To absolutely no one's surprise, after hearing Xie Wen's version of "Cat Warriors," the cats all began placing "orders" with Meowrah for Cloth versions of their Raid Suits.
Aside from them, Shirahoshi and Yamato also placed "orders," requesting custom Scale Cloths and Surplices that were "faithful to the original"...
Their words said no, but their bodies said yes.
Also, whether it was because the stories Xie Wen and Klee Meow told were more exciting than Kozuki Oden's diary, or because setting out to sea himself had broadened his horizons, Yamato had been bringing up Oden far less often lately. He had not even taken out the "bible" he usually could not put down for several days.
All one could say was that information bubbles were truly terrifying.
To help Yamato shake off the Oden Virus sooner, Xie Wen had already begun considering whether to tell him a few stories from Romance of the Three Kingdoms or something similar.
While Xie Wen leisurely told the cats stories, the seas, which had been quiet for quite a while, gradually began stirring again.
After all, neither the pirates nor the World Government were the sort to sit still.
First were the pirates. Who knew what those pirates were thinking? Perhaps they thought the Palico Research Commission had only become as powerful as it was by picking up Vegapunk's technology... Though, strictly speaking, that had contributed a little, the Research Commission would still have been plenty strong without it.
I, the Sapphire Star, relied entirely on cats to get stronger!
Those pirates, however, did not know that. They only saw that Xie Wen had obtained an Artificial Devil Fruit left behind by Vegapunk, and then another "Kaido" had appeared aboard his ship...
Well, from a certain perspective, that was not wrong either.
In short,