I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The sound seemed to reach Vegapunk's ears outside the door, and he paused for a moment;

"I see. So that cat is with you too? What a coincidence."

Sun Bear hesitated for a moment, then ignored Blue and White Cat's actions, took two steps forward and opened the door. Outside the door stood Vegapunk.

Vegapunk glanced at the blue and white cat that had already hidden under the ship and sighed:

Don't worry about it.

"I wonder if it just told you that it is the real Vegapunk?"

The sun bear nodded.

“In fact, this cat is my experimental subject A1507. It has been modified to a certain extent and is more intelligent than an ordinary cat. It can speak human language,” Vegapunk explained.

"Oh... modification. I totally understand. So, it's basically about turning into a catgirl, right?" Higuma asked.

Chapter 858 Aliens and Time Travelers

After hearing what Higuma had to say, Vegapunk looked at him with considerable surprise.

He never expected that the tall and fierce-looking Sun Bear would say such things.

Vegapunk then ignored Higuma's words and continued:

"A cat is a cat. Even if it can talk, it's still the same as a cat that's a little smarter than a regular cat."

Vegapunk took a cat toy out of his pocket, walked to the bedside, and waved it briefly.

A few seconds later, a cat's paw emerged from the darkness under the bed and slapped the cat toy a few times.

"Damn it, you two-legged beast, you're so despicable!"

The cat's voice sounded pitiful, and a tearful cat head popped up:

"Stop! My body!"

Vegapunk retrieved the cat toy, then grabbed the blue and white cat again and put it into the small transparent box behind him.

The latter seemed resigned to his fate, as if something in his eyes had suddenly vanished, and he stopped speaking.

"Colonel Higuma, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Vegapunk nodded slightly to Higuma, but his gaze inadvertently swept over Higuma's room.

"My cat isn't usually very affectionate towards people; this is the first time I've seen it so friendly towards a stranger..."

Vegapunk's gaze finally landed on the stack of newspapers on Sieg's desk.

“I was reading the newspaper,” Higuma explained.

"The latest newspaper and wanted poster just arrived; they're about Sieg, so I'm going to take a good look."

"Oh? About Sig?"

Vegapunk's eyes lit up, but his tone then returned to normal:

"Then, Colonel Higuma, could you please give me a newspaper later as well?"

"I'm also very curious about Sig."

"It's no trouble at all," Higuma nodded in agreement.

After chatting for a while, Vegapunk finally got to the point:

"We've been chatting for so long that we almost forgot about the important matter."

"Our research team has arrived at the location of the anomalous spatial distortion phenomenon, which is the focus of this study."

"Colonel Higuma, I've heard that you have a close connection with Sig, possessing the same kind of dark flame power as Sig, and even participated in the battle on Sword Mountain Island."

“Please come with me to the scene. I also have some questions I’d like to ask you, as a participant, about the spatial distortion phenomenon,” Vegapunk said.

Vegapunk is now the chief scientist of the World Government, a position of great prestige, far above that of a Marine Headquarters captain like Sunguk.

He came to invite him personally, and Higuma had no reason to refuse, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

However, before setting off, he didn't forget to keep a watchful eye on things.

Based on Sig's past experience dealing with Vegapunk, Sunkug opened his inventory and wrote down a note for reference.

.......

A moment later.

The two people and the cat had arrived at the coast of Jianshan Island.

By this time, the research base had been initially built, and the coastline was piled high with all sorts of complex equipment that would give anyone a headache just looking at them.

Along the coast, the straight trunks of palm trees and the rocks beside the shore appear visually twisted and meandering.

This is what is known as the phenomenon of space distortion.

Ri Xiong inwardly rolled his eyes; he knew perfectly well what this so-called spatial distortion was all about.

But on the surface, he answered Vegapunk's various questions very seriously.

This includes questions such as whether the landing point of the ancient, azure-colored coffin that fell from the sky during the Battle of Sword Mountain Island is related to this coastline...

"The ancient coffin landed on a small hill, but the hill collapsed because of the battle between General Zephyr and Sieg."

"As for the distance between the mountain and this coastline, I really didn't notice that..."

Higuma answered all questions without deliberately hiding anything.

The two sides exchanged questions and answers for about half an hour, but neither side obtained any information that could be used immediately.

"is that so..."

"I have finished asking my questions, Colonel Higuma. Thank you for your cooperation."

Vegapunk stood there, staring at the distorted space, deep in thought.

"Then I'll take my leave first." Higuma nodded.

"I will send someone to deliver the newspaper about Sig to you, Dr. Vegapunk, later."

"it is good."

Vegapunk didn't turn around; he was already deep in thought.

"He's really into it... but it's probably all for nothing."

Higuma shook his head and turned to leave.

Time passed, and Vegapunk sat there deep in thought.

He was completely unaware that a paw had quietly emerged from the box containing the cat that was placed on the ground.

The blue and white cat climbed out of the box and stealthily disappeared again.

About half an hour later, when Higuma's subordinates brought the newspaper, he was suddenly awakened.

"Half an hour has already passed...?"

Vegapunk rubbed his temples, looking slightly tired.

He didn't get any useful information, so he simply focused his attention on the newspaper to relax.

And upon seeing this, he was shocked.

"Sig is King Sig?"

Vegapunk frowned and jumped up from his chair, glancing at the distorted space in the distance and looking up at the sky, utterly shocked.

"How is this possible?"

"That shouldn't be the case!"

"This is completely unreasonable..."

In Vegapunk's memory, Sig and King Sig are two completely different people.

One possesses the bearing of a great general, the other the beauty of a great general...

Of course, the face isn't the main point.

Vegapunk first noticed Higash when the pirate king Higash was resurrected and emerged from an ancient coffin during the Battle of Sword Mountain Island.

Back then, Vegapunk was conducting scientific research on Punk Hazard Island, and incidentally, he used his self-developed "Stargazer 1" to try to observe outer space.

He saw seven dark figures carrying a mysterious ancient coffin, traveling through the depths of the starry sky, as if they had existed since time immemorial.

Wang Xige is the user of the Time-Time Fruit that Vegapunk has been searching for. He is the second time traveler corresponding to him, and together they travel through the river of time.

But later, Wang Xige rejected the proposal to cooperate and persuaded Vegapunk with a theory that seemed plausible.

And what about Sieg?

Vegapunk believes that his arrival on this planet in a coffin-shaped warp drive ship most likely comes from another civilization deep in the universe!

One is an alien, and the other is a Time Fruit user who was likely born in ancient times. How can these two be confused?

As Vegapunk was pondering this, one of his subordinates trotted over with a Den Den Mushi in his hand.

"Dr. Vegapunk, you have a phone call."

"It's a call from Fleet Admiral Sengoku of the Navy," his subordinate reminded him.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhan Guo got straight to the point:

"Dr. Vegapunk, the Navy has encountered a problem while investigating the recent files on King Higurashi and Higurashi, and we need your expertise..."

Chapter 859 He Changed History

According to Toki Amatsuki, the user of the Time-Time Fruit, and Vegapunk, the user of the Reverse Time Fruit, their fruits appear in pairs and exist in theory, but they have never found the corresponding users.

These two fruits are the only two time-type fruits.

So, when Wang Sig appeared as the third time traveler.

According to Tianyue Shi, Wang Xige is a user of the Time Reversal Fruit from the future, who can travel back in time from the future to the past.

According to Vegapunk, King Hig is a Time-Time Fruit user from the past, possibly born in ancient times, who traveled from ancient times to the future.