"So boring... So boring..."

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Neco-Arc was prone on the deck, squirming around like a caterpillar while muttering endlessly.

Sherwin looked over, feeling helpless.

How long had she even stayed quiet before starting to fuss again?

Fortunately, after being lectured repeatedly by Sherwin and Huamei Meow, she was now just complaining verbally and wouldn’t suddenly launch a zero-frame startup without warning.

However, letting things continue like this wasn’t an option either. Leaving aside the fact that flying to Baltigo would still take some time, there was no telling how long they would have to wait until they were truly prepared to go to war with the World Government.

But having Suika Meow make the Dodo Advance larger again just to find a Felyne to fight her wouldn’t work either.

It wasn’t a concern about causing problems when Sherwin usually sparred with Hiko Seijuro and the others, the fights were much more intense than the one between Shermie Meow and Neco-Arc just now.

The key issue was that this kind of "play-fight" style of combat couldn’t satisfy Neco-Arc pursuit of chaos...

Unless they had a massive battle royale.

But if they did that, Klee Meow and Jinx, the two bomber Felynes, would be a major cause for concern, not to mention they now had Neco-Arc, a newly added and even bigger headache, in the mix.

Just as Sherwin was worrying, he happened to see Shermie Meow and Sasha Meow bring out a Visual Den Den Mushi, projecting the image onto a screen pulled together from a sail.

Soon, Uta energetic figure appeared on the screen, and sweet singing emerged from the Den Den Mushi mouth.

That it! He could let Neco-Arc mess around inside the Sing-Sing Fruit world!

Sherwin slapped his thigh, finally thinking of a place that could satisfy Neco-Arc without causing any severe consequences.

Although a virtual world couldn’t completely fulfill Neco-Arc demands, letting her get her fix there should be perfectly fine.

As soon as Uta livestream ended, Sherwin immediately called her.

Uta was naturally very willing to help Sherwin, so very quickly, Neco-Arc, who had been rolling around boredly and muttering nonstop, lay quietly on the deck with her eyes tightly shut and her hands resting on her stomach...

Looking exceptionally peaceful.

In addition to the chaotic cat, arc, other restless little troublemakers like Klee Meow, Jinx, and Suika Meow, as well as combat-oriented fighters like Seijuro Meow, Link Meow, and Kaido Meow, all entered the Sing-Sing Fruit world.

With a large number of Felynes entering the "dreamland," it became rare for the Dodo Advance to be so quiet.

With Uta help, arc didn’t cause any more trouble, so after a few days of flying, Sherwin and the others safely arrived at the current base of the Revolutionary Army—Baltigo, the Island of White Soil.

"Father!"

Although this treasure hunt was very interesting and they also learned the biggest secret of the Palico Investigation Team, Bonney still missed her father very much.

So as soon as the Dodo Advance landed, she jumped straight down from the ship and threw herself into Kuma arms as he came to greet them.

"Welcome to Baltigo."

To show how much importance he attached to this, Dragon had been waiting outside for a long time, and together with him were the five commanders of the Revolutionary Army.

"Wow! Look, Brother Sherwin, this island is completely white, meow!"

(=ω=)

Klee Meow tugged at Sherwin ear and shouted excitedly.

Since Baltigo was called the Island of White Soil, it was naturally because the soil, sand, and rocks here were basically all white.

Moreover, almost no plants could be seen on the entire island. Let alone trees, there weren’t even many small blades of grass. It looked like a white version of a desert, except the desertification wasn’t that severe, and it was mostly large expanses of white rocks.

"This is your base?"

Since Baltigo had only appeared in one or two panels in the manga, Sherwin did not know its specific situation very well.

Now seeing such a large expanse of barren white soil, he couldn’t help but complain, "So what were you thinking? Setting up your base in such a wasteland?"

"Because only a barren island like this will not be noticed by the World Government."

Dragon explained, "In addition, Baltigo is located in a remote area where few ships pass by. Although the conditions are a bit harsh, its stealth is the highest."

"Furthermore, the main function of Baltigo is as an operations command headquarters and a training camp for new recruits. In most cases, our main members are scattered all over the world.

Only under current circumstances like this will all the cadres gather here.

And to ensure that nothing goes wrong in other places, the deputy commanders of each army are still staying in their respective responsible areas."

"Well, explained that way, it does make sense."

Sherwin nodded in realization.

Actually, the Navy was the same way Navy Headquarters commanded from the center, and then scattered branches throughout the Four Seas.

This was dictated by the unique geographical environment of the pirate world. Sherwin had subconsciously made judgements based on his experiences on Earth, so it naturally felt a bit out of place.

He had studied "analyzing specific problems in their specific context" for so many years, yet when it came to actual practice, he forgot it entirely.

Sherwin rubbed his nose in slight embarrassment, decisively shutting his mouth and no longer jumping to conclusions about the Revolutionary Army situation.

"Regarding the information you told us before, we have a preliminary idea."

After having Huamei Meow and Kaido Meow keep an eye on the other Felynes, Sherwin followed Dragon to the Revolutionary Army war room.

Dragon didn’t waste words either, directly stating the conclusion they had reached during this period.

After debating for a few days, the Revolutionary Army officers had chosen a middle-ground approach—

"We plan to first test whether the World Government truly possesses the Ancient Weapon ’Urano and whether they can still use it today, before deciding whether to reveal the matter about Imu."

Worried that Sherwin might misunderstand, Dragon specifically added, "It not that we suspect you are lying, but it possible that the intelligence you obtained has errors. We must verify it first."

Sherwin could naturally understand this. If he hadn’t read the original manga, he wouldn’t have guessed that a nearly thousand-year-old monster was hiding behind the World Government either.

Before transmigrating, he hadn’t thought that the "astral mothership" might be "Uranos" either he had thought Vegapunk had created a weapon called "Mother Flame".

As for this middle-ground approach mentioned by Dragon, Sherwin also felt there was nothing wrong with it.

Although the Mother Flame was perfected much earlier than in the original manga under Klee Meow acceleration, for now, York should not have betrayed Vegapunk yet.

Even stepping back, even if she really did like in the original manga and stole a portion of the Mother Flame to hand over to the Five Elders, Klee Meow could still make it lose its effect.

If Imu didn’t want Uranus to fall into the hands of the Revolutionary Army, they would still have to activate that backup energy source whose existence was unknown.

Moreover, this kind of probing by the Revolutionary Army also perfectly coincided with Sherwin current intention to go to war with the World Government.

Except...

"How do you plan to make the World Government use Uranus?"

In the manga, the World Government used Uranus because they wanted to wipe out Sabo, who had learned of Imu existence.

But now, Dragon temporarily had no plans to reveal Imu existence. Wanting to force the World Government to use Uranus would be quite difficult...

Even during the Egghead Island battle, Imu had only sent two of the Five Elders over.

Dragon smiled confidently. "Didn’t you tell me that, besides the Blank Century, there is another thing that the World Government completely eradicates?"

Sherwin eyes instantly widened—

"Even a ferocious tiger doesn’t eat its own cubs!"