I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"You disdain using your full strength to deal with the King of the Near Sea? You only need to use a tiny bit of your power, combined with this swordsmanship, to easily kill him?"

"Sigboy, just how much power did you use to slay this king of the near seas... one-tenth? one-hundredth? one-thousandth?"

"This must be the secret to how you've been able to hide it for so many years. Even when you only reveal a small amount of power and speed, you're still incredibly strong..."

Sig's image in Ivankov's mind became increasingly mysterious and powerful.

He has cultivated his Conqueror's Haki to a level where it even has its own sound effects. He can control it at will, restraining it to the point of intimidating ordinary people, but not so powerful as to knock them unconscious.

He possesses a kind of invisible and strange attack method, which is suspected to be related to Conqueror's Haki. He can take down Celestial Dragons from a great distance, ignoring the obstacles of CP0.

He also possesses a frighteningly high level of swordsmanship; even with a crudely made, ordinary longsword, he can unleash astonishing power...

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

After slaying the King of the Near Sea, Sieg slowly sheathed his sword and stood up. He couldn't help but recall the scene just now, and a sense of surprise filled his heart.

It wasn't just Li Jing's formidable swordsmanship that surprised me, but also his combat prowess.

Before equipping Li Jing's card, Sig probably wouldn't have had time to react before being swallowed whole by the King of the Near Sea.

But in this battle, Sieg used more than just Li Jing's swordsmanship!

As the Lord of the Near Seas lunged at him, Sieg first leaped to dodge onto the Lord of the Near Seas' head, then killed it with a single sword strike. In the few seconds it took for the body to fall into the sea, Sieg unleashed a series of slashes before finally jumping back onto the ship.

Sieg then realized that his understanding of the system was flawed!

The character card Li Jing provided by the system allows you to gradually acquire Li Jing's full strength, including not only Li Jing's swordsmanship but also his combat skills.

Even if Li Jing doesn't use his sword, his combat power will be greatly reduced, but he is still far superior to Sig, who is just an ordinary person.

This can be seen from the fact that Sig, equipped with Li Jing's card, was able to easily dodge the attack of the Near Sea King.

For example, in the world of Ten Cold Jokes, Li Jing, who doesn't use a sword, was once... slapped into a wall by the newborn Nezha, and couldn't be pried out.

Okay, that's because Nezha's power is too strong; even the immortals can't withstand it.

To give another example, Li Jing without a sword is like Sanji wielding a kitchen knife to kill people, and Zoro without a sword cannot unleash his full strength, but he is not weak either.

"When facing sea kings without hands, Li Jingka can give me extremely strong swordsmanship."

"When facing ordinary enemies, it's like having an invincible control skill."

"Even without a sword, as long as I'm equipped with the Li Jing card, I'll have the ability to protect myself. If I encounter a hothead like Monka again, I won't have to put on a crazy battle."

"Such a powerful character card, only A-rank?"

Sig muttered to himself.

Damn it.

If his initial card hadn't been the S-rank KING, but instead the A-rank Li Jing, he probably wouldn't have had such an exciting experience.

"Boss, what should we do with this naval prisoner?" a bandit asked.

Monka, who had dropped his axe in fright, was soon covered in sweat and surrounded by the bandits.

"Knock them out, tie them up, and have someone watch them," Sieg said casually.

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

Let's rewind a few minutes.

On the Celestial Dragons' ship, a white-masked man with a crying face, belonging to CP0, waited patiently.

With such a major incident, the entire ship's combat force was on high alert in the shortest possible time, their expressions tense, forming a human wall outside the emergency room.

They were terrified by Sieg's invisible attacks and were very worried that something else might happen.

"Protect Saint Charmaco, I'm going to capture the prisoner."

A detached voice emanated from beneath the white mask, a hint of murderous intent lurking beneath.

The Celestial Dragons' ships have now turned around and are heading towards the port of the Goa Kingdom at top speed, putting some distance between themselves and the previous refugee convoy.

However, this has little impact on CP0, who is proficient in the Six Styles.

The white-masked figure moved swiftly, appearing on the deck in a matter of moments.

"Moonwalk".

With his feet constantly treading on the air, the white-masked man transformed into a white afterimage in the night sky, rushing away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

Before long, he spotted the conspicuous pirate ship among the refugee boats, as well as a huge sea beast that had just emerged from the water.

He saw from afar that Sieg was holding a longsword and about to leap up.

