"Meow! The ghost got away, meow..."
(=＞△＜=)
Klee Meow, who had immediately chased after it, walked back dejectedly. She jumped into Xie Wen's arms and nuzzled his chest, wheedling, "Big Brother Xie Wen, that ghost escaped to the island over there. Can we go catch it, meow?"
Clearly, the Little Plushie, eager to catch the ghost, hadn't heard Brook's startled cry and didn't know that the island that had suddenly appeared was their destination.
Since Xie Wen had intended to go ashore anyway, he naturally wasn't going to refuse.
Besides, even if they hadn't planned to land, the waves that suddenly surged up below would push them toward the island.
Looks like Moria has really perfected this whole "hunting" process.
Xie Wen gazed at the churning waves below and marveled inwardly.
As he recalled, besides waiting in the Florian Triangle for people to come to him, Moria also sent out "drifting barrels" disguised as offerings to the sea god. If someone picked one up and opened it, the barrel would fire a brilliant signal flare, notifying him that "prey" had arrived.
"Hm?"
As they gradually approached Thriller Bark, the ship built from an entire island, an invisible figure sneaked aboard the Toot Toot Forward and lunged straight at Robin.
Monster Hunter Style: Backfist.
Xie Wen flashed in front of Robin, then punched the air ahead of him.
"Aaagh!"
With a scream and a series of crashes, a figure appeared sprawled on the deck of the Toot Toot Forward.
"Big Brother Xie Wen, this person is so strange. He smells like several different animals..." Klee Meow twitched her nose. "He doesn't seem like a Mink Tribe member, meow."
"Because he's fundamentally human." Ai Haibara Meow rolled the prone Absalom over and pulled open his clothes to examine him, then nodded in