I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates

"Where should we go next?"

Xie Wen's eyes moved back and forth on the map in the hunter's manual, choosing their next destination.

At this time, he and the two Ellu cats had boarded the newly acquired Explorer 1 and sailed away from Gurez.

The escort work has ended, and the most needed boats, knives, and money have been obtained. The map of Gurez has been opened early, so Xie Wen naturally has no need to stay there anymore, so after catching up on his sleep, After saying goodbye to Uncle Cody and the others briefly, Xie Wen set sail with his two cats.

But before leaving, Uncle Cody also suggested that Xie Wen apply for a sea-going permit.

Although in today's ocean, it doesn't really matter whether you have this permit or not, but with this permit, you can still save a lot of trouble.

Even according to Uncle Cody, even if Keli accidentally blows up someone else's street in the future, as long as she shows this permit to the navy, they will not be included in the ranks of pirates... Of course, she should be compensated. The money still has to be compensated.

But this license is only good for the navy, not to mention the Tianlong people. Even among the participating countries, many people are too lazy to deal with this thing, unless Xie Wen can get a license issued from the Holy Land...

But if I can really get a license from the Holy Land, wouldn't it be better to just get a Shichibukai?

Xie Wen curled his lips quietly, and then casually brushed off Uncle Cody's suggestion.

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"The Capone family didn't send anyone to catch up. It seems they didn't make any extra money." Sanji, who had been watching at the top of the mast for a long time, fell back to the deck and stretched out his legs to kick Xie Wen twice, who was staring at the hunter's manual. "You haven't decided on your next destination yet? Then why don't you think about it before going to sea?"

Xie Wen didn't say anything, just glanced at Kelimiao who was running around on the boat.

"Well...since that's the case, forget it, meow." Sanji meow scratched his head and immediately stopped questioning Xie Wen's choice. Instead, he came to his side and helped him choose together.

According to Xie Wen's initial idea, he would run to the East China Sea as soon as he got the boat, but as he understood the current situation, he was no longer so anxious.

Anyway, there are still several years before the plot begins. The third generation of Guiteru and Yuzuka are still in Rogge Town and will not run away. In addition, Xihai does not seem to be in much danger, so there is no need to run away.

The most important thing is that their starting location is a little bit out of the way...

Well, it’s not appropriate to call it a preference image. It’s actually quite close to the central area of ​​the West China Sea. To be precise, it’s a bit far away from the East China Sea.

If you don’t count flying, there are a total of three ways to travel between the four seas.

One is across the Red Continent, which is controlled by the World Government.

With Xie Wen's current innocent status, traveling to the Red Earth Continent is not a big problem, but the problem is that where he is now, going to the nearest Red Earth Continent is no different from crossing half of the Western Sea.

The second is to pass through the windless belt to the Grand Line, and then from the Grand Line to another sea area through the windless belt.

But without the Sea Tower Stone, not to mention a small ship like Explorer 1, even Luffy's later Thousand Sunny couldn't do it. Even with the Sea Tower Stone, he didn't have a recording pointer or a permanent pointer, and in a place with a changing climate like the Grand Line, who knows where he would end up.

And...the distance to the windless belt is not much closer than that of the Red Continent, because the four seas are "cross-divided" by the two "longitudes and latitudes" of the Great Line and the Red Continent, so Xie Wen, who is in the center of the West Sea, can go to The walking distance is about the same everywhere.

The last method is to go to four different sea areas from the four counter-current rivers in the Upside Down Mountain.

Well, when he learned about the third method, Xie Wen was actually a little surprised, because according to his vague memory, it seemed that there was no turning back after climbing Upside Down Mountain.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that this is impossible, because in the original work, the Creek Pirates were chased by Hawkeye after entering the Grand Line and escaped. As a pirate who can only dominate in the East China Sea, For pirates whose bounty was less than 20 million, Crick couldn't take his pirate ship to the Red Earth Continent, so he had to return the same way.

Also, although the water in the Niu Flow River is a bit more turbulent, with the physical fitness of people in this world, they can still row back with hard work. Moreover, Xie Wen also specifically asked Uncle Cody for advice, and then he knew that the Niu Flow River would also be in a certain place. During certain periods of time, the river returns to normal downstream due to the influence of tides.

But there's still that problem, Upside Down Mountain is on the Red Earth Continent, far away from them...

