I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"How did you know about Power Rock?!"

Hillnans was horrified and instinctively raised his hand to grab Xie Wen for interrogation, but when he was halfway there he reacted and pointed his finger at Xie Wen and questioned him harshly.

"I am a Shichibukai after all, so of course I have my own intelligence system." Xie Wen shrugged and said casually: "Just like you can't tell me what is hidden here, I can't betray my source of intelligence, so don't ask."

Just as Hillnans was in a dilemma, Huiyuan Meowth held his chin and murmured thoughtfully, "No wonder you were a little weird before. Klee also felt that your mood was not right... You guessed that there was a power rock on this island at that time, right? At that time, you must have wanted to hide it from Klee and not let her know about this matter, Meowth?!"

The kitten became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he made a "there is only one truth" gesture and pointed at Xie Wen and said with certainty.

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

∑(=OДO=)

Klee looked at Xie Wen in disbelief. Although Canglanxing appeared calm on the surface, the little puppet had already sensed the guilt in his emotions.

"Brother Xie Wen, you big idiot meow!"

(=◣ Pan◢=)

The angry little rag doll pounced and hugged Xie Wen's head, then bit his forehead and kicked Xie Wen's chest with her little cat legs.

With the armed color on, Xie Wen let Klee vent her anger for a while before taking the disgruntled little doll off his head.

"Didn't I tell you this?"

Xie Wen rubbed Klee's little face and explained helplessly.

Then the evil-minded Huiyuan Meow added fuel to the fire: "If we hadn't run into Uncle Hillnans and asked him about this matter, you would have pretended that you knew nothing and just let it go, right Meow?"

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

After giving this treacherous little idiot a fierce look, Xie Wen quickly turned around to comfort the angry Keli: "Keli, don't listen to Xiao Ai's nonsense. I was actually considering whether to tell you or not, but I just hadn't made up my mind yet."

While coaxing the little puppet, Xie Wen also did not forget to comfort Meowx who was staring at him and thinking about where to start...

"And I was thinking about getting two for Jinx. How could I just let it go so easily?"

"Well……"

(=vv=)

The little puppet stared at Xie Wen seriously for a while, and after confirming that he was not lying, it immediately smiled.

"Hehe~ I know that Brother Xie Wen is the best meow~"

(=`=)

Klee pounced on Xie Wen's head again, licked the place she had just nibbled twice, and rubbed it hard.

When Meowx saw this, he retracted his dangerous gaze and came forward to rub against Xie Wen with satisfaction.

"call……"

Xie Wen finally dealt with the two little cats. He first glared at the little bastard Huiyuanmiao, and then turned to look at Hillnans who looked alert.

"Don't worry, uncle. I don't plan to take it from you by force. Don't forget, I am a Shichibukai. I can directly contact the World Government or Marshal Sengoku to see if I can trade one or two pieces... How could I make things difficult for you?"

"call……"

Hillnans also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to be an enemy of the cats. And he was not being self-deprecating. Their SHIELD troops might not be able to defeat Xie Wen and his men.

The two nature-type fruits, the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Thunder Fruit, are enough to give people a headache, not to mention the existence of Xie Wen, who can fight against the Four Emperors.

"...That's good." After a brief silence, Hillnans forced himself to say, "Should I continue to show you around?"

"Of course, even if there is no Power Rock, we are used to visiting every island we encounter."

Xie Wen nodded in reply, but did not immediately follow Hillnans to continue shopping.

Because he found that Hillnans was still a little affected after all, and seemed to be a little worried.

But this is normal. If he immediately acts as if nothing happened... well... this seems to be normal in the pirate world...

But no matter what, Xie Wen decided to further calm his mind.

But before that, there is another question that needs to be understood from Hillnans——

"By the way, do you know what Uncle Cody is doing now?"

"You mean he's a CP agent?" Hillnans immediately understood what Xie Wen wanted to ask, "I knew it a long time ago..."

Then he looked around furtively, and then put his hand to his mouth and whispered: "Otherwise, how do you think I was promoted to lieutenant general of the special forces as a colonel who is not in the headquarters? It's not enough to just have strength."

Xie Wen: "..."

How should I put it? This situation is both unexpected and not unexpected.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Cody seemed to have more power than he had imagined. Not surprisingly, after Xie Wen noticed Hillnans' promotion speed, which was comparable to Smoker's, he knew that he must have connections at the top.

If the “Deserter King” wasn’t Garp’s disciple, how could he not only get away with nothing after provoking Akainu but also be promoted?

Even on Earth, there are many cases of people with connections, academic cliques, and local protectionism, let alone the world of pirates.

But Xie Wen didn't expect that Hillnans's relationship was actually Uncle Cody.

Xie Wen didn’t think it was a big deal that Hillnans lost Uncle Cody’s relationship. Didn’t he himself rely on Uncle Cody’s relationship to get three devil fruits from the World Government?

"Now that you know, it's okay."

After confirming that Hillnans was also an insider, Xie Wen immediately took out a Den Den Mushi and called Uncle Cody.

"Xie Wen? How come you have time to contact me?"

Den Den Mushi's expression suddenly showed shock, "Wait! Did you do something big again?! Can't you just be quiet for a while?!"

Cody's voice sounded very tired.

"What are you talking about?" Xie Wen was very confused. "Haven't I been very well behaved recently?"

"Hum hum……"

Cody sneered a few times, but did not answer the question.

And as if to prevent Xie Wen from noticing anything, he didn't give Xie Wen any time to think. After sneering, he asked directly, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Xie Wen, who was rather slow in this regard, naturally did not think much about it and replied, "I want the power rock. Can you please help convey it to the higher-ups?"

"You're at Hillnans now?!"

Cody reacted immediately, "That idiot actually told you such confidential information?! Does he want to be arrested and taken to Judicial Island for trial?!"

"Wait a minute! Teacher Cody! I can't pretend I didn't hear that!" Hillnans complained: "Xie Wen must have learned about the Power Rock from somewhere else! I didn't say anything!"

Is it really the teacher?

When Xie Wen heard how Hillnans addressed Cody, he understood.

It seems that the problem of academic cliques in the world of pirates is also very serious.