I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

A few minutes later, three sneaky figures bypassed the patrolling national soldiers and slipped back into Jiushe City.

In the long-term mutual trap with the Blue Star, the little cats may not have mastered other hunting skills very well, but they have become more and more proficient in the empty soul possession used to increase the success rate of sneak attacks.

I can only say that interest is the best teacher.

"Don't worry, we'd better find out the situation inside first."

(=vv=)

After carefully entering the palace, Huibara stopped Meowx and Klee who were about to look for Hancock.

After all, even if you have the ability to block your observation Haki by using the empty soul possession technique, there is still a risk of being accidentally seen by the guards, so it is better to be cautious.

Deeply influenced by Xie Wen, Huiyuan Miao patted the white bat lying on his shoulder.

"Vermouth, send a clone to scout the way first, meow."

"Gee~"

Vermouth responded, and then a smaller bat separated from her body, flapping its wings and flying towards the depths of the palace.

"Aren't you being a little too cautious, meow?"

(In)

Meowx, who was more impatient, swung his tail and said impatiently, "Even if we are accidentally discovered, it's not a big deal."

Huiyuan glanced at her and said calmly, "It's not a big deal if they find us, but Sister Huamei won't let us off easily."

I'm not afraid of anything except Lord Xiang Feihu's crazy cat, so I shut up immediately.

Klee, who had been nodding her head in agreement with Meowx, instantly calmed down...

"Sister Ai is right, we should be more careful, meow! Brother Xie Wen also said that we should act cautiously, meow!"

(=`w=)

So the three kittens quietly nestled in a corner not far from the entrance of the palace, waiting quietly for Vermouth's clone to return.

Hollow soul possession is a relatively advanced power system in the Monster Hunter world. It is impossible for Vermouth, who was "born" in the pirate world and whose body is still a dead object, to learn it.

However, as an "animal" transformed from "dead matter", it also has special advantages. That is, when Vermouth activates elementalization and semi-elementalization, it can completely eliminate its own biological reactions such as breathing and heartbeat, and return to the essence of "dead matter"... although it can move.

In addition, now it is just a clone, so its presence is even weaker. This state is actually somewhat similar to Sharmi's "Moonless Thundercloud", but the "Moonless Thundercloud" is more complicated on the technical level, and its concealment is naturally higher than the simple method of Vermouth.

But even so, using Vermouth's clone for reconnaissance is enough. As long as its clone does not actively launch an attack, it is still difficult for ordinary observation Haki to notice it...

A certain Blue Star who has been attacked by Graybara Cat several times can testify to this.

Moreover, even if Vermouth's clone was discovered, it didn't matter. The death of the clone would not have any impact on it. It's just that Haibara Cat had not concealed the existence of Vermouth before, and had always let it stay on her body as usual, so if it was discovered, it might be able to find her here.

Fortunately, Vermouth is still very competitive, or rather, the level of observation Haki of Boa Hancock's two sisters is just so-so. After Vermouth's clone flew around the palace, it did not attract anyone's attention and successfully returned to Haibara Meow.

"grumble."

After retracting her clone, Vermouth shook her wings, and without waiting for Cathaina to ask any questions, she raised a paw and made a "V" gesture.

"There are only two guards in the entire palace, meow?"

(=⊙w⊙=)

Huibara Cat blinked twice in disbelief.

Then, she nodded as a matter of course, "That's right, if we follow the rumor about the curse, we really can't arrange other guards here."

"grumble."

At this moment, Vermouth suddenly shook her head again, and then separated two gas clones from her body.

Then, after twisting and deforming for a while, the two clones barely formed two shapes that resembled some kind of animals.

After gaining the power of the White Bat Fruit, it, whose main body is gas, lost the ability to transform freely that gas should have, and cannot take on any shape other than a bat.

Shirley and Qin are the same in this regard.

So even though Vermouth tried very hard, Catnap could only see these two animals, one with four legs and the other with wings.

But she had already understood what Vermouth meant.

"You mean, in addition to the two guards, there are two animal pairs with them?"

"Jiji!"

Vermouth nodded repeatedly.

"They are lying, meow!" Meowx swung her tail excitedly. "If there really is a Gorgon Curse, it should be effective on other animals as well, meow!"

And Huiyuan Meowth nodded thoughtfully, "Come to think of it, when we encountered the Nine Snakes Pirates at sea, there seemed to be a black leopard on their ship, meow..."

As for the one with wings, the kitten has no idea for the time being.

But this is not important. What is important is that the existence of these two animals further proves that the so-called curse is mostly false.

After confirming that there were only two people and two animals guarding the palace, the three little cats immediately took action.

They first sprinkled the deodorant that Haibara Meow had made before on their bodies to prevent the black panther from smelling the scent. Then, maintaining the state of empty soul possession, under the guidance of Vermouth, they sneaked towards the room guarded by Boa Santasonia and Boa Marigold.

With the cats' sufficient preparation, it was naturally impossible for the two Boa sisters who served as guards, and the black panther and eagle beside them to notice the arrival of the three little cats.

Of course, they couldn't get in through the main door that was blocked by the two sisters, but this was not a big problem for the cats. They soon came to the window on the other wall.

then……

Klee summoned a ball of blue flame, and easily and without making any sound, burned a hole in the window made of wood and cloth, creating a hole large enough for Felynx to pass through...

Well, except Kaido.

Then, Klee took a light leap and jumped into the hole she had burned. After landing silently, the little puppet simply looked around and immediately noticed the huge bathtub in the center of the room with a lot of steam rising from it, and the tall figure looming in the steam.

Since everyone had to be driven out of the city every time she took a shower, and her two sisters were guarding outside the room, Hancock naturally didn't need to set up any shelter in the room.

Therefore, when Klee came closer, Hancock's figure appeared in front of her without any cover.

Spark Knight's good luck came into play again. At this time, Hancock not only had her back to her, but also stood up and lifted up her hair that was covering her back.

Thus, the little puppet could easily see the thing on her back that she had been trying to hide.

It was a pattern composed of a large circle and four small triangles, like the paw print of some animal.