After exchanging the members of the Suwak Pirates for their bounties, Xie Wen kept to his own pace, taking his time as he followed his original route and lit up the remaining islands one by one.
Along the way, they took down several more pirate crews, and two more installments of the West Blue Travel Guide were published. Xie Wen still had one final installment that had yet to be released. According to Morgans, his reputation as the "Traveler" had even reached the ears of "those above." Some Celestial Dragons who enjoyed traveling had already started planning trips to the West Blue because of his travelogues...
Unfortunately, for most people in the West Blue, that could hardly be considered good news.
In addition, using information supplied by Morgans, Xie Wen acquired another Famous Sword he had no use for. Unfortunately, he did not come across any more Devil Fruits.
They did encounter one pirate with a Devil Fruit power-the Zoan-type Hyena Fruit. Both his strength and bounty were unremarkable, and Klee Meow flattened him with a single bomb.
Xie Wen had not forgotten his original idea, either. He killed the pirate outright, then tried carving some "materials" from him with the Hunter's Knife...
What he carved out was twenty-two million Beli... exactly matching the pirate's bounty.
Xie Wen did not believe that was a coincidence. Clearly, his Hunter's Knife had also recognized the pirate's bounty as part of his materials. So although he had failed to carve out a Devil Fruit this time, Xie Wen felt even more convinced that his idea could work.
As for whether those twenty-two million Beli were genuine... well, Xie Wen spent them anyway.
Still, Devil Fruits really were far too rare in the Four Seas. Apart from Capone Bege and this pirate, there were