"Captain Smoker! What's wrong with you?" Tashigi looked at Smoker in surprise, then suddenly fell to the ground, her face lurching several meters away.
Smoker, still shaken, got up and simply said to Tashigi, "It's nothing."
Everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion, but Smoker dared not take it as an illusion and had no intention of continuing to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates.
After all...
Siegfried was by no means a soft-hearted man, and from his last conversation with Strawberry, Smoker roughly understood why Strawberry... this Rear Admiral was about to be promoted ten years ago, would suddenly defect, and on such an outrageous charge!
For Smoker, Sig, like the dragon, is no longer an opponent that can be threatened by simply "fighting to the death".
In the end, Sig didn't just scare him; he used hypnosis to swap him with Strawberry from ten years ago...
This "dream" not only left Smoker shaken, but also... made him seriously consider what he would do if it were him.
However, no one else saw Sig appear from beginning to end, and they even thought it was just a fleeting moment.
"Ah! Captain Smoker, Strawberry...!" The Marines who had been supporting Strawberry suddenly realized that he was no longer breathing.
The navy was a little nervous. Although Strawberry had just been seriously injured, he didn't look like he was going to die!
Could it be that I didn't set it up properly?
"It's alright, just bury him! He died ten years ago, he only breathed his last today." Smoker understood what had happened and had no intention of pursuing the matter with his subordinates in the navy.
Sig didn't see Lucas again after that, after all... seeing "Dad" during an adventure would greatly dampen his enthusiasm.
As for Garp, who is close to Alabasta...
Sig didn't care. After all, the Old Man couldn't possibly arrest his grandson, and he wouldn't be hypocritical enough to let his own grandson go while specifically arresting Sig's son!
While Luffy was enjoying the power of Fist of Love, Sig found another guy hanging out at the casino.
It must be said that the luxurious casino in Rain Dinners is quite sophisticated.
Although a blind man won hundreds of millions on the dice, the dealer only looked displeased and secretly called for someone to keep order; he didn't bully the blind man just because he was blind.
There weren't even any customers leaving the place empty; the other gamblers were all watching the spectacle with great interest, seemingly not believing that the casino in Rain Dinners would "murder and rob."
Crocodile then stepped forward, but upon seeing the blind man, he instinctively sensed that he was not someone to be trifled with!
Just as Crocodile was about to take the gamble himself, Sig stepped forward...
"Blind man, if you're in such a good mood, how about I play with you?" Sig was in human form at this moment, and relatively speaking, his human appearance was rather "uncommon".
"Eh? But all I know how to do is gamble with dice..." she said with a humble smile.
Although Yi Xiao could tell that the guy who appeared at this moment was definitely not an ordinary person, he still put on an act.
"It's alright, let's just play dice then..." Sig seemed unconcerned.
"Want me to go all in?" Yi Xiao pushed the chips in front of him forward.
"That's too small a bet... How about this, we'll bet your Devil Fruit ability and my eyes. If I win, your Devil Fruit ability is mine; if you win, I'll give you my eyes. How about that?" Sig said in a dangerous tone.
"Eyes? I don't need those anymore... I don't want to see this filthy world anymore." Yixiao realized Sig's intention, and although he didn't know what he would do, his tone also became serious.
"No, that's perfect. I have an eye for beauty." Sig said, already picking up the dice cup, clearly leaving no room for Yixiao to refuse.
In the original work, after the Paramount War, Issho, a skilled civilian, directly became a new Admiral of the Navy.
I wonder what Momousagi and Gion think?
Enlisting meant Admiral; Sig probably had Sengoku's strong support on one hand, and on the other hand... Issho's strength was undoubtedly at the Admiral level!
Indeed, in the original work, Issho himself stated that when Luffy exposed Crocodile, he was in Alabasta, but he did not intervene. From that time on, he had a special impression of "Luffy".
The reason Sig believes that Sengoku strongly supports it is because Issho's ideals of Justice are completely different from those of Marshal Akainu at the time.
"When it comes to guessing odd or even, you, being blind, have a huge advantage. How about we shake our balls together and then see who wins?" Sig asked directly.
"Okay." She smiled slightly, seemingly quite confident.
Then...
After the two shook the cups for a while, when the lids were lifted, both dice shattered completely, with all twelve sides facing up—all forty-two points on both dice were facing up!
"Oh dear, it seems to be a tie." Yixiao understood that even if they played a few more times, there would be no result.
"That's right, it's a draw... In other words, your Devil Fruit ability is mine, and my eyes are yours!" Sig declared decisively.
A smile:???
Is this what they mean by "a draw"?
Seeing two Monster about to fight, the casino in the Rain Dinners was now completely deserted.
That day, outside Rain Dinners City, a meteorite fell amidst thunder and lightning...
At the time, this was just an amusing anecdote. It wasn't until much later that the name Issho became truly known and associated with the nickname "Byakugan," and he remained active in the post -Paramount War era.
On the other hand, after the Alabasta incident, Smoker was promoted to Commodore —after all, he was the one who arrested Strawberry and saved King Cobra... at least that's what the World Government said!
Unbeknownst to others, in Alabasta, members of the Seven Virtues met with each other and exchanged "rings."
The ring exists in consciousness; it is invisible to anyone except those of the Seven Virtues —in fact, it doesn't exist. They only perceive others as wearing the ring due to Sig's Psychological Suggestion.
With this ring, the Seven Virtues can communicate over a limited distance, comparable to a regular long-distance Den Den Mushi!
Crocodile also mocked Blackbeard, asking him if he wanted to call for help.
After all, Crocodile, who controlled Alabasta, knew that Ace had already caught up with them here.
Blackbeard merely smiled and didn't seem to care... then turned and ran, continuing his escape!
Crocodile then assumed it was his sarcastic aura that had worked, making Blackbeard too embarrassed to ask others for help, and thus disappeared without a trace, until...
On November 10, 1519, the World Government suddenly announced the news.
Jinbe was expelled from the Shichibukai, and at the same time... Blackbeard became the successor to the Shichibukai!
And then, to everyone's astonishment, he announced that he would execute Whitebeard's second division commander, Fire Fist Ace, in two months.