I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"Hehe! I like this island more and more meow! Check-it!"

(ゝw)~☆

After eating the Snow-Snow Fruit, Miaoerya changed her previous fear of cold and was having fun in the wind and snow with full energy.

On the contrary, Klee, who used to love playing in the snow, behaved very calmly this time.

Because of Meowerya's presence, the little puppet has access to snow to play with anytime and anywhere, so naturally it loses interest in Winter Island.

Originally, Xie Wen brought her along, one of his plans being to let her use her fruit ability to keep everyone warm, but it turned out that it was not necessary. With Meowerya around, the wind and snow could not get close to them at all, so the warmth of the clothes alone was enough.

So, with nothing to do, Klee Miao followed the example of Miao Erya and got into Xie Wen's clothes, with only her cute head showing from the collar, looking around.

(=w=)

(=w=)

Since Xie Wen's clothes couldn't hold another cat, Huiyuan Meowth hummed a few times and crawled into Robin's arms...

This is really enviable.

Linkcat, who had nowhere to hide, was not ignored. Xie Wen simply picked him up and gently scratched the little leopard cat's chin.

"Roar!"

Xie Wen and his group were traveling through the forest when they suddenly heard a roar nearby.

Immediately afterwards, a lion with a lot of mechanical structures on its body, which looked very cyberpunk, emerged from the woods and ran straight towards them.

"Huh? What an interesting animal, meow! Worth studying! Check-it!"

(ゝw)~☆

Meowerya waved his claws, and the running cyberpunk lion was wrapped in a large amount of snow, leaving only a confused head exposed.

After seeing the lion, Xie Wen finally remembered that Vegapunk had semi-mechanized all the animals on the island in order to reduce the physical labor for the people in his hometown.

only……

That should have happened decades ago, right? Even if Vegapunk passed this technology to his fellow countrymen, there was no need to make beasts like lions into cyborgs.

Or can the life span of animals be extended by replacing their mechanical bodies?

However, Xie Wen suddenly thought that there seemed to be quite a few animals in the pirate world that lived long lives. Even if the animals originally had a short lifespan, if some of them were particularly strong, not only would their lifespan increase, but their intelligence would also increase...

It's just like becoming a spirit.

But the evolved animals that Shiki had created with his IQ still maintained their original lifespans...

The biology of the One Piece world is still as mysterious as ever.

Shaking his head and not dwelling on it anymore, Xie Wen spoke out to stop Miaoerya who wanted to dismantle the lion into parts on the spot.

"This is also Vegapunk's technology. Once we find his research institute, we'll naturally know what it is. Don't waste time here."

"Is that so? Then I'll listen to you, Xie Wen..." Meow Erya waved his paw again and released the mechanical lion that was forced to turn into a snowman, "You're lucky meow~ Check-it~"

(ゝw)~☆

The mechanical lion was not stupid. It knew it was no match for its opponent, so it immediately tucked its tail between its legs and ran back into the woods.

Xie Wen and his companions continued on their journey and soon arrived at Balkimoia, known as the country of the future.

In fact, although Balkimoia is called a country, it is actually just a larger town. Due to the harsh climate of the Mechanical Island, the living area here is not very large, and the population size cannot really be called a country.

However, due to the special geographical environment of the pirate world, although there are not many similar "small countries", they are not rare. After all, even on Earth there are super small countries like the Vatican.

What is really special about Balkimoa is that, although it is a member country, they do not need to pay Heavenly Gold. This is also the benefit that Vegapunk has fought for his hometown.

Moreover, in the information that Morgans gave to Xie Wen, it was mentioned that this "country" not only had no king or royal family, but there was not even a real ruling class.

Before Vegapunk was recruited by the World Government, he was basically the king of the Future Country. After he and some scientists were recruited by the World Government, the scientists who stayed here became the "rulers."

Rather than saying this is a country, it would be more accurate to say that this is a huge research base, and rather than saying those scientists are rulers, it would be more accurate to say that they are managers.

In fact, they are not even managers.

Because these scientists are usually immersed in their own research, most of the work is usually left to the care of the navy stationed here.

"Brother Xie Wen, is the research institute we are looking for over there?"

(=w=)σ

Klee, who was curled up in Xie Wen's clothes, stretched out a paw and pointed at a group of buildings on the edge of the town not far away.

Vegapunk's research institute is very conspicuous, because not only are those buildings clearly distinguished from other places, but there are also navy patrols nearby, and the perimeter of the institute is filled with various warning signs to prevent others from approaching.

With Xie Wen's eyesight, he could even see the words "VEGAPUNK" written in huge English letters above the nailed door through the wind and snow...

Afraid that others don’t know that this is Vegapunk’s research institute.

It is actually not difficult to sneak in.

Under Miaoerya's control, the wind and snow outside became stronger and stronger, forcing the nearby patrolling navy to hide in the house. Then Xie Wen and his men took advantage of the cover of the wind and snow and swaggered into Vegapunk's research institute.

However, Robin did not follow them in, because she wanted to know the history of Mechanical Island and Balkimoa, and was not interested in those research materials at all. So before the snowstorm in Meowerya, she had already separated from Xie Wen and the others, changed direction and entered Balkimoa alone.

Xie Wen was not worried about her safety. With Robin's current strength, she was more than capable of protecting herself, not to mention that she also had protective equipment and props such as a cat combat suit, compressed bouncing bombs, and a small guardian.

Moreover, Haibara Meowth also asked Shirley to go with Robin. Unless the admirals, CP0, the Knights of God, the Five Elders, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors came here for sightseeing, nothing would happen to her.

After sneaking into Vegapunk's research institute, Xie Wen and his team carefully checked for alarm devices at first, but found nothing...

I don’t know whether he is too confident in the guards outside or he doesn’t attach that much importance to the research here, but in any case, it is a good thing for Xie Wen and the others.

With less concerns, Xie Wen and his team quickly found the design drawings and research materials stored by Vegapunk in the research institute.

only……

"It's a good idea, but it's basically impossible to realize it now... Neither productivity nor technology can support these designs."

(In)

After taking a rough look, Huiyuan Miao pouted and said, "Besides, the design drawings here are basically inventions in the field of culture and entertainment, which are not very helpful to us. I also don't see the animal transformation technology you mentioned, Miao."

Meowerya's opinion was basically the same as Huibara Meow, but she did not show any disappointment.

"But it doesn't matter, there are still a lot of things in there that can give me inspiration~ Check-it!"

(ゝw)~☆

Xiao Dejuan was probably not lying intentionally for fear of disappointing Xie Wen's kindness, because the two research cats had said before that they observed these scientific and technological achievements mainly to learn the research ideas of this world, and the technology itself was secondary.

Xie Wen nodded in understanding. No wonder the navy's defense was so lax. It turned out that the technology here was only good-looking but not practical.

But he quickly reacted...

No! If the techniques here are not useful, then where did Franky learn them from?!

so……

"There should be a hidden research institute here!"

Xie Wen stopped the little doll that was chasing and playing with Vermouth, and patted her little head.

"It's your turn, Spark Knight!"

"Leave it to Klee, meow!"

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