I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

As he thought of this, a flash of lightning seemed to strike Sengoku's mind!

"Could this matter also be related to the Golden Lion?"

"The Golden Lion's Angel Fruit came from Sigurd, and on the Golden Lion's Sky Island, there once appeared a mysterious figure who called himself Black Flame Dragon and looked very similar to Sigurd!"

"Could it be that Sigta himself has been hiding on the Golden Lion's Sky Island all along?"

This idea completely stunned Sengoku!

Zhan Guo was trembling slightly.

This is exciting.

"Is Sig really this terrifying? Was the Golden Lion's rampage in the Sabaody Archipelago and his consumption of the Angel Fruit also part of his plan?"

He couldn't help but stand up again and pace around the office.

This idea is absolutely terrifying.

Although Shiki has temporarily disappeared, he is now known as the fifth Pirate Emperor.

If Siegfried's influence was behind Shiki's ascension to the throne... that's terrifying!

"Someone, quickly go and fetch General Tsuru!" Sengoku ordered.

........

A moment later.

"Then, let's take a good look at the entire Battle of Jianshan Island from beginning to end."

"Warring States, if you have any different opinions, you can speak them directly."

Lieutenant General Tsuru looked up from the documents spread out on the table and began to speak seriously:

"The person who initially claimed to be Sig was a fake; he was some kind of unknown ability user who had been impersonating Sig all along."

"This behavior is a bit abnormal. It's almost like they're deliberately provoking our navy to surround and suppress them. It's very likely that someone is behind it."

At this point, Lieutenant General Tsuru sighed:

"Unfortunately, the fake Sig is probably dead by now."

"According to information provided by survivors on the training ship, he had already been handcuffed with sea stone handcuffs and imprisoned before the tsunami, making it virtually impossible for him to survive."

"As for who was behind his actions, we will probably never know with his death."

“No.” Sengoku shook his head at this moment.

"You have an objection?" He was taken aback. She felt that her analysis was clear and logical, and there were no problems.

"What I mean is, the person behind him is most likely Sieg."

The Warring States period began:

"Not only was it a fake Sieg, but Sieg even prepared a body double for Crocodile. These two were clearly prepared by Sieg, with the aim of luring our navy to come and surround them."

At this point, the Warring States period also became serious:

"Sig's forces even have a sea king of enormous size. This sea king can easily create tsunamis, which is perfect for dealing with the fleet we dispatched!"

"We've been tricked by Sieg! He deliberately lured us into ambush."

A deep sense of apprehension arose on the face of the Warring States period.

Upon hearing Sengoku's analysis, Tsuru paused for a moment and said:

"Your analysis makes sense, but based on the intelligence we have so far, it's too subjective to draw conclusions so early."

Unexpectedly, Sengoku shook his head and gave the crane a deep look:

"You don't understand."

“I noticed Sig’s existence as early as when he first began to make a name for himself in the East China Sea. I had already thoroughly studied Sig and even fought against him, so I have a deep understanding of his profound scheming.”

"Looking back now, his death in the Sabaody Archipelago was probably part of his plan!"

At this point, Sengoku looked intently at the crane, his emotions slightly agitated:

"This means that this man's scheming included his own death in the equation!"

"Crane, do you know how terrible this is?"

Sengoku's eyes held a deep sense of apprehension, which momentarily stunned even the chief strategist, Lieutenant General Tsuru.

Then, she heard Zhan Guo say decisively:

"No one understands Sieg better than me; his schemes will never escape my eyes."

Chapter 450 The Golden Lion and Sigurd's Conspiracy

Seeing Sengoku's confident expression, Vice Admiral Tsuru fell silent.

Ultimately, even when he was still a general, Zhan Guo was already known as a strategist. Now that he's a marshal, he knows far more information than He.

After Zhan Guo said this, He did not refute it.

"Your guess is indeed not without merit..." Tsuru continued:

"And then, when the fake Sig was exposed in public, something very strange happened."

"The Black Flame Dragon has appeared; it is a true Black Flame Dragon."

At this point, a serious expression appeared on He's face.

They first heard about Black Flame Dragon from him during the great battle of Sabaody Archipelago, the day Sieg died.

The Black Flame Dragon did not appear in physical form at the time; it is suspected that it rose into the sky in the form of strange, pitch-black flames after Sig's death.

But in the end, the Black Flame Dragon never actually appeared in physical form.

