Sherwin premonition— or rather, his cursed mouth— was as accurate as ever.
After spending so ti going through all the animals collected in the library, he found a mont to glance at his Hunter Handbook. That familiar white glow did not appear...
The monster card pool was clearly just one fragnt away from completion, yet he still couldn’t obtain it no matter what. It seed that the only option left was to place his hopes for the third fragnt on Zunesha.
However, thinking about the new page that recorded Shirahoshi and Sherry, Sherwin suspected that when the ti ca, Zunesha would very likely be classified there instead.
After all, judging from its portrayal in the manga, there seed to be so kind of connection between Shirahoshi and Zunesha.
At that thought, Sherwin couldn’t help scratching his head, then began recalling what other creatures besides Zunesha might be able to grant him a monster card pool fragnt— creatures he still hadn’t encountered yet...
But after thinking it over, it seed there were only those two oddly styled giant dog and baboon in Wano.
Oh, right— there was also Chopper, who would join the Straw Hat crew in the future.
He just didn’t know whether Chopper would be counted under the small monster encyclopedia or the special encyclopedia that Sherry belonged to.
Going back to Drum Kingdom at this point didn’t seem necessary, and as for heading to Wano...
It wasn’t that he feared Kaido it was just that the Beasts Pirates were indeed far more troubleso than the Big Mom Pirates.
In any case, Sherwin had no interest for now in running off to pick another fight with Kaido.
So in the end, was Zou really the only option left?
Sherwin wasn’t particularly resistant to going to Zou. Although the two leaders of the Mokomo Dukedom were diehard fans of Kozuki Oden and, like him, rather unqualified leaders, Sherwin was still very interested in the Mink tribe itself.
What more, Zou also hid a Road Poneglyph, so he could conveniently collect it along the way.
"S-Sherwin, can we go to Liquor Island now, ow?"
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Just as Sherwin was pondering their next sailing route, Suika ow ca wobbling over, tugged at his sleeve, and asked.
Ever since she learned that there was an island thed around alcohol, she had been eagerly looking forward to visiting it.
Now that Sherwin serious business was finally finished, this little drunk cat naturally couldn’t wait any longer.
"Alright, alright, we’ll head over right now."
Sherwin rubbed her little head, casually tapped those rakshasa horns, then reached out to Perospero for the island distribution map of Totto Land.
And Perospero handed the map to Sherwin without the slightest hesitation.
"Even though I’ve given you the map, each island has different defenses around it, so you’d better bring them along, lick~"
Perospero pointed at the group of "blind dates" and reminded him.
Sherwin felt helpless inside, but still chose to bring them along. Since Big Mom was so confident in her daughters... then so be it. He didn’t really mind anyway.
And Brûlée and the others didn’t refuse either they were more than happy to spend more ti playing with the cats.
"Protheus can keep following us too, ow?"
Klee ow hugged the Fla Homie, which was currently in a three-headed hound form, and was a little reluctant to let go.
"Uh... about that..."
A troubled expression appeared on Perospero face.
If Sherwin and the others were only staying inside the Cake Chateau—or even if they just remained on Whole Cake Island—he could agree right away.
But if they were to leave Whole Cake Island, he didn’t even need to ask BIG·MOM to know that it would definitely be refused.
As Homies created from Charlotte Linlin own soul, Protheus and Zeus were still quite important to her.
Although in the manga Big Mom could throw them away without hesitation, the price was that she expended a portion of her lifespan to make another one.
So it was impossible for BIG·MOM to allow them to go too far away from her.
This wasn’t a matter of worrying whether sothing might happen to them, but rather sothing akin to... the unease a nearsighted person feels after realizing they don’t know where their glasses are.
Fortunately, Sherwin main objective had already been achieved, so he didn’t make things difficult for Perospero. He pinched Klee ow little cheek and had her let go of Protheus.
"All right then..." The little doll pouted unwillingly, but still loosened her small paws that were holding onto Protheus. "Then Klee will co find you to play again next ti, ow."
The little doll waved her paw at Protheus, then tossed a clump of golden flas toward it.
"This is a gift for you, ow!"
Protheus, who had originally been sowhat resistant to Klee ow, imdiately changed its attitude after "eating" the clump of flas. It flew over to Klee ow side and began circling around her.
"Really? Then you must co find to play again soon!"
As Homies created from fragnts of Charlotte Linlin soul, both Protheus and Zeus inherited her gluttonous nature.
On Zeus side, after being fed high-quality lightning, it began currying favor with Shermie ow.
And by comparison, Zeus was even more sycophantic—no wonder it was so easily lured away by Nami in the manga.
As for Protheus...
Unlike Zeus, who only knew how to fawn over Shermie ow, its attitude toward Klee ow leaned more toward coaxing and trickery.
Right now, it was trying to get the little doll to give it a few more high-quality flas to taste.
This made Sherwin recall a speculation that so goofy netizens once had—that after Mother Carl was devoured by Charlotte Linlin, she hadn’t truly died, but instead continued to exist as a soul, parasitizing Big Mom.
And that Protheus, as well as the later Hera, possessed a portion—perhaps even most—of Mother Carl personality.
Seen this way...
Had those goofy netizens guessed right again?
Sherwin didn’t dwell on the matter for long. After all, whether Big Mom was Charlotte Linlin or Carl made little difference to him.
"All right, Klee, it ti for us to go. Your big sister Suika is still waiting to go drink," Sherwin said.
He stepped forward to stop the little doll from repeatedly tossing fireballs at Protheus, then led the mbers of the investigation team, along with those "blind date candidates," aboard the Dodo Advance.
"Mr. Sherwin, I saw in the newspaper that you escaped from Kaido by relying on this ship. Could you let see it in action?"
Not long after the Dodo Advance departed from the harbor of Whole Cake Island, Pudding approached with the curiosity of an inquisitive child.
If Sherwin hadn’t read the manga and known that this little girl was actually a dark-hearted acting type, he really would have been fooled by her appearance.
In fact, not only now—back on Cake Island, Pudding had frequently probed Sherwin and the Felynes indirectly about matters related to the investigation team.
And besides her, Charlotte Myukuru of the Longarm Tribe and Charlotte Joscarponi of the Longneck Tribe had shown similar behavior.
Clearly, their mission today was more than just an arranged eting.
As for Pudding probing, Sherwin didn’t pay it much mind. After all, part of the Dodo Advance capabilities had already been exposed.
Even if he didn’t show them to her, with the Big Mom Pirate intelligence network, they should have learned about it long ago.
And besides...
It was a good chance to conveniently let the impatient Suika ow reach Liqueur Island a bit earlier.
Sherwin handed the sea chart Perospero had given him to Huai ow, then patted the head of the small doll on his shoulder.
"Klee ow, I’ll leave it to you next."
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