Chapter 687: 687 The Hunter Kyoka Suigetsu Plan!

"Wh-what going on?"

Lucky Roux looked at Haibara Meow in total confusion, unable to process what had just happened. "Where Kaido? Where are the Beast Pirates?"

Benn Beckman, however, had already guessed the general idea. Since she was their captain daughter, they had a fair understanding of the Sing-Sing Fruit powers...

"Is this Uta ability?"

Beckman gave a wry smile. "I suppose we were pulled in while we were still dazed from that drinking contest with little Suika?"

"Hmph. No wonder Sherwin said you had to be taken out first. You really are sharp, meow."

Haibara Meow nodded, offering a word of praise.

Making Benn Beckman the first to exit was a decision Sherwin had made at the very beginning when he devised this plan, which he dubbed "Kyoka Suigetsu."

After all, what is fake is ultimately fake. Given their tight schedule and heavy workload, the "script" couldn’t be polished to perfection. There was always a chance for unexpected incidents or for the Red Hair Pirates to spot a loophole.

The only thing Sherwin could do was find every possible way to minimize the risk of being exposed... or at least ensure the play wasn’t seen through too quickly.

Therefore, as the brain of the Red Hair Pirates—and their most calm, collected, and observant member—Benn Beckman had to be removed from the board as early as possible for maximum safety, regardless of whether he could actually see through the ruse.

In truth, Beckman had indeed sensed something was off, but the situation had been so urgent that he had no time to think it through. Shortly after, he had been "eliminated" by the combined efforts of Yamato, disguised as Aokiji, and Sherwin, disguised as King.

Finding Beckman as King was always part of the plan.

It had to be said that as a veteran prankster, Sherwin always became particularly clever when it came to mischief.

Listening to the conversation between Beckman and Haibara Meow, Lucky Roux gradually understood what was happening. He pointed to himself and asked curiously, "What about me?"

He was self-aware enough to know that his intelligence was only around the average for the Red Hair Pirates, and his attentiveness was even lower. There seemed to be no reason to make him exit early.

"Because Klee Meow likes you very much, so she specifically let you exit early to come out and watch the show, meow."

The kitten shrugged her paws and then pointed behind the two of them.

Beckman and Lucky Roux looked back and found that besides Haibara Meow and Uta, who could stay conscious in both worlds simultaneously, several other kittens and Shirahoshi were also awake.

At this moment, they were sitting together, watching the images projected from a Video Bird of the scenes inside the Sing-Sing Fruit world.

Naturally, the Bird signal could not transmit between the two worlds, but Sherwin and the others had found a much simpler way.

They had Uta pull a Video Bird into the Sing-Sing Fruit world to record directly. Then, in the real world, they propped open the eyelids of its sleeping physical body and hit play, broadcasting the images to the outside in real time.

The only drawback was that because the Bird in the real world was in a dormant state, the sound could not be synchronized...

They would probably have to wait until they found a Bird that liked to talk in its sleep to solve that problem.

Beckman and Lucky Roux glanced at each other, and then...

Schadenfreude smiles appeared on both of their faces at the same time.

Since there was no real danger, they were naturally happy to watch the jokes of Shanks and their other companions.

Thus, these two unscrupulous friends immediately huddled next to the Felynes who were not participating in the "acting," and together they watched the unfolding "pantomime" with great interest.

Compared to Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux, who had joined the ranks of the fun-seekers, the other members of the Red Hair Pirates still within the Sing-Sing Fruit world were not in such a pleasant mood.

"First Mate! Lucky!"

"How is that possible?! They were actually taken out?!"

"Damn Marines! To think they’d team up with the Beast Pirates! And even use a sneak attack!"

As Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux "died," a commotion inevitably broke out among the members of the Red Hair Pirates.

After all, they had witnessed the strength of these two many times they never imagined they could be taken down so easily, even if the ones striking were a Marine Admiral and the Fleet Admiral.

In reality, if Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux were truly ambushed by Aokiji and Akainu, they wouldn’t have gone down so easily. In the world of pirates, everyone is as hardy as a cockroach, and even if they were truly frozen in ice or doused in magma, they could hold out for a long time.

But it was different in the Sing-Sing Fruit world. As long as Uta coordinated with the attacks from Sherwin and the others to let Beckman and Lucky Roux wake up, it was equivalent to them dying in that virtual world.

As for the "corpses," Uta only needed to create a replica to take their place. Sherwin had given her special training in this regard let alone Shank current poor condition, even if he hadn’t drunk Haibara Meow potion, he would find it difficult to spot any flaws while being entangled by Kaido Meow.

"Beckman! Lucky!"

Just as Sherwin predicted, Shanks, who was fighting the Kaido Meow disguised as Kaido, didn’t notice anything wrong at all, roaring the names of his companions in grief and indignation.

Seeing the appearance of Aokiji and Akainu, Shanks immediately wanted to rush over to protect his companions, but unfortunately, under Kaido entanglement, he couldn’t pull himself away at all.

"Why would the Navy cooperate with you?!"

Shanks questioned while forcing himself to calm down.

"Worororo! That naturally because I promised the World Government that I would stop searching for Vegapunk whereabouts!" Kaido Meow, who had been hesitant at first, was now fully in character as Kaido.

"I originally wanted to come here to deal with that Hunter brat, but replacing him with you is just the same! ’Five Emperor is ultimately not as good as ’Four Emperor after all... Gundari Ryuseigun!"

The mace in Kaido hand turned into countless shadows, smashing towards Shanks continuously like a storm, while his mouth continued to deliver bad news to him.

"Don’t expect the Hunter brat to come back and help either! That old hag Linlin and Wang Zhi will help hold him back! The Red Hair Pirates will be removed from the map today! Worororororororo—!!!"

Under Kaido dual physical and mental assault, Shanks, who had been trying to stay calm, found that he couldn’t settle his mind at all, and even his Observation Haki was somewhat affected.

However, what Shanks didn’t know was that because it was previously discovered that he could sense the wine Suika Meow offered, Sherwin later had Haibara Meow secretly add something to the unconscious Shanks through Shirley.

It was a byproduct Haibara Meow had developed from the Anger Mushrooms of Amazon Lily it wouldn’t make a person fly into a rage instantly like the mushrooms did, but it could make a person emotions unstable for a long period.

The most crucial part was that this influence was subtle, making most people unable to realize they had been affected.

This potion actually didn’t have much effect on ordinary people, but it was perfect for dealing with an Observation Haki master like Shanks.

Under the double weakening, Shanks was completely unable to rescue his companions and could only watch with eyes nearly bursting as the members of the Red Hair Pirates fell one by one under the hands of the Beast Pirates and the Navy.

What terrified Shanks even more was that within his vision, that familiar red and white hair appeared.

"Uta! Run!!!"