I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Captain, we have been waiting for your return!"

The crew of the Ward Pirates surrounded Ward, many of them with red eyes and tears welling up in their eyes.

However, Wald said nothing, and his expression remained very cold.

The atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment, completely lacking the feel of a reunion between friends.

When he was arrested and imprisoned, he was first betrayed and injured by a CP0 spy he had been with for many years. Just as he was about to be frozen, it was the first mate, Bingjack, who gave the order to lead the crew to abandon the already beyond saving Wald and leave...

"Humph!"

Wald snorted coldly. He still didn't say anything, but simply leaped lightly onto his own pirate ship.

"Get on the ship, everyone. We're about to leave," Wald whispered.

"Yes, Captain!"

Just as the pirate ship was about to leave.

Wald's heart stirred. He opened his palm, and a black feather happened to fall from the sky and landed in his palm.

Unbeknownst to them, a figure with a pair of black wings had appeared in the sky above the pirate ship.

This was a man with a pair of conspicuous black wings on his back, dressed in a white robe, and wearing a purplish-red, long-nosed tengu mask on his face, completely covering his body.

“Wald, this island experiences a tsunami every year, and this one is almost here. Now is not a good time to leave Water Seven,” the masked man with black wings said.

"I can leave whenever I want, it's none of your business! Want to fight, Tengu?" Wald said irritably.

"Wald, we are not enemies."

"Also, you might now call me... the Tengu Emperor!"

Black-winged Tengu didn't take it seriously and chuckled softly:

"We, the fifty-six emperors who emerged from Impel Down, should be of one mind and one heart. Why should we be enemies?"

Wald frowned:

"I don't know you well... and what are these Fifty-Six Emperors?"

This time, Blackwing Tengu tossed a newspaper, which landed in Vald's hands.

Wald glanced at the newspaper briefly, then his face darkened, and he couldn't help but clench it into a ball.

"Bullshit! When have I, Wald, ever lost to Sieg?"

Wald roared:

"Even Roger, Whitebeard, or Garp back then couldn't defeat me!"

"I was just caught off guard and that ice-playing kid from CP0 and the Navy was ambushed by him!"

"I understand..." The Black-Winged Tengu's voice carried a hint of amusement.

“Wald, we dozens of fellow inmates in Impel Down feel the same way you do.”

The Black-Winged Tengu's voice gradually took on a sinister tone:

"The newspaper article makes it sound very convincing: Sig claims that all fifty-odd of us are his former defeated enemies, and that the so-called Four Emperors of the Pirates are only possible because of him... How arrogant and laughable!"

"Wald!"

"Are you really just going to leave Water Seven like this?"

"Don't you want to know... who Sieg really is? And what gives him the right to say such things?"

Wald narrowed his eyes, his tone unfriendly: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Blackwing Tengu chuckled, his tone growing increasingly chilling:

"Since Sig calls us guys the 'Fifty-Six Emperors,' giving us such a prestigious title, shouldn't we catch up with him a bit?"

Chapter 577 The Alliance of the Fifty-Six Emperors

After listening to Blackwing Tengu's account, Wald remained silent for a long time.

Including Wald and others, almost all of these great pirates were proud and arrogant, and their pride was no less than that of Barrett.

To these people who had been imprisoned in Impel Down for decades, isolated from the world, Sigurd was a powerful newcomer who suddenly appeared. By the time they realized what was happening, he had already reached a level where he could stand shoulder to shoulder with Whitebeard and Shiki.

But this Sigurd is actually quite old, and he's on friendly terms with Crocus, Whitebeard, and others, acting like an equal.

This left Wald and the others feeling confused, puzzled, and curious.

But after learning of Sieg's boast... all those emotions turned into anger.

They had indeed witnessed firsthand how formidable Sieg was.

But so what?

These old-era pirates, who once rivaled Whitebeard and Roger, are not so lacking in courage as to not even dare to fight.

