I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Xie Wen had no idea that Shanks was trying every means to find out his location. After welcoming Touma and Meowth, he kept his promise and sent the Toot to the Mechanical Island Balkimoa.

"Wow! That's awesome, Xie Wen! The Dudu is really awesome!"

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Touma, who saw the transformation of the Toot-Toot for the first time, excitedly lay on the edge of the Toot-Toot, shouting as he watched the claw-wing jet on the outside changing its shape.

[Waaaaa! Touma-nii, don’t lie there like that, meow! ]

∑(=ΦДΦ=)

Dudu, which had already been integrated into the main body, suddenly reminded with a little panic.

However, her reminder was still a step too late. A transparent protective shield quickly rose from the edge and rushed into the air with a confused little cow cat.

"…Unfortunate meow~~~~~"

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Touma, who was "carried away", screamed in a wave sound, but his little claws still firmly grasped the edge of the protective shield.

"Let go, you little idiot! Don't you want your claws anymore?!"

“Eh?! Wahhhhhh! Xie Wen! You must catch me, meow——!”

After Xie Wen's loud reminder, Touma finally reacted and loosened his claws, then fell from a high place. While wailing, he did not forget to ask Xie Wen for help.

It’s a pity that Xie Wen failed to catch him, because Touma Meowth didn’t fall onto the deck at all, but was carried downward by inertia, and finally hit the protective shield that rose on the other side with a "bang".

What made Xie Wen even more embarrassed was that the next second after Touma-neko let go and fell, the protective shield above suddenly stretched out a pair of arms and tried to catch him, but because of Xie Wen's reminder, it just failed to catch him...

In other words, if he hadn't shouted that sentence, Robin would have already rescued Touma-nyan.

He exchanged a glance with Robin in silence. However, in less than a day, Xie Wen also discovered another characteristic of Touma Meowth——

His actions, or the sudden situations when he was in bad luck, seemed difficult to be captured by the Observation Haki. Every time they wanted to rescue him, there would always be a delay of one or half a second. It was precisely this fleeting time that made them always miss most of the opportunities to rescue Touma Meowth.

Unless the distance is close enough, or one does not rely on the observation Haki, but makes predictions in advance based on experience.

In fact, with Sharmi's speed, she should be able to save him in time, but the problem is that every time Sharmi tries to save Touma, she accidentally leaks a little lightning, which turns the little cow cat into a little black cat.

and……

It will also cause hostility from a little yellow cat who does not want to reveal his name.

It's hard to say which situation is worse.

So after saving him twice, Xiaermi stopped helping him.

"It's a pity that you can still live till now..."

Xie Wen picked up Touma Meow who was slowly sliding down from the protective shield, and touched his cat's head with emotion.

With the neurotic personality of the cow cat and Touma's terrible bad luck, Xie Wen estimates that Touma's cat life will most likely be more "tumultuous" than his prototype.

Well, he meant before the story of Toaru Majutsu no Index began.

"No...unfortunately meow..."

Touma-nyan replied with his own catchphrase in a muffled voice.

"You should try not to leave us too far..." Xie Wen put him down and said, "To be precise, try to stay close to me, Link, Seijuro, Suika, Huamei, and Kaido. This way, there is a chance that we can rescue you in time."

"I understand, meow..."

Touma-nyan replied somewhat frustrated.

He originally wanted to help everyone as much as possible, but the situation ended up being the same as before. He didn't help much and just caused more trouble.

We've entered a new world, so why is Kamijou still so unlucky?

The little cow cat sighed in frustration, and then quickly adjusted himself.

Xie Wen also said that even if you don’t eat the devil fruit, there are powers called Armament Haki and Observation Haki in this world. As long as you learn these, the situation will definitely improve a lot!

Touma-nyan thought optimistically as always.

……

Mechanical Island, the future country of Balkimoa.

Like Magnetic Drum Island where the Magnetic Drum Kingdom is located, this is also a winter island with snow all year round. However, compared to Magnetic Drum Island, the climate on Mechanical Island is much worse. Not only is the temperature lower, but the wind is also particularly strong.

Even if you compare all the winter islands that Xie Wen has passed by over the years together, Jiga Island will definitely be at the top of the list.

What's even more special is that unlike Winter Island where most seasons and weather are confined to the island, in addition to the main island being constantly plagued by wind and snow, the cold on the island has also spread outward for a considerable distance. Around this island, there are thick floating ice everywhere. Ordinary pirates cannot get close at all without an icebreaker.

This is one of the reasons why, despite Balkimoa's fame, few pirates want to target him.

As for the other reason, it is naturally because the World Government has deployed troops here that are no less than those of ordinary branches to guard.

When Vegapunk accepted the World Government's recruitment, one of the conditions was to protect his hometown.

Besides, even if he didn't mention it, the navy would still be stationed here. After all, this is where he used to live and have a laboratory. Even if the World Government doesn't need it, it doesn't want it to fall into the hands of others.

However, just like the abandoned Punk Hazard, the World Government pays attention to it, but not that much. With the natural climate barrier, the strength and quality of the navy on the island are not very strong, otherwise Frank would not have made such a mess in the comics, and they couldn't catch him, and they couldn't even figure out who he was.

Although the investigation team was strong enough to go to the island directly and the navy could not stop them, who let Xie Wen play a big game in Santa Maria Joa before? If he appeared in a sensitive place like Balkimoa at this time, even if Aokiji was reluctant, he would be forced by the World Government to send people over.

They came here just to borrow Vegapunk's notes, so naturally the quieter the better. So Xie Wen had the Toot switch to the sea dragon form from a distance and sneaked to the vicinity of Balkimoa...

Then they were blocked by the ice floes above their heads.

Fortunately, this small problem is nothing to the investigation team. There are too many ways to break through the ice. Because Xie Wen didn't want to make too much noise, he finally chose to let Klee burn it through.

And when he landed on the island, Xie Wen didn't bring too many people and cats...

Meowelya is the main one who must be brought along, and Haibara Meow is the only one who can help, so she must be brought along. Klee is not only a lucky star, but also a portable heater, so she naturally cannot be left behind. Robin is very interested in Balkimoa's history, so he also followed. Finally, Link Meow, who has the largest space backpack, was added as a porter.

The remaining members of the investigation team were left on board the Dudu and on standby.