"Huh?"
Whitebeard's hand holding the wine paused slightly, and his eyes fell on Black Cat on the table.
Black Cat sat there with his head raised, his tawny eyes reflected the figure of Whitebeard, his expression a bit curious.
He looks cute and naive, but his voice has a thick, manly tone.
Whitebeard put down the wine bowl, looked away from Black Cat, and fell on Kenma in front of him, his expression showing confusion.
"Don't mind, Newgate."
Kenma chuckled in his heart and used Flash Step.
The figure instantly appeared on the table, picked up the curious cat, and sat cross-legged on the table.
"Let me introduce you, this is my wife, Yoruichi."
"Wife?"
Whitebeard raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Black Cat in Kenma's arms.
Yoruichi looked at Whitebeard in front of him, raised his forelimbs and waved, saying hello.
"Yes, I am Kenma's wife."
"Then - do you want to drink?" Whitebeard pushed the wine glass in front of him forward.
"--Don't drink."
Black Cat shook his head, then reacted, with a surprised look on his face again.
"No, your reaction is wrong!"
"Shouldn't you be surprised to see a cat spouting human words here?"
"Normally speaking, cats can't talk!"
Whitebeard blinked, looking puzzled. "Cats can talk--what's weird about it."
The pirates around him couldn't help but talk about it when they saw this scene.
"King Enma's wife--is actually a cat?"
"Definitely not, haven't you seen Ace at a wedding? He just looks like an ordinary human being."
"Then the current appearance should be similar to Cat-Cat Fruit ability.
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"After all, it's Shinigami. Isn't it normal to have an animal incarnation?"
The reactions of the people around me, from the initial surprise to the final relief, were not as shocking as Yoruichi expected.
Black Cat's ears twitched, feeling very puzzled by these people's mediocre response.
Why were these people not surprised by her current appearance? They even accepted her male self-identification and male voice so easily.
This is completely different from what she originally thought.
It's rare that she was fully prepared and ended up like this early in the morning.
Originally, she had planned to show up in this posture, reveal her true identity after everyone was stunned, and then make a shocking turn.
But now everyone's reaction is so unremarkable, without any splash.
It really disappointed her.
She raised her head and looked at Kenma above.
"You're being serious, you won't tell them everything, right?"
Kenma scratched Yoruichi's chin and belly and immediately shook his head when he saw her asking.
"I didn't say that."
"These people are well-informed, and your little tricks can't fool them."
Yoruichi thought of the elder Uchiha whom he met before. After seeing him, that person's reaction was also so dull.
Thinking of this, Yoruichi nodded subconsciously, feeling self-doubt in his heart.
Is it possible that it is common for cats to talk?
Is she the one who is ignorant and ignorant?
Whitebeard looked at the cat and said with a smile, "Gu la la la, since you are Kenma Boss's wife, then you are our Boss mother."
"Kenma Boss has been very kind to us, so you are our friend. If you have anything to say in the future, just tell us. We will do it even if we risk our lives.
The sons of Whitebeard all around agreed.
"Old Man is right."
"The world of pirates also has benevolence and justice."
"We have always wanted to repay Lord Kenma's kindness."
Hearing the shouts of these people, Yoruichi looked confused.
"Favor - pirate, and benevolence?"
"Prude, what's going on?"
Kenma said softly, "Explain it in detail. I will take you to see it for yourself later and you will understand."
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Seeing Kenma say this, Yoruichi nodded and suppressed the curiosity in his heart.
Whitebeard glanced at Black Cat again, and asked Kenma: "Boss's mother looks like this now - Boss, you won't give that Devil Fruit to Boss's mother to eat, right?"
Kenma felt Yoruichi stretch out his claws to tug on her sleeves again, and continued to scratch her chin with his hands, soothing her doubts.
Black Cat suddenly stopped making noises, making a "purring" sound in his throat, his eyes narrowed, showing a look of enjoyment on his face.
Kenma shook his head at Whitebeard: "No, this is Yoruichi's talent."
Then he asked in confusion, "Do you know what the power of that fruit is?"
"I don't know."
Whitebeard shook his head.
If he knew better, he would have marked it clearly when giving the gift.
Kenma said, "Then we can only wait until it is eaten by others. We will know then."
He looked around and asked with confusion, "Speaking of which, I didn't see Little Oars when I came here this time. Where are the others?"
Whitebeard swallowed a sip of wine and sipped the wine stain on his mouth.
"His size attracted too much attention here, and he was reluctant to let go of Ace, so he went to the sea to look for Ace." Whitebeard asked, "Why, didn't you see him last time you went back?"
Kenma shook his head and said, "No."
"Then he should be staying somewhere on the sea." Whitebeard said with a smile, "Even though he looks so scary, he is actually very simple-minded."
"I couldn't save Ace, but I made him blame himself for a long time. During this time, I heard that he has been exercising very hard."
Mentioning his pure-minded giant son, Whitebeard's face softened significantly.
He took another sip of wine and asked Kenma: "If a busy person like you comes to see me today, there must be something going on."
"Between you and me, just tell us."
Seeing this, Kenma raised Yoruichi in his hand and said directly, "Come here this time. First, I will bring Yoruichi to meet you and introduce her to you."
"She has always been curious about you."
After a pause, Kenma looked at Whitebeard and said, "The second thing is related to you."
"Me?"
"The last time I went to the sea, I found Underworld Land in your world. I wanted to build a stronghold there, and I wanted you to go and stay there."
When he said this, Kenma felt Yoruichi's body stiffen in his arms. Just as he was about to make a move, he stopped again.
Hearing Kenma's words, Whitebeard looked confused.
"Yomi?"
"What kind of world is our Yomi over there?"
Kenma said truthfully, "It is a lifeless and dead place. The soul is frozen there until it cannot bear the cold and completely dies."
This was beyond Whitebeard's expectations.
"I thought it would be as vibrant as Soul Society, or as Oden brother described, with all kinds of Hell."
"It's actually like this."
Speaking of this, Whitebeard reacted and looked at Kenma with a somewhat unbelievable look.
"If you say that, Boss, haven't you really become the master of Underworld Land?"
In this case, it is no different from gods such as Underworld King and Enma in various myths and legends.
Kenma nodded. "So I want to leave it to you to guard it temporarily."
"Newgate, I know you don't want to deal with these mundane things now, but apart from you, I can't find anyone else I can entrust you to General, so I can only come here and ask you to come out."
Whitebeard After his death, his mentality felt like he was at peace after retirement.
If you feel that you are already dead, you should not continue to care about those things.
So since I came to Soul Society, I have been staying here peacefully, enjoying the joy of family life with my sons around me.
Kenma is aware of this, so he feels a little embarrassed.
Whitebeard heard the hesitation in Kenma's words, drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and placed it on the table, making a dull sound.
"Gu la la la, Boss, since it is your entrustment, I will not refuse!"
"Don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will definitely help you protect that piece of Underworld Land!"
After that, Whitebeard looked at the sons beside him and asked, "I'll take them with me when I go over, okay?"
Whitebeard answered so simply that Kenma's expression immediately softened a bit, and he nodded and replied, "Of course there is no problem."
Whitebeard groaned, and then asked, "When are you leaving? Now?"
"It hasn't been built over there yet. I will come over and let you know when the basic framework is set up."
Kenma briefly talked about what happened before and after, and declined the request of Whitebeard and others to hold a banquet together, and then waited for Yoruichi to leave this somewhat hilarious courtyard.