I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The five great families that served the Kozuki clan—Fūgetsu, Tengetsu, Ugetsu, Shimotsu, and Kurotan—have also largely disappeared.

He, the former Bai Wu, has survived to this day by hiding his identity.

He hadn't expected that there was still one member of the Tianyue Clan alive.

“So, where is Sig? I want to see him,” said Shimotsuki Yasuie.

Kin'emon replied, "After defeating Kaido, he first went to Orochi's mansion. He should have left by now and headed to the site of Oden Castle."

"Orochi's residence... Kin'emon, I have an idea, take me there."

Shimotsuki Yasuie was, after all, a former daimyo, and he already had a vague idea in mind.

...........

Moments later, at the Great Serpent's mansion, in the Great Serpent's private vault where treasures were stored.

"Sigu was here, but Orochi's private stash wasn't emptied?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie weighed the gold nugget in his hand, somewhat incredulous.

"It's not that we won't take a single penny," explained the samurai from Kin'emon's faction who had taken over the treasury.

"After Higuma arrived at the vault, he took away treasure worth about one billion Berries, saying it was a loot box dropped during the battle against Kaido."

Shimotsuki Yasuie, Kin'emon, Izo, and the others exchanged glances and looked at each other in bewilderment.

A billion peso is certainly not a small amount of money.

However, compared to Orochi's coffers, or to Higuma's achievements in beheading Orochi and destroying the Beast Pirates, one billion Berries is quite little.

Kaido of the Beasts has a bounty of 46 billion Berries. If you include the entire Beasts Pirates, the total bounty could be several billion more Berries.

In fact, the bounty for Yonko (Emperors of the Sea) has become a purely numerical figure, a tool used to demonstrate threat and military power.

No matter how high the bounty is set, no one will be willing to kill a Yonko.

Compared to these astronomical figures, a billion is not much.

In the style of pirates and bandits, when they find treasure, they will naturally want it all, how could they only take a part?

"Is it because Wano Country has been plundered by Orochi and Kaido for many years, and the country is too poor, so they only took a mere billion?" Shimotsuki Yasuie thought to himself.

Frost Moon Kang family suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"He doesn't seem like a second Kaido."

"Is he in the Jiuli area right now?" Shimotsuki Yasuie looked up at the sky.

By this time, the latter half of the night was almost over, and the east was beginning to lighten with the first light of dawn.

“Kin'emon, let me go and meet him as soon as it’s light,” said Shimotsuki Yasuie.

Chapter 931 Sig's Dream

"Lord Kang, what brings you to see Mr. Sig?" Kin'emon asked.

After a moment of contemplation, the Kang family member finally spoke:

"Judging from what Izo said before... these great pirates actually have a rather simple purpose in coming to Wano Country."

"Sieg came because of the promise made during the Heavenly Moon Time."

"Whitebeard, Rayleigh, Shanks, and the others came because of the tragic death of Kozuki Oden."

"The people behind him could even be said to be strong reinforcements that Sieg deliberately found for that woman named Amatsuki Toki."

"For a woman's promise, he killed Orochi, the shogun of Wano Country, and destroyed a Yonko pirate crew..."

"Even Kaido probably wouldn't believe something this absurd."

The Kang family's eyes lit up:

"Sig is clearly a righteous and loyal man, almost like Oden who knows how to take advantage of the situation."

"Now I understand why Oden, who had been to sea before, was still so naive."

"Because there are pirates like him on the open seas."

Kin'emon and the others exchanged glances, somewhat bewildered.

He nodded in agreement.

"Whitebeard, the Pirate King Roger, and Higuma, they all seem to be like that... No, Higuma seems different?"

Yizang pondered for a moment, wanting to refute, but finding no way to do so.

"As for why I want to see Sig, I have a plan..." Shimotsuki Yasuie revealed his plan.

...........

Day two.

At the ruins of Oden Castle, the hillside is covered with graves.

Sig, Shanks, Rayleigh, and the others arrived here early the next morning.

