I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Public execution at headquarters?" Vice Admiral Tsuru opened his eyes and looked at Sengoku:

"So, your goal is to lure the snake out of its hole?"

“If Whitebeard doesn’t dare to come to his son’s rescue, then his so-called father-son relationship will become a joke to me, and his sons will all become disloyal. He will have no choice but to come.”

"No, you're not just looking to take down Whitebeard... but also Roger, right?"

The fact that Wang Roger is Roger is an open secret among the naval high command.

“Roger… he has retired from public life and no longer cares about worldly affairs,” Garp argued.

"Garp! Do you even remember who you are?" Sengoku demanded.

"Roger was the Pirate King. He knew history. His very existence was a huge threat to justice."

"As long as he lives, the shadow of war will never go away."

Sengoku knew a little more than the rest of the world and had always been worried about Roger's existence.

Now that Ace has finally become the catalyst, and with the Navy's current strength, it's a golden opportunity to annihilate both major threats in one fell swoop.

“I am a little worried,” Zephyr shook his head.

"If we force Roger to come, fine, but if the Roger Pirates take this opportunity to reunite and make a comeback, then we will be facing both the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates at the same time. This is not a wise move."

"The Roger Pirates will never reunite." At this moment, Garp suddenly spoke up:

"Roger and his men are not like that."

"If the person executed were a member of the Roger Pirates, the Roger Pirates might very well rise from the ashes. But this time is different."

"You seem to know them quite well," Zhan Guo frowned.

He had no idea back then that Garp and Roger were so deeply connected; not only did they understand each other's personalities, but Garp was even willing to help him raise his son.

"Then what about Sig? Why publicly execute two people at the same time?" Crane asked.

Warring States said in a deep voice:

"Executing Sigurd could potentially attract Whitebeard and Roger, similar to the consequences of executing Ace."

"If executing Ace has a 70% chance of simultaneously drawing Whitebeard and Roger into our trap, then adding a bargaining chip like Sigu would increase the success rate to 90%."

"Have you considered the greater risks that such actions might bring?" He frowned and asked again.

"Risk? It's nothing more than incidentally attracting the remnants of the Sig Mountain Bandits, which can solve the problem once and for all."

The Warring States period didn't take it too seriously.

Thanks to the covert operation of Admiral Higuma and the fog obscuring the Devil's Triangle, the bandit gang on the Thriller Bark remained unknown to the world.

The only remaining members of the bandit group on the surface were Kro, Gilman, and others on Wanwu Island. They huddled on the island, surviving on the lingering power of the bandit king.

The most outstanding person was actually Barrett, who left the bandit group and acted alone in the New World.

"The remnants of the Sig Mountain bandits disintegrated years ago and are nothing to worry about." Sengoku shook his head.

"His bandit group wasn't particularly strong when it was complete. There were only a few noteworthy members, such as Barret, the lone pirate from the New World and a descendant of a devil."

"Including the execution of Sig, the additional risks we take are not significant; our navy's current strength is sufficient to handle them."

Sengoku glanced at Garp beside him as he finished speaking.

"Seastone is the fatal weakness of Devil Fruit users, but it is also the most durable prisoner's equipment, which is true for both Ace and Sigurd."

"If Garp and I guard the execution platform as the last line of defense, even if the enemy breaks through to the execution platform, we can execute them in advance and kill Ace and Sig immediately."

With a total of six generals fighting on the front lines, it was unlikely that anyone could break through the lines and reach the execution platform.

Even if someone managed to reach the execution platform at the back, with Sengoku and Garp working together, even Roger at his peak wouldn't be able to rescue the prisoner right under their noses.

Even if the Navy suffers a major defeat on the main battlefield, Sengoku and Garp would be able to quickly recognize the decline. With their reaction speed and strength, they could take down Higuma and Ace in just a few seconds.

This was a death trap prepared during the Warring States period.

If the difficulty of Whitebeard and his crew defeating the six admirals and their naval forces and reaching the execution platform was 10, then the difficulty of rescuing the two prisoners held in seastone shackles was at least 30.

The navy is already stronger, and now it has set a trap in advance. How can it lose?

In the original Marineford War, Whitebeard's forces couldn't even get close to the execution platform. In the end, it was Garp who took Luffy's punch head-on and was sent flying, which made it possible to save Ace.

Without Luffy, anyone else who rushed in front of Garp and Sengoku would have been defeated.

Sengoku seemed to be deep in thought, then turned to look at Garp and asked:

"Garp, if it really is Roger who appears and intends to rescue his son Ace, will you go easy on him?"

Garp remained silent for a moment.

“I understand what you mean... Ten years ago, when Roger recovered from his terminal illness, he said he just wanted to retire and be with his son, so I let him off the hook... But there won't be a second time.”

Garp clenched his fists, his face serious.