The white-masked figure, charging forward, suddenly stopped in mid-air, using Moon Step to aim his finger like a gun at Sieg.

Sig's invisible and difficult-to-defend attacks made him wary.

It would be ideal to take advantage of Sig's battle to ambush and eliminate this troublesome criminal.

"Finger gun..."

He concentrated his power at his fingertips, about to strike forward, when his movement froze again, and he almost forgot to use Moon Step.

He witnessed Sieg slaying the Sea King.

"Such powerful swordsmanship! Who is he? When did such a strong pirate emerge from the East Blue?"

CP0 hesitated for a moment, then paused in mid-air using Moonwalk.

Things were more complicated than he had imagined, so he had to observe the situation discreetly first.

His gaze first fell on the large, conspicuous face next to Sieg.

"Ivankov, the Queen of the Kamabakka Kingdom on the Grand Line... Hmm? The Queen?"

CP0 stared at Ivankov's large face, lost in thought.

It seems to be somewhat different from what was described in the materials.

Shifting his gaze from Ivankov's large face, the white-masked man looked down at the fleet of ships in this sea area from the night sky.

Behind the fleet was an uncertain final destination, ablaze with flames that illuminated most of the night sky.

It was clear that this was a convoy of refugees who had just escaped from their final destination.

So the question is, who is the force capable of quickly organizing the escape of a large number of refugees, but which is neither the World Government nor the Goa Kingdom?

The answer is already clear.

Chapter 56 A 100-meter sprint to catch a blade bare-handed

Who is the force capable of quickly organizing the escape of large numbers of refugees, yet not affiliated with the World Government or the Goa Kingdom?

In this part of the East China Sea, there is only one possibility: an organization with such rapid response and organizational capabilities that is willing to help refugees.

That's right, it's the village mutual aid committee at the final stop.

No, wait, it's the revolutionary army.

Thinking of this, White Mask couldn't help but become serious.

As a member of CP0, the World Government's highest intelligence agency, he harbors a natural hostility towards the Revolutionary Army, which also possesses formidable intelligence capabilities.

This is too unusual.

An organization like the Revolutionary Army must be well aware of the consequences of attacking the Celestial Dragons.

unless--------

"Is the Revolutionary Army planning to surface and confront the World Government head-on?"

This idea made the white-masked man frown slightly.

CP0 is the highest intelligence agency directly under the World Government, and can be considered the most powerful intelligence and spy agency under the World Government.

In White Mask's mind, given the Revolutionary Army's current strength, surfacing would be tantamount to suicide.

What gave the Revolutionary Army the courage to believe they could stand up to the World Government?

Is this related to that pirate with the bizarre attack methods?

The man in the white mask felt a slight sinking feeling in his heart.

CP0 is an expert in plotting and scheming, and in this incident, he vaguely sensed a familiar atmosphere of conspiracy.

"No, something's still not right..."

"Saint Charmaco's original purpose was to visit the capital of the Kingdom of Goa. He only decided to come and see the fire on a whim. It was a coincidence and could not have been planned."

unless------

"They even know Charmaco's personal preferences! Has the Revolutionary Army's intelligence system become that powerful?"

"The intelligence provided by the Goa Kingdom states that a bandit named Sig deliberately set fire to the Uncertainty Terminal. Perhaps this Sig is a member of the Revolutionary Army..."

The face behind the white mask changed slightly.

This possibility is terrifying!

White Mask even felt an urge to immediately report this important information via his personal Den Den Mushi.

But when he thought of Charmaco Saint, who was still in critical condition, he ultimately gave up the idea.

"That mysterious pirate is not easy to deal with; we must take him seriously."

White Mask abandoned his original plan to kill Sig head-on and return. Instead, he decided to lie in wait and wait for the right opportunity to deal with a troublesome figure like Sig.

CP0 agents are not best at direct confrontations, but rather at dirty work, assassinations, and cunning schemes.

Dispelling other thoughts from his mind, the white-masked figure moved even faster, transforming into a blur as he continuously used Moon Step.

In a short while, they arrived at Sig’s pirate ship.

"Flying Finger Gun!"

Using his finger as a gun, an air bullet whizzed through the night sky, taking out the lookout on the top of the pirate ship.

The next moment, the white-masked figure appeared on the top observation deck, quietly observing the deck below, waiting for the right moment to strike.

"The enemy is troublesome. Using techniques like the finger-throwing gun won't work. We can't rely on luck; we must find a foolproof opportunity."

The white-masked figure concealed his presence, lurking in the shadows.