"I see... No wonder you're Charlotte Linlin, and no wonder you're Sig, you actually have such amazing abilities," Ivankov exclaimed.
Sig simply explained that Sig Ivankov, but Sig who lacked one year and three months of memories!
As for why this was the case, he simply attributed it to the Soul-Soul Fruit and some of his own special characteristics, without going into details, and Ivankov naturally didn't ask any further questions.
"So what exactly did you mean when you said 'I discovered something'?" Sig pressed.
"Actually, I heard it from Sweetheart, who came in later. At that time, I had already been locked up in Impel Down."
You were in the East Blue when you ran into Vice Admiral Garp, and a big battle ensued... It's said that you were the one who struck first!
"As a result, you fought a fierce battle with Vice Admiral Garp for a day and a night, and then were chased by Vice Admiral Garp for two days and two nights before finally being captured." Ivankov recounted what he knew.
Sig now understood how he had completed his final ritual!
In Ivankov's view, the attack on Garp must have had a specific purpose, which is why he asked Sig what he had discovered that made him act so impulsively.
"A whole day and night..." Sig wasn't sure if it was just a rumor or if he really was that strong.
"Well, I heard that the sea area where you fought is still shrouded in thunderclouds," Ivankov said, looking at Sig with a probing gaze.
She clearly knew that this was the effect of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit Awakening!
It was only then that Sig realized that he had most likely advanced to Sequence 5 during his fight with Garp, and then, because the "Ocean Songster" could control lightning, he had directly "subdued" the Thunder-Thunder Demon...
The Awakening Logia Devil Fruit, while not as rare as Conqueror's Haki coating, is still enough to put one in a match for the most elite fighters!
In addition, Garp is old and frail, and has not had any fighting achievements in recent years. In other words, he has not been able to relax his muscles for a long time. Moreover, his fighting style is relatively straightforward, unlike Sig's more varied techniques. It is understandable that he cannot win quickly when fighting Sig.
Logically speaking, when Garp faced Sig, although he was annoyed by the little pirate's lack of manners, Sig was not a vicious person after all, so he might not have been very serious from the start.
However, in the end, he was definitely serious and fulfilled his duty as a naval officer, chasing for two days and two nights—presumably his previously "rusty" muscles had been loosened up—before finally capturing Sig!
After Ivankov learned of this, she paid special attention to the sixth floor. Whenever she saw Sig enter, she would try to get Sig to the 5.5 floor.
A year has passed, and there has been no further news of Sig on the high seas. He must have been captured by Garp, though it wasn't said he was executed, but he wasn't sent to Impel Down either.
More than a year had passed when Sig suddenly came to find him. Ivankov was just wondering when Zieg had come in without him noticing.
"Garp..." Sig didn't know what to think.
Was this good luck or bad luck?
In the end, Sig felt that his luck wasn't too bad. At least Garp would try his best to capture him alive. If it had been Kizaru, one of them would definitely have died, and there was a greater chance that Sig would have been the one to die!
And since it was Garp who captured him, and given that he had been out of contact for over a year, Sig could roughly guess where his main body had gone...
Sig had previously considered that if he were defeated by the Navy and didn't end up in Impel Down, there were only two possible destinations: Mary Geoise or... Vegapunk's secret laboratory!
Since it was Garp who captured him, Sig didn't think he would be sent to Mary Geoise.
Moreover, if they were indeed sent to Mary Geoise, there would have been more than just news of them at sea.
If Sig is sent to Mary Geoise, will his Captain just stand by and watch?
Captain Red-Hair can't kidnap people? Captain Charlotte can't turn against and attack the World Government? Captain Kaido...?
Well, Captain Kaido might just watch the show, after all, he's heartless, and Sig is used to it.
Given the complete lack of information, Sig probably estimated that he was sent to Vegapunk's laboratory.
Vegapunk's laboratory, while nominally under the World Government, is in reality more like a subordinate agency of the Navy.
Now that Sengoku has become the Fleet Admiral and is at the height of his power, it's quite reasonable for him to withstand the pressure, refuse to hand over Sig, and instead send him to Vegapunk's laboratory for research.
Moreover, during this period, Sig must have indeed been constrained—his progress in playing the five Sequence was extremely slow, with almost no progress made.
Sig now speculates about his own state of mind; he probably was either genuinely constrained at the time, or he was feigning compliance with Vegapunk, trying to take advantage of the situation...
However, not long ago, Sig's main body completely lost consciousness!
Perhaps Vegapunk had Sig under his control from the very beginning, or perhaps Sieg was Sig and using this opportunity to awaken his other half of his soul—everything was part of a plan...
Of course, Sig also guessed the most likely outcome...
It's very likely that Sieg originally thought he had everything under control and could use Vegapunk, but he didn't know that Vegapunk was using a counter-strategy, and in the end Sig messed up!
After all, it was a brain that was said to be "500 years ahead of the world," so it wasn't shameful for Sig to fall for his trick.
And in the end, Sig didn't lose everything; he even had a lot of room to turn things around—his other half had already woken up in the "sheepfold"!
No matter what experiments Vegapunk conducted on himself, Sig was confident that he could awaken his own inner self.
The only difficulty is that the location of Vegapunk's secret experimental base is one of the Navy's top secrets and is not so easy to find.
"Sig, what are your plans after this? You could stay in this prisoner's Paradise for now, and wait for the right opportunity..." Ivankov was trying to offer Sig some advice.
The number of people who escaped from Impel Down was far more than just the publicly announced "only Golden Lion." In fact, Morley, the commander of the West Army of the Revolutionary Army, was also once imprisoned there.
Morley is Giant Race with the Push-Push Fruit ability, Push-Push Fruit can easily change the terrain. After Morley managed to remove his Seastone shackles, he carved out this 5.5-story structure and then dug a secret passage to escape from prison.
This is why, after Ivankov entered, he easily found this loophole and backup plan, occupying the 5.5th floor and creating this Paradise for prisoners...
"No, I'll find a way to leave right now. When I have the chance, I'll find a way to get you out too." Sig estimated that with his Paths of the Divine abilities, escaping from prison wouldn't be difficult.
But at that moment, Sig suddenly felt that his progress in playing the role of Sequence 5 "Priest of Light" in the Sun Path was inexplicably starting to steadily improve...