Zou: A Cat Is Still a Cat / Zou: He Had Him Figured Out

Enel: "..."

"Hahaha." Kaku laughed. "All right, that's enough. They haven't done anything to make trouble for us, and we might be staying here a while. No need to stir things up."

"No!" Enel objected. "I haven't settled things with that big dumb dog yet!"

"Can't you fight him when he wakes up?" Kaku looked at the Zebra Man standing nervously in front of Inuarashi. "What's going on with your Duke? Why did he suddenly fall asleep? When will he wake up?"

The Zebra Man swallowed. "Every evening at six, His Grace falls asleep, and Lord Cat Viper, who lives in the Whale Forest, wakes up. Their schedules are complete opposites. Whenever Duke Inuarashi is awake, Lord Cat Viper is asleep, and vice versa."

"Huh? How does that work?" Kaku gave a dry laugh. "One wakes up and the other has to sleep? Did they arrange it?"

"Well... we don't really know. Something happened between them that neither could let go of, and now they act like enemies whenever they meet. That's why they keep these hours." The Zebra Man sighed. "But their feud doesn't affect how they lead the Mink Tribe."

"Oh, I see." Kaku rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Now you've got me curious about what happened. You really don't know?"

The Zebra Man shook his head. "I honestly don't. Neither of them has ever said what caused their falling-out. They used to be such close friends, and they grew up together."

Inuarashi and Cat Viper had indeed been friends since childhood. Their relationship had fallen apart after the death of Kozuki Oden in a place called Wano Country.

Which meant...

Lin Mo suddenly thought of a possibility that gave him a headache.

Surely one of his three remaining tasks on Zou wouldn't be to reconcile Cat Viper and