Rayleigh, Shanks, Crocus, and other former members of Roger's pirate crew were talking incoherently by Oden's grave.

Sig didn't join in the fun; he had no connection with Kozuki Oden, so he stepped aside.

He simply wandered around the desolate mountain, looking at the surroundings.

The ruins of Oden Castle can be vaguely seen on the barren mountain. Broken stones and tiles are scattered everywhere. Eight years have passed, and large areas of scorched black marks remain.

This desolate mountain was once Oden Castle, the castle where Oden lived.

However, it was later destroyed by Kaido's "Heat Breath," leaving only these ruins behind.

Kaido is a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, but his destructive power and range of destruction are no less than those of Logia-type users.

Sig touched the scroll at his waist that sealed Kaido's heat breath, and felt slightly calmer.

Kaido's heat breath, a strike from one of the Four Emperors, is powerful enough to destroy a castle like Oden Castle.

Is this 'my' grave?

Yamato gazed at the grave from afar, his eyes gradually hardening:

"What 'I' cannot do, I will do now. I will open the gates of Wano Country."

"I'm going to be Kozuki Oden."

Yamato suddenly felt a surge of fighting spirit, and he turned to look at Sig:

“So, take me out to sea… Dad.” Yamato looked intently at Sig.

Sig pressed down on the long horn on Yamato's forehead with one hand, stopping the other from getting closer:

“You’re still too young, you’re not an adult yet,” Sieg said earnestly.

"The ocean is very dangerous. It's full of monsters that don't know their own brains and will start a fight with you for no reason."

As he spoke, Sieg still seemed somewhat shaken.

"And... Oden went to sea, so are you going to go to sea too?"

"Whether you open the gates of Wano Country or not is up to you, but why aspire to become someone else?" Sig asked.

Sieg has also played many different roles.

Mountain bandit king Higuma, navy naval commander Higuma, king Higuma, overlord Rocks... the roles of these characters are not consistent, and their styles of doing things also differ to some extent.

His original identity was that of the bandit king, Sig.

Higuma is Higuma, who has temporarily shed the shackles of his identity after his transformation. He was initially quite carefree, but he only started to change after joining the Navy.

Wang Xige is a time-traveling warrior forced to flee by the Fifty-Six Emperors. Therefore, he has to actively scheme against the Fifty-Six Emperors and find a way to defeat them.

Rocks? That was an accident.

Sigurd's role was just an act; he was not Kanjuro, and he never thought of giving up himself to become someone else.

He couldn't really understand Yamato's psychology.

Sig shook his head and handed Yamato to Toki Amatsuki.

“She is still a minor and not suitable to go to sea. After I leave Wano Country, I will entrust this child to you to take good care of,” Sig instructed.

Yamato is a problem child, but he seems to lack maternal love. He calmed down a bit after being pushed into Amatsuki's arms by Sig, and he seems to be quite susceptible to Amatsuki's charm.

A moment later.

Shanks and the others seemed to have finished talking and walked over from the graveyard.

“Mr. Sig, it’s time for me to leave too.”

Shanks smiled and said:

"My crew is waiting for me on Scarborough Island; I can't be away from the pirate crew for too long..."

Rayleigh also spoke up:

“Sigurd, after drifting with you in the New World for so long, it’s about time I went back to Sabaody Archipelago.”

Sieg was taken aback.

Does the thigh want to run away?

Shanks is out of the question; after all, he's one of the Four Emperors, and it's not easy to find someone to rely on.

But Sieg didn't want to let Rayleigh, who was all alone, leave so easily.

“Rayleigh, I’m also planning to return to the first half of the Grand Line. Why don’t you stay with Crocus and the others a little longer and go back together?”

As Sieg spoke, he also took out a bottle of old wine from his inventory, its aroma filling the air.

"The great serpent's treasure trove still contains some aged wines..."

Rayleigh's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

This is not entirely due to the alcohol.

If it weren't for Sig's influence, Rayleigh might never have met Crocus of Twin Cape again in his life.

They're all getting on in years, so we should spend as much time together as possible.