I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Moreover, his eyes seemed to emanate a dark light, as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.

Just now, he received a secret report from Silent Death, Serent, and obtained firsthand information about Saien Island.

"Wang Xige".

Rocks muttered to himself, staring into the air before him:

"Last time, you gave me face."

"And this time, are you not going to give me any face at all?"

Lox clenched his fist, and a deep darkness emanated from his body, embracing him within it.

"With your abilities, you managed to infiltrate the research institute on Sai'en Island while diverting the main naval fleet, yet you only brought back two people?"

"What Judge? I've never even heard of him."

"You really aren't going to give me any face at all, Wang Xige."

Rocks slowly rose from his seat and walked step by step to the windowsill, looking down at Beehive Island, the pirate paradise.

He had overheard King Higash's conversation with Whitebeard through Serent, and already knew that Higash harbored ulterior motives and was plotting with Whitebeard to let Vegapunk go unpunished and not bring him back.

But even Locke couldn't have imagined that Sieg would be so ruthless.

Rocks leaped from the windowsill, his body enveloped in a surging black tide as he landed heavily.

This attracted the attention of all the pirates, who all looked over.

"My little ones, it's time to set off again."

Rocks walked step by step toward the port.

"Setting off? Captain Rocks, which country are you going to destroy this time?" a pirate asked with a laugh.

"We've spent almost all our money. I think it's time to rob the Celestial Dragons one more time. Those Celestial Dragons are practically ATMs for our Rocks Pirates!"

However, there was no smile on Lox's face.

"We're going to pick up the first mate."

He read it aloud, word by word.

"Going to pick up Vice-Captain Wang Xige again? Didn't we just do it last time? This treatment is too good!" a pirate who didn't understand the atmosphere said with dissatisfaction.

However, some pirates who had followed Rocks for many years saw the deep anger hidden in Rocks' eyes.

"Something interesting is about to happen," the masked man chuckled.

Wang Xige has only spent a short time with most of the Rocks Pirates.

In the last battle, Wang Xige established his authority by repeatedly smashing the heads of the pirates with bottles, and he also stopped the fight between Rocks and Roger by splitting two tigers with one dragon. Even if they were not convinced, they could only suppress their anger.

But... now Wang Xige's opponent is Lox!

Rocks, captain of the world's strongest pirate crew, was already a ruler of the seas, possessing immense strength. Before the Battle of Scarborough Island, he was even considered an invincible monster...

With such a Lox, who could possibly stand against him?

"It seems our first mate has angered Captain Lockes?" Many people's eyes gleamed, eager to watch the show.

..........

The edge of Saien Island.

The island had been reduced to ashes. The navy had no intention of saving the research institute. Instead, after arresting the institute's personnel and taking away its data, they completely destroyed the institute.

The life blueprints are of extremely high importance and are considered dangerous knowledge that must not be leaked by the World Government. According to the plan, all researchers except Vegapunk will be arrested and imprisoned.

"Vice Admiral Sengoku, should we pursue the Rocks Pirates' fleet?" a naval officer asked.

But the Warring States period shook its head.

"No need. We have already achieved our goal. Provoking the Rocks Pirates is not a good idea."

After saying this, Sengoku strode into Vegapunk's hospital room.

"Dr. Vegapunk, you're finally awake."

Upon hearing these words, Vegapunk, who had just regained consciousness, trembled and nearly fell off his hospital bed.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was after the Warring States period.

Using the power of a Devil Fruit also requires physical strength. Vegapunk repeatedly activated the power of the Time Reversal Fruit, and was shot unconscious dozens of times, but he survived by sheer willpower. After the incident with Higuma was over, he immediately fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion and was later rescued by the arriving Marines.

Upon hearing Sengoku utter those words, he momentarily thought he was still trapped in a time loop...

After a conversation, Vegapunk accepted Sengoku's invitation and became a scientist under the World Government.

“Dr. Vegapunk, we have prepared a large bio-laboratory for you, located near the entrance to the New World, on an island called Punk Hazard.”

A naval scientist had already approached and was speaking rapidly, preparing to hand over the work.

"Also, these are some of Punk Hazard's key research projects going forward."

