Kicking an Old Marine in the East Blue
The Notary's Promotion Ceremony has been completed.
Now even World Government believe that the "ghosts" from 800 years ago have returned!
The Great Kingdom, Joy Boy, Lunaria...
Everything that terrifies them will return, and may have already declared war on them.
Although Sig didn't know what the World Government had figured out, they did understand, and naturally Sig's impartiality had taken another big step forward, reaching a level that "shaken the world."
Something that even the Notary himself didn't understand has been notarized.
Whether it's true or false doesn't matter, everyone already believes it, and that's enough!
But Sig was now in an awkward situation—only one ritual remained, and it seemed... there was no room left to "hide"?
Now that there is no reason not to begin this final ceremony, it would be a very obvious and deliberate act of "cowardice," which is a major taboo for playing the Tyrant Path "!
So Sig didn't hesitate much. After arriving in the East Blue, he had already Psychological Suggestion himself, and the ritual officially began...
From now on, whenever Sig encounters any "master from the opposing camp," he will inevitably act with his body before he can think!
The ritual will be complete when Sig kicks a real iron plate and survives.
Under these circumstances, Sig naturally wouldn't dare go to Cocoyasi Village with the Heart Pirates, and instead planned to explore on his own...
Sig doesn't want to go to the Grand Line right now...
Firstly, it's time for the "meeting" to end, and a large escort fleet will travel through the Calm Belt; secondly, in the first half of Paradise, the Navy is definitely in the midst of a new Admiral making his mark, while in the second half of the New World, the Navy is organizing an orderly evacuation, and there may be some skilled individuals following along.
Sig plans to explore the East Blue for now, and only venture into the Grand Line and even the New World after the Reverie has completely concluded.
As he glided alone through the sky, Sig suddenly spotted a News Bird in the distance...
The News Bird stiffened, realizing it had been spotted, but it still stubbornly continued flying.
Sig didn't do anything extra, but just stared at the News Bird in the distance and read all the newspapers in its bag!
With the Reverie in full swing, there are indeed quite a few news items that Sig should take note of.
For example, Bartholomew Kuma, the former king of the Kingdom of Sorb, was invited to become Shichibukai. From then on... apart from Doflamingo being replaced by Tesoro, the Shichibukai were completely the same as Sig's.
Another major piece of news is that, although there has been no official declaration that the Navy will gradually withdraw from the New World, the World Government has demonstrated through a series of new policies and actions that in the future, the World Government's greatest enemy will not be pirates, but the Revolutionary Army!
As fate would have it, King Emporio Ivankov of the Kamabakka Kingdom, was arrested and sent to the Impel Down on suspicion of being a member of the Revolutionary Army.
The fact that a king of a country, and a rather powerful one at that, was imprisoned on trumped-up charges demonstrates the World Government's severe crackdown on the Revolutionary Army.
At the same time, the kings of the various Affiliated Nation also pledged at the meeting that they would never contact or cooperate with the Revolutionary Army.
In fact, the vast majority of them could not possibly cooperate with the Revolutionary Army, and some were even the very targets that the Revolutionary Army wanted to overthrow!
Among the kings, some were happy and some were saddened by the World Government's decision...
The royal families of countries that were originally worried, or even those that already had Revolutionary Army, were naturally overjoyed and hoped that the World Government would destroy them as soon as possible, while the New World countries like Dressrosa were ashen-faced.
Another piece of news that greatly boosted the morale of the Navy was that Vice Admiral Tsuru and Vice Admiral Momousagi had captured Golden Lion Shiki, who had been on the run for many years!
Sig simply curled his lip in disdain at the news...
It's as if Sig himself just happened to be passing by the scene of the arrest of the Golden Lion in the North Sea, and then... the bounty inexplicably increased to 1.99 billion!
However, when he saw the Golden Lion being recaptured, Sig breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, but he was completely blank about why and did not think about it in detail.
Just then, Sig spotted a rather unremarkable flagship on the high seas, and on it, a tall and muscular figure—though not actually as tall as himself, but instinctively giving off a menacing aura!
"Kindness?"
Garp, who was picking his nose on the deck, suddenly felt a piercing gaze coming his way, and... it was staring straight at him, full of fighting spirit, getting closer and closer!
"General Garp ..." his second-in-command, Bogard, asked, puzzled.
He also sensed the undisguised hostility!
That's why Bogard found it unbelievable...
He was Garp's old subordinate, and although he was only a colonel, he had once witnessed Garp's battle against Roger.
He knows Garp well; he only took a vacation to visit Foosha Village because Mary Geoise's idiocy level was off the charts.
There were other reasons he didn't know... After all, the main topic of this Reverie was related to the "Revolutionary Army," and the leader of the Revolutionary Army was Garp's own son!
So he'd better not wander around Mary Geoise anymore, and Sengoku readily approved Garp's vacation.
But now...
How could I possibly encounter such a vicious thug in the East China Sea?
Upon discovering Garp's warship, instead of giving way, they immediately unleashed their fighting spirit?
Soon, Garp and Bogard also spotted their target. In the distance, a figure with a hang glider was swooping down—and sure enough, the target was Garp!
"I'm really getting old," Garp sighed, rubbing the booger off his finger.
Garp was also surprised. Were these young pirates really this naive?
It saw me from a great distance using some special ability, and instead of hiding, it swooped straight down towards me, as if I would escape if I arrived too late?
"General Garp! It's Siegfried!" Bogard exclaimed, making a hand gesture as if to draw his sword.
"I saw it."
Garp didn't fire a cannonball first—after all, they had come all this way to deliver it, and he wasn't the one chasing them. If he didn't even say a few polite words and just used long-range artillery, it would make him look undignified!
Meanwhile, both Garp and Bogard are now plotting their own schemes...
Siegfried must have something he wanted to say to Vice Admiral Garp, right?
Garp even suspected that this guy was there to provoke him—after all, he already knew that his grandson had been led astray by the Red-Hair brat, and Sig was also a member of the Red-Hair Pirates!
When he was about to teach Luffy, he even said that the Old Man was no match for Sig, who could break such a thick tree with a single punch...
But in the next moment, several miniature tridents flew over from Sig. Bogard stepped in front of Garp and blocked them with his sword, deflecting all the trident-shaped flying blades.
Garp's head—you came all this way without saying a word, just to start fighting?
Just then, Yesterday Once More...
A flash of lightning, Sig appeared in front of Garp in an instant, delivering a lightning vortex kick that slammed into Garp's face.
Garp, with his arms crossed over his chest, didn't move an inch. Sig... didn't even make him feel like his teeth were loosened!
Clearly, this naval hero is much stronger than Whitebeard physically—which is not surprising, since Whitebeard's strength is largely due to his Devil Fruit ability, while Garp's strength comes purely from his own physical abilities.
At the same time, Sig's Psychological Suggestion was finally satisfied, and he had just regained some of his self-reassurance...