I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Xie Wen did not feel much disappointed when he failed to get Inuarashi's consent. After all, there were still many ways to obtain the historical text. At worst, he could let Sharmi make a secret trip. Xie Wen did not think that Cat Viper and his group of knights could detect the "Moonless Thundercloud" that even Rayleigh and Aokiji would be affected by.

"Then, is it okay for us to go for a stroll in Zou?"

Xie Wen was ready to take the cats away. After all, in addition to the main history text, they still had a lot of things to do. For example, Robin wanted to learn about the history of this place, Shirahoshi wanted to try to establish a connection with the elephant master, and Huibara was also very interested in some of the unique plants here, etc.

Inuarashi nodded.

"Of course, please feel free to go anywhere in Zou except the forbidden area of ​​Whale Forest."

"Uh……"

Although Xie Wen already knew where the historical text was hidden, wasn't Inuarashi's answer too obvious?

Xie Wen also complained again at this time: "Aren't you telling us clearly that the historical text is hidden there?"

"That's right," Inuarashi didn't expect that he had no intention of hiding anything. "Even if I didn't tell you, you would have been warned by the Knights when you approached the Whale Forest, so there's no point in hiding it. And since you didn't choose to deceive me before, I certainly wouldn't do such an unrighteous thing."

Although he did not lie, Xie Wen, who was already prepared for the cat to peek, rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

How should I put it... the fur tribe is really simple...

This made Xie Wen feel a little embarrassed for deceiving them.

Of course, that’s what he said, but when all other methods fail, Xie Wen will definitely not hesitate to peek when it’s time to do so.

After exchanging a few more polite words with Inuarashi, Xie Wen and the others left, planning to take a good look around Zou first.

"That guy named Oda, is he your source of special information?"

After returning to the streets of Zou and dealing with those enthusiastic furriers again, Robin finally found a chance to ask.

"Well, you could say that."

"Who is that Oda? Why have I never seen him, meow?"

As the first Felyne to follow Xie Wen, Sanji was very unfamiliar with this name.

The second puppet that joined also pulled Xie Wen's ear and yelled, "Ke Li doesn't know either, Brother Xie Wen, who is that? Ke Li wants to meet him too!"

"Actually, I have never met him in person. I have only read his books." Xie Wen continued to tell the truth.

(=vv=)

The little puppet turned its head and looked at Xie Wen seriously for a long time before muttering in a voice that everyone could hear: "Strange, Brother Xie Wen obviously didn't lie, but why do I always feel that he is lying to Ke Li?"

"I didn't lie to you," Xie Wen scratched her chin, "It's just that there are some things I don't know how to explain to you, so I omitted them."

"So that's how it is, meow?"

Klee pouted and thought for a moment, but soon gave up trying to get to the bottom of the matter. She began to purr happily and rubbed her furry little head against Xie Wen's face.

Robin, who brought up this topic, also did not delve into it. She just wanted to satisfy her curiosity because Xie Wen always mentioned his "special source of information".

After getting the answer from Xie Wen, she turned around and discussed the unique urban planning and ecological environment of Zou with Huiyuan Miao and Huamei Miao.

"It's really strange. The trees and buildings here seem to be particularly tall. The positions of other plants are also strange..."

(°w°≡°w°)

Grayhara turned his head to observe the surrounding environment, and muttered in confusion: "And those crocodiles have particularly long legs, as if... they evolved to be like this specifically for a certain geographical environment."

"You guessed it right, this is Zou's unique 'climate'!"

Xie Wen suddenly felt his back sink, and then a rabbit head squeezed in between him and Huibara Meowth from behind and rested on his shoulder.

"What are you doing? You scared me, meow!"

Graybara, who was almost pushed down, raised his paw and punched Carrot's head with a series of cat punches.

"Sorry, sorry," Carrot apologized with a smile, getting close to Huiyuan Meow's face and her Kalu Qiu, "I actually just came to inform you to take shelter from the rain."

"Shelter from the rain?" Hua Mei looked up at the sky. "But I don't feel like it's going to rain. Besides, the altitude here is so high that it shouldn't rain at all... By the way, if that's the case, where does your fresh water come from?"

Just as Garrot was about to answer, the bell of the city gate rang again, and a few furry animal heads popped out from the nearby buildings. They shouted at the top of their lungs, "The rain of fire is coming! Everyone, get to higher ground!"

Xie Wen and his friends quickly followed the other Mink Tribe members to climb to a higher position. At the same time, he finally remembered what this "fire rain" was.

"Strictly speaking, the fire-breathing rain is not rain," Garrott explained, "it is the elephant lord's bath twice a day."

As she explained, a huge elephant's trunk could be vaguely seen rising in the clouds ahead. Immediately afterwards, a large amount of water sprayed out from it, flew over the city of Zou, and then fell down with a loud bang.

“…This rainwater is actually seawater. After it falls, it will flow out through the filtering device in the city center and become the domestic water for this country.”

Garrott pointed to the tallest building in the city and the fish and shrimp tumbling in the water and continued, "A lot of fish will fall, so there is no need to worry about food. This is the rain of Zou's grace."

As the streets in the city were flooded by "rainwater", everyone knew why the trees, buildings, and even crocodiles here had such strange appearances.

"Wow! This is fun, meow!"

(=`=)

The interested little puppet twisted its body restlessly, stretched its claws towards its small schoolbag, and asked repeatedly: "Can Klee go to fry fish, meow? Can she, meow? Can she, meow?"

"Fish frying? Is that a way of fishing outside of Zou? Of course! I'm also curious about how people outside catch fish!"

The little rabbit, who knew nothing about Klee's bomb, agreed naively.

"Oooooh! Go ahead! Buzz bomb meow!"

(==)

The little puppet, who had been impatient for a long time, waved his little paws to leave an afterimage, and in the blink of an eye, he threw out more than ten buzz bombs.

Xie Wen had no intention of saying anything to stop it from beginning to end. After all, under his and Hua Meimao's education, the little puppet now knows her limits and she would not use bombs with excessive power in the city.

"Oh... that's bad! Klee accidentally threw out the compressed bouncing bomb that Suika helped her make, meow!"

Xie Wen: “!!!”

“Hey hey hey… Klee didn’t mean it, meow…”

(=＜=)

Faced with Xie Wen's surprised look, the little puppet decisively tried to get away with it by acting cute.

"Everyone get down! A big explosion is coming, meow!"

While Xie Wen was still staring at Klee, Huamei, the most reliable member of the investigation team, had already loudly issued a warning to the surrounding Minks.

The other members of the investigation team had already found cover and were lying on the ground with Garrot and the nearby fur tribe.

"boom--!!!"