I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Sig was also surprised.

He hadn't seen Crocodile since the Sword Mountain Island incident, but he never expected to see him on Thunder Island in this new world.

"Did she secretly follow me to this Thunder Island, or did she come here with Whitebeard?"

Suppressing his doubts, Sieg leaped up and landed directly behind Crocodile, whispering:

"Crocodile, I have now formed a pirate alliance with Whitebeard..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Crocdale tremble, and then a golden hook was swiftly brought to a stop just inches from Sig's Adam's apple.

This scene is exactly the same as Crocodile's backstabbing of Whitebeard earlier.

Sig's reaction was no different from Whitebeard's. He coldly watched Crocodile's golden hook stab him, his expression relaxed and natural, without any panic or even a dodge.

It was as if they had absolute confidence and completely disregarded Crocodile's attack.

However... Whitebeard had Jozu to block him, while Sigurd... he didn't react at all.

Crocdale, her face cold, lowered her eyelids and said in a deep voice:

"Don't stand behind me and talk from now on... no, don't approach me casually."

Sig broke out in a cold sweat.

He almost forgot that Crocdale herself was both a valuable asset and a danger to him.

He forced himself to remain calm and continued in a low voice:

“Crocodile, you know it yourself. Whether you want to cut off Whitebeard's head or my head, now is not a good time.”

"Next, we're going to cause a ruckus in Impel Down."

"So? How about coming back to my ship?"

Sieg lowered his voice and spoke rapidly as he said this;

"Promise me, Crocodile. Your attack on Whitebeard just now was no small matter."

"If you nod now, I can protect you as an ally."

Crocdale kept her golden hook across Sig's throat, staring at him coldly for several seconds before finally letting out a cold snort.

"What lame joke are you telling? I need your protection?"

As she spoke, her body turned to sand again and appeared on Sig's ship. She walked into the cabin without looking back.

Sig finally felt relieved.

That last attack probably counted as the "Gian Law" taking effect, right?

The Fat Tiger Law: Doing evil in ordinary times is insignificant, but doing a good deed occasionally can greatly increase one's favorability.

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Sieg looked solemnly at Whitebeard:

"That little scuffle just now didn't represent my true intentions, but I doubt Whitebeard would mind, would he?"

"After all, a man like you is unlikely to be ambushed by the enemy."

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes, glancing at Crocodile's departing figure with a complex expression, but he didn't speak. He simply waved his hand, signaling all his crew members to board the ship.

"Is this little farce over? Well then, it's time to get going."

Golden Lion had been observing coldly from the sidelines, a cigar dangling from his lips. At this moment, he raised his hand, and both Sig's armored pirate ship and the Moby Dick rose from the sea, soaring into the sky along with Golden Lion's figure.

Not only that, Sig also saw that there was a ring of white clouds around the bottom of the ship, seemingly supporting the pirate ship beneath his feet.

"So that's how it is. So the Golden Lion disappeared during these past few months by combining the abilities of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit and the Float-Float Fruit?"

Sieg immediately understood.

The Golden Lion can now control the clouds at will, which means that the Golden Lion not only has extremely strong mobility, but can also hide itself by controlling the clouds, and has a strong ability to conceal itself.

While they were pondering, the two pirate ships and the Golden Lion's Sky Island group had already soared into the sky, rapidly moving forward in the vast sea of ​​clouds.

Their target is the Holy Land of Mary Geoise!

...........

Raikou Island is one of the gateway islands to the New World, and it is not far from the Red Line, which serves as the dividing line.

Given the Golden Lion's high speed, the air fleet arrived over Mary Geoise around the next day.

Sig looked down at the sacred land beneath his feet, then gazed at the distant sky island and the Golden Lion and his crew on the pirate ship.

"I, Sieg, will handle things on the side of the Holy Land Mary Geoise. According to the plan, you should set off now."

None of the other members of the Sig Mountain Bandits, including Crocodile, stayed behind with Sig.

Because Sieg's aerial walking ability only allows him to maintain the mobility of one person, unlike Shiki, who can control the flight of an entire fleet by himself.

In other words.

Next, Sieg will abandon the main force, leaving behind all his companions and allies, and launch a solo feigned attack on the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

“The war must begin,” Sieg said in a deep voice.

Chapter 513 Arrival at Impel Down

The Holy Land Mary Geoise, located on the highest peak of the Red Line, is a neat, tall, and magnificent mega-palace city, with its most pointed tower reaching straight into the clouds.

