Trafalgar Law
During the Reverie, Gion wasn't on duty around Mary Geoise or Marineford, or even on the Grand Line, but instead came to the North Blue?
This in itself is unusual...
Sig suspects that the World Government already knows about Golden Lion's arrival in the North Blue—if it were Op-Op Fruit being exposed, it probably wouldn't be enough to attract a candidate for Admiral... Even now that a new Admiral has been chosen, she's completely relegated to the backup plan!
In the original work, Law wasn't constantly being hunted down by elite Vice Admiral in the navy; otherwise, this future "Supernovas" wouldn't have been able to grow into such a figure.
In comparison, the Golden Lion will undoubtedly be a more important target for the World Government... and also for Gion!
The reason why Momousagi Gion was completely relegated to a backup plan stems from the "Silver Axe Incident" years ago.
At that time, Commodore Barreus went to sea and became a pirate, which prevented Momousagi from bringing back the Op-Op Fruit, and he was even blamed by Spandam...
At the time of the chaotic battle, Momousagi was locked in combat with Golden Lion!
Now that Golden Lion has reappeared, seemingly looking for a new user of the Op-Op Fruit, it makes sense that Gion would choose to come to the North Blue at this time.
However, Gion was unaware at this time that another person with equally "important connections" had also arrived in Hokkaido!
Gion first docked at Minion Island. As for the fleeing pirates, she only casually sent her subordinates to capture the ones who were slow to escape, without personally pursuing them—after all, her purpose was much more important than these people.
The Golden Lion flies in the sky, Gion doesn't know where it will appear.
She also obtained some information about Trafalgar Law, and like Sig, she thought that if the user of the Op-Op Fruit was still young, or even a teenager, he was likely still somewhere around Minion Island, so she planned to use this place as a base to conduct reconnaissance.
Seeing the navy's posture, Sig could only understand one thing: the people who were there to do free labor had arrived!
That very night, he infiltrated the warship, evading Gion's eyes and ears, and found the big-nosed second-in-command...
This guy hasn't made any progress. Five years have passed, and he's still just a colonel, serving as Gion's deputy.
Sig shot him directly, and Gungnir pierced his brain... but instead of creating a hole, it led into his dream.
Gion had used Conqueror's Haki before—clearly, she had her own set of logic to avoid conflicts World Government and her own sense of Justice.
Just like Hancock still has a huge psychological trauma from the Celestial Dragons and Mary Geoise, and even trembles when she is discovered by outsiders, she has also Awakening Conqueror's Haki...
However, avoiding it is ultimately just circumventing it. Like Hancock, their Conqueror's Haki is greatly limited.
Being able to Awakening Conqueror's Haki is already proof of exceptional talent.
Moreover, Gion's qualifications are clearly inferior to Hancock's.
However, since she exists, it would be difficult for Sig to hypnotize her Dream Infiltration. Even with the strength of her Observation Haki, it wouldn't be easy for Sig to hide on her warship.
Sig figured she still had a very deep impression of him; even a slight recognition would stir her heart!
So Sig chose to hide in a place where she would never find him.
Normally, we share the same senses with this big nose. When we need to come out, we just need to hypnotize the big nose first.
During this time, Sig also learned that the big-nosed guy was called "Johnny," something he hadn't really paid attention to before.
Johnny himself was unaware that an additional consciousness, an extra person, had appeared in his "dream"!
Gion was quite efficient; in just one day, they discovered a clue—on the nearby Svalbard Island, a pirate Buck had recently met his demise...
Although Buck isn't considered a Great Pirate, and he's not much in the eyes of Gion and Sig, he's still an old pirate who's been at sea for over twenty years. He's not exactly a kingpin in the North Blue, but he's certainly notorious.
Twenty years ago, after failing to conquer the Grand Line, Buck burned down his home Svalbard Island. He returned this time because he discovered that there was a hidden treasure on Svalbard Island.
As a result, this notorious and vicious pirate from the North Blue was defeated by a sixteen-year-old boy on Svalbard Island.
The information itself wasn't anything special, but considering the location where it occurred, the fact that the young man had previously demonstrated medical skills, and that he was also preparing to go to sea afterward... all these factors combined Gion feel that "he" was very suspicious!
"Going to sea? He's going to be a pirate too? Damn it... What's wrong with this world!" Johnny with the big nose couldn't help but complain after hearing Gion's words.
"So regardless of whether he's a user of the Op-Op Fruit or not, we must stop him now," Gion emphasized.
The World Government does not allow unlicensed voyages; any adventure at sea without permission is considered piracy.
Of course, Sig could sense that Gion didn't harbor much hostility towards the boy at this moment.
As a user of the "Op-Op Fruit," Gion also had the intention of "recruiting him into the Navy."
After all, she didn't know about the "Eternal Youth Surgery," she only knew that the World Government was trying to win over users of the Op-Op Fruit.
Although the other party has set sail, they have only just begun, and the situation is not yet serious.
Sig wasn't worried about her achieving her goal. If she knew about Luo's background, she probably wouldn't think she could succeed either!
She only guessed that the user of the Op-Op Fruit was Rosinante's accomplice, friend, and important person—so wouldn't it be natural for him to side with the Navy?
His failure to appear immediately and seek help from the Navy is the unusual situation that might indicate some misunderstanding...
After learning about the clues Gion, Sig felt that her deductions made sense, especially after learning that the young man's ship was a submarine!
Submarines cost much more to build than ordinary pirate ships.
The reason the boy was so extravagant was because of his teacher, Wolf, who was also the father of Buck, whom he had defeated...
Wolf is an inventor who despises his son's behavior and, three years ago, by chance, adopted Luo, whom he met on Seabird Island, along with two other brats.
The treasure Buck was looking for had already been discovered by Wolf, and over the years it was used to rebuild Buck's destroyed hometown, and... even to build a submarine!
Although Sig wasn't familiar with this part of the official novel's setting, he at least knew that the Heart Pirates' ship was a submarine.
Therefore, she was more certain than Gion that she had found the right direction.
However, because it was a submarine, although Luo had only been at sea for a short time, only half a month ago, it was not easy to find. Sig also planned to continue following these navy personnel who were doing unpaid work.
But that's when the difference in moral integrity became apparent!
While Gion could only closely monitor nearby islands for clues about submarines, Golden Lion had already kidnapped Wolf and was issuing announcements everywhere, declaring that if the kid with the Op-Op Fruit didn't come out soon, Wolf would be executed on Svalbard Island in seven days...