Joining the Crew

"What's your purpose? If you don't want to be a member of the Shichibukai, you must have a very important purpose, right?" Shanks said, looking at Sig seriously.

"Telling you won't hurt... It's nothing important, but if I had to say it, it's... Borsalino. The name of the man I will personally kill." Sig finished speaking, paying even closer attention to Shanks' reaction.

"I see. So, our Red-Hair Pirates are the kind of pirate crew that can attract the attention of a Vice Admiral!" Shanks' tone wasn't particularly concerned.

Shanks had no objection to Sig's desire for revenge against Kizaru.

"Oh? That's certainly something to look forward to," Sig remarked upon seeing this.

As for "liberating slaves," saying "liberating all slaves in the world" is too grandiose and too broad. Moreover... compared to revenge, although Sig has a lot of empathy for slaves, it's still a bit lacking to say that he pursued such a lofty ideal as a lifelong goal like Fisher Tiger.

Fisher Tiger was simply caught in a state of powerless "anger" because his ideals were too lofty.

"Have you decided to join?" Shanks asked, extending his hand to Sig.

"As long as it doesn't become an obstacle to my goal... Captain!" Sig said, slapping back with his hand before shaking hands with Shanks' left hand.

That's right, at this point, the Red-Hair still had his left hand!

Since Shanks doesn't object to his own goals, Sig thinks it's acceptable for him to join for the time being.

After all, Sig's role as a "Seafarer" requires him to play the role of a "Knowledge Keeper," and his role as a "guardian of knowledge" requires him to have more contact with Devil Fruits. Furthermore, after advancing to Sequence 7, the "Solar High Priest," Sig felt that the number of Devil Fruits he could control should also increase by one...

Therefore, Sig needs a "wonderful" journey.

In terms of growth potential, as a future "royal crew," the Red-Hair Pirates have extremely high growth potential, and the next few years are expected to be very exciting.

"Of course! This isn't a place to bring Affliction to any of my comrades... My name is Shanks." Shanks then shook Sig's hand in return.

"Sig, Siegfried ... original bounty of 175 million." As Sig spoke, his body swelled up, growing from a head taller than Shanks to half a meter taller, Shanks his physique became extremely robust.

At this moment, the scales on Sig's body were even finer than before, and they had also spread to his face...

To emphasize his bounty, which probably no one knew about, Sig mentioned it.

"Huh? This is Half Fish-Man?"

"Can your legs turn into a tail?"

"I'm not Mermaid, so it's impossible..."

"One hundred and seventy-five million? If this is a newcomer, that's already Supernovas level!"

The Red-Hair's companions on his ship then joined in the jeering even more.

The term "Supernovas" refers to a new group of pirates who, every two to three years, complete the first half of the Grand Line and have a bounty exceeding 100 million.

They are called "newcomers" because, unlike those pirates who dawdle and take many years to pass through Paradise, or simply stay in Paradise and no longer explore the New World, they generally complete their voyage through Paradise within three years.

Although Shanks was once an apprentice on Roger's ship, very few people know that he officially set sail on his own three years ago, inviting Yasopp, whose child was only two years old, to join him on the Grand Line. In less than three years, he has a bounty of 300 million and is considered Supernovas.

"My name is Beckman, the first Captain here. You're a new recruit. What are you good at?" Beckman, now sporting a slicked-back hairstyle, asked with a serious, even gloomy, expression.

"Hahaha, Beckman, don't scare the newbie... Fish-Man should be good at underwater combat, right? How about being my second-in-command, specializing in underwater combat? My name is Lucky Roo, the Sailor here." The fat man with round sunglasses, Lucky Roo, tore off another piece of meat with bone as he spoke.

Sig shook his head upon hearing this, saying, "No, if I had to name my strengths, they would be navigation, and... Voice of All Things!"

That's right, Sig said it on purpose, and sure enough, Shanks' expression froze when he heard it— the Voice of All Things was the signature ability of his old Captain, Roger!

Similarly, Beckman, Lucky Roo, and Yasopp were also particularly emotionally turbulent, and the three of them should also know about Shanks's background.

As for the other crew members, their reactions were mostly just reasonable surprise and anticipation.

"Negatively speaking, navigation skills... Voice of All Things? You're really asking for it!" Beckman even suspected that this kid was deliberately testing Shanks.

"What is this?" Sig asked, holding his wrist out in front of Beckman.

"Seastone?" Beckman looked at Sig with a puzzled expression.

The question wasn't whether it was Seastone, but rather what Sig wanted to give him.

Sig then raised his arm horizontally, followed by the application of Armament Haki —among those present who possessed Observation Haki, they all saw the dark blue...

After Sig's "People of Fury" advanced, he was no longer driven by violent rage. His original dark red Armament Haki transformed into a somewhat melancholic dark blue.

Then...

Sig cupped his hands, and a simulated prison was woven out. You could see that the bars were extending from Sig's palms, clearly a Devil Fruit ability!

Beckman and the others' eyes narrowed—not because they realized how strong Sig's ability was, but because... Sig, despite being restrained by Seastone, clearly wasn't exhausted, yet he was Devil Fruit ability user?

This clearly defies their common sense...

"This is..." Beckman exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, Voice of All Things!" Sig said solemnly.

"Huh?" Shanks exclaimed in even greater confusion—"How come I didn't know that 'Voice of All Things' was something like this?"

"The way I absorb the Devil Fruit ability is by hearing their voices, not by eating them directly. Also... I can 'hear' many other sounds that aren't sounds. I don't know what their specific uses are, but I think... this must be the Voice of All Things," Sig said matter-of-factly.

If Shanks disagrees, Sig would welcome him to explain how Roger's abilities differ from his own.

However, Shanks did not deny this at this moment, and even... felt a surge of emotion when he heard Sig say that he could "hear many sounds that are not sounds".

Before Sig could even ask questions, Shanks, who had been serious for several minutes, suddenly slumped down, a bitter expression on his face, and said, "But your girlfriend doesn't seem to want you to be a pirate, right? We've made a deal, won't your girlfriend be angry? She looks really fierce..."

"She was never really my girlfriend! At most... just a drinking buddy! A drinking buddy!" Sig immediately corrected.

The bar owner was already on high alert and was preparing to notify Bellemere...

After all, Bellemere was one of their own, and in his eyes, Bellemere's boyfriend was about to be dragged into the sea by some shady pirates!