I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

[Thank you, Brother Wen. All the maps of Nine Snake Island have been opened! ]

(=w=)

Duduhao, who was lying on Xie Wen's chest, reported to him while scratching his mouth with his little paws.

"Let's go back after we're done." Cang Lanxing, who was slumped in a chair, opened his mouth wide and pretended to bite. After scaring Duduhao into retracting his claws, he responded, "They didn't come to cause trouble when we were opening the map, so we can't break the rules here."

[Okay meow~]

(=`=)

The Dudu turned over on Xie Wen's body, revealing its soft little belly, and then controlled its body to fly towards the coast that Hancock had previously allocated to them.

Xie Wen also raised his hand very tactfully and gently stroked Duduhao's belly...

Then, a big furry tail swept across his face again and again.

Xie Wen quickly raised his other hand, touched Xia Ermi who was lying on top of his head, and stroked her back.

The jealous little forest cat then retracted its tail in satisfaction and licked Xie Wen's hair as a reward.

But this posture became awkward after a long time, so Xie Wen simply sat up straight, held both cats on his lap, and started stroking them one in each hand.

While petting the cat, Xie Wen suddenly heard a "boom boom boom" explosion from below...

"...No way? Is Klee going to take action so soon?"

Xie Wen's hand that was petting the cat suddenly froze, and he subconsciously wanted to stand up and take a look -

See if there is a piece missing from Nine Snake Island.

"It's not Klee who kissed me~" Xia Ermi rubbed Xie Wen's palm with her head, "It's Jinx who is fighting with the Nine Snakes. Don't worry, she didn't get into trouble~"

(=w=)

"Jinx? Compete in the ring obediently?"

It’s not that I don’t believe in Sharmi’s observation Haki, but the situation she described is too hard to imagine.

“Right, meow~ And it seems that Jinx-chan has awakened her Observation Haki… ah, I win, meow.”

Sharmi, who was using her observation Haki to investigate the situation below, shook her ears and then relayed everything she had just "heard" to Xie Wen.

[Sister Jinx is so awesome! 】

(=w=)

Dudu, who has a personality similar to Klee, was the first to cheer.

"Hmm... this time it's Shirahoshi's turn to fight, meow~"

Xia Ermi continued to "explain" the situation below.

[Wow, I want to see Sister Shirahoshi fight in the ring, too.]

(=`h=)

Duduhao, who couldn't see the game, started scratching Xie Wen's clothes unhappily.

"I asked you to go into the city with me before, but you refused."

Xie Wen looked helplessly at the clothes that were scratched into rags, and knocked the little guy's head in annoyance.

[I just don’t like meeting strangers! ]

(=`3=)

Duduhao pouted, crossed his arms, and started to act unreasonably.

[But I want to watch Shirahoshi-san’s game, meow! ]

Xie Wen first pinched the little cat's cheek, then rubbed his chin...

"Actually, it's not impossible."

He put the two kittens down from his arms, then ran into the cabin and took out two Den Den Mushi.

One of the Den Den Mushi has a black background with red clouds on its body. It is the video Den Den Mushi named Dodo Itachi by Klee. The other one is a surveillance Den Den Mushi with a Venus flytrap decoration that can directly transmit images. Its name also inherits Klee's usual style, Dodo Zetsu.

"Here," Xie Wen handed the Dudu Jue to Xia Ermi, "you deliver it to Bai Xing and the others, so that we can watch the broadcast directly on the ship."

"Oh yeah, we also have Den Den Mushi~"

Xia Ermi took over Dudu Juehou and saluted Xie Wen cutely: "I promise to complete the task, meow~"

∠(=ΦwΦ=)

After saying that, she and the Den Den Mushi turned into a flash of lightning and disappeared on the deck.

A moment later, the eyes of the weasel lit up, and the light projected from them hit the wall not far away, revealing the scene on the ring below.

[It's Sister Shirahoshi, meow! ]

(=`=)

When Dudu saw the familiar fish tail in the picture, he immediately started dancing with excitement.

Soon after, Sharmi, who had gone to deliver the Den Den Mushi, also came back. Xie Wen thought about it, and ran to call out Meowerya who was hiding in the laboratory, and Meow Juro who was practicing sword meditation in the quiet room. They all sat on the deck together and watched Shirahoshi's ring fight.

Shirahoshi's opponent is a sturdy woman. Although she cannot compare with Shirahoshi in terms of body size, in terms of appearance alone, she looks much more ferocious than the soft and tender mermaid princess.

