I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

They said they'd meet Sieg again after crossing the Calm Belt, but their ship was actually sailing in the exact opposite direction...

Seeing this, Sieg finally realized what was happening and glanced at the battlefield in the distance.

At this moment, the naval fleet was already overwhelmed, still dealing with the fierce attack of the giant turtle sea kings.

The previous encirclement had already been broken through by this sea king, and Bucky's ship was rapidly heading towards the gap in the encirclement...

"What are you standing there for? There's no point in getting entangled with these weak marines. Full speed ahead, shake off the marines!"

Sieg gave the order loudly, and his heart finally pounded.

He saw an opportunity to escape.

"Boss, which way do we go? To the Calm Belt?"

Sig's eye twitched slightly.

The two enormous sea monsters he encountered both had hands.

If we really tried to break into the Calm Belt without Bucky, we'd be dead in no time...

No, even with Bucky around, things probably wouldn't be much better.

Thinking of this, Sieg couldn't help but put a hand to his forehead.

Bucky was undoubtedly the MVP in this naval battle, perfectly showcasing his incredible abilities.

The giant turtle sea king that came out to cause trouble first blocked a barrage of cannon fire, and then either attacked Sig or the navy warships, but didn't actually lay a hand on Bucky.

Aside from being hit by naval cannonballs and Tina's iron spear a few times, they didn't suffer much actual damage.

Throughout the entire naval battle, Bucky did absolutely nothing and escaped unscathed, yet he's now the first to run away...

The power of Conqueror's Haki is simply terrifying!

But this incredible luck seems to only affect Bucky himself.

Siguru verbally allied with Buggy, but they were almost wiped out by the Sea Kings.

Unless Bucky sincerely joins forces with him, or comes under Sieg's command... Sieg doesn't want to travel through the Calm Belt anymore.

After a moment's thought, Sieg gave the order:

"Let's go! We're not going to the Calm Belt... Our destination is Loguetown! Then we'll go through Reverse Mine and enter the Grand Line!"

Amidst the lightning and thunder, Sig's pirate ship adjusted its course and quickly fled.

Damn it!

Witnessing this, Onigumo gritted his teeth, filled with resentment, but had no choice but to wield his eight swords to block the Sea King's attack.

The main body of this naval fleet was actually the branch's troops. Faced with this giant sea king, the morale of the branch's soldiers had almost collapsed, and the encirclement had been broken.

He could only watch helplessly as Bucky and Sieg escaped one after another.

"Storm Kick!"

Beside the Onigumo, a military officer from headquarters unleashed two sharp slashing waves with his leg, but they only left shallow wounds on the giant tortoise's forepaws.

The officer landed again, his face contorted in pain.

"Admiral Onigumo, even without this sea king, we probably can't do anything."

"We underestimated Sig's strength. We're having a hard time dealing with this Sea King that Sig has severely injured."

"Even if we catch up with Sig, there's nothing we can do."

The other elites from headquarters nodded in agreement, glancing in the direction of Sig in the distance with a hint of fear in their eyes.

To this, Onigumo could only remain silent.

The Navy Headquarters' original intention was indeed just a feint attack, to drive Sig to Loguetown.

This time, his overconfidence led to heavy losses for the fleet.

Meanwhile, the officers at headquarters were still discussing and marveling at the situation:

"His Conqueror's Haki was so powerful that it could even intimidate this kind of monster. Just how strong is he?"

"Perhaps this was intentional on his part. With his strength, which is enough to easily sever an arm of a Sea King, he could have killed this Sea King just like Hawkeye did, but he deliberately used Conqueror's Haki to subdue it, causing it to charge into our encirclement..."

Amid the discussion, Onigumo's expression suddenly changed.

"Where's Hawkeye? These Sea Kings were all caused by Hawkeye. We should recruit him to deal with them..."

Onigumo and the others looked around, only to find that the man and the boat had vanished without a trace...

Hawkeye is missing, and Sig and Bucky have escaped the encirclement.

Meanwhile, their navy inexplicably found themselves fighting a colossal sea king.

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

Several hours later, on Sig's pirate ship.

In his room, Chloe took off his glasses and gently wiped them.

