I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

While Kawamatsu and others were on alert, the Dudu in the air did not continue to fly in their direction, but suddenly turned after entering the area behind the bell, and then found a flat area to land.

Since Xie Wen and his team basically never fly the cat's paw flag except when the investigation team starts the sea restaurant mode, the isolated warriors are completely unable to recognize the Dudu. Their extremely limited knowledge about the "Blue Planet" came from Yixiao's mouth.

In addition, the shape of the Dudu floating dragon is very "animal-like", so for a moment Kawasaki and others didn't know whether the person who came was an enemy or a friend.

"Lord He Song, do you need to send someone to investigate?"

Hantaro suggested again.

"But……"

He Song looked at their secret base and weapons depot hidden in the ruins and felt very hesitant.

What is stored here are weapons that will be used to defeat Kaido in the future. If they are exposed, what will happen when Lord Momonosuke and Kin'emon return from twenty years ago?

Hantaro saw his dilemma at a glance and reluctantly advised: "We have been discovered by the Beastmen before, so there is no point in hiding. The most we can do is hide our weapons first."

"...You're right." Kawamatsu was just a little confused, and he didn't understand for a while. He didn't care about the lives of these samurai just to be loyal to the Kozuki family, so he quickly said: "There's no need to hide the weapons. As a samurai, how can you live without a sword?"

Then, he tightened the belt holding the samurai sword around his waist and said to Hantaro, "Stay on guard here. If the enemy is too strong, I will give you a signal. Then you will evacuate first and I will cover your retreat."

"Let's bring some more people."

Perhaps reminded by Xie Wen's comments on Oden, Hantaro, who used to only know "Shemingzhi", has recently become fond of thinking and is gradually becoming the think tank of this group of people. "Even if we are to cover the rear, Lord Kawamatsu alone is probably not capable of doing it. And..."

He pursed his lips and said cruelly, "If there is only one person, they will probably not give up."

Kawamatsu didn't think there was anything wrong with what Hantaro said. He even thought he was very smart and had the style of Denjiro.

……

Just as He Song and others were selecting people, the Dudu had already landed on the ground. Klee jumped off the boat with joy, rolled twice in the snow, picked up a snowball and threw it at Xie Wen who got off the boat.

“Meow, hahahaha! Brother Xie Wen, come and have a snowball fight with Keli, meow!”

(=＞＜=)

"Uh... aren't we going to cause trouble for Kurozumi Orochi?"

Yamato, who got off the boat, looked at Touma, who had just been caught by him and was unable to escape, and asked curiously, "Why did you get to Suzu?"

"Because sister Ke Li is coming over..."

negative (-) lead

The little cow cat who was "controlled" in Yamato's arms looked hopeless, staring with dead eyes and replied: "Basically, no one in our investigation team will refuse Klee's proposal, meow."

Recalling the healing that the little angel Klee had given him before, Yamato nodded in understanding: "That's right, Klee is so cute, it's really hard to refuse her request."

Touma glanced at her sideways, without explaining the misunderstanding, and continued to lie in Yamato's arms with a look of despair.

Damn it, I've been training so hard, why can't I awaken my Armament Haki?! Otherwise, I wouldn't have been easily caught by this super-powerful woman, meow!

The little cow cat had no idea what to do.

"Add me one!"

After resolving her doubts, Yamato, who longed for family affection, looked at Xie Wen and the cats who were already fighting, and finally couldn't help but join in. Moreover, she did not forget to hold the unlucky Touma cat tightly under her armpits.

then……

Nine out of ten times the snowballs thrown at Yamato would hit Touma's head like a lock.

"Unfortunate meow! You super-strong girl! Put me down now!"

(=`Д=)

Touma Meowth struggled hard while brushing the snow off his head.

"Ah... sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to use you to block the snowballs..."

Yamato, who had no idea what was going on, quickly let go of his hand and explained in a bewildered manner.

Before she could finish her words, a huge snowball suddenly fell from the sky and buried Touma Meowth, who had just stood up, in the snow.

"Ah! I'm sorry, Touma-nii, I wanted to throw it at Boss Xie Wen, but my hand suddenly slipped!"

The mermaid princess, who was wearing a thick cotton coat, stuck out her tongue and apologized loudly.

"No...unfortunately meow..."

From under the snow "ball", Touma's bitter and dull voice was heard.

Could it be that? !

Although Yamato's brain wasn't very good, her intuition was very sharp, so she suddenly felt as if she had discovered the truth of the matter. Then, with a smile on her face, she dug the little cow cat, who had once again returned to a state of despair, out of the snow.

"Don't worry, Touma! I will protect you!"

After carefully brushing off the snowflakes on Touma-nyan, Yamato promised solemnly.

And she did keep her promise. In the following "battle", Yamato would rather get hit than not intercept the snowballs flying towards Touma.

"Leave me alone, Yamato! Hit it back hard, meow! The best defense is offense, meow!"

Feeling Yamato's kindness, the little cow cat cheered up again. He made snowballs to fight back and urged Yamato to fight back.

With the addition of the two of them, the already chaotic "battle situation" became even more chaotic.

So, when He Song and his men sneaked over here, they saw snowballs flying all over the sky and Xie Wen and his group laughing and talking.

"...He is surrounded by many cats, Lord Kawamatsu, he should be the "Blue Star" who slandered Lord Oden!"

The samurai selected by Kawamatsu this time were basically die-hard fans of Oden, so after recognizing Xie Wen's identity, they all became excited and showed obvious hostility.

"Ok?"

"Meow?"

Xie Wen and the cats all turned their heads and looked towards the area where they were hiding.

Meowx and Suika Meowth threw the snowballs in their hands at them.

Maybe it was due to stress, or maybe he wanted to take this opportunity to teach Xie Wen a lesson...

In short, before He Song could reveal his identity, several warriors jumped out, swung their swords to disperse the snowballs, and rushed towards Xie Wen and the others, howling.

"Eh……"

Yamato was about to speak when a large furry paw rested on her shoulder.

"They should be the samurai who followed Kozuki Oden. Since they are not convinced, let's fight first, nya."

(=ΦwΦ=)

Kaido stopped Yamato from trying to make peace, and instead said, "Don't worry, Meow. The Blue Star guys are very measured in their actions... Well... Except for those two little guys Klee and Jinx."

"……Eh?"