I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Rounding up, it's equivalent to the muscle strength of a giant admiral in the navy.

Betty's expression changed slightly.

He felt as if Sieg's hand was like an iron clamp, holding the red flag firmly in her hand, with a surging force that prevented her from breaking free.

But she didn't panic. When she realized that she couldn't break free, she instead lunged forward and quickly pressed herself against Sig, throwing herself into his arms and pressing down on his other free wrist.

Upon noticing the soft touch in front of him, Sieg couldn't help but be slightly distracted.

at the same time.

A whooshing sound came from behind him as Sabo, gripping a long water pipe, slammed it hard into the back of Sig's head.

"Chance!"

Betty and Sabo attacked from the front and back almost simultaneously.

One person is holding a red flag, and the other is holding a water pipe; neither of them are legitimate weapons.

At this moment, Sieg's hands were temporarily locked in a stalemate with Betty, but his rear was blocked by Sabo alone, who was about to deliver a blow.

At this moment.

A clear, ringing sound of a sword rang out.

A longsword spontaneously emerged from its sheath at Sieg's waist, arcing through the air before landing behind Sieg's head, heading straight for the water pipe in Sabo's hand.

A crisp, metallic clang rang out.

Sabo slammed the water pipe in his hand onto the longsword that was floating in the air, creating sparks and causing the sword to bend slightly and vibrate.

However, the water pipe's momentum was also blocked by the longsword, resulting in a stalemate.

The brief standoff didn't last long. Betty, who had crashed into Sieg's arms, was rather slender and not very strong. Soon, she felt dizzy as Sieg grabbed her and threw her towards Sabo behind him.

Sabo quickly withdrew the hose from his hand, caught Betty who was being thrown at him, and looked up at Sig, his expression becoming even more serious.

Betty is a user of the Encouragement Fruit, but her greatest ability is not close combat.

But after their brief exchange, the two men realized that the man in front of them was... more complex than they had anticipated.

They were about to continue their fight.

Suddenly, a hearty laugh rang out from the side.

A figure came running from a distance and quickly got close, smiling as he looked at Sabo and Sig.

"Mr. Roger Wang? What brings you here?"

Sabo was slightly surprised, his gaze lingering between Sig and Roger for a moment.

“So you were here…” He looked at the sunglasses on Sig’s face and the stubble on his chin, and was stunned for a moment. But then he touched the stubble that was no longer above his lip and suddenly smiled.

"Sabo, this is a friend of mine. He came to visit me, but he seems to be lost..."

He looked at Sig, and Sig looked at him; their eyes met for a moment in the air.

By this time, Roger had already shaved off his mustache, and like Sieg, he was wearing sunglasses on his nose. Combined with his Hawaiian shirt and gray hair, he looked like a trendy little old man.

Judging from Sieg's current situation and the little disguises he was wearing, he clearly hadn't revealed his identity to Sabo and the others.

Roger, being sensible, didn't expose him but instead tried to smooth things over:

"It seems this is a misunderstanding. Why don't you give me face and stop here?"

Ever since the "Face Fruit" appeared in the newspapers many years ago, similar phrases have frequently been uttered by various pirates.

But Roger's words had another meaning.

These words were first spoken by Siegfried...

He was alluding to Sieg's identity without explicitly stating it.

“Mr. Roger Wang…” Sabo hesitated for a moment before putting down the hose and putting on a polite smile again:

"It was a misunderstanding. As expected of Mr. Wang Luojie's friend, you are truly extraordinary."

This flattery pleased both of them at the same time, and it also eased the tense atmosphere that had just been brewing.

Betty glanced at Roger and silently put away the red flag in her hand.

Ryu and Ivankov were involved in Roger's treatment initially, but due to some awkward incidents, Ryu and Roger didn't have much further interaction...

But as the commander of the Eastern Army of the Revolutionary Army, she naturally knew the man's true identity.

Since Roger has come to smooth things over, the man in front of him is unlikely to be a member of the CP or the Navy.

So... who is he?

Seemingly sensing Betty's question, Sieg spoke up:

"My name is... Wang Rixiong. I used to be a pirate, but that's all in the past and not worth mentioning."

"I had planned to visit the former residence of the bandit king before visiting my old friend... Now that I've already seen it, I won't bother you any longer."