"Wald!"

Tengu stared intently at Wald through his mask and said, word by word:

"How about joining our [Fifty-Six Emperors Alliance] and catching up with Sig?"

The Alliance of Fifty-Six Emperors?

Such a shameful and pretentious name made Wald feel a little uncomfortable.

"Tengu, your target isn't just Sig, is it?"

"If we only need to deal with one Sig, there's no need to form a so-called alliance."

Wald snorted coldly. As a pirate who had been betrayed by his comrades and nearly died, he had an instinctive distrust of pirate alliances.

"clever."

Tengu smiled:

"Whitebeard and his crew are known as the Four Emperors of the New World."

"But the territory in the New World is limited. If there are sixty pirate emperors, each one would only have a small territory. What kind of pirate emperor would that be?"

"Therefore... our [Fifty-Six Emperors Alliance] has two goals."

"First, we need to deal with Sig."

"Secondly, we must deal with the current Four Emperors of the New World!"

"Times have changed. It's long ago that people like us should be the ones to reshape the order on the high seas!"

Tengu laughed loudly and extended his hand to Wald. The latter hesitated for a moment, then reached out and shook hands with him firmly.

"So the next step... we should unite more forces."

“For example…those guys from Redfield,” Tengu said.

...........

Water City, Shipwreck Island.

Barrett was pacing back and forth alone on the shore of Shipwreck Island, occasionally looking up at the horizon where the sea met the sky.

"Why aren't they here yet?"

"Hurry up!"

"Should we urge them again?"

"This is way too slow! What is the navy doing? Their efficiency is so low, they're just wasting taxpayers' money!"

Barrett picked up the golden Den Den Mushi and started poking at it again, making the Den Den Mushi almost foam at the mouth.

He looks just like a 200-pound child waiting for a package.

Beside him, Sieg stared blankly at the anxious and impatient Barrett, his heart sinking to the bottom.

"Barrett is reckless and a complete troublemaker, just like when she came out of Impel Down!"

"If we keep him on the ship, who knows when the flood will suddenly come again and he'll punch me into a pancake!"

Sieg panicked, but he dared not do anything.

Because Barrett was determined to cling to him, Sieg had absolutely no way to get rid of her!

"Why...why are you clinging to me? Why can't you let me live a peaceful life..."

Sieg began to feel increasingly anxious.

Stussy walked over and said in a low voice:

"The Buster Call has been launched. The ten warships for the Buster Call are different from ordinary warships. They were built by the shipyard of Water Seven, and their speed and firepower far exceed those of ordinary warships."

"And leading the Buster Call were at least five elite vice admirals from the Navy, as well as all the elite naval personnel from headquarters."

“Sig, we should leave here as soon as possible.”

Before Sieg could answer, Tom sighed softly, pointed to the increasingly gloomy sky, and interjected:

“Sig, this is not a good time to leave Water Seven.”

"What's coming soon isn't just the Navy's Buster Call fleet, but also the annual Great Tsunami of Water Seven, the [Gods of Water]! Leaving at this time could very well result in being swept away by the storm and the tsunami!"

These words shook the hearts of the bandits.

Everyone knows how terrifying the tsunamis and storms on the Grand Line are.

Even the mighty Golden Lion was once defeated by a sudden storm, let alone the [Water Gods].

"What if we leave Shipwreck Island and hide in the city of Water Seven?" someone suggested.

"Even the navy's fleet may not be able to withstand the impact of the water gods. Once their encirclement is broken or even collapsed, we can leave safely."

Upon hearing this, Tom, Frankie, and the others' faces immediately darkened.

Delaying time... means that the island they are on will be ravaged by the Buster Call's artillery fire, or even completely destroyed!

Sieg glanced at Tom and the others, then slowly shook his head.

"That's pointless."

"The Buster Call's target is the entire Water Seven! There is not a single safe place on this island, so trying to buy time is of little use."