At the repeated requests of the Tontatta people, Sea King Sig, on behalf of the Fish-Man Race, tentatively agreed to continue recognizing the Tontatta Kingdom as an "ally."
Afterwards Tesoro, as "Sea King's friend," promised to "take care" of the Tontatta Kingdom, and naturally Tontatta Kingdom would also contribute its strength to the so-called "alliance" this time.
Tesoro could only watch helplessly as Sig gained full "Dontata Favorability," while he could only rely on an expensive gift to make a better first impression.
More importantly, according to the current clear relationship, the Tontatta people are not serving Tesoro, but have joined the alliance.
This annoyed Tesoro; if he hadn't been unable to defeat Sig, the outcome might have been different...
In fact, the Tontatta Tribe was also very moved by the mural that Tesoro bought back.
What appears to be drawn here is a narrative thread—it shows that at the beginning, the Tontatta people were divided into two groups, one riding flying insects and the other riding crawling insects. They even went to war, and then finally shook hands and made peace, and their respective kings got married...
Yes, it's a story with a beginning and an end, but no middle or end!
"Indeed, it is a mural of our people. According to ancient records, the Kingdom of Dongtata was once two countries that were constantly at war with each other. Later, due to the arrival of a certain human, the two sides stopped fighting and formed a new kingdom, which is the Kingdom of Dongtata," King Gancho said after looking at the mural.
"A human being?" Sig's heart skipped a beat.
Gancho, somewhat ashamed, replied, "That's right. Because it's been almost Void Century sunken city, there are no direct written records of that time anymore; we can only roughly guess at some things..."
Joy Boy!
Sig thought of the name, but didn't say it to Gancho's face, so he didn't know if it was right or wrong.
"Ah! Could it be Lord Wenbra Noland?" Kabu suddenly asked, as if he had discovered some secret.
Bian rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, you should at least remember that Lord Noland came to the Tontatta Kingdom four hundred years ago, right? And at that time Tontatta Kingdom already existed, and there was only one!"
"Wimbra Noland?" Tesoro seemed to remember something.
"Hmm? You also know about the great hero Noland?" Kabu looked at Tesoro curiously.
"Lord Noland must have been a North Sea person from four hundred years ago," Bian reminded him from the side.
North Sea?
Tesoro suddenly remembered!
Tesoro is not a native of the North Blue, but he had been operating there for a long time in order to consolidate Doflamingo's power base.
Tesoro was naturally familiar with Big Talker Roland's famous story.
"Big Talker Roland?" Tesoro blurted out.
As expected, the Tontatta people immediately showed expressions of dissatisfaction...
What does "big talker" mean?
Are you insulting Lord Noland?
"Why would Lord Noland be associated with 'The Liar'?"
The Tontatta people began to criticize Tesoro.
"No, what I mean is... the fairy tales of the North Sea... cough cough, it might not be the same person, maybe it's just a coincidence of names? It's the story of the Kingdom of Rubiniere in the North Sea..." Tesoro explained.
"The Kingdom of Rubiniere?" Gancho raised his voice slightly.
"What exactly happened? What are they saying about Noland in the North Sea?" Gancho quickly pressed for an answer.
This further confirms that it refers to the same Noland.
As a botanist and adventurer from four hundred years ago, Noland sailed around exploring and helped many indigenous people. When the Kingdom of Tontatta suffered from a disease that caused plants to wither and die, it was Noland solved the problem and gave them the seeds of the high-yield North Sea Pumpkin.
Therefore, even now, the Kingdom of Dontata still reveres Noland and has erected his statue in the kingdom.
Tesoro didn't explain it very clearly either, not only because he didn't grow up in the North Sea, but also because he had only heard the story later.
When the Tontatta people heard that Noland was killed by the King of the North Sea for failing to find the "Golden Island," they were both saddened and enraged.
However, they absolutely did not believe that Noland was just "bragging," nor did they believe that Noland would "talk big."
Tesoro actually agreed with this to some extent—judging from the reactions of these Tontatta people, it was clear that Noland must have been a great help to them back then. Moreover, Noland was able to sail in the New World, and even without so many pirates back then, Noland's skills were definitely not to be underestimated.
What need does this kind of person have to lie?
"Perhaps he was deceived by the Gold-Gold Devil Fruit ability at the time," Sig speculated irresponsibly.
Immediately, the Tontatta people turned their anger towards Tesoro.
Tesoro:???
"A Gold-Gold Devil Fruit ability... that's so wicked! Ah... Mr. Tesoro, we weren't talking about you."
"That Golden Man must be jealous of Noland! Cough cough, of course, he's the Golden Man from four hundred years ago."
"How could there be such a hateful person..."
Tesoro:...
Sig, looking as if he had just remembered something, said from the side, "Wait... El Dorado? Isn't it in the first half of the Grand Line? Jaya Island?"
Tesoro immediately glared at him—although there was no evidence and it seemed to be just a coincidence, Tesoro had a feeling that Sig was deliberately trying to gain favor by showing up here after he had "offended" the Tontatta!
However, Tesoro thought for a moment and then said, "It seems so."
"I think I know what's going on!" Sig said with a serious expression.
With the Tontatta people's attention focused on him, and Tesoro prepared himself to confront Sig on the spot if he told a story about a Golden Man, even if it meant getting beaten up...
Sig told the story of the Golden City of Shandora!
When the Tontatta people heard that the Shandora Warriors still wanted to "light the Shandora's Lantern" to guide their ancestors' friends and help them find their way, they couldn't help but shed tears.
At first, they disliked the Sky Island person for seizing the land of the Shandorian, but later they learned that the Shandia and Sky Island person were originally of the same race...
It's all the World Government's fault! They erased a hundred years of history and tore apart the connection between the Blue Sea and the White Sea, which led to all of this.
Upon learning that both the Shandorian and the Sky Island person had once been members of the "Alliance," they felt a greater sense of identification with this fictional alliance. After learning that Sig had arranged for the former core Sky Island, Bilca, to mediate between the Shandora and Angel Island people, they naturally came to agree with Siegfried even more...
"So that's how it is! So... the Shandorian and the Sky Island person were our allies nine hundred years ago..." Gancho said with great emotion.
Tesoro became increasingly suspicious that Sig was doing it on purpose, or that he was probably just making it up. Otherwise, how could everything eventually come back to this point?
Sig replied confidently, "That's right, exactly..."
At the same time, another entry began to flash in the mirror of Sig's consciousness.