I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

After sailing like this for two more days, there was still no land in sight, but the news bird came again.

Xie Wen:? ? ?

Could it be that Morgans does not allow payment with dried small fish, so the news bird came back two days ago to ask for repayment?

"This one is not the same bird as the previous one," Sanji, who guessed Xie Wen's thoughts, crossed his hands and cast a look of contempt at him, "The smell is different, meow."

"Oh..." Xie Wen understood.

So what's the situation now? What major events happened in just two days? Or is the World Economic News updated so frequently?

"Goo-"

Sure enough, it's not the same one, even the cry is different...

After the news bird settled on the mast, it immediately stretched out its wings and gestured towards Xie Wen.

After a lot of guessing, Xie Wen finally understood the purpose of the other party's visit - he had heard about Xiaoyu's work from the previous news bird, and came after him to ask for a taste of two. In exchange, he would receive They followed Xie Wen to find the nearest ship to them.

This business is feasible. After all, News Bird can deliver newspapers everywhere on the vast sea. There must be some special means of locating ships. Compared to the land where we don’t know how far away it is and we don’t know the situation above, we need to take a smooth sailing boat to get there. An island with human settlements is obviously a better choice.

Even if the other party's destination is not suitable for Xie Wen and the others to land, you can still ask them about the situation in the nearby sea area first, and at the worst, they can get off the ship in advance.

"Deal!" Xie Wen took out two small dried fish and threw them to Newsbird, "I'll give you three more after I find the boat."

"Goo!"

After swallowing the two small fish dry, the News Bird's motivation was obviously improved. It originally planned to stay on the mast to guide the way. It flapped its wings a few times and flew directly to the front of the raft to start guiding the way.

And Xie Wen also took out the simple oar he had made before and started rowing hard.

Under the guidance of News Bird, a small black spot soon appeared on the sea ahead. Looking at the direction of the other party... it seemed that it was still where Kelimiao pointed before...

Anyway, it’s good to meet people in advance.

Xie Wen, who always felt a little bit shortchanged, comforted himself in his heart.

"Kelly, can you see what kind of boat that is?"

Xie Wen continued to wave the oar in his hand while asking Kelimiao who climbed to the top of the mast.

"It's a big ship, meow~" Kelly said nonsense, and then added: "Kelly didn't see the pirate flag, meow."

It seems that their luck is pretty good... Although with Xie Wen's current strength, they won't be too scared even if they encounter pirates.

As Xie Wen and the others gradually approached, the ship with unknown power also discovered them.

Perhaps because they thought Xie Wen's raft was not a threat, or out of good intentions, the other party not only did not continue moving forward, but instead turned the boat towards Xie Wen and the others.

"Thanks a lot."

Xie Wen, who had already determined that he could board the ship, threw the remaining three small dried fish to the News Bird. The News Bird caught the small dried fish, made a "goo" sound, and then flapped its wings and left.

After a while, the big ship came to Xie Wen's small raft, and then a rope ladder was dropped from the side of the ship.

"Come up quickly!"

A head poked out from above and shouted at Xie Wen and the others.

"Let's go."

Xie Wen waved to his two cats, and Sanji Meow and Keli Meow skillfully climbed on top of him, occupying two of his shoulders respectively.

After carrying the two Ellu cats, Xie Wen had no idea of ​​showing off and climbed up the rope ladder honestly.

"who are you?"

After boarding the deck, Xie Wen was immediately surrounded by a group of sailors holding swords. They looked at Xie Wen and the two cats on his shoulders with vigilance and curiosity.

Xie Wen didn't think there was anything wrong with this situation. In this world where pirates were rampant, it was normal to be wary of strangers.

Moreover, to be able to choose to save people in this situation... the captain of this ship is a good man!

First, he sent a good guy card to the captain whom he had not yet met. Xie Wen raised his hands and said half-truthfully: "I am just an ordinary person in distress. The ship I was on was in trouble and I live on an uninhabited island." It’s been a long time, and I just recently escaped from that island.”

In order to avoid conflicts as much as possible, when Xie Wen discovered the ship from a distance, he put the fresh knife Bai Nagi into his extra-dimensional pocket, so he didn't look threatening at all now.

The strong man who seemed to be the boatswain carefully looked at Xie Wen's body. He probably felt that the animal skin wrapped around him was too convincing, so after pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and asked the other sailors to put away their weapons.

"You're lucky. Our boss is a well-known good man in the nearby waters. If you encounter other merchant ships, they will most likely not let you on board." A smile finally appeared on the strong man's face, and then he turned his gaze Moving towards the two cats on Xie Wen's shoulders, "Are they two fur tribes? I have heard some old sailors mention it. It is said that they are a rare race in the Grand Line."

"Maybe, I don't know." Xie Wen continued to lie half-truthfully: "I met them on the island where they were shipwrecked, and they called themselves Elu cats."

He had originally thought about letting the El cats pretend to be fur cats, but considering that he would summon more and more El cats in the future, it would be okay to have one or two fur cats around him, but all the cats would follow. The fur tribe is too weird, and there are still some differences between Ellu cats and the cat fur tribe, so I just don’t bother to hide it.

Anyway, there are so many weird races in this world, and it’s not a big deal to have one more Ellu cat tribe.

The strong man didn't pay attention to this, and instead said: "You have been floating on the sea for so long, you must be thirsty and hungry, right? I will take you to eat something."

"Uh...thank you."

Although this was not the case, Xie Wen did not reject the other party's kindness and followed him with two cats.

After simply eating some dry and hard bread, Xie Wen also got a general understanding of the situation from the strong man.

This is a merchant ship that does business among several nearby islands. The owner's name is Cody, who is considered a well-known businessman in this area.

Although there is only one merchant ship in front of him, Mr. Cody actually owns a fleet. However, the reason why he is really famous is what the strong man just mentioned - he is a rare good man.

And the strong man is not the boatswain as Xie Wen had guessed before, but Cody's butler, named Bacchus.

But judging from his burly figure and the weapons hanging on his waist, this butler probably also has a part-time bodyguard.

As for the sea area they were in, Xie Wen also asked through some insinuations - the Blue of the West, also known as the West Sea.

Xie Wen didn't know much about the West Sea. He only remembered that it was Shanks' hometown and the sea area where O'Hara was located...

I don’t know if the Demon-Slaying Order incident happened.

Xie Wen muttered secretly in his heart, but he was not very interested in Nico Robin.

Although the protagonists of many fan fictions like to drag her on board, Xie Wen has no intention of becoming a pirate and has no interest in historical texts. Moreover, his golden finger determines that he must lead the cats around the world. If Take with you another Nico Robin who can translate ancient texts...

This is because he is afraid that the world government will not target him.

The reason why Xie Wen wants to know whether O'Hara was killed by the Demon-Slaying Order is simple, because he remembers that Robin was exactly 8 years old at that time, and from this he can calculate her current age, so where she is now The time point can also be roughly calculated.

After all, it's really depressing to know that you know a lot of things, but your eyesight goes blank because you can't determine the time.