I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

After a while, Xie Wen and the cats returned to the real world.

"Thank you, thank you! The world of the Song-Song Fruit is fun, meow?!"

(=w=)

As soon as they woke up, Meowx came up to them and asked with great curiosity. The other cats were equally curious, but they didn't show it as eagerly as Meowx.

"Hmm... Klee thinks it's just average..."

(=`3=)

The little puppet pouted and expressed his thoughts.

Xie Wen patted her head and said, "That's because we are busy dealing with Tot-Musica this time. When we have time in the future, let Uta take you there again. The world of the Song-Song Fruit still has great development prospects."

Apart from the silly "Moon Eye Project", the world of the Song Song Fruit itself is like a huge virtual reality world, and Uta is a programmer and GM who can modify data at will.

The most important thing is that there is no distance limit for this thing to pull people in. As long as you hear Uta's singing, you can be pulled into the world of the Song Fruit.

So, theoretically, Uta can use the Song Song Fruit to build a virtual community like the metaverse, and recreate all kinds of fantasy things in it... such as the movies and TV shows that Xie Wen has watched and the games he has played on Earth.

Of course, these things are all future things. The key is Uta's current mental state, and...

The sheet music that can summon Tot-Musica.

Fortunately, the cats quickly told Xie Wen that the music score had been burned to ashes by Kaido's hot breath before they returned to the real world, and there was no situation in which the music score was destroyed and Tot-Musica appeared again.

In addition, Klee also took the opportunity to whisper in Xie Wen's ear, telling him that Uta, who was still in a conflicted state, was much more stable overall emotionally than before. Although she still "sounded" painful and sad, the degree of her emotions had eased significantly.

Obviously, Xie Wen's previous series of actions and hints did have some effect.

Xie Wen nodded with satisfaction. With the help of two "emotion monitors" Klee and Shirahoshi, as well as a group of think tanks including Huamei and Sasha, he was confident that he could be a good psychologist.

However, just as Xie Wen was thinking about what method to use next to improve Uta's mental health, Klee suddenly pulled his ears.

"Brother Xie Wen, someone is coming meow."

(=w=)σ

The little puppet pointed to the sky and said.

Looking in the direction of Klee's little paws, I saw three figures flapping their arms up and down, slowly descending from the sky. Behind them, there were a dozen larger news birds.

Xie Wen: "..."

This staffing configuration will include no one else except his colleagues from the news agency.

At the same time, Xie Wen also remembered that he had promised to give Morgans a batch of Ibuki wine, and he said at the time that he would send someone to get it...

I think it's them.

"Thank you, Master Wen!"

Looking at the winged people and news birds in front of him who were saluting him respectfully, Xie Wen felt a little headache.

Giving Morgans Ibuki wine was of course not a problem. What really troubled Xie Wen was that the people from the World Economic Society knew about their dealings with Tot-Musica...

"Xie Wen! You! Didn't you say you didn't plan to make big news in Elegia?!!"

Sure enough, after the winged people greeted Xie Wen, they immediately placed a video Den Den Mushi in front of Xie Wen. Morgans in the projected image was waving his big wings excitedly, spitting and accusing him of an offence.

“Ahem… I didn’t know there was something like this hidden in the ruins of Elegiari…”

Xie Wen spread his hands and decisively played dumb: "Before Robin deciphered the information about the music demon Tot-Musica in the ruins, I thought that the ancient people mistook a devil fruit user for a music demon. I didn't expect that there is such a thing!"

"Tot-Musica? Music Devil?"

Morgans immediately became interested and asked, "Tell me more about it, I feel like there's some big news in it!"

"I'll contact you later." Xie Wen waved his hand. "We just dealt with that guy. I still need some time to deal with the aftermath."

After sending Morgans away, Xie Wen did not continue to try to adjust Uta's psychological problems. He had done enough today, and now he needed to let her calm down on her own.