Having just survived the naval fleet's encirclement, Clooney's expression showed no joy, but rather a somewhat gloomy one.

"I'm tired of the precarious life of a pirate. I just want to live a peaceful life as a rich man. So why did I end up on this pirate ship?"

Kro couldn't help but sigh.

He had no desire to go on the dangerous Grand Line, but now it seems he has no other choice.

The thought of Siegfried slaying the Sea King sent chills down Kuro's spine.

"This man is terrifying, not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of his character."

Kro's gaze fell on the heavy bandage wrapped around his hand.

Because he had intervened to stop the shells, the wound on his palm reopened, staining the gauze red once more.

"This man is clearly so strong; he even used poison when he fought me..."

Chloe's expression was complicated, and her wariness of Sieg deepened.

It seems that escaping the Sig Mountain bandits requires further planning...

........

At the same time, in the captain's cabin.

Sig sat quietly in the chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest.

His gaze fell on the system panel that was floating in the air.

The moment the first giant sea king appeared, he received a notification of a new mission, but he didn't have time to look at it.

Mission: A Monumental Lie

"Mission Requirements: Successfully carry out a lie that will shock the entire world, and activate the [Lie to Reality] ability of the character card: Usopp, to turn the lie into reality."

"Task Reward: Based on the task completion rate, you will be rewarded with one random card of quality S-SS."

Upon seeing the mission details, Sig already knew that the appearance of the two Sea Kings was likely due to the activation of Usopp's "Lies Come True" card.

Buggy's Conqueror's Haki and luck are impressive, but Usopp's lies coming true is equally incredible.

The lie that "I killed a colossal sea king the size of an island in the East China Sea" is not entirely true.

The two giant sea kings were killed by Hawkeye, and one of them had a claw cut off by Sieg, but neither of them was completely killed by Sieg.

Chapter 118 The More Cowardly You Are, the Stronger You Become

Character Card: Usopp

Fit: 11%

Quality: Grade C

Source: One Piece

ability:

Lies can become truth – There is a very small chance that a lie told will become reality in some way, and the more sensational the lie is, the greater the probability.

Observation Haki ------- (omitted)

.........

The sudden start of the new quest made Sieg re-examine his character card panel.

After this naval battle, the compatibility rating rose to 11%.

The description of Usopp's card ability, "Lies Come True," is "to become reality in a certain way," and "the more sensational the lie, the better."

In fact, the way Usopp's lies came true is rather unreliable.

For example, Usopp once said that when he was five years old, he fought a goldfish the size of an island in the South China Sea and landed on an island covered in goldfish droppings.

More than a decade later, when Usopp entered the Grand Line, he did indeed encounter a giant goldfish in "Little Garden".

However, the matter of landing on the island of goldfish droppings was something that the two giants of "Little Garden" did, and had nothing to do with Usopp.

This incident occurred on the Grand Line, not in the South China Sea as Usopp claimed, and Usopp did not actually fight a giant goldfish.

"Perhaps this is how Usopp's lies are not fully realized."

"The lie that I killed a colossal sea king the size of an island in the East China Sea was made possible by my coincidence encountering Hawkeye, who was crossing the Calm Belt, and seeing two colossal sea kings the size of islands."

"Although I didn't actually kill the colossal sea king, this is still a somewhat incomplete way of achieving my goal..."

So here's the question: if Sieg boasts that he defeated the Fifty-Six Emperors, how would he do it?

Perhaps the next day, an escape will occur in Impel Down, and the fifty-six great pirates will be transformed into fifty-six emperors, who will then chase them from the Grand Line to the East Blue and beat up Higuma.

Another description is that "the more sensational the lie, the greater the probability."

How do you measure whether a lie is sensational?

Exaggerated and empty lies, such as the battle between Sig and the Fifty-Six Emperors, which spanned from the Red Line to the Infinite Land, even obliterating the Great Dao... If such lies were told, almost no one would believe them; they would only be used as casual conversation after drinking, and would not cause a sensation.

A truly sensational lie is one that is both absurd and difficult to discern as true or false.

If ONE PIECE didn't exist at all, and Roger told that lie on the execution platform, thus starting the Great Pirate Era, it would absolutely meet the criteria of a "monumental lie" and would have shocked the whole world.