I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Slaves are our private property; your navy is blatantly robbing us!"

"We bought it with our own money, honestly and fairly!"

"You're using this as an excuse to plunder our property!"

"You can steal our slaves today, and you can plunder our wealth tomorrow! Navy, you are too arrogant!"

Sig listened to the slave owners' speeches without a change in expression.

Slaves kept by noble families were their inviolable private property; children and women sold into the mountains by human traffickers were considered family members of the poor; drugs could be treated as legitimate commodities, with the worst penalty being a small fine; even prostitution was permitted...

From the perspective of stakeholders, these are all reasonable, even legal.

So, are these things right?

Sieg didn't intend to argue with them; he simply waved his hand, ordering the navy and pacifists to cooperate in expelling all the troublemakers.

Faced with the cold-blooded pacifists, the slave owners' private guards quickly crumbled, and the streets gradually quieted down.

Brubrubru.

Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi rang in Sig's arms.

"Admiral Higuma..." Bakara reminded him from the side:

"This call should be from headquarters. Judging by the timing, Marshal Sengoku and the others should have already responded."

Sig: "Oh."

He held the Den Den Mushi in his hand, staring down at it expressionlessly.

Boom!Boom!

The Emperor's engine quietly started, instantly generating immense pressure.

“Brubru….”

“Br...Br...Br...Br..."

A fine layer of sweat appeared on the Den Den Mushi's forehead.

“I heard the signal isn’t very good in the Sabaody Archipelago,” Sieg said slowly.

Click.

The Den Den Mushi silently hung up on itself.

Sieg raised his eyes and continued to look at the long orange-haired woman in front of him:

"Go on, what is your gender, race, and why are you a slave?"

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

"You mean Sig?"

On the rooftop of a distant bar, Rayleigh pondered for a moment after hearing the name.

It wasn't just Sig. He also remembered the name of the Kingdom of Goa.

“The Kingdom of Goa?” Rayleigh recalled for a moment: “I know this country. Roger lived in seclusion there, and it is also Garp’s hometown. Sig also stayed there for quite a long time.”

He did not shy away from the name Roger.

Although Rayleigh is not affiliated with the Revolutionary Army, it is no secret that the Revolutionary Army was deeply involved in Roger's recovery from his terminal illness.

"I've been to that country before," Tyrant Bear slowly began.

"The Kingdom of Goa is known as the most beautiful country in the East Sea. It is a model of a segregated society, with high walls separating the inside from the outside."

“They can be divided into cities within the walls, towns for ordinary people outside the walls, garbage mountains and uncertain destinations, and mountain bandits in the mountains. The three are clearly distinct.”

"It's almost like..." the bear said slowly.

"A small world."

That country is a microcosm of the world.

Rayleigh was taken aback, but then he understood what the bear meant.

The Celestial Dragons consider themselves gods, high above others, and do not breathe the same air as ordinary people. The nobles of the Goa Kingdom worship the Celestial Dragons and imitate them by building a high wall, creating two separate worlds inside and outside the wall.

The nobles in the small world are equivalent to the Celestial Dragons in the large world.

At this moment, a group of nobles who had been expelled by the pacifists passed by on a nearby street, dejected and muttering curses against the navy.

"These aren't the Navy! They're pirates! They're completely unreasonable!"

"Did you hear that? Rayleigh, the Dark Lord," Kuma whispered.

"Within the rules established by the Kingdom of Goa, the high wall separating the inside from the outside is legal and correct."

"The anger of these nobles is not unfounded, because this is the rule set by the World Government. Within this rule... they are not wrong!"

"The one who's wrong is Higuma!"

The ones who are wrong are those who ignore and break the rules.

“Back in the Kingdom of Goa, Sig did the same thing,” Kuma said softly.

"When the Celestial Dragons started attacking the refugee ships, our officers were still debating whether or not to retaliate. Because messing with the Celestial Dragons would mean attracting the attention of a Marine Admiral, which might bring the Revolutionary Army into the Navy's sights too early and destroy our foundation."

