Praying to the Sea

Sig was also helpless. He never expected that the "God's Sequence," which was supposed to be his golden finger, wouldn't cause him to lose control, but the Devil Fruit abilities, as a native power, would make him lose control?

After that "loss of control," Sig had been wearing Seastone handcuffs on his right wrist. Fortunately, with Sig's strength, the influence became negligible after a few days of brief adaptation.

Unlike ordinary Devil Fruit users, Seastone only restricted Sig's own Devil Fruit abilities.

Sig had also pondered whether this was precisely the reason for his "loss of control."

Recalling what Jinbe had said before, perhaps... the sea wasn't cursing ability users, but protecting them?

Was it because he directly absorbed the fruit's power using his "Listener" ability, bypassing the sea's protection, that the Devil Fruit ability caused him to lose control?

Unfortunately, Jinbe didn't know much about this. He only began to pay extra attention to teaching Sig how to feel the sea's Water Power.

"Perhaps your ability, similar to 'Listening to All Sounds,' was exploited by the Devil Fruit's power, without the sea's protection... But for us Fish-Men, the sea's power can be borrowed! As long as you can borrow enough of the sea's power, you should be able to suppress that..." Jinbe carefully chose his words.

Sig reminded him, "Loss of control?"

"Yes, suppress that loss of control," Jinbe readily accepted the term.

After that, every time the tide changed, Jinbe would accompany Sig, sitting on the ship's gunwale and feeling the sea's fluctuations...

According to Jinbe, sensitivity to the sea's power depended on talent, but could also be developed through effort.

"Feel the sea, don't get distracted!" Jinbe knew Sig was spacing out without even opening his eyes.

However, Sig was looking at the moon in the sky at that moment, and he tentatively asked Jinbe, "Boss Jinbe, the sea's tides are related to the moon, right?"

Jinbe opened his eyes and looked at him, puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"Patterns," Sig had specifically observed the tidal changes in the world of pirates.

Although it was difficult to observe directly in the ocean, Fish-Men could sense the fluctuations of the sea's power. Combined with the moon's orbital cycle in this world...

Indeed, in the world of pirates, the moon was also the biggest factor influencing the tides.

"Perhaps," Jinbe said after a moment of silence.

Then, was the moon also related to "the sea's power"?

After all, the moon in the world of pirates also held a degree of mystery – not only did the cover stories reveal that civilization existed on the moon, suspected to be the homeland of the Skypieans, but the Mink tribe also transformed into Moon Lions during a full moon.

What was the relationship between this power and the "sea's power"?

Thinking from another perspective, if the sea's power and the power that countered Devil Fruits were the same, then in essence, it should be the Seastone factor, or keratin factor – a substance that existed in small amounts even in freshwater, and also existed in the "White Sea" where Sky Island was located. It was even directly related to the formation of the White Sea and Sky Island.

Sea power, Seastone factor, the moon... Sig fell into thought.

"But for us Fish-Men, the sea naturally has a different meaning. I actually think your aptitude in this regard might not be inferior to other Fish-Man compatriots. It's just that you've always lived as a human, unlike the Fish-Men on Fish-Man Island who naturally praise the sea from the bottom of their hearts and thus receive the sea's response."

Seeing Sig's expression of failed, relentless questioning, Jinbe couldn't help but advise him.

If he couldn't figure out the reason, it was better to be "pragmatic" for now.

"Praise?" Sig was startled by the remark.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener took it to heart!

The "Light Pray-er," Sequence 8 of the Sun Path, the "light" Sig was supposed to pray for, he still hadn't found.

Simply praying to the sun had no effect, and praying to the Sun Pirates had no effect either...

At this moment, hearing Jinbe's words, Sig's thoughts stirred – the definition of a "Light Pray-er" in the world of Lord of the Mysteries was a sequence that mastered certain spells and rituals related to the sun, and had great restraint over ghosts and the undead.

Coupled with the fact that the sea countered Devil Fruit abilities...

Sig suddenly stood up and spread his arms towards the sea.

Fortunately, Jinbe hadn't watched Titanic. At this moment, he just looked at Sig with confusion, not feeling the urge to perform a "classic pose" with him.

Seeing the genuine affection and joy radiating from Sig's face, Jinbe smiled with relief, thinking: Although Sig didn't grow up on Fish-Man Island, and didn't even know he was a Fish-Man as a child, as a member of the Fish-Man Race, he naturally possessed innate reverence and love for the sea, and could easily... Holy crap!

Jinbe's eyes gradually widened. He could already feel the sea responding to Sig!

Sig hadn't felt anything unusual yet, but Jinbe could feel the sea's currents, which were now rapidly synchronizing with Sig's own Water Power.

This...

Was this not inferior to an ordinary Fish-Man?

Fish-Man Karate focused on sensing and controlling "fluctuations." The most authentic training of Fish-Man Karate involved two main aspects: one was the practitioner's own physical strength and physique training, and more importantly, the training of their inherent Water Power; the second was the degree of mastery over the sea's power and synchronization with the sea's power fluctuations...

Currently, the Fish-Men who had the most profound understanding of Fish-Man Karate were Jinbe and Neptune, King of the Dragon Palace.

Jinbe deeply respected Fisher Tiger, but when it came to the mastery of Fish-Man Karate, Jinbe couldn't be humble.

Moreover, Jinbe and Neptune perfectly represented the pinnacles of two schools of thought. Jinbe had already mastered his own Water Power to perfection; he could exert powerful attacks by borrowing other water sources even on land. Neptune, known as the "Knight of the Sea" in his youth, was currently the being who received the greatest response from the "sea's power."

However, in Jinbe's memory, even the young Neptune, when he first trained Fish-Man Karate and began to attempt to synchronize with the sea's fluctuations, did not elicit such a strong response!

Although the overall scale wasn't immense, Jinbe knew very well that this was Sig's first attempt to resonate with the sea's power, and he had succeeded.

The talent Sig displayed in both aspects now was completely a strengthened version of "Jinbe + Neptune"...

Jinbe even thought of the legend of the "Sea King" – could it be that the Fish-Man Race... was truly about to give birth to the legendary "Sea King"?

Sig opened his eyes excitedly. He didn't know that Jinbe had mentally envisioned him as the future "Sea King," but he could tangibly feel that the "Light Pray-er" sequence... had received feedback from the sea!

It seemed that in the world of the Grand Line, the ocean had taken on the imagery of the light being prayed for. Perhaps "Sea Pray-er" would be a more appropriate name here