"Xie Wen, there's a strange person here, meow!"
Just as Xie Wen remembered what this place was, Klee Meow had already dragged out the man in a box who had been hiding among the bushes, relying on his hair color for camouflage.
Come to think of it... what was this guy's name again?
"W-what's with you?!" The man in the box got a huge fright when Klee Meow suddenly spoke. Dropping his spooky act, he shouted in a fluster, "Are you some kind of rare animal too?!"
"Klee is a Palico, not some rare animal, meow." Little Plushie shook her head and answered earnestly, "You look more like a rare animal yourself, mister, meow."
"I'm a perfectly ordinary human! My body's just stuck in this box, and I can't get out!" the man in the box argued indignantly.
"Then do you want Klee to blow the box open for you, meow?" Little Plushie offered kindly. "Klee's bombs are really powerful!"
"I'd die in the explosion! You'd blow me up too!"
"Then shall I kick the box apart, meow?"
"I could also help cleave the box open, meow."
"Actually, I'm more curious about how you got stuck in there, meow."
The man in the box was such an unusual sight that all the curious cats gathered around him, chattering away.
Only Xie Wen immediately focused on the "rare animals" the man had mentioned.
That's right! There are loads of very "distinctive" rare animals on this island, and several of them even appeared in the manga. Maybe I can get a whole bunch of Summon Ticket fragments in one go!
Still, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, Xie Wen didn't rush off to find those animals. Instead, he joined the others in front of the man in the box and struck up a