I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"There are also artificial Devil Fruits, cyborgs, mass-produced laser robots, and so on..."

"These are all masterpieces that you, in the future, will bring to this world."

Sieg revealed a whole bunch of Vegapunk's inventions in one go.

This made Vegapunk's shock even more uncontrollable.

The technologies that Sieg mentioned were indeed vague concepts he had, technologies from the future—projects that Vegapunk originally planned to begin researching after joining the World Government.

This is a secret that absolutely no one knows, not even Wang Xige, who is a user of the Time-Time Fruit!

"You mean...this is my future after I join the Navy?"

Vegapunk was filled with doubt and unease.

Both the Time Fruit and the Reverse Time Fruit have limitations.

The basic Devil Fruit ability development is unidirectional time travel.

Vegapunk developed the Time Reversal Fruit to a near-infinite ability to rewind time.

And Sig, on the other hand, developed...futurism?

Before he traveled into the future, did he take a step ahead and see what would happen there?

Suppressing his doubts, Vegapunk continued:

“Now that you have seen the future and know my purpose, you should help me even more, Wang Xige.”

"Our abilities complement each other. Once we join forces, with your strength combined with my technology, we can accomplish anything. This is the only way to potentially change the course of future massive wars."

At this point, a look of reminiscence appeared on Vegapunk's face, and he softly murmured:

“Wang Xige, the things I have seen in the future are absolutely unbelievable to you living in this era.”

"I have witnessed steel warships thousands of meters long bursting into flames on the boundless earth."

"I have seen great stars fall and collapse, and indescribable terrors murmur and revive in the darkness."

"I....."

Before Vegapunk could continue, Sigurd, with a strange expression on his face, spoke first:

I have witnessed galaxies crumble and the very foundations of the universe be obliterated...."

This sudden retort left Vegapunk silent for a very long time.

Finally, he spoke softly:

"It seems you have indeed seen quite a distant future, Wang Xige."

Sig: .....

For a moment, he didn't know what to say. His mind was a little confused; Vegapunk's words had disrupted his train of thought.

It was Vegapunk's immediate questioning that forced Sieg back to reality.

"Wang Xige, what's your answer?"

Vegapunk stared at him, glanced at his watch, and a bitter smile crept across his face.

It was already 10:05.

He has now reached a future that he could not have reached even in dozens of time loops, but he is still lost.

“My answer... Vegapunk, you overestimate our combined strength.”

Sieg's thoughts returned to reality, and he continued along his previous train of thought:

"If we compare time to a long, ever-flowing river."

"All living beings are going with the flow."

"So you and I, as users of the Time Fruit or the Reverse Time Fruit, are just two big fish, able to leap out of the river. One moves forward, the other backward, jumping to different points in time."

"However, the general trend of history has its inertia, like a long river that is difficult to stop. These two fish are just fish at best. If they try to change the course of the river, they will realize their own powerlessness and insignificance."

He said he'd received it. Even without Siegfried's prompting, Vegapunk shuddered. He felt a dull ache return to his brow.

After Siegfried deliberately aimed his attacks at the center of the forehead dozens of times and intentionally chose to end the cycle at 10:03, Siegfried's analogy had given Vegapunk a profound understanding of its significance.

Chapter 730 The Pandaren of the Future

Vegapunk instinctively covered his forehead, feeling a dull ache in his wound again.

Is this the historical inertia that Siegfried was talking about?

In dozens of time loops, no matter what choices Vegapunk makes or how hard he tries to change things, the final result is always the same: he is shot by Sieg at 10:03.

There are some things that even Vegapunk, who can reverse time an infinite number of times, cannot do.

According to Siegfried's theory...

"In the future, I may become a scientist whose wisdom surpasses that of humankind by 500 years, but will I still be able to prevent that future 500 years from now?"

"Even if you and I, who seem to have complementary abilities, cooperate, we are just two big fish in the river, destined not to be able to change history or the future at will?"

Vegapunk's tone became much more subdued.

After the time loop ended, he arrived at the place he had been unable to reach before, but found that his original goal was getting further and further away from him.

Regardless of whether Sieg's theory is accurate, this is enough to express Sieg's attitude.

He refused to work with Vegapunk.

Sieg said calmly:

"There is no possibility for the user of the Time-Time Fruit and the user of the Reverse-Time Fruit to cooperate."

"The great road leads to heaven, each goes their own way."

"You and I each have our own journeys."

Let's stop here.

Sigurd's explanation was actually a tailor-made explanation after he had figured out Vegapunk's personality after dozens of time loops.

Sieg's goal is not only to get Vegapunk's history back on track, but also to minimize his own influence on him.

Vegapunk remained silent for a long time.

Neither he, already considered a scientific genius, nor the future world 500 years from now, can solve the problem of the time paradox.

Using the Time Reversal Fruit to reverse time is nothing more than a desperate attempt to revive a lost cause.

"I don't know how to do this problem."

Vegapunk sighed softly; he couldn't find a reason to persuade Sieg.

“Brubrub....Brubrub..."

While Vegapunk remained silent, the Den Den Mushi in his arms began to ring.

Vegapunk took out the Den Den Mushi, glancing at his watch on his left wrist out of the corner of his eye.

It was already 10:10.

"Rum?"

".....Okay, I understand."

Vegapunk hung up the phone, and his expression gradually returned to its usual calm.

"Our time for conversation is up."

"Wang Xige, since you don't intend to cooperate with me, you must be planning to leave now."

Vegapunk strolled to a corner of the laboratory, entered the password on the safe, opened the door, and took out a bottle of liquor from inside.

"This is the final product of the Brewing Fruit creation experiment, and there is only one bottle of Greatsword Wine."

"This bottle of wine is not a product created by Rum, the user of the Brew-Brew Fruit, but a simulated artificial artifact."

"Although it's a fake, this bottle of wine should still be quite effective. If it's splashed on, it's probably equivalent to a great swordsman's slash."

Vegapunk explained this while handing the bottle of liquor to Sieg.

"Please accept this as a parting gift."

"In return, you can make a detour to the northeast of the research institute and take Rum away from this island."

Vegapunk said this.

Sieg paused slightly.

He had already guessed that Rum was in the research institute, but Vegapunk's special request still surprised him slightly.

Why him?

"Sig asked."

Vegapunk doesn't seem like a very humane person.

Before leaving, he was still thinking about Rum, the user of the Brew-Brew Fruit, which surprised Sigurd.

Vegapunk narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharpening slightly.

"So, I couldn't hide it from you after all, Wang Xige."

Vegapunk sighed softly and explained:

"There is another person in this world who looks somewhat similar to Rum."

"He was a very mysterious figure whose footprints spanned almost all of recorded history, and he still exists even 500 years into the future."

"Pandaren?" Sig's pupils contracted slightly.

According to Toki, the user of the Time-Time Fruit, the Panda Man is a person who has lived from 800 years ago to the present day, and is one of the few special ability users in the long river of time.

According to Vegapunk, the Pandaren even lived 500 years into the distant future.

“It seems you know him too.” Vegapunk took in Sieg’s reaction and nodded.

"So, Wang Xige, before you showed any abnormality, I always thought that guy was the user of the Time-Time Fruit."

“Especially during the 12 years you were missing, that guy was also active.”