"While we hesitated, Sigurd used Conqueror's Haki first and attacked the Celestial Dragon..."

"And what happened today is similar. Higuma, a mountain bandit, and Higuma, a Marine, both did what our Revolutionary Army should do."

"Challenging the rules set by the world government."

"As expected, a storm is coming, and the Navy may be drawn into it, turning against the World Government."

Rayleigh turned his head to look at Tyrant Bear.

Despite being perceived by the public as a taciturn and powerful "tyrant," he was surprisingly knowledgeable and articulate when discussing the revolutionary army in private.

His outward appearance and his true self are completely different; he hides it very well, which explains why he was able to become a spy for the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Rayleigh asked, puzzled.

"A naval admiral holds a high position and wields great power; he's just releasing a few more slaves. Aren't you exaggerating?"

"Things aren't that simple." Xiong shook his head.

"The things the Celestial Dragons do cannot be illegal. If they are illegal, then they must be changing the rules of the law itself."

"The essence of this incident is that the military general who holds military power directly infringed upon the interests of the aristocratic class and challenged the rules set by the World Government."

Rayleigh and Shakky exchanged glances, still puzzled.

They were all knowledgeable former pirates, but these matters actually touched on areas where their knowledge was lacking.

The bear shook its head and explained:

"Today, among the CP agents working for the Celestial Dragons, I heard a rather apt remark."

"The CP or the Navy are just two dogs kept by the Celestial Dragons."

He further explained:

"The Navy is like a dog that keeps chasing a bone called justice, but in essence it is just a guard dog for the World Government."

"The Sabaody Archipelago has long suffered from deep-seated problems, and even those self-proclaimed righteous admirals or fleet admirals have failed to change the situation there."

"Higuma just captured Sig, and his reputation is at its peak. His actions alone are enough to represent the Navy in the eyes of the world."

"This time, it is the first time that the Navy's hypocritical justice has clashed head-on with the rules set by the World Government."

This is the first time.

Bear paused slightly, recalling once again the Kingdom of Goa from years past:

"The Goa Kingdom in the East Blue is the hometown of the Marine hero Garp and the place where the Pirate King Roger lived in seclusion."

"Garp and Roger both possessed the power to destroy that country, but neither of them had the ability to change it. The problem of Sabaody Archipelago is the same as the problem of this world."

“Power can destroy a country, but once they leave, everything will come back to normal, just like the garbage mountain that reappeared after the fire ten years ago.”

Rayleigh paused for a moment, but did not refute.

Social change and the like are not within the scope of their pirate concerns.

Xiong didn't say anything more, but simply gazed quietly at the distant commotion in the night.

When he stepped forward to swat the Straw Hat crew away, he thought he would be seen as a traitor and die on the spot or later.

He never expected that not only would he survive, but he would also witness such a turmoil...

The World Government is the ruling power of the entire world, a colossal entity that stands in the way of the Revolutionary Army.

But today, Xiong, the revolutionary army infiltrator, vaguely saw a glimmer of hope.

"If things continue to escalate..."

"Higuma might be able to single-handedly pry open the rift between the Navy and the World Government."

Kuma suddenly remembered the whispered conversation that Sun Kuma had given him when he swatted the Straw Hat crew away.

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

Naval Headquarters, Marshal's Office.

Sengoku frowned slightly as he looked at the empty sofa.

After Kong called, he tried to contact Higuma directly through the Den Den Mushi, but the call wouldn't go through...

Later, he sent Akainu directly to Sabaody Archipelago to stop Higuma.

This happened two hours ago... and there's still no news, which makes Zhan Guo feel a little uneasy.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Zephyr strode in.

"Sengoku, I've heard about what happened on the Sabaody Archipelago..." Zephyr's words had barely finished when Sengoku's Den Den Mushi (snail phone) rang.

When the Sengoku period connected the phone, the Den Den Mushi transformed into the appearance of Akainu.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I am deeply ashamed," Akainu said in a deep voice.

"My warship has lost its way at sea. I never underestimate the Grand Line, this dangerous sea."