He turned to look at Roger, nodded slightly, and followed in the latter's footsteps. The two left the mountain stronghold and gradually walked away.

Chapter 1002 A Conspiracy to Overthrow the State

Sabo, Betty, and the others watched as Sigrove and his companion gradually left along the mountain path.

They exchanged a glance, then dismissed the surrounding revolutionary soldiers and returned to their mountain stronghold.

Back then, when the Sig Mountain Bandits were besieged, not only the Sig Mountain Bandits were present, but also Sabo and others who had been captured by Baldy.

They did not participate in the fighting, but instead witnessed the entire process from the encirclement to the garbage mountain fire from a safe place.

After the Sig Mountain Bandits left, the small mountain stronghold left behind by Sig became the secret hideout of the three Sabo brothers during their childhood.

Over the years, pilgrims have come one after another... Some of them have perished in the jaws of wild beasts in the mountains, while others have become experience points for the three Sabo brothers.

As for the fact that the mountain stronghold became a secret base for the revolutionary army, and was then expanded around Xige Mountain Stronghold to its current size, which can accommodate two or three thousand people, that happened later.

The pilgrims who arrived after the Revolutionary Army... simply became members of the Revolutionary Army, just like the people Sig had met before.

Sabo and Betty entered the main house of the mountain stronghold, their faces still showing signs of contemplation.

"That man is not simple. Is he someone Wang Roger knows?"

"To figure out his identity, perhaps we can start by looking at the Devil Fruit abilities he displayed in the previous battles?"

Sabo guessed.

When he struck him on the back, the floating longsword that automatically unsheathed itself from Sig's waist left a deep impression on him.

The exchange between the two sides was extremely brief, still in the probing stage, but it offered some insight into each other's capabilities.

"The ability to manipulate floating swords... I feel like I've heard of this ability somewhere before... but I can't quite place it."

Sabo fell into deep thought.

As everyone knows, Wang Rixiong and Rixiong are completely unrelated; they are two entirely different people. Just as someone with Hitler in their name might be a Black person who didn't want to conquer the world, this is perfectly normal.

“Sabo, since Roger Wang vouches for us, that man named Wang Rixiong shouldn’t be our enemy. We can return our attention to our previous plan.”

Betty reminded her.

"Too."

Sabo nodded. By now, the two of them had reached the second floor of the main house. From the balcony, they could see the distant garbage mountain, the undetermined final destination.

Sabo witnessed the fire firsthand.

That fire didn't actually solve anything.

The garbage mountain was burned to ashes in the fire, but the high walls remain, and endless garbage continues to pour out from within the royal city, forming a new garbage mountain.

Sabo understood this principle from the age of ten, after witnessing firsthand the reappearance of the garbage mountain after a fire.

The situation in the Kingdom of Goa cannot be resolved by a fire, nor by simple violence.

so....

Even Garp, the hailed naval hero, was powerless to help his homeland, and so was the Pirate King, who lived in seclusion here.

The only thing that could potentially change the landscape of the Goa Kingdom is...

Sabo turned around and looked at the bronze plaque hanging on the wall on the second floor, which was covered with dense text.

The title is simply these words: I have a dream.

"Let us complete the work that our mentor left unfinished many years ago."

"Sabo said in a low voice."

Betty, as the commander of the Eastern Army of the Revolutionary Army across the entire East Sea, naturally had a purpose in appearing in the remote and impoverished Goa Kingdom.

They had been planning this incident for a while, and the original plan was to carry it out two days later.

Therefore, Sabo became more sensitive after Sig and other pilgrims arrived.

As for now...

"Let's move the plan forward and start tonight," Sabo said, gazing at the distant garbage dump terminal.

"That man named Wang Rixiong, although he has Wang Luojie as his guarantor, is still of unknown identity and is a risk. The plan should be moved up to avoid any unforeseen complications."

"Makes sense."

Betty nodded.

The two men were having a secret talk in the main house, where they had already devised a conspiracy to overthrow the country.

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

the other side.

In the morning light, Sieg carried a box and walked along the mountain path with Roger toward Mount Colbo.

"So, have you seen that child? The one wearing your old straw hat?"

Sieg asked casually.

"I've seen him." Roger grinned broadly.

"Shanks has good taste."