"What's wrong with your face? Isn't this Enel's mimicry ability? How come there was no news about it before...? Who exactly is being held here?"
Dego asked a series of questions.
After all, the situation was indeed quite "explosive"—the people everyone came to rescue were actually inside the navy guarding the area?
"This isn't a transformation, it's truly 'Shiryu's' body..."
Sig gave a simple explanation of the principle.
Dego was stunned, clearly not understanding, and could only interpret it as Big Mom splitting Sig's soul to create Homies, which then possessed Shiryu from Impel Down.
It's just that because of some of Sig's unique characteristics, the Homies that split off are also considered part of Sig.
As for why it hasn't appeared for so long...
Dego roughly understood that Sig's original body had only completely lost consciousness in the past year and a half, and that Sig had been cooperating with Vegapunk's experiments before that.
In short, it would be more advantageous for Sig's current physical form to stay here and participate in Vegapunk's research.
The reason why "Shiryu" stayed in Impel Down was for a similar reason.
As for Sig's disguise as "Shiryu," his presence here is entirely accidental.
Sig didn't say much to Gennosuke about the "Pacifista," since the old pirates wouldn't take it seriously until it was completed and released!
Even if Dego knew this now, he would probably think—if technology were useful, what would be the point of our cultivation? We're just scrap metal, only good for bullying newbie pirates... maybe a little better than a gun?
In the original work, the Pacifista were indeed unable to deal with very strong pirates, but their firepower was still sufficient to threaten pirates with bounties of hundreds of millions.
With further technological and material innovations, it could even go so far as to persuade the World Government to "abolish the Shichibukai."
Although Dego doesn't understand why Sig says the experiment is beneficial to him, he'll accept that reason for now since Sig Dego said so.
Just as Dego was about to ask Sig what he planned to do next and when he would return, a series of hurried and chaotic footsteps approached...
Momotaro is leading the Navy in pursuit!
Duang--
The two started fighting again in perfect unison!
Only when the raging wind and thunder scattered the energy, Momotaro and blowing away all the surrounding marines, did the two of them continue fighting while moving away from Momotaro, and take advantage of the collisions during their battles to exchange whispers.
"Damn it!" Momotaro lay on the ground again, watching the two fight with increasing intensity, and felt a pang of resentment.
Dego was clearly doing it on purpose, causing the force of the collision to disperse, while Shiryu didn't seem to be doing it intentionally, but he obviously didn't care about the surrounding navy!
Shiryu clearly weaker than Dego, so it's not hard to understand, and... it also fits Shiryu's arrogant character—he won't deliberately restrain himself to protect "friendly forces" and put himself at a greater disadvantage!
Momotaro even suspected that if taking a blow himself could give this guy the upper hand, Shiryu would do it without hesitation.
Duang--
"How about we join forces and snatch back your original body and Vegapunk?" Dego asked in a low voice as the blades clashed.
Well, in his view, since the experiment would benefit Sig, why not just steal Vegapunk along with it?
Click...
The two quickly exerted their strength to separate.
Duang--
Upon the second collision, Sig replied, "No, there are definitely other trump cards here, and reinforcements will continue to arrive. Find an opportunity... You guys retreat quickly, don't worry about me!"
Sig did not accept the proposal. Firstly, Sig did not believe that Vegapunk could be captured so easily. Secondly, without the financial support of the Navy and even the World Government, Vegapunk's experiments could not be carried out.
Duang--
"You don't know about Whole Cake Island yet, do you? If Big Mom finds out, she'll definitely put you on the wanted list. If Big Mom finds out about this place, she might even start a war with the World Government to take you away!" Dego reminded him with a hint of schadenfreude.
Duang--
"How many?" Sig asked directly.
Well, Sig could actually have foreseen this...
When Sieg discovered that Lucas and Enkidu had actually inherited a portion of the Paths of the Divine, Sig had already anticipated Big Mom's reaction!
Sig himself had mentally compared his state in the East Blue with his state on Whole Cake Island...
There was a three-year gap, and in the latter case, Sig's Sequence was higher, but... the genetic authority should have been lower, or rather, more "single".
Because the mystery becomes more concentrated after the Sequence is enhanced!
However, even in a more "simple" context, on Whole Cake Island, Big Mom noticed the emergence of a group of "potential newcomers" among Charlotte's third generation who were born with similar Devil Fruit ability.
The reason why Big Mom would risk war with the World Government if she knew Sig was in Vegapunk's lab is 20% because Sig is, after all, her son-in-law... and a son-in-law in many ways, the father of more than a dozen grandchildren. The other 80% reason is that she wanted Sig to be a father more!
Sig was quite direct, his question "How many?" throwing Dego's swordplay into disarray...
His incredibly convincing portrayal of "Shiryu" allowed him to seize the opportunity and turn the tide of the battle.
Sig did know there were eight pregnancies in total, but whether there were any multiple births was unknown.
Judging from Bellemere and Angel's situation, Sig doesn't seem to have the trait of having multiples, however... BigMom's daughter might very well inherit this trait!
Although the Big Mom Pirates are undoubtedly at the center and protagonist of the New World, even the WEC hasn't reported on the fact that Big Mom has several newborn grandchildren!
Regardless of whether it's important or not, the fact that they're reporting on someone's newborn Shinichi will probably make BigMom furious and want to cause a ruckus.
Duang--
"Twelve..." Dego replied, taking advantage of another exchange of blows.
The reason they know so much is probably because Big Mom mentioned this to the Red-Hair Pirates!
Even without Sig, one could imagine that, given Big Mom's personality, she probably wanted to recruit the Red-Hair Pirates, so she used this incident to establish a connection—"The father of my twelve grandchildren is your Navigator... so in a way, we're family too. From now on, fly my Big Mom's flag!"
Twelve...
Sig thought to himself, "Just as I expected"—BigMom's daughter, even if she didn't specialize in this area like her mother, had still inherited some of it.
Then Dego brought up the matter of Ohara again...
Shanks hasn't given up yet, especially after learning Sig's explanation of "the Sun's Harmony." He even made several trips to the North Sea, where he met Gabu.
Thus, a useful piece of information was obtained: the survivors of Ohara are still "alive," and more than half a year ago, they entered the Grand Line, after which their whereabouts became unknown...