I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"We've finally made it this far. Once their pirate ship reaches the ocean current at Upside Down Mountain, there's no turning back."

A thought struck Sieg. He looked down and suddenly lost his footing, plummeting towards the ocean below.

Before Charlotte Linlin could react, Sieg fell straight into the sea, splashing up a spray of water.

She quickly rode Zeus beneath her feet to the surface of the Sea of ​​Sigir, but when she looked down, she couldn't see anything at all.

Moreover, several minutes had passed, and Sieg still hadn't surfaced from the sea.

Did he fall into the sea?

Charlotte Lingling tentatively reached her hand into the sea, but quickly felt her limbs go weak and withdrew her hand.

"Lingling, humans can't breathe in the sea! Wang Xige must have drowned! Let's go!"

Urged on by Longbread, Sig still hadn't shown up, so Charlotte Linlin reluctantly returned to the pirate ship.

"Humans, what a fragile race..." Charlotte Linlin murmured as she returned to the deck.

Chapter 614 The Pirate King Sets Sail

Near Inverted Mountain, in the sea area outside the upwelling current.

Hundreds of meters below the sea level, in the deepest part of the ocean, there is a black ball of fire, about the size of a person, burning incessantly.

The surrounding seawater, upon touching the black fireball, was continuously eroded and evaporated into wisps of smoke.

This black fireball is hollow, and Sig is standing inside it, floating in mid-air.

"The air is running out again. Charlotte and Linlin have probably already left, right? After all, this isn't a place where you can stay for long."

Thinking this, Sieg took out a balloon filled with air from his inventory, popped it, and let the air flow out again.

He survived for half an hour on the seabed by using his third-stage ability to burn and displace seawater with jet-black flames and using air provided by balloons.

Judging that the time was about right, Sieg stepped on the air and began to gradually rise in the seawater, eventually reappearing on the surface of the sea.

Just as he expected.

Charlotte Linlin's pirate ship couldn't possibly stop to search or wait in this turbulent current; it had long since disappeared without a trace and had most likely already reached the Reverse Mountain and left.

"We've finally dodged it. Now it's time to leave."

Sig glanced at the seemingly insurmountable Red Earth Continent, then stood in mid-air, took out a nautical chart of the East China Sea, and, following the map, ran back towards Roggetown.

On the Grand Line, nautical charts are unreliable, and one must rely on a record pointer to navigate. However, in the East China Sea, nautical charts are still very useful.

Sig had previously said he was going to enter the Grand Line, but in order to fool Charlotte Linlin, he made her head towards Reverse Mountain.

Now that they had gotten rid of their opponent, they naturally wanted to get back to Loguetown as soon as possible.

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

A few hours later.

Sig had already spotted the island outline of Roguetown.

But in the coastal area near Rogge Town, he saw a small sailboat with people cutting through the waves, heading in the direction of Upside Down Mountain.

"Heh, a small boat and one person dare to challenge the Grand Line?"

Sig shook his head inwardly.

The era he is in now is long before the Great Pirate Era, and it is not the era of Roger or Rocks.

Logically speaking, without the allure of ONE PIECE, the Grand Line would be a dangerous sea for pirates from all over the world, and far fewer pirates would have gone there than in later generations.

Surprisingly, there are still such hotheads out there.

"They're practically evenly matched with Luffy who started drifting in barrels..."

Sieg scoffed inwardly, but then he noticed a familiar face: a young man wearing a straw hat and with bandages wrapped around his body...

Roger?

Sig was shocked.

He stumbled and fell, running quickly toward the small boat before finally landing on it.

"Ah! Wang Xige, you're still alive after all."

"I thought we would only meet again once we entered the Grand Line."

A sea breeze blew by, and Roger held down his straw hat, which was about to be blown away by the wind, and smiled at Sieg.

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

On the small boat, Roger briefly told Sieg about Charlotte Linlin's situation and Rum the panda's departure.

Seeger looked at Roger, who was covered in bandages, and exclaimed in surprise:

"You've decided to go to sea?"

