I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Chapter 746 Devil Fruit

"demon?"

"Yes, bat wings, goat horns, reverse-jointed legs, a tail tip that looks like an arrowhead, plus the Five Elders' weird immortal bodies and pentagram formation... no matter how you look at it, it looks like a legendary demon."

After quickly hiding underground in the Red Earth Continent, Xie Wen immediately told Dorag what he saw.

Of course, he didn’t actually see the tail of the arrow clearly, but the devilish figure awakened Xie Wen’s memory.

In the original comics, King Cobra and Sabo were both stabbed by some kind of arrow-shaped black shadow. The other Five Elders do not have this ability, so it can only be Im's. Then combined with the devil-like figure he just saw, it is very likely the devil's arrow tail.

"Kelly saw it too~"

(=ΦwΦ=)

The little puppet that had returned to Xie Wen's shoulder raised its little paw and said, "Although I can't see it clearly, I also saw the bat wings and curved horns that Brother Xie Wen mentioned, meow!"

Then, the little puppet tilted its head: "That big bad guy named Im, he ate a devil fruit that can turn him into a devil, meow? So it should be called a devil devil fruit? It feels a bit weird to pronounce meow..."

"Stupid Klee, according to the formal terms, it should be the Human-Human Fruit·Mythical Beast·Devil Form-nyan!"

(=へ=)

Huiyuan Cat, who also returned to Xie Wen's shoulder, glanced at Klee Cat and corrected him with a pout.

"Keli is not an idiot, meow!"

(=`h=)

The two little cats had a disagreement and started throwing cat punches at each other through Xie Wen's head...

Well, not surprisingly, seventy to eighty percent of them fell on Canglanxing's face.

Xie Wen, who had long been accustomed to this, ignored the two little bastards who were using him as an excuse to practice punching, and continued to talk to Dragon: "Of course, this is just my guess. Maybe it's another devil fruit, or... it's not a devil fruit."

"It's not a devil fruit?! What nonsense are you talking about, Shewen Boy?! Apart from a devil fruit, what else can give that Im such a strange ability! Hee Ha!"

"Who knows?" Xie Wen shook his head. "After all, he has lived for more than 800 years. As for his abilities..."

"Eight hundred years ago, or even earlier, people were able to create powerful ancient weapons like Uranus and Pluto. Who knows if those ancient people mastered any human body modification or other technologies? Maybe even Poseidon's ability was artificially created, but for some reason, it was inherited through bloodline."

This guess actually appeared in Xie Wen's mind a long time ago. After all, the other two ancient weapons are man-made products. Only White Star, or the Little Mermaid Princess, is clearly a natural ability, but is classified into the same series as them. It seems a bit weird no matter how you think about it.

For this reason, Xie Wen specially asked Huiyuan Miao to check Shirahoshi's body, but he didn't find anything. It might be that his speculation was wrong, but it might also be that after generations of inheritance, the human traces had already merged with the mermaid princess's bloodline.

Xie Wen's speculation was not groundless. After all, Bonnie was in a similar situation, and besides her...

"…Vegapunk and Germa have also proven that even without eating a devil fruit, people can still gain magical abilities through science and technology."

In fact, the most powerful proof is the cats in the investigation team, especially the newly summoned Cat Princess. Even if they have eaten the devil fruit, it is impossible for them to have a lot of strange abilities like her.

But after all, Felynx are not "local cats", so Xie Wen can't use them as an example.

And the main reason why Xie Wen had such speculation was...

Satan, who was blocked by seastone and seawater at the same time, was directly "summoned" back. Although there are monsters like Kaido who can completely ignore the restraint of seastone and seawater, Im doesn't seem like someone who would endure the hardship to train his resistance to seastone.

"Whether Im's ability comes from a devil fruit or not, it doesn't make much difference to us." Dragon said in a deep voice: "We have to destroy him anyway."

"That's right! No matter if they are demons or something else, just defeat them all!"

Bello Betty, who had eaten the Encouragement Fruit, spoke excitedly, and unintentionally used his ability, causing Xie Wen's blood to boil...

But he quickly regained his composure amid the increasingly swift cat-fights of the two little cats.

"You two little bastards! Stop it!"

Xie Wen took Huibara Cat and Klee Cat off his shoulders and gave each of them a head slap.

After suppressing the two little cats, Xie Wen finally had time to deal with Saint Satan's affairs...

"Purya, when the Five Elders were summoned, was there any movement in your Poké Ball?"

"What is the name of the Poké Ball? My Robot Ball has a name! It's called the 'Sheikah Ball' meow!"

(=`h=)

Miaoerya protested angrily.

As expected, it is still like this...

Xie Wen grinned.

Although he is not good at naming, he at least knows the Penguin Method and "borrows" from other places. Xiao Dejuan's naming ability is even worse than Xie Wen. Basically, he uses Shika or his own name, and then adds the type or appearance of weapons and equipment. The main focus is on simplicity and clarity.

But then again, another scientific cat's naming ability is even more concise, simply using various numbers.

Perhaps this is a common problem among genius science cats.

While Xie Wen was distracted, Miao Erya had already taken out her Hikka tablet and started observing the situation inside the snowball...

"The big spider before might be someone else..."

(=vv=)

Xiao Dejuan held up the Hikka tablet in front of Xie Wen, "The guy we caught before seems to still be in there, meow."

Xie Wen looked at the surveillance screen on the tablet and saw a skeleton with a seastone capture net wrapped around its body, lying quietly in the seawater filled snowball.

Then, Miaoerya opened the sealed snowball, and the skeleton, which was most likely that of Saint Satan, rushed out along with the sea water.

"So, even the ability to transform into a bull-demon is part of the contract?!"

Xie Wen muttered in surprise, then subconsciously took out his hunter knife.

I don't know if it's too late though... Anyway, there won't be any harm in giving it a poke.

"Crack!"

Xie Wen stabbed the skeleton's ribs with a knife, making a crisp collision sound and breaking two of the ribs.

It's really too late...

Xie Wen, who didn't even get the "consolation prize", took back the hunter's knife in disappointment.