Although he really wanted to see Shanks get humbled right away, it was a pity that he wouldn’t be able to rush to Elegia for a while.

Therefore, Sherwin could only temporarily shift his focus to the reconstruction work of Elegia.

Meanwhile, the other members of the investigation team were also helping with the reconstruction while engaging in activities that interested them...

For instance, Robin buried herself in the books within those ruins, tireless even though most of them were related to music scores and music theory.

After obtaining Gordon consent, Purah Meow dismantled almost all of those stone statues of course, for every one she dismantled, she provided a Guardian with higher intelligence and stronger combat power as compensation.

As a fellow researcher Felyne, Haibara Meow, after harvesting all the Wake-Up Mushrooms on the island, threw herself into the development of new medicines.

This little black-bellied girl felt that the existing potions weren’t enough to make Shanks deeply realize his mistakes, so she decided to develop several more types of new medicine just in case.

The only thing that made Sherwin feel uneasy was that Haibara kept glancing at him while saying those words...

In addition to the Wake-Up Mushrooms, there were many other animals and plants on Elegia that were uncommon elsewhere, and they were all very suitable as ingredients. He didn’t know if it was because Tot Musica was sealed here, or perhaps...

Before Sherwin transmigrated, he had seen reports such as "music promotes the growth of plants" and "music can improve the mood of animals," so it seemed normal for the flora and fauna of Elegia to be superior and rarer?

Regardless, Sanji Meow was overjoyed.

Shermie Meow, Sasha Meow, and Klee Meow continued to serve as guest performers in Uta live broadcasts with great enthusiasm, and the popularity the three little kittens gained was not inferior to Uta at all.

In addition, they worked together with Sherwin to help Uta develop her fruit abilities...

Well, although a certain little ragdoll cat responsible for acting cute mostly just got in the way, the overall progress was quite pleasing.

Unfortunately, the Sing-Sing Fruit Metaverse that Sherwin had envisioned could not be realized.

Because...

Uta, the "server," couldn’t hold up.

First of all, just like the reason Uta constantly consumed Wake-Mushrooms in the movie, once she falls asleep or loses consciousness, the world of the Sing-Sing Fruit collapses instantly, causing all "players" to disconnect.

Secondly, as the number of people entering the Sing-Sing Fruit world increases, the mental energy Uta needs to consume also grows, and this consumption increases exponentially.

With Uta current mental strength, as long as the number of "players" exceeds one hundred, the duration she can maintain it begins to drop significantly.

This was the result Sherwin tested after bringing in members of the World Economic Journal to help.

Therefore, in the movie, Uta consumption of Wake-Mushrooms was not only to prevent herself from falling asleep but also to use them to stimulate her brain, keeping her spirit in a relatively active state.

Ultimately, Uta was unable to create NPCs that existed beyond her own understanding.

For instance, even though she knew of the existence of Conqueror Haki, she could not create an entity that utilized it.

However, after Sasha Meow allowed her to experience a temporary burst of Conqueror Haki, she was able to create one.

She even managed to grant an NPC the technique of Conqueror Coating, despite her own failed attempts to use it herself.

Even so, the NPCs she created could not significantly exceed her own level of strength. While games without overly exaggerated settings were fine, Uta found it difficult to reproduce games in the Sing-Sing Fruit world that featured entities like Ancient Gods, Titans, or Heavenly Demons.

Because of this, things like a metaverse were out of the question. However, she could still achieve effects such as small-scale online meetings, multiplayer games for under a hundred people, and scripted murder mystery games.

For example, over the past few days, Klee Meow enjoyed dragging the other Felynes along to play characters from "Naruto Meow," reenacting various famous scenes from the story within the Sing-Sing Fruit world... though, to be precise, they were mostly scenes involving explosions, primarily focusing on parts where Deidara and Konan appeared.

Aside from that, the Felynes had tried their hand at other stories Sherwin had told them.

Originally, Sherwin had thought about recording these scenes and handing them over to Morgans to turn into a TV series or something similar.

Unfortunately, these little Felynes would start to improvise as they acted.

