The World Council officially begins tomorrow, so after so initial conversation, everyone was arranged to go to their respective rooms to rest.
Although he was not royalty, Sherwin was still a Warlord, so the room he was assigned followed royal standards. In addition to a luxurious and comfortable room, there were various services available on call.
Well, including a certain type of special service.
"Sigh... if I had known, I would have co alone..."
After learning about this, Sherwin couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice.
Hearing his mutter, Baby-5 imdiately stepped forward.
"Master Sherwin! If you need it..."
"Shut up! You idiot!"
With practiced ease, Sherwin delivered a hand-chop to interrupt the airheaded maid dangerous suggestion.
On the other side, Sanji ow also complained indignantly, "Unfair! Why does only Sherwin get this kind of service, ow!"
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"You idiot, shut up too!"
Sherwin also gave the little yellow cat a hand-chop.
"Shermie ow, what are Brother Sherwin and the others talking about, ow?"
A confused Klee ow tugged on Shermie ow and asked curiously.
"Sherwin is up to no good again. A good child like Klee should probably not know about it, ow~ That little idiot Sanji is definitely going to be lectured by Huai later, ow~"
Shermie ow was quite reliable she knew exactly how to quell the little Ragdoll curiosity.
And indeed, upon hearing that she might be targeted by Huai, Klee ow imdiately covered her mouth, no longer curious at all about what Sherwin and the others were saying.
"Then Klee doesn’t want to know anymore, ow!"
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"Stop fooling around for now. I need to give Robin a call. Shermie, help keep watch."
After settling into their room, Sherwin gave a reminder to the restless Felynes and then picked up a cat-paw-shaped ornant hanging from his waist.
Unlike Oberstein Island, where the World Governnt had summoned the Seven Warlords to stay temporarily, Mary Geoise was not equipped with signal jamming devices. Instead, it featured a surveillance and alarm system.
If a Den Den Mushi not on record was used in Mary Geoise, the World Governnt would imdiately know and conduct eavesdropping even if an Interference Den Den Mushi was used, it would still trigger an alarm.
However, this ti Sherwin did not use a signal enhancent device, nor did he even use a Den Den Mushi. Instead, he brought their Research Commission own communication device, which was similar to the walkie-talkie inside "Shermie ow" back in Dressrosa.
As for why Sherwin chose to use their own developed communication device instead of the previous signal enhancer, it wasn’t because he knew in advance about the layout of Mary Geoise.
The real reason was actually quite simple: when entering Mary Geoise, their belongings would be inspected, and Sherwin and the others could not bring their spatial bags.
Therefore, if they were discovered carrying a Den Den Mushi plus anti-eavesdropping encryption equipnt and a suspected signal enhancent device...
It would clearly look like they were planning to cause trouble. Being barred from entry would be the best-case scenario at worst, the World Governnt might use it as an excuse to arrest Sherwin for interrogation.
So, Sherwin and the others simply didn’t bother bringing Den Den Mushi at all, replacing them with this "Cat-Paw Phone" disguised as an ornant.
As for the specific details of this Cat-Paw Phone...
To put it simply, Purah ow had set up a signal tower on the Dodo Advance. Within the coverage area of this signal tower, all Cat-Paw Phones could communicate with each other like mobile phones.
To be precise, this was originally sothing Purah ow had tinkered with while preparing to deal with the Heavenly Yaksha, based on a brief ntion Sherwin made regarding his understanding of mobile phones.
According to Sherwin original idea, he actually wanted to see if they could penetrate the isolation of the Birdcage.
Therefore, the Den Den Mushi network, which would have been cut off by the Birdcage anyway, was abandoned, and Purah ow and Haibara ow tinkered together to create an entirely different information system.
Although the signal of the Dodo Advance signal tower was still blocked by the Birdcage back in Dressrosa, its existence provided the Research Group with a regional communication network independent of Transponder Snails.
This resulted in the monitoring and alarm devices here in Mary Geoise being completely unable to sense Sherwin signal... after all, they weren’t even on the sa system. After pressing the pads and toes of the cat paw phone in a specific sequence, Robin voice ca through from the paw.
Well, it sounded a bit muffled.
It couldn’t be helped to prevent the World Governnt from noticing anything amiss, Sherwin had specifically asked Purah ow to put a layer of camouflage on the outside before coming here.
"...That the general situation. Have you seen or heard of Nefertari D. Lili, or any history related to her, anywhere?"
After the call connected, Sherwin imdiately relayed the content of what King Cobra had told him to Robin.
"Nefertari..." On the other end of the communicator, Robin pondered for a mont before slowly replying,
"No, I haven’t seen any relevant records. Perhaps they were in the library of Ohara back then, but I just hadn’t finished reading them yet..."
"Ah... speaking of which..."
Sherwin mory was triggered once more. "The books of Ohara weren’t destroyed."
Without waiting for Robin to ask, Sherwin continued, "After Ohara was blasted into ruins by the Buster Call, the Navy discovered a large number of books in the lake at the center of the island.
It just that they didn’t know their value, so they didn’t salvage them.
Then, a few days later, a group of Giants arrived at Ohara, salvaged those books, and transported them to their hotown, Elbaf... At that ti, Garp son and Vegapunk were also there."
To prevent Robin from getting curious about his source of information again, Sherwin proactively ntioned Dragon after all, Robin knew he had contact with the Revolutionary Army.
Along the way, this could also "explain" why Sherwin hadn’t told Robin this news before.
Sure enough, after hearing Sherwin say this, Robin entire focus shifted to the books of Ohara.
"The will of Ohara... it hasn’t died out yet... that wonderful..."
Robin wept with joy.
"There one more thing. The captain of those giants back then was said to be a man covered in bandages. So, your giant friend is likely still alive."
Sherwin thought about it and decided to reveal this as well.
Although the manga was vague and didn’t state it explicitly, the "man with the burn scar" was basically Saul without a doubt, so it shouldn’t be a case of giving Robin false hope.
This ti, Robin didn’t say a word Sherwin could only hear her faint sobbing.
Feeling that Robin needed so ti to calm her emotions, and since there was nothing else to discuss, Sherwin took the initiative to hang up the phone.
And then...
"What are you two little ones doing?!"
As soon as the call ended, Sherwin spotted the small blue Felyne and the small ragdoll Felyne wandering near the door.
"Klee ow and Jinx sister want to go out and play ow!"
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Before Jinx could open her mouth to stop her, the blunt Klee ow had already answered Sherwin question.
"Sigh..."
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The small blue Felyne, who failed to stop her in ti, resignedly pressed a paw to her forehead and let out a helpless sigh.
After joining forces with Huai ow to shut down Klee ow and Jinx "plan" to explore Pangaea Castle at night, Sherwin had to spend quite a bit of effort telling stories to these restless little ones to prevent any more mischief.
Once he finally managed to coax them all to sleep, Sherwin, as usual, fell into a deep slumber surrounded by a circle of Felynes.
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