I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Sieg's face darkened further, a voice roaring in his mind:

"Where's your promised Conqueror's Haki luck?"

"Could it be because we were delayed at Buggy's place that the Navy caught up with us?"

Sig stood there in a daze for a moment, then heard another sound beside his ear.

Looking to the side, he saw that Buggy's pirate ship, which had been sailing alongside his ship, had suddenly changed course and fled in the opposite direction.

Chapter 111 Shifting Blame

On the sea, Buggy's pirate ship suddenly changed course and fled to the side, showing no intention of continuing to sail alongside Sig.

"Captain Bucky, weren't you planning to team up with Sig?"

One of the pirates asked, looking confused.

The appearance of the Navy and Buggy's sudden order for the pirate ships to change course caught them all off guard.

“Yes, Captain.” The juggling swordsman Cabaji couldn’t help but recall Sig’s previous duel with Bucky.

Others might not understand it, but as a swordsman, he could at least see that Sieg's swordsmanship was terrifying.

"Sigurd's swordsmanship is truly terrifying. Although we don't know if he can actually kill a large sea king, is it really okay for us to just abandon him and leave?"

"Will we anger this powerful pirate?"

Kabaji's voice was somewhat panicked. Facing Sigurd, many pirates, including himself, didn't even have the courage to draw their swords.

"idiot!"

Bucky glared angrily, then his head flew through the air, his bright red nose slamming into Kabaji's face.

"I'm showing great mercy by letting Sieg go!"

"Besides, what future does he have left!"

"We're almost at the boundary between the East China Sea and the calm zone, and with so many warships surrounding us, he's doomed today!"

"If he survives the naval attack, then I, Captain Bucky, will reluctantly admit that he has the right to continue challenging me!"

"Do you understand now? I let Sig go!"

"Yes...yes, Captain." The pirates were all sweating and lowered their heads.

After a moment of silence, someone in the crowd asked in a low voice:

"But Captain, were you really a former crew member of the Pirate King?"

"Idiot!" Buggy's two hands flew into the crowd, grabbing the speaking pirate by the neck and lifting him up.

"Higurashi only subconsciously associated me with the Pirate King because I'm too strong. You idiots can't even figure that out?"

While the Buggy Pirates were making a ruckus, Sigurd's heart sank.

The navy arrived, and Pakistani ran away.

Is there anything worse than this?

"Boss, what do we do now? Bucky escaped. Should we fire and make them stay too?"

The bald man walked up to Sig and asked.

Sig did not respond, but instead glanced at the naval fleet that was gradually closing in from a distance.

Where would he find the extra energy to provoke another Buggy Pirates crew?

Buggy isn't particularly strong, but his pirate ship is equipped with a specially made Buggy Cannon. These high-explosive shells are incredibly powerful in the original work, capable of destroying half a town with a single shot.

The Buggy Pirates are now gradually distancing themselves from Sigra and have even clashed with Buggy's pirate ship, which is like adding insult to injury.

Unlike Sig's inner turmoil, the bandits under Sig's command were eager for battle and full of fighting spirit.

"Boss Sig, should we break out now, or turn back and crush the Navy's main fleet? Or cross the Calm Belt?"

"I think we're not far from the Calm Belt. Why don't we just cross it right under the Navy's noses?"

Sieg was taken aback by his subordinates' discussion.

"The doldrums? We're already close to the doldrums? What a coincidence?"

"This is hardly a coincidence," the bald man said with a chuckle.

"The Navy's encirclement has been trying to drive us toward the Calm Belt or toward the Reverse Mountain, the entrance to the Grand Line."

"The navy thought the Calm Belt was a dead end, but they never imagined we'd dare to walk through it!"

The bald man glanced through his binoculars at the gradually closing naval vessels:

"Boss, these warships are basically from the East China Sea Naval Branch. Their warships don't have Seastone and don't have the ability to navigate the Calm Belt."

"Once we enter the doldrums, we'll be able to shake off the vast majority of our naval vessels!"

"Then all we have to deal with is a Major General from the headquarters, Onigumo!"

