I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"Sister Suika, can you give me a little more of your wine? Just one sip, just one sip!"

"What do you mean by sister Suika?! You should call me Suika-sama! Suika-sama, please be kind! Give me a sip of wine!"

"I want it too! I want it too!"

"It's over... Ever since I drank Suika-sama's wine, I can't drink any other wine..."

"If the boss can't get sister Suika to join our pirate group, should we switch to Xie Wen?"

“…What a good idea!”

Just as Xie Wen expected, Suika-nyan single-handedly defeated the entire Red Hair Pirates including Shanks. However, he did not expect that when they woke up the next day, at least one-third of the members were enthusiastically surrounding Suika-nyan, just to have a sip of Ibuki sake.

"Xie Wen, I think what you said yesterday makes sense..."

Shanks ignored his companions who were clamoring to change jobs, and instead found Xie Wen and put his one arm around his shoulders.

"what?"

Xie Wen was confused as he failed to react. He had said so many things yesterday that he had no idea which part Shanks was talking about.

"Ahem, I'm just teaching you how to avoid the gods and kill by sight..." Shanks deliberately avoided looking at Xie Wen, and said awkwardly, "They are Captain Roger's trump cards after all, so... should you give me a little more reward?"

"...You want Ibuki sake, right?"

After staring at Shanks in silence for a while, seeing him look embarrassed and at a loss, Xie Wen rolled his eyes and asked firmly.

"Right, right, right!" Shanks nodded quickly, pointing at the red-haired pirates who were making a fuss, and explained confidently: "It's not me who wants to drink. Look at their expressions. If I didn't ask you for some Ibuki sake, all my friends would have run away!"

If I didn't know what the situation was with Whitebeard, I might have believed it.

Xie Wen rolled his eyes speechlessly again, but did not expose his excuse.

After all, he had been prepared to make a deal with Shanks from the beginning, and for Suika-nyan, who possessed the power of the Density Fruit, it was impossible for the wine in her wine gourd to be poured out completely...

Just as Xie Wen expected, after reaching a deal with Xie Wen, Shanks planned to embezzle most of the Ibuki sake and only take out two or three barrels to appease his subordinates.

However, unlike the Whitebeard Pirates who have the final say, the superior-subordinate relationship in the Red Hair Pirates is not so obvious, so Shanks' "conspiracy" to monopolize most of the Ibuki sake was basically discovered by several cadres headed by Beckman as soon as it started.

The final result, of course, was that even the share that should have belonged to Shanks was divided up by the members of the Red Hair Pirates who turned against Tian Gang.

"Don't look at me, our deal is over."

Facing Shanks' eager gaze, Xie Wen decisively put his hands in front of him and made a big cross.

Even though Ibuki sake is no different from water to the investigation team, it doesn't stop him from taking advantage of Shanks' misfortune.

Of course, Xie Wen finally "secretly" gave Shanks a bottle of Ibuki sake, after all...

Hua Mei Miao still needs his help and guidance, right?

Xie Wen, who has mastered various workplace skills, still understands the ways of the world when needed.

Sure enough, after receiving an "extra" bottle of Ibuki wine from Xie Wen, Shanks immediately smiled and took the initiative to mention the matter of guidance.

"Didn't you ask me to teach Huamei Shendao and Jianwensha? Without further ado, let's get started! In addition, you and the others can also follow along and listen. Even without Conqueror's Haki, some of these techniques are still very useful."

Soon, Shanks was surrounded by Xie Wen and a group of cats, while the Red Hair Pirates were completely uninterested and started the second banquet with the newly acquired Ibuki sake...

Well, this operation is very pirate-like.

"Come, let me see how well you can master Conqueror Haki."

Because Xie Wen had already mentioned to Shanks that Hua Mei Miao had figured out the usage of Conqueror's Haki on her own, he did not start imparting his experience right away. Instead, he drew out the "Griffin" from his waist, intending to take a look at Hua Mei Miao's foundation first.

No, no, according to the custom in the world of pirates, even if you don’t know these, this teaching will probably start with “fighting first”.

Just as Xie Wen was daydreaming, Lord Xiang Feihu who was named had already stood in front of Shanks. Knowing that he was not as strong as the other party, Hua Mei Miao did not waste any time and directly used his strongest attack.

Furry mode on!

Link time · open!

See and hear, kill and open!

The little tabby cat with black and blue electric light wrapped around its body flashed and came to the left side of Shanks where his arm was lost.

"Yi Jian Mei meow!"

"Qiang——!"

Shanks seemed to have easily blocked Huameow's attack, but the expression on his face was full of surprise.

"Did Mr. Rayleigh really never give you any guidance?" Shanks couldn't help but question after swinging his sword to scare Hua Mei Miao away, "Let's not talk about the attack for now, this Jianwensha feels more proficient than me!"

"I see...you also used Xie Wen's technique to hide your voice, right?"

Even though it seemed nonsensical most of the time, the Four Emperors were still the Four Emperors after all. Shanks realized what was going on before Huameoween could explain.

Then, he said to Hua Mei Miao: "Now just use the Conqueror's Haki's Observation and Killing Technique to attack me."

Hua Mei Miao nodded, freed herself from the state of being possessed by the empty soul, and then raised the "Cang Ming" in her hand again...

"Lin Luanmei meow!"

The figure of the little tabby flower floated around Shanks, and the small sword in his hand was like an endless rainstorm, stabbing at Shanks from all angles.

Shanks used one foot as an axis and blocked all of Huameimiao's attacks without moving at all. For a moment, the sound of "ding-dong" from the clashing of swords filled the air.

Judging from the momentum alone, it was even more intense than the previous fight between Xie Wen and Shanks. Even the members of the Red Hair Pirates who were having a banquet nearby were attracted by the noise.

then……

Once again, I was badly beaten by the cats in Xie Wen's family.

Because many of them found that even if they didn't take into account the two nature-type cats, they still couldn't beat the little tabby cat in front of them, and the opponent's bounty was even ranked last in the entire Felynx Investigation Team.

Although this may be due to the fact that the World Government does not understand Huameow's true strength, these pirates obviously will not consider so much.

"These cat-fur tribes are not as harmless as they appear..."

Ben Beckman blew out a smoke ring and muttered with emotion: "Speaking of which, the newbies who joined recently and some of the old guys have gradually become lax since the captain became the fourth queen. It seems that we need to tighten up their springs."

The members of the Red Hair Pirates were unaware that their vice-captain was thinking about increasing their strength, and after they recovered from the blows from Cat and Cat, they began to make a fuss on the sidelines just like they did yesterday.

"Xiao Huamei! Come on!"

"Teach this captain who is trying to steal our good wine a lesson!"

"Boss! Don't hurt Miss Huamei! What if Xie Wen doesn't give us wine anymore?!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Captain, please be gentle! Don't hurt Sister Huamei!"

Shanks: "..."