I the King of bandits of the East Sea

Sengoku's eyes widened, and for a moment, he was so angry he almost laughed:

"Garp, why didn't you report such crucial information?"

Garp, on the other hand, stood up abruptly, walked over to Garp, and snatched the bag of rice crackers from his hands.

"Garp! Have you really gone senile? Speak up! When did you have private contact with Sig?"

"Was it back when you were pursuing Roger's crew?"

Garp shouted.

Garp hesitated.

In this situation, there was no way he could brush it off anymore. He had no choice but to explain:

"It was right before the Celestial Dragon incident in the Kingdom of Goa."

"I heard that Sig had contact with my grandson Luffy and the Red-Haired Pirates at a bar in Windmill Village, so I went to investigate."

"This..."

"You knew all along that Sig had contact with the Red-Haired Pirates?"

Sengoku and Garp were stunned.

They had been analyzing and speculating for so long about Sig's connection to Roger...

Only to find out that someone right beside them had known the truth all along and had just been quietly munching on rice crackers without saying a word!

"Garp! Why?!"

Garp asked, one hand on his forehead, gritting his teeth.

Seeing this, Garp could only scratch his head and continue explaining.

"I've already spoken with Sig. He's definitely not a member of Roger's crew, and he's not even a pirate."

"Back when I was pursuing Roger's crew decades ago, I never saw Sig on Roger's ship..."

Garp briefly recounted his first meeting with Sig in the mountains.

Of course, he left out any mention of Ace.

"When I met Sig, he appeared to be a strong man on the surface, but he couldn't actually use his strength. He could barely even stand. I personally confirmed this. There's no way I could have been mistaken."

"As for the part about him raiding the vault of those scumbags... I really didn't hear him mention that. Did he really do something like that?..."

Sengoku's forehead twitched. He ignored Garp's disrespectful phrasing and roared:

"Why did you hide this?"

Garp didn't answer immediately. He fell silent for a moment, then spoke in an unusually serious tone:

"Back then, Roger's case already dragged in too many people. Sig truly isn't a member of Roger's crew. He shouldn't be punished for that."

"When I met Sig, he was either seriously ill or severely injured. He couldn't use his strength at all. That's why I judged that Sig, in that state, posed no threat to us. So I kept it to myself."

"As for the other crimes Sig has committed, that's his own business."

"Garp, you bastard!"

Sengoku slammed the table, his face dark with anger.

But admittedly, this was exactly the kind of thing Garp would do.

For many years, Garp had never hidden his thoughts.

After the execution of the Pirate King Roger, the World Government had scoured the world for anyone connected to Roger, including Roger's wife, Rouge, former members of Roger's crew, and even people who had merely known Roger.

In that tense era, almost everyone was forced to distance themselves from Roger. Few dared to admit they had known him.

During that time, several of Roger's crew members were captured, such as the infamous "Demon Heir," Douglas Bullet.

Back then, Garp had openly opposed the World Government's actions, but even the Hero of the Marines couldn't change everything.

"Sengoku, calm down. Garp sometimes just has a screw loose..."

Garp quickly tried to mediate.

However, while mediating, he glanced at his old friend out of the corner of his eye.

Based on his years of understanding of Garp, Garp had a feeling that Garp was still hiding something.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on that.

"Ahem. The top priority right now isn't to dwell on Garp. The key issue is Sig."

Garp used the classic distraction tactic:

"Garp, are you sure Sig was seriously ill or injured? You absolutely cannot hide anything about this!"

"Of course!"

Garp also widened his eyes, retorting indignantly:

"Are you doubting my judgment? I personally tested Sig's strength. At that time, he couldn't even stand..."

After listening to Garp's description, Sengoku's anger subsided slightly, replaced by a look of seriousness.

"Have Momousagi investigate further in Loguetown, and also retrieve Loguetown's records... If Sig is indeed from Loguetown, there's no way there wouldn't be any traces."

As he spoke, Sengoku glanced at Clown Buggy's file.

The Marines hadn't yet found definitive evidence about Buggy, but based on Garp's account, they concluded he was a former member of Roger's crew.

But this was different from Sig's situation.

Loguetown was a major town in the East Blue, and the World Government's control over this special city was far stronger than in other places.

If Sig was indeed from Loguetown, it would be nearly impossible for the World Government to miss it if they investigated thoroughly.

.........

Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

Celestial Dragon Charlos sat atop a burly pirate slave, beginning his routine stroll in high spirits.

After a period of treatment, his illness had finally healed, allowing him to return safely to Mary Geoise.

"Ah, how nostalgic. The scenery of Mary Geoise."

Just as Charlos was reminiscing, a man in a white suit approached him.

"Charlos-sama, I bring the latest news about the pirate named Sig..."

"Oh? Has that dangerous criminal been captured by those useless Marines?"

Charlos's face lit up with joy at first.

But as the man in the white suit continued to explain, Charlos's expression gradually changed.

From initial joy, his face grew increasingly grim, until finally, he was trembling with rage.

"Sig is the criminal who raided our family's vault?"

Charlos repeated the words, his face twisted in fury.

Over twenty years ago, one of the Celestial Dragon families in Mary Geoise had indeed had their vault raided... and it was Charlos's family.

The lost wealth wasn't the main issue—Celestial Dragons never lacked money.

What was important was that Charlos's family had lost something extremely valuable...

"It was him?"

"That damned criminal targeted our family over twenty years ago."

"Wait, was his attack on me in the East Blue also premeditated?"