Xie Wen's premonitions-or rather, his jinxing-were as accurate as ever.
After spending a little time looking through all the animals kept in the library, he found a moment to glance at his Hunter's Notes. That familiar white light never appeared...
He only needed one more fragment for the monster summon pool, yet he simply couldn't get it. It looked like he could only pin his hopes for the third fragment on Zunesha.
But considering that new page recording Shirahoshi and Sherry, Xie Wen suspected Zunesha might very well end up classified there instead.
After all, judging by their portrayal in the manga, Shirahoshi and Zunesha seemed to share some sort of connection.
At that thought, Xie Wen couldn't help scratching his head. Then he began recalling what creatures in the manga, besides Zunesha, might give him a monster summon pool fragment and that he hadn't encountered yet...
But however much he thought about it, there only seemed to be that oddly drawn giant dog and baboon in Wano Country.
Oh, right, there was also Chopper, who would join the Straw Hat Pirates in the future. He wondered whether Chopper would count toward the Small Monster Guide or the special guide Sherry belonged to.
There didn't seem to be much point in heading all the way back to Drum Kingdom now. As for going to Wano Country...
It wasn't that he feared Kaido, but the Beasts Pirates really were considerably more troublesome than the Big Mom Pirates. In any case, Xie Wen had no interest in going off to fight Kaido again for now.
So, in the end, was Zou still his only choice?
Xie Wen wasn't particularly opposed to visiting Zou. Although the Mokomo Dukedom's two leaders were brainless Kozuki Oden fanatics and just as incompetent as leaders as he