After returning to the ship, Xie Wen took out the Den Den Mushi set Morgans had given him and dialed his number.
"Hahaha! Brother Xie Wen, what brings on this sudden call?" As the call connected, the Den Den Mushi before him took on Morgans's birdlike face and asked boisterously, "You should have left the East Blue by now, right? So where do you need information about? The South Blue? The North Blue?"
"Our newspaper's intelligence network in the East Blue really is terrible..." After teasing him, Xie Wen said, "I'm in the Grand Line now, somewhere called Explosion Island."
"What?!" The Den Den Mushi mimicked Morgans's astonishment to perfection as he exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible! Explosion Island is relatively far along in the first half. There's no way I wouldn't have heard anything!"
"Ah... that's because I didn't go through Reverse Mountain. I crossed the Calm Belt instead." Xie Wen did not keep him guessing. He explained the reason directly, then stated his purpose. "I'm planning to cross straight through the Grand Line to the South Blue, but a Log Pose only points to the next island on the current route, so... could you send me a few Eternal Poses?"
"What do you think Eternal Poses are?! Send you a few, he says! You can't necessarily get one even if you have the money!" Morgans cursed angrily, but quickly changed his tune. "Still, if you tell me how you managed to cross the Calm Belt, I could consider giving you one."
"Huh? You actually don't know? Haven't the Marines been using this trick for ages?"
"What?! You used the Marines' method?! Where did you hear about it?!"
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The two stared at each other through the Den Den Mushi for a while before Xie Wen broke the silence.