I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

“…Hahahaha! It’s normal that you don’t recognize me. After all, I have disappeared for nearly twenty years.”

A hint of displeasure flashed across Shiqi's face, but he quickly returned to his heroic smile.

"But you may have heard of my name. I am..."

After dragging out a long note, Shiki suddenly danced in the air for no apparent reason. After a dance that was not well received, Shiki made an equally poorly received ending pose, and continued with his previous words -

"……Rooster!"

Xie Wen: "..."

The rudder on Shiqi's head has a huge impact on him.

"Ah! No! It should be Shiki!"

Since there was no one around to complain about him, Shiki maintained that weird ending pose for a while before he suddenly realized something and complained about himself. He opened his arms and proudly corrected himself, "I am the captain of the Sky Pirates - "Golden Lion" Shiki!"

Hearing the name "Golden Lion", the Felyne cats on the ship all looked over, but after looking at Shiki, they could not see any similarities between him and the "Grand Captain", so they all withdrew their gazes in disappointment...

This made Shi Ji, who wanted to show off in front of others, completely confused.

"Shiki? I seem to have some impression of this name... Where did I hear it from?"

Before Shiqi could ask, Xie Wen spoke first, drawing his attention back and changing the topic away from the cats' strange reactions.

In fact, with Xie Wen's bad taste, he should have continued to tease Shiji for a while, but considering that he would have to take him to the artificial sky island later, the "kind" Cang Lanxing gave up the idea of ​​continuing to tease Shiji.

After trying hard to recall for a while, Xie Wen's face showed a look of realization and a little surprise.

"I remember now! You are the only pirate who escaped from Impel Down, from the same era as Pirate King Roger!"

"Hahahaha! That's right! It was me! In order to escape from that crappy place, I sacrificed my own feet!"

Shiki showed Xie Wen the two famous swords on his legs that replaced his feet, "Muku" and "Yingju", without any hesitation.

Although the names of these two famous swords sound very Japanese, in fact, they are not katana, but a pair of the most common double-edged swords. The blades are not long, and they are relatively short among one-handed swords...

It is very suitable for use as a dual sword.

"Ok?"

Shiqi noticed Xie Wen's gaze lingering on the two swords on his legs, and immediately remembered one of Cang Lanxing's hobbies - collecting famous swords.

"Hahahaha! Are you interested in my "Muku" and "Yingshi"? Actually, it's not impossible to give them to you..."

For Shiqi, these two weapons that have been with him for many years are also very important, but if he can make Xie Wen his ally, then they will not be so important.

Moreover, after using these two swords as prosthetic limbs, Shiki rarely used swordsmanship anymore. Instead, his fruit ability made considerable progress after maintaining the island called Wilmeyu for a long time.

"Oh? Then...what's the price?"

Xie Wen knew clearly that Shiki was also a typical pirate, and a great pirate who had been famous for many years. His nickname "Blue Star" might make him hesitate, but it would never make Shiki behave so "friendly".

Therefore, he must be asking for something.

"You must be very unhappy with the World Government now, right?"

After confirming that Xie Wen had no intention of taking action, Shi Ji, who had been keeping a distance from Xie Wen, finally came up and landed on the deck of the Dudu, then opened his arms and arrogantly invited Xie Wen...

"So, do you want to join me and subvert this world?!"

"Looking for trouble with the World Government? I'm quite interested, but I don't think that we can pose a threat to the World Government just by joining forces. Don't let that happen and you'll be locked up in Impel Down again... There won't be a second pair of legs for you to chop off this time."

Although Xie Wen's words were very impolite, they further reduced Shi Ji's worries.

After all, before this, the image of "Blue Star" in the outside world was that it hated evil and was ruthless. If Xie Wen chose not to get involved after knowing his plan, it would not matter. The only thing to be afraid of was that Xie Wen really hated evil and would in turn obstruct his plan.

But judging from Xie Wen’s reaction just now, his resentment towards the World Government seems to be quite high, so the possibility of getting him to join has increased a lot.

Of course, considering Xie Wen's reputation, Shi Ji did not intend to reveal his plan for the time being, but said with reservation: "In fact, I have been secretly contacting and recruiting other pirates over the years. When the time is right, I will immediately gather them and form a huge pirate coalition!"

Hmm... In the movie, it seems that Shiki did gather a large group of pirates, but their strength was quite weak, and they were directly defeated by Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in the third gear.

Although part of this is due to the evolved animals, it does not change the fact that they are just a mob.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this situation is quite reasonable. A pirate with real strength would not choose Shiki, a loser who was once captured in Impel Down. Wouldn't it be better to directly join the Four Emperors?

Following this line of thought, Shiki's seemingly unnecessary act of destroying the East China Sea also became reasonable. Threatening the World Government and the Navy was actually secondary. The more important thing was to announce his return and the power in his hands to the world by destroying the East China Sea, so that more and stronger pirates would come to him.

Considering the crude strategic environment of the pirate world, Shiki's plan was actually quite feasible. It was a pity that he ran into the destined protagonist Luffy, and failed immediately.

As Xie Wen was recalling the plot, a slightly sarcastic expression unconsciously appeared on his face.

Then his expression was misunderstood by Shiqi, who thought that Xie Wen looked down on the pirate alliance he formed.

But Shiki was not angry, because he didn't really think highly of those pirates.

“Hahahaha! Those pirates are just appetizers. I summoned them mainly to deal with those ordinary navy. My real trump card is not those pirates, but a magical plant called IQ!”

It can be seen that Shi Ji really wanted to get Xie Wen to join him, and he even took the risk of revealing the core part of his plan before Xie Wen agreed to form an alliance with him.

There's no way. The pirates that Shiki likes either have lofty ambitions and want to become the Pirate King themselves, or have already been recruited by his old acquaintances. It's too difficult to find a reliable helper!

So even though he knew that letting Xie Wen join would be risky, Shi Ji couldn't help but want to give it a try...

Pirates are a group of guys who are very fond of gambling.

"IQ?"

"Magical plant meow?"

(=w=)

Xie Wen, who already knew what was going on, continued to play dumb, and Huiyuan Miao, who had no interest in their conversation, quickly pricked up his ears.

"Hahahaha! If you want to know the specific situation, why don't you come with me to visit my secret base in the sky?"

Shi Qi invited Xie Wen again.

Bluestar was a little dazed when the anxious Huiyuan Meowth pulled his ears...

He was still thinking about what excuse he could use to follow Shiqi, so why did they suddenly go in both directions?