"The Navy didn’t co looking for trouble with you?"
After being happy for a while over the good news, Sherwin asked curiously.
Because newspapers couldn’t reach the Calm Belt, he had no idea how far Morgans had gone with the report.
But considering that Akainu had even lost the position of Fleet Admiral because of it, Morgans clearly hadn’t just "leaked a bit of information."
And that was indeed the case. When Morgans reported this news, he upheld his usual "fair and objective" stance, fully showcasing the traits of journalism and bluntly raising the importance of the matter by several levels.
He even gained the support of several other Seven Warlords of the Sea. In that report, he also included the attitudes of Doflamingo, Moria, and Cavendish toward the incident.
As a result, Akainu—who had originally been favored by the World Governnt—received no support at all from the upper ranks in this incident, and the entire process of the Fleet Admiral replacent went extrely smoothly.
It was precisely because Aokiji rise this ti t no resistance that Sakazuki did not leave the Navy and continued serving as a Navy Admiral.
But considering Sakazuki personality, Sherwin felt that even if he had lost the duel to Aokiji, he wouldn’t have left the Navy anyway.
And in the manga, if Kuzan hadn’t been clearly recomnded by Sengoku only to be forcibly vetoed by the World Governnt, he probably wouldn’t have quit the Navy either.
So in the eyes of the World Governnt, even Navy Admirals were really no different from dogs.
"Hahahahaha! The Navy doesn’t have the spare ti to co after right now. Besides, this failure on the Navy side needed an excuse and soone to take responsibility anyway. You can only say Sakazuki was unlucky enough to run straight into it."
Morgans spoke with undisguised smugness.
At first, Sherwin couldn’t figure out what he had to be so pleased about, but it quickly dawned on him—
With that bird scheming nature, he had probably already coordinated with the World Governnt before helping him with that little favor. And as for the World Governnt, leaving everything else aside, their ability to dump bla was truly outstanding.
Just as ntioned earlier, they basically never considered the Navy feelings at all, and dragging Akainu out to take the fall was absolutely sothing they would do.
Sure enough, right after that Morgans continued, "Actually, at the very beginning, the one who was supposed to ’resign to take responsibility’ was Sakazuki. It was Sengoku who voluntarily took the bla for him.
The World Governnt, considering that Akainu is younger and that it still necessary to preserve the Navy combat strength, simply went along with it and agreed. So even for Sengoku sake, there no way he’d co looking for trouble with ."
Only then did Sherwin finally feel completely at ease.
Whether the World Governnt or the Navy would co looking for trouble wasn’t actually that important. Sherwin wasn’t afraid of them at all.
What really mattered was that their attitude would determine whether the Dyna Stone he had already negotiated with Kody could actually be delivered.
After chatting idly with Morgans for a bit longer and picking up so intelligence on other matters, Sherwin ended the call.
However, he didn’t leave right away. Instead, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Should I give Uncle Koby a call and urge him about the Dynamite Stone?
He hadn’t pressed the matter before for two reasons. First, they were in the Calm Belt, so there was no ti to carry out the handover anyway. Second, when dealing with BIG·MOM, he really hadn’t contributed much, so he felt a bit guilty about it...
Yeah, still too thin-skinned.
But now the situation was different. That unlucky Sakazuki had already taken the bla. Even though both sides clearly understood that it was just an excuse, the matter had already been settled, so there was no need for Sherwin to feel guilty anymore.
Still, after hesitating for a while, he ultimately didn’t call Koby.
Morgans report about the Fleet Admiral replacent hadn’t even been released yet. If he called now to press the issue, wouldn’t it make him seem far too eager?
And at this point, Sherwin gradually realized sothing else as well...
Once the Dyna Stone ended up in the hands of those two Bomb Cats, Klee ow and Jinx, who knew what kind of commotion they’d stir up. Naturally, the longer he could delay it, the better. Why rush to urge it himself?
Having figured this out, Sherwin decisively tossed the Dyna Stone matter to the back of his mind, then jogged back to the deck and started a new round of cat-petting.
"ow?"
