I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

When Xie Wen arrived at Renwu Port on his Hyrule motorcycle, he suddenly realized that there was no need for him to ask Xia Ermi to help him search for the location of Kurozumi Orochi.

because……

At this moment, at the Renwu Port, a tall guy, but with the body proportions of a dwarf, was angrily ordering a group of servants to carry treasures and supplies to a magnificent ship docked at the port.

Even when death is imminent, he still can't bear to part with these possessions...

This is consistent with the character of Kurozumi Orochi in the comics that Xie Wen read.

only……

"It's such an idiot who was able to take away Wano Country from your father. In a way, Kozuki Oden is really amazing."

Xie Wen turned his head to look at Mitsuki Hiyori in the back seat of the car and said in a sarcastic tone.

"…I am speechless."

Kozuki Hiyori pursed her lips, lowered her head and replied sullenly.

Compared to Xie Wen, whom she had "only met once", Kozuki Hiyori, who had been hanging around Kurozumi Orochi as an oiran, actually knew better what a bad and stupid guy the other person was.

In fact, Hiyori herself couldn't understand why her father, who she thought was wise and brave, would lose to Kurozumi Orochi, a being that possessed almost all the shortcomings in the world.

Of course, she could also say that Kozuki Oden lost to Kaido, but that was just deceiving herself. The fact that Kurozumi Orochi was able to find Kaido and form an alliance with him was also his ability...

What Kozuki Hiyori didn't know was that whether it was forming an alliance with Kaido or stealing the position of general, it was actually all led by Kurozumi Murasaki, the old witch who had also been in the Rocks Pirates. Apart from cheating Kozuki Oden of his money, Kurozumi Orochi was really just a waste.

"Xiao Zi?!"

Xie Wen and the others did not control their voices. In this environment covered with snow, the flamboyant Hyrule motorcycle was very eye-catching, so it naturally attracted the attention of the cursing snake.

When he saw the figure of "Oiran Xiao Zi" whom he had been thinking about day and night, he immediately ran over here with joy.

"Guhoho! You escaped from that traitorous Kyoshiro?!"

"...Didn't you say that you disobeyed this guy's orders and he was going to kill you?"

Xie Wen pinched his eyebrows speechlessly, then pointed at the black charcoal snake that was running towards him shouting, and looked at Kozuki Hiyori in confusion.

"Kurozumi Orochi is just that kind of person, moody, sinister and fickle..."

Hiyori said with a cold face, but she soon remembered Xie Wen's previous teasing, and suddenly she lost the mood of despising Kurozumi Orochi.

"Hey! Are you the one who brought Xiao Zi to this general? Because you saved Xiao Zi, this general allows you to replace the former traitor Kyoshiro and become my bodyguard! Why don't you kneel down and thank me quickly?!"

Obviously, in addition to being greedy for money and lustful, Kurozumi Orochi's eyesight doesn't seem to be very good... He was clearly the one who was able to deceive Kozuki Oden and Kozuki Sukiyaki father and son.

Or maybe the matching mechanism in One Piece is just as good, and Kurozumi Orochi happened to run into Kozuki Oden and his son, a pair of equally matched opponents...

Well, considering the incredible actions that Kozuki Oden did back then, I feel that the second possibility seems a little more likely.

Xie Wen, who was distracted, ignored the idiot in front of him, but the two cats on his shoulders were unhappy.

"Brother Xie Wen, Keli doesn't like this big-headed meow!"

(=`ー=)

The little doll pursed its lips, gently pulled Xie Wen's ears and muttered.

Sharmi even stretched out a claw and threw a bolt of lightning at the black charcoal snake, "Who wants to be the bodyguard of a fool like you, meow!"

(=`Д=)

"Ow—!"

The black charcoal snake was electrocuted by Sharmi and jumped up, letting out a scream.

However, compared to being attacked, what frightened him more was...

"Fur, Fur Tribe! You are the remnants of Kozuki!!!" With a look of shock on his face, Kurozumi Orochi pointed at the cat in Xie Wen's camera, and quickly retreated while shouting at the top of his voice, "Someone come! Someone come! Someone come and protect me!"

Some of the people who were moving goods at the dock stopped what they were doing, picked up their weapons, and quickly came to the side of Kurozumi Orochi to protect him.