The bald man remained completely unfazed, speaking as if the naval fleet meant nothing to him, and showing no regard even for the rear admiral of the headquarters.

So... what do we do now?

Amidst the continuous roar of the naval fleet's cannons, Sieg felt a little flustered.

The "100% chance to catch a blade barehanded" skill is now only considered a single-target control skill, and it even controls the user.

Even if he could deal with Onigumo, stray bullets on the battlefield or other naval forces would be enough to give Sieg a hard time.

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

On the other side of the sea, on the approaching naval warships.

"Rear Admiral Onigumo!" a naval officer reported.

"It's been found out. The other pirate ship belongs to Buggy the Clown, who has a bounty of over ten million. And it seems that Sig has made contact with Buggy. He just jumped from Buggy's ship."

Ghost Spider gazed at Sig and Bucky's ship from afar, his brow furrowed, making him look even more ferocious.

Why would Sigmans make contact with a pirate whose bounty is only ten million?

Onigumo frowned, but didn't think much of it.

"Forget it. Anyway, none of the pirates here will escape."

He brandished his sword:

"Fire a salvo!"

Boom boom boom!

At that moment, the dozen or so naval warships that were gradually closing in fired in unison, one after another, the booming sounds almost blending into one.

Meanwhile, Navy Lieutenant Commander Tina raised her hands, aiming them at the Buggy Pirates' ship that was about to escape.

From the palms of her hands, heavy, black iron spears emerged rapidly, shooting through the air like cannonballs.

"Black Cage" Tina is a user of the Cage-Cage Fruit, which allows her to create iron bars out of thin air from any part of her body, and she can also launch black iron spears like cannonballs.

The black iron spears whistled through the air, and along with cannonballs from all directions, they directly enveloped the small area of ​​sea where Sig and Bucky's ships were located.

boom!

Thick, straight black iron spears pierced through the deck of Buggy's pirate ship, followed by a barrage of cannonballs.

Amidst the deafening explosion, the entire pirate ship was instantly tossed about by the wind and rain, swaying and trembling on the sea.

"Captain Bucky! What do we do? Fight back?"

The pirates looked up at the cannonballs still raining down on them, and almost despaired.

"The navy is really attacking me!"

Two snotty snot oozed from Bucky's big red nose again, and his smugness at having just shaken off Sieg vanished in an instant:

"Could it be that what Sig said is true, and the Navy has already verified my identity? Are they here to arrest me?"

After the initial panic subsided, a thought popped into Buggy's mind, and his upper body floated up again, looking at the Seagull Pirates' ship, which had also been hit by a round of cannon fire.

"Sig! Let's join forces and make a big splash!"

"Come on, let's teach these clueless sailors a lesson!"

Chapter 112 Colossal Sea King

"Sig! Let's join forces and make a big splash!"

Amidst the continuous roar of artillery fire, Sig was genuinely taken aback when he suddenly heard Bucky's words.

He was so frightened that he thought Bucky had really changed his mind.

However, when he saw Bucky's ship still sailing into the distance, and heard Bucky's next words, Sig understood what was going on.

"Sig, let's split up! I'll break through, you cover our retreat! We'll meet again at the agreed place afterwards!"

Sig paused for a moment, finally understanding Bucky's thought process.

"So that's what he was planning; he was saying those words to the Navy..."

He was speechless; this was exactly what he had in mind.

One of Sig's plans in contacting Bucky was to shift the blame onto Bucky, and when he was truly cornered, to shout out Bucky's true identity to the Navy to attract their attention.

However, Bucky now seems to believe that what Sig said is true, and that the Navy's target is him, Bucky, which is why he wants to drag Sig into the mess.

"Unfortunately, it's too late."

Sig looked up into the distance and saw a large number of shells constantly flying through the air, completely covering this small area of ​​the sea.

Neither of the two ships can escape now; it's just a matter of which one will be defeated by the navy first.

"Boss, the navy is shelling..."

"Boss Sig, why don't you take action yourself?"

The bandits finally began to panic, looking helplessly at Sig standing on the deck.

Sieg looked up as the dense barrage of shells rained down, and his heavy, drum-like heartbeat was once again awakened.