I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Kro pushed up his glasses with the heel of his hand, then couldn't help but look at Gilman beside him:

"Now I understand. The person who ambushed you was Admiral Dol of the Navy... You're really tough as nails to survive."

“Who would have thought that a naval admiral was secretly spying on us?” Kro shook his head.

His tactical strategy failed because of the interference of his general, Dol.

"Moria."

Sig strode toward Moria. Although Moria's injuries from the fierce battle were not minor, they were not fatal. His main problem was that he had completely lost his fighting spirit.

The zombie Rocks, painstakingly created, was defeated, and Admiral Dol, who was secretly lurking, was easily killed by Sieg.

This absurd difference in strength had already disheartened Moria, leaving him listless and unaware that Sieg had even walked right up to him.

"Lo, do you still have the energy?" Sig asked, turning around.

“Of course.” Luo also guessed Sig’s intention and stepped forward to follow.

"Take out his heart!" Sieg ordered.

Moria was jolted awake and tried to get up, but two sea stone swords flew through the air and struck him on the back, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.

"ROOM!"

Luo tucked his fingers open to reveal the ROOM space, and swiftly slashed with his long sword.

Moria's large heart was also cut out and fell into Law's palm.

This is the third heart Luo has removed, and he's starting to feel quite proficient at it.

“The outcome is decided.” Sig looked up at Moria again.

At this moment, he had of course shaken off the temporary hypnosis before the battle, and the Emperor Engine had also stopped, but in Moria's eyes, the pressure had not lessened at all.

"Moria, now we can have a proper talk."

"Regarding Perona and the others... and the origin of Lox's body."

Moria shuddered slightly, somewhat incredulous.

Sieg reached out and caught the heart that Luo threw to him, then turned and went back into the house.

Before returning to the house, he didn't forget to give Gilman a word of advice:

"Don't spread what happened tonight... No, we should have the power to decide what happened tonight, you know what I mean?"

Gilman paused for a moment, then quickly nodded:

"I will draft a draft immediately."

The Shock Department has access to a major newspaper and is the only one with inside information.

What exactly happened tonight? Why was General Dol murdered? Was what the zombie Rocks said true or false?

These things cannot be covered up.

Fortunately, they hold the power of discourse.

...........

That night, Morgans, the president of World Economic News, was awakened by a phone call from the newspaper.

After hearing the whole story from Gilman, he was wide awake.

"As expected of him... He's only just returned and he's already made headlines like this!"

"A naval admiral died on Wanwu Island!"

Morgans paced excitedly around the room, his face flushed with excitement:

"Sig is not a guy who likes peace and quiet; every time he shows up, he causes a big commotion."

"After a decade, is another big news explosion about to occur?"

Morgans, the president of the newspaper, was in high spirits and urged the editors to finish writing the headline for the next day's paper.

The Second Shattered Void Event: The Mountain Bandit King Returns!

The next day, the newsbird carried the newspaper to all parts of the world, spreading the news far and wide.

Ten years later, the Mountain Bandit King returns after breaking through the void, while a Marine Admiral dies while infiltrating the Island of All Things alone; the cause of death is unknown.

The exact manner of his death remains a subject of much speculation.

After that night, the island of all things, a melting pot of all sorts of people, practically became a refuge for pirates...

An open and prosperous commercial island, where even a naval admiral would die if he tried to sneak in, actually made the island more attractive to ordinary pirates and criminals.

The Island of All Things is like a dark quagmire; even a powerful general, once he dives in, is swallowed up and disappears without a trace.

Of course, the general's death was merely a foil.

The return of the bandit king was the real big news that shook the entire world.

Ten years have passed since the incident of the shattered void.

This mysterious and unpredictable figure from the old era has been gilded by time and has become a legend worthy of being recorded in history. To this day, people still dance to his lies and scramble for his treasures.

When a legend that should have died returned, the entire sea and the red earth seemed to boil.

