I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"You want Tina's photos?"

Tina paused slightly, looking at Smoker, only to see that he had already taken out a Den Den Mushi, his expression serious and focused, looking ready to start filming.

"Smoker, what are you up to? You specifically asked Tina out, just to get this?"

Tina said this, but unconsciously she gently twirled a strand of long pink hair on her shoulder with her fingers.

The shutter flashed continuously.

Smoker took several photos in quick succession, then explained in a serious tone:

"Actually, it's Higuma who wants your photo; he's willing to trade it for a spear and a cigar."

"Speaking of which, Tina, I remember the store at headquarters also sells high-end women's cigarettes..."

Tina blinked, looked at Smoker carefully for a few moments, and after confirming that he wasn't joking, a smile appeared on her face.

You mean...we can make money together?

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

A few hours later.

Sieg stared blankly at the large stack of photos in Smoker's hand in his dorm room.

Although these photos are taken from Smoker's typical male perspective, Tina is naturally beautiful and very cooperative, making them quite attractive.

"How about that? Rikuma, I'm pretty generous, aren't I? I took a whole stack of photos."

Smoker smiled and continued:

“I’ve already spoken with Tina, and she’s said she’d be willing to exchange the photos for Phoenix cigarettes from the store.”

"She has as much as you want."

Sieg was slightly taken aback; he couldn't understand how things could have turned out this way.

However, in the end, he nodded, indicating his willingness to make the exchange.

He has enough money to squander; he can afford a few expensive cigarettes.

The exchange between Sig and Zango did not involve discussing the number of photos; one photo should be sufficient.

The other photos... can be kept for now; they might have other uses.

The purpose here certainly doesn't refer to Sieg's private use.

Tina has no shortage of suitors in the Navy; perhaps there are more than one person like Zango who is obsessed with a photograph.

Keeping these photos is better than nothing.

So Sieg went to the store again and, through Smoker, delivered a pack of Phoenix cigarettes to Tina.

Half an hour later, Sieg searched for Zango again and successfully traded a piece of mushroom for Tina's street photos.

"Finally finished!"

Sieg slumped onto the sofa in his dormitory living room and let out a long sigh.

These past few days, he's been completely relying on wishful thinking, clinging to the hope that his shadow clone will suffer in his place in a few days, which is how he's managed to get through Zephyr's grueling training.

Sieg glanced at the mushrooms on the plate on the living room table and swallowed hard.

If you rate this thing highly, it's quite unpalatable.

However, in order to deal with his own shadow clone, Sigurd went all out!

Sieg picked up a handful of mushrooms from the table, put them in his mouth, chewed them a few times, and swallowed them.

"It really doesn't taste very good."

A sour feeling rose in his throat, and Sieg frowned slightly.

A moment later, he felt a wave of dizziness.

"This feeling... it's like being drunk?"

"This stuff can cause intoxication? Is it some kind of hallucinogenic fungus?"

Rather than being drunk, it was more like feeling gradually confused, as if falling into a dream.

In the midst of the dizzying spin, Sieg seemed to see Ain walking towards him.

Is that Ian?

Sieg sighed softly, "Why haven't you grown up yet?"

Chapter 418 I am the man destined to become the King of the Navy

In Sig's dormitory.

Ain looked at Sieg, who was slumped on the sofa, gazing into the distance and babbling incoherently, and sighed softly.

"He's such a worry... Is Uncle Higuma drunk?"

Although Ian didn't see the bottle, she made a guess based on Sieg's appearance.

She went to the inner room and took a thin blanket, draped it over Sieg on the sofa, and then casually rubbed Sieg's head.

She looks just like a mother in her early teens.

After covering Sig with a light blanket, Ain was about to leave when her eyes flickered and her gaze fell on Sig's pocket.

There, a small transparent bag was visible, along with a corner of a stack of photos.

The photos are not very clear, but from the corner that is visible, you can vaguely make out that it is a woman with long pink hair.

Ain hesitated for a moment, glanced at Sieg with a dazed look in his eyes, and reached out to take the stack of photos out of Sieg's pocket.

This is a large stack of photos.

Every photo features the same person: a beautiful woman with long, pink, center-parted hair, orange sunglasses perched on her forehead, fair skin, red lips, and exquisite makeup.

These photos are clearly street shots, but the woman in the photos is quite cooperative, striking various poses, displaying a rare sense of heroic spirit in a woman.

"Uncle Sunbear, who is this woman?" Ain glanced at Sig, whose expression was still dazed.

“Tina,” Sig replied, his eyes darting around.

“I see… Uncle Sunbear has reached this age too?” Ain looked at Sig thoughtfully, then bent down and rubbed his head.

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

When Sieg woke up, it was already the early hours of the next day.

Sigra drew back the curtains and glanced out the window; the east was already showing the first light of dawn.

"I slept on the sofa all day? My precious day off is gone just like that?"

Sig was still somewhat skeptical and glanced at the clock.

He slept from the afternoon of the previous day until the early hours of the next morning, which probably exceeded 12 hours.

That's not the key point, the key point is...

"Training will probably start again in another half hour!"

"What did I do before? Oh right, I ate the mushroom on Zang Gao's chin!"

Sieg recalled what had happened before.

His current state is somewhat similar to that of someone who has just had a hangover; his memory is a little hazy.

He should now have mastered Zango's hypnotic abilities.

Zango's hypnosis skills are actually quite powerful.

In the original work, the ordinary pirates of the Black Cat Pirates were once hypnotized by Jango to become stronger. After being seriously injured by Luffy, they immediately bulged their muscles and regained their strength. They were able to crack a mountain wall with a single punch, which amazed Zoro at the time.

This kind of hypnosis can make someone subconsciously believe in something, and even uncover power and ability that they don't have in their waking state.

In the original work, Morgan's life was forever changed by Django's hypnosis, and his personality changed as well, transforming him from an upright naval soldier into the brutal Captain Morgan.

"There's no time to lose, I have to deal with the shadow clones quickly!"

Sig took out the hypnotic ring he had prepared beforehand and activated the Shadow Clone Technique.

A cloud of smoke exploded, and the shadow clone Sig reappeared.

"Listen, when I say 1, 2, BINGO, you will become stronger."

Sig shook the hypnotic ring in his hand and spoke to his shadow clone.

His words seemed to possess a certain magic; the shadow clone blinked and then focused its gaze on the hypnosis ring.

"It really works!"

Sieg admired inwardly, then continued in a low voice:

"From today onwards, you are Marine Higuma."

"You should only have one thing on your mind: to learn and become stronger."

"Your dream is to become the King of the Navy!"

"You love exercising, and exercising makes you happy."

"If we were to put a time limit on it, it would be ten thousand years."

"If you don't work hard to get stronger every day, you'll feel uncomfortable all over."

Sig’s voice gradually lowered.

After consuming Zango's hypnotic mushroom, his voice seemed to possess an invisible magic, a captivating power.

As he whispered, the shadow clone Sig's eyes gradually lost their luster, staring intently at the swaying hypnotic ring.

"1, 2, BINGO!"

After Sieg said those words, the room was silent for three seconds.

Then.

"Aaaaaaah, I want to become stronger!"

The shadow clone Sig let out a strange cry and frantically waved its arms, already under hypnosis.