The Black Flame Dragon's second appearance was on the Sky Island of the Golden Lion, which Zephyr witnessed firsthand. At this time, the Black Flame Dragon had the same appearance as Sig, and in the end, it also left in the form of black flames.

But this time, it's different.

The Black Flame Dragon did indeed appear in the form of a giant dragon, and then soared into the sky and disappeared without a trace.

"Crane, what are your thoughts on the Black Flame Dragon?" Sengoku asked, frowning.

"Let's put aside my opinion for now and first sort out the course of events to avoid interfering with the analysis."

He's thinking was very clear; she planned to sort out the sequence of events.

"First, a force suspected to be Sig himself secretly instructed a fake Sig to spread the news that he was Sig himself, which led our Navy to summon the Seven Warlords of the Sea to carry out a siege."

"The fake Sig’s identity was quickly exposed. At the same time, the Black Flame Dragon appeared briefly and then flew into the depths of the sea of ​​clouds and disappeared."

"Sig's old subordinates arrived. At the same time, the Seven Blacks descended from the sky carrying a coffin and performed a strange ceremony. Finally, Sig emerged from the coffin."

"After the seven dark figures disappeared, Sig's old subordinates cried out the name of the Piercing Lord together—Sig's old subordinates may have known about that mysterious Piercing Lord."

"Finally, Sieg summoned a colossal sea king resembling a carp, which unleashed a tsunami that nearly wiped out the entire navy fleet, and Admiral Zephyr went missing..."

After He sorted things out, the key points of the development of the matter became clear.

The incident began when a certain force introduced a fake Sig into the public eye, prompting the navy to take notice and launch a crackdown.

The end result was a colossal sea king triggering a tsunami that destroyed the entire fleet, with even the admirals and four Shichibukai going missing.

One admiral, three vice admirals, and four Shichibukai—this was a formidable force capable of shaking the world, yet almost all of them have disappeared.

If this was someone's doing in secret... Lieutenant General Tsuru pondered for a moment, a chill running down his spine.

"That's how it happened... Sengoku, you seem to have a hunch?" After General Tsuru finished speaking, he saw a confident smile on Sengoku's face.

"Indeed, I have a highly reliable guess."

"The Black Flame Dragon had just ascended into the sky and disappeared when seven dark figures carrying a coffin flew in from the sky... There must be something fishy about this."

The Warring States period will continue along the same lines as before:

"If we assume that the Golden Lion's Sky Island has been lurking in the nearby waters all along, then all of this makes sense."

"The Black Flame Dragon soared into the sky, not because it was afraid of our navy's power and wanted to flee, but perhaps it had other plans."

"The Golden Lion Sky Island, hovering above, observed the Black Flame Dragon's departure. This might have been a signal to them, so seven mysterious black figures began carrying a coffin, leading Sig from the Golden Lion Sky Island to the Sword Mountain Island below!"

He paused for a moment, thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt enlightened.

After going around in circles, the matter has come full circle back to Siegfried.

"Although this is just a hypothesis, it does make a lot of sense." Lieutenant General Tsuru pondered for a while, but then offered a different opinion:

"However, that's too subjective. The Golden Lion has disappeared for the past three months, and there's no trace of his involvement in this incident."

"Warring States Period, what you said makes a lot of sense, but in the end it's just speculation."

"Unless you can find clues that the Golden Lion is related to this incident, this is ultimately just baseless speculation."

The conjecture put forward by the Warring States period is indeed plausible, but in He's opinion, it has a bit of a preconceived notion.

Sengoku subjectively believes that the matter is related to the Golden Lion and that he participated in the plot with Sieg, which is unlikely.

Unexpectedly, after He finished speaking, Sengoku laughed instead.

"He, do you really think my guess is unfounded?"

"Speaking of which, I just received a new intelligence report."

.......

On Kensan Island, a naval training ship stranded on the beach.

The wounded sailors rested on the shore, quietly awaiting rescue.

However, several uninjured surviving marines were surrounding a pirate crew and interrogating them.

"I confess, I confess everything." The bound pirate's eyes were lifeless, and his face was contorted with grief.

Upon learning that the Sieg he was loyal to was an imposter, his faith crumbled, and under further interrogation by the Navy, he immediately confessed:

"Three months ago, our pirate crew was sailing at sea and passed by a deserted island."

"At that time, someone on our ship claimed that the outline of an island appeared in the clouds above the deserted island and then flew away very quickly."

"Of course we don't believe it. After all, how could an island float in the sky and fly away?"