When immersed in research, one could hardly feel the passage of time. Before he knew it, Mousse was already thirteen. Nothing major had happened over the past year or so. On a global scale, the biggest news was probably Hawk Eyes Mihawk being widely recognized as the "World's Greatest Swordsman." Within Totto Land, the only noteworthy development was the sudden rise of "Panda Fever."
This began with Huo Lisha's recent visit home. After returning to Huo Family Village, she was surprised to discover that Panda, the panda they had assumed had run away, had actually returned to the family's bamboo grove. And it had not come back alone—somehow, it had found itself a mate, who had followed it there.
When Mousse learned about this, he first burst out laughing, then unconsciously thought of a problem people often overlooked. Unless they're ordinary species like Cat Viper and Dogstorm, if the babies keep living alongside humans, there's really no way to meet their reproductive needs!
But since Panda had already found a mate, that was no longer a problem. Delighted, Huo Lisha half-forcibly brought the pair of pandas to Totto Land, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of its hundreds of thousands of citizens. It seemed that even in this otherworldly realm, few could resist the charm of those fluffy black-and-white creatures.
Come to think of it, although there were even more mysterious Panda Men in this world, who seemed much more impressive, their relatively slender, upright builds were actually not as cute as the original pandas. After all, pandas were bears, and bears were inherently adorable. Panda Men were merely "people" wearing panda skins. Other than being rarer and more mysterious, how could they compare to the former?
It was worth mentioning that Mousse's younger sister Praline was especially obsessed with pandas, to