I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

“Sun Bear is part of Sig.”

"As for the existence of two characters at the same time... that can be considered a special Devil Fruit ability."

“I…” Ain remained silent for a long, long time.

She still needs to process all the information that Rixiong mentioned...

She suddenly remembered something very important.

If Higuma and Sig are the same person, then this decisive battle on Loksan Island, which the Navy considers an epic victory... has become quite a show.

What exactly did the navy catch?

Chapter 1088 Akainu and the Bat King

On the town streets of Char Island, Sun Bear and Ain walked side by side.

Neither of them spoke, each lost in their own thoughts, simply strolling around.

At this moment, the two of them felt a sense of returning to their old haunts and gradually recalled the events of the past.

"Uncle Higuma really did say anything back then..."

"I was only ten years old then, and they actually told me to grow up quickly so they could protect me in the future..."

Ain stopped and stared intently at the tall, cold-faced, and intimidating Sun Bear.

"I've been working hard to get stronger... but Uncle Higuma, you've become a reliable Marine Admiral step by step over the past ten years."

"You've grown up so quickly..." Ain stood on tiptoe, reached out and patted Sun Bear's head, her gaze gentle.

Sun bear;.......

For some reason, he sometimes felt that the child had a motherly feeling.

He's clearly the adoptive father, isn't he?

Rixiong sighed inwardly, slightly bending his knees and bending over to accommodate Ain's strange head-patting behavior.

"So, have you thought it through, Ain?" he asked.

"I've thought it through..." Ain withdrew her hand and calmly recited:

"Uncle Sun Bear, I still don't have the power to protect you, and I can't keep the promise we made back then."

"However, keeping this secret is also a way for me to protect you."

She lowered her head, a faint smile curving her lips, and said this.

As a naval officer who came to the service later in life, she did not have such a firm sense of justice.

In the movie, he defected from the Navy simply to follow Zephyr and became an extremist who attempted to destroy the New World.

The two walked quietly for about half an hour before they reached the dock and saw the naval warships moored there.

However, to Higuma's slight surprise, a new large warship appeared on the dock.

"It seems that Admiral Sakazuki's warships have arrived."

At the bow of the boat, a tall, robust middle-aged man with short hair, wearing a red floral shirt, was leaning against the railing, looking down at them.

"You really gave me a surprise... Higuma." Akainu said, a cigar dangling from his mouth as he exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Sig is a tough guy, but I never expected him to be defeated by you... It's unbelievable."

Akainu scrutinized Higuma carefully, then suddenly frowned slightly:

"It seems you were seriously injured in the battle on Luoshan Island; your aura is weaker than before. That guy Sig is indeed not easy to deal with, is he?"

"No wonder headquarters sent me here to assist in escorting Sig."

"Then I'll trouble you." Higuma didn't say anything more.

He belongs to Zephyr's faction, and his relationship with Akainu and Kizaru is rather ordinary.

"Hurry up and get on the ship. We need to get back to headquarters as soon as possible. I'm going to check on Sig." Akainu turned and left.

After taking only two steps, he stopped.

"By the way, Marshal Sengoku thinks this is a great opportunity to boost morale, and headquarters has already announced the news of the decisive battle on Rakusan Island." He turned around and looked at Higuma with great interest;

"And as the man who defeated the mountain bandit king, some people in the headquarters have even compared you to Mr. Garp back in the day."

Higuma paused for a moment, then shook his head.

"I have never valued winning or losing or fame; these things mean little to me."

Akainu was slightly surprised, seemingly lost in thought, and then he heard Higuma say:

"I'm more concerned about the 5 billion bounty. When are they going to pay it to me?"

Akainu paused for a moment, shook his head to indicate he didn't know, and gradually walked away.

Ain watched Higuma silently from the side, her expression somewhat complicated.

Things were a little better before the two sides confronted each other.

