"He can't... no! I can't be eaten! Coo-"
The pigeon on Rob Lucci's shoulder paled in fright, flapping his wings as he hid behind the top hat.
Hearing him speak, Little Plushie immediately looked disappointed. "Another one that talks... can't eat him, meow..."
"Right, right, right, I can't be eaten! Coo-"
The pigeon poked his head out from behind the top hat and nodded frantically.
But after twitching her ears, Klee Meow pointed at him excitedly and shouted, "No! You can't talk, meow! Klee heard it! The voice came from that uncle, meow!"
"You still can't eat him." Xie Wen tapped Klee Meow on her little head, stopping her from continuing to stand up for Ai Haibara Meow. "If you want pigeon, I'll buy you some later. This one's someone else's companion. No more scaring him."
"Hahahahaha!" Pauly laughed from the side. "That's right! Lucci's a weirdo. Without Hattori, he doesn't dare talk to anyone at all."
Only after explaining on Rob Lucci's behalf did he suddenly look horrified. "Wait! What's going on with you, then?! You don't look like you're playing along with his ventriloquism!"
"Meow?" Little Plushie tilted her head in confusion.
"Talking! You're talking! How can a little kitten like you talk?!" Pauly continued shouting.
"If Fish-Men exist in this world, then cat people are perfectly normal, aren't they? To be precise, they're called the Mink Tribe."
The answer came from neither Xie Wen nor Klee Meow, but from a man's voice behind Xie Wen. All the shipwrights looked respectful when they heard it.
Xie Wen turned around to see Peepley, who had left earlier, and the third CP Agent, Kalifa, following a man in a striped suit toward them.
"There's another strange person, meow," Ai Haibara Meow quietly reminded Xie Wen beside his ear. Xie Wen