"That's good. You're still reliable when it comes to matters of principle." Zhan Guo felt relieved.

He continued:

“We have more to consider than just that; the reactions of the other sea emperors...that’s also important.”

"However, apart from Shanks, whose attitude is unknown, the other Emperors of the Sea probably wouldn't mind if Whitebeard died in our trap."

That night, Sengoku and the others discussed the general battle plan.

Zefa remained silent, only occasionally speaking up to participate in the discussion, appearing somewhat out of place.

As the meeting ended and everyone dispersed, he followed suit and walked into the dim night.

"This war, which was planned by the Warring States period, is probably the largest war since the Warring States period became a marshal."

"Pirates are a common enemy of Sengoku and me. This time, I will stand on Sengoku's side... This is the last time."

Zephyr walked alone in the darkness, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"After this large-scale war, the navy will not be intact, and its strength will decline."

"Once this war ends, it will be the perfect time for the NEO Navy to officially become independent."

Chapter 1104 The Anomaly of Infinite Hell

Huff... Huff...

Sig lay on the cold prison floor, his body radiating heat, sweat pooling on the floor and forming a large "wood" character.

Hypnosis, derived from hypnotic mushrooms, is a powerful ability that can induce strong psychological suggestion and even self-modification.

Fear is the best fuel for an emperor's engine, and hypnosis can forcibly induce fear.

Even though life can be altered to some extent by subjective consciousness, fear still has the greatest effect on the Emperor Engine.

Both Sig and Sun Bear have come a long way down this path by relying on hypnosis.

"While bodyweight training in prisoner fitness is good, it certainly can't compare to the professional training grounds at the Navy Headquarters."

"In other words, in terms of physical condition, Sunkuo's recovery speed will be faster than mine, who is in Impel Down."

For Sig, Impel Down was a good place away from the outside world's turmoil, where he had no worries about food and drink and no threat of death.

But for Higuma, Impel Down prison was nothing.

With its abundance of powerful individuals, the Marine Headquarters is undoubtedly the safest place for Higuma, who resides there. Even the Four Emperors would have to kneel before him. Furthermore, he can utilize the equipment and facilities at the Headquarters training grounds for more efficient training.

"If only I had spent more time and risked breaking free of the Seastone chains to exchange identities with Sun Bear when disbanding the shadow clones..."

Sieg thought about it carefully, but something still didn't feel right.

Even if they switched identities, after the Shadow Clone's memories returned, he would still experience both the Impel Down Sig's and the Navy Higuma's memories simultaneously, so there wouldn't be much difference.

As he lay on the ground, panting and deep in thought, Ace was also staring at him from the cell next to him.

"Even though he's already in Impel Down and has virtually no hope of survival, he's still exercising?"

Ace was somewhat moved.

He had been imprisoned for over a month and had long been mentally prepared for either execution or to spend the rest of his life in Impel Down.

The other prisoners in Infinite Hell are similar.

These once unruly pirates, though still stubborn, had their claws worn down by the long years in prison.

"Moreover, he trained while wearing sea stone shackles. To persist in training in such a state of exhaustion requires incredible willpower..."

Ace was amazed.

Users of the ability will lose their strength when they touch Seastone, and the degree of weakness depends on the purity of the Seastone.

In Wano Country under Kaido's rule, the Seastone was processed with high precision, enabling the creation of Seastone shackles that rendered Devil Fruit users powerless to resist while retaining a certain amount of strength, turning them into slave laborers.

But Sig was different; he was bound in a lot of chains, so logically his exhaustion should have been more severe than that of the other prisoners.

Seeing this, Ace, a young man who had just turned twenty, even felt a pang of shame.

"Is this the notorious bandit from my father's era, someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him?"

Even trapped in a cell in a deep-sea prison, they never gave up hope of survival...

Ace murmured to himself, a feeling stirring within him.

With a sigh in his heart, he stood up from his cell and, imitating Sieg, began to do squat exercises.

In his exhausted state, Ace's physical strength was only at the level of an average person. After doing only a few squats, his legs began to weaken, and he started panting involuntarily.

However, hearing the even louder panting from the cell next to Sig, Ace suddenly felt that he should hold on a little longer.

Further into the prison, prisoners leaned against the prison fence, curiously gazing towards the distant Sig cell.

"What's going on? Why are there two men panting over there?"

"what are they doing?"

The group's cells were quite far from Sig and Ace, so they could barely hear each other when they spoke loudly, but if Sig lowered his voice, they couldn't hear him at all.

At this moment, all they could hear were distant gasps for breath.

Some of the prisoners who had been imprisoned in the last ten years were still lost in thought, while the fifty-six emperors who had been imprisoned many years ago were all deep in thought, recalling the events of that year.

"This reminds me of that troublesome character from Impel Down, Barrett."