Considering that even if you go to the East China Sea, you will still have to return to the West China Sea to open the map in the future. It is better to open all the maps in the West China Sea first, and then go to the East China Sea after getting the summoning coupon.

Maybe a few El cats can be summoned in the process.

So instead of saying that Xie Wen is looking for the next destination, it is better to say that he is planning a route now...otherwise he would just let Kelimiao point to an island at random.

The first thing Xie Wen determined was their last stop in the West Sea - Upside Down Mountain.

Although there are two other routes to choose from, the Grand Line and the Calm Belt can basically be ignored. On the other side of the red earth continent adjacent to the West Sea...is the South China Sea.

If you want to enter the East China Sea from the West Sea, in addition to boarding the Red Earth Continent and walking a journey no shorter than the sailing distance, you can only pass through the intersection of two "longitude and latitude lines".

One of the intersections is the Holy Land Marie Joa, the place with the largest number of Celestial Dragons. Xie Wen took Ellu Cat there because he was confused. The remaining intersection is Upside Down Mountain.

And there are two advantages to going to the Upside Down Mountain. First, the entrance to the East China Sea is very close to Rogge Town. To be precise, Rogge Town is right next to the entrance from the East China Sea to the Upside Down Mountain. The second benefit is... you can see the island whale Rabu.

Xie Wen wasn't very interested in opening up a whale with a muscle, and he didn't have the mouth-escape talent of a hot-blooded protagonist like Luffy. The main reason was that such a big whale would definitely be included in the hunter's manual.

……Huh?

Xie Wen suddenly remembered something - wasn't Labu brought over by Brooke and the others from Xihai? Therefore, it is possible to open the illustrated book of island whales by yourself in the West Sea.

Well, now there's only one benefit to going to Upside Down Mountain.

Xie Wen curled his lips and returned his attention to the map. It was not a big deal anyway.

After determining the last stop, route planning became simple, and Xie Wen quickly selected the next destination.

"The Bone Broken Islands... doesn't sound like a good place..."

However, Xie Wen, who is an expert in art and is bold, will not change his plan just because of a name.

Just as Xie Wen turned the rudder and changed the direction of Explorer 1, Kelimiao's excited shout suddenly rang out from the warehouse where fresh water and food were stored -

"Brother Xie Wen, Keli caught a thief, meow!"

Xie Wen immediately let go of the rudder in his hand and rushed into the warehouse with Sanji Miao.

Kelimiao, whose tail exploded, was seen raising her hands in the air, baring her teeth and claws fiercely at the corner of the warehouse. In the corner facing her, there was a trembling figure squatting in defense with his head in his hands.

"Don't, don't kill me, I...I'm not a thief." The figure defended himself in panic.

female?

Hearing this delicate voice, Xie Wen felt happy. Could this be the story of a hero rescuing a beauty that every time traveler must experience?

It's not like he's some kind of idiot, he just felt inexplicably excited when he suddenly encountered such a classic scene.

Moreover...this kind of side missions usually provide good mission rewards, which makes Xie Wen look forward to it even more.

"Ahem..." Xie Wen pretended to clear his throat, then suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a calm tone: "Don't worry, we are not bad people and we will not kill people casually."

As he spoke, he held Kelimiao in his arms, who was still "scaring" people.

Sanji Miao on the side looked at Xie Wen sideways. Although he didn't say anything, it seemed like he had said everything.

Xie Wen ignored the contemptuous look of the little yellow cat who tried to save others by himself, and continued: "However, you still have to explain why you came to our ship."

"I, I am avoiding the pursuit of the Capone family..."

Probably feeling the kindness in Xie Wen's words, the figure gradually stopped shaking, then carefully raised half of its head, revealing a pair of timid eyes, and answered weakly.

Although only half of her face was exposed and it was difficult to see clearly due to the lack of light in the warehouse, she could still roughly tell that she was a beauty.

really! It was a hero who saved the beauty from running away!

I don’t know where it started. Many people seem to feel that after entering the Grand Line, there is no way to turn back easily.

But the comics have mentioned more than once the state of those who escaped from the Grand Line - like walking zombies who have lost their will.

So there is definitely a way to turn back, and it's not too difficult. The most obvious examples are Creek and Bucky I mentioned.

Not to mention strong men like Shanks, Hawkeye and Drago, returning to Sihai is just like playing.