I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The moment Ace's name was uttered.

Garp's burly body trembled, and for the first time, he showed a look of shock!

How do you know this name?

Capten jumped up from his chair, instinctively clenching his fists; he really couldn't sit still anymore.

He was the man Roger entrusted with his son's future, and had carried this secret alone for a long time. He never imagined that there would be another person who knew about Ace.

Sieg didn't speak, but simply looked at Garp. Garp remained silent for a moment, then slightly loosened his clenched fist and asked:

"Did Roger tell you this too?"

Sig nodded slightly.

Garp stood there speechlessly for a long time before finally releasing his fist with a sigh of relief and sitting back down in his chair.

Seeing this, Sieg breathed a sigh of relief and continued to explain:

"I'm not a pirate, unlike the members of Roger's pirate crew, and I haven't come under the World Government's scrutiny. Perhaps that's why Roger told me this..."

"However, I don't know much, and I can only guess that it involves you, Mr. Karp."

"After Roger was executed, I spent some time investigating before I finally found this place, the Kingdom of Goa."

As Sieg spoke, he took out a bounty poster from his pocket, which featured a picture of himself.

He chuckled:

"The identity of a bandit is merely for the convenience of action."

"My goal has always been to find Ace and secretly protect his growth."

This explanation left Garp speechless once again, as it coincided with his own thoughts.

Mountain bandits have never been the mainstream in this world.

The bandits live deep in the mountains, far from the sight of ordinary people, the world government, and the navy.

Under normal circumstances, mountain bandits might never have any dealings with the navy in their entire lives.

Garp decided to entrust Ace to Dadan's family to raise because of Dadan's identity as a bandit and because he knew her well.

This was what Garp was thinking back then.

Seeing Garp remain silent, Sieg's heart stirred slightly, and the words he had prepared beforehand flowed out:

"Actually, the expansion of our Sig Mountain Pirates during this period is not because I have great ambitions, nor is it because I want to plunder the capital of the Goa Kingdom."

"It's just to expand our manpower and better achieve our goal of finding and protecting Ace."

“And we only recently found Roger’s orphan,” Sieg continued to explain.

"That is, the Dadan family, the bandits of Gorber Mountain."

"You even know about Dadan's family?"

Garp's expression turned serious.

He entrusted Ace and Luffy to Dadan, thinking he had fooled the World Government, but he never expected that the man in front of him would discover his deception.

Although Sieg was also one of the insiders, it still made Garp very concerned.

If his actions cannot be hidden from Higuma, will the World Government discover Ace's or Luffy's existence someday?

Karp, unusually, fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Sieg breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Life is like a play, it depends on acting.

It seems that he managed to get through this hurdle with Garp by relying on his acting skills.

But at that moment...

Garp, who was standing in front of him, suddenly turned sharp again!

"wrong!"

You're lying to me!

Sig was startled. He clutched his chest and stared directly at Garp, his heart pounding with fear as he tried his best to keep his expression calm.

Where did things go wrong?

Or is Garp playing dirty tricks, trying to bluff him?

Sieg was in a state of utter confusion.

Garp stood up again, looked down at Sig, and said in a deep voice:

"Roger isn't the type to talk a lot when he's drunk!"

"How could he tell so many secret things to a drinking buddy of yours!"

"this......"

Sieg was trying his best to remain calm, but he couldn't help but change his expression.

This was indeed his oversight.

He blamed everything on the already dead Roger, but that's precisely the problem.

Roger's personality wasn't described in much detail in the original work, so Sieg had no way of knowing anything about him!

Seeing the change in Sig's expression, Garp was also certain.

His face was ashen, and he reached his hand directly towards Sieg, then patted him on the shoulder.

Sig looked somewhat bewildered.

“So, you’re not just Roger’s ordinary drinking buddy… but his close friend!” Karp said in a deep voice.

Sig's eyes widened.

"After Roger was executed, the World Government launched a global manhunt for anyone connected to him..."

"The members of the Roger Pirates were criminals, and they deserved to die!"

"But the others... including Roger's son Ace, and you, Sig, who didn't become a pirate, these non-criminals are indeed innocent."

"The World Government's order back then was indeed an overcorrection. I can understand why you're afraid to admit to me that you and Roger were close friends..."

At this point, Garp sighed.

Sig blinked.

For a moment, he even wondered if he had forgotten to remove the KING character card.

He even opened the system panel to check.

However, it does not.

To this, Sieg could only say:

"As expected of you, Garp."

Chapter 30 I treated you as a friend, but you wanted to be my father.

Garp's expression turned serious again. He reached out and took the bounty poster from Sig's hand.

"It is unreasonable to be implicated simply because he is Roger's close friend."

“But right now, you are indeed the number one wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Goa, with a bounty of eight million Berries, Sig.”

Sig felt a chill run down his spine as he watched Garp crumple his own bounty poster into a ball.

"I'll turn a blind eye to you for now, but you'd better remember... keep an eye on that kid Ace..."

"I still have military duties to attend to and cannot stay in the Kingdom of Goa for an extended period..."

After saying this, Garp stood up from his chair, clearly intending to leave.

"That's really... a shame. Ace probably wished he could see you more often..."

A look of regret immediately appeared on Sieg's face.

But inside, he was overjoyed.

Judging from the conversation, Garp is finally planning to leave, and probably won't be returning to the island for a while?

Upon hearing Sig's words, Garp paused slightly, then sat down again with a sigh.

"I have been away from home for many years and have indeed failed to take good care of Ace and Luffy... I understand that."

At this point, Garp sighed slightly and said:

"Although Ace is Roger's son, I truly consider him my own grandson... It's just that his background is special, and entrusting him to Dadan is the best solution I can think of..."

"yes...."

Sieg echoed with a similar expression, but suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Huh? Ace was Roger's son, and Garp treated Ace like his grandson?

I treated you as a close friend to whom I entrusted my son, but you want to be my son's grandfather?

While Sig was momentarily speechless, Garp took the opportunity to start talking about Ace.

"That kid Ace, he was so cute when he was little, but when we met recently, he didn't call me grandpa, he called me a stinky old man instead!"

At this point, Garp was quite dissatisfied.

It's probably because Ace knows about his past... calling you grandpa would just cause confusion.

Sieg felt embarrassed, but outwardly he feigned understanding.

"He's almost at the age of rebellion. In a few years, he'll understand your good intentions."

Upon hearing this, Garp's body trembled slightly, as if he had been touched;

"Is that so? He will also listen to my advice in the future... and become the strongest navy."

No... I didn't say Ace would become a Marine...

So, don't you have military duties to attend to...? Then hurry up and leave! I'm not interested in the details of your time with Ace. Just go, please!