Purpose

Sig was filled with doubt upon receiving Shanks' sudden invitation.

At this moment, Shanks's emotions left Sig somewhat bewildered.

A "Psychiatrist" has more ability than a "Telepathist" to discover the other person's emotional vulnerabilities. As for whether to treat and make amends or attack and cause harm after discovering the vulnerabilities, that is their own choice. However, from the perspective of playing a role, treating others is more effective.

However, it still reads emotions, only more clearly, but it can't directly read precise thoughts...

At this moment, Shanks's emotion was mostly "interest," but what puzzled Sig was that this guy accepted the "Half Fish-Man" setting way too quickly.

Sig himself didn't show anything, yet he still came up with the logic of Half Fish-Man "?

Because he killed Shichibukai, he's a member of the Sun Pirates; because he's a member of the Sun Pirates, he's Fish-Man; because he's a Fish-Man -Fish-Man but doesn't look like one, he's Half Fish-Man...

There are too many points in this derivation process that cannot be rigorously matched, aren't there?

Furthermore, Sig noticed a hint of reminiscence in Shanks's expression, suggesting that... he might have indeed encountered Half Fish-Man in a similar situation?

Coupled with his "interest," Sig guessed that the "Half Fish-Man" he knew must have left a deep impression on him, so he immediately became "drooling" upon seeing Sig.

In particular, he also vaguely sensed Sig's Observation Haki...

Of course, this kind of covetousness is different from Gage's covetousness. Shanks is just "interest" that leads to "wanting to recruit him". In addition to Half Fish-Man and having special Observation Haki, Sig's behavior just now is also very much to Shanks' liking.

"Hey? Boss, you're here again! If you're Half Fish-Man... you must be a member of the Sun Pirates, right?" Yasopp said with a headache.

When Shanks invited him, he was just as casual. After seeing Yasopp's desire to go to sea, Shanks, who only had a small boat, invited Yasopp to become his first crew member.

"Now that he's appeared in the East Blue, then... he probably doesn't want to be a member of the Shichibukai, right?" Shanks said matter-of-factly.

"No, no, no, that's too frivolous!" Yasopp couldn't help but complain, as if Shanks had seduced a married woman.

In fact, according to the tradition of Roger's crew, if they see someone they like, they will not hesitate to poach them. It's a custom. Kozuki Oden was poached by Roger from Whitebeard.

As the successor to Roger's Straw Hat, Shanks probably inherited this custom of poaching people without hesitation.

"To be your companion? What is your purpose?" Sig asked, his eyes narrowed.

In the short time Yasopp to interrupt with a couple of sentences, Sig had already considered many things—joining the Red-Hair Pirates? It wasn't impossible, but he couldn't find a compelling reason to do so.

Sig had also thought about what to do next.

Coming to the East Sea to wait for Arlong was just a side thing; the main reason was that Sig hadn't figured out what to do in the future.

There is a goal...

Whether it's revenge or continuing to liberate slaves, Sig's goal is clear. However, Sig doesn't yet see a way to achieve it—the only thing he can do seems to be to continue training, continue "playing" the role, and improve his strength.

However, no matter what, Sig cannot stay with the Sun Pirates.

Not only is it psychologically unacceptable for the World Government to bestow such an honor, but it also runs counter to Sig's goals— the Shichibukai cannot rob and kill Marines, nor can they liberate "legal" slaves.

The Red-Hair Pirates, at the very least, meet Sig's requirements—they are not a vicious pirate crew, they are fearless, and more importantly, they have a predictably high potential for growth, and there's no need to worry about them being dragged down by him.

However, there isn't a very strong reason, since the Red-Hair Pirates aren't so focused on opposing the Navy or the World Government; they're more of a free-spirited organization. If you had to categorize them, they'd probably be classified as chaotic good.

In the original work, after Red-Hair became Four Emperors, he was the kind of person who was well-connected in both the legitimate and criminal worlds.

This is also because Sig didn't come across many posts about "speculation on Red-Hair' origins," otherwise, even just one of those speculations, or even just a slight possibility, would have been enough for Sig to completely dismiss Shanks.

Now, hearing Sig ask "What is your purpose?" actually made many core members feel a little more at ease about this "guy invited by the Captain".

The fact that this was the first question that came to mind when he received the invitation shows that Sig is a person with his own goals and his own bottom line.

"Purpose? The most important thing about being a pirate is to have fun. Isn't it fun to explore and search for treasure?" Red-Hair put on a nonchalant expression.

"The boss is here again..."

"This must be the most pathetic pirate declaration ever."

"Haha, what an adventure maniac!"

The other crew members also joined in the commotion, but Sig could sense that they weren't disdainful at all; on the contrary, they were all thoroughly enjoying the process.

No one would object, since the Red-Hair Pirates' invitation criteria have always been "people Shanks finds pleasing to the eye".

At the same time, Shanks became serious and said, "Of course, for pirates, the biggest and most important adventure... isn't it that? ONE-PIECE!"

Sig was taken aback by what he heard. He could sense Shanks' seriousness, but the goal he revealed was something Sig hadn't expected.

It must be said here that the languages of this world— Sig— have never seen Chinese, nor English, nor heard Japanese; instead, he has encountered several different languages.

One type is standard language, which is the script used in daily communication and writing. The other type seems to be a remnant of some ancient language, which is clearly different from the origin of standard language. People also conventionally know some words from this language. For example, Sitoon's special move is also from this language.

However, its circulation has decreased, and its meaning is sometimes ambiguous.

Roger called his treasure "ONE-PIECE"... It's the same language, and both pirates and the World Government have made many guesses about the meaning of this word, only knowing that it is roughly the two words "one" and "treasure".

Most pirates believe that Roger wanted to call his treasure the "One Piece" or the "One Piece the World," but... there are some other speculations.

Among the original readers before Sig's time travel, another explanation is quite popular—"a vast, interconnected One Piece!"

Of course, these weren't the things that puzzled Sig.

Before traveling through time, Sig vaguely knew that Shanks and Buggy, as trainees on Roger's ship, were the only two members who did not go ashore. It seemed that Buggy fell ill near their destination, and Shanks stayed behind to take care of him.

Clearly, Laugh Tale was an "impressive" place even before Roger nominally left a treasure there, and Shanks remained nonchalant about not being able to go, saying, "If we were to go, we would go by our own ship."

In the flashback arc, Shanks did seem very interested in Laugh Tale, and like Luffy, he was more interested in the adventure itself. When he saw Buggy was sick, he abandoned his plan to go with Roger directly.

But Sig knew even better that in the timeline after the story began, Shanks had never shown any covetousness for Laugh Tale, and there was no indication what Red-Hair's goal was!

The only relatively clear thing is that he has been guiding Luffy all along, even leaving Roger's Straw Hat with Luffy, which seems... to mean he wants Laugh Tale to go to Laugh Luffy?

But now Shanks is in front of Sig, saying he's going to Laugh Tale?

More importantly, Sig could sense that Shanks wasn't lying...