Xie Wen and the cats' horseplay was soon put down by Scarlet Tiger-sama after she finished the "new cat onboarding procedures."
Purah, meanwhile, sought out Ai Haibara Meow right away. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two research-minded cats immediately launched into an academic discussion that the other people (and cats) could not understand.
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Link Meow let out a long sigh of relief. After all, if Purah's interest shifted to the technology of the One Piece world, she would stop coming to pester him!
What wonderful news, truly wonderful news.
With the cat summoning finished, everything in Rainbase was finally settled. Xie Wen had no reason to stay any longer, so he took Robin and the cats toward Alubarna, Alabasta's royal capital.
As for transportation, they chose one of the assets Baroque Works had left behind: an F-Crocodile, which belonged to the same family as Banana Crocodiles.
Compared to ordinary Banana Crocodiles, F-Crocodiles had longer, more slender bodies, with a giant banana shape on both the tip of their snout and their tail, rather than just a small banana perched on their head like Banana Crocodiles.
Of course, most importantly, F-Crocodiles were the second-fastest running animals in the Alabasta Kingdom, behind only the royal Fast-Running Duck squad.
"Xie Wen! Xie Wen! Can we keep this cool crocodile, meow?!"
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At the sight of the F-Crocodile decked out like a sports car, Klee Meow immediately turned her sparkling eyes toward Xie Wen.
"Don't make trouble." Hua Mei Meow gave Little Plushie a light tap on the head. "Where would we find the time to take care of this big fellow, meow?"
With the space aboard the Toot Toot Forward, keeping an F-Crocodile was not actually out of the question. But Hua Mei Meow also knew that this was just