated?"

"How come I remember that I personally defeated several of these great pirates?"

"And... Luffy's been saying lately that if he can't be the Pirate King, he'll become the Mountain Bandit King..."

As Garp bombarded him with questions, his aura grew dangerous once more.

Sig looked somewhat embarrassed upon hearing the question.

"I happened to run into Shanks, Roger's former crew member, and got so excited that I drank a lot."

"The names of those dozens of great pirates were actually just things I heard from Roger."

Sieg explained.

"I admit, I have vanity too...that's why I pretended to be a great senior in front of Shanks."

Karp was speechless.

Sieg's statement is indeed plausible; at most, he's just a drunkard spouting nonsense.

Seeing that the dangerous aura around Garp had subsided slightly, Sieg started rambling about a non-existent glorious past, trying to change the subject.

"When Roger returned from his second voyage, we were in a tavern, and we got really drunk..."

“I’ve heard him mention you before, Mr. Karp.”

Sieg looked at Garp with a smile in his eyes as he said this.

Why is Roger talking about me?

Karp was alert and tried to keep his head clear.

"He mentioned the battle at God Valley."

Sieg whispered:

"He and you once joined forces in the Valley of the Gods to end the era of Rocks!"

Chapter 29 It turns out I'm Roger's best friend

"Roger mentioned this to you?"

Garp's expression changed.

"Did Roger really tell him all that?"

Karp still had some doubts, but Sieg revealed too many old stories.

Even for someone like him who personally experienced the old era, some of these memories were not so clear.

Especially the matter of God Valley.

This matter has long been deliberately buried in history, and very few people in the world know the truth!

Just as Garp was wavering.

Then, Sieg changed the subject again, shifting the conversation from the old stories Roger had told him to his own experiences.

"...I originally wanted to go to sea like Roger, but I knew that my strength was too weak to become a pirate. A few years after the Great Pirate Era began...I came to the Goa Kingdom and became a mountain bandit."

These words jolted Garp back to reality, who had been lost in the past.

"Wait, why is it the Goa Kingdom?"

"Why have you come to Windmill Village again, and gotten close to my grandson and Shanks?"

Karp stared and asked.

Sig's heart skipped a beat, and he gave Garp a deep look.

This time, Sieg didn't use the Emperor Engine; he relied entirely on his acting skills and the script.

Even when facing Garp, it felt like they were struggling to move forward, constantly teetering on the edge of disaster.

"Since it's all just a case of drinking poison to quench thirst anyway, why not add some more potent ingredients..."

Thinking of this, Sieg spoke up again to explain:

"My purpose in coming to the Kingdom of Goa is related to a person."

"His name is... Portgas D. Ace!"