I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Chapter 461 Revolutionary Army and Naval Admiral

The bald man looked at Hancock, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes:

"Pirate Empress, you... no, it's nothing."

The bald man quickly suppressed the fluctuation in his eyes, but raised his voice slightly.

"Don't you think Boss Sig... is gentle?"

Hancock narrowed her eyes, recalling Sieg's previous words and actions, her expression turning slightly cold.

She was used to being fawned over by others, so she was a little unaccustomed to suddenly encountering someone who wasn't interested in her.

"What misunderstanding do you have about gentleness?" Hancock said coldly, looking at the bald man.

“Your boss, Sig, is clearly a man who doesn’t understand romance. I suspect she has a problem with her taste.”

She frowned slightly, recalling the scene where Sieg had subdued her and even forced her to kneel.

“Sig is even… somewhat rough.”

The bald man's body trembled slightly, then he lowered his head slightly:

"Pirate Empress... no, Lady Hancock, you don't really need to explain this to me in such detail..."

He coughed lightly, changing the subject:

"In short, Boss Sig's gentleness is always subtle and unassuming."

"For example, during the rock-paper-scissors game just now, he didn't tell you the meaning behind it."

The bald man changed his form of address, but Hancock didn't say anything, her brows furrowing even deeper.

"So? This is what you call gentleness?"

The bald man nodded with a smile, then said seriously:

"Lady Hancock, I've heard that you are the Queen of Amazon Lily, a country located in the Calm Belt. There are very few powers in the world that can safely cross the Calm Belt to reach Amazon Lily."

Unfortunately, the navy was among them.

"As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you may seem to be a pirate like our boss Higuma, but you are actually on opposing sides, just like in the previous siege."

"So, what the boss really means is..."

The bald man said with a smile:

“Our boss Sig is not one to take advantage of kindness. If Lady Hancock can see that the rock-paper-scissors game implies an alliance, then we will form an alliance.”

"Even if it's an alliance, it's a clandestine one. Because of the opposing sides' positions and camps, the alliance will never be publicly acknowledged. That's why Boss Sig doesn't say it outright, but hints at it with rock-paper-scissors."

Hancock was taken aback, and while she seemed to realize something, she still had some doubts.

"But what if I didn't figure out its meaning? Wouldn't such an important thing as forming an alliance be ruined?"

The bald man smiled and said:

"If you don't see it, or if Lady Hancock doesn't want to see it, then rock-paper-scissors is just rock-paper-scissors, and has no other meaning."

"Ah... let's pretend I didn't say anything. It's not something a subordinate should say; I was just being nosy."

The bald man bowed slightly to Hancock.

"Then, Lady Hancock, I shall take my leave."

The three Hancock sisters looked at each other, bewildered, as the bald man walked away.

"So, where exactly is Sieg gentle?" Marigold still couldn't figure it out.

Sandasonia, however, seemed to realize something:

"It's probably about stance."

“Sieg did not do anything to take advantage of her kindness, but rather considered things from his sister’s perspective and took into account her difficulties.”

However, Marie Groot still had some doubts:

"But how did he know about our situation in Kuja? We are a country in the Calm Belt, and the outside world should know almost nothing about us."

The two sisters discussed it for a moment, but Hancock interrupted them:

“No, Sig doesn’t need to know about our Kuja situation.”

She reached out and touched the smooth skin on her back; the Sky Soaring Dragon's Hoof had vanished without a trace.

"If he didn't have his own reasons, how could someone with the Sky Dragon's Hoof on his back become a Shichibukai and cooperate with the World Government?"

"Did he already guess that I had a reason to become a Shichibukai?"

The coldness in Hancock's eyes faded slightly.

Instead of relying on previous favors to get the Kuja Pirates to his side, Higuma used this subtle and suggestive method.

If they understood, they would have been secretly watching over and helping each other, preventing Hancock from being dragged into the mess.

If you don't understand, or if Hancock doesn't want to understand, that's fine, let's just move on.

Ultimately, the so-called rock-paper-scissors game was just a friendly gesture; Sieg didn't use it to ask Hancock to do anything more.

"Is this Sig's gentleness? He took care of everything all by himself."

Hancock's eyes flickered slightly, then she whispered to the two people behind her:

"Let's go, let's rejoin the rest of the Kuja Pirates."

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

at the same time.

In another part of Kenzan Island.

When Zefa opened his eyes, he saw a huge, terrifying face with a purple afro.

"You're awake—"

Before Ivankov could finish his sentence, he was struck by a punch from Zefa, who was lying on the bed. After barely managing to block it with his hands, he was sent flying backward.

"Revolutionary Army..."

Zefa's eyes turned cold. He ignored Ivankov and first looked around.

He is now in a hospital bed with an IV drip in his hand and several bandages wrapped around his body, clearly having received medical treatment.

However, it now seems that the people who treated him were the revolutionary army?

Zefa's expression turned cold as he recalled what had happened before he lost consciousness, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

Just then, the door opened, and a figure strolled in, appearing before Zefa.

"You look pretty energetic, Zephyr."

“Of course, Zepha Boy is one of my patients,” Ivankov replied, struggling to pry himself off the wall.

"The leader of the Revolutionary Army saved me, a naval admiral who fell into the sea?" Zephyr stared coldly at Dragon, his face expressionless.

A warning bell rang in his heart, but at the same time, he was also a little confused.

As a naval officer, he was fiercely opposed to evil and considered pirates his eternal enemy.

The Revolutionary Army, to be precise, is actually an enemy of the World Government; the two are not the same.

“That’s right. I’ve already told you the reason before.” Long nodded.

"Zeffa, I want to have a serious talk with you."

What Long said was exactly what he had said when he stopped Zefa on the battlefield.

Zephyr didn't take it seriously at the time, but now he's trying to stall for time.

“Just say what you want to say,” Zephyr said coldly.

"Before the Golden Lion Flying Island incident, I heard that you and Sengoku were vying for the position of Marshal."

"But you should have realized it by now, right? You were never going to win from the start; the outcome of this battle was already predetermined."

Dragon stood before the hospital bed, looking down at Zefa:

"Because you're an anomaly in the Navy."

Chapter 462 Light Bending

An outlier?

This word made Zephyr pause for a moment.

In terms of ideology, he was indeed an anomaly. He adhered to the principle of not killing and had never killed a single pirate.

Although he had many disciples, none of them inherited his philosophy.

"If you were to lead the navy, you would transform it into an army that aligns with your ideals, giving it a new lease on life. That's what you think, right?"

"However, the navy represents order, not heroes. So from the very beginning, you've already lost the race for the admiral."

Long smiled slightly, confident and assured:

"With the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons around, do you really think you can become a marshal and make a name for yourself?"

Dragon's words hit Zefa right where it left off, causing a slight tremor in his heart.

"You investigated me?" Zephyr became wary.

The Revolutionary Army has a very strong intelligence network, and it seems that they have even infiltrated the Navy, and can guess most of his thoughts.

But that's not the point.

Zefa was aware of many things, but he subconsciously overlooked them. Now that the dragon had pointed it out directly, he could only remain silent.

"It's not just the position of Fleet Admiral, but the so-called NEO Navy as well..."

"NEO Navy, which means a new navy, a new army that truly inherits your ideals... You can't even become a marshal, let alone the NEO Navy."

"Dragon continued."

The NEO Navy has taken shape in the past three months, but it is more like a new naval branch, only now it is led by Admiral Zephyr.

Apart from that, it is not much different from other branches, which is very different from Zefa's original plan.