Chapter 353: The Pirates' Alliances
"So, what happened to you guys on the island?"
After returning to the ship, everyone was shocked to see the closeness between Bai Xing and Meowx. Even the two scientific research cats in the laboratory ran out and looked at the two "renovated" mermaids and cats curiously.
Hua Mei Miao even sneaked to Xie Wen and secretly asked him about what happened.
After all, it was amazing that Meowx, a little crazy cat, could change his attitude! If we knew the reason, maybe we could use it to control this little cat who refused to change...
Xie Wen probably guessed what she was thinking, but Xiang Feihu's expectations were probably going to be dashed.
He gave Hua Mei Miao a regretful look and let her experience it herself, and then truthfully told her about the "interaction" between Bai Xing and Meowx on the island.
Sure enough, after listening to Xie Wen's story, Lord Xiang Feihu not only drooped his ears in disappointment, but also showed a headache expression...
"Will Shirahoshi be influenced by Jinx and become a troublemaker?"
Like Xie Wen, Hua Mei Miao seemed to have foreseen Shirahoshi who shouted "Runaway dynamite is the best partner for girls", but compared to Xie Wen who was happy to see Shirahoshi's changes, Hua Mei Miao's idea was slightly different-
"There are already enough troublemakers on the ship, meow!"
Lord Xiang Feihu looked at Xie Wen with resentment: "Admiral, when can you summon another reliable Fey cat? Even if it's like Qingjuro and Purya who won't cause trouble, meow."
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"Ahem... I want to, but this thing... it's not under my control!"
Xie Wen shrugged, indicating that he would not take the blame.
Besides, cats tend to do what they want. Cats as stable as Huamei Miao and Miaojuro are rare. Miaoerya is also not prone to causing trouble because his interest is in research.
"By the way, Boss Xie Wen!"
After dealing with the curious cats, Shirahoshi came to Xie Wen and reminded him, "When we just left the island, I could feel that there were some malicious intentions on me. They might have some conspiracy."
"Well, that's good. You at least have the most basic vigilance now." Xie Wen smiled and patted her tail, saying, "I have expected this situation. Among so many pirates, there are always some idiots who can't learn and can't see the difference."
"Meow ha ha ha! It would be better if there were more idiots like this! I didn't have enough fun just now, meow!"
Meowx, who was squatting on Shirahoshi's shoulder, laughed and said, "How about I teach you how to use a cannon to aim at the target first? When they come over later, you can fire and sink them! You know observation Haki, aiming shouldn't be too difficult for you, meow!"
"Hey... firing..."
Although she already had the consciousness of resistance, Shirahoshi was still a little resistant to real fighting.
However, Meowx was not going to give up easily. She kept encouraging her in her ear: "Those people are coming for you. Do you want to be under our protection forever? You will have to move your compatriots to the sea in the future. When the new Fishman Island is attacked by pirates, you must learn how to fight them off, right? Otherwise, why are you following us out to sea?"
When she heard the topic about "setting off firecrackers", Klee came over and encouraged her in the other ear of Shirahoshi: "Yes, yes! We are fighting bad guys, not doing bad things, and explosions are fun!"
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With the magic sounds of the two little cats on the left and right, Shirahoshi, who was already a little dizzy, was actually convinced. She said carefully: "Then... I'll give it a try?"
So, to deal with this kind of girl with a soft personality and a soft ear, is it more useful to force her head down than to present facts and reason?
Xie Wen, who wanted to change Shirahoshi's concept, suddenly felt that he had failed. He had tried so hard for so long, including guidance and quotes from famous people, but the effect was not as good as the "let's go get into trouble together" persuasion of the two cats...
However, a useless Blue Star had long been accustomed to being beaten by his own cats, so he quickly recovered, and then he didn't care about the two little cats that were "leading Shirahoshi astray", but ran to the deck and leisurely stroked other cats.
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Shirahoshi's feeling when leaving Briskiled Island was not wrong. There are always some pirates who will choose to take risks in the face of tempting interests.
Of course, those pirates are not stupid. They know that they can't defeat Xie Wen, a Shichibukai, and snatch the mermaids and cat fur tribes around him by themselves, so they choose to unite.
There is also a smart person among them who went to contact another Shichibukai, or to be more precise, another identity of that Shichibukai - Joker.
Moreover, the pirate who knew Joker's true identity was very smart not to reveal Xie Wen's identity to "Joker"...
"Hehehehe... Young Master, someone sent a message that a female mermaid was found near Biriskiled Island. Wasn't our previous business in the Sabaody Archipelago destroyed by that blue planet? If we can catch that mermaid, the business of the slave auction house will be restored in an instant."
With mucus hanging from the bottom of his nose and his whole body looking slimy, "Plum Blossom" Torrebol, one of the four leaders of the Don Quixote family, approached him in a way that almost made him stick up. Doflamingo reported.
However, under Tianyaksha's glare through his sunglasses, he quickly took a few steps back and distanced himself.
After forcing away Torebol, who liked to talk to others, Doflamingo let out his signature laugh.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, mermaid? That's indeed a good product. Ever since that old guy Whitebeard planted his flag on Fishman Island, it's rare to see a single mermaid."
Although Torrebol's bad habit was very annoying, the news he brought satisfied Doflamingo. To be precise, this was what Tenyasha heard after returning from Marinefando. The best news ever...
Well, without knowing that the other party is Xie Wen.
"So, what are their demands?"
Although he was very interested in the mermaid mentioned by Torrebol, Doflamingo was not an idiot. There was no reason for those greedy pirates to inform him of this news in vain. It was probably because the other party had a good background or was strong enough. .
However, when it comes to strength and background, who has Tianyaksha ever been afraid of? So he had no interest in asking the other party's identity.
"They hope to get two of the mermaid's companions and half of the treasure on the other side's ship." Torrebol replied with a sniffle.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, you really dare to speak..." Doflamingo's eyes flashed coldly under his sunglasses, "Let Buffalo and Baby-5 contact them, and notify Virgo by the way. The G5 branch shouldn’t be far from Birischiled Island, right?”
Obviously, Doflamingo didn't intend to let the pirate who came here get a piece of the pie.
"Hey hey hey, I understand, young master."
Torrebol saluted Doflamingo and then retreated.