Chapter 458: Academic Clique

"How did you know about the power rock?!!"

Hillnans was shocked and instinctively raised his hand to grab Xie Wen for interrogation, but he reacted halfway through and pointed his finger at Xie Wen and asked sternly.

"I am a Shichibukai after all, so of course I have my own intelligence system." Xie Wen shrugged and said casually: "Just like you can't tell me what is hidden here, I can't betray my source of information, so don't ask."

Just when Hillnans was embarrassed, Huiyuan Miao on the side held his chin and murmured thoughtfully: "No wonder you were a little weird before, and Klee also felt that your emotions were not right... You guessed that there was a power rock on this island at that time, right? At that time, you must have wanted to hide it from Klee and not let her know about this matter, right Miao?!"

The little kitten became more and more energetic as he spoke, and finally posed a "there is only one truth" posture, pointing at Xie Wen and said firmly.

"So that's how it is, meow?"

∑(=OДO=)

Keli looked at Xie Wen in disbelief. Although Canglanxing looked calm on the surface, the little puppet had sensed the guilt in his emotions.

"Brother Xie Wen, you big fool, meow!"

(=◣ Pan◢=)

The angry little puppet jumped and hugged Xie Wen's head, then bit his forehead, and kicked Xie Wen's chest with her little cat legs.

With the armed color, let Keli vent for a while, and then Xie Wen took the upset little puppet off his head.

"Didn't I tell you?"

Xie Wen rubbed Keli's little face and defended helplessly.

Then the treacherous Huiyuan Meow added fuel to the fire: "If we hadn't run into Uncle Hillnans and asked about this, you would have pretended to know nothing and fooled around, right Meow?"

"You little rascal, don't talk, no one will take you for a mute!"

Glazing at the treacherous man, Xie Wen quickly turned around to comfort the angry Klee Meow: "Klee, don't listen to what Ai said, I was actually thinking about whether to tell you, but I just hadn't made up my mind before."

While coaxing the little puppet, Xie Wen also didn't forget to comfort Meowx, who was staring at him and thinking about where to start...

"And I was thinking about whether to get two pieces for Jinx, how could I fool around so easily."

"Hmm..."

(=ˇˇ=)

The little puppet stared at Xie Wen seriously for a while, and after confirming that he was not lying, he immediately smiled.

"Hehe~ I knew Brother Xie Wen is the best meow~"

(=`=)

Keli Meow pounced on Xie Wen's head again, then licked the place she had just nibbled twice, and rubbed it hard.

Seeing this, Meowx also retracted her dangerous gaze, and came forward to rub Xie Wen with satisfaction.

"Huh..."

After finally dealing with the two little cats, Xie Wen glared at the little bastard Huiyuan Meow again, and then turned to look at the alert Hillnans.

"Uncle, don't worry, I don't plan to force it from you. Don't forget, I am a Shichibukai, I can directly go to the World Government or Marshal Sengoku to see if I can trade one or two pieces... How could I make it difficult for you?"

"Huh..."

Hillnans also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to be enemies with the cats, and it wasn't that he was self-deprecating. Their SHIELD troops might not be able to beat Xie Wen and his team.

The two natural-type fruits, the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Thunder Fruit, are enough to give people a headache, not to mention Xie Wen, who can fight against the Four Emperors.

"... That's good," Hillnans was silent for a while, and then he said with all his strength: "Then should I continue to take you around?"

"Of course, even if there is no power rock, we are used to visiting every island we encounter."

Xie Wen nodded in response, but did not immediately follow Hillnans.

Because he found that Hillnans was still a little affected after all, and seemed to be a little worried.

But this is normal. If he immediately acted like nothing happened... uh... it seems to be quite normal in the world of pirates...

But no matter what, Xie Wen decided to further calm his mind.

But before that, there is another question that needs to be understood from Hillnans——

"Speaking of which, do you know what Uncle Cody is doing now?"

"You mean he is a CP agent?" Hillnans immediately understood what Xie Wen wanted to ask, "I knew it a long time ago..."

Then he looked around furtively, and then covered his mouth with his hand and whispered: "Otherwise, why do you think I was promoted to a lieutenant general of the special forces as a colonel who is not in the headquarters? It's not enough to have strength alone."

Xie Wen: "..."

How to say it? This situation is both unexpected and not unexpected.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Cody's power seems to be greater than he imagined. Not surprisingly, after Xie Wen noticed Hillnans' promotion speed comparable to Smoker, he knew that he must have connections in the upper echelons.

If the "Deserter King" was not Garp's disciple, how could he not only get away with it after provoking Akainu, but also get promoted all the way?

Even on Earth, there are many cases of people with connections, academic cliques, and local protectionism, not to mention the pirate world.

But Xie Wen didn't expect that Hiernans's connection was Uncle Cody.

Xie Wen didn't think it was a big deal that Hiernans left Uncle Cody's connection. Didn't he also rely on Uncle Cody's connection to get three devil fruits from the World Government?

"Since you know, there's no problem."

After confirming that Hiernans was also an insider, Xie Wen immediately took out a Den Den Mushi and called Uncle Cody.

"Xie Wen? How did you have time to contact me?"

The Den Den Mushi's expression suddenly shocked, "Wait! Didn't you do something big again?! Can't you just be quiet for a while?!"

Cody's voice sounded very tired.

"What are you talking about?" Xie Wen was very puzzled, "Haven't I been very quiet recently?"

"Hehehe..."

Cody sneered a few times, but did not answer the question.

And as if to prevent Xie Wen from noticing anything, he didn't give Xie Wen time to think at all. After sneering, he asked directly: "Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Xie Wen, who was slow in this regard, naturally didn't think much, and answered along with his words: "I want the power rock, please help me convey it to the higher-ups."

"Are you at Hillnans's place now?!"

Cody reacted immediately, "That idiot actually told you such a confidential matter?! Does he want to be arrested and tried on Judicial Island?!"

"Wait a minute! Teacher Cody! I can't pretend I didn't hear that!" Hillnans complained: "Xie Wen, you know about the power rock from other places! I didn't say anything!"

Is it really a teacher?

Xie Wen understood when he heard Hillnans address Cody.

It seems that the problem of school cliques in the pirate world is also very serious.