Not long after, the Navy reinstated the bounty on the bandit king, Higuma.

..........

The blue waves stretch endlessly, and the sea surges in countless layers.

The Going Merry, a small pirate ship decorated with ram's heads, sailed on the waves.

"Nami!"

"Come quick! My bounty has reached 100 million Berries!"

On the deck of the Going Merry, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper stood arm in arm, cheering and laughing with bright smiles.

"Seriously, what's there to celebrate?"

Nami rolled her eyes at Luffy and said irritably:

"What's the use of these bounties? They can't be exchanged for money. They just signify the Navy's attention. A full 100 million Berries! This means all the officers and soldiers at Navy Headquarters will be mobilized!"

Nami completely ignored the stack of newspapers and bounty money that Luffy handed her, but Robin, standing next to her, smiled and reached out to take them.

"That's really impressive, Captain."

She casually praised the tea while sipping it, but her pupils suddenly contracted when her gaze swept over another newspaper.

"What's wrong, Robin? Even you're getting all worked up?" Nami asked, somewhat surprised.

Robin is usually a mature and composed older sister, so this kind of loss of composure is really rare.

"N-nothing...it's just news that has nothing to do with our pirate crew."

"Also, Nami... While a bounty of 100 million is not a small amount in the first half of the Grand Line, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that it would prompt the Marine Headquarters to mobilize its entire force."

Robin waved his hand, but couldn't help but stand up from the beach chair, lean against the railing and gaze at the sea, his thoughts drifting far away, lost in thought.

But suddenly, a head popped up, and Luffy stretched out his neck, grinned at Robin, revealing a set of white teeth;

"Robin, you saw it too, didn't you?"

"Uncle Sig's bounty poster has reappeared."

"Huh?" Robin was genuinely surprised this time.

"You know him?"

"Of course." Luffy pulled out Higuma's wanted poster from the stack and grinned.

“I’ve watched Uncle Sieg’s bounty grow up from the moment I was born.”

"Nami, come and look at this bounty poster! It's a whopping five billion!"

"Fifty billion? You said three hundred billion last time, you must have miscounted again. How could there possibly be such a high bounty in this world?!"

Nami's voice suddenly rose several octaves as she rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

"Is it really five billion?"

Zoro, Usopp, and the others were also drawn in and came over.

But when they saw the numbers, they were shocked, feeling as if their worldview had been turned upside down.

What does a 5 billion dollar bounty mean? It's beyond their current understanding.

Their second glance revealed the portrait on the wanted poster, and they all froze in shock.

“Fifty billion…” Robin explained from the side:

"This is the highest bounty among all living pirates in the world, on par with Edward Newgate, the so-called strongest man in the world, representing the pinnacle of piracy."

"Throughout the entire history of piracy, only the late sea tyrant Rocks and Pirate King Roger have ever had a bounty of this level."

"It's...it's him? Sig?"

Upon seeing this face, several members of the Straw Hat Pirates were suddenly reminded of their childhood memories.

“I met him when I was a child.” Zoro paused for a moment before speaking first.

"When I was a kid, my goal was to surpass him and Hawkeye... but then I heard he died. Where did this bounty poster come from?"

"The Mountain Bandit King... so it was him, 5 billion." Usopp murmured.

"When I was young, I fought alongside him and together we suppressed fifty-six emperors. I really miss those times."

“Sigurd…” Nami also frowned:

"When I was a child, I heard the owner of the amusement park next to the village, who looked quite fierce, talk about this person..."

"Wait, wait..." Sanji frowned, looking at his companions with a suspicious expression.

"How come it seems like everyone here knows him? A bounty of five billion, isn't he a very distant and important figure?"

“Sanji, you’ve actually met him before, back in the East Blue.” Robin smiled slightly and handed him a newspaper.

"When he was in the East China Sea, his name was... Wang Rixiong."

"what?"