Chapter 139: The Celestial Dragons' Reaction

Kong's eyes widened, momentarily laughing out of anger:

"Garp, why didn't you mention such important intelligence?"

Sengoku even shot up from his seat, walked directly in front of Garp, and snatched his senbei crackers with one hand.

"Garp! Are you really getting senile! Speak quickly, when did you have private contact with Sig?"

"Was it when you were pursuing the Roger Pirates back then?"

Sengoku asked loudly.

Garp hesitated for a moment.

In this situation, it was impossible for him to bluff his way through anymore, so he could only open his mouth and explain:

"Just before the Celestial Dragon incident in the Goa Kingdom."

"This old man heard that Sig had contact with this old man's grandson Luffy and the Red-Haired Pirates in a tavern in Foosha Village, so I sought him out."

"This...."

"You knew long ago that Sig had contact with the Red-Haired Pirates?"

Kong and Sengoku were shocked.

They had been analyzing and thinking here for half a day about Sig's relationship with Roger...

Turns out there was someone right beside them who knew the truth all along, yet deliberately didn't say anything, just quietly eating senbei on the side!

"Garp! Why!"

Sengoku put a hand to his forehead, asking through gritted teeth.

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

"This old man has already talked with Sig. He is indeed not a member of the Roger Pirates, not even a pirate."

"When I was pursuing the Roger Pirates decades ago, I indeed never saw Sig on Roger's ship...."

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

Of course, he omitted mentioning anything about Ace.

"When this old man met Sig, he appeared strong on the surface, but his strength couldn't be exerted at all, he even had difficulty standing up. This old man personally confirmed this point; it's impossible to have misjudged."

"It's just thatเรื่อง of robbing the treasury of that bunch of scum, I really didn't hear him mention it. Did he really do such a thing?..."

Black lines appeared on Kong's forehead. Ignoring a certain disrespectful expression in Garp's words, he roared loudly;

"Why did you conceal such a thing?"

Garp didn't answer immediately but fell silent for a moment, then said in a rare serious tone:

"Regarding Roger back then, enough people were already implicated. Sig is indeed not a member of the Roger Pirates; he shouldn't be incriminated because of this."

"When I met Sig at that time, he must have been seriously ill or heavily injured, unable to exert his full strength. Therefore, I judged that such a Sig posed no threat to us, so I concealed this matter."

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

"Garp, you bastard!"

Kong slammed the table in anger, his entire face darkened.

But it had to be said, this indeed sounded like something Garp would do.

For so many years, Garp had never hidden many of his own thoughts.

After the Pirate King Roger was executed, the World Government searched the entire world for people related to Roger, including Roger's wife Rouge, the former members of the Roger Pirates, and even many people who knew Roger.

In that era of widespread fear and suspicion, almost everyone was forced to draw a clear line with Roger, and few dared to say they knew him.

Among them, Roger's crew members were successively caught, such as that famous Demon Heir within the Roger Pirates, Bullet.

At that time, Garp had also directly opposed this measure by the World Government, but he was powerless; even the Hero of the Marines had many things he couldn't do.

"Old Brother Kong, calm down. This fellow Garp sometimes really has a screw loose..."

Sengoku quickly tried to persuade him from the side.

However, while persuading, his peripheral vision was also watching his old friend.

Based on his many years of understanding this old friend, Sengoku always felt that Garp seemed to be hiding something else.

However, now was not the time to consider this issue.

"Ahem. The current priority is not to get hung up on Garp; the key is this Sig."

Sengoku used the great technique of changing the subject:

"Garp, are you sure Sig was once seriously ill or heavily injured? You absolutely cannot have any concealment about this matter!"

"Of course!"

Garp also widened his eyes, retorting unconvinced:

"Are you doubting this old man's judgment? I've personally tested Sig's capabilities; at that time, he really couldn't even stand up..."

Hearing Garp's description, the anger on Kong's face slightly subsided, replaced by a solemn expression.

"Have Gion investigate further in Loguetown, and at the same time, retrieve the files on Loguetown... If Sig truly originates from Loguetown, it's absolutely impossible for there to be no trace whatsoever."

While speaking, Kong glanced several times at Clown Buggy's file.

The Marines had not yet found decisive evidence regarding Buggy, only judging him to be a former member of the Pirate King's crew based on Garp's words.

But this situation was somewhat different from Sig's.

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

If Sig indeed originated from Loguetown, as long as the World Government investigated diligently, it would be basically impossible to keep it hidden.

.........

Holy Land Mary Geoise.

Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos sat on a burly pirate slave, beginning his routine walk, in high spirits.

After a period of treatment, his ailments were finally cured, and he could safely return to the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

"How nostalgic, the scenery of Holy Land Mary Geoise."

Just as Saint Charlos was feeling emotional, in front of him, a man wearing a white suit walked over.

"Saint Charlos, I bring the latest news regarding the pirate named Sig..."

"Hm? Has this dangerous criminal been captured by that bunch of useless Marines?"

Joy first appeared on Saint Charlos's face.

But as he listened to the man in the white suit describe it sentence by sentence, the expression on his entire face gradually changed.

From the initial joy, his face gradually turned ugly, until finally, he was gritting his teeth, his whole body trembling with anger.

"Sig is the major criminal who attacked the family treasury?"

Saint Charlos repeated this sentence, his face extremely unsightly.

More than twenty years ago, among the Celestial Dragon families in the Holy Land, there was indeed one family whose treasury was tragically looted..... It was precisely Saint Charlos's family.

The lost money wasn't very important; Celestial Dragons have never lacked money.

But what was important was that Saint Charlos's family lost something extremely crucial...

"It was actually him?"

"This damned major criminal actually targeted our family as early as twenty years ago."

"Wait, could it be that when I was attacked by him in the East Blue, it was also something he had premeditated for a long time?"