Where to Go

"Ah! Your hands and feet..." Tom exclaimed in shock upon seeing Sig's injuries.

"It's okay, it'll grow back. But Uncle Tom... you really should lose weight!"

Seeing that Sig was still in the mood for teasing, Tom finally felt relieved.

Sig picked up Tom and left Enies Lobby —he was quite exhausted after taking down Repikak, and there was no need to clash with the approaching Marines...

Because of the unique terrain of Enies Lobby, Sig and Tom, although both Fish-Man, flew for a while before diving, leaving the area of the deep sea pit.

Without any preparation, it was impossible for the navy to capture two Fish-Man in the sea, so they had no choice but to let Sig and John go.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Sig's limbs to grow back. Tom was amazed and wondered what kind of fish Sig was. Octopuses do have this ability, but Sig's appearance clearly indicated that he wasn't an octopus.

"Sig, you rescued me... won't this implicate Fish-Man Island?" Tom asked worriedly.

"There will definitely be an impact, but the relationship between the Fish-Man Race and the outside world is just like this now. As long as the World Government doesn't want the transit points before and after the Grand Line to completely get out of control and doesn't have the confidence to completely wipe out the Fish-Man Race, it won't dare to easily force a war with the Ryugu Kingdom."

After all, Fish-Man Island's location is what it is, and it's not exactly an enemy of the World Government. He then reminded King Neptune to simply get sick and skip the meeting this year."Sig didn't pay much attention to this aspect.

However, Tom really shouldn't go back to Fish-Man Island!

Returning to Water 7 is even more impossible.

If Tom had escaped and returned to Fish-Man Island before being arrested by the World Government, and had simply kept a low profile to avoid public scrutiny, the World Government wouldn't have taken any drastic action.

But...

Now that Sig has demolished Enies Lobby, the hatred has been stirred up too much. If Tom were to return to Fish-Man Island now, the Ryugu Kingdom would certainly not be at peace.

Initially, Sig planned to send Tom to Whole Cake Island —compared to the Red-Hair Pirates, the Totto Land Kingdom was clearly less worried about the World Government, and...

Everyone knows that Sig is a member of the Red-Hair Pirates, and during the attack on Enies Lobby, Dragon Transformation Oz clearly pointed the finger at Kaido. So, as one of Sig's three Captain, Big Mom must have had some involvement, right?

However, Sig reconsidered. Although Big Mom had resolved her soul's flaws and her personality had become more stable, she hadn't "changed." She was still the ruler and emperor of the sea, and placing Tom, who possessed information about "Pluton," on Whole Cake Island was probably not appropriate.

Even if Big Mom doesn't do anything to Tom out of Sig, she'll definitely covet his "Pluton Blueprints"!

Even if the design isn't on Tom's person, it's definitely still in his mind...

Moreover, speaking of Sig's influence, it probably won't be of much use on Whole Cake Island these days; he might even be detained himself!

Therefore, although Sig really wanted to see the New Life that had been born on Whole Cake Island in the past two months, he held back.

Then Sig thought of Bilca...

Compared to Whole Cake Island, while Bilca may lack the raw power, its "Sky Island" nature allows it to remain unscathed and even completely conceal Tom's whereabouts.

Moreover, Bilca is currently building "Ark: Ark Maxim," and in this respect, Tom is definitely a strong ally.

Tom was unwilling to build Pluton because he didn't want such a powerful weapon to appear and cause widespread destruction. He only wanted Tom's advice on the navigation of "Ark: Ark Maxim," and he probably wouldn't refuse.

If no other method can be found after Sig, "Ark Maxim" may be needed to land on the moon.

Bilca would certainly welcome Sig, and also on Bilca...

Although Sieg didn't feel anything at the time because he hadn't quite mastered the role of the Rose Bishop, Sig knew that he had a son there as well. Enel and Jack had both described him to Sig, but Sig had never seen him in person.

Sig felt that if things continued like this, even Yasopp would mock him as a scumbag.

After a brief discussion with Tom agreed.

After all, he had already been contemplating suicide, so it didn't matter where he went. As for the "Ark Maxim" that Sig mentioned, Tom hesitated for a moment, but agreed that he could help as much as possible with everything except the weapons.

Sig was not entirely without curiosity about Pluton.

However, it was clear that Tom was reluctant to talk about it, so he only inquired about historical matters.

Tom no longer knew where "Pluton" came from; he only knew that the design was a secret passed down through generations of Artisan in Water 7.

However, it had been in a craftsman's box for a long time, unopened until more than twenty years ago, when it came into the hands of Tom, who became the "first shipwright" of Water 7. He opened it and discovered that it contained the blueprints for such a terrifying warship.

Tom also mentioned that the patterns on the artisan's box had a style reminiscent of Alabasta.

Perhaps not wanting Sig to dwell on it, Tom also emphasized, "Actually, even if I wanted to, it would be impossible to build another 'Pluton' now. Many of the materials are no longer available on the high seas."

"Then why don't you just hand it over to the World Government?" Sig said matter-of-factly.

Tom said worriedly, "The World Government... after all, with Vegapunk around, they might be able to develop a replacement."

Upon hearing this, Sig thought of the Illusion Pen and the broken Pen Pen Pen, realizing that Vegapunk had made many unknown scientific breakthroughs, and couldn't help but feel that Tom's words made sense.

"But the Sky Island of Bilca you mentioned... was it really Moon person? And did they even possess some of Moon person technology? Don't they really have grander ambitions?" Tom asked, still uneasy.

"Ambitions are inevitable. After all, they are the descendants of the first Sky Island of the Moon person, and now they have retrieved the gold and the stored lightning, and have plans to return to the Moon... But I believe in Bilca." Sig never said that Bilca was without ambition.

Unlike other Sky Island, Bilca, although it once abandoned its mission, has preserved many of its customs and culture.

"You really believe in their god? You're good friends?" Tom understood.

"Yes, we have a son."

Tom:...

On February 14, 1512, Sig finally managed to "block" the Sky Island in the path of Bilca's activities by observing the climate.

Perhaps because they were so close, Sig felt a call from his bloodline...