Xie Wen curled the corners of his mouth.

Even at this point, there are still so many people who choose to be loyal to Kurozumi Orochi. It seems that Kozuki Oden is not as popular as he is portrayed in the comics...

The reason why these people still gather around Kurozumi Orochi is mainly because they have confidence in Kaido, the "Protector of the Country".

In addition, like the Oniwabanshu who defected to Fukurokuju at the first opportunity, most of these people stayed in the Flower Capital, the ZZ center of Wano Country, and their filter for Oden was not as thick as others.

In addition, Kozuki Oden foolishly danced the Fruit Dance for five years, so there were many people who were disappointed in him, even though it was later reported that he did so to protect the safety of others.

but……

Even so, what did Kozuki Oden protect in the end?

It would be better to fight Kaido to death from the beginning.

This is also one of the main reasons why so many samurai became alienated when Xie Wen's evaluation of Oden spread.

Although Xie Wen resisted the urge to continue teasing her father with Hiyori Kozuki, he still asked with "bad intentions": "Do you want to reveal your identity to them? Maybe after they know your identity, they will surrender directly."

“No need for that…” Guangyue Rihe, who didn’t notice Xie Wen’s bad intentions, shook his head. “These people often use the name of the big snake to bully the people in the village. They… don’t deserve to die!”

Xie Wen, who missed the show, smacked his lips with some regret, but at the same time he admired Hiyori's performance, so he stopped wasting time and reached out to touch Xia Ermi's little head, "Then I'll trouble you~ um, remember to save the snake's life."

"I got it, meow~"

(=w=)

Xiaermi rubbed Xie Wen's palm, then turned into a "chain lightning", quickly circled in the crowd, and instantly knocked down the group of guards of Kurozumi Snake.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

Kurozumi Orochi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief at being protected by his men, became panicked again. He collapsed to the ground and moved backwards using his hands and feet.

"Don't, don't kill me! I gave you money! All the treasures on the ship are yours! Let me go! It was not my intention to usurp the position of general! Kaido forced me to do this!"

But Xia Ermi didn't care what he said. A few more lightning struck him, and then...

After being electrocuted and shaking all over, the black charcoal snake stuck out its tongue, rolled up its eyes, and fell to the ground without a sound.

Xie Wen: "..."

Xia Ermi: “…”

So he was planning to fake his own death? I asked him why he didn't even make the slightest move to resist.

Xie Wen was speechless for a moment, then shook his head at Xia Ermi, "Continue to shock."

"Crackling——"

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

It was obvious that Kurozumi Orochi did not have that kind of patience. As soon as Sharmi's lightning landed on him, he could no longer continue his performance.

At this point, Kurozumi Orochi knew that it was useless to continue to be a coward, so he decisively activated his fruit ability and planned to resist.

"Eat you!!!"

The black charcoal snake transformed into the Yamata no Orochi and roared, opened its mouth wide and bit towards Xie Wen and Xia Ermi.

"Wow! It's Orochimaru's Yamata no Jutsu-nyan!"

(=`=)

Klee was excited at first, then quickly frowned again.

"But... the Yamata no Orochi he transformed into was so ugly, and it wasn't white..."

Compared with Orochimaru's very fashionable Yamata no Jutsu, the Yamata no Orochi transformed by Kurozumi Orochi is a bit hard to describe. Not to mention the head with the characteristics of Kurozumi Orochi, the other seven heads don't look very smart.

I don’t know if it was influenced by Kurozumi Orochi or if the fruit is just ugly.

it's over...

After hearing what Klee said, Xie Wen felt a chill in his heart.

Since he has been rejected by Klee, can he still open the Yamata-no-Mikoto fruit?

Anyway, Xie Wen no longer had any hope in his heart.

But there are other ways to remedy the situation... Haibara Cat has already mastered the complete technology of artificial devil fruit!

Xie Wen decisively took out a seastone chain and threw it at the Kurozumi Snake. The Kurozumi Snake, entangled by the chain, instantly lost all its strength, and quickly recovered from its Yamata form to its human form, and fell to the ground with a plop, less than half a meter away from Xie Wen.

Then, Xie Wen took out a syringe that was about ten centimeters long and as thick as a thumb. Under the horrified gaze of the Black Charcoal Snake, he found his blood vessel and stabbed it hard.