Someone passing out drunk at a banquet was an everyday sight for pirates, so although rather a lot of the Whitebeard Pirates had gone down this time, once Marco and the others who were still sober confirmed that everyone, especially Whitebeard himself, was all right, they relaxed and invited Xie Wen and his companions to dig in.
Since Marco could handle it, Xie Wen did not meddle by asking Ai Haibara Meow to examine Whitebeard.
After all...
Xie Wen, that scumbag of a Sapphire Star, was still quite petty. Given Whitebeard's earlier unwelcoming attitude, he certainly would not go eagerly courting a cold shoulder. Unless Shirahoshi asked, he would never volunteer to have Whitebeard treated or anything like that.
Besides, according to the limited medical knowledge Xie Wen had picked up from clickbait accounts, avoiding tobacco and alcohol was the most basic requirement for someone in Whitebeard's condition. Yet in the manga, even several years later, with IV tubes all over him, Whitebeard never stopped drinking. Even Ai Haibara Meow probably could not do much about that.
"What is it, meow?"
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Ai Haibara Meow, who was busily gnawing on a grilled fish, sensed Xie Wen's unconscious glance, and a wary expression immediately appeared on her adorable furry face.
"Are you thinking up something bad again, you idiot, meow?!"
The Little Kitten raised the fishbone, which still had a little fish meat clinging to it, waving it in front of Xie Wen as she demanded in a shrill voice.
Xie Wen had been about to explain, but seeing how jumpy Ai Haibara Meow was, he suddenly felt like teasing her. He quickly put on an unmistakably guilty expression and shook his head repeatedly. "I haven't done anything. How can you slander an innocent man without any evidence!"
But when