When the screen switched on, the fight on the ring had already started for a while, but it did not have much impact on Xie Wen and the others, because Bai Xing had been avoiding the opponent from the beginning and did not fight back at all.

Although Shirahoshi also participated in several battles with the investigation team, her so-called participation in the battle was actually just firing a few shots from behind. Although there were a lot of sparring partners in close combat, there was still a difference between sparring and real combat. So the Nine Snakes warriors on the opposite side just roared in bluffing, and the mermaid princess, who had almost no combat experience, was scared...

“Wuuuwaaaa! How come this sister is scarier than a tiger?!”

Bai Xing jumped around on the ring in a panic, jumping his fish tail, which made Meowx, who had returned to the audience, feel very embarrassed.

"You idiot! Fight back!" Meowx stuffed the Dudu Jue to Kaido Meow, and then yelled at the embarrassing follower girl on the stage: "Hit her with your fish-man karate, meow!"

(=`Д=)

Xie Wen, who was watching all this on the boat, covered his face with his hands speechlessly...

I spent so much time helping Shirahoshi build up her self-confidence, but it's actually of no use at all?

"Oh my~ Shirahoshi-sister's performance is a little too cute, meow~"

Xia Ermi covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's a pity that we even used Den Den Mushi to cheer her up, meow."

"Her Highness Shirahoshi just didn't react for a moment. I believe she will be able to adjust soon, meow." Meow Juro has great confidence in her. "Although Her Highness Shirahoshi's personality seems to be soft, she is actually very strong, meow."

The ship elf of the Dudu stared intently at the picture playing on the wall, her little claws tightly grasping Xie Wen's arm, and she was so nervous that she couldn't move, but her real body kept circling in the sky. She was clearly in the form of a floating dragon, but her speed was approaching that of a sky comet dragon.

Just when Xie Wendu felt a little dizzy, Shirahoshi in the picture finally adjusted himself as Miao Juro had predicted.

After dodging the opponent's attack, the "little" mermaid twisted her upper body and threw a straight punch straight ahead.

"Murloc Karate·Akara Sowa Shoken!"

Along with Bai Xing's delicate cry, an invisible shock wave burst out from her fist, knocking away the Nine Snakes warrior who was close at hand.

"It's a good choice. With a serious lack of combat experience, a higher hit rate is more valuable than a stronger attack, meow."

Meowjuro nodded with satisfaction, "Your Highness Shirahoshi has listened to our teachings, meow."

After succeeding in his attack, Shirahoshi seemed to have suddenly come to his senses. Instead of fleeing in a panic, he actively pursued his opponent.

"Fishman Karate: Two Thousand Tile Hand Sabers!"

Don't be fooled by Shirahoshi's soft appearance. She is actually very strong. After all, she is of royal bloodline of the Ryugu Kingdom, and she has a huge advantage in size, not to mention that she is also an ancient weapon.

So even if she can only be considered a beginner, her contribution far exceeds those little Karamis in the Arlong Pirates.

In Jinbe's words, as long as Shirahoshi can master the basic techniques of Fish-Man Karate, he will be at least at the 70th dan level.

Although the fishman in the Revolutionary Army who was known as the Hundred Segments Master broke his hand with one punch from the Barrier Fruit, making the Seventy Segments not sound particularly powerful, that was because the Barrier Fruit was too restrained in this kind of bare-handed fighting style, and the fishman was caught off guard.

In fact, the seventieth-level fish-man karate was already hard to beat in the first half of the Grand Line...

This also includes the Nine Snake Islands in the Calm Belt.

Although Shirahoshi has not yet awakened her Armament Haki, Armament Haki is not omnipotent. The key still depends on the user's own ability.

Even if Shirahoshi's current opponent used the Armament Haki, he still couldn't withstand her Fishman Karate.

Therefore, after Shirahoshi overcame her psychological barrier, the outcome of the battle was already determined. If it weren't for her poor combat experience, the winner would have been decided long ago.

But even so, as Shirahoshi used the moves from Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Ju-Jitsu methodically, her opponent gradually showed signs of defeat.

In the end, the burly Nine Snakes warrior was hit in the face by Shirahoshi's Fishman Karate Upper Explosion Palm. His eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Ah! Are you, are you okay?!"

Having defeated his opponent, Shirahoshi expressed concern subconsciously before reacting...

"I won? Yay! I won!!!"