Sig:???
Seeing that Sig paused for a moment, Ivankov quickly asked, "What's wrong? Did you sense the outside world?"
If Sig could sense the outside world, that is, his own state outside, that would undoubtedly be good news.
If that's the case, Sig doesn't need to rush out; he can use this ability to Impel Down.
"No, it's not that I sensed anything, it's just... I sensed something." Sig's reply was full of the beauty of nonsense.
Ivankov:...
Indeed, Sig didn't understand what was going on either!
Firstly, the situation with the main entity itself has not improved; it remains "unreachable."
But for some reason, the progress of playing the "Priest of Light" is increasing at a considerable rate.
What is Vegapunk doing?
Did you use me as Little Sun?
Sig thought about it in reverse. The key elements of playing the role of "Priest of Light" should be to strengthen one's own faith in "light", enrich the worship of "light", and most importantly, guide others to believe in "light".
However, if we portray ourselves from the perspective of "I am the Sun," then it means enriching the forms of worship we can accept, and inspiring more people to believe in us and draw strength from us...
Sequence 5 is the last Sequence before Demigod, and it is also the pinnacle of "humanity." After advancing to Sequence 4, one will become a demigod Demigod being.
It's not surprising that one can enable others to draw upon their strength...
But... Sig's main body, now in a deep sleep, is still making considerable progress in his role as the "Priest of Light." Is someone stealing Sig's power?
Others steal the power of gods, or at least the power of Demigod. I'm only at Sequence 5, and people are still stealing from me? That's going too far!
"I need to think about some things..." Sig asked Ivankov for a private room.
Sig wanted to try and sense what exactly was stealing his power.
At this moment, Sig was filled with doubt and resentment, but also with a hint of "expectation".
Because this isn't "stealing" in the usual sense; it's more like spreading one's power outwards...
Although it was a passive dissemination, it did indeed serve Sig's interests.
The fact that the role of "Priest of Light" is progressing is the best evidence of that!
This explains why Sig's main body completely lost consciousness earlier; otherwise, the power he spread out would probably still be under the control of Sig's main body.
However, Vegapunk never expected that Sig had another half of his soul, which was his trump card for turning the tide. Simply restraining Sig's main body was useless!
After Sig a private room, Sieg cautiously activated the power of the "Priest of Light," attempting to establish a connection with his "believers."
Yes, this must be the purest relationship between "believers" and "the Lord"—a pure dissemination of power.
The reason Sig was being so cautious was that he didn't want to alert Vegapunk. If Sig was really using him to cause trouble, Sig could continue to tolerate him as long as it wasn't too outrageous.
After all...
This guy is leveling up his "Priest of Light" role!
For Vegapunk, the "Priest of Light" is the Sequence of the mature Paths of the Divine, and he himself is constantly advancing in playing this role...
With careful perception, Sig reversed his senses and locked onto the "believer" who was stealing his power.
In a daze, Sig seemed to see himself immersed in some mysterious container, which was faintly glowing...
"Dr. Vegapunk, is this guy's light really stronger than the Old Man's?"
"No, it's not that it's stronger, it's just that it's more suitable... more suitable as an energy source for Pacifista."
"Will these things really be able to move in the future, even exert combat power at the rank of colonel? And will they be able to carry the Old Man's laser?"
"Well, so far everything is going smoothly, but I still need Bartholomew Kuma to cooperate with me willingly. Sea King's body is too strange, so this is the only way I can use it... Hmm?"
Sig sensed the blurry images and sounds, and at the same time, Vegapunk seemed to have discovered something!
It wasn't because Vegapunk possessed any Observation Haki, but because he noticed some fluctuations in the parameters fed back by the device. In order not to alert Vegapunk, Sig quickly severed the connection.
As for the two people who had just been talking, Sig had already recognized them. One was Vegapunk, and the other was a somewhat chubby young man who looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Momotaro!
Momotaro and Kizaru have a close relationship; Sentomaru was once Kizaru's right-hand man and is now Vegapunk's "bodyguard."
This further convinced Sig that Kizaru was likely part of the Navy that leaned towards the Celestial Dragons, or rather, the central leadership of the World Government — with Vegapunk under the Navy's control, the central leadership of the World Government was not entirely without objections.
At this point, having someone close to Kizaru, who is aligned with the World Government's central leadership, directly "protect" Vegapunk can be seen as a way to reassure the Five Elders and a tacit understanding.
Furthermore, although Sig only had a vague sense of it and dared not even confirm the location, fearing that locking onto the location would cause too much of a commotion and might even allow Vegapunk to detect that he was in the Impel Down, Sig had already realized what the other party was doing with his real body!
After all, Pacifista have already been mentioned, and Sig did indeed vaguely see several large figures—not entirely humanoid—clearly indicating that the experiment hadn't progressed to that stage yet.
According to Vegapunk, Bartholomew Kuma has not yet "voluntarily cooperated" with the experiments. The "Pacifista" are still in a very early stage, lacking anthropomorphic form and more like a "mechanical device."
It seems Vegapunk is now using his "light" to "power" the Pacifista?
To this, Sig could only say...
Here you go!
Keep it up!
Using Lao Tzu as a dry cell battery?
Vegapunk had already anticipated that if Sig were conscious, he could probably influence, or even indirectly control, these Pacifista who had been energized.
However, he did not expect that even though Sig's consciousness seemed to be completely sealed, there was still another half of Sig waiting to be deployed.
Sig suddenly seemed less eager to leave...
It's good to "recharge" Pacifista with your own power!
As the possessor of the Paths of the Divine, Sig's greatest skill is "influence." If he were to subtly mold every Pacifista into Sig's shape, wouldn't the World Government be devastated?
Sig now even suspects that his own entity might have discovered Vegapunk's purpose and then turned the tables on him, making this a classic case of "turning a tables on a tables"...