The misunderstanding had already taken hold. Even if Xie Wen and the others explained things to the outside world through Morgans and Uta's livestream, those people would never listen, so he simply stopped bothering with it.
Even if they eventually discovered it had all been a misunderstanding, few would dare come looking for trouble with him anyway.
So Xie Wen blithely put the matter out of his mind and continued discussing with Uta and the Felines how to teach Shanks a lesson he would never forget.
Yes, not caring was one thing, but Xie Wen still decided to go a little harder on Shanks for causing him trouble.
The next day, Shanks, who had sped up his journey, arrived at Elegia. Xie Wen had originally planned to have him sneak onto the island, but under the circumstances, there was no need to hide it from Uta anymore. So after spotting the Red Force, Xie Wen and the others brought Uta and Gordon to Elegia's repaired harbor to wait for the Red Hair Pirates to approach.
"Have some backbone! You're already looking excited, and you haven't even seen that idiot Shanks yet, meow!"
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Jinx Meow jumped from Shirahoshi's head onto Uta's shoulder and swatted her cheek in exasperation as a reminder.
"Oh, right!"
Uta hurriedly reined in her expression and put on an impatient look instead.
Gordon: "..."
Xie Wen and the others had not kept Gordon out of their planning, so he knew perfectly well what awaited Shanks.
Out of loyalty to his friend, Gordon wanted to warn Shanks, but considering that he was an accomplice, stepping forward now to ruin the Felines' plans seemed a little like asking for death. All he could do was make himself less noticeable while silently mourning for Shanks...
He had no choice.