Klee ow, who had entered the forest together with the gathering team, was walking along when she suddenly shuddered and began looking around.
"What wrong, Klee?" Haibara ow, who was nearby digging up herbs with a "hnng, hnng," looked over and asked curiously, "Did you notice sothing, ow?"
"Mm... Klee suddenly had a bad feeling just now... it feels a bit like when soone wants to trick Klee, ow."
(=ˇˇ=)
The little ragdoll cat pursed her lips and looked at Haibara ow with a face full of vigilance.
"Could it be that Big Sister Ai, you’re planning sothing bad again?!"
"I’m busy collecting herbs right now! I don’t even have the ti to trick you, ow!"
(=`へ=)
The wronged little milk cat protested indignantly.
"But here, other than Big Sister Ai, there no one else who’d be this malicious, ow."
Having been fooled too many tis, Klee ow didn’t easily believe Haibara ow explanation and remained in a cautious, guarded stance.
Faced with the little ragdoll accusation, Haibara ow really lacked the confidence to refute it—after all, she had indeed tricked Klee ow quite a few tis before.
However...
The little milk cat glanced around at their surroundings.
The Kuja gathering team, Huai, Link ow, and...
"Isn’t there also Sanji ow?! He often teases you too, ow!"
Haibara ow swiftly locked onto a perfect "scapegoat."
"ow?"
The little yellow cat who was collecting ingredients he had never seen before, but suddenly got called out, looked completely confused.
"But Sanji ow didn’t have any bad intentions just now, ow. On the contrary, Big Sister Haibara ow, it seems like you were plotting sothing bad, ow."
Klee ow remained unmoved.
The little ragdoll who could sense other emotions wasn’t casually framing Haibara ow—she had clearly felt it. Just now, Haibara ow really had been calculating how to do sothing bad.
The little ragdoll perception was, of course, never wrong. It was just that...
"I wasn’t targeting you at all!"
(=н=)
Haibara ow pulled out a strangely shaped mushroom and explained, "I was just thinking about how to feed this thing to that idiot Sherwin, ow."
Hearing that Haibara ow was planning to ss with Sherwin, Klee ow imdiately got interested. She trotted over eagerly and carefully examined the mushroom in Haibara ow hand.
"If Klee rembers right, that big sister said this is a ’Cry mushroom ,’ ow?"
"That right, it a Cry mushroom . After eating it, you can’t help but cry. Its effect is exactly the opposite of a ’Laugh mushroom,’ ow..."
Haibara ow shook the mushroom in her hand, then tempted her in a voice like a devil whisper. "Don’t you want to see what that idiot Sherwin looks like when he crying, ow?"
The little ragdoll, who had already been very interested in ssing with Sherwin, nodded her head furiously at this point.
"Yes, yes! Klee wants to see it, ow! Just imagining Sherwin crying already sounds really funny, ow!"
(=＞＜=)
And so, the little ragdoll tossed that earlier strange premonition to the back of her mind and huddled together with Haibara ow, whispering and scheming about how to ss with Sherwin.
Off to the side, Sanji ow wore a conflicted expression.
ssing with Sherwin was certainly sothing he enjoyed seeing, but using food to prank soone was sothing this chef cat found hard to accept.
However, the Investigation Team hierarchy had always been Lord Huai first, the kittens of the children group second. Sanji ow also understood that he couldn’t stop them, so after a brief struggle, the little yellow cat wisely chose to pretend he hadn’t heard anything at all...
Anyway, if Little Sister Haibara ow was the one doing it, she would probably turn the Cry mushroom into a potion. That way, it wouldn’t count as wasting food, ow!
Sanji ow silently found a justification for Haibara ow in his heart.
...
"Huh?!"
Sherwin, who was on the ship petting cats, suddenly shuddered, feeling a chill creep up his back...
[What wrong, ow? Brother Sherwin?]
Dodo curiously poked at him, and Shermie ow beside him also lifted her head to look over.
"I don’t know why, but I suddenly have a bad feeling."
Sherwin rubbed the back of his neck, which had inexplicably turned cold, and answered with a serious expression.
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