I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Vegapunk, who was still conducting various research on Egghead Island at this time, certainly had no idea that he had been targeted by two sea emperors and a future sea emperor.

but……

His mood is not very good now either.

"Damn it! If I had known, I would have destroyed that artificial devil fruit!"

Vegapunk looked at the giant cherry-colored dragon on the newspaper and slapped his thigh in frustration.

He certainly wouldn't be upset by a minor flaw like "different color"...well, not entirely.

But after this fruit, which he identified as a "failure", was exposed, the World Government would definitely come to cause trouble for him.

Being held accountable by the World Government is not a big problem, but Vegapunk can foresee that he will definitely have to copy more Devil Fruits for the World Government next, or simply hand over the method of cultivating artificial Devil Fruits.

In fact, copying a few artificial devil fruits for the World Government or handing over the cultivation methods is nothing to Vegapunk, because this is one of the conditions for the World Government to support his research. Vegapunk is not naive enough to think that he can get the World Government's funds for free.

The problem that really bothered him was that if he did this, he would have to produce more "failed" artificial devil fruits, or hand over the cultivation methods that were not "successful"...

This is what Vegapunk finds most unacceptable.

"It's the same with 'Blue Star'. If you take the artificial devil fruit, then you take it. As long as you don't tell others, they will just think you got the same type of devil fruit. Why do you have to tell them everything about yourself?"

Feeling a headache, Vegapunk developed some resentment towards Xie Wen, whom he had never met before.

Originally, he thought that the design of the Dudu Qianjin was very creative and wanted to find an opportunity to discuss it with Miaoerya.

Now...

It is better to first think of a way to deal with the accountability of the World Government and how to cover up the matter of the artificial Devil Fruit.

"It seems that we can only advance the research on 'Green Blood' and 'Seraph' to divert the world government's attention from artificial devil fruits... Edison! Our research plan needs to be adjusted!"

After muttering to himself for a while, Vegapunk called out loudly to the clone he had specially created some time ago in order to speed up his research efficiency.

……

After Xie Wen explained the whole situation to Sasha Miao, he quickly resolved the misunderstanding with the residents on the island.

Just as he had guessed before, this island was just a transit station for the Beasts Pirates, mainly used to transport weapons and equipment made in Wano Country. After Kaido led the Beasts Pirates to escape from Wano Country, this island was completely worthless to him, but he did not have time to take back his pirate flag, or Kaido simply did not remember this island at all.

Therefore, the people on the island still use the flag of the Beasts Pirates to bully others.

In fact, they also thought that since this place was so close to Wano Country, Xie Wen and his team would most likely pass by or even come here specifically to investigate. However, the terrible living environment in the pirate world still made them hold on to a glimmer of hope and continue to fly the pirate flag of the Hundred Beasts...

At worst, I can just surrender when Xie Wen and the others show up.

However, they did not expect that the "landing" method of the Toot Toot Advance would be so... aggressive. They thought that Xie Wen was like many other pirates and did not intend to listen to their explanations at all. He wanted to plunder and intimidate them first...

After all, that's what the Beasts Pirates did.

Fortunately, what they worried about did not happen. The "Blue Planet" was just as the early world government propaganda said, a good country that hated evil, was kind and upright. Not only did they not plunder their town, but they took the initiative to compensate for the damaged dock.

The relieved townspeople entertained the investigation team and showed Xie Wen and his team some recent newspapers...

As the parties involved, Xie Wen and the others knew all the reports about Wano Country and Kaido very well, so they just glanced at them casually, but read all the news that were not on the front page with great interest.

Then Xie Wen saw——

"Huh? The Whitebeard Pirates are heading towards Wano Country?"

Xie Wen was only stunned for a moment, then he guessed one of the reasons.

"It must be Ace and Izou who wanted to come and see what's going on."

"Oh right! Ace! So you guys know him too? He once said he wanted to take the head of that bull-headed gorilla and save Wano Country!"

Yamato also thought of the friend who had known him for a long time and who also didn't want to acknowledge his biological father. "Thank you, Wen! Let's wait here for Ace and the others to come! And Whitebeard, Oden also praised him very much in his diary! I didn't expect Ace to join the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Well, even if you didn't tell me, I was going to wait here for Whitebeard and the others to come."

Xie Wen nodded. After all, he was indebted to the White Bat Fruit. Since he knew the other party was coming, there was no reason for him to avoid him.

not to mention……

"The Whitebeard Pirates' big fanfare along the way is probably a reminder to me that they are coming."

Although Xie Wen couldn't think of another reason why the Whitebeard Pirates came because he was not a drunkard, he could still guess the meaning of their behavior.

The mayor of the small town who handed the newspaper to Xie Wen was trembling.

A single Blue Star had scared them so much, and now there was another Whitebeard?!

But the mayor didn't have the guts to chase Xie Wen away, so he could only tell the other people in the town to prepare to entertain another sea emperor with a bitter face...

Of course, Xie Wen also noticed the mayor's uneasy look, but he didn't want to return to Wano Country, so he could only trouble the mayor again.

In fact, if you think about it from another angle, it is quite rare that such an ordinary and unremarkable town can receive three sea emperors. If the mayor has a little business acumen and is brave enough, he can use this as a gimmick to develop the island's tourism industry.

However, judging from the other party's performance just now, he probably doesn't have the courage to do so.

"Brother Xie Wen, look quickly, meow!"

(==)

Just as Xie Wen was thinking about this as usual, the little puppet beside him suddenly tugged at his clothes and shouted cheerfully, "Klee's bounty has increased again, meow! And the bounties of Jinx, Purya, Suika, and Kaido have also increased a lot, meow!"

Well, this is also expected.

Xie Wen took the bounty from Klee.

"Escaped Sun" Klee, bounty 30 billion berries, as long as she is alive.

"Seven-Colored Puppet Master" Purya, bounty 10 billion berries, as long as he is found alive.

"Shuten Douji" Ibuki Suika, bounty 10 billion berries, as long as she is found alive.

Jinx, the "Rampage Blue Cat", has a bounty of 5 million berries as long as he is found alive.

"Flame" Kaido, bounty 20 billion berries, as long as he is alive.

Xie Wen can understand that the four kittens who made the "little girl" only want to be alive, but what's going on with Kaido? He has already eaten the artificial devil fruit and can't spit it out.

Could it be that……?

"That cat-fur tribe named Kaido, was it you who was behind it, right? Vegapunk!"

CP0, who came to Egghead Island to ask for accountability, did not continue to dwell on this matter after listening to Vegapunk's explanation of the artificial devil fruit. Instead, he changed the subject and shifted the focus to Kaido itself.

Vegapunk: ???