The white clouds swirling beneath these peaks further accentuate the fact that this sacred place resembles a fairyland.

In fact, the Celestial Dragons do indeed consider themselves gods, and even their dwellings are superior to those of ordinary people, so they cannot breathe the same air as ordinary people.

Looking further down, one sees much shorter town buildings, situated below the high peak where the Holy Land stands, lacking any of the Holy Land's grandeur—these are towns inhabited by slaves and artisans.

The sacred site atop the mountain stands in stark contrast to the low-lying slave towns.

Click.

The shutter is pressed.

Sieg stood in the clouds and personally captured this scene with a photo editing camera.

"How can someone have the leisure to take photos at a time like this?"

The golden lion floated up beside Sieg, glanced at the image in Sieg's camera, and laughed loudly.

"As expected of you, you actually volunteered to attack the Holy Land of Mary Geoise alone, even if it's just a feint..."

This truly impressed even the Golden Lion.

More than ten years ago, he had also attempted to attack the Marine Headquarters alone, but that was because Roger had been arrested by the Marines. Shiki's mentality collapsed, and he was unwilling to believe that Roger, who had once defeated him, would eventually be arrested by the Marines, whom he looked down upon.

This time was different; Sieg was clearly very rational.

The golden lion pointed, and the white clouds beside it immediately parted, revealing a large, inky black cloud.

"This thundercloud from Thunder God Island will begin releasing its contained lightning in about half an hour after I release its control..."

"Half an hour is more than enough for me to get from here to Impel Down."

"As for how you plan to wreak havoc in the Holy Land afterward, that's your business."

After he finished speaking, the large black cloud seemed to lose its restraint and drifted with the wind toward the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, where lightning began to flash.

At the same time, the Golden Lion's figure flew away into the distance along with those sky islands and pirate ships, quickly disappearing into the sea of ​​clouds and leaving Sig's sight.

Sig chuckled as he watched the direction where Golden Lion and the others had gone.

"The troublesome guys are finally gone."

He appeared in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise because, as he expected, it was safer than attacking Impel Down.

After all, Shiki and Whitebeard seem to have some kind of interaction, and if they go to Impel Down according to their plan, they might get tricked.

The lines were the same as usual, just a performance to show off the bandit king's spirit.

And now...

As a mountain bandit king, he would personally risk his life to fight for Whitebeard and Shiki.

Sig stood high in the clouds, concealing his figure with the clouds, and began fiddling with the photo editing camera in his hand.

Sieg immediately pulled out photos of himself with Whitebeard and Shiki, as well as photos of Mary Geoise he had just taken, and began editing them.

Beside Sieg, pitch-black clouds rolled and churned.

After losing the deliberate control of the Golden Lion, the previously compressed black cloud gradually unfolded with the wind and gradually enveloped the sky above the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

In Mary Geoise, this palace city that resembles a paradise on earth, darkness began to fall.

..........

Impel Down, the deep-sea prison.

This is a prison tower-like building that stands on a calm sea.

The part above sea level was the fortress, while most of the prison buildings were below sea level.

On this day, the sky was clear and blue, with fluffy white clouds dotting the blue sky.

At the port at the main gate of Impel Down, on the decks of the naval warships, the sailors were chatting leisurely, occasionally gazing at the blue sky and the sea, looking very relaxed.

It's no wonder they're so relaxed. Impel Down is located in the Calm Belt, making it an impregnable fortress. Since its establishment, the only prisoner to escape is Golden Lion.

"Tsk tsk... Guarding Impel Down is quite a leisurely job, much easier than other positions at headquarters."

An officer on deck looked up at a white cloud drifting slowly across the sky and chatted with his colleague next to him.

"That's true... Even if someone were to attempt a prison break or launch an attack from the outside, it wouldn't be possible to do so quietly. Headquarters or the prison itself would definitely know about it much sooner than we do."

"The fleet stationed at Impel Down is really just going through the motions..."

During the casual conversation, the officer who was looking up at the white clouds drifting in on the horizon suddenly felt a pang of unease and realized that something was amiss.

"This is a calm zone! Why are there clouds moving here?"

As his increasingly wary gaze fell upon the white cloud in the sky, it rapidly grew larger in his line of sight, casting a large shadow.

This was a sky island shrouded in white clouds, and several pirate ships floating on the clouds!

"Golden Lion's Sky Island! And the Whitebeard Pirates' ship... wait, and Higuma's ship too!"

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