"Dr. Vegapunk, you have considerable authority and can choose one of the key research projects. Here are the relevant reference materials..."

Vegapunk rummaged through a pile of documents, his gaze lingering slightly on one file:

"The Primordial Dragon King? What is that?"

Someone explained, "Speaking of which, this is related to King Sig, the vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates."

"On the battlefield of the ancient island where the Navy fought against the Prince of Tennis, Higuma, 12 years ago, a blue dragon that could speak human language appeared and called itself the Dragon King."

"Not long ago, this azure dragon reappeared on Scarborough Island. Not only that, but a member of the Rocks Pirates also appeared who possessed the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, and together with the azure dragon, they took to the air and left the battlefield..."

"Oh? That sounds quite interesting."

Vegapunk glanced at the project information with great interest:

"Coincidentally, the two projects related to the Dragon King are both areas I'm good at. I'll choose these two."

"Life Design: Dragon Creature Project, and Artificial Devil Fruit: Mythical Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit Project."

Other scientists exclaimed in surprise, "Working on two important projects at the same time? Dr. Vegapunk, that's too difficult. It will take up too much time, and it will be hard to manage both at the same time."

Vegapunk smiled slightly:

"Actually, I'm quite good at time management."

..........

the other side.

Sig's fleet was also heading back towards Beehive Island.

Inside the captain's cabin, Sieg was still flipping through the pile of densely packed slips of paper.

"Vegapunk, the user of the Time-Reversal Fruit... has he gotten involved with Pandaman again?"

"According to Toki Amatsuki, only he and Vegapunk should be able to manipulate time, but there are some special users who can escape the flow of time..."

"Perhaps Vegapunk's decision to stay at this point in time is also related to the Pandaren's covert activities over the past few years?"

Chapter 733 I am a Panda Man

From Vegapunk, Sigir learned more about the Pandaren.

Besides the fact that this character survived to 500 years into the future, it is also known that the Pandaren were active during the 12 years that Sig disappeared from the world.

It was for this reason that Vegapunk finally ruled out the possibility that Pandaman was a user of the Time-Time Fruit and instead focused his attention on Sigurd.

From this perspective, Vegapunk wasn't actually wrong.

Although Sigurd is not the Devil Fruit user himself, he was indeed pulled into time travel by Toki Amatsuki, the user of the Time-Time Fruit.

Were the Pandaren active during the 12 years I was gone?

Sieg thought for a moment, and then a thought suddenly struck him.

He searched through his inventory and soon another slip of paper appeared on his right hand.

This is Dracula's last will and testament.

"The Panda Head Dragon King Card is very special; there's a big secret behind it. But I went through so much trouble to figure it out, and I feel like I'm losing out by telling you so simply..."

Sieg narrowed his eyes, an idea forming in his mind.

He checked the card cooldown time and found that the Panda Head Dragon King card had also passed its cooldown and could be used again.

Sieg then strolled out of the cabin, briefly explained a few words to the crew, and then, as if stepping on invisible stairs, walked step by step into the sky.

He then activated the Panda Head Dragon King card.

Before long, the clouds parted, and a huge azure dragon's head emerged from the clouds, its majestic eyes looking down at Sig in front of it.

"Is this the all-inclusive service you ordered?"

Sieg twitched the corner of his mouth and replied:

"Your service hours are a bit short, only one hour a week, that's not enough."

The Dragon King paused slightly, then looked at Sieg with a meaningful gaze:

"It seems you've grown up; you can finally respond to me."

"Seriously," Sig summoned the Dragon King, not to engage in idle chatter, but to get straight to the point:

"During the 12 years I disappeared, did Dracula ever summon you?"

The Dragon King's expression gradually became comical:

"There are no outsiders here, so you don't need to hide anything."

"Isn't Dracula just you? Or are you so engrossed in your role-playing that you've forgotten your own identity?"

really...

Just as Sigton was beginning to understand, the Dragon King replied solemnly:

“After you disappeared, your clone summoned me a few times, but after he understood my true strength, he became very respectful of me and dared not summon me casually.”

The Dragon King extended his forepaw and gently tapped his forehead, giving off an expression that seemed to say, "As long as I become a useless piece of trash, no one can use me."

But Sieg's expression revealed a hint of joy.