I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"Humph!"

(=`へ=)

As soon as we got back on the boat, a certain arrogant little kitten started whining.

"After all this time, Kaido isn't even here, meow? Humph!"

The gray cat that climbed onto Xie Wen's shoulder grabbed his weather-beaten ears and started pulling them left and right.

Obviously, after discovering that this journey was not as dangerous as he had imagined, the kitten immediately felt resentful about being abandoned.

This arrogant and treacherous girl didn't care about risk assessment. She only knew that she could have gone along, but was "cruelly" abandoned by Cang Lanxing.

Of course, Huiyuan Miao definitely didn't say that...

"If you take me with you, with Shirley, Vermouth and Jean here, those people won't be able to escape at all, meow!"

(=`へ=)

Even though this is just an excuse made up by this tsundere little cat, it is actually not wrong. Whether it is Shirley's poison, Vermouth's flying ability, or Qinna's strength that is not inferior to that of a vice admiral of the navy, they can all help to keep more enemies away.

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I didn't bring along a powerful helper like Ai."

While Xie Wen agreed with her, he took out various materials and viruses that he had looted from Quinn's laboratory.

On the other side, Kaido Meow also took out the bodies of the brachiosaurs without heads and tails and placed them on the deck of the Toot Toot.

"Oh! Brother Xie Wen is the best, meow!"

(つ3=)つ

After taking a glance at Quinn's information, Huihara Meow, who was originally sulking, immediately changed his attitude. He hugged Xie Wen's head and gave him a big kiss. Then, he and Meowerya ran into the laboratory cheering.

"call……"

Finally got this little guy done.

Xie Wen rubbed his ears, secretly feeling thankful.

Thanks to Quinn's generosity! Otherwise, Huiyuan Cat would not be so easy to please.

"Hoohoo~ It hurts, fly away meow~"

(=`3=)

The little angel Klee came around to this shoulder and blew air into Xie Wen’s red ears.

"Keli still cares about me."

Xie Wen picked up the little doll and started sucking it hard, then threw her high up and caught her. After repeating this several times, he put the smiling Klee back on his shoulder.

"Ok?"

Xie Wen, who was continuing to gently scratch Klee's chin with his fingers, suddenly felt a sense of being watched from behind.

Looking back...

It turned out to be Yamato.

It’s Yamato after all.

At this moment, she was staring at this side blankly, with an expression of longing and envy involuntarily showing on her face.

The interaction between Xie Wen and Klee, and even the previous interaction with Huibara, were the scenes she had always wanted.

"Yamato-nee, are you okay, meow?"

(=w=)

The little puppet jumped off Xie Wen's shoulder, ran to Yamato, looked up at him and asked with concern: "You seem to be in a bad mood, why don't you let Klee hug you? When Brother Xie Wen is in a bad mood, a hug to Klee will make her feel better!"

Yamato was stunned for a moment, then bent down and picked up the little angel Klee, and buried his face in Klee's furry body.

"Thank you, Kelly."

Yamato buried his face in the little doll's body and said thank you in a muffled voice. After a long while, he "pulled" his head out.

"Sure enough, I feel much better now."

Yamato's face returned to that silly smile.

"Hey hey hey ~ Klee is so awesome meow!"

(=`=)

The little doll raised its head and put its hands on its hips, looking so cute and arrogant that Yamato couldn't help but want to kiss this cute little head hard twice.

Yamato thought so and did so.

only……

"Hey!"

(=＞＜=)

Klee twisted her body and broke free from Yamato's hands, then quickly jumped back onto Xie Wen's shoulder.

After all, Yamato is just an outsider, and it is already a great mercy of Klee to give her a hug. You know, under normal circumstances, Klee is one of the cats that is most difficult for outsiders to get close to.

Yamato was a little disappointed that she couldn't get close to the little angel Klee, but then she turned her attention to the other cats...

Ignoring Yamato who was chasing other cats around the boat, Xie Wen held Klee in his arms and handed her a telescope.

"Come on, Keli, come and see again, where are we going first this time?"

The little puppet did not hesitate too much and quickly pointed to an area on the right side of the main island of Wano Country.

"Klee wants to go there and play with the snow cats!"

(=ΦwΦ=)σ

Originally, after Meowerya ate the Snow-Snow Fruit, the cats were able to play in the snow freely.

But now, isn't Miaoerya in the laboratory to study Quinn's information? So the sensible little puppet chose the area behind the bell that is covered with snow all year round.

After once again proving the good luck of the Destiny Cat on Onigashima, Xie Wen did not hesitate at all this time. He immediately patted the side of the boat and let the Toot Toot, which had hidden back into its main body because of Yamato's arrival, fly towards the direction behind the bell.

……

Some of the samurai who were rescued by Yixiao before were hiding behind the bell. Not long ago, they even had a fight with the members of the Beasts Pirates who searched here.

If Xie Wen hadn’t made a noise that led away the people from Baishou, this group of people would most likely have been in trouble.

"Don't we really need to support Master Yixiao?"

A samurai with bandages wrapped around his hands, chest, and head looked towards the direction of Onigashima, then turned to look at Kawamatsu, one of the Nine Red Scabbards who was rescued together with him.

Kawamatsu shook his head and replied, "It is not certain whether the person who attacked Onigashima this time is Mr. Ichisho. Moreover, if Mr. Ichisho is back, it means Kaido is back too. Not only can we not go to support him, but we should prepare to escape again... The weapons that I hid here with Onimaru before cannot be exposed to Kaido."

The warrior who had spoken earlier opened his mouth, and finally let out a sigh.

Although Kawamatsu's statement was intended to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige, what he said was also true. Even if Issho, a samurai who left Wano Country early in his life, joined them, they still saw no hope of defeating Kaido.

More importantly, after rescuing them, Lord Ichishao also commented on what Lord Kozuki Oden had done in the past. Although the source of that comment was someone else, Lord Ichishao obviously agreed with this evaluation.

This made the Nine Red Scabbards more or less dissatisfied.

If it were just that, it would be fine. No matter how dissatisfied He Song and the others were, they would not turn against Yixiao over such a small matter.

But the problem is that many of these samurai were convinced by that evaluation and believed that Kozuki Oden should bear a large part of the responsibility for the current situation of Wano Country.

Even some samurai with more radical personalities and who have accumulated a lot of resentment over the years have directly regarded Kozuki Oden and even the Kozuki clan as sinners of Wano Country.

Although everyone still wants to drive Kaido out of Wano Country, not everyone agrees with the Nine Red Scabbards' plan to "return Wano Country to the Kozuki clan."

Compared to the dissatisfaction of the Nine Red Scabbards towards Ikkisho, the resentment of these samurai was much stronger. After being rescued, some of them refused to follow the Nine Red Scabbards or Leopard Goro at all, but preferred to flee alone.

In fact, even this samurai named Hantaro was more or less resentful of Kozuki Oden in his heart.

It's a pity that someone suggested that Master Yixiao become the general of Wano Country, but he didn't accept it, otherwise there wouldn't be so many troubles...

Hantaro sighed again, thinking with regret.

then……

"Ok?"

Hantaro, who had been looking towards Onigashima, raised his bandaged hand and rubbed his eyes. After making sure that he was not seeing things, he pointed at the small dot in the sky that was gradually getting bigger and shouted:

"Lord He Song, look! There seems to be something flying towards us in the sky!"