As mentioned before, Area 40 was home to tourist attractions and specialty shops, so Xie Wen naturally planned to take the cats on a shopping spree here.
However, the first thing they experienced was the Sabaody Archipelago's unique "bubble culture."
"Xie Wen! Those Bubble Cars look so fun, meow! Klee wants to play too!"
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Little Plushie sprang onto Xie Wen's shoulder and tugged at his ear, wheedling.
Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow were quite interested at first too.
But after Little Kitten took a couple of careful looks and discovered that the contraption was merely a bubble fitted with a simple pedal-powered air propulsion device, she immediately curled her lip in disdain. "It's just a modified pedal boat. There's nothing special about it, meow."
Even so, Klee Meow still wanted to try it, and Shalmeow and Jinx Meow were just as eager.
Helpless, Xie Wen could only rent a small bubble bicycle for each of the three little ones and let them ride around on their own.
The propulsion system limited these things anyway. Even if they pedaled hard enough to send sparks flying, they could only go as fast as an ordinary person jogging, so he wasn't worried about the three little cats getting far.
Besides, although Shalmeow was a little childish, she was already an adult cat and knew when to take things seriously. Klee Meow was rather clingy, so without any bombs to throw, she wouldn't wander far either.
Even Jinx Meow, the one most likely to cause trouble, wasn't as crazy as he had imagined. On top of that, she had only just arrived in the One Piece world, and her strength was fairly average, so Xie Wen was perfectly capable of bringing things under control before she caused any major trouble. Naturally, there was