"No! Hold on! When exactly did you two little ones plan all this? How did I not know a thing about it?!"
Having finally processed everything, Xie Wen questioned them while looking at Hua Mei Meow, who was supposed to have been watching them.
"Don't look at me, Admiral. I didn't know either, meow."
Hua Mei Meow gave a wry grin. Although she had noticed that little Ai Haibara Meow was plotting something, she had never imagined she would outright clean out Germa's technology... She had thought Ai Haibara Meow and Klee Meow merely wanted to take the opportunity to teach Germa a little lesson.
"It was when Reiju mentioned Germa's modification technology..."
Ai Haibara Meow held her little head high and animatedly recounted the entire process of devising her plan. After all, if she didn't tell everyone about something like this in detail, wouldn't that leave her with hardly any sense of accomplishment?
"...Then I thought I'd see whether I could find a way to free Reiju from her father's control, so I planned this little disruption with Klee." It was rare for the Little Kitten to say so much at once, let alone display her emotions so openly.
Then, without letting her triumph go to her head, Ai Haibara Meow began buttering up Hua Mei Meow. "Speaking of which, I also have to thank you for your Conqueror's Haki, Huamei. If it hadn't knocked out all the researchers in the lab, getting my paws on all this information would've taken quite a lot of effort, meow."
Hua Mei Meow rolled her eyes at the little smarty-paws. She hadn't intended to give Ai Haibara Meow any trouble anyway. After all, the Little Kitten really had done a splendid job this time.
"So, did you find a solution, meow?"
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