“Yes.” Roger, still smiling, explained:

"Actually, I had already bought the boat before this incident."

"It was lucky, really. Charlotte Linlin destroyed a large number of buildings in the port, but her attack did not affect the ships docked in the port."

"So, my ship is still here!"

At this point, Roger extended another invitation:

“Wang Xige, it’s fate that we’ve met again on the high seas so soon.”

"Forget about opening a tavern, come sail the seas with me and become a pirate!"

Faced with Roger's invitation once again, Sieg hesitated for a moment this time.

He didn't know whether the time of Roger's first voyage in the original story had changed this time because of his intervention.

However... since Roger is already preparing to set sail, and Rum the panda is no longer here, there is little point in Sig staying in Loguetown.

Moreover, Roger's current condition... regardless of his strength, his injuries are indeed worrying, making it difficult to ignore the possibility of him suddenly collapsing at any moment.

"Roger, I'm not going to become a pirate with you, but if you're going to enter the Grand Line, I'll go with you and give you a ride."

Finally, this is how Sieg answered.

Roger was taken aback at first, then a look of surprise appeared on his face:

Are you also going to the Grand Line?

Unexpectedly, Sieg shook his head:

"I'm not going to the Grand Line, but... the Red Line."

"The Red Earth?" Roger's expression changed.

For Roger, who was born in Loguetown, the Grand Line meant a perilous sea from which there was no return.

They had seen countless ambitious pirates enter the Grand Line, but the vast majority of them died there.

And the Red Earth...

Roger couldn't help but say:

"I heard that to go to the Red Line, one must go through official channels and obtain approval from the World Government before one can set foot on the Red Line."

"But how come it goes along the Grand Line?"

Sieg explained with a faint smile:

"There is an intersection between the Grand Line and the Red Line, you must know that."

Roger's eyes lit up, and he said:

"Upside-down Mountain!"

In this world, the Red Line intersects the Grand Line almost perpendicularly, and the point of intersection is the entrance to the Grand Line—Reverse Mountain.

Roger, who had witnessed Sieg walking on air, suddenly realized:

"I see. You can fly in the air. That's a really convenient ability."

Both sides tacitly avoided mentioning Charlotte Linlin again.

"Let's not get into the small talk. If you want to enter the Grand Line, Reverse Mountain is also a major obstacle. You, who came from Loguetown, should know this better than I do."

Sieg shook his head slightly:

"And as for you now... well, I'll take the helm."

"You should rest and recover from your injuries now. You really messed things up."

Sieg glanced at Roger's body a few times, and in just a short while, blood was seeping out of the bandages again.

The moment Sieg snatched the helm from Roger's hands, Sieg's eyes were different.

Wang Luffy Card, a fictional personality, the Sailor personality is established!

He had transformed into a seasoned helmsman, wielding the helm with remarkable skill, making the small boat seem as easy and effortless as if it were his own arm.

Chapter 615 The Promise on Upside Down Mountain

About half an hour later, the ship shook slightly and caught the rising current of the inverted mountain. The ship's speed increased significantly, and the surrounding ocean currents became visibly turbulent.

"This is Upside-Down Mountain."

“Although I have seen it from afar, actually climbing Upside Down is a different story.”

Roger sat on a chair to the side, gazing at the Upside-Down Mountain in front of him, and sighed.

Upside-down mountains look very unscientific.

Here, ships from all over the world must navigate the upward-climbing ocean currents, ascending from the foot of the mountain until the four currents converge at the top of the inverted mountain, finally flowing together towards the waterway leading to the Grand Line. The five waterways form an "X" shape.

"Is Wang Xige going to leave once he reaches the top of Upside Down Mountain? After all, the top of Upside Down Mountain is on the Red Earth Continent."

Roger watched as Sieg subtly adjusted the rudder, guiding the small boat through the turbulent ocean currents.

Before long, the bow of the ship lifted slightly, and it began to climb the inverted mountain with the ocean current.

It's not as simple as it looks.