So, Xie Wen acted as if nothing had happened and worked with the cats to deal with the places that were destroyed again by Tot-Musica, and also brought along the colleagues who had just arrived.

However, Xie Wen still underestimated the mental toughness of these characters in the pirate world... or the degree of their thick nerves. He originally wanted to let Wuta take a break, but she came to him instead.

"Xie Wen, can I talk to you?"

After handing the Ibuki sake to the winged colleagues and calling Morgans to tell them about the general situation of Tot-Musica, Uta suddenly came over and asked seriously.

Xie Wen did not agree immediately, but turned his head to look at Klee on his shoulder.

(つw)つ

The little puppet didn't say anything, but just hugged Xie Wen's head and rubbed it gently a few times...

This means that Uta is currently in a stable mood and can talk.

So Xie Wen nodded and asked knowingly, "What do you want to talk about?"

Uta's face showed a tangled look. She opened and closed her mouth several times, but no words came out. Finally, she turned back to look at Gordon, who looked worried, and then made a determined look and said, "It's about Tot-Musica."

"Don't worry, the music score has been..."

"I summoned it ten years ago. Elegia was not destroyed by Shanks, but by... me..."

Without waiting for Xie Wen to continue playing dumb, Uta took the initiative to tell everyone the truth that they already knew.

"Uta!"

Gordon stood up in a panic.

Although Xie Wen had already guessed it before, he still held on to a glimmer of hope. Now that Uta himself had revealed it, Gordon felt mixed emotions.

At this moment, he felt both fortunate and guilty, but more of a loss.

Gordon had promised to keep the secret for Shanks for so long, but was suddenly told that it was meaningless. Gordon was now unsure of how to face Uta.

"It's okay, Gordon, I know it's not your fault."

Fortunately, Uta is not as extreme as in the theater version. After she took the initiative to comfort Gordon, she looked at Xie Wen again, "If it was Sasha who made this mistake, what would you do? Pretend that nothing happened?"

Xie Wen probably had some idea of ​​what Uta was thinking now.

Xie Wen had told Sasha Miao before that he would not blame her even if it caused terrible consequences. This was completely different from Shanks's approach, who silently took the blame on himself but abandoned Uta.

Although Uta was envious of this behavior, she felt guilty and could not feel at ease thinking that she was completely irresponsible, so she wanted to find out more detailed thoughts of Xie Wen.

"I certainly don't think nothing happened."

Xie Wen shook his head. He didn't need to act. He just told the truth. "Although Tot-Musica was summoned accidentally, the people of Elegia themselves also have to bear some responsibility, but it was summoned by... uh... Sasha after all. If it were me, I would accompany Sasha to compensate those who were hurt as much as possible, such as taking care of their families and helping to rebuild Elegia."

He patted Uta's shoulder and comforted her, "I won't say that you have no responsibility at all, but you didn't want to summon Tot-Musica back then, so you may feel guilty, but there's no need to push yourself too hard... Wasn't Gordon the king of Elegia back then? He never resented you, did he?"

"Mr. Xie Wen is right!" Gordon stepped forward, "Uta, I have never blamed you. Just like Mr. Xie Wen said, you were just bewitched by Tot-Musica with the music score. If we are to talk about the real responsibility, it should be my fault as the king who has not been able to make up his mind to destroy the music score!"

Then, Gordon, who gradually understood Uta's thoughts, said with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry, Uta, Shanks and I thought the truth was too cruel for you, so we wanted to hide it from you, but we didn't think that leaving you on this island would also be a very cruel thing..."

“I, I… wuaaaaaaaaa! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to do that! I’m sorry!”

Uta hugged Gordon and started to apologize while crying loudly.

Seeing that Uta finally vented his emotions, Xie Wen also breathed a sigh of relief.

Things turned out to be much easier to resolve than I expected.

Just ...

Shanks should be on his way to Elegia, right? I wonder if Uta will forgive him now.

It was cool for a day, or half a day to be exact, and then it got warmer again... What a crappy weather!