Chapter 497 "A Little Help"

After winning the first match, Shirahoshi didn't know whether she was addicted to fighting or planned to use this ring as a sparring partner. In short, she didn't leave the ring, but stayed on it.

The Nine Snakes warriors who lost two games in a row were also very unwilling, so they continued to accompany her.

Shirahoshi's second opponent Xie Wen looked a little familiar. If I remember correctly, he should be a member of the Nine Snakes Pirates. I saw him when he clashed with Hancock.

As a member taken to sea by Hancock, the opponent's strength is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary Nine Snakes warriors, and his combat experience is far beyond that of Shirahoshi, a novice. So even if Shirahoshi may surpass the opponent in terms of attack power, the mermaid princess gradually fell into a disadvantage not long after the game started.

However, Shirahoshi did not give up easily, but chose to grit her teeth and persist.

Fortunately, although she does not know the color of armament, her observation color is very good, and with the jet belt specially made for her by Meowerya, she will not be defeated for a while.

"Well, Shirahoshi didn't practice close combat before, so the belt is still a little stiff for small-scale dodging and maneuvering. I need to help her improve it later. Check-it!"

(ゝω)~☆

Meowerya, who originally had little interest in the ring battle itself, stared at the screen on the wall and muttered to herself.

Meow Juro was still paying attention to Shirahoshi's response: "It's still inexperienced. When faced with a tricky situation, she panicked all of a sudden. Your Highness Shirahoshi is now simply dodging according to the danger prediction of observation Haki, and has not considered counterattacks at all... Obviously there is still a chance, meow."

"Your requirements are too strict~" Sharmi shook her tail and said nonchalantly: "Sister Shirahoshi has only been practicing for a short time. When she meets such an experienced opponent who is not much inferior to her in strength, isn't it normal that she can't beat him, meow?"

[Thank you, brother Wen, is Sister Shirahoshi going to lose, meow? 】

(=へ=)

Dudu, who was most concerned about the outcome, heard the conversation between the two fighting cats and immediately pouted his lips, pulling Xie Wen's arm and asked.

"Well, this person's speed and combat experience are both above Shirahoshi, and her strength is not obvious for the time being, that is, her observation Haki is slightly worse than Shirahoshi, and it is very difficult for Shirahoshi to beat her."

Xie Wen rubbed the kitten's head and told the truth.

Then, he comforted her: "But this is not a bad thing for Shirahoshi. The previous opponent did not put any pressure on her at all, and it did not have much effect from the perspective of sparring. Although Shirahoshi is likely to lose this time, it will help her much more than before."

After listening to Xie Wen's explanation, Dudu's expression looked a little better, but he was still a little angry.

[Humph! You only know how to bully Sister Shirahoshi. If you have the ability, go challenge Brother Kaido, meow! 】

(=`н=)

The kitten grumbled in dissatisfaction while waving the cat fist.

"It's normal to have winners and losers in a competition." Xie Wen gently patted Duduhao's little head to calm her childish temper, "Why don't we stop watching for now?"

[No way! I want to cheer for Sister Shirahoshi! Didn't Brother Seijuro say that there is still a chance? 】

(`ω≡`ω)

Duduhao shook his head, then clenched his fists and gave Shirahoshi spiritual support.

However, even if the protagonist group wanted to open a hot-blooded cheat, there had to be someone shouting "friendship" or "bond" on the side, so Duduhao's remote spiritual support naturally had no effect. After struggling for a while, Shirahoshi finally lost.

At the same time, the angry complaints of Meowx came from the mouth of Toto Itachi...

"Shirahoshi, this idiot! He only knows how to run away meow! Even if he is going to lose, at least find a chance to hit that guy in the nose twice! He is really useless meow!"

Meow Juro on this side also nodded in agreement: "When there is no hope of winning, it is indeed necessary to cause as much damage to the enemy as possible meow."

Xie Wen rolled his eyes and ignored him.

After Shirahoshi's defeat, Meowx did not appear on the stage again, and Kaido meow and Suika meow were even less interested, so Xie Wen and his team cut off the video and restored it to the previous state.

Toot also controlled the main body and flew back to the beach at the beginning.

After being comforted by Xie Wen's Kato cat hand, Toot, who was originally in a bad mood because of Shirahoshi's loss, quickly regained her lively appearance. She climbed to Xie Wen's head with her hands and feet, and then habitually tossed the favorite toy of the Fey cats-the blue star ear.

Xie Wen: "..."

I should have known not to comfort this little bastard!

Just as he was secretly annoyed, the main Den Den Mushi on the ship, Toto Naruto, suddenly rang...

"Stop it, I have something to do here, you play with Sister Sharmi first."

Xie Wen decisively took the little cat off his head, stuffed her to the confused Sharmi next to him, and ran into the captain's room where Toto Naruto was placed.

Although there was a suspicion of taking the opportunity to run away, Xie Wen was not lying.

Because now, in addition to Morgans and Big Bear, the only people who can call this main Den Den Mushi now are Xia Qi, Cody, Kizaru and other people who have a subtle relationship with Xie Wen, and basically there will be no situation where they will call to say hello when they have nothing to do.

And considering that he had asked Morgans for help not long ago...

"Wahahaha! Xie Wen! It's incredible! It's really incredible!"

Sure enough, after the call was connected, Morgans' familiar laughter came from Naruto's mouth.

"I didn't expect that we could actually affect the navy... Although the popularity of that news is not the highest among the news I have released, the impact it caused is definitely the greatest! This is the real 'big news'! Wahahahaha!"

"So, what happened?"

Although it was Xie Wen who took the initiative to ask Morgans for help, he was not sure about the specific consequences, but hearing the excited tone of the birdman on the other side, it should be a good thing.

"You'd better wait and see the latest issue of the World Economic Daily!" Morgans kept it a secret, "This is a big news that shocked the world!"

"... I'm still in the doldrums now, I can't receive the newspaper at all!"

"Okay, I forgot in my excitement..."

Morgans, who failed to keep it a secret, smacked his lips regretfully, and then told Xie Wen what had happened during this period-

The BIG·MOM Pirates, who were plotted against, did not give up, and fought several more battles with the Navy, but both sides remained restrained and did not go to war.

But the World Government obviously could not accept BIG·MOM's continued harassment, so they should have reached some agreement with her in secret, and the BIG·MOM Pirates finally stopped two days ago.

As for the Navy, although the plan to encircle and suppress the BIG·MOM Pirates was led by the CP organization, Sengoku, as the person in charge of the operation, also resigned because of this. Kuzan, like in the comics, was chosen by him as his successor and became the new Navy Admiral.

The only difference from the comics is that this time the World Government did not interfere with the selection of the Marshal, and Akainu did not fight with Aokiji.

The reason for this situation is naturally related to the "little favor" that Xie Wen asked Morgans to do.

In fact, he asked Morgans to report that Akainu offended the Seven Warlords on Oberstein Island, causing them to be passive in the operation.

Although even if this did not happen, the Seven Warlords would still be passive, but...

Others don't know.