Whether it was Neptune and Queen Otohime, or Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, they were all speechless when they heard Sig say those words...
At first, I felt indignant, thinking he was callous and heartless, but later I could also sense the true meaning behind his words.
"Hey, Chief, you're scaring people..." Ivankov said helplessly.
Not everyone within the Revolutionary Army could accept such words.
Haku also looked embarrassed. Although Xiong remained silent, Sig sensed that he did not completely agree.
However, Ryu noticed that Inuarashi and Nekomamushi's reactions were a bit strange, so he asked, "Two Mink Tribe Kings, have you thought of something?"
"He must have been scared by you! Saying something like that, and then asking what happened without even knowing what's wrong..." Ivankov grumbled from the side.
The Nekomamushi shook its head, as if trying to clear its head, and then said, "No, it's just a little strange... Is this the first time you've met?" It looked at Sig, clearly referring to the dragon and Sig as "you".
"Indeed, what's wrong?" Long seemed to have guessed something and asked with some anticipation.
"Actually, not long ago, I asked Sea King Your Excellency the same question, and his answer... was almost exactly the same as yours," Inuarashi said in a deep voice.
"Hahahaha..." Long was stunned for a moment, then burst into a rare hearty laugh.
Ivankov had forgotten when he last saw him smile like that.
"Looks like we're the same kind of people... we're both people who can't be persuaded!" Long said after catching his breath.
"Exactly, just like an immoral person can't be morally blackmailed." Sig shrugged and made a self-deprecating remark.
The logic is indeed the same. You can no longer question someone who says "I'll just disappear for another hundred years" by asking them things like "Aren't you worried about the casualties that would result from rebelling against the World Government, or even instigating others to rebel against the World Government?"
Although no one knows exactly what happened during the "Void Century," anyone who pays even a little attention to the matter can vaguely guess that a major war took place...
The final result of this war was that the World Government, formed by the alliance of Twenty Nations, won the final victory. Except for the Alabasta royal family, the royal families of the other nineteen countries ascended to the Red Line Continent and became the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise, ruling the Celestial Dragons for seven hundred years.
Although this history has been covered up by the World Government, anyone with even a little bit of speculation can imagine the mountains of corpses and seas of blood behind it.
The reason why the corrupt World Government can still attract so-called "people who pursue Justice" is not only because some at the grassroots level are ignorant, but more importantly, because they do not want the world to experience such a scene again...
Therefore, even knowing that it is only a temporary solution, they are still willing to maintain the World Government and suppress thugs like pirates.
As for the Celestial Dragons and the dark side of the World Government... one can only Rian oneself that the damage they cause to the world is far less than another war, or even less than the pirate groups that wreak havoc on the seas or the Revolutionary Army overthrows countries everywhere.
Within the World Government camp, those who truly hold high positions of power, transcend the realm of "ignorance," yet still pursue Justice, are either based on this logic and lack the courage to overturn the table, only able to rectify it, or they believe that the Revolutionary Army taking power wouldn't be any better, and pirates would only cause more trouble, so maintaining the World Government is the best outcome.
To some extent, they were also acting with a clear conscience, upholding their own Justice.
Faced with Sig and Long's almost thuggish remarks, they might not change their minds, but they would understand that people like Sig and Long could only be eliminated physically; it was impossible to "persuade" them or make them feel that they were "in the wrong."
Because both Sig and Dragon follow the same logic—even if I lose, I will fight the World Government like I did 800 years ago!
As for the casualties during this period, Garp, Sengoku, Akainu, and others saw them as the destruction of the world caused by the Revolutionary Army and pirates overthrowing the order, while Sig and Dragon saw them as "dedicating their lives to the greatest cause."
"I really want to show the Old Man right away that I've found a second person who truly understands me... no, someone who truly thinks the same way I do," Long sighed.
Sig could imagine Garp angrily saying something like, "There won't be another bastard like you on the high seas."
"Let's forget it. Your Old Man is probably already looking for a way to kill me and my Captain after he sees your kid," Sig said after thinking for a moment.
Dragon was taken aback. He had been referring to "my Old Man" without revealing Garp's identity, so why did Sig seem to know?
This should be a secret known only to the highest-ranking officers within the Revolutionary Army!
Even Luffy didn't know that Dragon was his father...
However, upon hearing Sig mention Luffy, Dragon recalled seeing his son in Goa before, and thought, "He'll definitely grow up to be an amazing man!"
"It really is... I haven't thanked you and Red-Hair yet."
Sig shook his head. "No, there's no need to thank me. He gets along better with my Captain."
Although Sig taught Luffy a way to make "the whole world have a party together", Luffy obviously didn't listen.
Upon hearing this, Long's eyes flickered, and he said, "That's not bad... But since that brat and Red-Hair get along so well, how about you become my chief of staff?"
"No, no, no, why are you talking like you're offering your son in exchange for me? Are you helping my Captain take advantage of me?" Sig immediately shook his head.
Regarding the position of chief of staff, Sig said, "I'm capable of being a strategist; I'm... best at being a strategist! I've been the strategist for Kaido, Big Mom... but for chief of staff, let's find someone else."
The chief of staff and staff officers of the Revolutionary Army are not just a matter of being one rank higher!
Judging from Sabo's position as chief of staff ten years later in the original work, this not only makes him the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, but also akin to a "crown prince"—of course, the Revolutionary Army doesn't have a monarch or emperor, but that's the general idea.
If the leader were to die, the chief of staff would have to Marineford!
Sig can offer suggestions, but the chief of staff and such...
It wasn't modesty, but Sig felt that as a pirate, how could he...
Ahem, Sig really has no interest in the Revolutionary Army. If needed, he wouldn't mind being "the king's vanguard," and then happily living the life of a carefree God Almighty...
Anyway, what Sig was really thinking was, forget about the Chief of Staff, we'll get you Revolutionary Army to join us later... or even become an alliance!
Sig didn't bring up the alliance with Dragon right now.
Because Sig had realized that he was someone very similar to himself, yet different...
You can't ensnare him with empty promises; you'll have to wait until the alliance is stronger before you can mobilize the Revolutionary Army!