I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Because Xie Wen and the cats went to Wano Country and overturned Kaido's lair, he naturally disliked Xie Wen in many ways.

Not to mention……

His "son" was also kidnapped by someone (a cat).

What Kaido could not accept the most was that Yamato was now wearing women's clothing, and he could even see that his "son" had some light makeup on his face.

Doesn't this mean that Xie Wen (Elu Cat) easily corrected his daughter, whom he could never teach?

This made Kaido feel like a failure, but he didn't want to admit his failure.

So, as soon as those insignificant people left, Kaido couldn't wait to jump out, wanting to compete with Xie Wen, the "culprit" in his eyes.

Of course, there is also the fact that he is not sure he can deal with Kaido, who is very similar to him, and he does not want to have another horn blown off. Kaido is still very smart when he needs to be smart.

"……Fine."

Xie Wen, who was not aware that he was actually taking some blame for Kaido, just hesitated for a moment and agreed immediately.

Although sending Kaido, Meowth or Nekomaru is the safest choice, but again, they are four against two, there is really no need to give in.

Besides, he was able to fight the upgraded Mihawk with his swordsmanship alone before, and now Xie Wen is really confident that he can fight Kaido in a one-on-one duel without relying on the cat.

However, this does not prevent him from continuing to tease Kaido before that...

"We Monster Hunters are used to bringing cats with us when we go into battle. To be fair, you can also bring a helper."

"Isn't it time to say it's a one-on-one duel?! One-on-one duel! Do you know what a one-on-one duel is?!!"

Kaido roared while jumping up and down in frustration.

"Tsk, you guys, you're not as tough as before after your horn was cut off."

Xie Wen scratched his ears with a bored look on his face and continued to provoke the other party.

However, this was not simply a mockery. Kaido was indeed much more irritable than before... although he was quite irritable before.

Of course, Xie Wen could understand it. After all, he had destroyed his old nest, broken one of his horns, and most of his subordinates were killed by a single shot from "Uranus" not long ago. It was natural for him to become a little irritable.

It should be said that Kaido's temper just became a little more irritable at this time, instead of rushing towards Xie Wen regardless of the consequences. This is enough to show that he is not as reckless as he usually appears.

"Well, well, well, even if we need to fight, we can't do it here. I have to live here normally!"

Big Mom held down Kaido, who was about to lose control, and said, "Kaido, Xie Wen, you should give me this face, right?"

Seeing that Charlotte Linlin had used Red Hair's catchphrase, Kaido could only suppress his anger, but his eyes continued to glare at Xie Wen fiercely.

Xie Wen also stopped while he was ahead and did not provoke Kaido again.

The location for the competition was quickly chosen.

Because several cadres of the Big Mom Pirates died, several of the 34 branch islands of Totland have lost their managers. After suffering this blow, Charlotte Linlin had no intention of immediately appointing someone to take over. In addition, she later received an invitation to an alliance from Dragon and prepared for the tea party, so those islands have been abandoned for a while, and even the residents on them have basically moved to other islands.

So, Charlotte Lingling simply chose an island called Jam Island among these deserted islands as the "arena" for their battle.

"Is Duckworth gone? What a pity. The jam he made on his island is quite unique..."

e=(`o=)

Sanji-nyan sighed with a look of regret on his face.

The little yellow cat who was learning cooking in Totland should be the one who knew the most members of the Charlotte family among them. Anyway, Xie Wen couldn't remember who the guy named Duckworth was, and he didn't seem to have any impression of the Jam Island chosen by Charlotte Lingling. However, Xie Wen was impressed by Smoothie's 100% Island that turned the surrounding sea water into juice.

In the end, it was the greedy little cat Klee who whispered in his ear and reminded him, "It's the weird uncle with standing hair and a pair of big purple wings."

(=ΦΦ=)

The little puppet licked his lips and said, "The jam on his territory is indeed delicious, meow."

Only then did Xie Wen have a slight impression that there seemed to be such a person.

While whispering to their cats, Xie Wen and his friends soon arrived at the deserted Jam Island.

Although the people on Jam Island have moved away, it has just begun to be abandoned, so the buildings on the island are still intact. They still follow the usual style of Totland and are all made in the shape of jam jars.

As for why Charlotte Lingling chose this island, Xie Wen roughly guessed it...

Maybe it's because the guy named Duckworth doesn't have a high status in the Sherlock family, or maybe it's just his personal preference. In short, there are not many "jam cans" on this island, and they are sparsely distributed, so BIG MOM won't feel so sad when they are dismantled.

"Come on! Little brat from Blue Star! Even if I don't win this competition this time, I will still teach you a lesson!"

Before the ship everyone was on reached the shore, Kaido leaped onto the island and quickly switched to a half-human, half-dragon form in the process.

After landing, he slammed the mace in his hand into the ground, creating a large spider-web-like crack, and yelled at Xie Wen who was still on the boat.

"Tsk... you are such an impatient person."

Xie Wen sucked his teeth, then waved to Shanks and the others, "Then I'll take the lead. It's a good opportunity for me to try out the new weapon Pur-ya made for me."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to his waist and pulled out a strange-looking three-in-one insect-controlling gunlance from his space waist bag.

Although this one is also an Insect Grenade developed from the integration of Monster Hunter's long weapons, it is not the same one that Xie Wen used to fight the Five Elders before.

Apart from being a bit larger, the insect-controlling gunpowder in Xie Wen's hand was not as straight as conventional spears, gunpowders, or insect-controlling sticks. It looked a bit bent overall, and if you looked closely, you could see that the gun body and the handle were supposed to be one piece, but in order to "straighten" it, it was cut into two pieces by Miaoerya.

Well, by the way, this somewhat weird-looking Insect Control Gun Lance was given a very straightforward name by a certain Blue Star with a bad taste—

"Beast Demon Horn - Cut"