I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Wang Xige, a man like you shouldn't be living a secluded life opening a tavern."

Roger raised his glass, clinked it against Sieg's, and grinned broadly:

"Want to come out to sea with me and turn this world upside down?"

Seeing Roger's smile, Sieg's pupils contracted slightly.

A distant memory surfaced in his mind.

.........

That was during his first meeting with Garp at the very beginning of his transmigration, back in Windmill Village in the East China Sea.

"Kapu."

"Actually, the first partner Roger invited back then wasn't Rayleigh, but me, Sig!"

"Is that so?" Garp exclaimed in surprise.

Sieg smiled faintly at the time.

Before Roger's first voyage, he asked me if I wanted to join him in turning the world upside down.

This is a lie!

Chapter 604 The Promise Between the Mountain Bandit King and the Pirate King

Upon hearing Roger's question, Sieg's eyes glazed over for a moment as he recalled something from long ago.

Then, just like Roger, he smiled and grinned.

"How interesting. A fledgling pirate is planning to invite a mountain bandit like me onto his ship?"

Sieg and Roger exchanged a smile, appearing amicable, before their expressions instantly hardened.

"But I refuse!"

"Huh?" Roger was also taken aback.

"If you ask why..." Sig's eyes glazed over slightly.

A long time ago.

When he was talking to Garp, he said that he had refused Roger's invitation and did not become Roger's partner.

“Roger, you wanted to be a pirate,” Sigurd explained.

"But I am a mountain bandit."

Sieg gave Roger a deep look:

"We both have our own journeys, we are not on the same path, there is no need to force it."

After he finished speaking, a light screen unfolded in front of Sieg, displaying a system notification.

"Main Quest: The Legend of the Mountain Bandit King Sig - Phase Update".

"Causal connection: Rejecting Roger's invitation, achieved."

At the same time, Sieg suddenly felt a strange power surging from the depths of his body and mind.

This power is unknowable and invisible, but in the darkness, Sieg knows... this is the so-called power of cause and effect.

"As long as the power of cause and effect continues to grow, I can continue to travel through time and continue to cover up my lies."

However, although the main quest phase was updated, thus covering up a lie, no card rewards were obtained, presumably because the threshold had not yet been reached.

Sieg chuckled and skillfully mixed two more glasses of Angel's Kiss, one for each of them.

Roger's interest waned slightly after being rejected by Sieg.

He had no idea that Sieg would definitely accept his invitation.

However, when Seeger handed him a second glass of wine, Roger reached out and took it, clinking glasses with Seeger.

"This angel's kiss is truly a wonderful thing."

"It's a pity, though. Since you're not willing to be my partner, I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to drink this cup of wine again."

Roger said regretfully.

"So you invited me aboard just because you wanted my wine?"

Sieg chuckled softly, then shook his head:

"Roger, we both have our own journeys to take, but if you want to drink my wine again, it's not impossible."

Roger paused for a moment, then smiled and asked:

"How to say?"

“Didn’t you see I just bought this tavern?” Sig chuckled softly.

He didn't buy this tavern on a whim.

"Roger, since you want to become the freest pirate on the sea, let's make a deal."

"No one in the world has ever been able to traverse the entire Grand Line and circumnavigate the world."

"If you can travel around the world, you will achieve something that no one in the world has ever accomplished before—conquering the Grand Line!"

After hearing what Sieg said, Roger's interest was piqued once again.

"Conquering the Grand Line? That certainly sounds like a very ambitious goal."

"To reach places no one has ever been before, to see a bigger world..."

Roger was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up:

"Wait, travel around the world, taverns... Wang Xige, you mean...?"

“Not bad.” Sieg smiled, swirling the wine in his glass, and nodded with a smile.

"When you return from your voyage, when your journey is complete, and when you return to Roggetown in the East Sea, I will personally make you another Angel's Kiss."

"As a reward for the angel's kiss, remember to tell me about the interesting things you encounter during your voyage."

"I'd really like to see how you turn this world upside down."

Roger was taken aback at first, then a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

He raised his glass again and clinked it against Sieg's.

"Is it a deal?"

"It's a word."

The two men exchanged a smile, and then downed their drinks in one gulp.

The former owner of the tavern, watching this scene, was unconsciously infected by the smiles on the two people's faces and smiled slightly.

In a way, he felt as if he had witnessed some important moment.

........

Sieg bought this tavern specifically for this moment.

When Sieg first met Garp in the East China Sea, he mentioned that he was Roger's drinking buddy, and that after Roger returned from his voyage, he would talk with him about the interesting things that happened during the voyage.

This is a lie!

However, this lie would only become true many years later, after Roger's voyage ended.

"By the way, Roger, when are you planning to officially set sail and become a pirate?" Sig asked.

"Going to sea? There's no rush. I haven't saved enough money to buy a boat yet; it'll take some more time," Roger said with a smile.

Sieg paused for a moment, then blurted out:

"You don't even have the money to buy a boat, so why did you invite me to go out to sea with you?"

"Haha...because Wang Xige, aren't you very rich?"

Roger chuckled and drank several cups by himself.

"This guy isn't just eyeing my liquor, he's eyeing my money too. He really doesn't consider himself an outsider."

Sieg sighed inwardly.

He suddenly realized that this most famous pirate king in history might not be such a reliable person after all.

..........

The East China Sea, a land of delicious food, Tiramisu Island.

The local specialty of Tiramisu Island is tiramisu cake, a popular dessert from which the island gets its name.

Of course, Tiramisu Island is known as a food paradise, and in addition to tiramisu cake, there are all sorts of other delicacies and desserts.

This vibrant food paradise also hosts an annual food festival, where locals warmly welcome guests from afar.

Everything should have been this way.

But after Charlotte Linlin arrived on Tiramisu Island, the land of gastronomy, the island nearly reached its end.

The naval branch fleet stationed locally was no match for Charlotte Linlin and was easily defeated by her, with warships capsizing and smoke filling the near sea.

In the towns of Tiramisu, many buildings have collapsed and are engulfed in flames.

"It's so delicious! The tiramisu cake is so good!"

Charlotte Lingling stuffed tiramisu cake into her mouth like crazy, her eyes filled with happiness.

But after having a big meal, Charlotte Linlin picked up the entire table full of tiramisu cakes and threw it directly onto her own pirate ship.

The long bread stared at the scene, its eyes filled with shock:

"Lingling has really grown up. She actually knows how to restrain herself and put the cake on the boat instead of eating it all at once!"

Chapter 605 Panda Wine Immortal

Charlotte Lingling has a sweet tooth, especially for all kinds of cakes, and the tiramisu cake from Donghai is obviously to her liking.

But to Longbread's surprise, Charlotte Linlin actually learned to control herself...