"Y-y-y-y-you... who are you people?!"
The appearance of the Toot Toot Forward gave Uta quite a fright.
Although this girl kept declaring in the movie that she wanted to create a new world without pirates, in reality, she had stayed on Elegia and knew almost nothing about the outside world. Her understanding of pirates probably extended no further than the Red Hair Pirates.
Besides, Uta had not started out with such a "grand" goal. Only after she became famous and kept receiving letters and complaints from her fans did her hatred of Red-Hair for "abandoning" her turn into hatred of all pirates. Combined with her guilt after learning the truth about what happened back then, it gave rise to an escapist idea much like Obito Uchiha's...
Come to think of it, her "Uta World" was essentially no different from "Infinite Tsukuyomi." One simply used sound as its medium, while the other used sight.
"Uta, sweetie~ I finally got to meet you, meow~"
(=ω=)
Shalmeow turned into a flash of lightning and appeared right in front of Uta, wrapping her paws around her neck and enthusiastically nuzzling her.
"I heard your singing and loved it, so I specifically asked Xie Wen, sweetie, to bring me here to find you, meow~"
"I-is that so?"
As she gradually recovered from her fright, Uta quickly succumbed to the cats' adorable appearances. Hugging Shalmeow back, she said happily, "So you're my fans? Welcome to Elegia... you must be from the Mink Tribe, right? I heard about you when I was little, but unfortunately, I never got to meet any of you. I never imagined I'd get to meet so many at once today!"
Without waiting for Shalmeow to answer, Uta turned to Xie Wen and the others.
"You flew over here just now, right? Is