For instance, Deidara (Klee Meow) blew Sasuke (Touma Meow) to within an inch of his life Seiya (Sanji Meow) thrashed Hades (Mr. Kamijou) Ichigo Kurosaki (Nyajuro) completely overwhelmed Byakuya Kuchiki (Kamijou Touma) with swordsmanship and Pang Feiyan (Haibara Meow) "accidentally" gave Gongsun Ce (a certain cow-print Felyne) a new medicine she was currently developing instead of his actual dose...

Moreover, most of the time the Felynes were just laughing and playing around while role-playing, treating it purely as a game. Combined with the fact that Sherwin did not want to place too many demands on them, the idea ultimately died in the womb.

It would be better to wait until Uta becomes more proficient in her fruit abilities and then let her try using fully virtual characters directly.

Just as Elegia was being rebuilt at a rapid pace with the help of the Felyne Investigation Team, the group of pirates who had originally left after listening to a concert... headed back this way once again.

Their actions were influenced by various factors.

The primary reason was, of course, Tot Musica. Although the newspapers stated it was a musical demon sealed by Elegia, the problem was that many pirates simply didn’t believe it!

Elegia had never seen any demons for all these years, yet one appeared as soon as Sherwin arrived? Who knew if that Tot Musica was another creation of Vegapunk?

Therefore, in the eyes of many "clever" pirates, Elegia was likely a smoke screen released by Sherwin.

It was very possible that Egghead Island, where Vegapunk was located, was hidden somewhere not far from Elegia.

However, they failed to consider that if this were truly the case, why would the World Economic Journal—which clearly had deep ties with Sherwin—even report this news?

Actually, if it were only for that reason, those pirates who had already been fooled once would not all have chosen to rush back. The truly decisive factor was related to Shanks.

Out of concern for Uta, the Red-Haired Pirates, who had been moving in secret, began to accelerate their voyage after seeing the reports regarding Tot Musica. Naturally, they no longer had any interest in concealing their movements.

This led everyone to suddenly discover that the "Red-Haired" one, one of the Five Emperors, was personally rushing to Elegia and had even gone out of his way to hide his tracks previously.

Therefore, even if Vegapunk wasn’t there, there might be some kind of treasure or something similar. Didn’t they see that even the usually indifferent Red-Haired Pirates were rushing there?

Pirates are a group of people who are essentially a pack of hyenas that will swarm as soon as they smell even a hint of blood.

So, even without the matter of Tot Musica, the unusual movements of Shanks alone were enough to make them follow closely behind.

Of course, some truly clever pirates guessed through the connection between the two that the destruction of Elegia ten years ago was likely related to Tot Musica.

However, this did not mean the other possibility had vanished, so they would rather make a trip for nothing than miss out on going along.

Among them, there were even some who intended to let Sherwin and Shanks fight until both sides were wounded, then step in to pick up the pieces.

After all, not many people knew about the friendship between Shanks and Sherwin, and those who did were primarily from the Marines.

As Shank whereabouts were exposed, Kaido and BIG MOM, who were originally unsure of what was happening, could no longer sit still. They likewise led their fleets and rushed toward Elegia.

With them making such a move, Whitebeard, worried that Shirahoshi and the Felynes might get the short end of the stick, felt he should also come to back them up under Teach egging on.

Seeing that the other three Emperors of the Sea were also in motion made other pirates even more certain that Elegia must be hiding some kind of secret.

Consequently, even more pirates joined in, and even some neighboring countries dispatched their own armies, hoping to get a piece of the pie...

Even though they had absolutely no idea what kind of pie it was.

Even the Revolutionary Army, busy as they were undermining the World Government, sent a combat squad over out of concern that something might go wrong on Sherwin end, prepared to lend him a hand from the shadows if things took a turn for the worse.

With such a large-scale movement of pirates, the Navy naturally could not sit idly by.

Thus, a commotion even more grand than before was born out of this series of coincidences.

Sherwin, who had just received a call from Morgans and learned what was actually happening in the outside world: "..."

Thinking it over, it really was all Shank fault!