Now that she knows the truth behind Higuma, when she hears that the Navy is going to announce that the mountain bandit king has been arrested by Higuma, she feels an urge to vent her frustration.

And just as she remembered, Higuma was incredibly shameless.

He acted in his own scheme, yet he shamelessly demanded his 5 billion bounty as a reward...

"As expected, it's still that same old Uncle Higuma..." She lowered her eyelids, her eyes curving slightly.

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

With a creak.

Akainu pushed open the cage door and strode inside.

"Admiral Sakazuki—" The naval officer on guard quickly saluted.

"How is Sig?" Akainu nodded slightly and looked at Sig in the cell.

Sig was fast asleep when he barely opened his eyes to look at Akainu as he entered the room. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was clearly exhausted.

"Ok?"

Akainu frowned slightly and turned to ask the guard beside him:

"Are you using torture?"

"Of course not. Sig has been in very poor spirits these past few days, mostly asleep and rarely awake. The ship's doctor said there's nothing wrong with his body, just extreme mental fatigue..."

Akainu nodded, his brows relaxing. He stood outside the cell, looking down at Sigurd, who was bound hand and foot.

“Sig........”

He reached out and unconsciously touched his chest.

During the Buster Call battle in Water 7, Akainu suddenly developed a mark resembling the hoof of a dragon. Shocked, he was defeated by Barrett and fell into the sea, where he was swallowed by the waves...

Although the reason for the branding is unknown, this inexplicable strange event is most likely related to Sieg.

A dark red light flashed from his fist, and scorching magma dripped from it onto the ground, filling the entire cell with a strong smell of sulfur.

"I wish I could leave the same mark on your face, so you could taste the same pain..."

He muttered under his breath, his killing intent gradually surging forth. The oppressive killing intent and the strong smell of sulfur made the guard next to him turn green with rage.

However, Akainu then reached into his pocket and took out a piece of paper. It was a comic strip that had been specially cut out from a newspaper, featuring a man dressed in a black bodysuit, resembling a giant bat.

This is the "Batman" comic book series that ran in tabloids.

Akainu has a dark and complicated past, and the Dark Knight in the bodysuit is the light in his heart.

The real Batman didn't have the cool look of the comics, nor did he have the glamorous identity of a super-rich man.

The real Bat King, who was bloated and even somewhat comical in appearance, was not weak, but he was not as powerful as this general.

But he can do things that even a Marine Admiral like Akainu cannot: attack the Celestial Dragons and free slaves.

Akainu looked at the picture, took a deep breath, and the red light on his fist gradually subsided, as did his anger.

He calmed down a little.

“Using vigilante justice out of resentment is not a just act.”

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After taking a few deep breaths, Akainu calmed down again.

“Sig-----”

Just as Akainu was about to speak, he saw that Sig had closed his eyes again and was snoring softly.

"What an annoying guy... asleep?"

Akainu shook his head.

His visit to the prison was also partly a test of Sieg's abilities.

Fat Bat King's only appearance was that night in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Since then, the Bat King has disappeared.

Around that night, those active in the Sabaody Archipelago included Seagrid, Roger Wong, Shanks, and the revolutionary Dragon.

Soon after, a superhero Batman comic began to be serialized in a tabloid controlled by Sig. The world assumed that the comic was a fictional work based on the wanted criminal Batman, but Akainu had a different idea.

Akainu took out a cutout of the Bat King comic from his pocket, partly to test Sigurd.

"You didn't react strangely when I took out the Batman comic; you just fell asleep normally?"

Akainu turned to leave, but the newspaper he had stuffed into his pocket fell to the ground.

"General Sakazuki, you've dropped something..."

The naval officer on guard picked up the newspaper, glanced at the cartoons on it, and looked surprised.

"What's so surprising?" Akainu turned around, his tall and imposing figure looking down at him.

"No... I'm just a little surprised that Admiral Sakazuki also likes these fictional hero comics, just like me..."