Pipi Shrimp, known scientifically as a mantis shrimp, is called a mantis shrimp in English and belongs to the phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Crustacea, class Malacostraca, subclass Hoplocarida, order Stomatopoda—uh, sorry. Wrong show!
Back to the point.
Even magnified more than a hundredfold, transformed from the finger-length creature Loa knew into the monster before him—over three meters long and half a meter tall—
That still doesn't change the fact that it was a Pipi Shrimp!
Loa recognized it at a glance. After all, he had eaten Pipi Shrimp by the ton!
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.
With its tail submerged and its upper body sprawled across the Port, the giant Pipi Shrimp blew bubbles while its large, oddly human eyes darted back and forth.
Hum!
Momonga was about to speak when a sudden chill ran down his back. An intense wave of cold froze most of the Port.
The cold came so suddenly that the Pipi Shrimp swayed a few times, then collapsed onto the Port with a thud.
"Uh... what happened?"
Momonga turned around and stared speechlessly at the cleaver, file, and shell-cracking spike floating above Loa's head.
"Hey! You're not planning to butcher it and eat it, are you?"
"What else?" Loa shot back with a cold laugh. "You expect me to ride a Pipi Shrimp home? Sorry, I still have some dignity."
“What Pipi Shrimp? What are you talking about?” Momonga swung his sword impatiently, sending Sword Energy toward the ice blades above Loa's head. The soldiers around them had turned blue-lipped from the cold. They might catch a chill.
But—
Clang!
A crisp metallic ring sounded. Momonga stared at the Ice blade, which had suffered nothing more than a nick, and his mouth twitched.
He could not let Loa eat it, so he hurried to explain. "That's an Ocean